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Bad Company’s Paul Rodgers shares speech after missing Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction

November 10, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Bad Company‘s Paul Rodgers couldn’t make it to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony Saturday due to health issues, so he’s decided to share his induction speech in a video posted to YouTube.

In the clip, Rodgers recalls that when he was 14 a teacher told his class that most of them, if not all, would wind up working in the steel mills, chemical factories and shipyards of his hometown of Middlesbrough, in northeast England.

“That night, I went to a dance and I heard a record by Little Richard,” he said, “And a whole box of fireworks went off in my head, rockets and all. And I thought to myself, I’m going to follow that music and find out all about it.”

“That’s what I did. I followed that music. Sixty plus years went by in the blink of an eye, and I find myself being inducted into the brotherhood and sisterhood of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with my bandmates Bad Company,” he added.

Rodgers went on to mention his bandmates, and thank the Rock Hall, his wife, family members, managers, artists he’s played with and more.

He also thanked their fans “for enabling us to live our dream,” and Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, who signed them to their Swan Song label “for their total support from the start.”

Bad Company’s Rock Hall induction featured an introduction by Mick Fleetwood, and a performance featuring the band’s drummer Simon Kirke, Aerosmith’s Joe Perry, Heart’s Nancy Wilson, The Black Crowes‘ Chris Robinson and Bryan Adams.

Highlights from the 2025 Rock Hall induction ceremony will air Jan. 1 on ABC.

‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ wraps production on third, final season at Netflix

November 10, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Maria Zhang, Miya Cech, Dallas Liu, Gordan Cormier, Kiawentiio Tarbell and Ian Ousley on the set of ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender.’ (Katie Yu/Netflix)

Production has officially wrapped on Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Netflix has revealed that the live-action reimagining of the popular Nickelodeon animated series has finished production on its third and final season.

To commemorate the occasion, Netflix shared a photo of some of the cast from one of their last days on set.

The photo features Gordon Cormier (Aang), Kiawentiio (Katara), Ian Ousley (Sokka), Dallas Liu (Zuko), Miya Cech (Toph) and Maria Zhang (Suki).

“That’s a series wrap on Avatar: The Last Airbender… and exciting Season 2 updates are coming very soon,” Netflix shared to Instagram on Monday.

Netflix renewed Avatar: The Last Airbender for two seasons, which were filmed back-to-back, after the success of season 1.

While the series has finished filming through its third season, season 2 has yet to premiere. Netflix shared that in season 2, “the stakes have never been higher as Aang, the young Avatar, learns to master the four elements (Water, Earth, Fire and Air) to restore balance to a world threatened by the terrifying Fire Nation.”

“When we started working on season 2, we gathered three forces: integrity, hope, and joy. And here we are almost three years later wrapping the end of production with an immensely talented and devoted team that met those ideals and exceeded them,” the show’s executive producer and writer Christine Boylan told Netflix’s Tudum. “I am eternally grateful to be part of this important, hilarious, action-packed team who is bringing this epic live action story to the world.”

Nashville notes: Maddox Batson’s world tour + Gary the Torch with Stephen Wilson, Jr.

November 10, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Music City’s The Listening Room will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a March 3 concert at the historic Ryman Auditorium. HARDY, Jo Dee Messina, Mitchell Tenpenny and more are set to play, with tickets going on sale Friday.

CMA new artist of the year nominee Stephen Wilson Jr. will launch his Gary the Torch Tour March 6 in Columbus, Ohio. He’s also set to play ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Nov. 18.

Maddox Batson sets out on his 46-show Maddox Batson Live Worldwide Tour next year, with stops in Canada, the U.K., Germany, Norway and Sweden. Pre-sales start Tuesday, before going on sale to the public Friday.

‘Ophelia’ and the King of Pop: Taylor Swift, Michael Jackson set records on ‘Billboard’ Hot 100

November 10, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Both Taylor Swift and Michael Jackson set new records on this week’s Billboard Hot 100.

Taylor’s “The Fate of Ophelia” is #1 for a fifth week. With the song’s parent album The Life of a Showgirl also at #1 for a fifth week, Taylor is now the only artist to debut at #1 on both charts simultaneously and then hold those top spots for that length of time.

Additionally, “The Fate of Ophelia” is Taylor’s third #1 hit to have stayed on top for at least five weeks. The only other ones are “Anti-Hero,” which lasted eight weeks on top, and “Blank Space,” which spent seven weeks in pole position. She’s had 13 #1 hits in all.

Following Halloween, Michael Jackson’s song “Thriller” — which initially peaked at #4 in 1984 — has jumped from #32 to #10. As per Billboard, that makes the late King of Pop the first solo artist ever to hit the top 10 in six different decades: the ’70s, ’80s, ’90s, 2000s, ’10s and ’20s.

Michael has now passed the record set by Andy Williams, who reached the top 10 in five decades, mostly thanks to his holiday hit “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year.”

After reaching the top 10 for the first time in 1969 as a member of the Jackson 5, Michael first hit the top 10 as a solo artist in 1971 with his song “Got to Be There.” Until now, he was last in the top 10 in 2018, as a featured artist on Drake‘s song “Don’t Matter to Me.”

Jon Bon Jovi’s a grandpa again

November 10, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Jon Bon Jovi’s family continues to grow.

The rocker’s son Jesse Bongiovi and wife Jesse Light announced on Instagram Monday that they welcomed their first child.

“Blair Lucy Bongiovi. Our sweet girl has arrived, and we couldn’t be happier,” they wrote, next to a partial photo of the infant. “Welcome to the world, baby Blair bear.”

This is Jon Bon Jovi’s second grandchild. In August, son Jake Bongiovi and his wife, Stranger Things actress Millie Bobby Brown, announced in a joint Instagram post that they had adopted a baby girl.

The 30-year-old Jesse is Jon Bon Jovi’s eldest son. The rocker and wife Dorothea Bongiovi have four children together, daughter Stephanie Bongiovi, 32, and sons Jesse, Jake, 23, and Romeo Bongiovi, 21.

The Black Crowes, David Byrne to play Madrid’s Mad Cool Festival

November 10, 2025 by WDNY Radio

The Black Crowes and Talking Heads frontman David Byrne are confirmed to play the 2026 Mad Cool Festival, happening July 8-11 in Madrid, Spain.

Both artists are booked to play the final night of the festival, which also features headliner Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Pulp and The National’s Matt Berninger.

The festival’s other headliners include Foo Fighters, Florence + the Machine and Twenty One Pilots, with the lineup also featuring Kings of Leon, Halsey, Dogstar, Lorde, A Perfect Circle, Charlie Puth and more.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of Mad Cool. After various presales, tickets go on sale to the general public on Nov. 20.

A complete lineup can be found at madcoolfestival.es.

Byrne is currently on tour in support of his latest album, Who is the Sky?, and is set to play three nights in Seattle starting Tuesday.

The Black Crowes will release a super-deluxe box set of their third studio album, Amorica, on Friday. They also just announced a tour of Australia that kicks off April 3 in Melbourne and includes an appearance at the Byron Bay Bluesfest.

Drake and PartyNextDoor’s ‘$ome $exy $ongs 4 U’ officially certified Platinum

November 10, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Drake and PartyNextDoor have just racked up a few certifications from the Recording Industry Association of America. Their album, $ome $exy $ongs 4 U, has garnered 1 million equivalent album units, officially obtaining a Platinum certification.

A few of its tracks have also been certified: “Somebody Loves Me,” “Die Trying,” “CN Tower,” “Something About You,” “Gimme a Hug” and “Spider-man Superman” are now Gold. “Nokia,” which also appeared on the album, is now a double-Platinum song.

PartyNextDoor and Drake released $ome $exy $ongs 4 U on Valentine’s Day and supported it with the $ome $pecial $hows 4 UK/EU tour.

Their song “Somebody Loves Me” is nominated for best melodic rap performance at the 2026 Grammy Awards.

Watch Charli XCX and John Cale’s creepy ‘House’ video from ‘Wuthering Heights’ soundtrack

November 10, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Charli XCX has released her first official post-Brat single, and it’s different from what you might expect.

The song, “House,” is part of the album of music she’s created for Emerald Fennell‘s upcoming take on Wuthering Heights. It’s a collaboration with Welsh rocker John Cale, best known for his work with pioneering Rock & Roll Hall of Famers The Velvet Underground.

As she explained earlier this month in an Instagram Story message, Charli said that a quote from Cale — “elegant and brutal” — had inspired the sound of her music for the film. She reached out to Cale to see what he thought about the songs, and they ended up collaborating on “House,” which, Charli said, “made me cry.”

The song begins as a poem with creepy-sounding musical backing, as Cale recites:

Can I speak to you privately for a moment? I just want to explain.
Explain the circumstances I find myself in.
What and who I really am. I’m a prisoner. To live for eternity.
I was thinking, ‘What is this place?’ I thought it would be perfect. I thought, ‘I want it to be perfect.’
Please. Let it be perfect.
Am I living in another world? Another world I created. For what? If it’s beauty, do you see beauty?
If there’s beauty, say it’s enough.”

Then, Charli and Cale sing together, repeatedly, “I think I’m gonna die in this house” as the music gets more intense. Finally, as the song ends, Cale intones, “In every room, I hear silence.”

The video features a dark woods at night, a raven, burning candle wax, and Cale seemingly holding Charli down against her will on a marble altar.

Wuthering Heights, starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, hits theaters Feb. 13, 2026.

For Lee Brice, the sun rises in Canada for 2026 tour

November 10, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Lee Brice will launch the Sunriser Tour in 2026, heading to Canada for nine dates in the spring.

The trek kicks off April 10 in Abbotsford, British Columbia, and wraps April 25 in Kitchener, Ontario. Brett Kissel and Grace Tyler will join him on the dates.

“Man, Canada, y’all have been ridin’ shotgun with me since back before I even had a hit!” Lee says in a news release. “That fire you lit in my soul has only burned brighter over the years, and you’ve got a permanent spot right here in this country boy’s heart.”

“You’ve watched me chase these sunrises,” he continues, “and I can’t wait to roll back into your towns on the Sunriser Tour, showin’ off this new fire we’ve stoked together. Get ready friends, I’m comin’ back to y’all with all I’ve got!”

Lee just released his new track “Killed the Man” as his new radio single, with more new music still to come.

Måneskin’s Thomas Raggi announces debut solo album produced by Tom Morello

November 10, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Måneskin guitarist Thomas Raggi has announced his debut solo album, Masquerade.

The record, due out Dec. 5, was produced by Rage Against the Machine‘s Tom Morello, who previously worked with Måneskin on the song “GOSSIP.” It also includes collaborations with Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, Luke Spiller of The Struts, Franz Ferdinand‘s Alex Kapranos, ex-Guns N’ Roses drummer Matt Sorum, Jet‘s Nic Cester and Sergio Pizzorno of Kasabian.

“Seeing so many musical icons come together (along with the ones I had the pleasure of meeting while writing the album) reminded me that music knows no boundaries; that you have to follow your instinct and inspiration, ignore imposed rules, and simply do what you feel,” Raggi says in a press statement. “The Måneskin story teaches me that, and now I had the ultimate confirmation. I feel as if those who made music history are placing a hand on my shoulder, saying: ‘You’re on the right path.'”

Raggi’s Måneskin bandmates Damiano David and Victoria De Angelis have also released solo material. The band’s most recent album is 2023’s RUSH!

Here’s the Masquerade track list:

“Getcha!” with Nic Cester & Chad Smith & Tom Morello
“Keep The Pack” with Matt Sorum & Tom Morello
“Lucy” with Upsahl & Hama Okamoto & Chad Smith
“Cat Got Your Tongue” with Sergio Pizzorno
“For Nothing” with Matt Sorum
“You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)” with Alex Kapranos
“The Ritz” with Luke Spiller
“Fallaway” with Maxim

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