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Grateful Dead celebrates 20th anniversary tour with 20-CD box set

July 15, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Grateful Dead is looking back at the summer of 1985 with a new 20-CD box set.

Summer Magic 1985, dropping Sept. 18, celebrates the band’s 20th anniversary tour. It features seven previously unreleased full concerts, including their three 20th anniversary shows at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, California, June 14-16.

There are also recordings of concerts at Hershey Park Stadium in Hershey Park, Pennsylvania; Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga, New York; and Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland. The set also includes a 96-page book with essays, photos and original artwork.

“The seven shows this box presents … offer a snapshot of the artistic process that was the Grateful Dead, making a powerful statement of the band’s project as they marked their 20th anniversary,” Nicholas G. Meriwether, executive director of the Grateful Dead Studies Association, writes in the set’s liner notes. “(T)his box not only lets us revisit what these shows sounded like at a peak of the band’s PA prowess, it lets us finally hear what these shows meant, the alchemy of time and memory finally revealing the gold of those concerts.”

And The Dead is giving fans a little taste of what to expect with the release of a performance of “Sugar Magnolia” from the Merriweather Post Pavilion show. It is now available via digital outlets.

Summer Magic 1985 is limited to just 10,000 numbered copies and is available for preorder now on Dead.net.

In addition to the box set, the Merriweather Post Pavilion show, which took place June 30, 1985, will be released as a standalone three-CD or four-CD set. It is also available for preorder now.

Rick Ross unveils track list for upcoming album, ‘Set in Stone’

July 15, 2026 by WDNY Radio

While celebrating the 20th anniversary of his debut album, Port of Miami, on tour, Rick Ross is also gearing up for the release of his next project.

Days before Set in Stone arrives, he shared the album’s track list on Instagram via a joint post with his label, Maybach Music Group.

The project features Yung Miami on “She’s My Star,” Jeezy on “Maybach Music VII,” Leon Thomas on “Remarkable Hussle,” Gucci Mane on “Big Fish” and BigXThaPlug on “Living Large.”

Additional guest appearances come from Rich the Kid, YFN Lucci, Deon Cole, The-Dream, Kodak Black, Ball Greezy, Nino Breeze and Big Toney, Young Breed and DJ Nasty. It also features the already released singles “Mahogany Caskets,” featuring T.I., and “Minks in Miami,” featuring French Montana and Max B.

His post’s caption teases a special, unannounced guest on “Caviar Bumps,” which will only appear on the physical edition of the album.

Set in Stone drops on Friday, the same day Ross’ tour makes a stop at Chicago Theatre. He will be joined by special guest Twista.

William Shatner to perform metal set at 2026 Riot Fest

July 15, 2026 by WDNY Radio

William Shatner is set to bring his heavy metal project to the live stage.

The 95-year-old Star Trek icon will be performing at the 2026 Riot Fest, taking place Sept. 18-20 in Chicago. His band will feature guitarist Marcus Nand, former Ozzy Osboure bassist Phil Soussan, Vixen guitarist Britt Lightning and drummer Fred Aching.

“I’ve always believed that music, like space, is about exploration,” Shatner says in a statement. “Riot Fest is exactly the kind of place where anything can happen. We’re bringing volume, intensity, and a few surprises. With this incredible band behind me, I expect nothing less than lift-off. I can’t wait to share this experience with the fans.”

The Riot Fest 2026 lineup also includes headliners Twenty One Pilots, Tool and Pierce the Veil.

As previously reported, Shatner is planning to release a metal album featuring covers of bands including Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and Judas Priest. Rob Halford will guest on a rendition of the Priest classic “You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’.”

Full details about the album, including the release date and the full track and guest list, are forthcoming.

Hear Fiona Apple’s opening theme for Apple TV’s ‘Lucky’

July 15, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Fiona Apple is teaming up with another Apple for a new song.

The “Criminal” artist has composed the theme for the new limited series Lucky, which premiered Wednesday on Apple TV.

The track is called “Horns of a Bull” and soundtracks the Lucky opening credits sequence, which you can watch on YouTube.

Lucky stars Anya Taylor-Joy as the titular character, a con artist who goes on the run following a botched heist. The cast also includes Timothy Olyphant and Annette Bening.

“Horns of a Bull” follows Apple’s 2025 single, “Pretrial (Let Her Go Home).” She also recorded a song called “Where the Shadows Lie” for Prime Video’s Lord of the Rings series, The Rings of Power.

Apple’s most recent album is 2020’s Fetch the Bolt Cutters.

Creed’s Mark Tremonti announces Sings Sinatra concerts

July 15, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Creed and Alter Bridge guitarist Mark Tremonti has announced two new Sings Sinatra shows, during which he performs the music of Frank Sinatra.

The concerts will take place Dec. 16 in St. Charles, Illinois, and Dec. 18 in Orlando, Florida.

For all ticket info, visit TremontiSingsSinatra.com.

Tremonti released a Sinatra covers album in 2022, which was recorded with members of Sinatra’s orchestra.

You can catch Tremonti live with Creed on their summer tour, which includes a headlining set Sunday at the Summer of ’99 and Beyond Festival. Alter Bridge, meanwhile, will launch a U.S. tour in November.

Phil Collins releasing expanded ‘Face Value’ box set

July 15, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Phil Collins is revisiting his debut solo album, Face Value, with a new expanded reissue.

Face Value (Full Value), dropping Sept. 18, is a four-LP set that features a remastered version of the original album. It also comes with three LPs of bonus material, made up of rare and unreleased live recordings, demos and outtakes. It also includes a brand-new interview with Collins in the liner notes.

Face Value will also be released on Blu-ray, featuring upgraded audio, including 2026 Atmos, 5.1 and stereo mixes by producer Steven Wilson, as well as the 2016 remaster of the album.

And fans are getting a preview of that bonus material with the release of a previously unreleased performance of “You Know What I Mean,” which is now available via digital outlets. The performance was recorded in 1982, live at Perkins Palace in Pasadena, California.

Face Value (Full Value) is available for preorder now.

Face Value was recorded while Collins’ band Genesis was on a break. It was released in February 1981 and became an instant hit for the rocker, topping the chart in the U.K. and peaking at #3 in the U.S.

The album’s leadoff single, “In the Air Tonight,” peaked at #19 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. It went on to be one of Collins’ signature songs, thanks in part to its iconic drum track. Another song, “I Missed Again,” also peaked at #19.

The new release comes as Collins is set to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist in November. He was previously inducted as a member of Genesis in 2010.

‘What If’ you put an ‘Honest Woman’ in bluegrass’s most famous band?

July 15, 2026 by WDNY Radio

What if you made Carly Pearce a member of Alison Krauss & Union Station?

It’s something you’ll likely be able to envision once you hear Carly’s new Honest Woman preview.

“Bluegrass has always been part of who I am,” Carly writes on her socials. “I can’t wait for y’all to hear ‘What If You Loved Me’ with Molly Tuttle & Dan Tyminski this Friday.”

Of course, Dan is a longtime — but former — member of AKUS, while Molly’s a bluegrass star with a voice reminiscent of Alison’s.

If you’re so intrigued by the prospect you can’t make it until Friday, Carly also posted a short snippet as a preview.

Her fifth studio album drops Aug. 28.

Goo Goo Dolls release music video for ‘Ocean’

July 15, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Goo Goo Dolls are drowning in emotion in the new video for their song “Ocean.”

The black-and-white visual for the track, off their Summer Anthem EP, features shots of the band performing the song intercut with images of a woman underwater.

The band has also announced the release of the 20th Anniversary Expanded Edition of their 2006 album, Let Love In. The 21-track album will feature the original track list, as well as 10 “Live and Intimate” recordings from a session captured at Capitol Studios.

Let Love In (20th Anniversary Edition) will be released July 24. The same day, Goo Goo Dolls kick off their U.S. tour with Neon Trees.

How to ‘Carry On’ with Kenny Chesney not on the ‘Silver Sands’ Marina cover

July 15, 2026 by WDNY Radio

There’s no photo of Kenny Chesney on the front of his 21st album. If you want to see the superstar staring back from your copy of Silver Sands Marina, you’ll have to get the vinyl picture disc, which is available exclusively from TalkShopLive.

Kenny’s July appearance on the platform will be his first in-depth conversation about making the record and adding three songs after it was finished.

“A lot went into making Silver Sands Marina, wanting to create something that was authentic,” he explains. “It’s country. It rocks. It’s philosophical in places. But every single song takes you somewhere.”

You can catch Kenny on TalkShopLive July 30 at 7 p.m. ET.

It’s the only place you’ll be able to get autographed copies of the Sept. 25 album, which features his top-10 hit “Carry On.”

On This Day, July 15, 2009: Paul McCartney performs on the Ed Sullivan Theater marquee

July 15, 2026 by WDNY Radio

On This Day, July 15, 2009…

Paul McCartney performed a surprise show on the Ed Sullivan Theater marquee in New York.

McCartney was at the theater to appear on The Late Show with David Letterman. His appearance took place 45 years after The Beatles made their debut at the same theater on The Ed Sullivan Show.

McCartney treated the crowd gathered on the streets of New York to seven songs, including “Get Back,” “Sing The Changes,” “Coming Up,” “Band On The Run,” “Let Me Roll It,” “Helter Skelter” and “Back In The U.S.S.R.”

McCartney returned to the Ed Sullivan Theater in May for the final episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

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