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Fleetwood Mac’s 1987 hit “Everywhere” back on ‘Billboard’ charts thanks to Chevrolet ad

October 19, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Thirty-five years after it release, the Fleetwood Mac song “Everywhere” is enjoying renewed Billboard chart success following its inclusion in a recent commercial for Chevrolet’s electric vehicle line.

The tune, which was written and sung by Christine McVie, has spent three weeks at #1 on Billboard‘s Rock Digital Song Sales tally and has just entered the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart at #25.

In addition, “Everywhere” jumped from #7 to #3 on the all-genre Digital Song Sales tally.

According to data by Luminate, the track racked up 2.3 million streams and 5,000 downloads between October 7 and October 13, respective increases of 16% and 12% over the previous week.

“Everywhere” appeared on Fleetwood Mac’s 1987 album, Tango in the Night, which was the last studio effort recorded by the group’s full classic lineup of Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, John McVie and Christine McVie. The song was also the band’s last single to break into the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #14, while the album reached #7 on the Billboard 200.

Kanye West takes steps to finalize divorce from Kim Kardashian

October 19, 2022 by WDNY Radio

It seems Kanye West has taken a step toward finalizing his divorce from Kim Kardashian.

The Donda rapper, who now goes by Ye, has filed a “declaration of disclosure,” a step that’s typically taken when a divorce case is about to be settled, according to Page Six, which obtained relevant court documents. The outlet adds that Ye has also sent his financial information to the Kardashians star.

The move comes seven months after Kim filed court documents to become legally single, and over a year and a half since she filed for divorce from West, with whom she shares four children.

Taylor Swift reveals more of what “kept her up at night,” two new lyric snippets in Brazil and Nashville

October 19, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Billboards in Brazil and Nashville lit up at midnight Wednesday with the latest lyric reveals from Taylor Swift‘s Midnights.

In Sao Paolo, Brazil, the lyrics were, “Just like clockwork, the dominoes cascaded in a line.” And then in Nashville, where Taylor has spent much of her professional career, the lyrics were, “Did you ever have someone kiss you in a crowded room?”

Meanwhile, Taylor continued to reveal on the Spotify mobile app the things that she says “kept her up at night” and helped inspire Midnights. Number three was “Wondering what might have been,” while number four was “Falling in love.”

The previous two were “Self-loathing” and “Fantasizing about revenge.”

August Alsina almost didn’t join ‘The Surreal Life’ due to Jada Pinkett Smith entanglement, says he was “trying to protect myself”

October 19, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Many people know August Alsina from his popular R&B songs like “I Luv This S***” and “No Love.” Some may recognize his name tied to Jada Pinkett Smith and their highly publicized “entanglement.” In July 2020, Smith appeared as her own guest on Red Table Talk to address the relationship she had with Alsina during a period of separation from her husband, Will Smith.

In a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight, Alsina spoke about the scandal and his reservations about joining the upcoming seventh season of the reality TV show The Surreal Life because of it.

“There was one side of me not wanting to do it, trying to protect myself,” he told ET, “and then the other side of it was, well, it gave me the opportunity to allow people to see and experience me and my authentic energy as opposed to the narrative that had been kind of clouding over my life for quite a while.”

Alsina says finally agreeing to do the show wasn’t easy: “I felt like, ‘Hmm, do I really want to do this?’ Because I didn’t want to go into a situation where people would grab for low-hanging fruit,” he said.

The 30-year-old artist says he has “absolutely zero” ties to Smith and her family and after turning down the show “about 10 times,” he worked up the courage to join.

He said of his role on the series, “Somehow I, you know, was tapped upon to kind of help deal with situations in the house amongst people for situations that I actually wasn’t a part of to even see exactly what happened.”

Alsina joins Tamar Braxton, Dennis Rodman and others on season 7 of The Surreal Life, which premieres October 24 on VH1.

Let the games begin: Blake Shelton shares preview of ’Barmageddon’

October 19, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Batten down the hatches for Blake Shelton‘s Barmageddon.

In May, Blake announced that he and The Voice host Carson Daly were teaming up for a show on USA Network called Barmageddon, hosted by professional wrestler Nikki Bella.

Now, they’re offering a look into what viewers can expect when they tune in. “Barmageddon is a show when the celebrities you love get viral video sensations a shot at redemption playing some crazy games,” Carson describes of the show’s premise, adding that the games are similar to ones you’ll find in local bar, but are “bigger and better.”

Filmed at Blake’s bar Ole Red in Nashville, the show features Gwen Stefani, Kane Brown, Chris Young, Elle King and other celebrities who are subjected to games including ax throwing, larger-than-life beer pong, basketball, curling with giant bins and more.

In a teaser for the series, Chris can be seen playing cannon corn hole while Gwen tries her hand at ax throwing and Sheryl has to down a glass of tequila, tabasco sauce and mayonnaise.

If someone loses a game, they can spin the Wheel of Redemption and if they’re willing to complete the challenge related to a viral video that the wheel lands on, they’re back in the game.

“When people watch Barmageddon, that’s your ticket to have the most fun you could ever imagine on TV,” Carson says.

Barmageddon premieres on December 5 at 9 p.m. ET on USA Network.

Pink Floyd album designer says 50th anniversary celebration of ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ in the works

October 19, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Next year marks the 50th anniversary of Pink Floyd‘s landmark 1973 album, The Dark Side of the Moon, and according to Aubrey “Po” Powell, who helped create many of the band’s album covers, big plans are in the works to celebrate the milestone.

Along with the late Storm Thorgerson, Powell co-founded the English graphic-design firm Hipgnosis, which began collaborating with Pink Floyd on the band’s second album, 1968’s A Saucerful of Secrets. Most recently, Po created the updated cover of the 2022 reissue of the band’s 1977 record, Animals, and he tells ABC Audio he’s now working on a new project marking The Dark Side of the Moon‘s 50th anniversary.

While Powell doesn’t share specific details about the project, he explains, “We’re planning to do a lot of things, is all I can say. And, you know, if it all comes off, great. But, you know, who knows?”

He adds, “[A]t the moment, it’s looking very positive to a great year of celebration of Dark Side of the Moon next year. It is.”

Powell also comments about the iconic album cover, which he and Thorgerson designed, “[It] still seems to stand the test of time, which is wonderful. And I’m very proud of that.”

Released on March 1, 1973, The Dark Side of the Moon was Pink Floyd’s eighth studio album and its first to top the Billboard 200. The album has gone one to be certified 15-times Platinum by the RIAA for sales of over 15 million copies in the U.S.

The album featured the band’s first top-40 hit in the U.S., “Money,” which peaked at #15 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also included such enduring songs as “Breathe (In the Air),” “Time,” “Us and Them,” “Brain Damage” and “Eclipse.”

Dorothy raises “middle finger to my demons” with “Rest in Peace”

October 19, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Dorothy‘s “Rest in Peace” has been doing everything but resting.

The single gave Dorothy Martin and company their highest-ranking hit on Billboard‘s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, peaking at #2 over the summer. Dorothy has continued to rock the song live over the past couple months while playing headline shows and touring with Dirty Honey.

“It’s been awesome,” Martin tells ABC Audio of playing “Rest in Peace.” “That is definitely one of our heavier songs.”

“Rest in Peace” was originally written by songwriter Scott Stevens, who’s worked with bands including Halestorm and Shinedown. In presenting the song to her, Martin felt that Stevens “took the words out of my mouth.”

“I was able to embody it and give the vocal performance from my heart,” Martin says.

On “Rest in Peace,” Dorothy isn’t exactly in mourning. Instead, Martin seems to be saying “rest in peace” to a toxic relationship.

“It can sound like a breakup song,” Martin shares. “But the way I interpreted it, as being someone in recovery, was kinda like a middle finger to my demons. So it is a kiss-off song to that.”

“But it’s whatever the fans want it to be,” she adds. “It could be a breakup song. It’s open for interpretation, which is the cool thing about music.”

“Rest in Peace” appears on the new Dorothy album, Gifts from the Holy Ghost, which is out now. The record also includes the follow-up single “Black Sheep.”

Alkaline Trio’s Matt Skiba calls When We Were Young festival “a Fyre Festival kind of stunt that worked”

October 18, 2022 by WDNY Radio

When the When We Were Young festival lineup was announced earlier this year, the excitement over the 2000s-era emo and pop-punk bill was tempered slightly by fears that it was too good to be true. According to Alkaline Trio frontman Matt Skiba, those concerns weren’t entirely unreasonable.

Speaking with Vulture, Skiba reveals that the When We Were Young lineup was announced “before anybody said yes.”

“It was a Fyre Festival kind of stunt that worked,” Skiba says. “And I only know that because my band was on that initial flyer, with every other band from our whole ilk. And they almost expertly started advertising it before they had a single band on the bill.”

“Somehow, all the bands agreed to do it,” he continues. “I’m not making this up. Somebody may correct me, but I know that Alkaline Trio, we hadn’t confirmed anything. And when we read that, we called other bands that were playing, and nobody knew about it.”

Skiba, by the way, has personal experience with the Fyre Festival. He was set to play the infamous 2017 event with Blink-182, who dropped off the lineup as the doomed festival was falling apart.

When Were We Young, however, seems to be actually happening — the jam-packed set times schedule was revealed Monday.

“Congratulations to whoever masterminded that, the Lex Luther of promoters,” Skiba says. “And I think everybody, including us, is really pumped about it. It’s going to be a great time.”

When We Were Young takes place October 22, 23 and 29 in Las Vegas. The lineup also includes My Chemical Romance, Paramore, Bring Me the Horizon, Jimmy Eat World, A Day to Remember and Avril Lavigne.

Music notes: Lindsey Stirling, Katy Perry, Adele and Meghan Trainor

October 18, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Lindsey Stirling says she’s “crazy for Christmas.” She teamed up with singer Bonnie McKee for a fun TikTok parodying their song of the same name, which is on Lindsey’s new album Snow Waltz. The TikTok invites fans to call out people they know who “celebrate Christmas too early.” Lindsey has already decorated her house with garlands, bows and tinsel. She previously revealed she already set up her Christmas tree — but decked it out in spooky decorations.

Katy Perry released the “Where We Started” music video with country singer Thomas Rhett. She said in a statement, “I loved being able to create a dreamy world for ‘Where We Started,’ going back to the Nashville singer-songwriter roots of where I started.”

Adele is counting down the days until her rescheduled Weekends with Adele residency kicks off in Las Vegas. Her team’s official Instagram said in its Story that Wednesday will mark exactly one month until showtime.

Speaking of countdowns, Meghan Trainor is reminding fans that her “Made You Look” music video premieres early for those who play Candy Crush Saga. The video will premiere on the app Thursday before launching Friday at midnight for everyone to see.

Music notes: BTS, Camila Cabello, Katy Perry, 5 Seconds of Summer, Britney Spears and Jack Harlow

October 18, 2022 by WDNY Radio

BTS‘ Jin is about to release his new solo single, “The Astronaut.” His label, BIGHIT, confirmed on Twitter the song arrives October 28.

Speaking of K-pop, Camila Cabello saluted BLACKPINK singer Jisoo for covering her song “Liar.” She took to her Instagram Story to share a clip of the performance with the caption, “Get it girl.”

Katy Perry released the “Where We Started” music video with country singer Thomas Rhett. She said in a statement, “I loved being able to create a dreamy world for ‘Where We Started,’ going back to the Nashville singer-songwriter roots of where I started.”

5 Seconds of Summer released their music video for “Older.” The apocalyptic clip explores what “humans of all walks of life [would do] on their last day on Earth.” The song also addresses the fear of getting older. They added in a statement, “Usually, in life, the end comes without warning, but we wanted the video to capture what could happen if we knew exactly when the end was coming.”

Britney Spears unleashed alarming new allegations against her family in a Twitter thread. She said ending the 13-year conservatorship “has never been good enough for me” and that she wants her family — namely her father, James Spears, to endure what she allegedly went through. “I don’t see how they get to walk away so easily and get away with what was done to me … the world has shown me and the world only that cruelty wins,” she added.

Jack Harlow is hosting his second annual No Place Like Home arena show in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, on December 18. Tickets for the event, held at the KFC Yum! Center, go on sale Friday on Ticketmaster.

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