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Winterland Ballroom

Winterland Ballroom was a 5,400-seat San Francisco rock venue at Post and Steiner Streets, a 1928 ice rink run by Bill Graham from 1966 to 1978, site of The Last Waltz, the Sex Pistols' final US show, and 59 Grateful Dead concerts; demolished 1985.

Winterreise

Winterreise (Winter Journey), D 911, Op. 89: Franz Schubert's 1827 cycle of 24 songs for voice and piano setting Wilhelm Müller's poems, following a rejected wanderer through a winter landscape; among the most performed and recorded of all song cycles.

Wintersun

Wintersun is a Finnish symphonic melodic death metal band founded by ex-Ensiferum multi-instrumentalist Jari Mäenpää. Known for the debut (2004), Time I (2012), The Forest Seasons (2017), and the twelve-year-delayed Time II (2024), crowdfunded with over a million euros.

Wintrust Arena

Wintrust Arena, opened October 2017 in Chicago's South Loop, is a 10,387-seat MPEA-owned event center, home of DePaul basketball and the Chicago Sky, distinct from the United Center.

Wipers (band)

Wipers: American punk rock band formed 1977 in Portland, Oregon by Greg Sage; studio-project origins, albums Is This Real? (1980), Youth of America, Over the Edge; key influence on Nirvana, Mudhoney and grunge.

Wir sind Helden

Wir sind Helden, German pop-rock band founded 2000 in Hamburg with Judith Holofernes, Jean-Michel Tourette, Mark Tavassol, and Pola Roy; breakthrough self-released EP "Guten Tag" (2002), albums Die Reklamation (2003), Von hier an blind (2005), Soundso (2007), Bring mich nach Hause (2010).

Wire (band)

Wire: English art-punk/post-punk band (Colin Newman, Graham Lewis, Bruce Gilbert, Robert Grey) formed in London, Roxy debut April 1977; Pink Flag, Chairs Missing, 154; pinkflag label; influence on hardcore and post-punk.

Wireless Festival

Wireless Festival is a London rap, hip-hop, and Afrobeats day festival at Finsbury Park, run by Festival Republic and Live Nation since 2005; Drake headlined all three 2025 days, and the 2026 edition was cancelled after Ye's UK entry was blocked.

Wish (The Cure album)

Wish is The Cure's ninth studio album, released on 21 April 1992, produced by Robert Smith and Dave Allen, and spawning the single "Friday I'm in Love."

Wish 107.5

Wish 107.5 is an all-hits FM radio station in Quezon City, launched in 2014 and known for the Wish Bus, a mobile performance studio on YouTube.

Wish 107.5 Bus (YouTube music platform)

The Wish 107.5 Bus, also called the Wish Bus, is a mobile FM radio studio and YouTube performance channel launched in 2014 by the Philippine station Wish 107.5.

Wish List (song)

Wi$h Li$t is a 2025 pop song by Taylor Swift, track eight on The Life of a Showgirl, co-written with Max Martin and Shellback, contrasting others' luxury ambitions with her wish for love, family, and privacy; it peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Wish Music Awards

The Wish Music Awards, also known as the Wish 107.5 Music Awards, is an annual Philippine awards show presented by Wish 107.5 that honors upcoming and promising artists.

Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd album)

Wish You Were Here, Pink Floyd's ninth studio album (September 12, 1975, Harvest Records), a concept album on absence and the music industry centered on Syd Barrett, featuring Shine On You Crazy Diamond; later ranked among rock's greatest albums.

Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd song)

"Wish You Were Here" is the title track of Pink Floyd's 1975 album Wish You Were Here, written by Roger Waters and David Gilmour, sung by Gilmour. Written partly about Syd Barrett and absence, it opens with a car-radio effect and acoustic guitar and was played at Live 8 in 2005.

Wish You Were Here 50

Wish You Were Here 50 is Pink Floyd's December 12, 2025 50th anniversary box set reissue of Wish You Were Here, adding six unreleased outtakes, a James Guthrie Dolby Atmos mix, and the first official release of Mike Millard's 1975 Los Angeles Sports Arena concert recording.

Wishbone (album)

Wishbone is the title of several albums, most notably Conan Gray's 2025 fourth studio album on Republic Records (12 tracks, Metascore 82) and Jackie Mittoo's 1971 soul-funk album reissued by Light in the Attic; also used by Oh Land, Eleni Mandell, and Clara Mann.

Wishbone Ash

Wishbone Ash is a British rock band formed in 1969, known for pioneering twin lead guitars in rock and for Argus, its multi-million-selling 1972 album.

Wishmountain

Wishmountain is the experimental-techno alias of British electronic musician Matthew Herbert, whose tracks are built from eight sounds sampled from a single object, debuting in 1996.

Wishy

Wishy is an Indianapolis indie rock band led by Kevin Krauter and Nina Pitchkites, blending shoegaze, dream pop, and power pop; albums Triple Seven (2024) and Nature's Pill (2026) on Winspear.

Wisin

Wisin, born Juan Luis Morera Luna in 1978 in Cayey, Puerto Rico, is a reggaeton singer and producer best known as one half of Wisin & Yandel.

Wisin & Yandel

Wisin & Yandel (Wisin y Yandel, El Dúo de la Historia) were a Puerto Rican reggaeton duo formed in 1998 in Cayey by Juan Luis Morera Luna and Llandel Veguilla Malavé. Known for Pa'l Mundo, Los Extraterrestres (GRAMMY 2009), and the 2022 farewell album La Última Misión.

Wisp (musician)

Wisp is the stage name of Natalie Lu (born 2004), a San Francisco-born shoegaze musician also called nu-gaze, whose 2023 TikTok-viral debut single "Your Face" led to Interscope, the 2024 Pandora EP, and the 2025 debut album If Not Winter.

Witch (In This Moment album)

Witch is the ninth studio album by American metal band In This Moment, released August 28, 2026 on Better Noise Music, their first for the label and follow-up to Godmode. 11 tracks, 49 minutes, guests Dayseeker, Kim Dracula, Kat Von D; covers Pink Floyd and Nine Inch Nails.

Witch Club Satan

Witch Club Satan is a Norwegian feminist, occult black metal trio (Røising, Spjelkavik, Kleive) formed 2021/2022, whose self-released 2024 debut on International Women's Day and nude, blood-covered ritual live shows made them a controversial force in black metal.

Witch Doctor (song)

Witch Doctor (David Seville, 1958) is a US #1 novelty single by Ross Bagdasarian Sr. using double-speed tape voices, the direct precursor to Alvin and the Chipmunks.

Witch Fever

Witch Fever are a four-piece punk and metal band from Manchester, England, formed in 2017 and signed to Sony's Music For Nations, with two albums, Congregation and FEVEREATEN.

Witch house (genre)

Witch house: occult-themed dark electronic microgenre coined by Pictureplane in 2009, centered on Salem's slowed chopped-and-screwed hip-hop sound; also called drag, screwgaze, or haunted house.

Witchcraft (group)

Witchcraft is a Swedish doom and retro-rock band from Örebro, formed in 2000 by Magnus Pelander, known for its vintage 1970s sound and role in the occult-rock revival.

With a Little Help from My Friends

"With a Little Help from My Friends" is a Beatles song written by Lennon and McCartney and sung by Ringo Starr on the 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.