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Jessie J cancels planned US tour due to health issues: ‘I need to be healed’

August 28, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Jessie J‘s ongoing medical issues have forced her to scrap a planned tour of the U.S., and reschedule her upcoming European and U.K. tour dates.

Jessie explains on Instagram that following her breast cancer surgery eight weeks ago, she’s learned that she has to have a second surgery. “Nothing too serious, but it has to be done before the end of this year. … That falls right in the middle of a tour that I had booked,” she says.

“So, I’m living in the moment. I’m embracing the moment,” she continues. “And I’m flying with the vibes. So that is what it is. And I’m sorry, I feel frustrated and sad, but also, it is what it is and I need to be better, I need to be healed and I know this is the right decision to make.”

She’s postponing the U.K. and European shows, originally scheduled to begin Oct. 8, to April 2026. The U.S. portion of the tour, originally scheduled for November of this year, has been canceled. All of those tickets will automatically be refunded at the original point of purchase.

The good news is that Jessie says she’s now “spending all of my time” trying to figure how she can tour the U.S. at some point next year. “Please bear with us,” she says. “It’s something that I want to do, but when the time is right.” The other piece of good news, Jessie says: “There’s new music coming — so much music.”

Previously unreleased Roberta Flack song ‘Eternally’ out now

August 28, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Roberta Flack’s music is eternal.

A previously unreleased track by the late legend has been released, appropriately titled “Eternally.” The song was recorded in 1997, and while Flack often performed it in concert and expressed wanting to release it, it didn’t become a reality until now.

“You will stay inside my heart, in the middle of my heart/ you will stay inside my heart, eternally,” she sings on the chorus.

“Eternally” will be part of a curated collection out later this year that will feature songs from Flack’s archives that have been newly remixed and remastered.

Flack, known for her signature voice and soulful interpretations of songs such as “Killing Me Softly with His Song,” died in February at age 88.

‘Little Queen’ of the movie screen: Heart’s Ann Wilson the subject of new documentary ‘In My Voice’

August 28, 2025 by WDNY Radio

A new documentary called In My Voice will detail the life and career of Heart‘s Ann Wilson.

“This film is my story in my own words, told the way I’ve always wanted to tell it,” Wilson says in a statement. “It’s about finding my voice, keeping it alive, and sharing the journey with the people who’ve been part of it all along.”

In My Voice will focus on the “authenticity” of Ann Wilson, according to a press release. It will follow the 75-year-old’s journey from her childhood, to her stardom with Heart, to what’s described as “a bold new creative chapter,” and share how she “found her voice, sustained it across five decades, and allowed it to guide her through fame, adversity, and reinvention.”

Family, friends, artists, bandmates and industry executives have also been interviewed for the project.

The film, directed by Barbra Hall, has not yet announced any release information. In a statement, Hall says of Wilson, “Her story exceeds a scriptwriter’s imagination, and her courage to share her story is inspiring. She is a master of her craft and is not defined by genre or gender.”

Kid Cudi talks curbing his marijuana use: ‘I was really abusing it’

August 28, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Kid Cudi is opening up about his marijuana use.

In a new interview with People, the rapper says writing his memoir, Cudi: The Memoir, prompted him to reflect on how much he was smoking, which led to him going to rehab again in November.

“I just was in this place where I was abusing it,” Cud tells the mag. “I was really abusing it. I was smoking maybe 15 blunts a day, wake up in the mornings, get high. It truly ruled my life.”

He quit smoking entirely for two months, then decided to start again in a healthier way.

“And now I just get after it at night or on the weekends when I have the free time and I’m just relaxing, but I’m not smoking nowhere near as much weed as I was smoking before,” he says.

Cudi adds that his relationship with weed has changed “in a major way” and now he’s “more interested in being sober a lot more and being more present.”

Cudi: The Memoir is out now.

Plain White T’s announce Delilah vs Juliet tour with We the Kings

August 28, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Plain White T’s have announced a U.S. tour co-headlined by We the Kings.

The joint outing is dubbed the Delilah vs Juliet tour, named after the two bands’ respective hits, “Hey There Delilah” and “Check Yes Juliet.” It runs from Oct. 21 in Denver to Nov. 12 in St. Petersburg, Florida.

The tour also celebrates the 20th anniversary of the 2005 Plain White T’s album, which includes “Hey There Delilah.”

“Fans are invited to relive the era dressed in their best Y2K or emo-inspired looks,” a press release reads. “[Plain White T’s] will be doing the same, throwing it back with the styles they rocked nearly two decades ago.”

Tickets are on sale now. For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit PlainWhiteTs.com or WetheKingsMusic.com.

Both bands will also be playing the When We Were Young festival and Orlando Warped Tour.

Megan Moroney, Drew Baldridge & more will deck the halls in ‘A Grand Ole Opry Christmas’

August 28, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Megan Moroney, Drew Baldridge, Tigirlily Gold, Pam Tillis, Suzy Bogguss, Bill Anderson and Rhett Akins will all have cameos in the Grand Ole Opry’s new Hallmark Christmas movie, according to Variety.

Actors James Denton, Sharon Lawrence, Luke Benward and Rob Mayes have been added to the cast, as well.

In the film, which started shooting in mid-August, Nikki DeLoach plays the daughter of a country icon killed in a car accident three decades ago. She distances herself from her dream of a songwriting career after her father’s death, but is suddenly transported back to 1995 when she returns to the Opry for its 100th birthday.

A Grand Ole Opry Christmas is set to air during Hallmark’s 16th Countdown to Christmas this year, complete with new music from Brad Paisley.

Horror master Stephen King says yes to Bruce Springsteen, no to Black Sabbath

August 28, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Despite the horror-movie overtones of their classic work, Stephen King is apparently no fan of Black Sabbath.

The superstar author did an “Ask Me Anything” session on Reddit to promote the upcoming movie adaptation of the first novel he ever wrote, The Long Walk, which he penned under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. The movie, set in a dystopian future America, is about a group of young men who enter a contest in which they must walk continuously; if they fall below 3 miles per hour, they’ll be shot. The winner is the last man left alive.

While answering fans’ questions, King was asked what would be on his playlist if he was taking the Long Walk. Noting that he wrote the book in 1967, King replied, “Back then I would have picked ‘Get Together,’ by the Youngbloods, ‘Eve of Destruction,’ by Barry Maguire, ‘Carol,’ by the Rolling Stones, ‘Subterranean Homesick Blues,’ by [Bob] Dylan, maybe ‘Summertime Blues,’ by Eddie Cochran, ‘Rock and Roll is Here to Stay,’ by Danny and the Juniors.”

He continued, “Now I’d load my playlist with AC/DC, Rancid, Metallica, Stones, [Bruce] Springsteen. Not Black Sabbath, I never liked them.”

In Black Sabbath-adjacent news, the BBC reports that one of a set of silver rings designed for the members of the band for their farewell concert in July is going up for auction on Sept. 17.

The designer, Jagga, created the five rings and four of them were presented to Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward. The rings feature the crest of the Aston Villa football club — whose home stadium was the location of the final concert — and the year 1968, when the band was founded. The spare fifth ring is expected to fetch around $2,000.

System of a Down pays tribute to Ozzy Osbourne at tour kickoff; Mastodon planning to record ‘Supernaut’ cover

August 28, 2025 by WDNY Radio

System of a Down paid tribute to the late Ozzy Osbourne during the opening date of their North American stadium tour Wednesday at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Guitarist Daron Malakian led the crowd in an “Ozzy!” chant before introducing a cover of the Black Sabbath song “Snowblind.”

“We’re gonna do a number now about cocaine!” Malakian exclaimed.

In other Ozzy tribute news, Mastodon‘s Brann Dailor and Bill Kelliher share in an interview with Bloodstock TV that they plan to record their cover of Sabbath’s “Supernaut,” which they performed during the Back to the Beginning concert on July 5.

“We’ve been talking about it, for sure,” Kelliher said. “I mean, we have to, we’ve been playing it every night.”

“We’re definitely recording it,” Dailor added.

Back to the Beginning was previously announced as Ozzy and the original Black Sabbath lineup’s final concert. Ozzy died just over two weeks later, on July 22.

Halsey announces Back to Badlands tour in honor of debut album’s 10th anniversary

August 28, 2025 by WDNY Radio

It’s the 10th anniversary of Halsey‘s debut album, Badlands, and she’s taking the celebration on the road.

The singer announced a Back to Badlands trek for her triple-Platinum 2015 debut LP. Shows will kick off with a concert at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles on Oct. 14 and hit cities across the U.S., including Boston, Chicago and New York. She’ll then take the show abroad to Europe, the U.K. and Australia.

Presales begin Sept. 2, with tickets going on sale to the general public on Sept. 5 at 10 a.m. local time at BadlandsTour.com.

Halsey recently wrapped her For My Last Trick tour.

Badlands was released on Aug. 28, 2015, and became one of the only albums to have every song RIAA-certified Gold, Platinum or multi-Platinum. Halsey is releasing three new anniversary vinyls — Badlands Decade Edition, Badlands: Live from Webster Hall and Badlands: Anthology — on Friday to commemorate the milestone.

Neil Young debuts new political song ‘Big Crime,’ posts lyrics online

August 28, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Neil Young has been openly critical of President Donald Trump this year, and that criticism continued on Wednesday night, when Young and his band the Chrome Hearts performed in Chicago.

Young performed a brand-new song called “Big Crime,” concerning Trump’s use of the National Guard in Washington, D.C. He posted audio of the soundcheck version of the song on his Neil Young Archives website, along with the lyrics.

“Don’t need no fascist rules/ Don’t want no fascist schools/ Don’t want soldiers on our streets,” Young sings. “There’s big crime in DC at the White House.”

“No more money to the fascists/ the billionaire fascists/ Time to blackout the system,” he added. In his transcription of the lyrics, he put “Time to blackout the system” in all caps and italicized the repetitions of “Don’t want soldiers on our streets.”

Earlier this year, Young speculated that as a dual citizen of the U.S. and Canada, if he was critical of Trump, he might be “barred” from reentering the country, should he leave. He also called out Trump’s attacks on Bruce Springsteen and other musicians who have been critical of him.

He wrote, “STOP THINKING ABOUT WHAT ROCKERS ARE SAYING. Think about saving America from the mess you made. Taylor Swift is right. So is Bruce. You know how I feel.”

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