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Melanie C gives status update on Spice Girls reunion tour

September 22, 2022 by WDNY Radio

It’s been two years since the outbreak of a global pandemic paused any talk of a possible Spice Girls reunion tour. Speaking to BBC Radio 2 on Thursday, Melanie C was asked directly if we will see Sporty, Baby, Scary, Ginger and Posh Spice get back together onstage.

Unfortunately, the Dancing with the Stars alum didn’t have much to share. “I would love to sit here and go, ‘Oh, we got these shows coming,’ but I can’t, sadly,” she said. “We do want to do shows, they’re just not arranged yet.”

“We’re constantly talking, constantly trying to work it out — make it work for everybody,” she clarified, adding that a Spice Girls reunion is her “#1 wish.”

Melanie, who recently wrote her memoir, Who I Am: My Story, knows there’s a hunger for them to reunite. “All of us realized this impact we’ve had on a generation of human people and then there’s new generations discovering us,” she said of how the team felt during their 2019 stadium tour.

Melanie also hinted, “This year is the 25th anniversary of Spiceworld: The Movie and the second album. And yet there’s things happening around it.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Melanie recalled the time Madonna called her up while she was staying at a hotel and initially thought one of her bandmates was pranking her. When she heard Madonna greet her on the line with, “Hi, sweetie,” she freaked.

“She was my ultimate icon,” the British singer raved. “And then she invites me out for dinner!” Melanie directed fans to read her new memoir, which talks about the memorable dinner party and the famous guests who were also in attendance.

Imagine Dragons announces livestream for upcoming 2022 Rise Up Gala

September 22, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Imagine Dragons will be livestreaming their acoustic performance at the upcoming 2022 Rise Up Gala, the annual benefit concert supporting the band’s charity, the Tyler Robinson Foundation.

You can watch the show, which takes place this Friday, September 23, in Las Vegas, beginning at 9:30 p.m. PT via ID’s YouTube and the Bandsintown Twitch channel.

The Rise Up Gala raises money for the Tyler Robinson Foundation, which helps families affected by pediatric cancer. ID founded the organization in 2013 in honor of Tyler Robinson, a fan who passed away from cancer as a teenager.

For more info, visit TRF.org.

Slipknot shares teaser for ’The End, So Far’ song, “Adderall”

September 22, 2022 by WDNY Radio

If you’re not already hyped for Slipknot‘s upcoming The End, So Far album, perhaps this will set you right.

Wednesday night, the masked metallers shared a mysterious video teasing “Adderall,” the opening song off The End, So Far. The clip features a variety of spooky images that you might expect from a Slipknot video, as well a montage of frontman Corey Taylor‘s various masks from throughout different eras of the band.

The post’s caption reads, “9 Days: Adderall,” which coincides with the release date of The End, So Far: September 30. Perhaps, the album drop will be accompanied by a full video for “Adderall.”

The End, So Far is the follow-up to 2019’s We Are Not Your Kind. It includes the previously released tracks “The Chapeltown Rag,” “The Dying Song (Time to Sing)” and “Yen.”

Slipknot is currently on a U.S. tour in support of The End, So Far, continuing Friday at the Louder than Life festival.

The Human League releasing five-LP colored-vinyl box set in November

September 22, 2022 by WDNY Radio

The Human League is releasing a new limited-edition colored-vinyl box set featuring four LPs and an EP issued on the Virgin Records label from 1981 through 1990 on November 11.

The Human League: The Virgin Years is a five disc collection that features 1981’s Dare pressed on blue vinyl, the 1983 Fascination EP on green vinyl, 1984’s Hysteria on yellow vinyl, 1986’s Crash on red vinyl and 1990’s Romantic? on clear vinyl.

The box set can be preordered now at Amazon and uDiscoverMusic.

Dare was The Human League’s third studio album and marked the start of the group’s second, more pop-oriented incarnation, which was led by singer/keyboardist Philip Oakey and showcased female vocalists Joanne Catherall and Susan Ann Sulley.

The record, which peaked at #3 on the Billboard 200, featured the chart-topping “Don’t You Want Me Baby” as well as the top-10 U.K. hits “Love Action (I Believe in Love)” and “Open Your Heart.”

The Fascination EP included the hit singles “(Keep Feeling) Fascination” and “Mirror Man.”

Hysteria featured three tunes that reached the top-20 of the U.K. singles tally: “The Lebanon,” “Life on Your Own” and “Louise.”

Crash, a collaboration with the hit-making production duo of Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, featured the group’s second Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper, “Human.”

Finally, Romantic? — which brought the band’s stint on Virgin to a close — featured the top-40 single “Heart Like a Wheel.”

Deep Purple announces Simon McBride as guitarist Steve Morse’s official replacement

September 22, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Deep Purple has welcomed guitarist Simon McBride as an official member of the band.

McBride began serving as Deep Purple’s touring guitarist earlier this year after longtime guitarist Steve Morse announced in March that he was taking a hiatus from the group to care for and spend time with his wife, Janine, as she battles cancer. In July, Morse, who joined Deep Purple in 1994, announced that he was officially leaving the group.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers said in a joint statement, “We are thrilled that Simon has agreed to join. Simon’s playing is up there with the greats. Of course, Steve can’t be replaced, the same as Ritchie [Blackmore], and Steve has a long legacy with Deep Purple. In Simon we have not found a replacement, but an extraordinarily talented and exciting guitarist in his own right.”

The group adds, “The reception from audiences over the Summer has already been great and we are looking forward to the forthcoming dates in the UK and Europe across the rest of the year. It is clear that Simon also holds great respect for those before him. We are all excited for what the years to come hold for the band.”

McBride, meanwhile, says in his own statement, “I’m very happy to be asked to join the band, at the start of the pandemic if someone would have said to me that I was going to be the new guitarist in Deep Purple I would have just laughed, but here we are and it’s happening. Deep Purple has a history of great guitarists so I’m very honoured to be asked to be part of that.”

McBride previously toured with Deep Purple singer Ian Gillan and keyboardist Don Airey, among many others.

Maddie & Tae’s Maddie Font once held Taylor Dye’s baby for a whopping eight hours: “I’m a baby hog”

September 22, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Maddie & Tae are more than just bandmates — they’re also best friends. So when Maddie Font first met Taylor Dye’s baby girl Leighton, she immediately slipped into aunt mode.

“I’m such a baby hog,” Maddie admits in an interview the duo recently gave to ET Online.

“The first time she met Leighton … [she] held her for eight hours straight,” Taylor adds. “Eight hours!” Maddie agrees.

Eventually, the bandmates hope they’ll be raising families side by side. “When my husband and I have kids, our kids are gonna grow up like siblings almost,” Maddie continues. “Because we’re almost like siblings. And they’re always gonna have another family. Such a gift.”

As a confirmed “baby hog,” Maddie says she would love to have “a hundred babies, like, yesterday,” but the logistics are tough — especially as they are busily expanding their musical careers.

“You gotta plan it, you know, a little more, because you’re having babies on a tour bus,” Maddie says.

Right now, the tour bus in question is for Maddie & Tae’s CMT Next Women of Country Presents: All Song No Static Tour, a trek that will continue throughout this month. It’s also a busy time for the pair in terms of new music releases, as their Through the Madness: Vol. 2 project drops Friday.

John Mayer salutes the late Bob Saget at Scleroderma Research Foundation

September 22, 2022 by WDNY Radio

John Mayer paid tribute to his late friend, comedian Bob Saget, at the Scleroderma Research Foundation on Wednesday. Saget tirelessly supported the organization after his sister, Gay, lost her battle with the disease in 1994.

The Hollywood Reporter says John teamed with the Full House star’s other pals Jimmy Kimmel, Jeff Ross and Dave Chappelle for the “Cool Comedy, Hot Cuisine” fundraiser. Saget had been a part of the annual event since 1991 and in recent years, helped produce and organize the event.

Kimmel took Saget’s place to introduce the event and joked “these bookings have really improved vastly since Bob passed away.” He then brought on Mayer, who also paid tribute to the late actor.

“This is the first time I’ve come to a Scleroderma benefit where Bob hasn’t — as Jimmy said — asked me to do this event but then profusely apologized while asking me to do this event,” Mayer remarked.

The “Daughters” singer continued, “What’s so fun about tonight, the only thing that’s fun about it, is we get to show Bob we wanted to do this, we always wanted to do this.”

Mayer closed out the fundraiser by playing “Bob’s favorite songs.” He explained that he’s struggling to say goodbye to his friend, even though Saget passed nine months ago, because he doesn’t want to believe he’s gone.

He also revealed the guitar he was playing was the same one Saget used on stage before his untimely death.

According to Mayo Clinic, scleroderma, otherwise known as systemic sclerosis, causes the skin to tighten and harden. It also can affect one’s internal organs, blood vessels and ability to digest. There is no cure for the ailment.

Demi Lovato admits they once thought they wouldn’t live to see 30

September 22, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Demi Lovato recently celebrated turning 30, and the Grammy nominee says the milestone was special in more ways than one.

The singer, who nearly died of an overdose in 2018, admits they once thought they wouldn’t live long enough to see themselves turn 30.

“That’s something I thought was impossible to do,” the singer told SPIN. “Even in bouts of sobriety, my depression was so strong that I didn’t think I’d get here today. But here I am. I’m in a new chapter in my life, and I don’t know what my 30s have in store for me, but hopefully a family one day.”

Demi reflected on their previous album, Dancing with the Devil… the Art of Starting Over, which chronicled their near-fatal overdose. “I felt like I was trying to explain myself so much,” the “29” singer said of the work. “It became more about telling the story of myself rather than just creating art that I’m proud of.”

When discussing the new album Holy Fvck, Demi said, “It was so cathartic for me to get all of these songs out.”

“It was me experiencing anger and honoring my anger, not ignoring it anymore because that’s what I think is healthy to do,” they added.

Demi also opened up about the pronouns they go by, saying, “I still feel very comfortable with they/them.”

“I’ve made a few headlines by saying I’m accepting of the pronouns she/her. It’s not that I’m changing anything about myself. I’m just accepting my femininity back,” Demi continued. “I felt like I had to reject it for a minute because that’s how I was feeling at the time, and because I wanted to escape that feminine popstar role that I was playing. I had to get away from that.”

“If the World Was Ending” duo end it: Julia Michaels and JP Saxe split

September 22, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Singer/songwriter couple Julia Michael and JP Saxe have called it quits after three years, People magazine reports.

The duo began dating in 2019 after co-writing the Grammy-nominated duet “If the World Was Ending.” Their most recent albums — Julia’s Not In Chronological Order and JP’s Dangerous Levels of Introspection — both include songs they co-wrote.

Fans began to suspect something was up earlier this month when both artists posted previews or teasers of breakup songs. JP’s song, “When You Think of Me,” comes out Friday. In it, he sings, “I hate how I lived up to/your worst fears/makes it worse/how it worked/ so well for three years/and it could all be for the best in the end/but for now it feels like losing my best friend.”

Meanwhile, on TikTok, Julia posted a song which featured her singing the lyrics, “The night we broke up/you called everyone saying it was my idea…this could be like our new tradition/Where I play the bad guy and you play/The victim.”

On Instagram, she captioned a performance of a different song — a heartfelt piano ballad — “A**holes live forever.” In that one, she sings, “You’re just another man/And this is just another doorway/Using promises like they’re some kind of twisted foreplay/You keep saying that you’re staying/When we both know that’s not your forte.”

Julia also seems to have deleted her Twitter account.

Pokémon team animating Ed Sheeran’s “Celestial” music video

September 22, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Ed Sheeran, a big fan of Pokémon, is combining his love of music and pocket monsters in a brand new song.

The Grammy winner has been teasing “Celestial” for some time — but always with his massive collection of Pokémon plush toys in full view. Now, fans know why that is.

The Pokémon team has turned the “Celestial” music video into an animated spectacular. When announcing the partnership, Ed emotionally explained how he fell in love with the franchise at 7 years old, was given a Gameboy color and the game Pokémon Yellow for his 8th birthday and has been “obsessed” with Pokémon ever since.

“Flash forward to me at 31 I still have the same game boy colour and still I play Pokémon silver on long haul flights. I really really love it,” he wrote on Instagram. “It gave me a proper escape as a kid into a fantasy world that seemed to go on and on, and in adult life it’s nostalgia that makes me feel like a kid again.”

Ed has since met the people who created such an important part of his childhood and “joked about me writing a song for them.” That song, “Celestial,” comes out next Thursday.

“The video is insanely amazing, animated by the incredible people at Pokémon. I love it, you’re gonna love it,” Ed declared, signing off with the timeless phrase, “And we all gotta catch ‘em all.”

His favorite Pokémon character is Squirtle, so chances are they’ll appear together in the upcoming music video.

Ed previously partnered with Pokémon for an exclusive concert on the Pokémon GO mobile app. The game also played his hit “Overpass Graffiti” during nighttime play.

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