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Robert Plant performs Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” for the first time in 16 years

October 23, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Robert Plant recently busted out a Led Zeppelin classic for the first time in 16 years. While performing at a benefit concert put on by former Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor, the rocker decided to play the iconic “Stairway to Heaven,” Rolling Stone reports.

While Plant has performed Zeppelin tunes like “Going to California” and “Whole Lotta Love” on tour, the last time he performed “Stairway” was December 10, 2007, at the Ahmet Ertegun tribute concert in London, which was also the last time Zeppelin members Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones performed together. They were backed on drums by Jason Bonham, son of their late drummer John Bonham.

Fan-shot footage of the new “Stairway to Heaven” performance can be found on YouTube.

The benefit concert, An Evening with Andy Taylor and Special Guests, took place Saturday, October 21, at Soho Farmhouse in Oxfordshire, England. The money raised is going to The Cancer Awareness Trust, where Taylor, who is battling stage 4 prostate cancer, has been undergoing lifesaving, targeted treatment.

Travis Barker inspires Madame Tussauds’ “most tatted figure ever”

October 23, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Travis Barker now has his own Madame Tussauds figure.

The wax recreation of the blink-182 drummer was unveiled at the Las Vegas attraction Sunday, October 22.

“The figure is adorned in an outfit donated by Barker and is styled in one of his signature looks, an all black outfit featuring a leather jacket, boots, pants and a studded belt,” a press release reads. “Barker’s figure also features silver jewelry including nose rings, a chain necklace and a replicated wedding ring.”

Additionally, the figure recreates Barker’s many unique tattoos, holding the distinction as the “most tatted figure ever created by Madame Tussauds.”

“I’m honored, I’m flattered, I’m shocked,” Barker says. “It looks so f****** real.”

For more info, visit MadameTussauds.com.

Barker and blink were in Vegas to headline the When We Were Young festival, which took place October 21-22.

Kelly Clarkson shakes off rumors she bashed Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s relationship

October 23, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Kelly Clarkson is shaking off rumors she bashed Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s relationship.

When Saturday Night Live cast member Bowen Yang guested on The Kelly Clarkson Show after SNL spoofed Taylor and Travis’ romance during the season 49 premiere, Kelly told Bowen she found the sketch to be hilarious. However, she also expressed frustration with the NFL’s real-life coverage of the new pairing.

“It’s not hilarious how it is literally taking over the NFL for people that like watching sports now,” Kelly said.

On Saturday, October 21, Kelly took to Instagram to clear the air.

“Just a quick public service announcement everybody since this seems to be breaking news,” she wrote. “Do not fall prey to clickbait, trash reporters twisting the facts again. I did not bash anyone’s romance.”

Kelly made sure to assert that she is pro-romance in general.

“Yay romance. Did y’all even watch what I actually said on my show? I just said I want to watch football when I tune in to watch football,” she continued. “Seems an appropriate request. Okay, carry on, and GO COWBOYS!”

In other Kelly news, she just added four additional dates for her exclusive Las Vegas engagement, chemistry…an intimate night with Kelly Clarkson. She’ll return to the Bakkt Theater at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino to perform over New Year’s Eve and Super Bowl LVIII weekends.

The Who’s Pete Townshend working on new rock opera

October 23, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Here’s some exciting news for fans of The Who. Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Pete Townshend just confirmed to The Sun that he is working on a new rock opera.

The project, which will follow Townshend’s other rock operas Tommy and Quadrophenia, will be based on his 2019 debut novel, The Age Of Anxiety.

“I am still developing the score and recording the music,” he says. “I am also working on a documentary about the project, from its inception in 2007 until today.”

But fans have a bit of a wait before they actually hear anything. Townshend notes, “I’m probably two years off completing it, at which time I hope to perform it with a full opera and a cast of guest singers.”

On This Day, October 23, 2020: Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band release ‘Letters to You’

October 23, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Bruce Springsteen released his 12th studio album, Letters to You, his first with The E Street Band since 2014.

Inspired by the death of a former bandmate, it’s a meditation on regret, aging and death. It debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart, making Springsteen the first act to have at least one new, top-five charting album in each of the last six decades. It was also his 21st top-five album.

Letters to You was recorded over five days at Springsteen’s home studio in New Jersey, with three of the tracks, “If I Was a Priest,” “Janey Needs a Shooter” and “Song for Orphans,” originally written for Springsteen’s 1973 debut, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.

Due to the pandemic, Springsteen was unable to tour on the record. He finally launched a new tour in February, 2023, with several Letters to You songs played during the set. Springsteen was forced to postpone the remainder of the tour to 2024 in order to deal with peptic ulcer disease.

blink-182 announces 2024 North American tour dates

October 23, 2023 by WDNY Radio

blink-182 has announced a 2024 North American tour in support of their just-released comeback album, ONE MORE TIME…

The headlining outing runs from June 20 in Orlando to August 15 in Toronto, and will hit a mixture of arenas and stadiums, including New York City’s Citi Field on July 21 and Fenway Park on July 23. Pierce the Veil will open all dates; Alexisonfire joins the bill for the Toronto show.

Tickets go on sale Friday, October 27, at 10 a.m. local time. For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit blink182.com.

ONE MORE TIME… was released Friday, October 20. It marks the first blink record featuring the classic lineup of Tom DeLonge, Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker in over 10 years.

blink’s first tour with DeLonge since 2014 launched at April’s Coachella festival. Their 2024 schedule also includes shows in Australia and New Zealand, Latin America and Europe.

Green Day debuts another new song during When We Were Young festival

October 23, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Las Vegas has heard not one but two new Green Day songs.

According to setlist.fm, during the second night of Sin City’s When You Were Young festival on Sunday, October 22, Billie Joe Armstrong and company debuted a previously unreleased tune called “Look Ma, No Brains!”

That followed Green Day’s last-minute Vegas club show on Thursday, October 19, during which the band premiered the upcoming single “The American Dream Is Killing Me” ahead of its official release date on Tuesday, October 24.

Green Day headlined When We Were Young alongside blink-182, who also performed a number of new songs off their just-released comeback album, ONE MORE TIME…

Another WWWY highlight was a surprise appearance by skateboarding legend Tony Hawk, who hopped onstage with Goldfinger to perform “Superman,” which was famously featured in the Tony Hawk Pro Skater video game. You can watch footage of the performance now via frontman John Feldmann‘s Instagram.

Madonna emotionally recalls hospitalization for bacterial infection

October 23, 2023 by WDNY Radio

While onstage in Belgium over the weekend, Madonna reflected on her hospitalization for a bacterial infection back in June.

The singer got emotional Saturday night when thinking back to how sick she was just a few months ago, and told the crowd that she wasn’t feeling her best but was grateful to be alive.

“Less than four months ago, I was in a hospital and I was unconscious, and people were thinking, predicting that I might not make it,” she said, in fan-captured video. “It’s a f****** miracle that I’m here right now. My mother, God bless her, she must be watching over me — she said, ‘Girl, it’s not your time to go.’”

She added, “I had this strange thought. I suddenly had sympathy for my mother, not about the dying part, but how lonely she must have felt being in hospital, knowing that she wasn’t going to live.”

Madonna’s mother died from breast cancer when Madonna was five years old.

“I must tell you I don’t feel very well right now, but I can’t complain, because I’m alive,” she told the audience before pushing forward with the show. “Thank God for my children and all of your love and support.”

Poison’s Bret Michaels adopts hero dog named Bret Michaels

October 23, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Rocker Bret Michaels has a new dog named … Bret Michaels.

The Nebraska Humane Society shared on Facebook that the Poison frontman just adopted a six-year-old husky, named Bret Michaels, who was actually a hero.

The organization explained that a trio of kittens was recently brought in and one immediately needed blood to treat flea anemia. Cats need specific blood types and couldn’t wait for other cats to be tested. Luckily, dog Bret Michaels had recently had bloodwork done so they knew he was a match and after the first transfusion the kitten was doing better.

The Humane Society then shared in an update that dog Bret Michaels has found a home with the rock star, who loved hearing about the pooch’s story.

“One phone call later and guess who’s gonna be living the rock star life from here on out? That’s right! Bret Michaels (the man) is adopting Bret Michaels (the dog)!,” they wrote, adding, “We can’t wait to see how he thrives in his new home, we just hope it doesn’t get too confusing when someone tells Bret Michaels to fetch!”

On Instagram, rock star Bret Michaels posted a photo of both his dog namesake and the kitten, Roses & Thorn (likely after the band’s hit “Every Rose has Its Thorn”) noting, “It takes a village of awesomeness & now I have a new mission…to find an incredible home for the kitten!”

Taylor Swift cheers on Travis Kelce’s Chiefs alongside Brittany Mahomes

October 23, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Taylor Swift was back at Kansas City’s Arrowhead Stadium cheering on Travis Kelce and the Chiefs on Sunday, this time with Brittany Mahomes, wife of Chief’s quarterback Patrick Mahomes, and the couple’s 11-month-old son, Bronze.

Videos posted to X, formerly known as Twitter, show Taylor, clad in a Chiefs crewneck, dancing with Brittany and celebrating a Chiefs touchdown with their own special handshake and chest bump.

Sunday marked Swift’s fourth appearance at a Chiefs game in support of Travis, whom she has been linked to since September.

Kelce and the Chiefs beat the Los Angeles Chargers 31-17.

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