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NBA YoungBoy donates $50,000 to nonprofit organizations in Dallas

September 3, 2025 by WDNY Radio

NBA YoungBoy donates ,000 to nonprofit organizations in Dallas

NBA YoungBoy donates $50,000 to nonprofit organizations in Dallas — NBA Youngboy performs as he kicks off opening night of his MASA Tour at American Airlines Center on September 1, 2025 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Thaddaeus McAdams/Getty Images)

NBA YoungBoy made donations to two nonprofits in Dallas, where he kicked off his Make America Slime Again tour. WFAA reports he donated $25,000 to both Urban Specialists and Manifest Freedom.

“I just want to start this tour on something real,” he said, according to WFAA. “This is bigger than music – it’s about peace, growth, and giving people a real chance to change their lives.”

The money will help both nonprofits continue on their respective missions.

“This charitable donation will help our organization continue in the work of assisting schools and families who fall victim to senseless acts of violence,” said a spokesperson for Urban Specialists, whose vision “is to disrupt the trends of violence and poverty that exist in urban communities,” per the website.

“It means the world to see YoungBoy, someone who’s beat the odds and is rewriting his own story, use his platform to pour back into the community,” added Manifest Freedom of the rapper, who was pardoned by President Donald Trump earlier this year for gun-related charges. “His donation to Manifest Freedom is a bold investment in freedom, redemption, and real second chances…YoungBoy gets it. He’s lived it. And we’re honored to have his support in helping others build legacies of their own.”

Manifest Freedom works toward giving individuals and communities impacted by the criminal legal system another chance to survive and thrive.

NBA YoungBoy’s Make America Slime Again tour kicked off Monday and supports his 2025 MASA album. The next stop is Friday in Austin, Texas.

Jack Osbourne blasts Roger Waters over Ozzy Osbourne comments

September 3, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Jack Osbourne is firing back at Roger Waters in response to the Pink Floyd founder’s comments regarding Jack’s late father, Ozzy Osbourne.

Waters brought up the Prince of Darkness during an interview with The Independent Ink, saying, “Ozzy Osbourne, who just died, bless him, in his whatever that state that he was in his whole life, we’ll never know.”

“Although he was all over the TV for hundreds of years with his idiocy and nonsense,” Waters continued. “The music … I couldn’t give a f***. I don’t care about Black Sabbath, I never did. I have no interest in biting the heads off chickens or whatever they do.”

The interviewer did point out that Ozzy was known for biting the head off a bat, not a chicken. In responding to Waters, Jack seems less concerned with him mixing up flying creatures than he is with the overall tone of the comments.

“Hey Roger Waters F*** You,” Jack writes in a Facebook post. “How pathetic and out of touch you’ve become. The only way you seem to get attention these days is by vomiting out bulls*** in the press.”

The younger Osbourne adds, “My father always thought you were a c*** – thanks for proving him right.”

Jack’s sister Kelly Osbourne previously criticized pro wrestler Becky Lynch‘s comments regarding Ozzy and his hometown, calling her a “disrespectful dirtbag.”

On This Day, Sept. 3, 2002: The Rolling Stones kicked off 40th anniversary Licks Tour

September 3, 2025 by WDNY Radio

On This Day, Sept. 3, 2002 …

The Rolling Stones kicked off their Licks Tour in Boston. The tour was in support of their 40th anniversary compilation album, Forty Licks, with the band playing 80 different songs throughout the course of the tour.

The trek featured a whole host of A-list openers, including AC/DC, Pretenders, No Doubt, Elvis Costello, The White Stripes, Sheryl Crow and John Mellencamp.

The tour’s stop at New York’s Madison Square Garden was broadcast on HBO.

The Licks Tour, which wrapped in Hong Kong in November 2003, grossed $300 million, which at the time was the second-highest-grossing tour of all time, behind The Stones’ 1994-95 Voodoo Lounge Tour.

Radiohead announces first live shows in seven years

September 3, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Radiohead hasn’t performed live since 2018, but that will soon change.

Thom Yorke and company have announced their first concerts in seven years, taking place in Europe in November and December.

The dates will be held Nov. 4, 5, 7 and 8 in Madrid; Nov. 14, 15, 17, 18 in Bologna, Italy; Nov. 21, 22, 24 and 25 in London; Dec. 1, 2, 4 and 5 in Copenhagen, Denmark; and Dec. 8, 9, 11 and 12 in Berlin.

“Last year, we got together to rehearse, just for the hell of it,” says drummer Philip Selway. “After a seven year pause, it felt really good to play the songs again and reconnect with a musical identity that has become lodged deep inside all five of us. It also made us want to play some shows together, so we hope you can make it to one of the upcoming dates. For now, it will just be these ones but who knows where this will all lead.”

Registration for a chance at tickets will be open exclusively via Radiohead’s website starting Friday at 10 a.m. BST/5 a.m. ET, and closes Sunday at that same time. Tickets will go on sale on Sept. 12.

For more info, visit Radiohead.com.

Pentatonix’s Scott Hoying, Fifth Harmony’s Lauren Jauregui join ‘Dancing with the Stars’

September 3, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Two pop stars will be hitting the ballroom on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars this year.

Scott Hoying from Pentatonix and Lauren Jauregui from Fifth Harmony are both competing on season 34 of the show, which will debut live on ABC and Disney+ on Sept. 16 and stream the next day on Hulu.

Scott will be partnered with pro Rylee Arnold. On Instagram, he wrote, “I am SO excited I could SCREAM!! I’ve loved this show forever, and anyone who knows me knows how much I LOVE to dance.”

He adds that it’s been an “actual DREAM” to dive into “intense training and learning intricate, gorgeous ballroom routines,” adding, “It’s definitely new, daunting territory… I am SOOOOO READY!” He says he’s “OBSESSED” with Rylee, and predicts that being on the show will be a “beautiful, unforgettable, healing, and special experience in every way.”

As for Lauren, it appears that she was a late addition to the cast. On Instagram on Wednesday, she wrote, “found out I was going on a new adventure on MONDAY! Flew out to New York Tuesday morning.” She’s partnered with pro Brandon Armstrong, and she wrote, “I’m so incredibly excited to go on this journey with you … LET’S DANCE!!”

Lauren recently showed off her dance moves onstage during the surprise Fifth Harmony reunion at the Jonas Brothers concert in Dallas.

Other stars dancing this season include Olympic gold medalist Jordan Chiles, former teen stars Corey Feldman and Danielle Fishel and comedian Andy Richter.

‘Get it right, get it tight’: Russell Dickerson amps up his fitness for more Russellmania

September 3, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Russell Dickerson‘s long been devoted to working out and staying on top of his fitness. But there’s no denying that deciding to call your tour Russellmania ups the ante.

“I can’t have a tour called Russellmania and be flabbing around up there,” he says. “And inspired by Hulk Hogan, obviously, I rip my shirt off at the very end. Oh! I don’t want to give it away, but I do. Yeah.”

“So I’m like, ‘We gotta get it right, get it tight.’ So I did, [I] got a trainer and [I’m] focusing more on [it],” he tells ABC Audio. “I like being healthy. I feel amazing. I enjoy eating well and lifting and all that.”

The “Happen to Me” hitmaker continues his 2025 Russellmania dates into November, and he’s already planning to extend it into 2026. Presales are underway for the Round One Spring Slam Tour, which kicks off in April.

Paul McCartney reveals his favorite Wings deep cuts

September 3, 2025 by WDNY Radio

As Paul McCartney is getting ready to revisit the Wings era of his career with an upcoming book and documentary, the rocker is revealing some of the Wings deep cuts he loves that may not be on a fan’s radar.

In the latest Q&A on McCartney’s website, a fan asked the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer to name his favorite “deep cut” Wings track, with the writer noting his was “Daytime Nighttime Suffering,” a favorite of McCartney’s late wife, Linda McCartney.

“‘Daytime Nighttime Suffering’ is one of my favorites, as it was Linda’s,” Sir Paul replied about the track, which was a B-side to the 1979 single “Goodnight Tonight.” “But another song I like a lot is ‘Arrow Through Me,'” from the 1979 album Back to the Egg.

He added, “It is lovely to see these songs reappear from time to time, mainly when they are used in a film or TV show. I think a lot of young people discover my songs this way.”

McCartney recently highlighted both songs, as well as other deep cuts and B-sides, in a Sticking Out of My Back Pocket playlist on Spotify, which was described as “a celebration of home recordings, alternate takes, and the kind of tracks hidden deep within Paul’s discography.”

And fans are about to learn a lot more about McCartney’s post-Beatles career, including the formation of Wings.

It is the subject of the new documentary Man on the Run, which just had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival. It will be released in select theaters and then stream on Prime Video starting Feb. 25, 2026.

McCartney will also release a new book about that time in his life. Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run will be released Nov. 4.

‘KPop Demon Hunters’ stars talk ‘Golden’ #1 success: ‘It’s the movie in real life’

September 3, 2025 by WDNY Radio

The soundtrack to the animated film KPop Demon Hunters has become the first soundtrack in history to generate four simultaneous top-10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100: “Soda Pop,” “How It’s Done,” “Your Idol” and the #1 hit “Golden.” But since the actors who voice the characters in the film aren’t the singers on the soundtrack, they can be objective when it comes to revealing their favorite Demon Hunters tunes.

“I love the entire soundtrack. I feel like every day there’s a new song that’s stuck in my head,” says Arden Cho, who voices Rumi. “I love ‘What It Sounds Like.’ … But these days, I mean, I can’t get ‘Golden’ out of my head.”

“It is so contagious and I kind of feel like it’s so fitting for where we are: ‘We are going up, up.'”

“It’s always been between ‘Golden’ and ‘What It Sounds Like’ for me … depends on the day,” May Hong, who voices Mira, says.

The first time Arden and May actually heard “Golden” was when they watched the movie. Arden tells ABC Audio, “Seeing that moment and then listening to the song with the animation, I mean, I was crying because I was like, ‘This is so perfect.'”

Both actresses say they’re shocked at how the real-world success of “Golden” has mimicked the song’s trajectory within the movie. Arden says when they were recently in New York City she couldn’t escape it.

“We were walking through the city for almost two hours, and I think I was singing it nonstop and … there would be cars driving by blasting ‘Golden.’ … It’s everywhere,” says Arden. “And I’m just like, ‘Wait, it’s the movie in real life.'”

“The whole thing has been life imitating art: the fandom, everything,” May laughs. “It’s like, they really wrote it and it came true.”

AWOLNATION side project The Barbarians of California announce Fall Fest Classic concert

September 3, 2025 by WDNY Radio

AWOLNATION frontman Aaron Bruno has announced a new headlining date with his hardcore side project, The Barbarians of California.

The show, dubbed The Barbarians Annual Fall Fest Classic, takes place Nov. 10 at the famed Roxy club in West Hollywood, California. The bill also includes 7D7D, which features Rage Against the Machine bassist Tim Commerford.

Presales begin Tuesday at 10 a.m. PT, and tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday at 10 a.m. PT. Visit TheBarbariansofCalifornia.com for more info.

Bruno released the debut Barbarians album, And Now I’m Just Gnashing My Teeth, in 2024. A new single called “Modern Fashion” dropped in August.

You can also catch the Barbarians live opening for Deftones‘ ongoing North American tour.

Cardi B cleared in $24 million assault trial

September 2, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Cardi B cleared in million assault trial

Cardi B cleared in $24 million assault trial — Cardi B is seen leaving the Alhambra Court House on September 02, 2025 in Alhambra, California. (Photo by PG/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)

Cardi B has been cleared by a Los Angeles jury in a $24 million lawsuit filed by a security guard who accused her of assault during an attack in 2018.

The rapper — whose legal name is Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar — will not have to pay damages to the security guard.

Emani Ellis, the former security guard, who was working at the Beverly Hills building where Cardi B’s obstetrician’s office was located, claimed the incident left her with lasting physical and emotional scars.

She alleged that Cardi B cut her cheek with a 3-inch fingernail and spat on her, saying the attack required plastic surgery and cost her the job after the rapper’s celebrity status drew unwanted attention.

Cardi B, who was pregnant at the time and attempting to keep her first pregnancy with husband Offset private, told the court that Ellis followed her, filmed her on a phone and refused to give her space. The jury ultimately sided with the rapper, dismissing the case.

Testimony from Cardi B’s doctor, David Finke, and his receptionist during the trial supported her account, with both saying they never witnessed a physical fight. The office had been closed early that day to protect her privacy, according to court testimony.

The trial in Alhambra, California, drew headlines for Cardi B’s colorful testimony and courtroom presence.

After the verdict, dressed in a black outfit with white dots and a red bow, Cardi B thanked her lawyers, jurors and supporters during her remark outside of court.

“I’m not even playing around. Even if I’m at my death bed, I swear to God, I will say it at my death bed — I did not touch that woman,” she said. “I did not touch that girl. I didn’t lay my hands on that girl. I hope that this is something I leave behind.”

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