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Eagles’ Joe Walsh booked as Mega Mentor on NBC’s ‘The Voice’

October 21, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Joe Walsh is coming to The Voice.

The Eagles guitarist has been tapped to be a Mega Mentor for season 28 of the NBC talent competition, helping out the teams coached by One Direction star Niall Horan and country superstar Reba McEntire.

“They’re putting me back on TV!” Walsh shared on Facebook. “And I get to hang with my buddies Niall and Reba!”

This year’s other Mega Mentor is Zac Brown of the Zac Brown Band, who’ll help out the teams coached by Snoop Dogg and Michael Bublé.

Walsh and Brown will join the show for the Knockout rounds, which begin Oct. 27 at 8 p.m. ET.

The news comes as Walsh and the Eagles are set to return to Las Vegas for their Sphere residency on Oct. 31, with shows now running until Feb. 28.

Walsh is also hosting his annual VetsAid benefit on Nov. 15 in his hometown of Wichita, Kansas. He’ll be joined by country star and Eagles touring member Vince Gill; Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen; and a “super-set” from Walsh, joined by Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks of the Tedeschi Trucks Band and Nathaniel Rateliff.

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s Brett Young! The superhero costume he couldn’t shake

October 21, 2025 by WDNY Radio

With Halloween just around the corner, lots of us are getting our costumes ready.

But when Brett Young was a kid, it was a no-brainer: he went as the same superhero almost every year.

“I was a very nerdy little boy,” he says. “I was obsessed with Superman and I would not let it go for 15 years probably, to the point where I made my mom make me a new Superman costume three Halloweens in a row. The full tights, sprayed black into my hair, the curl, the whole thing.”

His mom’s handiwork still remains his favorite.

“There’s no way that there was another costume ever that will top the Superman costumes that my mom made me in that three-year stretch where I couldn’t get that one out of my head,” he reminisces.

Brett’s latest radio hit is “Drink with You,” from Brett Young 2.0, which came out in June.

Bia says goal with debut album, ‘Bianca,’ is ‘to reach people in a positive way’

October 21, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Bianca Landrau and her rap persona, Bia, come together on Bia’s debut album, Bianca. She tells Billboard the goal was to create a project where she displayed her true self in a way that was relatable to others.

“They’re kind of figuring out how we can work together and be our truest, most authentic self,” she says of her private and public personas. “Sometimes our flaws, or sometimes like things that are most forward about us, or the most vulnerable things — those are all the things I put into a blender with this album, and I wanted to feel super authentic and relatable.”

While sales and charting are things Bia thinks about as an artist, she says it’s more important for her to have a positive impact on others.

“For me, I’m always more of an energy person. I believe great things happen and come when you put out good things into the world, good energy. So putting this art out into the world is solely for touching the people, to inspire people, and to make people look at music in a way where it’s like, ‘Oh, someone’s being intentional about this,'” she explains.

“Of course, I care about numbers,” Bia adds. “I care about metrics. But more importantly, it’s less of my goal to be famous and more of my goal to reach people in a positive way.”

It’s why she didn’t use the album to respond to Cardi B‘s “Pretty & Petty” diss on Am I the Drama?

“If I was to ever address it again, I would never attach it to my album, because this is a beautiful body of work that I believe in,” Bia says. “I wouldn’t want to disservice this and overshadow it with noise or negativity.”

Bianca is now available on streaming services.

21 million: Bruno Mars scores the highest-certified song in history

October 21, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Bruno Mars hasn’t released any new solo music in years, but his back catalog continues to rack up the streams. In fact, he’s just set an all-time record with a 15-year-old song.

The Recording Industry Association of America has confirmed that Bruno’s 2010 hit “Just the Way You Are” has been certified for sales of 21 million units, making it the highest-certified song in RIAA history. It broke the record previously set by “Sunflower” by Post Malone and Swae Lee, which was certified for 20 million units.

In addition, Bruno’s debut album Doo-Wops and Hooligans is now certified nine-times Platinum, for sales of nine million units and many of his other singles, such as “Grenade,” “Marry Me” and “Count on Me,” have just had their RIAA certifications updated as well.

In addition, fan-favorite track “The Lazy Song” is now Diamond, certified 10-times Platinum, pulling Bruno even with The Weeknd and Rihanna as the artists with the most Diamond-certified singles in RIAA history.

Fitz and the Tantrums announce 2026 US tour dates

October 21, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Fitz and the Tantrums have announced a run of U.S. tour dates for 2026.

The outing stretches from Jan. 29 in Riverside, Iowa, to Feb. 27 in Rancho Mirage, California. It includes a four-night residency at the Egyptian Theater in Park City, Utah, taking place Feb. 4-7.

Presales begin Wednesday at 9 a.m. local time, and tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday at 9 a.m. local time.

For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit FitzandtheTantrums.com.

The tour will support the latest Fitz and the Tantrums album, Man on the Moon, which dropped in July. The band is also set to premiere a new single Friday called “Radio Baby” in collaboration with DJ Don Diablo.

Dream Theater returns home to conclude US tour: ‘Major bucket list check-off for us’

October 21, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Dream Theater will conclude their ongoing U.S. tour Saturday at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Long Island, New York. It’ll mark a big homecoming for founding members Mike Portnoy, John Petrucci and John Myung, all of whom grew up on Long Island.

“That was where I saw all my concerts throughout the ’70s and ’80s,” drummer Portnoy tells ABC Audio of Nassau Coliseum. “I saw everybody from Paul McCartney and Wings to KISS to Metallica to Ozzy [Osbourne] to The Who to Rush.”

“That was the hometown arena for all of us in Dream Theater,” he adds. “So to actually play this legendary place is definitely [a] major bucket list check-off for us.”

Portnoy adds that playing Nassau will be special in and of itself, though Dream Theater does have the capacity to honor one of Long Island’s biggest stars if they so choose.

“We have even covered Billy Joel,” Portnoy laughs. “Back in the early days, we used to do a cover of ‘Angry Young Man.'”

Ending the tour with a hometown show is fitting for Dream Theater and Portnoy, who likens the vibe in the band to a family reunion since he rejoined in 2023 following a 13-year absence.

“For us personally, it really means a lot to be back together again,” Portnoy says. “We can see how important it is for the fans, as well.”

Dream Theater’s tour supports their new album, Parasomnia, which was released in February.

Vivian Campbell picks Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert as most memorable Def Leppard moment

October 21, 2025 by WDNY Radio

After Joe Elliott and Rick Allen shared their most memorable moments with Def Leppard, guitarist Vivian Campbell is revealing his, and it centers around a really big show the band took part in not long after he joined the band.

In a video posted to Instagram, Campbell says getting to perform with Def Leppard at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness in 1993 sticks out for him, noting that while he had already played a club show with the band, it was his first really big gig with them.

“It was, I don’t know, 80-something thousand people in the stadium. It was broadcast live worldwide,” he said. “It was just wall to wall celebrities, Elton John came in to the dressing room to say hello to us, and I’m thinking, this never happened in Dio,” referring to the heavy metal band he played with in the ’80s.

Also making it special was that Queen‘s Brian May came out and performed with them.

“That was fantastic. I’d never met Brian before,” he said. “To be onstage, Wembley Stadium, Def Leppard, Brian May, I thought, ‘I could get used to this.'”

“There’s been a lot of great moments in the 33 odd years since,” Campbell concluded, “but that one certainly stands out as being probably the biggest for me and certainly the first one for me with Def Leppard.”

Old social media posts from Tyler, The Creator resurface

October 20, 2025 by WDNY Radio

<figure><img src=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/syndication.abcaudio.com/files/2025-10-20/Getty_TylerTheCreator_102025.png” alt=””><figcaption>Tyler, the Creator performs onstage during 2022 Made In America at Benjamin Franklin Parkway on September 03, 2022 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Roc Nation)</figcaption></figure>Old tweets from Tyler, The Creator have surfaced following his <a href=”https://www.instagram.com/p/DPy7zteANzP/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=96301ff4-68fb-48ad-a224-82239f260497″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>tribute to the late D’Angelo.</a>The posts include his thoughts on topics regarding the Black community as well as artists including <a href=”https://x.com/tylerthecreator/status/615338614537334784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1979962799779397894%7Ctwgr%5Ed3ba15fd8a47a07b42b9dc04ef41c033554c4c5c%7Ctwcon%5Es3_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fd-4137665752726387565.ampproject.net%2F2509191850000%2Fframe.html” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>Diddy</a>, <a href=”https://x.com/tylerthecreator/status/33227413685010432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1980081141379207345%7Ctwgr%5E2ca86dbf45b04f4eb446762e3c51cf0640877e06%7Ctwcon%5Es3_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fd-4137665752726387565.ampproject.net%2F2509191850000%2Fframe.html” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>R. Kelly</a>, Leon Thomas and Wale.”I hate the black dude from Victorious,” <a href=”https://x.com/MyNameIs_DRE/status/1979886042863018300?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1979886042863018300%7Ctwgr%5Ed8c24db56ad409b59b9cbc68dfbc198320069164%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fd-9009765251335114464.ampproject.net%2F2509191850000%2Fframe.html” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>read his tweet</a> about Leon Thomas.When discussing Wale in 2011, <a href=”https://x.com/tickingstripe/status/1979586575362408914?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1979586575362408914%7Ctwgr%5E604e26a060b5961438b12c80bbf4fc3a2cff7aca%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fd-16389942223596233653.ampproject.net%2F2509191850000%2Fframe.html” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>Tyler wrote</a>, ”I Still Ain’t S***. Could Totally Become A Failure, Or Like Swale Tomorrow. Gotta Stay Focused And Brainwash More People.” Another tweet read, ”But F***, I Really Hate WALE, So The Fact That He’s Right Before Us On That List Makes Me Really B***** And Mad. Like This; MAD.”In his tweets about the Black community, he discussed his hatred for Black History Month and reacted to the riots in Ferguson, Missouri, that followed the killing of Mike Brown. “AND BLACK PEOPLE ARE CURRENTLY MAD RIGHT NOW BUT IN 2 WEEKS WILL BE OVER IT CAUSE THEY REALLY DON’T CARE, COOL HASHTAG THO RIGHT?”” he wrote in the post.Tyler’s tweets have surfaced amid discourse about his white anti-Black fans, who flooded the comment section of his tribute to D’Angelo, and whether he cultivated this fan base with his own social media posts. He has since turned off the comments on his Instagram posts.Fans have also noticed Tyler may have deleted some of his offensive tweets over the last few days. Copyright © 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

The Offspring, Rise Against join 2026 Welcome to Rockville lineup

October 20, 2025 by WDNY Radio

<figure><img src=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/syndication.abcaudio.com/files/2025-10-20/M_theoffspring_101024.jpg” alt=””><figcaption>The Offspring on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' (Disney/Raymond Liu)</figcaption></figure>The Offspring and Rise Against have joined the lineup for the 2026 Welcome to Rockville lineup.Other new additions include Ateryu and The Ataris.As previously reported, Welcome to Rockville 2026 will be headlined by My Chemical Romance and Bring Me the Horizon. All That Remains, Ice Nine Kills, Sevendust, Saliva and Nonpoint are among the other announced artists for the festival.Welcome to Rockville 2026 takes place May 7-10 in Daytona Beach, Florida. For more info, visit <a href=”https://welcometorockville.com/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>WelcometoRockville.com</a>.Copyright © 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour says there’s ‘no possible way’ he’d perform with Roger Waters again

October 20, 2025 by WDNY Radio

<figure><img src=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/syndication.abcaudio.com/files/2025-10-20/Getty_DavidGilmour_102025.jpg” alt=””><figcaption>English singer David Gilmour performs in concert at Circo Massimo on july 02, 2016 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Roberto Panucci/Corbis via Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>Pink Floyd fans shouldn’t hold out hope that David Gilmour and Roger Waters will settle their differences enough to perform together again.In an interview with <a href=”https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/interviews/david-gilmour-i-am-never-performing-with-roger-waters-again/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>The Telegraph</a>, Gilmour and his wife, Polly Samson, discussed their public comments about Waters, and Gilmour put an end to any speculation that he may one day work with Waters again.In February 2023, Samson called out Waters on <a href=”https://x.com/PollySamson/status/1622513762602205184?s=20&t=DYif274gXBIF4_raGup_6Q” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>X</a> over his pro-Vladimir Putin comments. She wrote that Waters was “anti-Semitic to your rotten core” and called him “a Putin apologist,” among other things. Gilmour backed her by retweeting the post and commenting, “every word demonstrably true.”In the interview with The Telegraph, Samson explained why she was so vocal, saying it was “because Pink Floyd are quite a faceless band.”“Everywhere I went, there’s a chance that people thought I was married to the one who said things like that. And it wasn’t a great feeling,” she said. “If they knew you’re married to someone from Pink Floyd, half the time people were giving me quite strange looks and it was really uncomfortable and I just wanted to draw a line and make it clear that these were not views held by me or the person I was married to.”Both Samson and Gilmour said their opinion on Waters hasn’t changed. Gilmour was then asked if there was anything that would need to happen for him to perform with Waters again, and Gilmour shut that down.”Nothing,” he said. “There is no possible way that I would do that.”Copyright © 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

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