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Mariah Carey’s ‘Daydream: 30th Anniversary Edition’ is out now: ‘an era of firsts for me’

July 17, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Mariah Carey is celebrating the 30th anniversary of her 1995 album, Daydream, which, she writes on Instagram, “marked an era of firsts for me.”

“My first rap collaboration on the iconic ‘Fantasy’ remix with O.D.B., my first time working with [Jermaine Dupri], my first world tour, my first time directing a music video on my own, and so many more,” she continues.

An expanded digital 30th anniversary edition is out now, featuring some unique bonus tracks.

“It’s only fitting to include some ‘firsts’ on this anniversary edition too!” Mariah writes. “Most notably, this is the first time I’ve ever agreed (or rather, been convinced) to release my private writing sessions for ‘I Am Free’ … and ‘Melt Away’ … . I hope you enjoy this lil’ glimpse into the making of these songs.”

New remixes, plus live versions of hits like “Always Be My Baby,” “Fantasy” and “One Sweet Day,” round out the package.

On Oct. 16, the package will be available as a 3 LP or 2 CD set. The vinyl includes Mariah’s full 1995 concert at New York’s Madison Square Garden, as well as a number of tracks making their vinyl debuts. You can preorder those now.

A limited-edition single LP pressed on baby pink vinyl will be available exclusively on Amazon and is also available for preorder. Fans can also listen to an exclusive track-by-track explanation recorded by Mariah for the original Daydream album.

Daydream has been RIAA-certified 11 times Platinum. Among its #1 hits was “Fantasy,” the first song by a female artist ever to debut atop the Billboard Hot 100. A “Making of ‘Fantasy'” featurette, which goes behind the scenes of the song’s iconic video, premieres on Mariah’s YouTube channel July 20 at 10 a.m. ET.

On This Day, July 17, 1981: Journey releases ‘Escape’

July 17, 2026 by WDNY Radio

On This Day, July 17, 1981…

Journey released their seventh studio album, Escape, which hit #1 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart and went on to become a huge hit for the band.

The record was the band’s first with keyboardist Jonathan Cain, who replaced founding member Greg Rolie after his departure in 1980.

Escape featured the track “Don’t Stop Believin’,” written by frontman Steve Perry, guitarist Neal Schon and Cain, which peaked at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and went on to become a signature tune for the band. In 2022, the song was chosen by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry.

The album also featured the hit power ballad “Open Arms,” which peaked at #2 on the singles chart, becoming Journey’s highest charting single ever, and “Who’s Crying Now,” which peaked at #4.

The album launched the band into superstardom. It has been certified Diamond by the RIAA and is the band’s most successful studio album.

Beastie Boys’ Mike D releases new solo song, ‘Crypto’

July 17, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Michael “Mike D” Diamond has released a new song called “Crypto,” which will appear on the Beastie Boy’s upcoming debut solo album, Thank You.

“Have we got what we need/ Never stops indeed/ Bring you down on your knees/ Where’d you go with that greed,” Mike sings in the chorus.

Thank You is due out Aug. 28 and also includes the previously released songs “Switch Up,” “What We Got” and “True Colors.” It marks the first full-length release from the Beastie Boy since the group disbanded in 2012 following the death of Adam “MCA” Yauch.

Mike will launch a run of U.S. solo shows Aug. 30 in Boston.

Bonnie Tyler funeral arrangements announced

July 17, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Funeral arrangements have been announced for singer Bonnie Tyler.

The official obituary notice, shared on the late singer’s Facebook page, reveals that Tyler’s body will be brought to William Pressdee Funeralcare in Mumbles, Wales, on Aug. 15 at 3:30 BST. The pubic has been invited to “pay their respects” to Tyler by lining Newton Road in Mumbles starting 15 minutes prior.

Two days later, on Aug. 17 at noon, a Celebration of Life for Tyler, born Gaynor Sullivan, will be held at St. Mary’s Church in Swansea, Wales. She will then travel through her hometown of Skewen, en route to a private family service.

The notice notes that Tyler’s “legacy lives on in the timeless songs that made her a legend.”

Tyler, best known for hits like “Total Eclipse of the Heart” and “Holding Out For A Hero,” died July 8 in a hospital in Portugal, where she was being treated for an illness. She was 75.

Tyler’s family shared a statement in May saying that she was in “seriously ill but stable” condition after being put in a medically induced coma as she recovered from emergency intestinal surgery.

A month later, her family shared another statement, saying Tyler was still recovering and that she “remains very unwell and in intensive care” in a hospital in Portugal.

The Killers’ Brandon Flowers releases new solo song, ‘Paradise’

July 17, 2026 by WDNY Radio

The Killers frontman Brandon Flowers has released a new song called “Paradise,” a track off his upcoming solo album, Thrasher.

“It’s just another day in paradise,” the “Mr. Brightside” rocker sings on the countrified track. Flowers previously teased the song in a social media post, reading, “Back in October ‘89, Phil Collins took ‘Another Day In Paradise’ from the working man. This Friday the 17th, I’ll be returning it to its rightful owner.”

Thrasher, Flowers’ third solo album and his first in 11 years, is due out Aug. 21. It also includes the previously released single “Plans.”

Flowers will launch a U.S. solo tour in September.

In This Moment announces new album, ‘Witch’

July 17, 2026 by WDNY Radio

In This Moment has announced a new album called Witch.

The ninth studio effort from Maria Brink and company is due out Aug. 28. It’s the follow-up to 2023’s Godmode.

“Witch is my declaration of inner transformation,” Brink says in a statement. “It’s about embracing the duality within — taking pain, persecution, and struggle — and alchemizing them into strength and power.”

She adds, “The album reflects both ancient trials and my own journey — where being a ‘witch’ means being a creator, connected to the universe, manifesting my own reality.”

Witch includes the previously released songs “Sleeping with the Enemy” and “Heretic.” A third cut, titled “Crawl,” is out now alongside a video, which you can watch streaming on YouTube.

The album also features a collaboration with Dayseeker and a cover of Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall” alongside famed tattoo artist Kat Von D.

In This Moment will launch their Taste of Chaos U.S. tour alongside Hollywood Undead in September.

Here’s the Witch track list:
“Shame”
“I Want to Believe” feat. Dayseeker
“Crawl”
“Into the Dark”
“Sleeping With the Enemy”
“Wrapped Around Your Finger”
“Heretic” feat. Kim Dracula
“Father”
“Without Me There’s No You”
“Another Brick in the Wall” feat. Kat Von D
“Something I Can Never Have”

‘Daughter From Hell’? Gracie Abrams admits she was ‘brutal’ as a child

July 17, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Gracie Abrams’ new album Daughter From Hell is out now, and she says the title is an exaggeration, but not by much.

“Brutal” is how she described her behavior as a kid to Jimmy Fallon while appearing on The Tonight Show Thursday. “That song was the last one that I wrote for the album, and it is like a, y’know, decades overdue apology to my mom, basically,” she told Jimmy. As a “defiant” child, she said her early years were a “turbulent” time for her parents.

So what did Gracie’s mother think when she heard the song?

“She cried! She cried!” Gracie exclaimed, throwing up her arms in triumph. “So I win!”

Also in the interview, Gracie confirmed that she’s making her acting debut in an upcoming movie, saying, “It’s happening. Yes, I leave very, very shortly.” She didn’t give any more details about the project, which is reportedly an A24 movie directed by the same woman who directed the Nicole Kidman film Babygirl.

Gracie also talked about her upcoming Look at My Life arena tour, which starts Dec. 2 in Denver, Colorado. “We get the luxury of starting square one, like, wildest dreams kind of stage and design,” she said of the tour preparations.

She also shouted out her opening acts, who include, Bella Kay, Charlotte Lawrence, Japanese House, Jensen McRae, Holly Humberstone, Grace Ives and more.

“This is like my playlist. This is like the fantasy for me of being, ‘There’s no way they would’ and for some reason they said yes,” she told Jimmy. “I’m just so selfishly excited for anyone coming to the tour. I’m really excited that they get to see those artists.”

John Mellencamp forced to cancel Michigan concert due to poor air quality

July 17, 2026 by WDNY Radio

John Mellencamp was forced to cancel his show in Clarkston, Michigan, Thursday night due to the poor air quality caused by wildfires in Canada.

“Following guidance from public health authorities, unfortunately we will not be able to perform our July 16 show in Clarkston, MI at Pine Knob Music Theatre due to poor air quality,” read a post on Mellencamp’s social media. “We were looking forward to seeing you tonight!”

Fans who bought tickets through Ticketmaster will automatically be refunded their money.

Mellencamp launched his Dancing Words Tour – The Greatest Hits on July 10 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, treating the crowd to all of his biggest hits, including some songs he hasn’t played in decades.

His next show is scheduled for Saturday in Noblesville, Indiana, with dates running until Aug. 12 in Mountain View, California. A complete list of dates an be found at Mellencamp.com.

Before Greylan James served ‘Water at a Wedding,’ Kenny Chesney gave him some advice

July 17, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Greylan James currently has his biggest hit so far on the radio, as “Water at a Wedding” slips into country’s top 25. The Knoxville native’s held this vision most of his life, ever since his grandfather gave him a guitar at the age of 5.

Intent on following his country music dreams, young Greylan played local gigs while begrudgingly getting by in school. Worlds collided, however, the day he got a bad report card in sixth grade and came face-to-face with a superstar.

“That night I was playing a show, a little bluegrass show in East Tennessee, and it just so happens Peyton Manning and Kenny Chesney showed up to that show,” he recalls. “And I got to meet Kenny for like a blip. I was with my dad and we got to walk up and take a picture with him.”

“And my dad asked Kenny, he’s like, ‘Hey, if you could give any advice to my son, like what would it be? And by the way, he just got his first C today, and he thinks he’s gonna be a country music singer and school doesn’t matter,'” he continues. “And Kenny was like, ‘Well, school does matter, but learn how to write songs.’ And so, I didn’t go to college, didn’t stay in school, but I learned how to write the songs part.”

The story has a happy ending, with Greylan co-writing both “Happy Does,” Kenny’s #2 hit from 2021, and the title track of his 2024 album, Born.

Greylan scored his first #1 as a writer in 2023 with Jordan Davis’ “Next Thing You Know” and went on to pick up an ACM song of the year trophy for his efforts.

Limp Bizkit keeps the fun times ‘Rollin” with festival headlining sets

July 17, 2026 by WDNY Radio

The Limp Bizkit resurgence continues as the band headlines a trio of U.S. summer festivals starting Friday at the Wisconsin Rock Fest.

As for what’s continuing to drive fans to see the Bizkit live, especially since their viral performance at the 2021 Lollapalooza, guitarist Wes Borland feels that his wife sums it up best.

“She always goes, ‘You guys just f*** with people and you’re having fun and people can tell that you’re having fun,'” Borland tells ABC Audio.

That carefree attitude, though, follows years of a different vibe in the Bizkit camp.

“I think we’ve been through so much tragedy that we just stopped taking it so seriously, I guess,” Borland says. “You have enough bad shows or things go south enough times where it doesn’t really bother you anymore. Like, if the guitar rig goes out, I just go, ‘OK. This has happened before.'”

While they may not be taking themselves so seriously, the passion among the Limp Bizkit members is still there.

“I ended up spending the first third of the year in my shop just working on new stage costumes,” Borland says.

Plus, performing live means Limp Bizkit gets to play “Break Stuff” again, which Borland calls “the world’s most dangerous song.”

“It’s always fun to whip it out and see people’s reaction to it, ’cause they lose their minds,” Borland says.

Following Rock Fest, Limp Bizkit will headline the Summer of ’99 and Beyond Festival Saturday and Inkcarceration Sunday. Later in the year, they’ll headline Louder than Life in September and Aftershock in October.

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