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Demi Lovato’s spicy answer to the question “When do you feel most confident?”

September 20, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Demi Lovato finds nothing wrong with being confident — after all she wrote a song about it in 2015. But what makes the pop-rock star feel that way these days?

“I feel the most confident when I’m having sex,” Demi said on The LadyGang podcast‘s September 19 episode.

“Cause you’re so present that you’re not thinking about what is actually like … what clouds your judgement throughout the rest of the day, or at least that’s how it is for me. It’s not that way for everybody,” the singer, who is currently dating musician Jutes, elaborated.

The reveal came during a game called “Revamped,” based on Demi’s new album of the same name, featuring rock versions of her hits. During the game the hosts asked questions based on the names of some of her tracks. For example, for her song “Heart Attack” they asked “What gives you a heart attack?” For those wondering, it’s her alarm clock.

“I sleep so hard that my alarm clock scares the s*** out of me,” Demi shared.

Mo’Nique calls for CBS to pay fair compensation to her and ‘The Parkers’ co-star Countess Vaughn

September 20, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Mo’Nique is speaking out against entertainment industry practices she’s calling “unfair.”

In a video shared to Instagram Tuesday, September 19, the Academy Award winning-actress called out CBS with hopes that the network will “fairly” compensate her and Countess Vaughn for their hit 2000s show, The Parkers.

Monique, alongside her producer husband, Sydney Hicks, started out by acknowledging the ongoing WGA/ SAG-AFTRA strikes, saying they stand in solidarity with “all the unions that are striking right now.”

She continued with a story of her own that she “must share with the community.”

“Countess Vaughn and I did a show called The Parkers. The Parkers has now been on air for 24 years, and they’re trying to convince us, through our ownership of the show, that we made absolutely no money,” Mo’Nique said.

Hicks added that the accusations are “baffling” considering “conversations had with executive producers” that allude to the fact that over the course of the five-year-run, the show, “made for under $70 million,” made a $700 million profit.

“So what we’re asking you, CBS, is can you please treat these two Black women fairly?” Mo’Nique said, before going on to describe a “bad deal” fellow comedian Dave Chappelle signed with CBS.

“The were able to go back and do the right thing,” she said. “And that made that deal fair and they paid Dave Chapelle what he rightfully deserved.”

“What we’re asking you, CBS: don’t pay us anymore but don’t pay us any less,” Mo’Nique said, adding, “CBS, will you treat us fairly?”

In a follow-up response, Vaughn addressed online comments that Mo’Nique’s accusations were false.

“Yes, give us our money,” she said.

All of this follows an April lawsuit filed by Mo’Nique over unpaid royalties from The Parkers.

Eric Church, Jelly Roll + Parker McCollum to headline We Fest 2024

September 20, 2023 by WDNY Radio

The lineup for the 2024’s We Fest has been announced.

Eric Church, Jelly Roll and Parker McCollum have been tapped as headliners for the three-day festival. Joining them as performers are Carly Pearce, Trace Adkins, Elle King, Koe Wetzel, Lonestar, Warren Zeiders, The Bellamy Brothers, Paul Cauthen, Lauren Watkins, Stephen Wilson Jr. and Tanner Adell. More artists are slated to join the bill soon.

We Fest will take place from August 1 to August 3 at the Soo Pass Ranch in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota.

You can grab your tickets now at wefest.com.

Boy George dropping new autobiography, ‘Karma’, on November 9

September 20, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Boy George is ready to tell more of his story. The Culture Club singer announced on Instagram that his new autobiography, Karma, which he jokes “rhymes with drama,” will be released November 9.

“It’s really been fun to kind of address some of the things I’ve been through since the last book,” he said in a new video, referring to 1995’s Take it Like A Man. “I discovered who I really am as a person. You know I really like being me.”

“I’m over that kind of existential crisis of being famous. I enjoy it now. I embrace it in a way that I wasn’t able to as a young person,” he notes, adding, “I’m able to say I love being Boy George. It’s fabulous.”

Both the hardcover version of Karma and the audiobook, read by Boy George, are available for preorder now. There is also a signed hardcover edition that can be ordered through the British book chain Waterstones.

Nils Lofgren to join Neil Young at Roxy shows

September 20, 2023 by WDNY Radio

With Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band canceling their September shows so The Boss can recover from a peptic ulcer, Nils Lofgren is free to play with Neil Young again.

Young is set to headline two shows at The Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles on September 20 and 21, in celebration of the venue’s 50th anniversary. He’ll be backed by his pre-Crazy Horse band The Santa Monica Flyers, which will include Lofgren now that he’s not busy on the road with The Boss.

Young announced the news on his Neil Young Archives, noting the shows will feature Lofgren, Billy Talbot and Ralph Molina, all original members of the Santa Monica Flyers, along with Willie Nelson’s son Micah Nelson.

And it certainly sounds like Young fans are in for a treat. “We will be playing two albums live,” Young shares about the gigs. “All songs will predate the original Roxy opening 50 years ago. We are stoked!”

The Roxy concerts are taking place almost 50 years to the day Young first performed for the venue’s opening. He opened The Roxy with a three-night stand September 20-22, 1973.

As for Springsteen and the E Street Band, they’re expected to return to the road on November 3 in Vancouver, Canada. A complete list of dates can be found at brucespringsteen.net.

boygenius premieres video for ’the record’ song, “Cool About It”

September 20, 2023 by WDNY Radio

boygenius has premiered the video for “Cool About It,” a track off their debut album, the record.

The animated clip, streaming now on YouTube, anthropomorphizes the relationship between a dog and their toy and could’ve probably also been the video for the early boygenius tune “Me & My Dog.”

“‘Cool About It’ is a beautifully melancholic and piercing song that puts words to feelings often unexplained,” says director Lauren Tsai. “It is an absolute dream to collaborate with the genius that is boygenius. I made animated videos on YouTube when I was 11 and I cannot imagine something I’d lose my mind over more if I could go back in time and tell myself. I will always be grateful to the band for the many ways in which their work has affected my life.”

the record, which also includes the single “Not Strong Enough,” was released in March. boygenius will launch a fall tour in support of the album, starting September 25 in Boston. The outing concludes with a Halloween show at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.

Carly Pearce joins NEEDTOBREATHE for new duet

September 20, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Carly Pearce experienced a full-circle moment recently.

The country star, who’s been a longtime NEEDTOBREATHE fan, was enlisted by the rock group for their stirring new duet, “Fall On Me.”

“Years ago I bought a ticket and went by myself to see @NEEDTOBREATHE live because I was such a fan,” Carly shares on X, formerly known as Twitter. “It is such an honor that they asked me to be on a song with them. ‘Fall On Me’ is out now [white heart emoji]”

“Fall On Me” is off NEEDTOBREATHE’s latest album, CAVES. Out now, the 18-track project also features Old Dominion on the euphoric “Wasting Time.”

Carly is currently #35 on the country charts with her Chris Stapleton-assisted single, “We Don’t Fight Anymore.”

Elton John is selling his US touring base in Atlanta for $5 million

September 20, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Elton John is selling his US touring base in Atlanta for million

Now that Elton John has declared he’ll never tour again, he no longer needs the home that was his U.S. touring base: a 13,500-square-foot condo in a complex in Buckhead, an upscale area of Atlanta, Georgia. It’s on the market for just under $5 million, reports The Wall Street Journal.

In 1992, Elton bought a duplex in the building and then bought five more apartments in the building over the next 20 years, combining them together into one four-bedroom space. Serving as his touring base, as he could easily get to most places in the U.S. flying out of Dekalb-Peachtree Airport, it also held his massive collection of photography.

As for why a British rock star would move to Atlanta in the first place, Elton tells the Journal that at the time, he was just out of rehab and dating someone in the area. He decided he liked the area for the people and the recovery facilities.

“The only people I knew were real people, who had normal jobs,” Elton tells the paper. “The city adopted me and I adopted it.”

He adds, “I didn’t know what the first apartment that I bought would lead to. But it was a wonderful surprise. Everything about Atlanta was a surprise.”

“After years and years of touring, it was so comforting just to come home instead of staying in a hotel,” he notes.

Elton says he’ll miss Atlanta very much, adding that he always checks the baseball scores in the morning to see how the Braves are doing.

You can see photos of the condo, including the closets holding Elton’s massive wardrobe, at WSJ.com.

Lana Del Rey, boygenius, Billie Eilish, Noah Kahan make ‘The Hollywood Reporter’s’ Platinum Players list

September 20, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Lana Del Rey, boygenius, Billie Eilish and Noah Kahan are included on The Hollywood Reporter‘s inaugural Platinum Players list, which compiles “25 acts in music who are on top of the charts and at the top of the game.”

“They move the needle on culture. They own their narratives,” THR says. “They create songs and albums that define a generation and connect with listeners all over the world. They blend genres, set records and break them, only to set new records. They perform for thousands — and, in some cases, millions — on tour. In other words, these are the artists who have defined the year in music.”

The list also includes big stars such as Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Drake, Nicki Minaj, Olivia Rodrigo, Miley Cyrus and SZA.

Del Rey, meanwhile, has also given a new interview to THR. Among the topics she talks about include the viral video of her working a shift at a Waffle House.

“I wish my album [Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd] had gone as viral,” Del Rey says. “I woke up to, like, 10,000 texts the next morning — some from folks I had not heard from for 10 years. ‘Saw your picture at the Waffle House!'”

“I was like, ‘Did you hear the new album?'” she laughs.

In This Moment covers Björk’s “Army of Me” for upcoming ‘GODMODE’ album

September 20, 2023 by WDNY Radio

In This Moment has shared a cover of the Björk song “Army of Me,” recorded for their upcoming album, GODMODE.

“I was a teenager when I first got into Björk,” says frontwoman Maria Brink. “I was mesmerized by her. She has a really inspiring energy to a lot of her stuff, an enlightening feeling. She’s just so innovative and groundbreaking and inspiring and magical.”

You can listen to In This Moment’s “Army of Me” cover now via digital outlets.

GODMODE, the follow-up to 2020’s Mother, will be released October 27. It also includes the single “THE PURGE.”

In This Moment will launch a U.S. tour in November alongside Ice Nine Kills, Avatar and New Years Day.

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