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Mötley Crüe announces dates for The Return of the Carnival of Sins tour

November 18, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Mötley Crüe is hitting the road in 2026 to celebrate some big milestones.

The band has announced dates for The Return of the Carnival of Sins tour, celebrating both the band’s 45th anniversary and the 20th anniversary of their 2005-06 Carnival of Sins tour.

The 33-city North American tour, with special guests Tesla and Extreme, will kick off July 17 in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, and wrap Sept. 26 in Ridgefield, Washington.

“Bringing back the spirit of Carnival of Sins has been a blast, and we wanted to take it even further for its 20th anniversary,” the band said in a statement. “This new show is for the Crüeheads who’ve been with us through it all and for the new Crüeheads who didn’t get to experience Carnival of Sins last time around. Get ready — we’re coming your way and we can’t wait to see you next summer.”

A Mötley Crüe presale begins Wednesday at 12 p.m. local time. Tickets go on sale to the general public Friday at 10 a.m. local time. One dollar from every ticket will be donated to ASAP! (After School Arts Program) through the Mötley Crüe Giveback Initiative.

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

Lamb of God announces 2026 US tour

November 18, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Lamb of God has announced a U.S. tour for 2026.

The headlining outing launches March 17 in National Harbor, Maryland, and concludes April 26 in Boston.

“We are beyond thrilled to announce the loudest, proudest, floor shakin’-est, earth quakin’-est, ear-splittin’-est, mosh pittin’-est, undiluted, undisputed HEAVIEST tour of the whole damn year,” says guitarist Mark Morton.

Presales begin Tuesday at noon ET, and tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday at 10 a.m. local time. For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit Lamb-of-God.com.

Lamb of God released a new single, “Sepsis,” in October. The band’s most recent album is 2022’s Omens.

Josh Groban’s taking his GEMS on a world tour

November 18, 2025 by WDNY Radio

For the first time in 10 years, Josh Groban will be circling the globe with his music.

Josh has announced his 2026 GEMS World Tour, which begins in Honolulu, Hawaii, and will visit Asia, Australia, Europe and the U.K. before wrapping up in Amsterdam. Exact dates will be announced at a later time, but for more information, visit joshgroban.com.

“It is with the greatest excitement that I get to take these songs I’ve loved so much around the world – to places I haven’t visited in far too long and to places I’ve always wanted to visit,” Josh says in a statement. “I’m honored to see the world through music. I can’t wait to see everyone soon!”

According to a press release, the tour will feature a “career-spanning production” that highlights the songs on Josh’s best-of compilation GEMS, released earlier this year. Josh released the companion album Hidden Gems on Friday, featuring fan-favorite and rare tracks. It also includes a brand-new song, “The Constant.”

Pink Floyd releases 25-minute ‘Shine On You Crazy Diamond’ from ‘Wish You Were Here 50’

November 18, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Pink Floyd’s iconic album Wish You Were Here begins and ends with the two-part track “Shine On You Crazy Diamond,” a tribute to their late bandmate Syd Barrett. Now the two parts have been put together as one complete song.

The band has just released “Shine On You Crazy Diamond (pts. 1-9, New Stereo Mix),” which marks the first time the song has been released as one continuous piece. The 25-minute track, newly mixed in stereo by James Guthrie, is part of Wish You Where Here 50, Pink Floyd’s 50th anniversary reissue of the album, which is dropping Dec. 12.

To coincide with the release, comedian and Great British Baking Show co-host Noel Fielding has created a commissioned set of original paintings inspired by Barrett’s iconic image.

“I was pretty young when my affinity with Pink Floyd and Syd started,” Fielding shares. “What’s amazing about Pink Floyd, especially with Wish You Were Here, is that the artwork was as good as the music.” He adds, “It is a masterpiece, that album cover, and that album. It’s a masterpiece. And it’s based on Syd Barrett, who is a walking masterpiece.”

Wish You Were Here 50 will be released in a variety of configurations, including a three-LP or two-CD set, with the original album plus 25 bonus tracks, including six tracks that have never been released before. There will also be a Blu-ray with Dolby Atmos and 5.1 Surround mixes of the album; three concert films from the band’s 1975 tour; and a short film by famed art designer and Hipgnosis co-founder Storm Thorgerson.

All formats are available for preorder now.

Lainey Wilson’s CMA philosophy: ‘Just keep the main thing about the main thing’

November 18, 2025 by WDNY Radio

On Wednesday night, Lainey Wilson steps into the spotlight to host the CMA Awards solo for the very first time, after sharing the honor with Luke Bryan and Peyton Manning in 2024.

“It’s crazy to think that I even got the opportunity to host the first time,” she reflects. “But I’m getting to do it this year again, and it feels good to have a little bit of experience under your belt.”

“Truth is, I don’t think you could ever be fully prepared for something like this,” she admits, “but I like doing things that are a little scary, so throw me in coach!”

Ultimately, Lainey feels like Luke and Peyton got her ready to lead Country Music’s Biggest Night by herself.

“I learned to get up there and relax and don’t take yourself too serious and just keep the main thing about the main thing,” she says. “We’re there to celebrate country music. It is really the biggest night in country music, so that’s what it’s gonna be.”

Lainey’s also tied with Ella Langley and Megan Moroney for the most nominations going into the night, with six apiece.

Tune in to witness all the winners and the performances live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena starting at 8 p.m. ET Wednesday on ABC. You’ll also be able to stream the 59th annual CMA Awards Thursday on Hulu.

Pentatonix is mixing ‘super classics’ with the ‘new new’ on Christmas In the City tour

November 18, 2025 by WDNY Radio

It’s not even Thanksgiving yet, but some people have been bumping Christmas music since Halloween. Pentatonix have been out on their Christmas In the City tour since Nov. 8 so, as the Christmas experts, what do they think is the best time to start listening to holiday tunes?

“You can start in the ‘ber,’ months,” the groups Kirsten Maldonado tells ABC Audio. That’s September, October, November and December.

“A long time ago, I would have said, don’t do it before Halloween, because Halloween was like my favorite holiday,” she says. “But now Christmas is so year ’round that … the ‘ber’ months feel appropriate.”

The Christmas In the City tour features nearly 30 songs, including much of their new Christmas In the City album. “It’s the longest show we’ve done. And it’s hard because we’re singing the entire time!” says Kirstin.

It was also hard figuring out the perfect mix of old songs and new material.

“I think we balanced it by bringing back some of our super classics — like, we brought back ‘Little Drummer Boy,’ we, of course, are keeping ‘Mary Did You Know?’ ‘Hallelujah’ … So we try to pull from, like, ‘old old’ so people would be happy, and then grab all the ‘new new.'”

The group’s also grateful that all their members are at full strength. If he hadn’t gotten eliminated in October, Scott Hoying would have simultaneously been doing the tour and competing on Dancing with the Stars, which Kirstin says “would’ve been a lot.”

“We were very excited for him and wanted him to be able to continue,” Kirsten says, noting that they changed their schedule to accommodate him. “But he would have very stressed, because I don’t know how he was even doing it with rehearsals …. he would’ve had to be drinking a lot of energy drinks and coffee!”

Erykah Badu teams with VEEPS to livestream show from Mama’s Gun ’25 tour

November 18, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Erykah Badu wants fans to join her in celebrating 25 years of her album Mama’s Gun. She’s teaming with VEEPS to livestream one of the performances from her Mama’s Gun ’25 – Return of The Automatic Slim tour.

Erykah Badu: Mama’s Gun | Live from King’s Theater will capture her second show in Brooklyn, featuring a performance of the album in full, storytelling and “signature Badu arrangements,” a press release states.

“Celebrate 25 years of Mama’s Gun with @ErykahBadu. Raw emotion. Deep grooves. Pure Baduizm,” Veeps writes on Instagram.

Tickets are now available at online, with the stream set to take place Dec. 6 at 9 p.m. ET. It will also be available for ticket holders to watch following the live broadcast.

Mama’s Gun ’25 – Return of The Automatic Slim tour kicked off in early October and is set to wrap Dec. 10 in Dallas. The next stop is Tuesday in Boston.

Mike Mills shoots down any thoughts of an R.E.M. reunion

November 18, 2025 by WDNY Radio

R.E.M. called it quits in 2011, and while fans may be holding out hope for a reunion, Mike Mills doesn’t see that happening.

“R.E.M. broke up because it was time, and we all recognized it and we all had thought about it before we ever mentioned it to each other,” Mills said on the latest installment of the Rolling Stone Music Now podcast. “And, you know, it’s fine.”

Although the band did perform “Losing My Religion” together at their Songwriters Hall of Fame induction in 2024, Mills doesn’t see it as that big of a deal.

“We didn’t reform, we got together to play one song one time, because that’s what you do with the Songwriters Hall of Fame,” he says. “It’s churlish to go in there and not do the thing that everyone does when you play there. So we did … and it just completely reinforced our belief that we’d done the right thing.”

The interview had Mills, Hootie & the Blowfish’s Darius Rucker and former The Black Crowes drummer Steve Gorman talking about their new band, Howl Owl Howl, which wrapped a U.S. tour Saturday in Atlanta. Their show in Athens, Georgia, on Friday included an appearance by R.E.M. drummer Bill Berry.

Mills reveals in the interview that it was his R.E.M. bandmate Michael Stipe who came up with the name for the new group.

“Stipe said, ‘Howl Owl Howl,’” Mills says. “And I was like, ‘OK, that’s it. That is so weird that I’m gonna send it to ’em and they’re gonna hate it.’ And they did.”

Gorman adds that he changed his mind after a couple of days, noting, “It was just in my brain. I couldn’t get rid of it. I was like, ‘Oh s***. Howl Owl Howl’s great.’”

Five Finger Death Punch & BABYMETAL’s ‘The End’ hits #1 on ’Billboard’ Mainstream Rock Airplay chart

November 18, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Five Finger Death Punch‘s collaborative single with BABYMETAL, “The End,” has hit #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Airplay chart. The Las Vegas metallers now have a total of 17 leaders on Mainstream Rock Airplay, including a streak of 13 in a row, while BABYMETAL becomes the first Japanese act to reach the top spot on the ranking.

Guitarist Zoltan Bathory tells ABC Audio how “The End” reflects the “visual” way in which he writes music.

“It’s almost like I’m always writing some kind of a soundtrack to a little movie that’s playing in my head,” Bathory says.

In writing “The End,” the image that came to Bathory’s mind was of a samurai battle.

“When we were talking about a possible feature, that, to me, was immediate, like, ‘Oh, man, if this would be BABYMETAL,’ because they could do it in Japanese,” Bathory says.

BABYMETAL vocalist SU-METAL sings on “The End,” and Bathory noticed how she adapted her voice specifically for the track.

“She didn’t sing in her style, she found a way to use her voice and sing something that would be fitting for this song,” Bathory says. “I see that in the comments … her fans are saying, like, ‘Wow, we’ve never heard her singing this way.'”

Not only was Bathory impressed with SU-METAL’s vocals, he and his bandmates had absolutely zero notes on BABYMETAL’s contribution, which he says is very rare in the world of collaborations.

“That’s unreal,” Bathory says. “We just got the tracks and we were like, ‘Yeah, perfect.’ There was nothing to say.”

“The End” is featured on FFDP’s new Best Of – Volume 2 compilation, which features rerecorded versions of some of the band’s biggest hits.

Cheap Trick announces dates for the All Washed Up tour

November 17, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Cheap Trick released their latest studio album, All Washed Up, on Friday, and now they’ve announced tour dates in support of the release.

The band will hit the road on the All Washed Up Tour starting Jan. 24, 2026, in Madison, Wisconsin. The tour includes stops in Tennessee, Florida, New Jersey, Connecticut and more, with cities confirmed through April 24 in San Diego.

An artist presale kicks off Tuesday at 10 a.m. local time, with tickets going on sale to the general public Friday at 10 a.m. local time.

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

All Washed Up is Cheap Trick’s 21st studio album and their first since since 2021’s In Another World. They’ve already released two singles from the record, “Twelve Gates” and “The Riff That Won’t Quit.”

Cheap Trick still has a few dates left on their schedule for 2025. They’ll next play Anaheim, California, on Tuesday as special guest on Heart’s Royal Flush tour.

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