Get ready for a journey with O.A.R! Celebrating the band’s three-decade journey, O.A.R is bringing the three decades tour with special guests Gavin DeGraw & Lisa Loebto to Live Oak Bank Pavilion in Willmigton July 30, 2026!! Get tickets here: https://lne.box.com/s/0zhr01i2l85rkc8dweezs06lpgb9yp01. Listen for cues to call and win free tickets from Haileigh XO during the…… read more »
Looking for festive fun the whole family can enjoy? Explore our list of holiday parades happening throughout Eastern NC. Don’t see your town? Share it with us so we can include it! ATLANTIC BEACH AYDEN BATH BEAUFORT – PARADE AND CRYSTAL COAST FLOTILLA BEAULAVILLE CHOCOWINITY FARMVILLE GOLDSBORO GREENVILLE GRIFTON HAVELOCK HOLLY RIDGE JACKSONVILLE KENANSVILLE KINSTON …… read more »
🦐🌊 This Thanksgiving season, 99.5 The Wave is serving up some coastal gratitude! 🌊🦐 Introducing the Tides of Thanks Giveaway — your chance to win a Seafood Boil from Blackbeard’s Triple Play Restaurant & Bar, loaded with shrimp, potatoes, corn on the cob, and more! 😋🦀 NOW, WITH EVEN MORE CHANCES TO WIN!!! Blackbeard’s in…… read more »
Every Monday, we’re turning up the volume on something fresh! The Wave Music Spotlight shines on one or more of the recently added Beach Break or Riptide tracks, bringing you the latest sounds that set the vibe for your week. 🌊 Discover what’s next, and what’s making waves on The Wave! Click below to catch…… read more »
Get ready for a journey with O.A.R! Celebrating the band’s three-decade journey, O.A.R is bringing the three decades tour with special guests Gavin DeGraw & Lisa Loebto to Live Oak Bank Pavilion in Willmigton July 30, 2026!! Get tickets here: https://lne.box.com/s/0zhr01i2l85rkc8dweezs06lpgb9yp01. Listen for cues to call and win free tickets from Haileigh XO during the…… read more »
🦐🌊 This Thanksgiving season, 99.5 The Wave is serving up some coastal gratitude! 🌊🦐 Introducing the Tides of Thanks Giveaway — your chance to win a Seafood Boil from Blackbeard’s Triple Play Restaurant & Bar, loaded with shrimp, potatoes, corn on the cob, and more! 😋🦀 NOW, WITH EVEN MORE CHANCES TO WIN!!! Blackbeard’s in…… read more »
Every Monday, we’re turning up the volume on something fresh! The Wave Music Spotlight shines on one or more of the recently added Beach Break or Riptide tracks, bringing you the latest sounds that set the vibe for your week. 🌊 Discover what’s next, and what’s making waves on The Wave! Click below to catch…… read more »
💙🌊 THANK YOU, Jacksonville! 🌊💙 Rock the Block on New Bridge St. was an absolute blast — from incredible live music by Elijah Harris and Joe Brown & The Band, to the food trucks, vendors, and family fun. 🎶🍴🎉 A huge shoutout to everyone who stopped by to say hi, grabbed some 99.5 The Wave…… read more »
Pras Michel, co-founding member of the Fugees, received a 14-year prison sentence for participating in a billion-dollar Malaysian money laundering scheme. The 53-year-old was convicted in April 2023 on 10 federal charges including campaign finance violations, money laundering, illegal lobbying, witness tampering, and lying to banks. Michel must also serve three years probation and forfeit…… read more »
The Chainsmokers have extended their Las Vegas residency at Wynn Nightlife’s XS Nightclub and Encore Beach Club through 2029, continuing a partnership that began in 2017. “Performing at Wynn these past few years has been such an incredible experience,” the electronic duo, Alex Pall and Drew Taggart, said in a joint statement. “Wynn continues to…… read more »
During a new interview on CBS Mornings that aired on Thursday (November 20), Lily Allen revealed that writing her new album, West End Girl, which chronicles her divorce from Stranger Things actor David Harbour, as an “act of desperation.” She credits making her new batch of songs as being a crucial part of her healing…… read more »
Hip-hop pioneer Grandmaster Flash will chronicle his influential career and the genre’s origins in his upcoming memoir, Birth of a Culture, which is set for release in fall 2026 by HarperCollins’ Amistad imprint. Co-written with journalist Robert “Scoop” Jackson and personally narrated by Flash for the audiobook, the book offers a fresh perspective distinct from…… read more »
Charli XCX stars as a pop star resembling herself in the new trailer for A24’s upcoming film, The Moment, which is directed by Aidan Zamiri and is set to open in theaters on January 26, 2026. The scripted drama follows a rising artist grappling with the pressures of stardom before her first arena tour. “When…… read more »
The Weeknd’s After Hours Til Dawn tour has become the highest-grossing solo male tour ever, surpassing $1 billion in revenue and selling over 7.5 million tickets since it began in 2022, with live shows stretching across North America (twice), Europe, Latin America, and Australia. The $1 billion milestone was surpassed after The Weeknd sold-out upcoming 2026…… read more »
An obscure remix of Was (Not Was)’s 1983 track, “Shake Your Head,” features a rare duet between Ozzy Osbourne and a pre-fame Madonna, whose vocals were initially recorded but then withheld from the official release, replaced by Kim Basinger’s instead. Ozzy’s son Louis Osbourne (from the metal legend’s first wife, Thelma Riley), revealed on his…… read more »
Rosalía’s newly released fourth studio album, LUX, makes history by debuting at No. 1 simultaneously on five Billboard charts – Top Latin Albums, Top Latin Pop Albums, Classical Albums, Classical Crossover, and World Albums – marking her first time topping the Latin Albums chart and achieving a Top 10 placement (No. 4) on the all-genre…… read more »