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Beyoncé makes 2026 Met Gala a family affair with daughter Blue Ivy Carter, husband Jay-Z

May 5, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Beyoncé made the 2026 Met Gala a fashionable family outing.

The Grammy winner was a co-chair for this year’s gala and stepped out on the the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s iconic Fifth Avenue steps Monday night for the first time in 10 years.

By her side were daughter Blue Ivy Carter and husband Jay-Z.

The Cowboy Carter artist wore a sparkling illusion gown by Olivier Rousteing, which was designed to look like a skeleton and was covered in crystals.

She finished the look with a glimmering headpiece and feathered cape, wearing her hair in long blond waves.

Blue Ivy wore a white gown with a matching white puffer jacket for the occasion, while Jay-Z opted for an all-black look.

Speaking with Vogue on the red carpet, Beyoncé said being back at the Met Gala was “surreal, because my daughter’s here.”

“It’s incredible to be able to share it with her,” she added. “She looks so incredible.”

Asked what she was most excited for that evening, she said she was thrilled to experience the evening “through the eyes of Blue” and “to relax.”

Like many celebrities, details about Beyoncé’s 2026 Met Gala look remained under wraps until the very last minute.

The last Met Gala that the singer attended was the 2016 gala. The theme that year was “Manus x Machina,” and Beyoncé stepped out in a Givenchy Haute Couture dress and Lorraine Schwartz jewelry.

Zakk Wylde announces Berzerkus festival featuring Black Label Society, Lamb of God

May 5, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Zakk Wylde has announced the lineup for his Berzerkus festival, taking place Aug. 28 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Aug. 29 in Wantagh, New York.

Wylde’s Black Label Society will headline alongside Lamb of God, while the rest of the bill includes Down, Suicidal Tendencies and Wylde’s Black Sabbath cover band, Zakk Sabbath.

Presales begin Tuesday at noon ET, and tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday at 10 a.m. ET.

For the full lineup and all ticket info, visit Wylde’s Facebook page.

Wylde and Black Label Society just released a new album, Engines of Demolition, in March. It includes a tribute to the late Ozzy Osbourne called “Ozzy’s Song.”

Midland ‘pulls it all together’ with ‘Stages’

May 5, 2026 by WDNY Radio

2017 ACM new vocal group of the year Midland is retracing their steps on their new album, Stages, which comes out June 12.

“We’ve gone so many places and done so many things,” Cameron Duddy says. “I think we got to that place in the road where we wanted to pull it all together. The title is really a tribute to all the places where we’ve made our stand, but it’s also about all the phases and stages we’ve been through to get here.”

“And the more you dig into country’s roots, the more there is to work with,” lead singer Mark Wystrach adds. “We’ve always had real respect for the original Texas and California country, so this album lets us pull all that through the songs we’ve written and found to really focus on what matters to us.”

Country legend and Lone Star State native Clint Black joins the trio on “Up in Texas,” which Cameron and Jess Carson helped write.

“Nashville, Texas, California, everywhere in between; we’ve been in a pick-up, then a van and finally a bus – it’s all in these songs,” Jess says. “The road dust, sweat, music listened to, it all seeps into who we are and what we do.”

“Shooting Memories with Tequila” is the latest preview of the 10-track album, joining “Marlboro Man,” “Drinkin’ Dark Whiskey” and “I Wish You Would” with Mackenzie Carpenter.

Stages is the latest album from the trio best known for their quintuple Platinum debut single, “Drinkin’ Problem.”

Twenty One Pilots, Kings of Leon, Lorde & The xx among 2026 ACL festival headliners

May 5, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Twenty One Pilots, Kings of Leon, Lorde and The xx are among the headliners for the 2026 Austin City Limits Music Festival, taking place Oct. 2-4 and Oct. 9-11 in Austin, Texas.

The bill also includes Turnstile, Lola Young, Geese, Bleachers, Brandon Flowers of The Killers, Lykke Li, Cannons, Saint Motel, Houndmouth and Balu Brigada, among others.

Charli xcx, Rüfüs Du Sol and Skrillex will headline, as well.

While some of the artists will be performing both weekends, some will only be performing during one. Kings of Leon, for example, is exclusively playing the second weekend.

Tickets go on sale Tuesday at noon CT. For the full lineup and all ticket info, visit ACLFestival.com.

‘American Idol’ finale to feature James Mraz, Clay Aiken, En Vogue and more

May 5, 2026 by WDNY Radio

The performers for next week’s American Idol season finale have been announced.

In addition to previously announced performers Alicia Keys and country star Brad Paisley, the lineup includes artists from a wide variety of musical genres — from heavy metal and pop to rap and R&B — as well as one beloved Idol alum.

The three-hour finale on May 11 will feature performances from season 2 runner up Clay Aiken, Jason Mraz, Mötley Crüe, Nelly, En Vogue, Shinedown, Tori Kelly and ’90s rock acts Blues Traveler and Gin Blossoms.

And speaking of Idol alumni, Monday night’s episode featured season 5 favorites Taylor Hicks, Paris Bennett, Kellie Pickler and Elliott Yamin, all of whom duetted with the finalists. Paula Abdul also returned as a guest judge, while Randy Jackson came back as a mentor.

Mgk speaks on ‘FIX UR FACE’ lyric supposedly aimed at Yungblud

May 5, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Mgk has opened up regarding a lyric on his new song, “FIX UR FACE,” which fans have theorized is about Yungblud.

In the song, mgk raps, “Mickey Mouse kids turned rockstars/ Leaving private schools, trying to be outlaws,” which has been interpreted as a reference to Yungblud’s past role on a Disney Channel show.

The jab might seem surprising, given that mgk and Yungblud have collaborated on multiple songs together, including the single “I Think I’m OKAY” and a cover of Oasis’ “Champagne Supernova.”

On the latest episode of the Garza Podcast, host Chris Garza of the band Suicide Silence asks mgk about the deal between him and Yungblud.

“When someone’s given an opportunity to defend their friend, and they don’t, that breaks my heart,” mgk replies without using anyone’s name or detailing the incident to which he’s referring. “Be my friend the same way in public that you are in private.”

“Super talented, all that,” mgk adds of the unnamed friend. “But what I care about, outside of everything, when the music’s over is, like, what do you stand for and what do you stand on?”

“FIX UR FACE,” which features Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst, is out now.

Stevie Nicks performs at Met Gala, duets with Sabrina Carpenter

May 5, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Stevie Nicks was one of the special musical guests at Monday night’s Met Gala in New York, where she shared the stage with pop star Sabrina Carpenter.

According to Vogue, Stevie and Sabrina, one of the co-chairs of the Gala, opened up the performance with a collaboration on Stevie’s iconic Fleetwood Mac song “Landslide,” before Stevie performed the Fleetwood Mac hit “Gypsy” and her solo classic “Edge of Seventeen,” on her own. Stevie then closed the night with another Fleetwood Mac classic — “Don’t Stop” — joined by Sabrina and a 12-person choir.

The “Don’t Stop” performance comes a little over a week after she performed the tune at New Orleans Jazz Fest, which was her first performance of the track in 15 years. The song is normally sung by Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie.

Stevie’s appearance at the high-profile New York event marked her Met Gala debut. On the red carpet, she wore a custom midnight blue and black Zara gown designed by John Galliano, as per People. The gown featured an enormously wide skirt, topped with a velvet and silk taffeta jacket. She crowned the look with one of her signature top hats.

Vogue reports that for her performance, Stevie wore a vintage Morgane LeFay dress and Margi Kent jacket.

Sabrina Carpenter duets with Stevie Nicks at 2026 Met Gala

May 5, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Having already performed with Madonna at Coachella, Sabrina Carpenter spent the night at the 2026 Met Gala singing with yet another legendary female Rock & Roll Hall of Famer: Stevie Nicks.

As Vogue reports, Sabrina, one of the co-chairs of the Gala, and Stevie teamed up for a performance of Stevie’s iconic Fleetwood Mac song “Landslide.” After performing her Fleetwood Mac hit “Gypsy” and her solo classic “Edge of Seventeen,” she closed the night with another Fleetwood Mac classic — “Don’t Stop” — joined by Sabrina and a 12-person choir.

Ahead of Stevie’s performance, Sabrina took the stage for her own set, performing “House Tour,” “Espresso” and “Please Please Please.” She wore two different looks: a 2018 Versace gown decorated with Andy Warhol’s prints of James Dean and Marilyn Monroe, and a gold-fringed Bob Mackie number.

As for Sabrina’s previous legendary duet partner, Madonna also attended the Met Gala, though she and Sabrina didn’t team up to perform their new duet “Bring Your Love.”

Madonna hit the red carpet in an outfit that was an elaborate recreation of a 1945 painting by Leonora Carrington called The Temptations of Saint Anthony Fragment II. The painting depicts a woman holding what looks like a hunting horn, with a boat on her head, surrounded by five women, each holding the hem of her dress.

Accordingly, Madonna wore a headpiece with a ship on it, carried a horn, and was followed by six women, all holding up a part of her lengthy veil.

Ashley Cooke amps up the intensity on her self-titled second album

May 5, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Ashley Cooke describes her self-titled second album as “a coming-of-age record disguised as a relationship album.”

Arriving on Aug. 14, it will feature 15 tracks, including her current hit, “the hell you are”; “baby blues” and “excuses” from 2025’s ace EP; her March release “xs” and “high school sweetheart,” which drops Friday.

ashley cooke follows her 2023 debut, shot in the dark, which launched her #1 hit, “your place.”

“Sonically it’s different,” she says of the new album. “It has a lot of different flavors in it, which is fun because I didn’t want a record that sounded the same from top to bottom. So there’s definitely some different elements and different flavors and cool things about it that I got to experiment with.”

“There’s a new producer on this record,” she continues. “Dan Huff produced it, and he’s a legend, an icon. He did a lot of like Keith Urban and Rascal Flatts. He played guitar on [Michael Jackson’s] Thriller. Like he is iconic and one of my great friends now, and he just, he crushed this record. So it was fun to get to work with a different producer. So it just kind of inherently, innately sounds different because of that.”

Ashley’s also amped the album up emotionally.

“I just feel like it hits a little harder, you know? Like it just feels a little different and just a little more mature,” she says. “And I think I just got really honest lyrically, which I didn’t not do on shot in the dark, but it just feels I really leaned into like the brutal honesty of every situation on this album.”

‘Rolling Stone’ names the 100 greatest guitar solos of all time

May 5, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Rolling Stone is highlighting iconic guitar solos in its latest staff-curated list.

The mag has just released its picks for the 100 greatest guitar solos of all time, with tunes by such artists as Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, the Eagles and more making the cut. The mag says criteria for songs making the list are that the solo “makes the song; can be sung or hummed; doesn’t repeat the main melody.”

Prince’s iconic tune “Purple Rain” tops the list, with Hendrix’s “Machine Gun” landing at #2. The mag writes that the Hendrix solo is “Hendrix at his most Hendrix,” noting it’s “the most ambitious, raw, soulful, go-for-broke expression of his musical genius.”

Coming in at #3 are the dueling guitar solos of the Eagles’ “Hotel California,” followed by David Gilmour’s solo in Pink Floyd’s “Comfortably Numb” at #4 and Eddie Van Halen’s solo on Van Halen’s “Eruption” at #5.

Rounding out the top 10 are Chuck Berry’s “Johnny B. Goode” at #6, Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” at #7, Steely Dan’s “Kid Charlemagne” at #8, Funkadelic’s “Maggot Brain” at #9 and The Beatles’ “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” at #10.

And while Rolling Stone may think these are the greatest guitar solos, they aren’t necessarily what your average guitar fan likes to play.

According to the mag, Guitar Center recently conducted a poll to find the most-played guitar riffs at its stores, with Metallica’s “Master of Puppets” landing at #1.

Guns N’ Roses’ “Sweet Child O’ Mine” comes in just behind Metallica at #2, with The White Stripes’ “Seven Nation Army,” Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and John Mayer’s “Slow Dancing in a Burning Room” rounding out the top five.

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