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Exclusive ‘Girls Night Live’ concerts are coming to a movie theater near you

May 6, 2026 by WDNY Radio

If you don’t want to spend hours online trying to buy concert tickets just to end up paying $400 or more for a seat with a lousy view, AMC Theatres just may have a solution.

Starting in June, the theater chain is launching Arena One at AMC, a new concert concept that has artists perform exclusive live concerts that will be viewable in real time in more than 300 AMC locations nationwide. Not only will fans have a great view of the action, but the tickets will be considerably less expensive.

The new program launches in June with a series of concerts billed as “Girls Night Live“: Bebe Rexha performs June 17; Paris Hilton performs June 18; Kim Petras performs June 19; and Maren Morris takes the stage June 20. Each concert has a host and opening acts, and when you buy your tickets, you can even order food at the same time.

But the main thing is, how much does it cost? Prices vary by theater and city, but the shows that are on sale now seem to range from roughly $66 to $77 each. Additional artists and performances will be announced soon.

Adam Aron, chairman and CEO of AMC Entertainment, says in a statement, “Thanks to Arena One at AMC, music fans across the country will be able to come together for the same live concert, at the same time, all with the accessible premium experience of huge screens, powerful sound, and comfortable seats that AMC guests know and expect.”

’41 shots’ & Cinco de Mayo shots: Springsteen brings Land of Hope and Dreams American tour to New York

May 6, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Is Bruce Springsteen America’s greatest protest singer? He made a decent case for it Tuesday night, when he brought his Land of Hope and Dreams American tour to Belmont, New York.

“The E Street Band was built for hard times,” Springsteen remarked, as he cherry-picked his massive catalog to spotlight tales of crumbling cities, death and powerlessness, punctuated by the message that hope is possible if we work together. As Springsteen put it in one of several speeches on Tuesday night railing against the current administration, “This American tragedy can only be stopped by the American people.”

Kicking off with the one-two punch of Edwin Starr’s “War” and his own “Born in the U.S.A.,” Springsteen led the band and guest guitarist/vocalist Tom Morello through songs whose titles alone conjured the story he’s telling with this tour: a cover of The Clash’s “Clampdown,” “Death to My Hometown,” “No Surrender,” “Darkness on the Edge of Town,” “My City of Ruins,” “Wrecking Ball,” “Badlands,” “Murder Incorporated” and what Springsteen called “our immigrant song,” “American Land.”

The setlist also highlighted how songs Springsteen wrote years ago — most notably “American Skin (41 Shots)” and “The Ghost of Tom Joad” — are scarily relevant again. They sat comfortably next to his recent song, “Streets of Minneapolis,” which details the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Springsteen led the crowd in chants of “ICE out now!” during that number.

But the show wasn’t all despair and anger: Springsteen lightened the mood periodically with songs like “The Promised Land,” “Two Hearts,” “Land of Hope and Dreams” and “Hungry Heart,” while the encore featured the joyous singalongs “Born to Run,” “Dancing in the Dark” and “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out.” With it being Cinco de Mayo, he even accepted and downed a shot offered by some women in the crowd.

The show ended on a hopeful note with a song by another great American protest singer, Bob Dylan. Springsteen sang “Chimes of Freedom” and then closed the circle with his walk-off music: Dylan’s mentor Woody Guthrie singing “This Land Is Your Land.”

Social Distortion drops new ’Born to Kill’ song, ‘The Way Things Were’

May 6, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Social Distortion has debuted a new song called “The Way Things Were,” a track off the band’s upcoming album, Born to Kill.

“The Way Things Were” marks the third Born to Kill track to be released, following “Partners in Crime” and the title track.

Born to Kill will arrive in full on Friday. It marks the first Social D album in 15 years and their first since frontman Mike Ness announced in 2023 he’d been diagnosed with tonsil cancer.

Social Distortion will launch a U.S. tour in August. You can catch them perform on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Thursday.

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On This Day, May 6, 1997: The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame holds first induction ceremony in Cleveland

May 6, 2026 by WDNY Radio

On This Day, May 6, 1997…

Crosby, Stills & Nash, Buffalo Springfield and Joni Mitchell were among the artists inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in the first-ever induction ceremony held in Cleveland, where the Hall of Fame is located. Previous induction ceremonies were held in New York City.

James Taylor handled the induction for Crosby Stills & Nash, who performed “Teach Your Children” and “49 Bye-Byes.” Tom Petty inducted Buffalo Springfield, who were honored with an all-star jam of the band’s classic “For What It’s Worth.” Mitchell’s induction was handled by Shawn Colvin, who performed “Free Man in Paris,” while James Taylor performed “Woodstock.”

The night’s other inductees included The Jackson 5, The Bee Gees, The Young Rascals, Parliament-Funkadelic and Stephen Stills, who was actually inducted into the Rock Hall twice that evening as a member of both Crosby, Stills & Nash and Buffalo Springfield.

Crosby, Stills & Nash went on to become the first band to have all its members inducted into the Rock Hall twice; Nash was inducted as a member of The Hollies in 2010, and Crosby was inducted with The Byrds in 1991.

Harry Styles turns intimate gig at London’s Meltdown Festival into fundraiser

May 6, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Harry Styles is playing 12 nights at London’s Wembley Stadium this summer, but fans will also have a chance to see him in a smaller London venue. As curator of this year’s Meltdown Festival, he’ll be playing the 2700-capacity Royal Festival Hall on June 16, backed by a full orchestra. It’s just been announced that the only way fans can attend the gig is to win tickets.

The gig will be a fundraiser for London’s Southbank Centre, where the Meltdown Festival is taking place, so fans must pay for online contest entries. It’s about $27 for one entry, $54 for two and about $81 dollars for three. The bad news? You can only enter if you’re a resident of the U.K. Get all the details at SouthbankCentre.co.uk.

All the net proceeds from Harry’s gig will go toward the Southbank Centre’s youth programs. Each year, they provide more than 25,000 young people with free access to creative experiences through workshops and special programs.

Harry is the 31st artist to curate the Meltdown festival, following in the footsteps of past curators like David Bowie, Chaka Khan, Yoko Ono, Patti Smith, The Cure’s Robert Smith and more. The festival runs from June 11 to 21 and will take over the entire Southbank Arts Centre.

Lainey Wilson went ‘Somewhere over the Rainbow’ for some of the notes in ‘Laredo’

May 6, 2026 by WDNY Radio

CMA and ACM entertainer of the year Lainey Wilson admits she does a little too much sometimes in the studio — but she doesn’t regret it.

Take, for example, the big note in her latest chart-topper, “Somewhere Over Laredo.”

“I’ll be honest, this song is not easy to sing,” she said at the #1 party for the hit. “And for some reason, like when I get in the studio, I think I’m Superwoman and I think I can get in there and just hold these notes like I did with ‘Heart Like a Truck.’ And I feel like I just let it all go when I’m in there. And it kinda just rolled out of me.”

The Louisiana native also sees it as a bit of a dare for the devoted.

“I like giving the fans something to kind of try to do,” she reveals. “I think it’s like a fun way for them to, like, be in their car driving down the road and … they see how long they could hold it.”

Ultimately, Lainey sees it as a stroke of inspiration.

“It was a moment for me, at least, like the different parts that I chose to go up and down and pullin’ back and goin’ for it was really just kind of led by straight emotion,” she reflects.

“Somewhere Over Laredo” is up for song, single and visual media of the year at the 61st Academy of Country Music Awards May 17 in Las Vegas.

The Rolling Stones promise ‘more variation’ and ‘explosive rock and roll’ on new album ‘Foreign Tongues’

May 6, 2026 by WDNY Radio

The Rolling Stones celebrated the announcement of their new album, Foreign Tongues, at a launch party in Brooklyn, New York, Tuesday, where they sat down to chat with comedian Conan O’Brien.

At the event, those in attendance got to hear three songs from the album, including “Mr. Charm” and “Jealous Lover,” and got a peak of the video for the album’s first single, “In the Stars,” featuring actress Odessa A’zion.

Foreign Tongues is the followup to 2023’s Hackney Diamonds, and like Diamonds, it was produced by Andrew Watt. So, how is Foreign Tongues different than their last record?

On the red carpet for the event, Mick Jagger told ABC Audio Foreign Tongues is sort of a “continuation” of Hackney Diamonds, but notes, “it is somehow, I don’t know in what way, it’s different.”

He added that Foreign Tongues has “more variation” and fans can expect to hear everything from blues, pop and even country and “two or three dance songs.”

Ronnie Wood revealed that the album has “a lot of explosive rock and roll, which I think the fans will really dig,” adding it has “heavy spontaneity and more solos.”

The Stones have been putting out records for more than 60 years, and according to Keith Richards “there’s no fixed plan” when it comes to making them.

“There’s more in there and the boys want to play and you can’t ignore stuff like that, you know?” he said. “At least from my point of view, I follow the energy and I follow what’s happening.”

Foreign Tongues, dropping July 10, features an appearance by the band’s late drummer, Charlie Watts, and also includes guest appearances by Paul McCartney, Steve Winwood, The Cure’s Robert Smith and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith.

Foreign Tongues is available for preorder now.

Lykke Li asks if you’re ‘Happy Now’ on latest ‘The Afterparty’ song

May 5, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Lykke Li has premiered a new song called “Happy Now,” a track off her upcoming album, The Afterparty.

The “Get Some” artist describes “Happy Now” in part as if “ABBA and the Prodigy have a baby and it won’t stop crying.”

“An unanswered prayer on a dancefloor,” she adds. “God isn’t picking up.”

The Afterparty, the follow-up to 2022’s EYEYE, is due out Friday. It also includes the previously released songs “Lucky Again,” “Sick of Love” and “Knife in the Heart.”

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Five Finger Death Punch announces 2027 European tour with Lamb of God

May 5, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Five Finger Death Punch will be kicking off 2027 with a trip oversees.

The Las Vegas metallers will launch a European tour in January alongside Lamb of God. The trek, which celebrates Death Punch’s 20th anniversary, runs into late February.

Presales begin Wednesday at 10 a.m. local time, and tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday at 10 a.m. local time.

For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit FiveFingerDeathPunch.com.

Five Finger Death Punch’s most recent album is 2022’s AfterLife. They put out a two-part Best Of compilation in 2025.

No plastic surgery for Billie Eilish: ‘I want to have my face look like [my kids’] face’

May 5, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Billie Eilish may change her mind when she gets older, but for right now, she says she has no plans on getting work done on her face in the future.

While appearing on the Good Hang with Amy Poehler podcast, Billie, 24, talked about still being seen as a “young wonder,” even though she’s not a teenager anymore. She admitted that she once thought that she’d be the same person she was at 17 forever, but now realizes, “It’s just not how it works.” That being said, Billie claimed, “I am so excited to age and I’m so excited for my face to age and my body to age and not change it, you know?”

“And I want my kids to look at me and have my face look like their face and not be some botched version of whatever the f*** is going on out there right now, you know what I’m saying?” she added.

That’s not to say that Billie is anti-plastic surgery. In 2021, she told the U.K. paper The Guardian, “It’s completely fine to get work done – do this, do that, do what makes you feel happy. It’s just when you deny it and say, ‘Oh, I got this all on my own, and if you just tried harder, you could get it.’ That makes me literally furious. It is so bad for young women – and boys, too – to see that.”

Billie’s new concert film Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D) arrives in theaters on Friday.

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