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Foo Fighters booked for ’Saturday Night Live’

October 17, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Foo Fighters are headed back to Saturday Night Live.

The “Everlong” rockers will be the show’s musical guest for the ninth time — 10th if you count their special guest performance alongside Mick Jagger in 2012 — on October 28. Comedian Nate Bargatze will host.

Dave Grohl and company were reportedly booked for an SNL episode earlier in the year, but, according to Variety, it was scrapped due to then-ongoing writers strike.

Foo Fighters released a new album, But Here We Are, in June. They’ve been supporting the record with one-off headlining shows and festival performances throughout 2023, during which they’ve introduced new drummer Josh Freese, who joined the Foos following the 2022 death of Taylor Hawkins.

A more extensive U.S. Foo Fighters tour will launch in July 2024.

Get ready for the holidays with Miranda’s Wanda June Home dinnerware set

October 17, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Just in time for family gatherings this holiday season, Miranda Lambert‘s Wanda June Home has launched several new products, including a teal-colored dinnerware set.

Priced at $39.96, the Texas Sunset 12-Piece Decorated Fine Ceramic Dinnerware Set includes four 10.5-inch dinner plates, four 8-inch dessert plates and four 23-ounce cereal bowls.

While visiting the store, you can also check out the various glass tumblers and mugs they have to offer, such as the Southern-inspired Bless Your Heart Stoneware Mug.

Shop all things Wanda June Home now at walmart.com.

How Elvis is inspiring Timothée Chalamet’s portrayal of Bob Dylan

October 17, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Timothée Chalamet is gearing up to play Bob Dylan in the upcoming James Mangold-directed film A Complete Unknown, and he wants to make sure he nails the role.

In a new interview with GQ, he says in preparing for the part he’s been inspired by actor Austin Butler’s commitment to the role of Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis, so much so that he’s hired the same people to help turn him into Dylan.

“I’ve basically been working with his entire Elvis team for my Dylan prep,” he says. “There’s a wonderful dialect coach named Tim Monich. Vocal coach named Eric Vetro. Movement coach named Polly Bennett.”

He adds of Butler, “I just saw the way he committed to it all, and realized I needed to step it up.”

Chalamet will be doing his own singing for the flick, but fans shouldn’t expect him to sound exactly like Dylan.

“It’s taking on all the characteristics of Dylan’s voice and his mannerisms and his speech patterns, and bringing that into the music – so that when you hear Timothée do the music, what you’re really getting is the essence of Bob Dylan,” Vetro tells the mag. “You’re not getting an impersonation of him. It’s breathing new life into that voice that we know so well.”

And while the project’s been in development for three years, Chalamet has yet to meet the iconic Rock & Roll Hall of Famer. “I didn’t want to three years ago, because I just didn’t want to for superstitious reasons,” he said. “Now I would love to.”

Report: Ariana Grande working on seventh album with Max Martin

October 17, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Ariana Grande was forced to put the filming of her movie Wicked on pause due to the SAG-AFTRA strike, but the good news is that it may bring us new music from her sooner rather than later.

A source tells Page Six that because Ari now has some free time on her hands, she’s been working with super-producer Max Martin in a New York recording studio. Martin has worked on many of Ari’s hits, such as “Problem,” “Break Free,” “Side to Side,” “Dangerous Woman,” “God Is a Woman” and “No Tears Left to Cry.”

So far, Page Six reports, it’s just been Ari and Martin in the studio; she’s not currently working with any other artists.

An insider says, “Her priority has been [her Wicked character] Glinda for the past two years, and still is, as they haven’t finished the film.”

Her next album, when it emerges, will be the follow-up to 2020’s Positions. The insider says, “She doesn’t know when she’ll want to release [an album], as she wants to be respectful of the timeline for Wicked, and originally didn’t want to do any music at all until after the films were released.”

However, the source notes, “She works quickly and drops [into the studio] instinctively whenever she feels ready … so who knows?”

Bow Wow says new generation of rappers lack artist development: “Do these labels even care”

October 17, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Bow Wow is letting it be known that he isn’t here for the current state of rap because he believes some of the newcomers lack artist development.

He aired his grievances in a series of tweets Monday, writing that many of the rising stars are landing deals and producing music when they probably shouldn’t be.

“Can we please bring back artist development at these labels,” Bow wrote. “Do these labels even care about these artist? Yall be throwing them on platforms knowing they not ready.”

The Atlanta rapper compared necessary development practices to a boxer who is “trained and taught before battle,” adding that “subpar a**” artists are being pushed with “no proper teaching.”

Bow said that there’s a list of rising rap stars who should be getting recognition, but aren’t: Symba, Westside Boogie, Lady London, Lola Brooke and “so many more.”

“Stop pushing that bs on us!” Bow urged, adding, “The fans are waking up and hip hop is about to change for the better.”

As to why he’s not a fan of rap currently: the artists “cant talk. I don’t understand wtf they saying. Be dry as hell in interviews.”

Noting his own passion for performing onstage, Bow said, “I dont even wanna get on they stage presence. Rapping over vocals s*** is sloppy out here man. We gotta clean this s*** up.”

He ended his rant by encouraging rappers to get better or “get tf out the way.”

Fans in Bow Wow’s comment sections mostly agreed with the rapper. One user wrote, “they need to sign artists that actually have talent and not because they’re popular on the internet.”

Ashley McBryde on seeing fans sing back her songs: “To say it’s moving is an understatement”

October 17, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Ashley McBryde is often humbled and touched when fans sing her songs back to her at live shows. But ask her to describe how she really feels and she’ll tell you that she hasn’t found the right words yet.

“There’s not a word that has been invented for what it’s like to watch fans connect with a song, whether that is in the form of them singing it back to you or, in the case of ‘Light On In The Kitchen,’ I often experience watching a mom with her arms wrapped around her daughter and singing the words into the top of her young head,” shares Ashley.

“To say it’s moving is an understatement. What it is, is proof that as songwriters, all we are is the channel that it chose to come through because we connected with that idea and then we get to look out into the audience and watch so many people connect with it,” she notes.

“When they invent a word for what that feeling is, please let me know,” says Ashley.

Ashley’s approaching top 20 on the country charts with “Light On in the Kitchen.” The track is the lead single off her latest album, The Devil I Know, which arrived in September.

To see Ashley out on tour this fall, visit her website.

Grimes says Taylor Swift is the only person who could unite the country as president

October 17, 2023 by WDNY Radio

If you’ve ever thought that Taylor Swift is so popular that she could run for president, you’re not alone.

Grimes, the Canadian musician who’s probably best known as Elon Musk‘s on/off partner and mother of three of his children, wrote on social media Tuesday, “In many ways Taylor Swift is the only presidential candidate who can unite the country. Trump v Swift is totally occurring in a parallel universe rn.”

She was responding to a tweet from @GrimesAI, which had written, “It’s not just the fact that Taylor Swift as president would course correct society and fix carbon emissions in 10 years. it’s that I care about her mental health and she cares about mine (she doesn’t know me but she’d care).“

When someone responded to Grimes’ tweet, “Perhaps she should run as the Republican candidate,” Grimes responded, “She’d be preferable as a Republican I think – actually unbeatable at that point.”

Another person responded to Grimes’ original post, “Actually not a bad idea, Don’t know how good it would be for her mental health though.” Grimes responded, “It’s probably exceptionally unadvisable. It just probably would work.“

All this speculation is ultimately moot, though: You have to be 35 to run for president, and Taylor’s only 33 right now. Besides, would you give up a jet-setting, glamorous life of making music for millions of adoring fans and dating hunky football players to deal with the chaos in Washington?

Alkaline Trio announces new album, ‘Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs’

October 17, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Alkaline Trio has announced a new album called Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs.

The milestone 10th studio effort from the group — and their first since 2018’s Is This Thing Cursed? — arrives January 26.

“My mom worked for years as an emergency room nurse,” says frontman Matt Skiba. “She and her co-workers referred to exceptionally busy nights as ‘blood, hair, and eyeballs.’ Well, we’ve been busy making an exceptional record we refer to as Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs, too.”

You can listen to the record’s title track now via digital outlets and watch its accompanying video streaming now on YouTube.

Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs marks the final Alkaline Trio album with longtime drummer Derek Grant, who announced he was leaving the band in June. The group’s live lineup now includes Against Me! drummer Atom Willard, who also played in Angels & Airwaves.

Alkaline Trio has also announced a 2024 U.S. tour in support of Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs, running from February 22 in Anaheim, California, to March 30 in Las Vegas.

For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit AlkalineTrio.com.

Here’s the Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs track list:

“Hot for Preacher”
“Meet Me”
“Versions of You”
“Bad Time”
“Scars”
“Break”
“Shake with Me”
“Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs”
“Hinterlude”
“Broken Down in a Time Machine”
“Teenage Heart”

(Video contains uncensored profanity.)

Queen’s Brian May gives fans insight into how they perfect their live show

October 17, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Queen has been touring with Adam Lambert since 2011, but they are still working on perfecting their performance, as proven by a recent clip guitarist Brian May shared on Instagram.

The video was shot at the band’s Rhapsody Tour stop in Boston, Monday, October 16, and it shows May’s reaction to Lambert singing the final line in the Queen classic “Somebody To Love.” It seems this time Lambert’s delivery of the line was adjusted after a suggestion from May.

“Adam sings our songs in his own unique way, bringing in lots of new ideas and adding sometimes amazing extensions of the vocal lines,” May explains. “Well, there’s one point in the song which all our fans know very well,” referring to the moment where fans finish the line, “somebody tooooooo.”

May says Lambert usually extends it so it doesn’t sound like the original Freddie Mercury recording, and he believes that left the audience unsure how to sing along.

“So I suggested to Adam that, as an experiment, he might try singing the end of the line completely straight, to give a clear cue to the audience. He tried it for the first time tonight, and this is the result,” he says.

It all worked out, which is why you can see May telling Adam, “not bad” with a laugh. Lambert then goes on to improvise all he wants, much to May’s delight.

“So in my face you see my admiration and enjoyment of this moment – in which we’re all clearly finding a new joy !!!” he shares.

Queen + Adam Lambert’s Rhapsody Tour hits Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Wednesday, October 18. A complete list of dates can be found at queenonline.com.

Yungblud releases new song “Happier” featuring BMTH’s Oli Sykes

October 17, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Yungblud has released his previously teased single “Happier” featuring Bring Me the Horizon frontman Oli Sykes.

“I have almost been conditioned by myself my whole life to be in pain,” Yungblud shares. “When I’m in pain I work better. I function better because I have something to combat. It’s dark but it’s all I’ve ever known.”

“I was craving another Yungblud song that would burn in my stomach, make me feel like it’s all gonna be OK and encourage me to fight back against old habits and try my best to re-align myself to be better,” he continues. “It’s OK to find happiness, it’s OK to feel it. I hope you find a little bit of it in this song. You deserve it. Everyone does.”

You can listen to “Happier” now via digital outlets.

“Happier” is Yungblud’s third single of 2023 following “Lowlife” and “Hated.” It also marks the second collaboration between Yungblud and Sykes following the 2020 Bring Me the Horizon song “Obey.”

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