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Paul McCartney to share behind-the-scenes of February’s New York club shows

September 23, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Paul McCartney headlined three club shows at New York’s Bowery Ballroom in February, and now he’s giving fans an insiders look at the shows.

The rocker is set to release a new tour diary, Paul McCartney Rocks The Bowery, on Wednesday at 1 p.m. ET on YouTube.

“In February 2025, Paul McCartney took over New York City’s iconic Bowery Ballroom for a surprise and historic three-night run,” reads the description on YouTube. “Find out how it all went down, featuring the fans who were there, the team who pulled it off, and an exclusive behind-the-scenes look with Paul himself.”

Bowery Ballroom was a major underplay for McCartney. The 575-person-capacity venue is certainly much smaller than the stadiums and arenas he usually headlines. The shows were the lead-up to McCartney’s appearance on SNL50: The Anniversary Special, which aired on NBC.

McCartney is getting ready to head back to those bigger venues. He’ll return to the stage with a warm-up show Friday at the Santa Barbara Bowl in Santa Barbara, California, before kicking off the North American leg of his Got Back tour on Sept. 29 in Palm Desert, California. The tour wraps Nov. 25 in Chicago.

Ariana Grande launching two different ‘Wicked’ perfumes

September 23, 2025 by WDNY Radio

After announcing a new makeup collection inspired by Wicked: For Good, Ariana Grande is now launching two new fragrances to go along with the film. One’s inspired by her character, Glinda, and the other’s inspired by Cynthia Erivo‘s character, Elphaba.

“Stepping into Glinda’s shoes and being trusted to tell her story has been one of the most special and meaningful experiences I’ve ever had,” Ariana says in a statement, adding that she “used fragrances on set to help differentiate between when [Glinda] is younger and older as well.”

“I wanted to find a way to pay tribute this chapter and honor these amazing, once-in-a-lifetime characters and really capture what they represent through fragrance – the light, the complexity, the beauty of both Glinda and Elphaba,” she continues.

“This launch is both a personal tribute to an experience that has meant everything to me and an invitation to celebrate the magic and strength of these characters.”

The two fragrances are Glinda Bubbly Pink and Elphaba Enchanted. The Glinda fragrance, which comes in a bottle with a cap modeled after Glinda’s crown, has notes of nectarine, apple, tulips, sandalwood and musk. The Elphaba fragrance, with a bottle cap modeled after the character’s hat, features apple, plum, moon flower, oud wood, oak moss and vanilla.

Each fragrance costs $72. They will be available on Ulta Beauty’s website on Oct. 3 and in Ulta Beauty stores on Oct. 5.

Director says fans will learn ‘new information’ about Bruce Springsteen in ‘Deliver Me From Nowhere’

September 23, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Scott Cooper, the director of the upcoming Bruce Springsteen film Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, says fans should expect to learn some new things about The Boss in the movie.

“[Bruce] said to me, ‘Scott, the truth about yourself isn’t always pretty,'” Cooper, who previously directed 2009’s Crazy Heart, tells Empire in a new interview. “We discussed that this was going to be a film so far removed from the mythology of the rock star. The thing that was most important to him was that this would be no hagiography,” meaning he didn’t want an idealized biopic.

“There’ll be things in this film that will be new information to even Bruce’s most ardent fans — not covered in his Broadway show, or in documentaries, or in his memoir,” Cooper tells the mag, noting Springsteen “never once asked me to sand off the rough edges.”

“But would you expect anything else from Bruce Springsteen?” he says. “This man who’s the reluctant moral conscience of America?”

Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere follows the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer as he makes his 1982 solo album Nebraska. It stars The Bear‘s Jeremy Allen White as Springsteen and Succession‘s Jeremy Strong as his manager, Jon Landau. It opens in theaters Oct. 24.

Gunna confirms he has album with Offset ‘in the works’

September 23, 2025 by WDNY Radio

After teaming up on a few songs, Gunna and Offset have decided to work together on an entire album. Gunna shared the news Monday night during a conversation with Apple Music Live’s Ebro Darden.

“Definitely,” Gunna said when asked if there’s going to be a Gunna/Offset album. “Yes, it’s in the works. But I, like, we spacing it out.”

“You know, he dropped his album, I dropped my album. I was on his, he was on mine,” Gunna continued. “And I feel like that was sprinkles and breadcrumbs for us to give you that meal soon.”

The album will mark the latest collaboration between the two rappers, following “at my purest,” “Different Species,” “prada dem” and “Style Rare.”

Gunna shares why he and Offset have been successful at making music together.

“The way we work is organic. It’s not forced, so when we get together, it’s more or less fun. We [are] having a good time. He comes with the beats, or I might come with some beats … and then we just collaborate,” he says. “I think we actually put that battery in each other’s back when we’re in that studio, too, so that’s why the music sounds [like] how it sounds.”

Ed Sheeran taps Myles Smith as opening act for North American LOOP tour

September 23, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Myles Smith opened for Ed Sheeran in Europe this year, and he’s going to continue in that role in 2026.

The “Stargazing” singer announced on Instagram that he’ll be opening for Ed on the North American leg of the “Sapphire” singer’s upcoming LOOP tour, which gets underway June 20 at Nissan Stadium in Nashville.

“The Sheerios have spoken, the higher powers have listened, and The Jaffa Cakes are heading to the US,” Myles wrote. A Jaffa Cake is a chocolate-and-orange British cookie, and it’s Myles’ facetious way of describing himself and Ed as a pair.

He added on his Instagram Story, seemingly addressing Ed, “Genuinely humbled to be asked to come for round 2. U guys truly feel like family. Love ya brev.”

“Thrift Shop” rapper Macklemore and “7 Years” singer Lukas Graham will also be supporting Ed on various dates of the tour.

Meanwhile, if you want to see Myles in a smaller venue before he hits stadiums with Ed, he’s playing an intimate show Oct. 9 in Austin, Texas, sponsored by White Claw. Visit WhiteClaw.com/musicRSVP to get more details.

Nashville notes: Morgan Wallen’s major donations + Bailey Zimmerman’s new ‘Chevy’

September 23, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Bailey Zimmerman‘s new radio single is “Chevy Silverado,” the follow-up to his #1 “Backup Plan” with Luke Combs.

You can check out Margo Price‘s new video for “Love Me Like You Used to Do” with Tyler Childers on YouTube. It’s from her new album, Hard Headed Woman.

Morgan Wallen donated more than $600,000 worth of musical instruments to schools in cities he played on his I’m the Problem Tour. He also gave $30,000 to the Toronto Blue Jays’ Jays Cares RBI initiative.

Pixies announce the ‘first of many’ 40th anniversary tour dates for 2026

September 23, 2025 by WDNY Radio

The Pixies recently finished a U.S. tour, but they’ve just unveiled plans to head out on the road again.

2026 marks the band’s 40th anniversary, and they’ve announced what they’re describing as the “first of many tour dates for next year.” Those dates begin May 20 and include four shows in the U.K., two in Ireland and then a run of shows in Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. The last date on the schedule is July 19. Tickets for those shows go on sale Friday.

The Pixies formed in 1986 in Massachusetts. Their first release, Come On Pilgrim, was in 1987. The band’s current lineup features three original members — frontman Black Francis, guitarist Joey Santiago and drummer David Lovering — plus Emma Richardson, who replaced Paz Lenchantin on bass in 2024.

Jon Bon Jovi says it took Richie Sambora ‘years’ to apologize for ‘walking out’ on the band

September 23, 2025 by WDNY Radio

In 2013, Richie Sambora left Bon Jovi in the middle of a tour amid troubles in his personal life. Now, Jon Bon Jovi says he still has a lot of “heartbreak” over the way his bandmate departed.

While speaking to Jelly Roll‘s wife, Bunnie Xo, on her Dumb Blonde podcast, Bunnie asked Jon to describe his relationship with Sambora. “The great thing that I have said about him throughout our lives was you would be lucky to call him your friend, and I mean that,” Jon said. “Talented beyond, beyond as a guitar player, as a singer, as a collaborator, wonderful, right-hand man, awesome. Couldn’t ask for more.”

“My heartbreak with him is the way he walked out on us, compounded by the fact that it took him years to come back in the room just to have a meal with [drummer] Tico [Torres] and [keyboardist] David [Bryan] and I and say, ‘I’m sorry,'” he continued.

“It’s unfortunate. It’s heartbreaking … but if what he wanted was to be just ‘Richie Sambora,’ not a member of Bon Jovi, do it! I always encourage all of my guys, because my attitude was, ‘Bring the information back that you learn outside. It’ll only help us.'”

“And so for whatever reason, he walked out, and then that was that. But I can’t defend or accuse … it’s just not worth it anymore,” Jon added. “It’s been so many years, I just … if you can’t figure [it out] or get it together, then it’s not on us. I love the man; heartbroken that he walked out on us.”

In the 2024 documentary Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story Sambora apologized to the band and to the fans for how he left Bon Jovi.

Sabrina Carpenter says she’s felt both ‘adored’ and ‘ridiculed’ by men

September 23, 2025 by WDNY Radio

If Sabrina Carpenter finds men to be exasperating, infuriating and lame — as she does in her songs “Manchild,” “Tears” and “Nobody’s Son” — why does she keep on dating them? As she tells Vogue Italia, she finds them amusing.

“I think they’re a really fun species to watch,” Sabrina tells the magazine. “In both a good and bad way. I feel really adored, inspired, and loved by some of them … and really confused, attacked, and ridiculed by others.”

While she may have a love/hate relationship with men, Sabrina isn’t as ambivalent about her fans. She tells Vogue, “The most important thing in the last 10 years of my life has been the people who have brought me to where I am now: the fans who have stuck by me through every moment, the good ones and the bad ones, with the songs they loved and didn’t love.”

“We’re really growing together,” she adds. “They’re ready and available every day, and I love them deeply for that.”

Sabrina is set to host and perform on Saturday Night Live on Oct. 18. Before that, on Oct. 4 and 11, she’ll perform at the Austin City Limits festival in Texas. On Oct. 23, she’ll kick off a new North American leg of her ongoing Short n’ Sweet tour.

‘This Time Around,’ ‘Bubbly’ hitmaker Colbie Caillat’s a little bit country

September 23, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Though she’s best known for pop hits like “Bubbly,” Colbie Caillat takes a country turn when her album of collabs arrives Friday.

In addition to duets with Walker Hayes, Lee Brice, Maddie & Tae, Mitchell Tenpenny, Hillary Scott, Chris Young, Ryan Hurd and Russell Dickerson, This Time Around includes new takes on some of her biggest songs, like 2009’s “Fallin’ For You.”

“Maren [Morris] has one of my all-time favorite voices I’ve ever heard and now have had the privilege to sing with,” Colbie says. “I was introduced to her through my producer, Jimmy [Robbins], and the coolest part is that Maren chose ‘Fallin’ For You’ to sing on. It turned out even more special than I could have imagined.”

“I’ve been covering Colbie’s songs since I was seventeen,” Maren reveals. “When she reached out and asked me to duet ‘Falling For You’ with her, I was having a full circle giddiness moment. She has one of the most warm, soulful voices I got to blend with, and it turned out so beautifully.”

The 12-track This Time Around also features collabs with Amos Lee, Gavin DeGraw and Jason Mraz.

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