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Music Notes: Mariah Carey, Taylor Swift & more

September 30, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Mariah Carey is returning to her native Long Island, New York, to do an in-store record signing Tuesday night. She’ll be appearing at the noted indie record store Looney Tunes for the sold-out event. The good news? You won’t have FOMO, because there are absolutely no photos allowed at the event.

Remember those stick-on freckles that went viral after Taylor Swift wore them to a Chiefs game? Now the company, Fazit, has two new products to go along with Taylor’s new album: Show Stopping Speckles and Show Stopping Eye Wings in The Life of a Showgirl-themed colors. The products will also be featured in Walmart racks near where the album is being sold.

More details are emerging about Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco‘s wedding fashion — well, Benny’s, anyway. People reports that Benny’s wedding ring, designed by Jacob & Co., has their wedding date — 9-27-25 — engraved inside. There’s also a tiny ruby and a tiny aquamarine, which are Selena and Benny’s birthstones, respectively. One of Benny’s looks for the wedding weekend was a Levi’s custom denim beaded ensemble worn with custom Lucchese boots, inside of which Selena wrote a “special note.”

Louis Tomlinson is back with a new single called “Lemonade” and details on his third solo album. Called How Did I Get Here, it’s due out Jan. 23. The former One Direction member says in a statement, “I sum up it as ‘The record I always deserved to make.’ My bread and butter is my honesty. I genuinely wear my heart on my sleeve, and I hope it comes through in the music. … For the first time now, I’m allowing myself to be the artist I’d always hoped to be.”

Mass Appeal partners with Marvel for limited-edition comic book series honoring NY hip-hop legends

September 30, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Nas and DJ Premier, Ghostface Killah, Mobb Deep and Slick Rick are among the rappers who will be featured in a limited-edition comic book series titled Legend Has It…

Nas’ media company Mass Appeal teamed with Marvel for the idea, tapping Brandon Thomas as author and Sanford Greene for the illustration.

“Working with Marvel on this comic is a celebration of Hip Hop and its legacy,” Nas said in a statement, as per Billboard. “There’s a story we tell through our music, and watching that energy come to life in these pages is a tribute to the culture that shaped us and continues to inspire generations.”

Legend Has It… will debut and be available for sale Oct. 10 at New York Comic Con. It will also tell the stories of Raekwon, Big L and De La Soul.

News of the Legend Has It… comic book arrives months after the announcement of a homonymous album featuring the same seven rappers in the comic. Each of these artists will have a new project out by the end of 2025.

Billy Idol, The Cars’ Elliot Easton to play Above Ground benefit concert

September 30, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Billy Idol and The Cars guitarist Elliot Easton are among the artists set to perform at the Above Ground benefit concert on Oct. 26 at The Fonda Theatre in Hollywood, California.

Other artists confirmed for this year’s show include Idol guitarist Steve Stevens, Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor, Moby, Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt, and former Foo Fighters and current Nine Inch Nails drummer Josh Freese, with a special guest appearance by rappers Cypress Hill. More artists are expected to be announced.

This year’s show was originally supposed to take place in January but was postponed due to the California wildfires. The concert will feature the artists performing songs off the self-titled debut albums from the New York Dolls and The Cars.

The yearly concert is put on by Jane’s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro and guitarist Billy Morrison‘s Above Ground organization, which they founded in 2018. The concert raises money for MusiCares in support of mental health awareness and suicide prevention.

Tickets for the concert are on sale now.

Nashville notes: Josh Ross’ ‘Live!’ debut + Megan Moroney’s ‘Late Night’ date

September 30, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Megan Moroney will make her Late Night with Seth Meyers debut Oct. 7 at 12:35 a.m. ET on NBC.

Jamey Johnson will perform his “Symphony in the South” show Oct. 17 and 18 at Music City’s Schermerhorn Symphony Center as part of the Nashville Symphony’s 2025-26 Pops Series.

Josh Ross will make his national TV debut in the U.S. on Oct. 7, appearing on Live with Kelly and Mark. He’ll perform his new radio single, “Hate How You Look.”

Def Leppard to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

September 30, 2025 by WDNY Radio

The members of Def Leppard are the latest rock stars to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The band will receive their star in the category of Recording at a ceremony on Oct. 9 in front of the Capitol Records building in Los Angeles.

Rocker Jon Bon Jovi and Universal Music President and CEO Bruce Resnikoff will be hand to speak at the ceremony, which will stream on the Hollywood Walk of Fame’s website.

Def Leppard will be honored with the 2,825th star on the Walk of Fame.

After a busy 2025, Def Leppard has one more show on their touring schedule. They’ll play Gary, Indiana, on Oct. 11. In 2026, they are booked to play a residency at The Colosseum in Las Vegas starting in February, and will follow that with a tour of Europe and the U.K. starting in June.

A complete list of tour dates can be found at defleppard.com.

Harry Chapin ‘Cat’s in the Cradle’ documentary coming to DVD, streaming

September 30, 2025 by WDNY Radio

A new documentary celebrating the 50th anniversary of Harry Chapin’s classic song “Cat’s in the Cradle” is coming to DVD and streaming on Nov. 4.

Harry Chapin – Cat’s in the Cradle: The Song That Changed Our Lives, directed by Rick Korn, delves into the lasting impact of the iconic tune. It features interviews with artists like Billy Joel, Pat Benatar, Chicago’s Robert Lamm, Judy Collins, Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider, Run-DMC’s Darryl McDaniels and more.

“What makes this song so amazing is the multi-generational and multi-cultural effect it has on people around the world even to this day,” says Korn.

“My father wrote many unforgettable story songs but ‘Cat’s in the Cradle’ is by far his best known and it continues to have an impact on millions of people around the world,” says the singer’s son Jason Chapin, who’s a producer on the film. “I’m thrilled at how the film captures so many wonderful stories about the song and my father told by music legends, fans, family and others.”

On Nov. 1 the film will get a special benefit screening at the Cinema Arts Centre in Harry’s hometown of Huntington, Long Island, with proceeds going to Long Island Cares and the Cinema Arts Centre of Huntington.

Released in October 1974, “Cat’s in the Cradle” tells the story of the relationship between a father and a son. It written by Harry and his wife, Sandy Chapin, and hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was the singer/songwriter’s only chart-topper. The tune earned Chapin a Grammy nod for best male pop vocal performance in 1975. In 2011 the tune was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

Styx adds new Florida shows to 2026 schedule

September 30, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Styx has announced some new tour dates for 2026.

The band is set to play six shows in Florida, with dates kicking off Feb. 22 in Pompano Beach. They’ll also play Orlando, Estero and Clearwater, before wrapping their Sunshine State stint on Feb. 28 in St. Augustine.

Tickets for all shows are on sale now.

The Florida dates will follow the band’s already announced 2026 residency at The Venetian Theatre inside The Venetian Resort Las Vegas. The five-show stint, where they’ll be playing their 1978 album, Pieces of Eight, in its entirety, begins Jan 23.

A complete list of dates can be found at StyxWorld.com.

And speaking of Florida … Styx’s three-day Florida festival, Rockin’ In Paradise with Styx + Friends, is set to launch Oct. 9 in Miramar Beach. The “friends” in the lineup include Cheap Trick, Loverboy, 38 Special, Collective Soul, John Waite and Edwin McCain.

HARDY adds 4 new tracks and an extra ‘COUNTRY!’ to new album

September 30, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Even though HARDY‘s new album, COUNTRY! COUNTRY!, just came out on Friday, he’s already following it up with a deluxe edition.

The expanded version, titled COUNTRY! COUNTRY! COUNTRY!, features stripped-down versions of the album tracks “Dog Years,” “Country in Me” and “Take the Country and Run,” as well as the new song “Good Ole Boy.”

There’s also an accompanying music video for the new track. The “Good Ole Boy” visual was shot on location at an amphitheater stop on the Jim Bob World Tour.

It traces the day from load-in until HARDY hits the stage, with stops at the merch table and the meet-and-greet, including a birthday surprise for one special fan, who also makes an appearance during the show.

You can check out the “Good Ole Boy” video now and stream the deluxe COUNTRY! COUNTRY! COUNTRY!

Nicki Minaj and Cardi B go back and forth in heated social media exchange

September 30, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Nicki Minaj reignited her longstanding feud with Cardi B Monday following the first-week sales of Cardi’s new album, Am I the Drama? She seemingly suggested Cardi inflated album sales with a post that read “4.99,” the cost of Cardi’s album on iTunes.

Nicki also mocked Cardi’s song “Magnet,” replacing the lyrics with bars that take aim at Cardi and her pregnancy. “Abcdefgeeeee/ Fallin off the charts wit a big bellyyyy/ RUNNING TRAINS/ Barefoot, still smellyyyyy/ Still. You. Could. Not. outsell. meeeeee,” Nicki wrote of Cardi, who she nicknamed “Barney B.” The posts have since been deleted.

Cardi caught wind of the shots and responded with her own slew of messages to the Queens rapper. “Nothing more annoying than a bored btch,” she wrote.

She followed up with her own remix to “Magnet,” featuring bars that take aim at Nicki’s husband, Kenneth Petty, who is a registered sex offender, and her brother Jelani Maraj, who was convicted of predatory assault against an 11-year-old girl.

In later posts, she questioned why Nicki was poking fun at her pregnancy and comparing herself to a rapper in another generation.

“Why you keep bringing up my album?? It’s not the gag that you think it is,” Cardi wrote. “You been in the game like 16 years.. you need to compare yourself to YOUR peers that started around YOUR time. Rihanna, Taylor [S]wift, Drake…those are the numbers you need to be competing wit and you can’t cuz you doing lower than all of them.”

Am I the Drama? is now double Platinum.

Listen to new music from New Found Glory & Bowling for Soup

September 30, 2025 by WDNY Radio

It’s a big day for fans of late ’90s/early 2000s pop-punk.

New Found Glory has announced a new album called Listen Up!, due out Feb. 20, 2026. Listen Up! marks the first original record from the “My Friends Over You” outfit in nearly six years.

“The overall message/theme of this album is to encourage hope through hard times, while also looking at the world as somewhat of a fly on a wall: seeing people’s fear, negativity, and stress about small things that only scratch the surface of what life will eventually – but bring in a hopeful way,” NFG says. “We want to encourage hope that the hard times will bring growth and strength. So the music is super fun and anthemic and loose feeling. We’re singing loud and proud about the scars and not in a pity party sort of way.”

Listen Up! includes the previously released song “100%.” A second cut, called “Laugh It Off,” is out now.

Meanwhile, Bowling for Soup has premiered a new single called “Holding on to That Hate,” marking their first original material since 2022.

“Spreading a message of moving on and positivity through their expert self depreciating lens mixed with Bowling for Soup’s trademark charm and wit, ‘Holding on to That Hate’ is set to become a new favorite of Bowling for Soup fans old and new across the generations,” a press release reads.

Bowling for Soup is also putting out a new live album, A Hangover You Definitely Deserve, on Oct. 24.

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