Daily Music Headlines September 16, 2026

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It's Wednesday, September 16th, 2026 I'm Brian Ibbott, and here are your music headlines for today.

New Order keyboardist Gillian Gilbert has revealed that she is undergoing cancer treatment, clearing up confusion caused by comments from her husband and bandmate, Stephen Morris. Morris had been quoted as having a serious health issue, but Gilbert clarified that he is well and she is the one receiving treatment. Gilbert, 65, previously battled breast cancer in 2007 and returned to New Order after a decade-long break. New Order is scheduled to tour South America in November and will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame that month.

A Los Angeles county judge overseeing Julia Misley's sexual assault lawsuit against Steven Tyler recused herself Tuesday, just two weeks before trial after disclosing a conflict of interest that led to consultations with another judge previously removed from the case. The September 28 trial date has been scrapped, with no new date set and no word on whether a new judge will revisit earlier evidentiary rulings. Misley alleges Tyler abused her starting in 1973 when she was 16 and he was 25 Tyler has denied wrongdoing. The Kennedy Center board voted to immediately close the facility for renovations, citing safety concerns, shortly after a federal judge ruled that the board can not add Donald Trump's name to the building without congressional approval. The judge had previously ordered Trump's name removed. The board says the closure is necessary for long overdue repairs and plans to appeal the ruling while opponents argue the shutdown violates an existing court injunction.

The Country Music Association will honor Dolly Parton with a two-hour live TV special. CMA Presents I Will Always Love You, A Celebration of Dolly Parton, airing October 21st on ABC and Disney+. The special will feature performances, archival footage and personal stories celebrating Parton's career and legacy. It will also raise money for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library with additional performance and details to be announced. Kiss will release a 50th anniversary edition of Rock and Roll Over on November 6th. The Super Deluxe Box set includes 130 tracks, including 100 unreleased recordings, demos, outtakes and a 1977 live performance from Japan, plus new 2026 mixes by Eddie Kramer. It will be available in 6 LP and 4 CD editions, both with Blu-ray audio and a 100-page-plus book. A new book, A Life in Lyrics, The Official Creative Legacy of Freddie Mercury, published September 1st, draws on pages preserved by his former fiancée, Mary Austin, to reveal the Queen frontman's private songwriting process. It includes handwritten drafts, unused verses, and visual notes spanning his pre-Queen days through his solo years, including early fragments of Bohemian Rhapsody, which began as scraps in the late 1960s under the working title The Cowboy Song, and drafts of Don't Stop Me Now and Killer Queen. The book is available in hardback, e-book, and audiobook formats, plus a collector's deluxe edition featuring handwritten Bohemian Rhapsody lyrics and bonus archive material.

Songwriter Cyril Vetter is urging the Supreme Court to uphold a Fifth Circuit ruling, letting him reclaim world-wide, not just US., rights to his 1963 song Double Shot of My Baby's Love, under copyright termination law. Major labels and BMG, who bought the song's rights just to gain standing to appeal, warned the ruling will cause industry chaos, but Vetter says that's overblown and the decision simply gives songwriters a fairer share of rights Congress meant them to reclaim.

On the September 19th chart, Beyoncé's 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of B'Day debuted at number one on the Billboard Top R&B Albums, earning 38,000 units. The 31-track release on Parkwood, Colombia includes Pharrell, Maluma, and a Selena-sampled Spanish irreplaceable. Morning Dew became her 14th number one on mainstream R&B hip-hop airplay. And finally, Rammstein's 4K Concert film Live in Mexico City will hit cinemas worldwide in November. Captured during three sold-out shows at Foto Sol in October 2022, the film documents the band's pyrotechnic production and career highlights such as Deutschland and Du Hast. And it's Wednesday, let's take a look at the top five songs about dogs from audiocaptain.com. Number five, Martha My Dear by The Beatles. Number four, Old King by Neil Young. Number three, Who Let the Dogs Out by Baja Men. Number two, Hound Dog by Big Mama Thornton. And number one, Love My Dog by Cat Stevens.

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