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Neil Young and The Chrome Hearts announce 2026 UK/European tour

November 21, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Neil Young is returning to Europe and the U.K. in 2026.

The rocker and his band The Chrome Hearts — Spooner Oldham, Micah Nelson, Corey McCormick and Anthony LoGerfo — just announced dates for a new leg of their Love Earth tour, which kicks off June 19 in Manchester, England.

The trek, which will feature special guests Elvis Costello & The Imposters on select dates, includes headlining and festival appearances. Young and the band will make stops in France, England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, The Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland before wrapping July 16 in Codroipo, Italy.

Neil Young Archives members will have exclusive access to a ticket presale that begins Monday at 9 a.m. GMT. Tickets go on sale to the general public Nov. 28 at 9 a.m. GMT.

Young and The Chrome Hearts launched their Love Earth tour on June 18 in Rättvik, Sweden. It featured a headlining spot at the U.K.’s Glastonbury Festival and North American dates that started on Aug. 8 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

A complete list of Neil Young dates can be found at NeilYoungArchives.com.

Robert Plant headlines NPR’s ‘Tiny Desk’ concert series with band Saving Grace

November 21, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Robert Plant and his band Saving Grace, featuring Suzi Dian, are featured in the latest edition of NPR’s Tiny Desk concert series.

Plant and his band perform five songs during the appearance, kicking things off with the traditional spiritual “Gospel Plough.”

That’s followed by three other songs from their recently released album, Saving Grace: “Higher Rock,” from songwriter Martha Scanlan, “Everybody’s Song” and Moby Grape’s “It’s a Beautiful Day Today.”

They then wrap the concert with a performance of the Lead Belly tune “Gallows Pole,” a song Led Zeppelin covered for their 1969 album, Led Zeppelin III.

Robert Plant and Saving Grace are currently on a U.S. tour. They play Oakland, California, on Friday, with dates confirmed through Sunday in Valley Center, California. A complete list of dates can be found at RobertPlant.com.

Queen looks at five decades of ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ live in latest episode of ‘Queen the Greatest’

November 21, 2025 by WDNY Radio

As Queen continues to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their album A Night at the Opera, they are highlighting live performances of their iconic single “Bohemian Rhapsody.”

The latest episode of the band’s YouTube series Queen’s The Greatest is dedicated to iconic concert performances of the tune. Freddie Mercury kicks things off by introducing the track at London’s Hammersmith Odeon in December 1975, marking the first filmed footage of him doing so.

In addition to footage of the Hammersmith performance, the episode includes clips of their 1985 Live Aid performance and 1992’s Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, where Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose handled vocals.

There are also clips of Queen’s 2003 performance at the 46664 concert in Cape Town, South Africa, where Brian May and Roger Taylor were joined by the Soweto Gospel Choir, and their 2014 New Year’s Eve concert at London’s Big Ben, which featured their most recent frontman, Adam Lambert, sharing vocals with archival footage of Mercury displayed on screen.

Jack White calls out fake quotes attributed to him about ‘forbidding’ people from concerts

November 21, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Jack White has shared a statement calling out fake quotes attributed to him that have been spreading on social media.

Sample quotes, which the “Seven Nation Army” rocker captures in screenshots posted to his Instagram, claim White “forbid[s]” supporters of President Donald Trump from attending his concerts.

“If you support that clown [Trump] my shows aren’t for you. Stay home and crank your own noise,” the fake quote reads.

The real White, meanwhile, says, “I’m getting shown a lot of nonsense from twitter of maga people and bots attributing false quotes to me about excluding people from my shows. I’ve never said anything about ‘forbidding’ anyone from coming to my concerts.”

While White has certainly been critical of Trump and his administration — his Third Man Records label sells a t-shirt reading “Icky Trump,” a play on The White Stripes song “Icky Thump” — he says, ” I make music to share with anyone who wants to get something out of it.”

“I appreciate anyone who buys a ticket or an album to keep that train moving,” White writes. “If you’re not interested, that’s fine too, I’m just not going to let people (or bots) make up false statements from me so they can get clicks.”

He concludes, “Not trying to make a news piece out of this either please, this is just for my fans (whom I love and appreciate) to know I never said that kind of thing.”

Pop success with JoBros? It could ‘Happen to’ Russell Dickerson

November 21, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Russell Dickerson has his biggest pop hit yet with “Happen to Me,” thanks to it going viral on TikTok. Russell says he’s not sure why, but he’s just riding the wave.

“I always just want to do big things. … We’re just following the song, really. Like, it’s just kind of taken off by itself,” he says. “And it started in country, yes. I just made a stupid dance on TikTok and now … I get tagged in it all the time, which is amazing.”

He shares that he’s “got a version with the Jonas Brothers now,” noting, “It’s wild.”

Russell released the new studio version of the song with JoBros on Oct. 31. The collab came about when Russell appeared onstage with the brothers in Detroit in August.

“They asked me to be one of their special guests. You know, they have a special guest every night. They’ve had everybody, I mean, so many people, so, [I’m] honored to be that,” Russell tells ABC Audio. “And I brought a girl on my team, Daniella, grew up with them.”

“And I was like, ‘Yo, what if while we’re there, we just float the idea of a feature on “Happen To Me?”‘” he continues. “And so she kinda, she was dropping a couple [hints], I was [too], and they were just like, they were all about it. ‘Cause like, [the song] was — it still is — just, like, going.”

“So, why would they not just hop on?” Russell asks. “It’s like a free ride to the top for them.”

Previously, Russell also found success on the pop side with “I Remember,” his collaboration with Cheat Codes.

New book celebrates 60 years of The Grateful Dead

November 21, 2025 by WDNY Radio

The 60-year legacy of the Grateful Dead is being celebrated in a new book.

The music magazine Relix, which started in 1974 as a handmade newsletter aimed at connecting people who recorded Grateful Dead music, is set to release 60 Years of The Grateful Dead Experience on Dec. 11. The 160-page softcover book comes from Relix‘s editor-in-chief, Dean Budnick, and Ricki Blakesberg.

The book features over 100 previously unpublished photos of the band to create a “visual chronicle” of their career from 1965 to 2025. It features photos from 40 music photographers, including Rosie McGee, Ron Rakow, Jay Blakesberg and Henry Diltz, who also offer up stories and reflections of the band. It includes archival interviews and insights into The Dead’s impact.

According to the description, the book is “designed to be treasured—whether you’ve followed the Dead since the Haight-Ashbury days or discovered the magic through new generations.”

Relix’s 60 Years of The Grateful Dead Experience is available for preorder now.

System of a Down’s last album, ‘Hypnotize,’ turns 20

November 21, 2025 by WDNY Radio

If you’re just sitting in your car and waiting for a new System of a Down album, you’ve officially been waiting for two decades.

Hypnotize, the fifth and, as it stands now, final studio effort from the “Chop Suey!” metallers, was released on Nov. 22, 2005 — 20 years ago Saturday. System announced a hiatus a year later before returning in 2010, though new music didn’t materialize.

In 2018, frontman Serj Tankian issued a statement explaining the creative stalemate between the band members that has kept them from putting together another album, citing a desire for more equal creative input and publishing splits, among other factors.

In 2020, System finally released new music in the form of two singles raising awareness and funds for the members’ ancestral homeland of Armenia, which was at war with Azerbaijan at the time. Still, no album came.

If Hypnotize remains the last-ever System album, guitarist Daron Malakian tells ABC Audio he’s proud of what the band accomplished with its discography.

“We stopped making records after [Hypnotize], but within five albums, I think you listen to System of a Down, and you hear an evolution,” Malakian says.

“The first album [was] very raw, very heavy,” he continues. “Second album, heavy, but now we have all these textures and vocal harmonies. And so, you hear the band moving, not putting out the same thing, same thing. I didn’t write ‘Chop Suey!’ seven times because it was a hit.”

Even if they haven’t put out an album in 20 years, System of a Down remains a huge live act. Over the summer, they played giant shows at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, Chicago’s Soldier Field and Rogers Stadium in Toronto.

Cage the Elephant, LCD Soundsystem join 2026 Okeechobee lineup

November 21, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Cage the Elephant and LCD Soundsystem have joined the lineup for the 2026 Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival, taking place March 19-22 in Okeechobee, Florida.

Previously announced artists on the bill include The Lumineers, Rainbow Kitten Surprise and Young the Giant. Dirty Heads are also among the new additions.

Tickets are on sale now. For the full lineup and all ticket info, visit OkeechobeeFest.com.

You can also catch The Lumineers headlining the newly announced 2026 Zootown festival, taking place June 19-20 in Missoula, Montana. That lineup also includes RKS, as well as The Head and the Heart.

Head to ZootownFestival.com for the full lineup and ticket info.

Adrienne Walker says Shanti ‘Showstopper’ has always been the ambitious drug player we see in ‘Force’

November 21, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Shanti “Showstopper” Page has come a long way since she was introduced as a disciplined boxer on Power Book IV: Force. She’s now working alongside boyfriend Jenard Sampson to take over the Chicago drug game, revealing an ambitious and fearless side of Adrienne Walker‘s character.

“Shanti was always that woman. … She’s playing chess, everyone else is playing checkers,” Walker tells ABC Audio. Though Shanti has identified the benefits of working with her partner, Walker clarifies that Shanti’s love for Jenard is real.

“Even though she has this love for Jenard that she’s had for years, she knows that she can use that to her advantage. … She does love him, but in the meantime, she still gon’ get what she wants,” Walker says.

“Shanti’s version of love is what you’re seeing,” she continues. “It’s selfish, it’s conditional, it’s violent at times, but that’s what she knows and that’s what she knows to be loved.”

With their romantic and working relationship ongoing, Kris D. Lofton, who portrays Jenard, says they have a pretty fiery dynamic in season 3.

“I think we’re gonna see moments of connection and true love that are revealed in ways that you may not necessarily understand or expect. Because there’s more than one way to show love. … Sometimes being in love with somebody is loving them enough to let them go, or loving them enough to help them. Or loving them enough to guide them on the right path,” he says. “I feel like we’re gonna see different levels of love between the two with a fiery, fiery, fiery backstory.“

A new episode of Force airs Friday on Starz.

25 years on, does Backstreet Boys’ ‘Black & Blue’ still hold up? AJ McLean says yes

November 21, 2025 by WDNY Radio

In the midst of Backstreet Boys celebrating the 25th anniversary of their album Millennium with their Sphere Las Vegas residency, another one of their albums has also turned 25.

Black & Blue, the group’s fourth album, was released Nov. 21, 2000. It sold 1.5 million copies in its first week, making them the first group ever to have more than 1 million first-week sales with two albums back to back. The album produced the hit “Shape of My Heart” and has since sold some 15 million copies worldwide.

While Millennium seems to be universally beloved, does Black & Blue still hold up? “Yeah, it does,” says Backstreet’s AJ McLean.

“When I found that out [about the anniversary] a couple of days ago, I was like, ‘God bless it! 25?'” he tells ABC Audio. “Because you think Millennium‘s already 25 years. And now you got another record that’s 25 years. Like, wow. And every album has stood the test of time.”

“It really is truly a phenomenon,” AJ says of Backstreet’s continued popularity. “And we are so blessed and so grateful. Like, it just doesn’t happen. And to happen to five just regular guys just doing something that we love? It’s pretty freaking cool.”

But Backstreet is also looking forward in addition to looking back: They’re already discussing their next musical era.

“We’ve had some conversations,” AJ shares.

Despite his busy schedule — including the Nov. 27 release of his new solo EP, hi, my name is alex, and the Jan. 9 release of his solo album — AJ says, “There’s gaps in there where we could potentially make another album. Who knows? But we are definitely talking about new music and what that might look like.”

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