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Sabrina Carpenter, sombr, Alex Warren to perform on 2025 MTV VMAs

August 18, 2025 by WDNY Radio

The first performers for the MTV VMAs have been announced.

Sabrina Carpenter, Alex Warren and sombr will all take the stage at the event, airing live from New York’s UBS Arena next month. Alex is up for best new artist, best pop and song of the year for “Ordinary.” Sabrina’s up for eight Moon Persons, including video of the year for “Manchild.” Last year, she won song of the year for “Espresso.”

As for sombr, he’s up for best new artist and best alternative; the VMAs will mark his awards show debut.

Other performers include Ricky Martin, who will receive the Latin Icon Award. It was 26 years ago when he became the first Latin artist to win for best pop video and took home five awards in all. Busta Rhymes will also take the stage, and receive the Rock the Bells Visionary Award, while J Balvin will perform with DJ Snake.

Lady Gaga is the leading nominee this year: She has 12 nods, thanks to her visuals for her Bruno Mars collaboration “Die With a Smile” and her own “Abracadabra.” Fan voting is now open in 19 categories at vote.mtv.com.

LL COOL J will host the VMAs, which will air live coast-to-coast Sept. 7 on CBS and MTV at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. It will also stream on Paramount+.

Sabrina Carpenter, Alex Warren to perform on 2025 MTV VMAs

August 18, 2025 by WDNY Radio

The first performers for the MTV VMAs have been announced.

Sabrina Carpenter and Alex Warren will take the stage at the event, airing live from New York’s UBS Arena next month.

Alex is up for best new artist, best pop and song of the year for “Ordinary.” Sabrina’s up for eight Moon Persons, including video of the year for “Manchild,” from her upcoming album Man’s Best Friend. Last year, she won song of the year for “Espresso.”

Other performers include Ricky Martin, who will receive the Latin Icon Award. It was 26 years ago when he became the first Latin artist to win for best pop video and took home five awards in all. Iconic hip-hop star Busta Rhymes will also perform and receive the Rock the Bells Visionary Award.

LL COOL J will host the VMAs, which will air live coast-to-coast Sept. 7 on CBS and MTV at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. It will also stream on Paramount+.

Mgk’s ’lost americana’ debuts in top five on ‘Billboard’ 200

August 18, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Mgk‘s new album lost americana lands in the top five on the Billboard 200.

The follow-up to 2022’s mainstream sellout debuts at #4 on the chart with a total of 63,000 equivalent album unites, 40,500 of which were traditional album sales. That latter figure makes lost americana #1 on the Top Album Sales chart.

Lost americana gives mgk his seventh top-10 album on the Billboard 200. He’s hit #1 on the chart twice, with mainstream sellout and 2020’s Tickets to My Downfall.

Lost americana includes the lead single “cliché.”

Mgk’s ’lost americana’ debuts in top five on ’Billboard’ 200

August 18, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Mgk‘s new album lost americana lands in the top five on the Billboard 200.

Lost americana gives mgk his seventh top-10 album on the Billboard 200. He’s hit #1 on the chart twice, with mainstream sellout and 2020’s Tickets to My Downfall.

Lost americana includes the lead single “cliché.”

In other charting news, BABYMETAL’s new record METAL FORTH debuts at #9 on the Billboard 200, giving the Japanese metal outfit their first top-10 album in the U.S. It moved a total of 36,000 equivalent album units, 33,500 of which were traditional album sales — both career highs.

METAL FORTH includes collaborations with Spiritbox, Poppy and Tom Morello.

A Taylor Swift Super Bowl? Even the 49ers are wondering about it

August 18, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Taylor Swift‘s appearance on the New Heights podcast on Aug. 13 had fans scrambling to comb through the singer’s ever utterance for possible Easter eggs, and what they’ve come up with is this: Taylor’s playing the Super Bowl halftime show in 2026.

Here’s why: The Super Bowl is going to take place at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, where the San Francisco 49ers play. During her appearance on New Heights, Taylor spoke at length about her love of baking sourdough bread, and said she thinks “about sourdough 60% of the time.” The mascot of the 49ers is Sourdough Sam, and 2026’s big game will mark Super Bowl 60.

Plus, fans noted that Taylor specifically threw the number “47” around during the interview. Levi’s Stadium just happened to be the 47th stop on her Eras Tour. In addition, if you add four plus nine, you get 13, and 2026 will be Travis Kelce‘s 13th season in the NFL.

All the chatter led to the 49ers posting a TikTok showing Levi’s Stadium, along with the sound, “What’s going on here? Why’s everyone acting weird towards me? No, seriously.”

By the way, the reason Taylor has never played the Super Bowl before this was that starting in 2013, she had a promotional deal with Diet Coke, and the halftime sponsor was Pepsi. When Pepsi’s sponsorship ended in 2023, Taylor was reportedly offered the gig, but declined so she could focus on her tour and rerecording her albums. Now that both of those projects are completed, it may clear the way for a Super Bowl show.

Ozzy Osbourne BBC doc premiere date postponed

August 18, 2025 by WDNY Radio

The premiere date for a BBC documentary on the late Ozzy Osbourne has been postponed.

The film, titled Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home, was set to air Monday, but has been moved to an as-yet unannounced date. In a statement, the BBC says, “The film has moved in the schedules and new transmission details will be confirmed in due course.”

Coming Home follows Ozzy’s return home to England after long living in the U.S. leading up to the big Back to the Beginning concert on July 5, which marked his and Black Sabbath‘s final live performance. Ozzy died just over two weeks later, on July 22.

“Filmed over three years, [Coming Home] captures the extraordinary roller-coaster of their lives as Sharon [Osbourne] and Ozzy attempt to complete their long-held dream of moving back to the UK, Ozzy heroically battles to get fit enough to perform, and the family deal with the dramatic consequences of his ill-health,” a press release reads.

Coming Home was originally planned as a documentary series called Home to Roost, which was first announced in 2022. Details of the standalone doc were announced on Aug. 7.

Stuntman set ablaze for cover of Pink Floyd’s 1975 album ‘Wish You Were Here’ dies

August 18, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Ronnie Rondell, Jr., the American stuntman who appeared on the cover of Pink Floyd’s 1975 album Wish You Were Here, has died.

An obituary announcement posted online reveals that Rondell passed away Aug. 12, at the age of 88.

The cover of Wish You Were Here, from design studio Hipgnosis, was photographed by Aubrey “Po” Powell, and featured two businessmen shaking hands, one of which was Rondell, who was set on fire.

In addition to the Wish You Were Here cover, Rondell appeared in TV and movies, including 1974’s Blazing Saddles, 1987’s Lethal Weapon and 1994’s The Crow.

For Jordan Davis, New Orleans is best ‘Bar None,’ but Charleston’s a close second

August 18, 2025 by WDNY Radio

At first glance, it’s hard to tell what’s happening on the front of Jordan Davis‘ third album, Learn the Hard Way.

The “Bar None” hitmaker sits in a lawn chair, wearing sunglasses, between what seem to be two boats. But Jordan reveals the shoot was meticulously thought out.

“The album cover is all shot outside of Charleston,” he says. “I’ve always loved that look. You know, we did a lot of Louisiana stuff for Home State, my first record. And I would always just go back home and shoot stuff in New Orleans.”

“But if you’re not gonna shoot it in New Orleans,” he continues, “a very close second as far as just that vibe in a place that I love is Charleston, South Carolina. So you get the moss, you got the water.”

There’s also a nod to Jordan’s teen years on his jacket.

“My nickname in high school was ‘Stick’ because I was super tall and skinny. So you got the ‘Stick’ on the name patch,” he points out.

After a Saturday night spot on the Opry, Jordan will travel to London for two shows.

Learn the Hard Way is out now, as “Bar None” just became his 10th top 10 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart.

John Fogerty talks forgiving his late brother and bandmate, Tom Fogerty

August 18, 2025 by WDNY Radio

John Fogerty and his bandmates in Creedence Clearwater Revival did not break up on the best of terms in the ’70s. The acrimonious split resulted in a rift between John and his brother and bandmate, Tom Fogerty, which lasted until Tom’s death in 1990.

“We certainly were estranged,” John tells People, noting that things were so bad between them that at one point Tom sided with Fantasy Records exec Saul Zaentz, the owner of John’s old label, who also owned the royalties to the CCR catalog.

Tom actually called Zaentz his “best friend” once, which John says was “like a dagger in my heart at the time.”

“But many, many years after that, long after Tom had passed away, I actually made it a point in my own consciousness to forgive Tom for all of that,” John tells the mag. “If he’d gotten a chance to survive, I think he would’ve come to the place where we’d say, ‘All that stuff’s crap,’ and let it go.”

He also thinks they may have suggested making music together again, which would have helped them heal and “realize our much stronger bond as brothers.”

“We didn’t get that chance, but I feel that, at least on my side of it, I’ve felt happy and positive toward Tom,” John adds. “The idea of meeting him in the afterlife would be a very joyful thing.”

John, who regained the rights to his music in 2023, is set to release the new album Legacy: the Creedence Clearwater Revival years, on Friday. The album was recorded with his sons Shane Fogerty and Tyler Fogerty and features rerecorded takes on CCR classics.

Lewis Capaldi says getting back to music after 2 years is ‘a bit bizarre’: ‘I feel like I’m a new singer’

August 18, 2025 by WDNY Radio

After taking two years off to look after his physical and mental health, Lewis Capaldi returned to the stage in June with a performance at the Glastonbury Festival in England, and a brand-new single, “Survive.” But the Scottish singer says after so much time away from the spotlight, he kind of feels as though he’s starting his career all over again.

“I feel like I’m sort of like a new singer,” he tells ABC Audio. “Yeah, just finding my feet again and getting back into the swing of things, it’s been a bit weird. And not in like a bad way at all, it just feels a bit strange.”

“Like people asking me questions [in interviews] and then doing TV [appearances] and stuff, it’s just a bit bizarre,” he continues. “Because I’ve been living quite a normal life for the last two years, and to be thrown back into this is a bit… strange. So I’m just trying to work out how I want to do it all this time.”

But don’t get him wrong: Lewis is definitely grateful that he’s been welcomed back with open arms. In fact, “Survive” debuted at #1 on the charts in his native U.K. and is getting lots of radio play here in the U.S.

“I’m just relieved that people are still listening and still interested in listening,” says Lewis, who topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 2019 with “Someone You Loved” and scored a top-10 hit with “Before You Go” in 2020.

“…There’s no guarantee when you go away that people will give a hoot when you come back,” he adds. “So, I feel really pleased and I just feel relieved — because I’ve got a mortgage to pay!”

Lewis will launch a U.K. tour in September, followed by shows in Australia and New Zealand. So far no word on any U.S. dates.

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