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Get in your mocktail era: Toast Taylor Swift’s new docuseries — and her birthday

December 12, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Looking for something to drink while you and your friends are watching Taylor Swift‘s new Disney+ docuseries and concert film — or even something to toast her 36th birthday Saturday and celebrate your parasocial relationship with her?

Peloton instructor Callie Gullickson‘s new book, Mocktail Hour, features 70 different alcohol-free drinks you can make at home. And as a Swiftie herself, she’s created a special one for her fellow fans.

“The lavender haze mocktail. That is my Taylor Swift-inspired mocktail, which I’m so excited about,” she told ABC Audio.

Named after a song on Taylor’s album Midnights, the drink has very few ingredients.

“It is basically a lavender lemonade,” she explains. “You just squeeze the lemons, add some water, add the lavender syrup, and oh my goodness, it is so simple. And then you have to — to make it fun and very Taylor Swift-inspired — add the edible glitter.”

And if you think your viewing party or birthday celebration won’t be as fun if you ditch the alcohol, Callie says that’s a common misconception, which is why she wrote the book.

“I think the one major thing people think about mocktails is like, ‘Oh, you’re not fun if you have a mocktail,'” she says. “But I’m like, ‘No, there’s absolutely a way to make drinking mocktails fun.’ So once I found that, I was like, ‘Oh! What am I doing? OK, the mocktail life is for me.'”

Gorillaz shares new ’The Mountain’ track, ‘Damascus’

December 12, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Gorillaz has released a new song called “Damascus,” a track off the Damon Albarn-led cartoon band’s upcoming album, The Mountain.

“Damascus” features Syrian singer Omar Souleyman and rapper Yasiin Bey.

The Mountain, the follow-up to 2023’s Cracker Island, is due out Feb. 27. It also includes the previously released songs “The Happy Dictator,” “The God of Lying” and “The Manifesto.”

Gorillaz will be performing The Mountain in full during a pair of concerts in Los Angeles, taking place Feb. 22 and Feb. 23. The band’s immersive House of Kong exhibition will also be open in LA from Feb. 26 to March 19.

All ‘RISE’: Melissa Etheridge to release new album in March

December 12, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Melissa Etheridge will RISE and shine early next year.

RISE, her first studio release in five years, will arrive March 27. Described as “her most personal project to date,” it features a duet with country superstar Chris Stapleton, “The Other Side of Blue,” and a tribute to her late son, Beckett Cypher, titled “Call You.”

New single “Matches” is out now, along with a lyric video. Melissa says it’s her favorite song on the album, and it’s about what first got her interested in music: watching Johnny Cash perform at the U.S. Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas, in 1970.

“I was 8, and a huge Johnny Cash fan. His music really lit my fingers and made me so excited,” she says in a statement. “When I say ‘Mama, let me play with the matches,’ I really wanted to play that music.”

Melissa has also announced her upcoming THE RISE TOUR, which launches March 26 in Detroit. It’s scheduled to wrap up May 9 in North Carolina. Tickets are on sale now at MelissaEtheridge.com.

You can look for Melissa to appear on Talk Shop Live on March 12 to promote the album, which is available for preorder now.

On This Day, Dec. 12, 2012: Bruce Springsteen, The Who headline charity concert for Hurricane Sandy victims

December 12, 2025 by WDNY Radio

On This Day, Dec. 12, 2012 …

12-12-12: The Concert for Sandy Relief was held at New York’s Madison Square Garden to raise money for the victims of Hurricane Sandy, which struck portions of the Northeastern United States, the Caribbean and the Mid-Atlantic in late October 2012.

The concert featured performances by Bruce Springsteen, The Who, Bon Jovi, Eric Clapton, Billy Joel, The Rolling Stones, Roger Waters with Pearl Jam‘s Eddie Vedder, Coldplay with R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe and more.

Paul McCartney closed the show, where he was joined by the surviving members of Nirvana — Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and touring guitarist Pat Smear — for their first performance together in 18 years.

The concert was broadcast live in the U.S. on a variety of networks, and a documentary, DVD and CD of the concert were also released.

Hear Slash & Myles Kennedy on new cover of U2 & BB King’s ‘When Love Comes to Town’

December 12, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Slash and his Conspirators bandmate Myles Kennedy are featured on a new cover of U2 and B.B. King‘s collaborative 1989 single, “When Love Comes to Town.”

The cover is part of blues rocker Joe Bonamassa‘s King tribute album, B.B. King’s Blues Summit 100. It also features blues singer Shemekia Copeland, who handles King’s vocals while Kennedy sings Bono‘s parts.

“We knew early on we wanted to include this U2 song in an effort to span the breadth of B.B.’s entire career,” says producer Josh Smith. “It turned into such a standout.”

B.B. King’s Blues Summit 100 is due out Feb. 6.

The most recent Conspirators album is 2022’s 4, though a new record is in the works. Slash also teamed up with Kennedy and company for a cover of “Feel Like Makin’ Love” for a Bad Company tribute album.

Lenny Kravitz to appear in Bond video game 007 First Light

December 12, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Lenny Kravitz is set to appear in the upcoming James Bond action adventure video game 007 First Light, from IO Interactive.

Kravitz will play the villain Bawma in the game, which will be a Bond origin story. Bawma is described as “the largest black-market dealer in the Western Hemisphere who’s as charismatic as he is unpredictable,” with the description adding, “He rose from nothing, broke free, and built his own Kingdom of Aleph.”

“The Bond franchise has such an incredible legacy in video games, so to step into it with a brand-new character like Bawma is amazing,” Kravitz said in a statement posted to IO Interactive’s website. “He’s magnetic and unpredictable, there’s danger in him, but also heart and purpose. He’s not just a man with power; he is a man who has to fight for every inch of it. Bringing that energy into 007’s world felt incredible.”

A just released trailer for the game highlights Kravitz’s appearance, with the villain’s likeness taken directly from the rocker’s iconic look.

007 First Light is due out March 27 and available for preorder now.

Watch Evanescence’s ‘Afterlife’ performance on 2025 Game Awards

December 12, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Evanescence played their song “Afterlife” during the 2025 Game Awards, which took place Thursday.

“Afterlife,” which was released in March, was recorded for Netflix’s animated adaptation of the Devil May Cry video game series. Along with Amy Lee and company’s performance, it was announced that the second season of Devil May Cry will premiere on May 12.

You can watch Evanescence’s Game Awards set streaming now on YouTube.

“Afterlife” is one of two new songs Evanescence released in 2025, along with the K.Flay collaboration “Fight Like a Girl.” The band’s most recent album is 2021’s The Bitter Truth.

Evanescence will launch a 2026 U.S. tour in June with support from Spiritbox and Nova Twins.

Parker McCollum’s son is on the cusp of really enjoying Christmas

December 12, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Parker McCollum‘s son, Major Yancey Tyler McCollum, celebrated his first birthday in August, so he already has one yuletide season under his belt — although he was just a few months old at the time.

Parker and his wife, Hallie Ray McCollum, are especially excited about Christmas this year.

“My son’s like right on the cusp of being old enough to like really enjoy Christmas,” Parker says. “I think we may be a little bit early. That’s not gonna stop my wife from acting like he’s 10 and fully aware of what’s going on.”

“So I’ll be looking forward to just playing along and acting like she’s right,” he adds.

Of course, as Major grows up, Parker has his own rituals he’s ready to start.

“Probably the tradition I look forward most to showing my son one day is taking off to the ranch to go hunting as soon as Christmas Day’s over,” he says.

Parker will get back to work fairly quickly, as he’s booked to play Dickies Arena in Ft. Worth on New Year’s Eve.

Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ hits 2 billion views on YouTube

December 12, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Queen’s iconic #1 hit “Bohemian Rhapsody” has reached a new milestone on YouTube.

The video for the 1975 song has just surpassed 2 billion views on the site, making it the oldest song to ever reach such a milestone.

This has been a big year for “Bohemian Rhapsody,” as Queen celebrated the song’s 50th anniversary in October. To mark the occasion they released the single on transparent blue heavyweight 12-inch vinyl, as a 12-inch picture disc and as a blue cassette single.

The song is from Queen’s #1 album A Night at the Opera. It was the band’s first #1 single in the U.K., spending nine weeks on the top of the chart. The six-minute operatic tune, written by Freddie Mercury, was rereleased in 1991 following Mercury’s death and returned to #1.

In other Queen news … guitarist Brian May’s wife, Anita Dobson, revealed a bit of a tidbit about the future of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band, and it sounds like fans shouldn’t expect to see them out on the road anytime soon.

“They will do little bits and bobs, but they won’t do those big tours,” she told the U.K. outlet The Mirror. “We are all getting old.”

Look out for movie: Turnstile’s Brendan Yates wants to score films

December 12, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Turnstile released a visual album to accompany their new record, NEVER ENOUGH, and frontman Brendan Yates is looking to dive even further into the film work.

Yates tells Rolling Stone that he hopes to one day score a movie.

“I’ve never done it, but I’ve always dreamed about it,” Yates shares. “I hope one day there’s an opportunity.”

In the meantime, Yates can enjoy the success of NEVER ENOUGH, which gave Turnstile their first top-10 album on the Billboard 200. The record also made Turnstile the first act to earn Grammy nominations in the rock, metal and alternative categories all in the same year.

“We grew up going to punk and hardcore shows,” Yates says. “We grew up listening to rock. We grew up listening to metal, to alternative, to R&B, to rap, to electronic music. We listened to all kinds of things.”

“We’ve never denied ourselves the musical influences that have been a part of our lives growing up, what our parents were playing when we were kids,” he continues. “Everyone is kind of just a sponge of what they are drawn to. I think it’s important to not put a box around what you naturally are drawn to.”

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