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A Rock: Hardy explains his passion for rock collecting

October 11, 2022 by WDNY Radio

A ROCK isn’t just the name of Hardy‘s debut album, it also connects to one of his favorite pastimes.

When he’s not writing hit songs or performing for fans all over the country, Hardy can be found fishing for rocks in creeks and riverbeds. His passion for rock collecting goes back to his childhood growing up on his family’s hunting property in Mississippi where a friend introduced him to the hobby.

Hardy’s favorite rock is the arrowhead, which dates back 12,000 years and was used by Native Americans as a weapon and hunting tool.

Hardy is clearly a natural rock hunter, as the first time he picked up a pile of gravel, he found an arrowhead immediately. “One scoop, first time I ever attempted to look for one and it was right on top and I was like ‘well, I’m hooked,'” Hardy recalls.

The singer would also frequent the Tallahala Creek that runs through Mississippi in search of the rare ancient arrowheads. “Apparently, that’s the only place in the country that that rock exists. But you can find it all over the southeast, which is crazy,” he says.

Hardy has such an affinity for the arrowhead that he has a tattoo of one on his back.

Ringo Starr confirms All Starr Band tour will resume on Tuesday night

October 11, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Ringo Starr recently canceled five shows with his All Starr Band after he tested positive for COVID-19, but the former Beatles drummer has announced that he and his group are set to relaunch their tour as planned on Tuesday, October 11 in Seattle, Washington.

On Monday, Ringo posted a message on his social media pages that reads, “On the road again I will see you in Seattle on Tuesday the 11th Portland [Oregon on] Wednesday I am negative peace and love everybody thanks for waiting.”

Accompanying the note is a photo of Starr flashing a peace sign and showing off his negative COVID test.

Besides the Seattle and Portland concerts, Ringo and the All Starr Band have five more shows remaining on their current North American trek — on October 14 in San Jose, California; October 15 in Paso Robles, California; October 16 in Los Angeles; and on October 19 and 20 in Mexico City, Mexico.

Last month, Ringo released a new four-track EP titled EP3. He also recently announced that an archival concert album and video titled Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Live at The Greek Theater 2019 will be released on November 25.

Tame Impala, Billie Eilish & more join reunited Blink-182 on Lollapalooza South America lineups

October 11, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Tame Impala and Billie Eilish are joining the reunited Blink-182 in headlining the 2023 South American Lollapaloozas, taking place March 17-19 in Chile and Argentina and March 24-26 in Brazil.

Other artists playing the festivals include Jane’s Addiction, The 1975, Wallows, Rise Against, Modest Mouse and Yungblud.

For the full lineups and all ticket info, visit LollapaloozaCl.com, LollapaloozaAr.com or LollapaloozaBr.com.

As previously reported, Blink-182 will be headlining the South American Lollas as part of their 2023 world tour, which will feature the return of founding member Tom DeLonge.

Hardy to embark on 2023 the mockingbird & THE CROW Tour

October 11, 2022 by WDNY Radio

One day after announcing the release of his sophomore album, the mockingbird & THE CROW, Hardy will embark on a headlining tour of the same name next year.

Hardy and opening acts Jameson Rodgers and band Blame My Youth will visit venues in 16 cities across the U.S. over the course of three months.

The trek begins on February 16 in Indianapolis, IN and concludes on April 29 in Irving, TX. Along the way, they’ll stop at The Tabernacle in Atlanta on March 2, The Fillmore in Minneapolis and New Orleans on April 12 and April 21, respectively, and more.

The mockingbird & THE CROW, which includes his current single “wait in the truck” featuring Lainey Wilson, will be released on January 20.

“I’m incredibly grateful to be able to bring this record to you next year. Touring it is something I’ve been thinking about since we started the recording process,” Hardy says. “This album is my best work so far. I truly believe that, and I want this tour to reflect that every night. Excited to have my buddies Blame My Youth and Jameson out with me; it’s going to be crazy.”

Tickets go on sale on October 14 at 10 a.m. local time.

This December, Hardy will headline his previously announced Wall to Wall Tour with “Don’t Come Lookin'” singer Jackson Dean.

In new poem-turned-song “Get It Back,” Stevie Nicks urges fans to vote: “I am worried about every one of you”

October 11, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Stevie Nicks seems to be in a very creative mood lately. First she released her cover of “For What It’s Worth,” then she joined pal Dave Stewart of Eurythmics to sing a song called “Face to Face” in support of Ukraine. Now she’s posted a poem on Instagram that she says she’s turned into a new song called “Get It Back.”

The poem, which was posted on Monday, is a plea for people to stand up for what they believe in by voting. Nicks writes, “Don’t close your eyes and hope for the best/ the dark is out there/ the light is going fast/ and all the rights you had yesterday are taken away.”

The poem goes on to urge people to “stand up and take it back … you don’t have much time.” Stevie writes, “I wanna teach you to fight” before later urging, “Get mad/ It’s slipping through your fingers.”

In an introductory note to fans and “women of America, from 18 to 100 years old,” Stevie writes, “At 74 years old, I can honestly say that I am worried about every one of you. Worried about health care, and just in general, worried about your God given rights. You must gather together now. You must register to vote as soon as you can … and you must vote!”

Noting that the deadline for registering is Tuesday, October 11, in many states, Stevie points to “the disintegration of Roe v. Wade” as a reason that some may want to go to the polls.

“I watched what happened to women from 1966 … to 1973 when I was 2 years away from joining Fleetwood Mac,” she continues. “Believe me … you don’t want that world to come back.”

Stevie says she’s recording the song right now; no word yet on when it’ll be released.

Jazmine Sullivan breaks down at One Musicfest after revealing mother’s breast cancer diagnosis

October 11, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Two-time Grammy winner Jazmine Sullivan broke down on stage during her performance at the One Musicfest in Atlanta over the weekend, after announcing she’d be taking a break from music, following the news that her mother, Pam Sullivan, is once again battling breast cancer.

“This is one of my last few shows of the year, cause I got a lot of personal stuff going on,” Sullivan told the audience in a YouTube video posted by Broadcast Houston, before launching into “Girl Like Me,” the song she co-wrote with H.E.R.

“I don’t know if you guys know, but it’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, so a lot of us are affected by this horrible, horrible disease,” she continued, choking back tears as she updated them on her mother’s diagnosis.

“We’re doing everything we can for her…and I just want to take this time to give her flowers cause I love her so much, and I want you all to know that if there’s anything about me that you love or that you admire, If I have inspired you, it’s because of my mom,” added Jazmine.

She concluded by asking the crowd to send positive thoughts her mother’s way by shouting in unison, “We love you Miss Pam.”

Pam was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2019.

Blink-182 reunites for massive 2023 world tour, new song coming Friday

October 11, 2022 by WDNY Radio

After wiping their website and Instagram clean yesterday, seemingly in preparation for some big news, Blink-182 has come through with a major announcement: Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker are reuniting for the first time in nearly 10 years for a massive 2023 world tour.

Not only that, but the three have also made some new music: A new song, “Edging,” will be out this Friday, with a new album to follow. The band made the announcement in a very on-brand double-entendre video.

The tour starts in Latin America in March of 2023 with Wallows as the opening act. North American tour dates start May 4 in St. Paul, MN, with Turnstile opening. After that leg wraps up July 16 in Nashville, the band will head to Europe in September with The Story So Far as openers, and Australia/New Zealand in 2024 with Rise Against on the bill.

The tour also includes an October 12 appearance at the 2023 edition of the When We Were Young festival, and appearances at Lollapalooza Argentina, Chile and Brazil.

Tickets go on sale Monday, October 17 at 10am local time at blink182.com

The band’s return to the stage is significant, considering the band members have been dealing with a lot in their personal lives: Bassist/vocalist Mark Hoppus has been continuing to recover from his 2021 cancer battle, while drummer Travis Barker was hospitalized earlier this year with pancreatitis.

(Video contains uncensored profanity.)

How Patsy Cline inspired Loretta Lynn to wear ball gowns

October 11, 2022 by WDNY Radio

In addition to being a friend and mentor to Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline also provided fashion advice.

Loretta’s former designer, Tim Cobb, shared with PBS’ American Masters that Patsy’s fancy attire inspired Loretta to start wearing her famous ball gowns.

“Patsy Cline is the one that got Loretta into wearing the long gowns. Patsy was the inspiration,” he says. “Loretta said that Patsy was the first country music singer that ever wore the long gowns. She dressed uptown. And that inspired Loretta to start wearing gowns.”

Tim designed the 75-pound gold gown featuring glass beads for Loretta’s 50th anniversary of being a Grand Ole Opry member and the blue dress worn on the cover of her 2004 album, Van Lear Rose.

“She wore it so much because her fans loved seeing her in it,” Tim says of the Rose dress.

But gowns weren’t the only fashion statement Patsy helped Loretta make. In fact, Patsy gave her friend a pair of underwear that Loretta displayed in her museum years later.

“She’s given me a lot of clothes. That might’ve been what she was trying to tell me, dress better,” Loretta said of Patsy. “I don’t know how long she had them, but I never did wear these panties out, I just kept them. There ain’t no way to wear them out.”

Loretta and Patsy were friends for about two years before Patsy died in a plane crash in 1963. Loretta passed away in 2022 at the age of 90.

Ex-Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer Artimus Pyle says all-star Skynyrd tribute album is in the works

October 11, 2022 by WDNY Radio

This month marks the 45th anniversary of the 1977 plane crash that killed Lynyrd Skynyrd‘s Ronnie Van Zant and two other band members. The group’s former drummer, Artimus Pyle, says he’s now putting together a star-studded tribute album to commemorate the tragedy.

Pyle, who survived the accident, tells ABC Audio that 17 tracks have been recorded so far for the album, which will feature his solo group, the Artimus Pyle Band, playing classic Lynyrd Skynyrd tunes, along with a bunch of guest artists.

The 74-year-old drummer reveals Sammy Hagar, Gov’t Mule‘s Warren Haynes, Ronnie Dunn of the country duo Brooks & Dunn and Billy Ray Cyrus are contributing to the project.

“Sammy Hagar is singing ‘Simple Man,'” Artimus reports. “He puts his heart and soul into it.”

He adds that Haynes sings “Saturday Night Special,” Dunn performs “Sweet Home Alabama” and Cyrus sings “Call Me the Breeze.”

Pyle has long been estranged from the Lynyrd Skynyrd camp, so perhaps the most surprising news about the tribute is that founding Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington has contributed to a track.

“Gary Rossington plays his iconic slide solo on ‘Free Bird,'” Pyle notes. “I’m on the drum track. So that’s the first time that’s happened in 40 years … Against all odds, Gary and I are on a track together that will be on this new album.”

As for how he feels about his solo band’s renditions of the tunes, Pyle says, “Only we could play them with the ferocity and the fervor that we play these songs with.”

Artimus says the Skynyrd tribute is still in the works and that they may decide to make it a double album, “because who deserves more than Ronnie Van Zandt a double tribute album?”

50th anniversary reissue of Cat Stevens’ ‘Catch Bull at Four’ due in December

October 10, 2022 by WDNY Radio

A remastered version of Cat Stevens‘ sixth studio album, 1972’s Catch Bull at Four, will be released on December 2 in multiple formats in celebration of its 50th anniversary.

The album, which can be preordered now, will be available on CD, as a 180-gram vinyl LP and via digital formats. A limited-edition orange-vinyl version of the LP can be purchased exclusively at CatStevens.com, uDiscoverMusic.com and TheSoundofVinyl.us.

Released in September 1972, Catch Bull at Four was Stevens’ only album to top the Billboard 200. It featured one hit single, “Sitting,” which peaked at #16 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Arriving at the height of Stevens’ popularity, Catch Bull at Four found the British singer/songwriter reflecting on his fame and delving deeper into his spiritual beliefs. Musically, the album featured more complex production and a wider range of styles than his previous records.

“Contrary to the spiritual nature and theme of the album, Catch Bull at Four went straight to number one and became one of my biggest commercial accomplishments,” Stevens, who is now also known as Yusuf, notes. “It was scary! I feared it would divert me from my spiritual goal. That’s precisely why I followed it up with an album called Foreigner, which would sacrifice my newly acquired crown for a welcome return to obscurity.”

Catch Bull at Four was produced by founding Yardbirds member Paul Samwell-Smith, who also produced Stevens’ Mona Bone Jakon, Tea for the Tillerman and Teaser and the Firecat.

Here’s the album’s full track list:

“Sitting”
“Boy with a Moon & Star on His Head”
“Angelsea”
“Silent Sunlight”
“Can’t Keep It In”
“18th Avenue (Kansas City Nightmare)”
“Freezing Steel”
“O’Caritas”
“Sweet Scarlet”
“Ruins”

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