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Taylor Swift’s still #1 with ‘The Fate of Ophelia,’ but loses grip on top 12

October 20, 2025 by WDNY Radio

<figure><img src=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/syndication.abcaudio.com/files/2025-10-20/M_TaylorSwiftTLOASbackcover_081525.jpg” alt=””><figcaption>Taylor Swift, 'The Life of a Showgirl' back cover image (Mert Alas & Marcus Piggot)</figcaption></figure>When Taylor Swift’s album The Life of a Showgirl first came out, <a href=”https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swift-hot-100-fate-of-ophelia-number-one/the-fate-of-ophelia-streams-airplay/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>all 12 songs</a> from the album took over the top 12 spots of the Billboard Hot 100, marking the first time all the songs from one album had appeared on the chart from the top down, uninterrupted.Now in its second week, Taylor is still dominating most of the chart, but her songs have fallen off a bit. Her song “The Fate of Ophelia” is still #1, where it debuted last week, but 10 of the other songs have shifted down a few places. Here’s where they currently stand:#1, “The Fate of Ophelia”  #2, “Opalite”  #5, “Elizabeth Taylor” #6, “Father Figure”  #7, “Wi$h Li$t”  #8, “Wood” #9, “The Life of a Showgirl” feat. Sabrina Carpenter #10, “Actually Romantic” #11, “Cancelled!”  #12, “Eldest Daughter”  #13, “Ruin the Friendship”  #14, “Honey” The songs that broke up Taylor’s streak? The KPop Demon Hunters smash “Golden,” which goes back “up, up, up” to #3, and Alex Warren’s “Ordinary,” which rebounds to #4. Coincidentally, both “The Fate of Ophelia” and “Ordinary” were parodied as part of the latest “<a href=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_6_ymTaxN4″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>Domingo</a>” sketch on Saturday Night Live. Copyright © 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

Never-before-seen Tom Petty performance released for his 75th birthday

October 20, 2025 by WDNY Radio

<figure><img src=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/syndication.abcaudio.com/files/2025-10-20/Getty_tomPetty_102025.png” alt=””><figcaption>Musician Tom Petty performs at the Bridgestone halftime show during Super Bowl XLII between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots on February 3, 2008 at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>The late Tom Petty would have turned 75 on Monday, and to mark the occasion, the singer’s estate has released a never-before-seen clip from the Petty archives.The <a href=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJyrtODeiTs” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>video</a> features footage of Petty performing the Wildflowers track “Don’t Fade On Me” from rehearsals for Petty’s Dogs with Wings tour.Also in honor of Petty’s birthday, a limited-edition numbered print of the artwork for Petty’s 2009 box set, The Live Anthology, has just been released. Only 1,000 copies are now available at the <a href=”https://store.tompetty.com/products/live-anthology-poster” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>Tom Petty Store</a>, with proceeds going to the Tom Petty Endowment for Guitars and Innovation at University of Florida College of the Arts in Petty’s hometown of Gainesville. <div class=”raw-html-embed”><iframe width=”640″ height=”360″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/hJyrtODeiTs” title=”Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – Don’t Fade On Me (Official Dogs With Wings Rehearsal Video)” frameborder=”0″ allow=”accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share” referrerpolicy=”strict-origin-when-cross-origin” allowfullscreen></iframe>
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Nashville notes: Craig Campbell’s 2nd Grindstone Cowboy + Stapleton’s SF stop

October 20, 2025 by WDNY Radio

<figure><img src=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/syndication.abcaudio.com/files/2025-10-20/Nashville_Notes%281%29.jpg” alt=””></figure>Chris Stapleton will play San Francisco’s Bill Graham Civic Auditorium Feb. 7, 2026, with Sierra Ferrell. Tickets go on sale Friday. Craig Campbell will open a second location of his Grindstone Cowboy coffee shop Nov. 8 in Shelbyville, Tennessee. Grand opening festivities start at 7 a.m. CT and will culminate with a 7 p.m. CT concert by Craig. The first location opened in Eagleville, Tennessee, in 2022.Newcomer Jenna Paulette adds Jake Worthington to a new duet version of <a href=”https://youtu.be/ZjarnOsNrXY?si=W6_FyFTMUOZOR1Ru”>”Chasin’ Whiskey,”</a> a track that originally appeared on her 2024 Horseback album. <div class=”raw-html-embed”><iframe width=”640″ height=”360″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZjarnOsNrXY?si=W6_FyFTMUOZOR1Ru” title=”YouTube video player” frameborder=”0″ allow=”accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share” referrerpolicy=”strict-origin-when-cross-origin” allowfullscreen></iframe></div>Copyright © 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

Bruce Springsteen on facing his darkest moments in new film ‘Deliver Me From Nowhere’

October 20, 2025 by WDNY Radio

<figure><img src=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/syndication.abcaudio.com/files/2025-10-20/Getty_BruceSpringsteen_102025.jpg” alt=””><figcaption>Bruce Springsteen attends the UK Premiere of 20th Century Studios' "Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere" during the 69th BFI London Film Festival on October 15, 2025 in London, England. (Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images for T)</figcaption></figure>Songwriting, Bruce Springsteen says in Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, is “a funny thing, it’s about searching for something … something that’s going to give your life a little bit of meaning.”That search — both artistic and deeply personal — is at the heart of the new film that dives into the rock legend’s battle with depression during the making of his 1982 album, Nebraska.In an interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos on Good Morning America that aired on Monday, Springsteen reflected on revisiting some of the most painful chapters of his life.“They tend to be the most interesting moments of your life,” Springsteen said. “At the end of the day, you know, when you’re making your way through some sort of crucible, hopefully to come out the other side with some knowledge gained, some greater sense of self, and a story to tell.”Directed by Scott Cooper, the film explores how the quiet, stripped-down Nebraska sessions became a lifeline for the artist.“Scott did an incredible job of transposing the fundamental nature of the album into film,” Springsteen said.When Stephanopoulos asked if he saw the movie as a story of what Cooper called “a neglected soul repairing himself through music,” Springsteen didn’t hesitate.“Music was the first way that I really medicated my anxieties and my depression,” he said.“I really knew what to do with those three hours onstage. It was the other 21 that were killing me, you know?” he added with a laugh.Stephanopoulos then asked if, during those darkest moments, he ever believed he’d “merge whole.”“No,” Springsteen replied. “In the middle of it, there’s a lot of confusion, chaos and unsureness, you know? I think that I was very surprised when I had my initial whatever you’d like to call it, breakdown, anxiety attacks. I had, up to that point, been quite successful in using my musical meds and keeping myself relatively steady.”“So it was very shocking to run into it where suddenly those things stopped working,” he said.Portraying the music icon is The Bear star Jeremy Allen White, alongside Succession actor Jeremy Strong as longtime manager Jon Landau.“They’re such big shoes to fill, and I just wasn’t sure,” White said of playing Springsteen. “I don’t play guitar, I don’t sing. I said, ‘Are you sure you don’t wanna find a guy that can kinda do some of these things, you know?’”Despite his hesitation, Springsteen said White was his first choice.“There was something about the way Jeremy carried himself,” Springsteen said. “He was the first guy that I thought of.”Copyright © 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

Ashley Cooke has an ‘ace’ up her sleeve

October 20, 2025 by WDNY Radio

<figure><img src=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/syndication.abcaudio.com/files/2025-10-20/M_AshleyCookeAce.jpg” alt=””><figcaption>(Big Loud/Back Blocks Music)</figcaption></figure>You can just call Ashley Cooke ace, which also happens to be the name of her new album. “Growing up, my dad gave me this nickname: Ace,” she explains. “I’m not sure if it was his love of blackjack or because it’s kind of my initials, but nonetheless, it just stuck. It makes me think of the person that I am, truly, to my core, behind closed doors.”Her previous album, shot in the dark, came out in July 2023 and featured her breakthrough #1, “your place.” ”It’s been about two and a half years since my debut record was released,” she reflects. “So many incredible, bucket-list things filled the days after with the best people I could ever imagine getting to share them with.”Still, there were plenty of challenges that came along with Ashley’s success.”Life has a funny way of spitting rain when you think it’s gonna be a sunny day,” she says. “I swear, one thing hit after another. I lost some of the most important people in my life, and health issues in my family piled up left and right. Love came, and love went.””This music is derived from those real situations,” she continues. “It’s brutal honesty. It’s a story in chronological order. And it’s a collection of songs welcoming you to the next chapter.”The nine-track album, which features five unreleased songs, will arrive Nov. 14.Here’s the complete track listing for Ashley Cooke’s ace: ”gettin’ old” ”baby blues” ”the f word” ”talk about” ”the hell you are” ”swear words” ”excuses” ”tin foil hat” ”(my worst fear)”Copyright © 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

Nia Long says portraying Katherine Jackson in ‘Michael’ was ‘opportunity of a lifetime’

October 20, 2025 by WDNY Radio

<figure><img src=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/syndication.abcaudio.com/files/2025-10-20/Getty_NiaLong_102025.png” alt=””><figcaption>Nia Long attends the New York City Ballet 2025 Spring Gala at Lincoln Center on May 08, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>Nia Long has experience as a mother, but she’s never raised a superstar. That temporarily changes on screen, where she’s set to portray Katherine Jackson in the upcoming biopic Michael.“I know what it is to be a mother,” she says in an interview <a href=”https://people.com/nia-long-michael-jackson-strong-mom-katherine-biopic-exclusive-11831659″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>with People</a>. “But I don’t know what it is to raise a superstar.”She describes Katherine’s story as one “rooted in grace,” and says that it seems the matriarch of the Jackson family has a “strong and kind” spirit.Though she has not seen the film or met Katherine in person, Nia hopes Katherine enjoys the movie, which she describes as “an opportunity of a lifetime — and not kind of a dream come true, a dream come true.”“All of these wonderful things are happening at once, and … I haven’t wrapped my head around everything yet,” she tells People. “I know I’ve worked really hard for everything, but it hasn’t landed yet. It still feels not real. … I’m feeling really, really blessed right now.”Michael, which stars MJ’s nephew and Jermaine Jackson’s son Jafaar Jackson as the King of Pop, arrives in theaters on April 24, 2026.Copyright © 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

Slipknot’s Sid Wilson launches new label, Vomit Face Records

October 20, 2025 by WDNY Radio

<figure><img src=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/syndication.abcaudio.com/files/2025-10-20/G_slipknot_102025.jpg” alt=””><figcaption>Sid Wilson of Slipknot performs headlining Day 5 of the 52nd Festival D'été Quebec (FEQ2019) on the Bell Stage at the Plains of Abraham in The Battlefields Park on July 8, 2019 in Quebec City, Canada. (Ollie Millington/Redferns)</figcaption></figure>Slipknot turntablist Sid Wilson has launched a new record label dubbed Vomit Face Records.”Vomit Face Records is about tearing down the walls,” Wilson says. “This is for the artists who don’t fit in and never wanted to. It’s rebels in motion that unapologetically stand out. It’s to celebrate imperfection, people making real art out of the mess in a world that rewards fake. It’s where the sound, hard work and spirit collide and no one can tell you how to look or feel.””Real art isn’t pretty, it should stir something slightly uncomfortable and break down those walls to create something new inside of you,” he continues. “It’s a place for the misfits to have a voice and a place to make their own.”The debut Vomit Face Records release is a single called “Take It Back” by rapper Lil Bushwick, son of late Geto Boys rapper Bushwick Bill, which posthumously features vocals from his father. The track was co-produced by Wilson and Limp Bizkit’s DJ Lethal.In addition to starting his own label, we’re guessing Wilson is preparing for his wedding to Kelly Osbourne. Wilson proposed to the daughter of the late Ozzy Osbourne backstage during the Back to the Beginning concert in July.Copyright © 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

Gracie Abrams’ Red Rocks concert to stream on Apple Music Live

October 20, 2025 by WDNY Radio

<figure><img src=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/syndication.abcaudio.com/files/2025-10-20/M_GracieAbramsAppleMusicLive_102025.jpg” alt=””><figcaption>Gracie Abrams performs at Red Rocks as part of 'Apple Music Live: Grace Abrams' (Courtesy Apple Music)</figcaption></figure>If you didn’t get to see Gracie Abrams on her The Secret of Us Deluxe Tour, you’ll be able to watch her up close and personal at home.Gracie’s <a href=”https://www.instagram.com/p/DQCeUUbDPGZ/?e=4491131a-8871-4b9c-9f4a-24824238c1de&g=5″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>concert at the iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre</a> in Colorado in August will stream on Apple Music Live on Oct. 29. It features performances of her hits “That’s So True” and “I Love You, I’m Sorry,” as well as songs from her debut album, Good Riddance, her debut EP, Minor, and some unreleased songs.The performance will stream at 10 p.m. ET on <a href=”https://music.apple.com/us/curator/apple-music-live/1649426593″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>Apple Music</a> and then be available on demand in Spatial Audio. Before the premiere, you can watch Gracie’s chat with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe Oct. 28 at 1 p.m. ET on <a href=”https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapple.co%2Fam-1&data=05%7C02%7Candrea.l.dresdale%40abc.com%7Cf3205aeae7d847c1fa1b08de1004d7e7%7C56b731a8a2ac4c32bf6b616810e913c6%7C1%7C0%7C638965810167553194%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=9Ceaz1WBWFRn6dndXO2VtCL9zgoeyuXeD1u7pGTLGyg%3D&reserved=0″ title=”Original URL: http://apple.co/am-1. Click or tap if you trust this link.” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-auth=”NotApplicable” data-linkindex=”7″>Apple Music 1</a>.Gracie’s tour ended on Aug. 27. Speaking about the experience to <a href=”https://www.vogue.es/articulos/gracie-abrams-entrevista-portada-vogue-noviembre-2025″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>Vogue Spain</a>, she says, “It’s a bit of the kind of university experience I didn’t have because I dropped out of college after a year, and we’ve been touring since the quarantine was lifted, in 2021, until this summer. It’s been like a roller coaster.”However, Gracie says, “I want to go back to college someday.” That’s on her list of things she wants to do in the future, which also includes starting a family, scoring a movie, writing a play and “[disappearing] for a while.”Copyright © 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

Echo & The Bunnymen announce 2026 North American tour

October 20, 2025 by WDNY Radio

<figure><img src=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/syndication.abcaudio.com/files/2025-10-20/G_echo_102025.jpg” alt=””><figcaption>Ian McCulloch of Echo and The Bunnymen performs on stage at Alexandra Palace Park on July 20, 2024 in London, England. (Gus Stewart/Redferns)</figcaption></figure>Echo & The Bunnymen have announced a North American headlining tour for 2026.The More Songs to Learn & Sing tour, which takes its name from the 1985 Echo best-of compilation, launches May 10 in Vancouver and concludes June 19 in Minneapolis.”Don’t miss your chance to be part of something special,” “The Killing Moon” outfit <a href=”https://www.facebook.com/thebunnymen/posts/pfbid0FVuzq1NB52aE6r9jabvxj6FDptTzchWesBxoaEv99vM94PXcvqmz8xf3tpnWzieYl” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>teases</a>. Presales begin Tuesday at 10 a.m. local time, and tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday at 10 a.m. local time.For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit <a href=”https://www.bunnymen.com/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>Bunnymen.com</a>.Copyright © 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

Blondie’s Debbie Harry reveals who she wants to play her in biopic

October 20, 2025 by WDNY Radio

<figure><img src=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/syndication.abcaudio.com/files/2025-10-20/Getty_Debbie%20Harry_102025.png” alt=””><figcaption>Debbie Harry attends The Daily Front Row's 11th Annual Fashion Media Awards at The Rainbow Room on September 06, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images for The Daily Front Row)</figcaption></figure>A lot of rock stars are getting biopics these days, and it looks like Blondie may be the next band to see their story on the big screen.The <a href=”https://www.thetimes.com/culture/music/article/debbie-harry-80-interview-blondie-chris-stein-no-exit-reissue-vcqvgg8mj” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>U.K. Times</a> interviewed Blondie frontwoman Debbie Harry, and the article notes that there’s not only a documentary about the band in the works, but a biopic as well. And it seems the 80-year-old rock icon already has her mind made up regarding who she’d like to see play her.”If it were somebody like Florence Pugh, I would be in heaven,” Harry tells the paper. “I just think she’s a great actor and she could do anything.”It sounds like Pugh would be up for it. According to <a href=”https://ew.com/debbie-harry-reveals-dream-actress-for-blondie-biopic-florence-pugh-11832516″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>Entertainment Weekly</a>, Pugh said at the 2020 Santa Barbara International Film Festival that she’d be interested in playing Harry, noting, “just because she’s so cool.”Up next for Blondie, the band is set to reissue their 1999 comeback album No Exit on Oct. 31. They are also getting ready to release a new album, High Noon, which is expected out in spring 2026.Copyright © 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

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