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Journey’s Steve Perry auctioning items from his personal archives to benefit victims of LA wildfires

June 4, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Don’t stop believin’ that you can own something from former Journey singer Steve Perry‘s personal archives.

Handwritten lyrics to the Journey classics “Don’t Stop Believin‘” and “Faithfully,” as well as Perry’s solo hit “Foolish Heart,” are among the items up for grabs at an auction that will benefit the victims of the Altadena wildfire. Perry is offering multiple items from his own collection, including Gold and Platinum plaques, vintage tour merchandise, signed instruments, and signed LPs, CDs and cassettes.

“I’m excited to open up my personal archives and give fans who have supported me through the years a chance to own a piece of my musical journey,” Perry says in a statement.

He adds, “These pieces have been carefully stored for many years, and now I feel it’s the right time to pass them on from my hands to yours, to be enjoyed, remembered and treasured in your own personal collections.”

Perry notes, “Thank you for being a part of this incredible journey with me. Let’s help make a difference together.” The auction ends on June 13 at 12 p.m. PT.

The auction is being hosted on the new Darkives Collectables auction site, a division of Dark Horse Records. The CEO of Dark Horse and Darkives is Dhani Harrison, son of late Beatles member George Harrison. He says in a statement, “[Steve’s] continued generosity makes him the perfect artist to help launch this platform, and we’re honored to support the causes that matter most to him.”

Perry released a duet version of “Faithfully” with Willie Nelson in May, also via Dark Horse Records.

On This Day, June 4, 1984: Bruce Springsteen releases ‘Born in the U.S.A.’

June 4, 2025 by WDNY Radio

On This Day, June 4, 1984…

Bruce Springsteen released what would become one of his most successful albums, Born in the U.S.A.

The album, recorded with The E Street Band, spent seven weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart and produced seven top-10 singles: the title track, “Dancing in the Dark,” “Cover Me,” “Glory Days,” “I’m on Fire,” “I’m Goin’ Down” and “My Hometown.”

Springsteen released his first music videos to promote the album, kicking things off with “Dancing in the Dark,” directed by Brian De Palma and featuring a then-unknown Courteney Cox, well before her Friends fame.

With Born in the U.S.A., Bruce became a global superstar, selling over 30 million copies of the album worldwide. The album was certified 17-times Platinum by the RIAA and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2015.

Madonna shares footage of dad’s birthday celebration: ’94 and going strong!!’

June 4, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Madonna and her family gathered together to celebrate her father Silvio Ciccone‘s 94th birthday, and now she’s shared footage and pics of the festivities to her Instagram feed.

On her Story, Madonna posted a photo of her dad lounging in a chair, wearing a t-shirt, jeans and suspenders. She captioned it, “Dad is Flexin’ on his 94th!!” She also shared a photo of herself posing with Silvio and his cake, which carried the message, “Happy Birthday Dad 94 You’re a Warrior.”

Other photos showed Silvio posing with Madonna and three of her six kids, and sitting in a chair, completely covered in balloons. Madonna’s boyfriend Akeem Morris also attended the party.

On Instagram, where she posted video footage of the celebration, Madonna wrote, “Happy Birthday to my Father. Silvio Ciccone, 94 and going strong!! He has survived many wars and many losses in his life. and he still has a sense of humor and a strong desire to get out of bed every morning and make the most of his day.”

“Whenever people ask my father when he’s going to retire, his answer is always the same. ‘I’m going to go until the wheels fall off!!’ S.A.M.E.,” she added.

“It’s a shame we do not live in a world that celebrates knowledge and experience and the wisdom that we can only learn from our elders who have survived for many decades on this planet,” she wrote. “We are fixated on youth and physical beauty that ironically teaches us nothing and gives us only momentary gratification.”

She concluded, “Good job, Dad!! I’m proud of you and I know Mom is smiling and Happy wherever she is.”

Madonna’s mother, for whom she was named, died in 1963. Silvio remarried in 1996; his wife Joan died in 2024.

Watch Turnstile debut new ’NEVER ENOUGH’ songs on ‘The Tonight Show’

June 4, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Turnstile debuted two new songs off their upcoming album, NEVER ENOUGH, during Tuesday night’s episode of NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

The hardcore outfit rocked a medley of the tracks “I CARE” and “DULL.” Following the performance, an excited Jimmy Fallon exclaimed, “Whoa! That is how you do it right there!”

You can watch Turnstile’s Tonight Show appearance streaming now on YouTube.

NEVER ENOUGH is due out Friday. It’s the follow-up to Turnstile’s 2021 breakout album GLOW ON, which spawned the singles “HOLIDAY,” “MYSTERY” and “BLACKOUT.”

Meanwhile, the NEVER ENOUGH visual album will premiere at New York City’s Tribeca Festival on Thursday, followed by a theatrical release.

Jessie J reveals breast cancer diagnosis, plans for surgery

June 4, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Jessie J has enough of a sense of humor to laugh about the fact that she was diagnosed with breast cancer right before she put out a single called “Living My Best Life.”

In an Instagram video, Jessie, who recently announced a North American tour, said that before she released her song “No Secrets” in April, she learned she had “early stage breast cancer.”

“I’m highlighting the word ‘early.’ Cancer sucks in any form, but I’m holding on to the word ‘early,'” she continued. Later, she joked, “It’s a very dramatic way to get a boob job.”

“To get diagnosed with this, as I’m putting out a song called ‘No Secrets,’ right before putting out a song called ‘Living My Best Life,’ which was all pre-planned before I found out about this,” she noted. “I mean, you can’t make it up.”

Jessie added that she decided to reveal her diagnosis because, she said, “I know how much sharing has helped me in the past with other people giving me their love and support and all their own stories.”

The “Price Tag” singer then noted that after her performance in the U.K. on June 15, she’s going to “disappear for a bit to have my surgery,” promising that she’s going to “come back with massive t*** and more music.”

Jessie joking captioned the video, “No (more) Secrets and is it too soon to do a remix called ‘Living my breast life?'” She added, “your girl needs a hug.”

Among the stars sending Jessie support in the comments were Katy Perry, Rita Ora and Leona Lewis.

Over the years, Jessie has suffered a minor stroke and a miscarriage, and she’s also been diagnosed with an inner-ear disorder, as well as with OCD and ADHD.

Heart offers up reward for return of stolen instruments

June 4, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Heart is offering up a reward for the safe return of some instruments that were stolen ahead of the kickoff of their latest tour.

The band shared that before their May 31 show at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City, two “irreplaceable” instruments were taken from the venue, one of which was a one-of-a-kind purple sparkle baritone Telecaster with hand-painted headstock, which was custom made for Nancy Wilson. The second instrument, belonging to band member Paul Moak, was a vintage 1966 Gibson EM-50 mandolin.

“These instruments are more than just tools of our trade — they’re extensions of our musical souls,” Nancy shares. “The baritone Tele was made uniquely for me, and Paul’s mandolin has been with him for decades. We’re heartbroken, and we’re asking for their safe return—no questions asked. Their value to us is immeasurable.”

The band is asking anyone with information on the theft or the whereabouts of the instruments to contact their tour manager Tony Moon at tonymoon@me.com. They are also offering a reward for any info that may lead to their return.

In the meantime, Heart’s tour continues; they’ll play Detroit, Michigan, on Wednesday. A complete list of dates can be found at heart-music.com.

Rascal Flatts follow the ’emotional flood’ of their tour with ‘Refueled Duets’

June 4, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Rascal Flatts wrapped their Life Is a Highway Tour in early April, but the trio is still on a high.

“Man, it was so good to be back playing music again,” Jay DeMarcus reflects. “You know, the pandemic hit and it sort of went away and we all got away from it. And to be able to be onstage and look across and see these guys again was a really special moment for me.”

“And the fans were incredible,” he adds. “I mean, what can you say? All of it was overwhelming and an emotional flood.”

Now we’re just days away from the June 6 release of Life Is A Highway: Refueled Duets, on which the trio recreated their biggest hits with an all-star cast from multiple genres. Kelly Clarkson joins them for “I’m Movin’ On,” while Backstreet Boys help redo “What Hurts the Most.”

“All of them just have their own little beautiful color,” Joe Don Rooney says. “Kelly Clarkson’s just off-the-charts great. I mean, the Backstreet Boys is fun, you know? It’s a wall of vocals, and it’s just so special.”

“But every single artist gave their all for the song they were singing on, and you can’t ask for more,” he concludes.

While their official tour is over, Flatts continue playing a handful of festival dates this summer, with stops at Carolina Country Music Fest in Myrtle Beach June 5 and CMA Fest at Nissan Stadium June 7.

Fly like an eagle: Steve Miller celebrates viral eaglet’s first flight

June 4, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Steve Miller is celebrating the first flight of a viral eaglet, who left the nest on Monday.

Friends of Big Bear Valley announced the news of the eaglet’s flight on Facebook, sharing a clip from the live camera feed at the nest perched on a tree in Southern California’s San Bernardino County. The nonprofit has been monitoring two eaglets, named Sunny and Gizmo, since they hatched in early March.

They’ve also been monitoring Sunny and Gizmo’s parents, Jackie and Shadow.

Friends of Big Bear Valley announced in the post that eaglet Sunny flew from the nest on Monday at 10:46 a.m.: “She put up her wings to catch the wind and then jumped up and let those beautiful wings carry her.”

Now the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has responded to the viral moment by sharing the video soundtracked to the Steve Miller Band classic “Fly Like An Eagle.”

“Sunny takes flight! Thanks to Friends of Big Bear Valley for sharing this beautiful moment,” Miller commented. “Wishing Jackie, Shadow and the little eaglets Sunny and Gizmo a wonderful life – may they thrive and soar.”

FOBBV has been monitoring Jackie and Shadow since two eggs were spotted in the nest in 2023. Those two eggs never hatched, but when the eagles had eggs again this spring, interest in the family grew again.

Jackie and Shadow also had a third chick in addition to Sunny and Gizmo, but it died in mid-March following a winter storm, according to FOBBV.

Shinedown teases next album: ‘[The songs] all belong together, because we say they belong together’

June 4, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Shinedown kicked off 2025 with the release of two new songs, “Dance, Kid, Dance” and “Three Six Five,” and they’ve been working on an album to follow 2022’s Planet Zero. Coming off of Planet Zero and 2018’s ATTENTION ATTENTION, which were Shinedown’s most conceptual records, the band’s next effort is going to be, as frontman Brent Smith describes it, more “traditional.”

“All I mean by that is these songs aren’t linked to one another,” Smith tells ABC Audio. “This next Shinedown record is a collection of songs.”

“They’re all gonna live and they all belong together, because we say they belong together,” he laughs.

Without having to think about how a song might fit into an overarching narrative, Smith and his bandmates are simply focusing on writing the absolute best songs they can.

“We have to go off of what’s the melody, what’s the message, what [is it] about this tone or this drum beat or this guitar or this lick that makes us go, ‘Out of everything you just played, that’s bad a**,’ and kind of following that,” Smith explains. “Like, where’s the stuff that’s really great?”

That approach, though, has led to the band members continuously coming up with what they feel is better and better material, leading to an elongated writing and recording process.

“Originally I wanted the record to come out in July,” Smith shares. “Then, honestly, two, three songs got written and I was like, ‘Hang on a second, these are really, really good, and we kinda need to go down another path.'”

In between working on the new album, Shinedown will launch the summer leg of their U.S. tour in July.

Coco Jones hopes fans ‘learn more about themselves’ through her debut album, ‘Why Not More?’

June 4, 2025 by WDNY Radio

When Beyoncé released “Grown Woman,” she sang, “I’m a grown woman/ I can do whatever I want.” Coco Jones’ latest album, Why Not More?, might as well be a real-life interpretation of that song. With a background in Disney and years of being told what to do from her labels, Coco is now the one steering the wheel for the album.

“I feel like because of my Disney past sometimes people see me like younger than I am or I guess more sheltered or something,” she tells ABC Audio. “But I really wanted to show, especially with songs like ‘Taste’ or ‘A-E-O-M-G,’ like, I’m grown.”

Part of that growth involved learning to block outside noise and to lean into her own vision.

“I think What I Didn’t Tell You EP, I was so new to all of this, being signed as an adult after being independent since I was 16,” she says. “I kind of just didn’t want people to let me choose. I wasn’t sure if I knew for myself. So, the difference I think would be, I made a lot of the decisions myself this time.”

Why Not More? is the result of the challenge of trusting her authentic self and transcending the notion that R&B is just about heartbreak.

“I wanted to have some songs that are just more about love and the positives of a relationship and also some songs where you’re big-upping yourself,” Coco says.

Her goal for the album is for people to “learn more about themselves” through it. “I think ‘why not more?‘ was the question I was asking myself when I felt like I wanted to do things, but I was scared of doing them. I hope that they have some self-realization and they find some useful songs in their journey of just trying to figure out who they are.”

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