Still riding high from the release of their sixth studio album, 'Everest,' Halestorm once again has a booked and busy year in front of them, sharing their latest single, "Like A Woman Can," playing festivals around the world, and still having the best time doing it all.

"We try to have as good of a time as we can as often as we can, because we get to play rock and roll that we love, so we haven't worked in like 20-some years," smiles Joe Hottinger. "I highly recommend joining a band. It's the best time you'll ever have."

"It is the coolest thing ever," adds Lzzy Hale. "And, you know, you appreciate things as you go along too, because when we first started touring it was like, first it was like a conversion van, and then it was a two RVs that we were touring with and trying to keep up with the buses and whoever we were touring with."

"If we've learned anything it's not where you are, it's who you're with," says Joe. "You can be at an Applebee's on the side of the road in Nebraska and have one of the best nights ever, you know, it's a good time."

"I forget when this was, but there was at one point in time where we had to figure out how to make it across the highway to get to a Cracker Barrel because that was literally the only thing around on a day off, and we finally made it there," laughs Lzzy. "It was like a triumph, and then we just stayed at the Cracker Barrel, like playing checkers."

Also on the road, the Halestorm crew likes to crash karaoke spots and surprise the locals. "It's always surprising because we'll be, like I said, in the middle of nowhere and one of our favorite things to do on days off with us, and there's some of our crew that really gets into it as well, is go to karaoke bars. I'm always surprised that like there's a handful of people that are maybe, they don't notice at first and then like as the night goes on like, 'wait, are you?' you know."

Lzzy is sure to always play to crowd with karaoke selections, the true mark of a pro. " I try to play to the audience, if we're in kind of a mellower, more kind of country bar, I'll do some Bonnie Raitt to start out, and then I'll kick it up with some Pat Benatar and maybe some AC/DC after that. You gotta ease them into it."

Sometimes Halestorm even get requests to play their own songs, like the latest, "Like A Woman Can," which Lzzy says is structured just like the love of a woman. "It embodies that, the feeling that you get from being loved by a woman and, there's nothing like that."

To hear more about the deep cuts of Halestorm, working with Bad Company, and more on the album 'Everest,' check out the full conversation above.

The Hilary Duff renaissance has arrived, as the singer has shared her new album, 'luck... or something,' plans for 'the lucky me tour' around the world, and a stop at Audacy's 'Leading Ladies' on March 10 to celebrate Women's History Month.

The "Roommates" artist recently connected with Bru to talk about her return to the stage, the women she looks up to, and her impact over the years during an Audacy Check In.

"I think there's definitely times that I feel like I'm tapping into, you know, this old version of me that's very lived in," Duff reveals about her feelings being back on stage, balancing her new life with the person so many fell in love with the first time around. "I feel more me and comfortable and confident than I ever have, so if old parts of me start to filter in there, I think I embrace it and I feel good with it now, and I don't really shy away."

"It's an honor, honestly, to be able to cross generations is like a really powerful thing," Hilary adds. "I know how much family means to me, and, to think that people can bring their kids and they can bop along and be having a good time, but this is really for the parents and the people that have grown up with me that are now having families of their own or living in their adult life, like, we've made it here, and I want to meet people on that level for sure. But, you know, my friends' kids know all the words to my songs. Hopefully they don't know what it's all about, but I think it's fun to see it be multi-generational. It means a whole lot to me."

Hilary Duff will take the stage at Hard Rock Hotel New York on March 10 for our annual 'Leading Ladies' event, celebrating women with a special conversation and performance. When asked about the women that helped "mold" who Hilary is today, she was quick to shout out those in the mix with motherhood and truly testing the limits of a "work-life balance."

"I think that my answer when I was younger probably would have been a lot different, but now I'm so inspired by my friends, who are in the thick of motherhood and figuring out the work-life balance and trying to do it all," she shares. "I think it's honestly the women that I'm surrounded by inspire me the most right now because we're in the thick of it, man. I feel like we're in the trenches and we're all learning from each other and we all lean on each other when we need to, and I think those are the ones that I take notes from constantly."

Some of those themes of balance and relationships are woven through the fabric of 'luck... or something,' with Hilary tackling heavy subjects with Pop perfection throughout. "There's a lot of anxiety through the record. I think themes of being fearful of being in a long-term relationship and wondering if you're gonna feel that excitement of like firsts ever again," says Duff. "A lot of family stuff, abandonment issues, you know, grappling with like, the old you versus the you where you're at now and wondering if that person still exists in you and how to find her."

"There's a lot of heavy themes on the record, but it's all disguised in like a glittery going out outfit," she smiles. "I feel like that speaks to a big part of my personality where I'm like, 'there's a lot going on over here, but we're having a good time.'"

For more on the making of 'luck... or something' with her husband, her lasting legacy of authenticity, and more, check out the full interview above.

In the world of Black Label Society, Zakk Wylde is working "smarter, not harder," as the band is ready to release their new album, 'Engines of Demolition,' on March 27.

During an Audacy Check In with Abe Kanan, the always hilarious Wylde joked about the new project, saying, "It's really no big deal. People are like, 'well, Zakk, what makes it so special compared to all the other records?' I go, 'well, first off, of all the Black Label albums, this is the new one.' Second off, they're like, 'well, the songs all sound the same.' I go, 'I know, because that's all we do is just put different song titles and lyrics to these things and just put them out there.' I mean, you gotta think smarter, not harder."

In all seriousness though, what little there is with Wylde, there is a song on the upcoming album called, "Ozzy Song," that looks back on his friendship playing with Ozzy Osbourne, and the feelings surrounding his funeral. "It's about the greatest that ever was and the greatest that it'll ever be," shares Zakk. Thinking the two would record again and play together again after the success of Back To The Beginning, Wylde was ready for what's next with Ozzy. Sadly though, he never got the chance.

"After we went over there and laid him to rest, you know, being a pallbearer and our oldest son, who's Ozzy's godson, we were pallbearers carrying Oz to his final resting place. After that, when we got home, we did finish up the Pantera celebration run. I got home, sat in the library, looked at one of his books, and I just wrote the lyrics. I put the music on and I said it."

"I just wrote the lyrics right there for Ozzy, and my wife just kept referring to it as 'Ozzy's Song.' They put on 'Ozzy Song' when we were in the truck listening to it when we'd be going somewhere. So, I just said, 'I'm just gonna name it 'Ozzy Song,' cause that's what it is.' If somebody asked me, 'Zakk, did you write that song for Ozzy?' It's like, 'yeah,' so I'll just call it 'Ozzy Song.' So there you go."

To hear more about celebrating Ozzy Osbourne, his time touring in Pantera, and the new album, 'Engines of Demolition,' check out the full Audacy Check In above.

A "real and raw" new album from Bebe Rexha is incoming, but the first sample has already arrived. Last week the GRAMMY-nominated singer blast back into our world with the pulsating and vulnerable new, "I Like You Better Than Me," and now she's ready to talk about what's next.

Inside the Rockstar Suite at the Hard Rock Hotel New York, Rexha lets us inside the making of her album, 'Dirty Blonde,' out everywhere on June 12, telling Mike Adam how her latest chapter came together.

Rexha took some risks on her fourth full length project, featuring "a little bit of the old Bebe, new Bebe," blending Country, Pop, Dance, and live guitars into something uniquely her. “That's been really fun to me, kind of genre bending a little bit," she shares.

Feeling the full range of everything, Bebe explains, "like crying in the bedroom to crying on the dance floor... there's some songs like that, and then there's some songs that are like, 'I'm the s***.'"

"When I started the project, I started it being more of a dance album and then I kind of hit a wall because I was like, 'I don't know if I could do 13 songs.' I have so much I want to say," she shares. "I feel like I'm just like dying to get this part of me out that feels like it's hidden by a wall, and then we were able to write songs like 'I Like You Better Than Me,' or 'Time,' which is really meaningful to me, or 'The Way I Want You,' that talk about so many different things that are really vulnerable for me."

"Whether it's unrequited love or my insecurities or feeling like I wasted the best years of my life in the wrong relationships, so many different topics that speak to me, but then there's also the songs that are towards the end, I think that's when I was starting to feel myself because I had kind of work through all of that."

For more on the making of 'Dirty Blonde,' navigating mental health, songwriting, and more, check out the full Audacy Check In above.

It's time to get in the ring once again with Slash of Guns N' Roses, as the band preps for another World Tour, this time with new music, and hopes for a full project in the studio. The guitar god recently joined Abe Kanan for an Audacy Check In, where he talked about the upcoming trek, and the possibility of a new Guns N' Roses album coming together.

Late last year, Guns N' Roses debuted a pair of new songs, "Nothin'" and "Atlas," right on the heels of sharing the itinerary for a World Tour. Now armed with their first new tracks since 2023, this March the band is back on the road as fans anxiously await to hears what's next.

"We've already written a ton of s***, so we just have to get together and actually get into the process of going through all the material and figuring out what the songs are gonna be and recording them and all that kind of s***," shares Slash on the prospect of a new album. "That's something that's pending, is probably going to happen sooner than later, because we've gotten all this other stuff out and we've been touring for pretty much the better part of the decade."

"We've been wanting to do this. It's just a matter of buckling down," he adds. "Anyway, but it's coming."

Unbelievably the reunited Guns N' Roses have almost been back together as long as they were together for their first record-breaking run. "I can't believe it's been 10 years since that April Fool's gig that we did at the Troubadour. It's unbelievable to me. It went by so quick."

"I really joined up with Guns in 1985 and I left in 1996, so it's one year short of as long as I've ever been in the band."

What was going to be a few warm-up shows and then a set at Coachella, has turned into another decade of Rock for GN'R, still as ferocious as always with marathon sets lasting long into the night. "The way that we do it is we have just a lot of material, so we put together a set list of all the possible songs that we want to do, and then we have another setlist of songs that we'd like to do that's called the 'alternative set,' and we mix pulling from both."

"We end up playing for 3+ hours just because we are enjoying playing all this material. It's not designed, we didn't set out to go, 'OK, we're going to do 3, 3.5 hour sets.' They just sort of evolved that way, and it's been happening even in the nineties, we used to do that. But it's where we feel comfortable, we want to play this, we want to play this, and we want to play that, and we just keep doing that until all of a sudden it's like, 'OK, we should do 'Paradise City' now and get the f*** out of here."

Don't miss our full Audacy Check In with Slash from Guns N' Roses above.

Madison Beer fed fans earlier this month, finally unwrapping her latest album, 'locket,' and sharing dates for a world tour. Now the "bittersweet" singer joins us again for an Audacy Check In to talk about the full project now that it's out in the world, and her excitement for a booked and busy 2026.

"Definitely like a sigh of relief," Beer tells Bru of her emotions now that 'locket' is out in the world. "I feel proud of it. I feel pumped that people could listen to it and I'm not just listening to it in my car alone now."

"I think with this album, especially, I learned so much about myself," Madison reveals. "My writing process, my producing process, how to navigate writing about a relationship while it was still happening, then when it ended, the moments and the ebbs and flows of all the feelings that came and went with it."

Being in the moment instead of looking back on it was a new perspective for Beer on 'locket,' and one that led to bold new choices and a rollercoaster of emotions. "I think that I love this album so much because you can't really replicate the emotions that you're feeling in that exact situation," she shares. "For example, there's a song called 'you're still everything' on the album that has this really heavy auto-tune, which was only because we used really heavy auto tune when we were making the demo because I was having a really hard time and felt like I couldn't really sing. So I was like, 'just throw auto-tune on it.' And then we got super attached to the way the auto-tune had sounded and kind of fell in love with this like, sad robot singing the song."

"I think those things can't be replicated, and I think they happen really organically because of what's going on in your current life, or in your current frame of mind, and that's something that I think when you listen to this album, I hope people can feel and hear that these things are very real and when they were recorded was when they were happening."

"I think a lot of the music that I'd written before that was specifically heartbreak stuff, was after things had been said and done, whereas this was really, everything you hear was an emotional rollercoaster, and moments in time that were very real and active. I think that was a new experience for me but it was very healing and therapeutic in the process."

Don't miss our full Audacy Check In with Madison Beer above.

Now that Harry Styles owns 2026, it seems only right that we check in with the GRAMMY-winning artist to talk about his upcoming album, 'Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally,' his massive worldwide residency, and his new song, "Aperture."

During a conversation with Bru, Styles shares that his 4th solo studio album arrives after some time away out of the spotlight, and some time in the crowd that has helped inform the sound of what's next. "The last couple of years, after finishing the tour and everything, I just kind of decided to take a couple of years away to kind of spend a bit more time swimming in different corners of my life that I hadn't necessarily paid that much attention to," Harry reveals. "The start of last year I kind of just decided I was gonna say yes to everything. I think I'd got really used to saying no to a lot of things just from being on the road, and missing certain things that maybe my friends were doing or something, and I kind of just wanted to take the year to just kind of go with it and be open to traveling a bit more and taking people up on invites and just experiencing things that otherwise I think I'd started kind of shutting myself off from a bit."

"The last two years for me has been a lot about getting on the other side of the audience experience," Styles shares. "I think I've spent a lot of time being the one on stage, and I spent a lot of time the last couple of years going to shows, having my own music experiences of being a true audience member, and reminding myself how special that is and how amazing that feeling is to be in a room with people you know, and people you don't know, and dancing and singing and having this kind of common thing together."

"When I'm on stage I wanna feel like I'm in the crowd and that was the reason why I think the album ended up sounding how it sounds. The intention was, 'how do I make it like it's made from within the crowd and not I'm up here delivering songs to you and you're receiving them?' It's like we're all here for the same thing, you know?"

That story starts with "Aperture," which Harry explains was the last song recorded for the album, but encapsulates where he's at right now. "I think it came at a time when we were feeling at our freest," he says. "It felt kind of really obvious to me that it should be first on the album, so it was kind of like, 'oh this this is exactly how I've kind of always wanted to open an album,' with this this kind of song."

"It's been a really important song to me. I think [it] represents the last couple of years of my life, the idea that you can really choose how much you let into your life, and if you're gonna be more closed off, then you're gonna close off to certain things but also you're gonna close off a lot of the positive things that can come. So I think kind of deciding at a time when I was trying to be more open in my life, I think this song wrapped that up pretty neatly for me."

To here about Styles upcoming 'Together, Together' tour, and more about the album, 'Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally,' check out the full interview above.

As Five Finger Death Punch prepares to celebrate their 20th anniversary with new music and an extensive tour, guitarist Zoltan Bathory joins us once again for an Audacy Check In to share all the details.

Earlier this week in announcing their 2026-2027 World Tour, the band also shared that they are helping support the U.S. Olympic Team with a portion of ticket proceeds, and that they are hard at work on their 10th studio album.

"We have about 25-ish songs that [are] eventually gonna get chopped down to the ones that are gonna make it, but that's where we are," Zoltan says of the band's upcoming album. "Maybe 2, 3 of them have vocals on it already to some degree, so, you know, we're working on it."

"We're going to the proper studio, probably sometime in February."

After discussing the complexities of touring with a major Rock band like Five Finger Death Punch, Bathory admitted that he'd still never trade it because of the power of a Rock show. "There's something about a Rock show, you know, a real Rock show, a Metal show, there's nothing like it, it's a different vibe."

"It's never gonna go away," he adds. "This is something that you can't, you know, AI can't fake it, you can't download it, the experience of being there, it's unrepeatable in any other way."

"That's always been a goal, build more and more because you wanna create an experience, you wanna create an environment that's sort of immersive, because when you are at the show, it's like you're going to a theme park, you don't want to think of anything else, right? This is your moment where you can have this tribal experience and the noise of life goes away."

For more on the 20th anniversary of the band and their upcoming tour, don't miss our full Audacy Check In with Zoltan Bathory of Five Finger Death Punch above.