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Ghost announces ’2 Big to Rig’ concert film

July 16, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Ghost has announced a new concert film called 2 Big to Rig.

The movie was filmed during the Swedish metal outfit’s two sold-out shows in Mexico City during their Skeletour world tour. It’ll be released in cinemas and IMAX worldwide on Aug. 26.

2 Big to Rig marks Ghost’s second theatrical concert film, following 2024’s Rite Here Rite Now. While Rite Here Rite Now included a narrative story interwoven between the concert footage, a press release says 2 Big to Rig “focuses exclusively on the Ghost live ritual.”

“From behind-the-scenes interludes showcasing the crew members that make the band’s theatrical vision into nightly reality to the only pro-shot footage of mesmerizing frontman Papa V Perpetua and his band of Nameless Ghouls on the entire phone-free tour, 2 Big to Rig is the definitive document of Ghost’s unforgettable Skeletour World Tour,” the release says.

Tickets to 2 Big to Rig go on sale July 23.

Avril Lavigne and Tate McRae performed at Taylor Swift’s wedding, says guest

July 16, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Taylor Swift is evidently a big fan of Canadian female pop stars.

In a TikTok posted on Wednesday, ESPN sports commentator Pat McAfee, who attended Taylor’s wedding to Travis Kelce, discusses Avril Lavigne’s performance of “Sk8er Boi” at the event. He said the show was “awesome” and noted that she was far from the only performer.

McAfee said it was “really cool” that after each musician’s performance, “one would just call out the other and they would come up and then they would just do their [thing].” He added that Ice Spice, who appeared on Taylor’s song “Karma,” put on a show with “a lot of energy,” before saying, “Tate, same thing.” He was seemingly referring to Tate McRae, who Taylor has expressed her love for in the past.

Other artists who reportedly performed at the July 3 wedding bash at New York’s Madison Square Garden include Stevie Nicks and Paul McCartney.

Phoebe Bridgers performs on ’The Tonight Show’ again + releases acoustic ‘Lost Boys’

July 16, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Phoebe Bridgers returned to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Wednesday for her second-straight surprise performance.

After making an unannounced appearance on the NBC show Tuesday to play the TV debut of her new single, “Lost Boys,” Bridgers’ follow-up performance featured a stripped-down acoustic version of the track.

While Bridgers was backed by a band of children for the first Fallon set, she was accompanied by veteran musicians for the second performance.

The acoustic version also featured Bridgers quietly whispering the “one, two, three” part in the bridge, which is screamed on the original recording.

You can listen to an official studio version of the acoustic “Lost Boys” via digital outlets.

“Lost Boys” is the lead single off Bridgers’ upcoming third album, Lost Weekend, the much-anticipated follow-up to 2020’s Punisher. The record is due out Aug. 14.

Bridgers will launch a sold-out U.S. arena tour in September.

The man behind 15 years of hits was almost father to Bo-Berry McCreery

July 16, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Scotty McCreery fans will be able to take a walk down memory lane when his greatest hits collection, titled 15, comes out on Friday.

The North Carolina native was only 17 when he won American Idol in 2011, and since then, he’s gone on to build his life in the public eye. He married longtime girlfriend Gabi Dugal in 2018, before welcoming Avery McCreery in October 2022 and his second son in September 2025.

But when Oliver McCreery joined the family, his big brother had big feelings about what his name should be. He was fighting for Bo-Berry McCreery, which happens to be the name of his favorite treat at Bojangles.

“Avery’s doing great, Ollie’s doing great,” Scotty says. “Bo-Berry comes out every now and then. But yeah, the Bo-Berry name is kind of starting to fade a little. But Avery is loving his little brother. I think he wants to just play tackle football with him all the time, so we have to tell him [to] be gentle.”

“But he’s a sweet kid,” he continues. “And the other day, he looked at Ollie. Ollie’s just sitting there, obviously. And he just goes up and says, ‘Ollie, I am so proud of you.’ And then he walks away — and I’m melting. He’s been a great big bro.”

15 boasts seven number ones: “Bottle Rockets,” “Five More Minutes,” “This Is It,” “In Between,” “You Time,” “Damn Strait” and “Cab in a Solo.”

It also includes Gabi’s favorite, the #2 “It Matters to Her”; Scotty’s first top 10, “See You Tonight”; plus four new recordings.

The Rolling Stones offer behind-the-scenes look at the making of ‘Foreign Tongues’ cover

July 16, 2026 by WDNY Radio

The Rolling Stones have shared a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the artwork for their latest album, Foreign Tongues.

The album cover features a mashup of caricatures of the faces of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood. In the behind-the-scenes clip, the artist, Nathaniel Mary Quinn, paints the image while looking at a variety of different photos and drawings of the rockers.

“The Rolling Stones, they’re such an iconic band, even people who may not be avid fans of The Rolling Stones, they imagine those guys on the stage singing and performing,” Quinn says in the clip. “This is an image for an album cover, you know, it’s not like a work of art for a gallery or museum. It has to be an image that would be collectively embraced and digested by a wider public.”

He adds, “They don’t have to be art connoisseurs to like it.”

Foreign Tongues, The Rolling Stones’ 25th studio album, is out now.

Jutes battles ‘imposter syndrome’ in playing Inkcarceration metal & hard rock festival

July 16, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Jutes has scored alternative hits with his singles “Sleepyhead” and “It Takes Two,” but he’ll venture into the hard rock and metal world when he plays the Inkcarceration Festival Friday in Mansfield, Ohio.

As for how he fits into that kind of world — he’s playing on a stage ahead of artists like Papa Roach and Hollywood Undead — Jutes is curious about that himself.

“I have this imposter syndrome of, like, ‘Am I heavy enough? Are they gonna like it?'” Jutes tells ABC Audio.

Jutes does count heavier artists including Deftones as an influence on his music, but, as he puts it, “It’s not like I consider myself a metalcore artist by any means.”

“I have moments in my songs that have, like, metalcore-adjacent riffs and whatnot,” he says. “But then I have other parts of my songs that are very pop and I have other[s] that are hip-hop.”

In approaching playing Inkcarceration and festivals like it, Jutes says he tries to heed the advice of his drummer.

“He’s always like, ‘Don’t shy away from being different,'” Jutes says. “‘You don’t have to pick songs that make you fit into what you think that the bill is gonna be like. It’s cool to do your thing.'”

“I kinda have to just trust other people, ’cause I’m always like, ‘I don’t know what songs of mine they’re gonna like,'” he continues. “I’ve got some heavy stuff, but I think I’ll just probably play the biggest songs I got and hope for the best.”

Jutes will release a new album, Chin Up, Beautiful, on Aug. 5, and just put out a new song called “Blink Twice.” He’ll launch his own headlining tour Aug. 11 in Phoenix.

Anthrax announces ‘Illustrated Oral History’ graphic novel

July 16, 2026 by WDNY Radio

The story of Anthrax will be told in the illustrated pages of a new graphic novel.

NOT: The Illustrated Oral History of Anthrax is set to be released March 16, 2027, by publisher Z2.

“Being a band for 40+ years you have stories, you have experiences, and the way we’re telling the stories and experiences with Z2 is a great way for us and the fans to actually visualize these little stories in comic book form,” says drummer Charlie Benante in a statement. “I think once people see it, they’ll get a laugh out of it because these stories are true! Nothing is fabricated here.”

Benante adds, “I think you’re gonna enjoy these stories, these great artists, and this new collaboration between Anthrax and Z2!”

Anthrax previously worked with Z2 on a graphic novel adaptation of the band’s 1987 album, Among the Living.

A new Anthrax album, Cursum Perficio, is due out Sept. 18. It marks the thrash band’s first record in 10 years.

JT says ‘everybody is going to be able to relate’ to debut album, ‘Club Cheetah’

July 16, 2026 by WDNY Radio

JT is working on her debut solo album, Club Cheetah, which she says is a reflection of all the different sides of her and goes beyond what fans already know.

“I’m so many things, and it’s so hard to describe my album,” she says in an interview with Nylon. “It’s not a certain genre. It’s whatever the f*** I want it to be.”

“Everybody is going to be able to relate to this project,” she adds. “I love to bring a bad-b**** confidence out of the weirdest motherf*****.”

JT has already given fans a preview with the single “Girls Gone Wild,” which she says “didn’t gravitate to my core [audience).” Still, the release gave listeners a chance to get to know JT and appreciate her for who she truly is.

“People are starting to love me overall, and that is the most beautiful feeling about this era,” JT tells Nylon. “I’m seeing the fruits of my labor. I see the fashion, the music, and the beauty all in one house.”

“I feel like the songs are matching the clothes. I need to perform my songs,” she continues. “I want to feel like the Black Britney Spears. I want to feel like a ghetto Gaga, b****.”

JT says she’s currently in an era where she’s focused on authenticity and embracing the spaces that allow her to be herself, which is one of the reasons she enjoys TikTok.

“You can be yourself on TikTok, for real,” she says.

It’s also why she decided New York was the place to live.

“I go outside, I see a motherf***** dressed like a butterfly that’s with somebody dressed like a businessman,” she says. “I feel so free here. Nothing I do is weird to them.”

The full interview, in which she discusses her relationships with Doechii and Lil Uzi Vert, as well as other topics, is available on Nylon‘s website.

Hole’s ’Live Through This’ to be reissued as part of Definitive Sound Series

July 15, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Hole’s 1994 album Live Through This is being reissued as part of Interscope-Capitol Records’ Definitive Sound Series, described as a “premium audiophile vinyl series.”

The LP was mastered from the original Live Through This analog master tapes, which guitarist Eric Erlandson rediscovered after they were lost in storage for years. It’s due out Sept. 24.

“I remembered two oversized reels from Bob Ludwig’s Gateway Mastering Studios that I had seen in my storage locker,” Erlandson says in a statement. “I thought they were digital tapes created as backups. When I found them, I realized they were the actual analog mixes Bob had compiled to master the album. Bingo!”

The original Live Through This marked Courtney Love and company’s sophomore effort, and spawned Hole classics including “Doll Parts” and “Violet.”

Previous Definitive Sound Series releases include blink-182’s Enema of the State, and A Perfect Circle’s Thirteenth Step and Mer de Noms.

Yung Miami drops out of lineup for BossMan Dlow’s Motion Party Tour

July 15, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Yung Miami will no longer be joining BossMan Dlow on his Motion Party Tour.

She announced the news in a post on X.

“Sadly I have an update that I won’t be on the Motion Party Tour any more,” she wrote before expressing gratitude for the opportunity. “Thanks so much Bossman DLow and wishing you all the best on the new dates!”

She attributed her decision to leave the tour to her desire to finish her upcoming album.

“I’m so disappointed because I was really looking forward to turning up with y’all. But I know y’all want this album so I really gotta lock in to get it finished,” Miami said. “These deadlines on my a** but y’all gonna love this new music!”

She also thanked fans for supporting her latest single.

“Thank y’all for running ‘Spend Dat’ all the way up. The love has been crazy,” she wrote. “I see y’all and I feel y’all! Trust me, it’s gone be worth the wait. Stay tuned, album coming soon.”

“Spend Dat” currently sits at #4 on Billboard‘s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart; has reached the top 20 in the Hot 100; and ranks #2 on the Mediabase charts, among other achievements. Many people have already deemed the track one of the songs of the summer.

As for BossMan’s tour, it was originally set to kick off on Thursday, but the opening date has been delayed following Yung Miami’s departure. Rescheduled dates will soon be announced, according to a post on BossMan’s Instagram. “Motion Party Tour Will Resume Shortly Don’t Count Me Out Count Me In,” he wrote.

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