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Zach Top ‘Ain’t In It for [His] Health,’ and he’s got the Grammy to prove it

February 5, 2026 by WDNY Radio

When Zach Top walked away with the best traditional country album trophy at Sunday’s Grammys, it was the fulfillment of the vision he’d had with the record’s title.

“I wanna be making these records that people love for the next 40 years, hopefully,” he told ABC Audio at November’s CMA Awards. “My idea is it’s not gonna be a flash in the pan and that’s kind of, you know, a little bit of the mission statement of the title of that album, too, I Ain’t in It for My Health. It’s not a one-hit wonder thing, I’m around to stay.”

Next up, Zach gets back to the things he hasn’t been able to do since the release of Cold Beer & Country Music in April 2024.

“I haven’t hardly written the last two years just being so busy on the road,” he says, “so it’ll be fun to kind of start hopefully writing another pile of hits and be ready for a third record whenever that comes around.”

“We’ll be busy on the road again,” he adds, “getting our first taste of headlining a bunch of the bigger festivals. Not too many daylight sets for us anymore, so that’ll be kind of fun.”

After a Thursday show in Scottsdale, Arizona, Zach sets out on a European tour Feb. 21.

His new radio single is “South of Sanity.”

Olivia Dean, Billie Eilish score big streaming gains from Grammy Awards

February 5, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Several artists saw an added bonus following the 2026 Grammys, when streams of their songs experienced major boosts tied to their award wins.

As Billboard reports, best new artist winner Olivia Dean‘s entire discography scored gains following the telecast, with a 65% increase in streams. The biggest gain was for her song “Man I Need,” which she performed on the show: It experienced a 67% gain in streams and a 550% increase in digital song sales.

Billboard speculates that this might be enough to push the song to the top of the Hot 100 next week; it previously peaked at #2.

Billie Eilish was the surprise song of the year winner for “Wildflower,” marking her third victory in that category. The day after the Grammys, the song saw a 127% increase in streams.

Another surprise winner, Lola Young, experienced a significant boost as well. Streams of her hit “Messy” jumped 113%, while her entire catalog experienced a 108% surge, and digital downloads increased by nearly 1,580%. Lola won best solo pop vocal performance for “Messy,” which she also performed during the broadcast.

Bad Bunny and Kendrick Lamar did quite well too. After Bad Bunny won the album of the year trophy, his song “DtMF” experienced a 273% boost in streams, and his catalog streams increased by 117%. Meanwhile, Kendrick’s hit “luther,” which won record of the year, saw an 83% surge in streams.

Da Baby announces Be More Grateful tour

February 5, 2026 by WDNY Radio

DaBaby has followed the release of Be More Grateful with the announcement of a tour in support of the album.

According to press release, the trek “is built to give day-one supporters a closer connection to DaBaby and the new material.” Fans can also expect performances from supporting acts Zeddy Will, H3adband and Bri3.

The Be More Grateful tour will kick off at the House of Blues venue in Houston on March 29, with following shows scheduled in Dallas, Atlanta, Miami, Orlando and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The trek will also hit New York, Detroit, Chicago and other cites before wrapping up in Los Angeles on May 14.

Live Nation and Ticketmaster presales for the tour are underway, with the Spotify presale beginning Thursday at 10 a.m. ET. Tickets go on sale to the general public Friday at 10 a.m. local time.

Mötley Crüe announces July 4 show in Canada with Three Days Grace & Halestorm

February 5, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Mötley Crüe will be celebrating America’s birthday up north in Canada.

The “Home Sweet Home” rockers will headline Winnipeg’s Rockin’ Thunder concert series on July 4. The bill will also include Three Days Grace, Halestorm and Canadian musician JJ Wilde.

Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. CT. For all ticket info, visit Motley.com.

Mötley will return to the U.S. later in July to launch the Return of Carnival of Sins tour celebrating the band’s 45th anniversary and the 20th anniversary of their 2005-06 Carnival of Sins tour.

Silversun Pickups reunite with producer Butch Vig on ‘eclectic’ new album, ’Tenterhooks’

February 5, 2026 by WDNY Radio

The Silversun Pickups‘ new album, Tenterhooks, is out Friday. It marks their third collaboration with Garbage drummer and Nevermind producer Butch Vig.

“The new album’s great,” Vig tells ABC Audio of Tenterhooks. “Some very powerful songs on it.”

Vig adds that he feels Tenterhooks “has a quite eclectic feel to it.”

“Yet it still sounds like Silversun Pickups,” Vig continues. “They have something in their DNA, the way they play together and [frontman] Brian [Aubert]’s guitar playing and his singing, and the way he and [bassist] Nikki [Monninger] sing, ’cause Brian can sing really high, as can Nikki, and sometimes, their voices, you can’t even really tell who’s singing what.”

Vig also produced the last two SSPU albums, 2022’s Physical Thrills and 2019’s Widow’s Weeds, making them his most frequent collaborator outside of Garbage in recent years.

“I love how they approach their music,” Vig says of the Pickups. “We don’t do demos and rehearse, we just start recording and see what happens.”

Silversun Pickups will play an album release show in Los Angeles on Friday, which will stream live on Veeps. They’ll launch a full U.S. tour Feb. 19 in Santa Ana, California.

R.E.M. rereleasing ‘R.E.M. at the BBC’ box set

February 5, 2026 by WDNY Radio

R.E.M. fans will once again be able to get their hands on the band’s 2018 live album box set R.E.M. at the BBC.

The band announced on Instagram that the box set is “Back by demand” and will be available again starting March 6.

The eight-CD/one-DVD set features rare live and in-studio recordings taken from the BBC archives, with all the performances recorded between 1984 and 2008.

The compilation includes a 60-minute Later … with Jools Holland performance, plus performances from Radio 1’s Live Lounge and John Peel Studio Sessions. There are also recordings of several live U.K. broadcasts, including R.E.M.’s 1999 set at the Glastonbury Festival, a 2004 show at St. James’s Church in London and a 1995 broadcast from Milton Keynes.

The set features performances of such R.E.M. classics as “Losing My Religion,” “Man on the Moon,” “Radio Free Europe,” “Drive,” “Everybody Hurts” and “It’s the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine).”

The set also includes a DVD with the short film Accelerating Backwards and the Later … with Jools Holland performance, plus three bonus videos: “I’ve Been High,” “Nightswimming” and “Bad Day.”

R.E.M. at the BBC is available for preorder now.

Jason Segel on his ‘soulmate’ connection with Cobie Smulders in ‘Shrinking’

February 5, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Jason Segel worked with Cobie Smulders for nine years on How I Met Your Mother. Now, the pair star together in season 3 of the Apple TV comedy Shrinking. Smulders made her season 3 debut in Wednesday’s episode, where her character, Sofi, shared flirtatious banter with Segel’s Jimmy.

Segel spoke to ABC Audio about how working with Smulders on Shrinking is both the same and different to working with her on How I Met Your Mother, where they played friends Marshall and Robin.

“The way it is the same is that Cobie Smulders is like the nicest human being on Earth. And not just cause she’s Canadian. She is just like to the core, a wonderful human being,” Segel said. “We didn’t have much overlap on How I Met Your Mother despite working together for almost a decade because our storylines were always — Marshall was usually paired with Lily.”

Segel said that what’s special about doing Shrinking with Smulders now is that they have shared history.

“We’ve known each other for 20 years, 25 years, maybe something like that. Both been through a bunch of life stuff and the twisty-turny road that being in this business is about … and we’ve stayed in touch that whole time,” Segel said.

This, Segel said, helps the audience feel that Jimmy and Sofi have a real connection.

“I think when these two characters look at each other, it seems like they’ve known each other forever. Even though story-wise, they’ve only known each for a little bit,” Segel said. “It reads like soulmate because of that. That’s sort of like what a soulmate is supposed to feel like. Like, you’ve only just met, but you’ve known other forever. So I think that that was the magic trick of the casting.”

New episodes of Shrinking release every Wednesday on Apple TV.

Music notes: The Weeknd, Lady Gaga and more

February 4, 2026 by WDNY Radio

The Weeknd‘s hit “Blinding Lights” has more than 5 billion streams on Spotify, while its music video has officially crossed the 1 billion-view mark on YouTube. It’s his seventh video to reach the milestone, reaching the milestone following hits including “The Hills,” “Die for You” and “Starboy,” which, while successful, didn’t reach the same level as “Blinding Lights.”

In case you missed it, Lady Gaga has now shared her reimagined Grammys performance of “Abracadabra” on Instagram. She revealed that her outfit, featuring an intricate basket-like headpiece, was archival Alexander McQueen from the late designer’s Fall/Winter 2009 The Horn Of Plenty collection. Gaga noted that the performance was “In memory of and inspired by Lee,” which is McQueen’s nickname.

Glossy.com reports that Selena Gomez‘s Rare Beauty cosmetics line has become Ulta Beauty’s largest brand debut in the retailer’s history.

A remix of Tame Impala‘s hit “Dracula,” featuring BLACKPINK‘s Jennie, is set to drop on Feb. 6.

Green Day ’Kerplunk’ girl turned into an action figure

February 4, 2026 by WDNY Radio

The cover of Green Day‘s Kerplunk is coming to life with the Kerplunk girl action figure.

A toy based on the cover of the punk trio’s 1991 sophomore album is being released by the company Super7.

The figure recreates the Kerplunk girl’s hair and daisy T-shirt, and comes with a smoking gun accessory.

The cover of Kerplunk features a drawing of a girl based on a character named Laurie L. created by Larry Livermore, founder of the label Lookout Records. The original album featured an insert purported to be written by Laurie L., an obsessed Green Day fan who murders her parents to go on tour with the band.

You can order your Kerplunk girl action figure now via Super7.com.

Meanwhile, you can catch Green Day perform ahead of Super Bowl 60 on Sunday during the game’s opening ceremony, airing at 6 p.m. ET on NBC.

J. Cole says ‘The Fall-Off’ brings concept of ‘The Come Up’ ‘full circle’

February 4, 2026 by WDNY Radio

With The Fall Off arriving Friday, J. Cole has shared the album’s back cover, revealing the track lists for both sides of the double disc. As he’s done with each reveal tied to the project, he also provided some context, describing the album as a full-circle moment connected to his very first release, The Come Up.

“Some of the very first verses for The Come Up were written when I was just 19 years old,” he wrote on his socials. “The title of that project—the first one I would ever release—had a double meaning. There was the obvious one: my ambitions to ‘come up’ in the rap game.”

The second had to do with his decision to leave Fayetteville, North Carolina, and “‘come up’ to New York City on a dream-chasing mission.”

As Cole notes, The Come Up finds him “telling the world how he’s going to make it and proudly put his unknown city on the map,” complete with skits of phone calls home to his mother and friends ahead of holiday breaks.

Disc 29 tells the story of his return to Fayetteville at age 29, when he was “at a crossroads with the three loves of my life: my woman, my craft, and my city.”

Disc 39 is about his trip to the city at age 39, when he was “older and a little closer to peace.”

The back cover features a photo of Cole’s bedroom walls when he was 15 years old. That image and all other photos included on that version of the album were taken by Cole.

Cole also took a moment to thank “every artist and photographer that cleared these pictures.”

“When this album releases,” he added, “please know that you…are in the music too.”

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