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Sharon Osbourne teases possible ‘The Osbournes’ cartoon

June 2, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Next year will mark the 25th anniversary of the MTV reality series The Osbournes, which followed the lives of Black Sabbath rocker Ozzy Osbourne, his wife and two of their children. And evidently fans may soon get to experience the show in a whole new way.

“We are in talks with a company now about doing a cartoon of The Osbournes, and it would open up a whole younger audience,” Ozzy’s wife, Sharon Osbourne, told Global Licensing Group at the recent Licensing Expo in Las Vegas.

“Nostalgia is the key word these days, so I think it just, you know, leans a lot in there. It’s 25 year ago,” his son, Jack Osbourne, added. “Since we started distributing the show again there’s a whole new audience out there for it.”

Sharon and Jack also discussed their desire to keep Ozzy’s memory alive.

“I think that it’s, you know, the Ozzy brand and legacy is open for business,” Jack said. Sharon noted, “Ozzy’s not going anywhere. He’s with us and he’s not going anywhere and that’s what it’s all about, to keep his legacy alive.”

Ozzy Osbourne died July 22, 2025, at age 76.

Harry Styles sets the scene for ‘Golden’ proposal at Amsterdam concert

June 2, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Imagine your partner proposing to you — while Harry Styles serenades you both with a love song he just dedicated to you.

That’s what happened to Natália Machado, after she and her boyfriend, Lucas Bajerski, happened to bump into Harry on the street in Amsterdam in May. As People reports, the couple was in town to see Harry perform on his Together, Together tour, and Lucas mentioned that he planned to propose at the concert.

At the show the next night Harry dedicated his song “Golden” to the couple, saying, “Lucas and Natália, this one’s for you.” Lucas got down on one knee and gave Natália a note that read, “You’re So Golden. Casa Comigo?” That means “marry me” in Portuguese.

Lucas tells People, “As soon as I heard that the song was dedicated for us, I did it… and cried.”

Harry then told the crowd that the two had just gotten engaged, and related the story about how they met on the street the previous day. You can see video of the proposal, and of Harry telling the story, on the couple’s Instagram pages.

“It’s … crazy that he represented the situation really well at the show, because it was how it happened, with every detail,” Lucas tells People, adding that Harry “creates an atmosphere of treating people with kindness. … It was one unforgettable night.”

Lucas wrote on Instagram, “Thank you @harrystyles for making this night even more special, thank you for helping me and dedicating an entire song to us! I hope you know that the invitation to be a groomsman is still open!”

Rescheduled date announced for Jimi Hendrix street naming

June 2, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Jimi Hendrix is finally getting a street named after him in New York.

West 8th Street in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, where Hendrix’s legendary Electric Lady Studios is located, was due to be co-named Jimi Hendrix Way back in February, but an extensive snow storm forced the postponement of the event. The naming has now been rescheduled.

The street will get its new name on June 10 at 11 a.m. ET, with the ceremony taking place a block from the studio.

Among those attending the street naming will be E Street Band guitarist Stevie Van Zandt. The event will coincide with the launch of a new education partnership with the rocker’s education initiative TeachRock, which uses music and pop culture to expand learning in schools. The partnership will result in the addition of a Hendrix curriculum for middle and high school students.

Experience Hendrix LLC President and CEO Janie Hendrix will also be on hand for the ceremony, along with Living Colour’s Vernon Reid, singer Valerie Simpson, Hendrix producer Eddie Kramer, NYC District 2 council member Harvey Epstein, and a group of local TeachRock teachers and students.

Midland and Clint Black are going on tour, but there’s no show ‘Up in Texas’

June 2, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Not only do Midland and Clint Black have a song together on the trio’s new album, they’re also going on tour.

The “Killin’ Time” hitmaker and the “Drinkin’ Problem” boys will do eight shows together starting Oct. 8 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The trek wraps Oct. 24 in Glen Allen, Virginia.

Presales start Wednesday, before tickets become available to the public on Friday.

Jess Carson and Cameron Duddy helped co-write their collab “Up in Texas.” “Drunk Enough” is lead singer Mark Wystrach’s sole co-writing credit on Midland’s Stages album, which drops June 12.

Clint’s autobiography, also titled Killin’ Time, came out May 19.

Floetry kicks off ‘Tiny Desk”s celebration of Black Music Month, BET’s impact

June 2, 2026 by WDNY Radio

June marks Black Music Month, and NPR is celebrating it with a lineup showcasing Black talent across various genres.

Set to perform on the platform’s Tiny Desk are Floetry, GENA, Ayra Starr, Joe, The Paradox, Shaboozey, Fred Hammond, Eve, 8Ball & MJG and Bow Wow, who made the announcement on Instagram.

The video begins much like the original theme for the music video countdown show 106 & Park, but with the words “Black Music Tiny Desk Month.”

“Aye, yo, what up? It’s Bow Weezy, Mr. 106 & Park. Ya’ll see where I’m at? I ain’t just taking over 106 & Park, we taking over Tiny Desk, and I’m live in the office right now,” Bow says. “Coming to y’all with something special. All through June, NPR is celebrating Black Music Month and honoring BET’s impact on the culture. And of course the lineup here is crazy. Ten dope performances.”

Bow Wow will host and close out the event, giving fans a glimpse of what to expect from his performance. “We gon stand on some desks, we gone break a couple rules,” he says. “The glass might shatter when we put on ‘Fresh Azizmiz’, but look, I’m gon’ pay for it, it’s nothing.”

“Tiny Desk I can’t wait,” he says, before he contemplates, “Am I Mr. Tiny Desk too now? Should I change my name now? I don’t know. I like this.”

Floetry kicks off the series with a performance featuring songs “Big Ben,” “SupaStar,” “Butterflies,” “Say Yes,” “Getting Late” and “Floetic.” It is available to watch on YouTube.

Björk previews new song ‘Never Bloom’ as part of new exhibition

June 2, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Björk has given fans a preview of her new music.

A new song, “Never Bloom,” is part of echolalia, a new exhibition at the National Gallery of Iceland that opened on Saturday.

Björk shared a clip of the song and visuals on Instagram, giving fans some insight into how the work came to be.

In the post, she writes that the visuals were done with painter Natalia Kleszczewska and computer graphics director Natalie Liu, noting Kleszczewska “painted the creatures and the backgrounds” and Liu “shaped the digital dimension of the work.”

In her role as creative director, Björk says she brought in the “singer-songwriter tradition” in which “emotionally precise things happen inside the structure of a song.” She says she guided the color palettes, textures and the “environments the music happens in.”

Björk says creating the visuals for the song took seven months, although she adds that she doesn’t think of herself as a “visual artist,” noting, “because my heart is in music.”

echolalia runs until Sept. 9 at the National Gallery of Iceland. When the exhibition was announced in December it was revealed that the new song was from Björk’s “forthcoming album, currently in development.”

The most recent Björk album is 2022’s Fossora.

Paul McCartney doesn’t think he’ll ever retire

June 2, 2026 by WDNY Radio

At 83, Paul McCartney doesn’t seem ready to slow down.

The former member of The Beatles, who actually turns 84 on June 18, is still making music, having just released the new album The Boys of Dungeon Lane, and continues to tour, with his last trek wrapping in November. And in a new interview with NME, McCartney reveals whether he’ll ever considering hanging it all up.

“I don’t know. I never know, y’know?” he says,. “I remember when I was 50 years old, my manager at the time said, ‘Well, are you thinking of retiring?’ I went, ‘Uh, I don’t think so.’”

“But he obviously thought, 50 … which, I get it, because we thought 30 was really old [when] we were 20,” he continues. “So 30 was like that’d be unseemly, but it came, and it went, and people were still playing, and audiences like the music.”

McCartney notes that he still gets “creative satisfaction” from songwriting. “There’s something magical about it.”

“It’s still a great achievement to sit down with, let’s say, my guitar and there’s nothing there, and I’m just noodling around, and suddenly, maybe after three or four hours, I’ve got a song. I know how it goes, and I’ve written the lyrics down, and it’s a real achievement,” he says. “That still is a magic feeling for me. I think that’s the creative buzz still, and hopefully always will be.”

Lady Gaga song tops ‘Billboard”s Greatest LGBTQ Anthems of All Time list

June 2, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Happy Pride Month! In honor of the occasion, Billboard has put together a list of the 100 Greatest LGBTQ Anthems of All Time, with Lady Gaga topping the list.

Mother Monster’s 2011 song “Born This Way” is #1 on the list, which is a mixture of songs by queer artists, songs by gay icons, songs that are popular with the gay community and songs by allies that, as Billboard puts it, “mirror our struggles with self-acceptance and social rejection.”

The top 10 also includes Diana Ross’ 1980 hit “I’m Coming Out,” which was specifically written by Chic’s Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards for Ross’ gay fans. Madonna’s “Vogue,” Cyndi Lauper’s “True Colors” and Chappell Roan’s “Good Luck, Babe!” are in the top 10, as well.

Other songs that made the list include:

Gloria Gaynor, “I Will Survive”

Donna Summer, “I Feel Love”

Elton John, “I’m Still Standing”

Tracy Chapman, “Fast Car”

Thelma Houston, “Don’t Leave Me This Way”

Sam Smith & Kim Petras, “Unholy”

George Michael, “Freedom ’90”

Idina Menzel, “Let It Go” from Frozen

Melissa Etheridge, “Come to My Window”

Frankie Goes to Hollywood, “Relax”

Cher, “If I Could Turn Back Time”

Whitney Houston, “It’s Not Right But It’s Okay”

Christina Aguilera, “Beautiful”

Pink, “Raise Your Glass”

ABBA, “Dancing Queen”

Sister Sledge, “We Are Family”

Mariah Carey, “Make It Happen”

Katy Perry, “Firework”

Sara Bareilles, “Brave”

The Weather Girls, “It’s Raining Men”

Lee Brice asks ‘What You Know About That’ with new song

June 2, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Lee Brice’s new track recounts the roots of his raising in Sumter, South Carolina.

“This song’s got dirty boots and gasoline veins. ‘What You Know About That’ is all about where I come from, the kinda life we lived and the kinda times we had,” he says. “You work hard, love hard, and make memories that stay with you forever.”

“Whether it’s fishin’ on the riverbank, ridin’ around in your daddy’s old square body, or hearin’ Alan Jackson on a back road… if you know, you know,” he adds.

“What You Know About That” is the latest release from Lee’s new album, Sunriser, which drops Oct. 2. The new song and its music video will arrive on Friday.

Drake tops ‘Billboard”s returning Songs of the Summer list

June 2, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Drake’s “Janice STFU” has topped another Billboard chart. In addition to spending its second week at #1 on the Hot 100, Streaming Songs, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop and Hot Rap Songs charts, the track has now claimed the top spot on Billboard‘s returning Songs of the Summer chart.

The list features seven entries from Iceman, with “Shabang,” “Ran to Atlanta” featuring Future and Molly Santana, “Whisper My Name,” “National Treasures,” “2 Hard 4 the Radio” and “Plot Twist” joining “Janice STFU.”

Drake previously topped Billboard‘s season-end Songs of the Summer chart with “In My Feelings” in 2018, and “One Dance” featuring WizKid and Kyla in 2016.

This year’s Song of the Summer list tracks the most popular songs based on cumulative streaming, airplay and sales performance between June 6 and Sept. 12, 2026, according to Billboard. Songs that appeared on the 2025 list or peaked on the Hot 100 during or before 2025 are ineligible.

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