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Music notes: Mariah Carey, Meghan Trainor and more

November 24, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Mariah Carey said “It’s Tiiiiime” on Nov. 1, and now her holiday hit has made its earliest appearance yet in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. The song sits at #8, after reentering the chart two weeks ago. This is the first time the song has climbed that high in November; the earliest the song had reached that territory was Dec. 2, 2023. The song, originally released in 1994, has spent a total of 18 weeks at #1 since 2019.

Congratulations to Meghan Trainor‘s brother and frequent tour mate Ryan Trainor: He’s engaged. Meghan reposted a photo of Ryan down on one knee on a mountain, proposing to his girlfriend, Megumi. She also posted a separate photo of Megumi and captioned it, “My SISTER.”

In case you missed it, Miley Cyrus celebrated her birthday Sunday. She posted a photo of herself blowing out a single candle on top of a white birthday cake and wrote, “33 is already burning bright thanks to the warmth of your sweet birthday wishes. All I want this year is more laughs with the people who give me the little smile lines that are starting to show up. I love you all.” Among the celeb pals wishing her happy birthday: Selena Gomez, Cyndi Lauper, Vanessa Hudgens and Miley’s dad, Billy Ray Cyrus.

Music notes: Conan Gray, Mariah Carey and more

November 24, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Conan Gray has joined the lineup for this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. If you tune in Thursday at 8 a.m. local time, you’ll see him performing on New York’s 34th Street, which is where Macy’s storefront is located. Billboard also reports that Conan will appear in a “Holiday Gift Hotline”-themed Macy’s ad that will premiere during the broadcast. He’ll co-star in the ad with Alison Brie, John O’Hurley and NFL quarterback Baker Mayfield.

Mariah Carey said “It’s Tiiiiime” on Nov. 1, and now her holiday hit has made its earliest appearance yet in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. The song sits at #8, after reentering the chart two weeks ago. This is the first time the song has climbed that high in November; the earliest the song had reached that territory was Dec. 2, 2023. The song, originally released in 1994, has spent a total of 18 weeks at #1 since 2019.

GloRilla to perform at 2025 Bayou Classic

November 24, 2025 by WDNY Radio

GloRilla is her bringing her Memphis twang to New Orlean’s Caesars Superdome. She’ll be headlining the halftime show at the 2025 Bayou Classic, held in partnership with Adidas and Grambling State University.

Grambling’s Tiger Marching Band will join her for the performance, as will the Orchesis Dance Company, which will wear uniforms customized by Adidas’ LA WRKSHP and Grambling alumna J’aime Griffith.

Glo called the 2025 Bayou Classic “a huge moment for HBCU culture” in a statement and said it’s “really special” to be “performing with adidas and Grambling State.”

She continued, “Being on the field with these students, seeing them represent their school and community is powerful.”

The Bayou Classic will take place Saturday at 3 p.m. CT; the halftime show will be available to watch on NBC and Peacock.

Queen interested in ABBA-like hologram show

November 24, 2025 by WDNY Radio

It sounds like we may one day see an ABBA-type hologram show devoted to the band Queen.

In the latest edition of Big Issue, Queen’s Brian May and Roger Taylor discuss whether they’d be open to continuing the band’s legacy with such a production. They seem open to the idea, with May noting that the band has “so many opportunities” to keep Queen and its music alive for fans.

“I mean things that are immersive, like The Sphere in Las Vegas, it will be possible to give people the experience very closely of what things were like for us when we were Freddie, John, Brian and Roger. And that really appeals to me,” he says, referring to their late frontman, Freddie Mercury, and drummer John Deacon, who retired in 1997.

“In our Queen shows for a very long time I’ve been doing ‘Love of My Life.’ And in the end, Freddie comes in and joins me as on video. It was just quite simply done, but it’s a way of involving Freddie, and I think we can basically take that a lot further,” May continues. “It wouldn’t be just playing old footage or whatever. It would be creating Queen as if we were creating it today.”

He adds, “I’m very taken with the idea that we can be the original Queen again.”

And while Taylor says he enjoyed the ABBA show, Voyages, he did have some issues with it, although that hasn’t turned him off to the idea.

“I didn’t find the actual projections that convincing,” he says of Voyages. “I do think technology now has come so much further since the ABBA show started, I think a lot more can be done.”

Oasis plans to ‘pause for a period of reflection’ after completing reunion tour

November 24, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Oasis concluded their much-anticipated reunion tour Sunday in São Paulo, Brazil. As for what comes next for the “Wonderwall” outfit, they need to figure that out for themselves.

In a press release marking the end of the tour, Oasis says, “There will now be a pause for a period of reflection.”

Liam Gallagher seemed to suggest that Oasis was planning to keep the reunion going into 2026 when he declared “See you next year” during the band’s final show at London’s Wembley Stadium in September. However, he’s since clarified in a social media post that “we need to sit down and discuss these things” regarding the future of Oasis.

Whether or not Oasis will continue to tour in 2026 and beyond, it’s hard to call the 2025 tour anything but a rousing a success. The trek, which kicked off in July, saw Liam and his formerly estranged brother, Noel Gallagher, play sold-out stadiums around the world, 16 years after the band bitterly broke up in 2009.

“‘The most damaging pop cultural force in recent British history’ found its way into the hearts and minds of a new generation,” Oasis writes in the press release, referring to a quote from a Guardian article. “From Gallagher Hill [in Manchester, England] to the River Plate [in Buenos Aires, Argentina], from Croke Park [in Dublin, Ireland] on the banks of the Royal Canal to the City of Angels [Los Angeles], the love, joy, tears and euphoria will never be forgotten.”

Taylor Swift drops more ‘Showgirl’ vinyls; album & single are still #1

November 24, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Just when you thought there couldn’t possibly be any more The Life of a Showgirl vinyl variants, Taylor Swift has dropped three more.

The new designs are only available until Tuesday at 11 a.m. ET. They include Lit My Sky Up orange metallic vinyl, Sequins Are Forever magenta glitter vinyl and Honestly Wild transparent vinyl with red glitter splatters.

As with all the previous vinyl variants, each LP comes with a double gatefold sleeve, a photo strip with a poem on the reverse, album lyrics and never-before-seen photos.

Meanwhile, The Life of a Showgirl is spending a seventh week atop the Billboard 200 album chart. If it can hold on one more week, it will tie Morgan Wallen‘s I’m the Problem as the only albums in 2025 to spend their first eight weeks at #1 on that chart.

Over on the Hot 100, Taylor’s song “The Fate of Ophelia” is on top for a seventh week, as well. It’s the first song to spend its first seven weeks at #1 on that chart since 2021, when K-pop group BTS did it with “Butter.”

Grand Ole Opry 100th anniversary show to be livestreamed

November 24, 2025 by WDNY Radio

The Grand Ole Opry will officially turn 100 on Friday, and the two star-studded shows it’s staging on that day will stream live globally.

You’ll be able to watch the celebration on the Opry’s Facebook, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube channels. Among the artists who’ll be appearing are the Opry’s longest-serving member, Bill Anderson, and its newest inductee, Kathy Mattea. In between, you’ll see Vince Gill, Dustin Lynch, Scotty McCreery, Pam Tillis, Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, Trace Adkins, Lorrie Morgan, The Gatlin Brothers, Mark Wills and Suzy Bogguss, plus many more.

The shows begin at 7 p.m. CT and 10 p.m. CT. Tickets are on sale now.

Since it began on Nov. 28, 1925, the Opry has produced more than 15,000 broadcasts and now boasts more than 200 members. The celebration will continue into 2026 with more special shows.

Sex Pistols featuring Frank Carter announce 2026 UK shows

November 24, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Sex Pistols featuring Frank Carter have announced a run of U.K. shows for 2026.

The dates will take place July 11, July 12 and Aug. 2 in Halifax, Manchester and Scarborough, England, respectively, with a stop in Cardiff, Wales, in between on Aug. 1.

Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. local time. For all ticket info, visit SexPistolsFeaturingFrankCarter.com.

The current incarnation of the Pistols features original members Steve Jones, Paul Cook and Glen Matlock, plus Carter on vocals in place of frontman John “Johnny Rotten” Lydon.

The Pistols and Carter were set to launch a U.S. tour in September, but the outing was postponed due to Jones breaking his wrist. Rescheduled dates have yet to be announced.

DOJ asks judges to authorize release of Epstein and Maxwell grand jury material

November 24, 2025 by WDNY Radio

(WASHINGTON) — Facing a 30-day deadline to release the Epstein files, the Department of Justice has asked two judges in the Southern District of New York to authorize the release of grand jury transcripts and exhibits from the prosecutions of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton – whom Attorney General Pam Bondi tapped to lead an investigation into prominent Democrats associated with Epstein – signed a motion asking the judges who oversaw the Epstein and Maxwell cases to approve the release of the grand jury materials, subject to the necessary redactions.

“In the light of the Act’s clear mandate, the Court should authorize the Department of Justice to release the grand jury transcripts and exhibits and modify any preexisting protective orders that would otherwise prevent public disclosure by the Government of materials the disclosure of which is required by the Act,” the motions said, referring to the Epstein Files Transparency Act, recently signed into law by President Trump.

While the motion noted that the law allows redactions to seal materials that “would jeopardize an active federal investigation or ongoing prosecution,” the filings did not mention the recently initiated investigation into Bill Clinton, Larry Summers, and Reid Hoffman ordered by Trump.

Citing the 30-day deadline, the Department of Justice requested an expedited ruling on the motion and said it would “work with the relevant United States Attorney’s Offices to make appropriate redactions of victim-related and other personal identifying information.”

The Department of Justice unsuccessfully sought approval to unseal the grand jury records in August, with both judges concluding that the government did not demonstrate a legal basis to release the materials. In one decision, U.S. District Judge Richard Berman sharply criticized the DOJ for asking the court to get involved when the government already had the relevant files in their possession.

“The instant grand jury motion appears to be a ‘diversion’ from the breadth and scope of the Epstein files in the Government’s possession. The grand jury testimony is merely a hearsay snippet of Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged conduct,” he wrote.

“The Government’s complete information trove would better inform the public about the Epstein case,” he added.

‘We Are the World’ now available in remastered audio & video for 40th anniversary

November 24, 2025 by WDNY Radio

There comes a time … when “We Are the World” gets an upgrade in honor of its 40th anniversary.

The quintessential celebrity charity single is now available in Spatial Audio and high-resolution audio formats, along with an enhanced video version featuring stars ranging from Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel and Paul Simon to Diana Ross, Huey Lewis, Cyndi Lauper and Bob Dylan — as well as its co-writers, Lionel Richie and Michael Jackson.

“For me, ‘We Are the World’ is a gift that keeps on giving and is a powerful teaching tool for generations to come,” Lionel says in a statement. “When Michael and I wrote the song 40 years ago, we never imagined the power it would have then for the world. Having those talented artists walk through the studio door that night, band together to change the world will never be replicated.”

Upon its original 1985 release, “We Are the World” raised over $100 million for those affected by the Ethiopian famine. It also led to the founding of the nonprofit United Support of Artists for Africa, or USA for Africa. To date, more than 500 organizations in Africa have received grants from the charity, supporting programs that help women and children, as well as refugee recovery and other issues.

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