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Russell Dickerson’s “God Gave Me A Girl” video may tug at the heartstrings

August 15, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Russell Dickerson has unveiled the music video for his romantic single, “God Gave Me A Girl.”

The moving visualizer features Russell performing the track as a fictional couple faces seemingly insurmountable tribulations together. Fortunately, the video ends on a happy note as the husband and wife share happy tears and smiles, with a kid of their own.

“My wife Kailey inspired this song, so it’s definitely very special to me,” says Russell, who wrote the track with Ashley Gorley, Chase McGill and Zach Crowell. “I wanted to release a music video that would really match the emotional nature of the song and I think we accomplished that. Can’t wait for everyone to see what we’ve been working on!”

“God Gave Me A Girl” is currently #16 and rising on the country charts.

Russell’s headlining Big Wheels & Back Roads Tour begins September 21 in Philadelphia. For a full list of dates and tickets, visit russelldickerson.com.

Travis Barker gets new “Time Flies” tattoo

August 15, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Travis Barker is adding some new ink.

In a since-expired Instagram Story captured by E! News, the Blink-182 drummer posted a photo of a fresh tattoo on his wrist reading, “Time Flies.”

The photo didn’t include any other context on the meaning of the tattoo, but E! notes it could be related to Barker’s return to flying on airplanes with the help of wife Kourtney Kardashian. Barker had long stopped flying after he was involved in a 2008 plane crash, which killed four of the six people onboard. Along with Barker, the other survivor was Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein, who died a year later from a drug overdose.

Barker reportedly took his first flight since the crash in 2021 with Kardashian.

Meanwhile, Barker and Kardashian are expecting their first child together. Kardashian revealed the news during a June Blink concert with a reference to the “All the Small Things” video.

“When fantasies become reality”: Usher teases new video with main girl, Keke Palmer

August 15, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Usher had fans on the internet in a frenzy after he dropped a snippet to a new music video featuring none other than Keke Palmer as the main girl.

In the short clip for “Boyfriend,” shared to Instagram Tuesday, August 15, both Usher and Keke are featured in a montage of scenes taken from the video.

“When fantasies become reality,” he captioned the post along with the song and video release date of Wednesday, August 16.

The announcement follows the viral exchange between the two entertainers after Usher serenaded Keke onstage during a show part of his Las Vegas residency. Once the clip made its rounds on social media, Keke’s boyfriend, Darius Jackson, publicly condemned her for her outfit choice, and as many fans suggest, her participation in the show.

“This is MENACE BEHAVIOR,” said comedian Kevin Fredericks who commented on Usher’s post along with a few laughing emojis.

Some pointed to the singer’s use of “genius marketing,” while others referenced lyrics to Usher’s hit 2001 song, “U Don’t Have to Call.”

“Don’t leave your girl round me, true playa for real,” fans wrote.

Keke took part in announcing the news by sharing the video teaser to her IG account and including a simple caption of “8.16.”

Neil Young adds second date to Roxy 50th anniversary celebration

August 15, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Neil Young has added a second date to his celebration of The Roxy’s 50th anniversary.

As previously reported, Young is set to perform at the famed West Hollywood venue on September 20. Now, he’s added a second show on September 21.

Both shows will benefit The Painted Turtle, a camp for children with serious medical conditions, and The Bridge School, which educates children with severe speech and physical impairments.

The 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, and a recording of the concerts, Roxy: Tonight’s The Night Live, was released as a live album in April 2018.

So far, there’s no info on when Young tickets will go on sale. When there, it will be posted to theroxyturns50.com.

But that’s not the only way The Roxy is celebrating its 50th year.

Roxy owner Lou Adler is set to curate a new album, Live at the Roxy, featuring performances from such stars as Young, Bruce Springsteen, the Ramones, Warren Zevon and more. Music fans will be able to listen to it at the Grammy Museum exhibit, The Roxy: 50 and Still Rockin’, which opens in September. It will also be available for purchase there, with proceeds going to MusiCares.

Madonna reschedules North American leg of The Celebration Tour

August 15, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Madonna fans rejoice. She has finally announced the rescheduled dates for the North American leg of The Celebration Tour.

North American dates will kick off right after she wraps her U.K. and European leg, with the first U.S. shows happening December 13, 14 and 16 at the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn, New York. The leg will wrap April 14 and 15 at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas.

Unfortunately for some fans, several shows on the tour have been completely canceled due to scheduling issues, including select dates in Tulsa, Nashville, San Francisco, Las Vegas and Phoenix.

Madonna has also canceled an August 27 date at New York’s Madison Square Garden; fans holding those tickets will have the first crack at getting tickets to the December 16 Barclay’s show. Those advance tickets will be available for purchase from August 29 to August 31, with the general onsale set for September 1 at 10 a.m. ET.

In addition, Madonna’s Los Angeles shows will no longer be at the Crypto.com Arena, with all dates moved to the Kia Forum. Fans who held tickets to the original shows will be refunded their money and will have first shots at tickets for the new dates. That presale will run from August 29 to 31, with a second presale happening September 1 to September 4 and a public onsale taking place September 5 at 10 a.m. PT.

A complete list of dates can be found at madonna.com.

Madonna’s The Celebration Tour was supposed to launch in August but was postponed in June after the singer was hospitalized with a bacterial infection. The tour is now set to kick off in London, with a four-night stand on October 14, 15, 17 and 18.

Lauren London remembers Nipsey Hussle on his 38th birthday

August 15, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Lauren London paid tribute to late rapper Nipsey Hussle on what would’ve been his 38th birthday.

“Honoring the day you blessed the Earth with your presence. Forever more,” she wrote on Instagram August 15, alongside a photo of the rapper.

London and Nipsey dated for six years before he was shot and killed outside of his Marathon Clothing store in LA on March 31, 2019.

Over the course of the last four years, London has taken to social media multiple times with sentimental posts in honor of her partner.

On the fourth anniversary of his death in March, the actress penned an emotional tribute to Nipsey, writing, ”I hold my breath all of March knowing I have to face the memory of the day you transitioned.”

“Holding on to ancient wisdom but the pain is the pain and nothing was ever the same,” she said, adding, “Eternal Being Ermias Asghedom I Love You.”

On what would’ve been his 37th birthday last year, Nipsey was posthumously honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

“I think I speak for the entire city of L.A. when I say that we’ve always known that Hussle was destined for greatness,” London said at the dedication ceremony. “Nip would’ve been honored by this moment.”

In February, Eric Holder was sentenced to 60 years to life for the murder of Nipsey, who was 33 when he died as a result of the shooting.

Cole Swindell drops high-energy “Drinkaby” video

August 15, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Cole Swindell has released the music video for his single, “Drinkaby,”

The spirited visualizer was directed by Michael Monaco and features live concert footage from Cole’s onstage performances.

“When I first heard this song I envisioned it being the show opener on the Home Team Tour, and it’s been a blast playing it live,” shares Cole, who’s currently opening for Thomas Rhett before he launches his own headlining Twelve Tour in October.

The Jon Pardi, HARDY, Jordan Schmidt, Hunter Phelps-penned “Drinkaby” is currently in the top 10 on the country charts.

You can find “Drinkaby” on Cole’s latest album, Stereotype Broken.

Dirty Honey plots fall headlining US tour

August 15, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Dirty Honey is hitting the road this fall on a U.S. headlining tour.

The outing launches October 18 in San Francisco and wraps up December 15 in St. Louis. Tickets will go on presale Wednesday, August 16, at 10 a.m. local time, followed by the general onsale beginning Friday, August 18, at 10 a.m. local time.

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

The tour will support Dirty Honey’s upcoming sophomore album, Can’t Find the Brakes, due out in the fall. In July, the group released the single “Won’t Take Me Alive.”

Ahead of the headlining dates, Dirty Honey will be opening for Guns N’ Roses in August and September.

Aerosmith almost replaced Steven Tyler with Chris Daughtry

August 15, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Aerosmith is still together and about to set out on their Peace Out farewell tour, but things weren’t always so happy in the band. In fact, back in 2009, Aerosmith had a falling out with frontman Steven Tyler when he left to do American Idol, and the other members almost went on without him.

To do so, they needed someone to replace Tyler; rocker and former American Idol contestant Chris Daughtry says Aerosmith’s Joe Perry offered him the gig.

“I get this random call from Joe Perry,” Daughtry said on The Dave Rickards Podcast. “I thought it was a joke at first, but he didn’t even take time to, like, ‘How you doing?’ He just went into his reason for calling me.” Perry told him the band “wanted to work” despite Tyler not being interested, and then he asked, “How would you feel about hitting the road with us?”

Daughtry said the offer left him “speechless,” but he ultimately passed for many reasons. “First of all, I don’t consider myself any caliber of singer that Steven Tyler …He is irreplaceable, in my mind,” he said. “Furthermore, Steven Tyler’s alive. This whole fear of p****** off one of my heroes was just looming.”

While the idea of fronting Aerosmith was “a terrifying concept” to Daughtry, he’s still happy he was asked, sharing, “it is a story that I will hold near and dear for the rest of my life, for sure.”

As for Aerosmith, they eventually reunited with Tyler. Their Peace Out tour, with openers The Black Crowes, kicks off September 2 in Philadelphia. A complete list of dates can be found at aerosmith.com.

Gucci Mane to host ‘Breath of Fresh Air’ album release concert in Atlanta

August 15, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Gucci Mane will host a concert in his hometown of Atlanta to celebrate his upcoming album, Breath of Fresh Air.

The Gucci Mane & Friends show, which kicks off at the Tabernacle on October 17, will include several of the rapper’s frequent collaborators and artists from his label, The New 1017.

The show will run alongside the release of Gucci’s 16th studio album, slated for October 13. He announced Breath of Fresh Air on Instagram by sharing the album’s cover art: a family portrait of him, his wife Keyshia Ka’Oir and their two children, son, Ice, and daughter, Iceland.

Last week, he unveiled the music video for “Now It’s Real,” one of the songs expected to show up on Breath of Fresh Air.

Tickets for Gucci Mane & Friends go on sale starting Friday, August 18.

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