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Watch John Lennon perform ‘Imagine’ from ‘Power to the People’ concert documentary

April 2, 2026 by WDNY Radio

We are getting another look at the upcoming John Lennon and Yoko Ono concert film Power to the People: John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band with Elephant’s Memory and Special Guests – Live at the One To One Concert, New York City, 1972.

A new clip from the film has just been released, featuring a performance of Lennon’s iconic single “Imagine.” The clip is mostly a tight shot of Lennon’s face as he sings the song seated at the keyboards, although it does cut away at one point to show Ono sitting right beside him.

Power to the People captures Lennon and Ono’s historic August 1972 concerts at Madison Square Garden, which were Lennon’s only full-length performances after The Beatles’ 1970 breakup. The concerts, which raised money for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities, featured special guests Stevie Wonder, Sha Na Na and others.

The footage of the concerts has been restored, re-edited and remixed by a team led by the couple’s son, Sean Ono Lennon. Highlights from the concerts previously appeared in the documentary One to One: John and Yoko, directed by filmmaker Kevin Macdonald.

Power to the People will screen in theaters nationwide on April 29 and May 3. Tickets are on sale now.

Fetty Wap says he’s ‘more aggressive but also more approachable’ on new album

April 2, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Fetty Wap is “back in the studio,” and he tells The Fader “it feels good” to return. He recently released his new album, Zavier, which finds him opening up in ways fans have never seen before.

“The world really don’t know nothing about me. I don’t like to talk about myself,” he says. “I’ve never let people in my personal space.”

While he’s shared parts of himself through music, Fetty says he’s “more aggressive but also more approachable” on his new album.

“I’m down to sit down and talk about me now,” he tells Fader. “Like, you want to know something, I got you. That’s the whole Fetty Wap versus Zavier thing.”

“Fetty Wap was more young, reckless, wild — if the homies can’t get in with me, we not going,” he continues. “Zavier’s like, tell the homies if they can’t find their way there, they not going. He’s on a mature level. He’s a grown man. … He’s protecting everything around him this time, but also protecting himself first.”

One of the album’s most personal moments comes on the song “Remember,” where Fetty reflects on the lack of support he felt early in his career.

“I’m basically telling people the love that everybody showing me now when I was home, they didn’t show it like that,” Fetty says. “I appreciate all this love now, but it wasn’t there. This wasn’t that then. So I’m [letting] you guys know, this is how I was feeling.”

“[T]hat was probably the hardest thing to admit to the world,” he adds. “I felt like I was left out.”

On how he feels about his “underdog career,” Fetty says, “I love being challenged. … I’ma always find my way out of it. And I’ma come out winning.”

The Temper Trap announces first new album in 10 years, ‘Sungazer’

April 2, 2026 by WDNY Radio

The Temper Trap has announced the details of the band’s first album in 10 years.

The “Sweet Disposition” outfit’s long-awaited fourth studio effort, the follow-up to 2016’s Thick as Thieves, is called Sungazer and is due out July 10.

“With time apart and much personal growth from us all, Sungazer feels like it’s captured the most pure
collection of music we’ve ever made,” The Temper Trap says in a statement. “We had more fun making this record and in the writing room than on any of the previous records we’ve done.”

“We’re in a great place creatively and in our friendships, we’re closer than ever,” the band adds. “Being back into the studio together really felt like coming home.”

Sungazer includes the single “Giving Up Air,” which is currently charting on the Billboard Alternative Airplay tally, as well as the released songs “Into the Wild” and “Lucky Dimes.” The title track is also out now.

You can catch The Temper Trap live opening for Muse starting in July.

Shinedown teases upcoming ’EI8HT’ song for Friday

April 2, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Shinedown is teasing another new song from the band’s upcoming album, EI8HT.

In a video posted to Facebook, frontman Brent Smith mouths along to a track in which he sings, “Where is the outlaw in you?” Indeed, the EI8HT track list includes a song called “Outlaw.”

The post also includes Friday’s date, April 3.

EI8HT, the follow-up to 2022’s Planet Zero, is due out May 29. It also includes the singles “Dance, Kid, Dance,” “Three Six Five,” “Searchlight,” “Killing Fields,” and “Safe and Sound.”

Shinedown will launch a U.S. tour in May.

Woman credits Harry Styles for funding therapy sessions for complete strangers

April 2, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Did you know that Harry Styles has helped send strangers to therapy? Well, sort of.

As People reports, a woman named Elena Kilgore started a line of charity merch in 2021 called Other People Fund, with the goal of using proceeds to pay for therapy sessions for those who can’t afford them. The name comes from the slogan printed on the t-shirts and totes: “I think we should see other people — and by other people, I mean therapists.”

So what does that have to do with Harry? Elena told People that when she was designing the merch with a graphic designer, she described her vision as, “I want it to be something Harry Styles would wear.” That led her to contact his stylist, Harry Lambert, to share the designs, noting the singer has always been pro-therapy.

Soon after, she heard back.

“I had a DM, a message on my website, an email, all of these message,” she said. “It was Harry Lambert and he said, ‘Do you ship to the U.K.? I want to buy a shirt. How do we get a shirt? This is awesome.'”

Elena sent him two shirts and a tote, which Harry was later spotted carrying, bringing attention to the brand. As a result, Elena said, sales went through the roof.

“We did around $40,000 in sales, so Harry like is singularly responsible for hundreds of people being able to go to therapy,” she explained.

According to Elena, all proceeds go toward funding therapy through her nonprofit, Support for the Psyche. Most applicants receive an average of three therapy sessions.

So far, she said the initiative has funded 1,300 sessions through merch sales.

The Beaches to be honored at ’Billboard’ Women in Music gala with Global Force Award

April 1, 2026 by WDNY Radio

The Beaches will be honored with the Global Force Award at the 2026 Billboard Women in Music gala, taking place April 29 in Los Angeles.

The award recognizes the “Blame Brett” outfit, which hails from Canada, for their international success.

“The Beaches represent exactly the kind of Canadian talent that resonates far beyond our borders,” says Billboard Canada and Billboard UK President Mo Ghoneim. “At Billboard Canada, our role is not only to spotlight artists at home, but to help create meaningful pathways onto the global stage. Celebrating them at Billboard Women in Music in the U.S. reflects both their undeniable impact and the growing influence of Canadian artists worldwide.”

Other 2026 Billboard Women in Music honorees include Tate McRae, Teyana Taylor and Kehlani.

The Beaches are coming off winning two awards at the 2026 JUNOs, the Canadian equivalent of the Grammys.

Oops, all ‘San Quentin’: Nickelback announces fake album for April Fools’ Day

April 1, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Nickelback got in on the April Fools’ Day fun with fake album news.

In a social media post, the Canadian rockers announced they’d be putting out a new record called San Quentin, featuring 15 versions of their single “San Quentin.”

Sample track names include “San Quentin (Live from Someone’s iPhone),” “San Quentin (And It’s the Same But There Are Three More Guitar Solos So It’s Not)” and “San Quentin (Taylor’s Version) (10 Minute Version).”

Also on the track list is a song called “The Betrayal (Act II)” — a reference to Nickelback previously releasing songs called “The Betrayal (Act I)” and “The Betrayal (Act III).”

The real “San Quentin” appears on Nickelback’s latest album, 2022’s Get Rollin’.

As for actual new Nickelback music, the band put out a single called “Bones for the Crows” in March. They also appear in a new commercial with rapper Megan Thee Stallion for Cheetos, which definitely sounds like an April Fools’ Day joke but is in fact very real.

Jethro Tull to release ‘Under Wraps’ box set

April 1, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Jethro Tull is set to release a new box set highlighting their 15th studio album, Under Wraps.

Jethro Tull Under Wraps: The Unwrapped Edition is a five-CD + Blu-ray set that will feature a newly remixed version of the album, along with a newly remixed version of frontman Ian Anderson’s 1983 solo release, Walk Into Light.

While they are two separate albums, both represent a change in direction for Anderson, as they relied more on technology, including synthesizers and drum machines. The remixes, by musician Bruce Soord, include both the original drum sounds and 2026 traditional drum recordings.

The set also includes unreleased recordings from 1983, as well as a CD of a live show captured in 1984 at the Hammersmith Odeon in London for BBC Radio 1. In addition, the set includes a Blu-ray with stereo and Dolby Atmos mixes of the albums, plus promotional videos.

Jethro Tull Under Wraps: The Unwrapped Edition will be released May 15 and is available for preorder now.

Nashville notes: Ashley Cooke’s video + Love and Theft’s ‘Farm Truck’

April 1, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Ashley Cooke’s music video for her new track, “xs,” finds the singer on the beach as it’s getting dark. You can check out the clip on YouTube.

The Band Perry has signed with Borchetta Entertainment Group’s management division, which is owned by Scott Borchetta, who helped build the band’s career on Big Machine.

“Farm Truck,” the new single from Love and Theft, is set to arrive May 15. The duo of Stephen Barker Liles and Eric Gunderson hit #1 with “Angel Eyes” in 2011.

Brandy says she wrote memoir ‘to give my inner child a process to heal’

April 1, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Brandy recently added author to her resume, as she released her memoir, Phrases. Speaking to Robin Roberts on Good Morning America, she spoke about why she chose to open up about her life.

“To give my younger self a voice. To give my inner child a process to heal from the things that I went through with all of the scrutiny and pressures on my life growing up as a child star,” she says. “It was a … difficult time and I wanted to bring light to the stories that shaped me.”

Part of Brandy’s life story includes recently being honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, as well as the Boy is Mine tour with Monica.

“I hadn’t been onstage in such a long time. I hadn’t been in connection with my fans the way I should,” Brandy says, noting that the love and support from fans “reignited my whole life.”

With that renewed energy, she adds that she’s going to continue making music and is even open to a reboot of Moesha.

Whether through the book, music or television, Brandy wants her fans to know one thing.

“I’m a pure person, and I love what I do,” she says. “I’m so blessed to be able to do music and create at a high level and I’m just excited for my future.”

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