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Ryan Gosling says Harry Styles flew to NY just to appear during his ‘SNL’ monologue

March 19, 2026 by WDNY Radio

The week before Harry Styles hosted Saturday Night Live, he popped up in the audience during host Ryan Gosling’s monologue, and that became the entire bit. Ryan has since revealed that he randomly reached out and asked Harry to be there.

While promoting his film Hail Mary on London’s KISS Radio, Ryan said, “It was just so strange that Harry was hosting after me because he’s such a big part of this film.” Harry’s song “Sign of the Times” is heavily featured in the movie.

“Yeah, it was kind of a Hail Mary ask, ’cause I don’t know him,” Ryan continued. “But I was like, ‘Is there any way he’d wanna be in the monologue?’ And then he got on a plane just to be there, so it was very cool.”

Asked what it was like to sing “Sign of the Times” in front of Harry, which Ryan did during the monologue, he told KISS, “Nobody wanted that.”

Hear new Afghan Whigs song, ‘House of I’

March 19, 2026 by WDNY Radio

The Afghan Whigs have premiered a new song called “House of I.”

“Laid this one down in New Orleans last summer,” says frontman Greg Dulli in a statement. “Was looking for an up tempo banger and feel like we found one here.”

“House of I” marks the first new Afghan Whigs material to follow their 2022 album, How Do You Burn? A new record is expected to be released later in 2026.

The Afghan Whigs will launch a U.S. tour in April celebrating the band’s 40th anniversary.

Niall Horan reflects on bandmate Liam Payne’s death: ‘I didn’t think it was real’

March 19, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Niall Horan’s new album Dinner Party is coming out in June, and one of the songs, “End of an Era,” was inspired by the death of his bandmate Liam Payne, who died at 31 following a fall from his hotel balcony in Argentina on Oct. 16, 2024.

Speaking to GQ, Niall recalls that he and Liam met up in Buenos Aires earlier that October when he was on a South American tour. “It was great,” recalls Niall. “[Liam] seemed in good form and we had a good laugh, good reminisce.” Liam stayed in Buenos Aires while Niall resumed his tour, which ended Oct. 9. Niall got the news of Liam’s passing just days after he got home.

“I just remember getting a message. And I was just like, What?… I just didn’t think it was real,” Niall tells GQ. “Someone so young, you’re not expecting to hear that they’ve passed, especially someone that you’ve just seen. I just went back from shock to sadness to anger.”

Niall tells GQ some of his fondest Liam memories, including when they shared a room during the bootcamp part of The X Factor.

“I just got to know him a little bit and then we ended up doing what we did together,” he recalls. “Memories that only he and I can share ’cause you have a team and you have people around all the time, but we always said that only us have that experience, no one else has that.”

According to GQ, on “End of an Era,” Niall sings, “We had it/ Pure magic/ Remember what it was like/ Time passes/ So fast and/ I couldn’t tell you goodbye.”

Dinner Party is due out on June 5.

Dangerous, unprecedented heat wave hits the West

March 19, 2026 by WDNY Radio

(NEW YORK) — A dangerous and unprecedented heat wave is hitting the West, with temperatures reaching 25-to-40 degrees above normal across the region.

A dozen cities recorded all-time record March temperatures on Wednesday, including 105 degrees in Palm Springs, California; 102 degrees in Phoenix, Arizona; and 94 degrees in Las Vegas.

Heat alerts are in place for 40 million Americans in the West through the weekend.

With temperatures expected to reach between 96 and 109 degrees for a widespread area over multiple days — and during a time of high tourism to the Desert Southwest — the heat may turn deadly.

The heat will spread east through the week. By Friday, the record highs may reach Texas, Nebraska and Oklahoma, and by Sunday, daily record highs could stretch from Los Angeles to Memphis, Tennessee.

The heat and dry weather could also increase the risk of wildfires. Red flag warnings are in place for parts of Wyoming, South Dakota and Nebraska, where wind gusts could reach 30 to 45 mph.

Extreme heat is considered the deadliest weather-related hazard in the U.S., according to the Fifth National Climate Assessment. About 2,000 Americans die each year on average from extreme heat, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Click here for what to know about staying safe in the heat.

Markwayne Mullin’s nomination to be DHS secretary narrowly clears Senate committee with Democratic support

March 19, 2026 by WDNY Radio

(WASHINGTON) — Sen. Markwayne Mullin’s nomination to be the secretary of Homeland Security narrowly cleared a committee vote Thursday morning with the help of Democratic Sen. John Fetterman, teeing up the Oklahoma Republican’s nomination for a final vote on the Senate floor as soon as next week.

Mullin’s nomination advanced out of Senate Homeland Security Committee by a vote of 8-7. He needed a simple majority of votes to clear the committee.

After a series of contentious exchanges during Wednesday’s confirmation hearing, Sen. Rand Paul, the committee’s chairman, ultimately cast a vote against Mullin in committee on Thursday. Fetterman was the only Democrat to cast a vote in his favor.

Fetterman’s vote proved to be critical for Mullin as Republicans only hold a one seat majority on the committee. Paul’s objection meant that at least one Democrat would be necessary to push Mullin over the line.

After the vote, Fetterman said he approached the Mullin vote with an “open mind.”

“We need a leader at DHS. We must reopen DHS. My AYE is rooted in a strong committed, constructive working relationship with Senator Mullin for our nation’s security,” Fetterman wrote in a post on X.

Mullin’s hearing came weeks after President Donald Trump fired DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, following her handling of the Minneapolis immigration enforcement and criticism that she used $220 million in taxpayer money for an ad campaign.

Mullin’s nomination will head to the Senate floor where he’ll need a simple majority of votes to be confirmed. He is expected to be approved by the chamber when he comes up for a final vote.

-ABC News’ Ivan Pereira contributed to this report.

Sleeping with Sirens premieres new single, ‘An Ending in Itself’

March 19, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Sleeping with Sirens has premiered a new single called “An Ending in Itself.”

“‘An Ending in Itself’ is the band returning to form, getting back in a room together, creating without expectation, which is why we started doing this in the first place,” frontman Kellin Quinn tells Kerrang! “I haven’t felt this way about our music since [the 2011 album] Let’s Cheers to This. Oddly enough this feels more like a beginning than an end…”

You can watch the video for “An Ending in Itself” streaming now on YouTube.

“An Ending in Itself” follows Sleeping with Sirens’ 2022 album, Complete Collapse.

You can catch Sleeping with Sirens live at a number of upcoming festivals, including Welcome to Rockville, Inkcarceration, Louder than Life, Aftershock and select Warped Tour dates.

On This Day, March 19, 2005: Paul Rodgers makes public debut as Queen’s lead singer

March 19, 2026 by WDNY Radio

On This Day, March 19, 2005 …

Queen and Bad Company frontman Paul Rodgers performed together at Nelson Mandela’s 46664 charity concert in George, South Africa.

While the two acts had previously collaborated for Queen’s October 2004 induction into the U.K. Music Hall of Fame, the Mandela concert marked the public debut of what was dubbed Queen + Paul Rodgers.

They performed Queen classics “We Are The Champions,” “We Will Rock You,” “Crazy Little Thing Called Love and “Radio Gaga,” as well as the Bad Company tracks “Can’t Get Enough,” and “Feel Like Makin’ Love,” as well as “All Right Now,” by Rodgers’ former band, Free.

That same year, Queen + Paul Rodgers launched a world tour, which hit North America in 2006.

Queen released one album with Rodgers, The Cosmos Rocks, in 2008, followed by the Rock The Cosmos tour.

The collaboration between Queen and Rodgers ended in 2009, when Rodgers left to reunite with Bad Company.

Lorde’s contract with Universal ends

March 19, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Lorde and Universal are no longer on each other’s “Team.”

The “Royals” artist has revealed in a voice memo to fans, as captured by the fan account @lordecontent, that her contract with her long term label has come to an end.

“I have been in that contract for a very, very long time, in some form of that contract since I was 12-years-old, when I signed my first development deal with Universal,” the now 29-year-old Lorde says.

Lorde adds that she had an “amazing experience” with Universal but notes, “The truth is a 12-year-old girl pre-signed her, pre-sold her creative output before she knew what it would be like and before she knew what she was signing away.”

“I’m sure I’ll have a deal again, could well be with Universal,” Lorde continues. “But I knew that I needed to take a second to have nothing being bought or sold that comes from me.”

Lorde released four albums with Universal: 2013’s Pure Heroine, 2017’s Melodrama, 2021’s Solar Power and 2025’s Virgin.

Billy Corgan named to board of directors of Chicago’s Lyric opera house

March 19, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Billy Corgan has been named to the board of directors of Chicago’s Lyric opera house.

“Thank you to the Lyric Opera of Chicago for the great honour and distinction of being invited to join Lyric’s Board of Directors,” the Smashing Pumpkins frontman writes in an Instagram post. “I personally aim to make the Lyric, our great opera house of Chicago, the most exciting and dynamic opera house in the world.”

Corgan previously performed at the Lyric in 2025 with a series of shows celebrating the 30th anniversary of the 1995 Pumpkins album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. In a video accompanying his post, Corgan calls his shows at the Lyric “one of the most exciting moments of my life.”

Also in the video, Corgan mentions a “fine young actor” who “sort of attacked the arts obliquely, saying nobody cared,” presumably referring to Timothée Chalamet’s recent comments about the opera and ballet.

“But if want to be part of the change, if you want to be part of the restoration of the arts in America, then you have to lean in, and of course you have to support,” Corgan says.

Taylor Swift belongs in Country Music Hall of Fame, says country legend

March 19, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Taylor Swift will be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in June, and she’s got five years to go before she’s eligible for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. On Friday, her name just may come up as an inductee for the Country Music Hall of Fame, and she’s been heartily endorsed by one legend who’s already in there.

On the Rolling Stone Nashville Now podcast, Hall of Famer Vince Gill says, “I think they’ll put her in there. Why wouldn’t you?” Vince, who also performs with the Eagles, says that Taylor is one of the Country Music Hall of Fame’s biggest donors

“I’m crazy about her. I fully support that,” he adds.

Taylor, of course, was a country music superstar before she went full-on pop star with her album 1989. When this year’s inductees are announced, Taylor may appear in the “Modern Era” category because artists become eligible “twenty years after they first achieved national prominence,” according to the website. Her self-titled debut album, featuring the hit “Tim McGraw,” was released in 2006.

If Taylor does get inducted, she’d be the youngest person ever to get in. At age 36, she’s more than a decade younger than the youngest Hall of Famers Johnny Cash and Eddy Arnold, who were both 48 at the time of their inductions.

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