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Bruce Springsteen cuts ribbon on the Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music

June 8, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Bruce Springsteen was on hand Saturday for the ribbon cutting at the new Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music on the campus of Monmouth University in Long Branch, New Jersey.

“I took a short tour through the center the other day and when I came out, I was thrilled that I wasn’t dead,” Springsteen said in a speech, according to video posted to YouTube by the Asbury Park Press.

He thanked those who helped put together and support the building, and noted, “I’m particularly thrilled to be sharing this building with all this wonderful musical history and with so many of my artists, teachers, mentors, and heroes.”

“And I look at my work life as a very small link in a mighty chain,” he added. “And those who visit here will get a sense of that chain through the lives, work, and vision of all these historic, historic artists. I’m also glad and relieved that fans will now have another place to go instead of my house.”

The Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music is set to open to the public on Saturday. Tickets and more information can be found at SpringsteeenCenter.org.

The opening celebration included two concerts, dubbed Music America: The Songs That Shaped Us, at Monmouth University on June 4 and 5. The concerts featured performances by Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, Public Enemy, Sheryl Crow, Jackson Browne and others.

According to setlist.fm, at Friday’s show Springsteen performed Elvis’ “Jailhouse Rock”; Bob Dylan’s “I Shall Be Released” with Crow; and Eddie Floyd’s “Raise Your Hand” with Stevie Van Zandt. He ended the set with his own track, “Land of Hope and Dreams.”

Sombr, John Rzeznik, Gavin DeGraw and more to present or perform at Songwriters Hall of Fame gala

June 8, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Taylor Swift will be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame Thursday in New York City, and one of her favorite current artists has just been announced as one of the evening’s performers and presenters: Sombr.

In addition to the “back to friends” singer, other performers and/or presenters at the event include John Rzeznik of Goo Goo Dolls, Gavin DeGraw, Brandi Carlile, Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins, CHIC’s Nile Rodgers, rock legend Steve Miller, actor Jeremy Renner, Descendants star Kylie Cantrall, singer Tamar Braxton and “Tell It to My Heart” singer Taylor Dayne.

This year’s inductees include Alanis Morissette; Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of KISS; Kenny Loggins; Walter Afanasieff, who co-wrote multiple Mariah Carey hits; Christopher “Tricky” Stewart, who co-wrote “Baby,” “Umbrella” and “Single Ladies”; and Terry Britten and Graham Lyle, who co-wrote some of Tina Turner’s biggest hits.

Plus, RAYE will receive the Hal David Starlight Award, an honor given to young songwriters who are making “a significant impact” with their original songs. Rock legend John Fogerty will receive the Hall of Fame’s highest honor, the Johnny Mercer Award.

It is not known who will be presenting or performing in honor of which inductees.

Paul McCartney lands 22nd top-10 album with ‘The Boys of Dungeon Lane’

June 8, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Paul McCartney has another top-10 hit on his hands.

The two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer’s latest solo album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane, debuts at #5 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart this week.

McCartney moved 63,000 equivalent album units to land at #5. Of that number, 59,500 were from complete album sales, which also puts The Boys of Dungeon Lane at #1 on the Top Album Sales chart this week.

The album, which also debuted at #1 on the U.K. Official Chart, is now McCartney’s 22nd Billboard 200 top-10, with that list including the eight number ones he had with Wings. McCartney’s last top-10 album was 2021’s McCartney III, which peaked at #2.

And McCartney is not done promoting The Boys of Dungeon Lane. He’s scheduled to sit down for a special conversation about the album on Wednesday at Roundhouse in London.

Little Big Town’s touring For the Art of It

June 8, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Little Big Town’s taking their Art on the road this fall.

“It’s a dying art,” the foursome wrote on their socials. “So we’re keeping it alive the only way we know how — live, in a room with you. For The Art Of It Tour, this fall.”

The trek derives its name from their album It’s a Dying Art, which arrives Aug. 28.

The 26-show run starts Sept. 24 in St. Petersburg, Florida, playing Atlanta, Boston, Philadelphia, Dallas, Houston and Chicago, before wrapping Nov. 22 in Toronto.

Advance sales start Tuesday, before tickets become available to the public Friday.

On This Day, June 8, 1991: Bruce Springsteen married Patti Scialfa

June 8, 2026 by WDNY Radio

On This Day, June 8, 1991…

Bruce Springsteen married E Street Band member Patti Scialfa in a private ceremony at their Los Angeles home.

The couple started dating in 1988 during the Tunnel of Love tour while he was separated from his first wife, model Julianne Phillips. Phillips filed for divorce in August of that year.

After living together in New Jersey, Springsteen and Scialfa moved to Los Angeles, where they welcomed their first child, son Evan, in July 1990. After their marriage, they went on to have two more children, daughter Jessica, born in December 1991, and son Sam, born in January 1994.

The couple, who currently live in New Jersey, became first-time grandparents in July 2022, when Sam and his fiancée welcomed a baby girl.

In September 2024, it was revealed that Scialfa had been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a form of blood cancer, in 2018. It caused her to step away from touring with the E Street Band.

Rush makes their return to the stage, pays tribute to drummer Neil Peart

June 8, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Rush returned to the stage Sunday night in Los Angeles, kicking off their Fifty Something tour and marking the band’s first tour since August 2015. It’s also Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson’s first time on tour since the 2020 death of Neil Peart. Drummer Anika Nilles is filling in behind the drum kit.

According to setlist.fm, the band opened with “Xanadu,” from the 1977 album, A Farewell To Kings, marking the first time the song has served as a concert opener.

The show was broken down into two sets and featured performances of classic Rush tunes like “Limelight,” “Subdivisions,” “Freewill” and “The Spirit of the Radio.” He also took the stage with three songs from 1976’s 2112: “Overture,” “The Temples of Sphynx” and “Grand Finale,” which opened the second set.

Before closing the concert, the band played a video featuring characters from South Park, introducing the night’s final song, their iconic tune “Tom Sawyer.”

Peart was certainly wasn’t forgotten during the show. The band took a moment to pay tribute to their late drummer.

During the first set, they showed a video montage of Peart accompanied by audio of him discussing how he got started playing drums and what he loved about it. They then dedicated the song “Bravado,” from 1991’s Roll The Bones, to him.

A second tribute was shown during the second set prior to a performance of “Time Stand Still” from 1987’s Hold Your Fire. The performance featured special guest Aimee Mann, who sang her part of the song live with the band for the first time.

“We’re here for so many reasons,” Lee said during the show. “We’re here to celebrate over 50 years of music that [Lifeson], myself and the great Neil Peart made together. We’re here to pay tribute to Neil.”

Rush returns to the Forum in Los Angeles on Tuesday.

Black Veil Brides drummer Christian Coma drops off European tour

June 8, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Black Veil Brides drummer Christian “CC” Coma has dropped off the band’s ongoing European tour.

“Due to an unfortunate personal and private matter, our brother [Coma] will not be on stage with us for the remainder of the 2026 European tour,” BVB writes in a Facebook post.

Drummer Wade Murff, who currently plays in Godsmack, will fill in for Coma during his absence.

Coma is expected to rejoin Black Veil for the upcoming summer leg of their U.S. tour, kicking off in August.

Black Veil Brides put out their latest album, VINDICATE, in May.

‘Leading Lady Marmalade’: Watch Pink’s opening number and ‘All That Jazz’ at the Tonys

June 8, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Pink opened the Tony Awards Sunday night in the air — as usual — until Neil Patrick Harris stopped her.

Pink, who was hosting the awards for the first time, performed “I’m Flying” from the musical Peter Pan while dressed as the title character and suspended from the ceiling. Former Tonys host Neil interrupted to joke that the vampires from The Lost Boys musical are the only cool flying people on Broadway.

After singing a couple of notes from other famous Broadway musicals like Les Misérables and The Phantom of the Opera, Pink wrapped her legs around Neil and lifted him into the air while singing Elphaba’s battle cry from Wicked. Neil then sent her offstage to change, telling her to return wearing something “more Pink-like, less Pan-ish.”

A group of Broadway stars then took the stage and began singing “Lady Marmalade” from Moulin Rouge, a song that reached #1 in 2001 when it was recorded by Pink, Mya, Lil’ Kim, Christina Aguilera and Missy Elliott. Pink reappeared wearing a top hat, fishnets and a pink corset with a massive pink feathered back, joining a version of the number with lyrics rewritten to celebrate Broadway’s leading ladies.

Megan Thee Stallion, who appeared in Moulin Rouge! The Musical earlier this year, then joined in with a rap about Broadway, before Pink brought back the “Leading Lady Marmalade” song. At the “more, more, more” lyric, the backup singers sang, “Moore, Moore, Alecia Moore” — a reference to Pink’s birth name.

Near the end of the song, Pink sang, “Standing on stage at the Tony Awards/10-year-old me is like, ‘Oh my God!'”

Later in the show, Pink participated in a tribute to Chicago, the longest-running American musical in Broadway history, performing “All That Jazz.”

From ‘the cure’ to The Cure: Robert Smith duets with Olivia Rodrigo at Primavera Sound

June 8, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Robert Smith made a surprise appearance during pop star and noted Cure fanatic Olivia Rodrigo’s set at the Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona, Spain, over the weekend.

The “Boys Don’t Cry” singer joined Rodrigo for the debut of her song “what’s wrong with me,” which will appear on her upcoming album, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love.

Rodrigo introduced the song by saying, “I can’t believe this song exists with the person that it exists with. I’m just so f****** over the moon.” She also mentioned that it’s the first time she’s had a feature on one of her albums.

After singing the first verse and chorus, Rodrigo said, “Ladies and gentlemen, will you welcome Robert Smith!”

“I feel like I’m gonna cry,” she said at the end of the song. “I can’t believe that that’s a thing that happened in the real world and not just a figment of my imagination.”

You seem pretty sad for a girl so in love also includes the single “drop dead,” in which she references the Cure song “Just Like Heaven,” as well as a track literally titled “the cure.” The record is due out Friday.

Smith previously performed with Rodrigo at Glastonbury 2025.

Heart singer Ann Wilson opens up about cancer diagnosis for the 1st time

June 8, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Ann Wilson, the lead singer behind Heart, is publicly speaking out about her cancer diagnosis for the first time.

“I had to have surgery and a bunch of rounds of chemotherapy and radiation,” Wilson told ABC News’ Lara Spencer in an interview that aired Monday on Good Morning America.

“It’s pretty scary,” she added.

The 75-year-old singer, who released her documentary, Ann Wilson: In My Voice, in May, was diagnosed with cancer in 2024.

At the time, the singer shared the news in an Instagram post, telling fans she “underwent an operation to remove something that, as it turns out, was cancerous.”

While she said that the operation was “successful” and that she was “feeling great,” her doctors advised her to “undergo a course of preventative chemotherapy” and also advised her to take a break from performing.

Wilson and her sister, Nancy Wilson, postponed their Royal Flush Tour so she could recover.

The “Alone” singer said that what helped her as she got through her cancer battle was music and how it was a “positive force” for her. She returned to the stage on Feb. 28, 2025.

“When I felt my energy come back, I went out on tour again and it was really great,” she said. “The first night we went out on stage, I just said to myself, well, you know what? I’m just gonna be who I am, I’m gonna take off the wig and just go out there in a wheelchair.”

She added, “This is who I am. And it was remarkably liberating for me to do that.”

With her new documentary and being back behind the mic, Wilson is allowing more people in to learn more about her.

“I’m something more than just that singer you see standing up there with the mic,” she said. “I wanted them to know about my life, my kids, my husband, everything.”

Wilson also reflected on her journey and her career performing alongside her sister. When they first came together as Heart in 1973, they entered a male-dominated rock ‘n’ roll world. They would continue to lead in the genre for more than 50 years.

“My sister and I just wanted to play guitars and we wanted to get out in front of people and we didn’t think we’re gonna break the glass ceiling,” she said.

The singer also highlighted the ups and downs of her relationship with her sister. Over the years, they faced creative differences and more, but have since reconciled.

When asked about how she and her sister are today, Wilson said, “We’re fine. We are about to go into a new project together.”

She added that fans can expect to see Heart on stage together again.

Looking back on her career, Wilson said the biggest honor — aside from performing “Stairway to Heaven” at the Kennedy Center Honors — is having a younger generation discover Heart for the first time and having lifelong fans continue to connect with the music.

“That is an honor, maybe the biggest honor is that people are coming still and they really have a great time,” she said.

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