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New Jeff Beck biography to be released in July

May 21, 2026 by WDNY Radio

A new biography on legendary guitarist Jeff Beck is set for release this summer.

Blow by Blow: The Jeff Beck Story is described as the “first biography to fully capture the life, music, and mystery of this singular artist.”

The book was written by Brad Tolinski and Chris Gill, who also wrote Eruption: Conversations with Eddie Van Halen. It’s compiled from over 30 hours of Beck interviews, as well as contributions from the guitarist’s friends and collaborators, including Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page, actor Johnny Depp and music exec Clive Davis.

“This is the book Jeff deserves,” says Depp. “It’s honest, thoughtful, and true.”

Blow by Blow will be released July 14, and it will be celebrated with what’s described as an “all-star tribute concert” July 16 at The Cutting Room in New York City. It will also feature an interview and book signing with the authors.

The authors will also take part in a book signing and Q&A at Book Soup in Los Angeles on July 23.

Beck came to prominence in the ’60s as a member of The Yardbirds, with future guitar legends Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page. He later went on to have a successful solo career, fronting his own Jeff Beck Group.

Beck was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame twice: in 1992 as a member of The Yardbirds and again in 2009 for his solo work.

Beck passed away Jan. 10, 2023, from bacterial meningitis. He was 78.

Christina Aguilera planning a Philly Fourth of July

May 21, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Christina Aguilera was raised near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and she’ll be spending this Fourth of July performing with a bunch of other Pennsylvania artists.

Christina is headlining the One Philly: Unity Concert For America, taking place July 4 at Philadelphia’s Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Hosted by Wanda Sykes, the concert will also feature Will Smith and DJ Jazzy Jeff, Jill Scott, The Roots and Kathy Sledge of Sister Sledge.

Seal — who is not from Pennsylvania — is also on the bill for the show, which is free and open to the public. Of course, fireworks will be included. One Philly will be the largest free concert in the U.S. this year, according to organizers.

NOFX announces soundtrack to ’40 Years…’ documentary

May 21, 2026 by WDNY Radio

NOFX has announced the accompanying soundtrack to the band’s career-spanning documentary, 40 Years of F*****’ Up.

The album will be released on Aug. 28. It includes an original score composed by frontman Fat Mike, along with 15 songs from throughout NOFX’s career, such as a live recording of the track “Linoleum.”

You’ll also find two new songs, “40 Years of F*****’ Up” and “We Did It Our Way,” the former of which is out now.

The 40 Years… documentary premiered in March at the South by Southwest festival and will be screening throughout North America throughout the year.

NOFX wrapped up a farewell tour in 2024.

Nashville notes: Canaan Smith’s ‘Throw’n Darts’ + Maren Morris’ AMC theaters show

May 21, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Canaan Smith’s new song, “Throw’n Darts,” drops Friday, June 5, ahead of his Sunday, June 7, appearance on the Dr. Pepper Amp Stage at CMA Fest.

Maren Morris will do a “real-time, interactive live concert” you can watch exclusively at AMC theaters on Saturday, June 20. You can buy tickets and find out more online.

You can bid on a guitar signed by Luke Bryan as part of the superstar’s partnership with Sweet Relief, which helps members of the music industry struggling with mental health challenges.

Good 4 U: Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘SOUR’ turns 5

May 21, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Hey, Olivia Rodrigo’s album SOUR — you’re celebrating your five-year anniversary today? Well, “good 4 u.”

SOUR arrived May 21, 2021. There was already a huge demand for it, thanks to the success of the first single, “drivers license,” which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 2021. The second single, “good 4 u,” debuted at #1 a few days after the album was released, making SOUR the first debut album ever to produce two songs that entered the Hot 100 at #1.

SOUR broke streaming records in its first week and entered the Billboard album chart at #1, on its way to becoming one of the bestselling albums of 2021. Two other singles from the album, “deja vu” and “traitor,” were top-10 hits.

When Spotify marked its 20th anniversary in April with a list of its most-streamed albums of all time on the platform, SOUR was #4, behind albums by Bad Bunny, The Weeknd and Ed Sheeran.

The success of SOUR led to Olivia receiving seven Grammy nominations, including nods in all “big four” categories: single, album and song of the year and best new artist. She ended up winning best new artist, best pop vocal album and best pop solo performance.

Earlier in 2026, Olivia marked the fifth anniversary of “drivers license” by releasing a cover of the song by former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne. At the time, she said she was planning several “reimagined” cover versions of songs from the album. Nothing else has appeared so far.

Olivia will release her third album, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, on June 12.

Master of (virtual) reality: Osbourne family working to launch interactive ‘Digital Ozzy’

May 21, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Ozzy Osbourne may have left this mortal coil, but his family is hoping to keep his presence alive in the digital world.

The late Black Sabbath frontman’s wife, Sharon Osbourne, and son Jack Osbourne spoke about working on creating an interactive “Digital Ozzy” during a talk at the 2026 Licensing Expo in Las Vegas.

The avatar, which will be created in collaboration with the company Hyperreal, will represent “the digital DNA of Ozzy Osbourne, voice, image [and] movement,” Jack said.

“It’s kind of scary how it’s really very accurate,” Jack said. “He will exist digitally as himself for as long as we have computers. Technology has come such a long way to where it’s almost drag and drop. You could shoot a template for a commercial … literally prompt what you want Digital Ozzy to do in that commercial and you just drop it in. It’s that simple now.”

“You can ask Ozzy anything, and he will answer you in his own voice – and the answers will be what Ozzy would have said,” Sharon adds. “We’re going to take it all around the world. People can talk to him and he will talk back.”

Ozzy died in July 2025 at age 76, just over two weeks after performing for the final time at the Back to the Beginning concert.

HBO sets airdate and drops trailer for the Questlove’s ‘Earth, Wind & Fire’ documentary

May 21, 2026 by WDNY Radio

HBO has announced the airdate for Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s documentary about R&B legends Earth, Wind & Fire.

Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial VS That’s the Weight of the World) is set to debut June 7 at 9 p.m. ET on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max.

HBO has also dropped the trailer for the film, soundtracked by the band’s iconic tunes “September” and “Let’s Groove Tonight.” It features lots of archival footage of the band, as well as interview bites from President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, Lionel Richie and others.

According to the film’s description, the doc traces the band’s “genesis through late founding member Maurice White, chronicling their evolution, highs and lows, and relevance from the 1970s into the present day while exploring the deep philosophical and spiritual meaning behind their message and music.”

The film includes interviews with current Earth, Wind & Fire band members Philip Bailey, Verdine White and Ralph Johnson, as well as contributions from former members, Stevie Wonder, H.E.R. and Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea.

Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial VS That’s the Weight of the World) will have its world premiere at the Tribeca Festival on June 3 at the Beacon Theatre in New York, followed by a live performance by Earth, Wind & Fire and The Roots.

Bruce Springsteen tour ‘beefs up’ security due to ‘death threats,’ according to Stevie Van Zandt

May 21, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band are currently on their Land of Hope and Dreams tour, and during the shows The Boss has been very vocal regarding his feelings about President Donald Trump and his administration. Well, E Street Band guitarist Stevie Van Zandt says Springsteen’s outspokenness has led to them receiving death threats while on tour.

“It’s a very specific political theme to this tour and there’s been a lot of threats, death threats. Usually there’s always some, but this time it’s been increasing,” Van Zandt told U.K. outlet The Mail in an interview. “The band, Bruce, we’ve had to beef up security and, you know, it’s mostly just talk.”

“And it’s not like we’re saying something that’s not true or we’re saying something that’s so really particularly controversial, but it’s specifically political,” he noted.

“So, the FBI and others have been really watching things and been overly concerned about it, as they should be,” he added. “We want the fans to be safe and feel safe. So we really go the extra mile with extra security for that reason alone.”

Springsteen & The E Street Band have four shows left of the tour, and will play Cleveland on Friday and Boston on Sunday. The tour was supposed to wrap on May 27 with an outdoor show in Washington, D.C., but after having to postpone a show due to Philadelphia sports teams in the playoffs, the tour will now wrap May 30 in Philly.

Hayley Williams looks back at debut solo tour experience: ‘It felt so good to be out there’

May 21, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Hayley Williams is back home after finishing her first-ever solo tour and has shared a piece reflecting on her experience.

“Tour turned me back into a night owl,” the Paramore frontwoman writes in a post to her Substack. “Back into a teenaged dreamer with dark circles.”

Since getting off the road, Williams says she’s “been waking up in my own bed around noon every morning for the last couple days.”

“It felt so good to come home,” she writes. “But it felt so good to be out there too.”

“I’ve tried on occasion, over the last 2 months, to make myself work out in writing what current growing pains and pleasure feel like,” Williams continues. “What I would want to remember most about these days. Bjork said something once in an interview about how language and communicating was like trying to put the ocean through a straw. i think i am the ocean.”

Williams had first planed to launch her debut solo tour in 2020 before it was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She was finally able to embark on it six years later in March, during which she performed her latest solo album, 2025’s Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party, in full.

Williams will return to the road in June for a tour of Europe before kicking off another U.S. leg in September. The upcoming U.S. dates are part of her “The Hayley Williams Show” tour, which will feature a more career-spanning set.

The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger and Ronnie Wood to reveal the songs that have soundtracked their lives

May 21, 2026 by WDNY Radio

The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger and Ronnie Wood are the latest musicians set to take part in the BBC Radio 2 show Tracks of My Years.

Jagger and Wood have just been announced as guests on the May 31 episode, where they’ll reveal the 10 songs that have soundtracked their lives.

Their appearance comes ahead of the release of The Rolling Stones’ new album, Foreign Tongues, which drops July 10. The album, produced by Andrew Watt, is the band’s 25th studio album and their first since 2023’s Hackney Diamonds.

Jagger and Wood aren’t the only Rock & Roll Hall of Famers appearing on Tracks of My Years in May. Paul McCartney, whose new album The Boys of Dungeon Lane comes out May 29, is a guest on the May 25 episode.

Interestingly, McCartney makes a guest appearance on Foreign Tongues. He also appeared on Hackney Diamonds.

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