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Items from Paul McCartney, Fleetwood Mac & more bring in big bucks at MusiCares auction

February 6, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Items from Paul McCartney, Fleetwood Mac, Joe Perry and more brought in big bucks at the annual MusiCares Charity Relief Auction, which was held at Julien’s Auction House in Beverly Hills this weekend.

Big sellers included a personally signed copy of McCartney’s The Lyrics book, which sold for $25,600, 25 times more than expected, as well as a Rolling Stones signed 2022 60th anniversary European tour poster, which brought in $16,000, 16 times its original estimate.

Other items that brought in the big bucks include: a Joe Perry stage-played and signed Gibson Les Paul electric guitar, which went for $25,000; Fleetwood Mac’s band-signed MusiCares Person of the Year Gibson Les Paul, which was purchased for $19,200; a signed SG Electric guitar that belonged to Ozzy Osbourne, which sold for $19,200; Joni Mitchell’s original print of Jimi Hendrix, signed by Mitchell, which sold for $10,240; and a black Epiphone acoustic guitar from the 2015 celebration of honoree Bob Dylan, signed by the artists who paid tribute to him, including John Mellencamp and Bruce Springsteen, which sold for $12,800.

The auction also featured items from Robert Plant, Sting, Don Felder, David Lee Roth and others.

Proceeds from the auction benefit MusiCares, the Recording Academy’s charity arm that provides health and human services to the music community.

Ashley & Carly grab a Grammy first with “Never Wanted to Be That Girl”

February 6, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Ashley McBryde‘s still getting used to the reality that she and Carly Pearce won their first Grammys Sunday night.

“@carlypearce remember that time we wrote us a song because we really really wanted to sing together?” she tweeted on Monday. “And then it sent us on all kinds of adventures? And then we won a freaking GRAMMY?! GAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!”

Ashley and Carly won Best Country Duo/Group Performance for “Never Wanted to Be That Girl,” marking the first time a collaboration between two women has won in that category.

Carlos Santana announces fall Las Vegas residency dates

February 6, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Carlos Santana is extending his residency in Las Vegas. The 75-year-old Rock & Roll Hall of Famer and his band have just added a string of fall dates at the House of Blues inside Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. This is the 11th year Carlos is headlining the residency.

The 16 new dates for An Intimate Evening with Santana: Greatest Hits Live will be happening in September and November. The first set runs from September 6 to September 17, followed by shows from November 1 to November 12.

Tickets for the new shows go on sale February 10 at 10 a.m. local time.

Santana wrapped up his latest set of House of Blues dates on Sunday and will return to the venue in May, with dates confirmed from May 17 to May 28. Tickets for those shows are on sale now. A complete list of Santana tour dates can be found at santana.com.

Watch Ozzy Osbourne, Joan Jett, Paul Stanley & more in full Workday Super Bowl ad

February 6, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Ozzy Osbourne‘s Super Bowl commercial has arrived.

As previously reported, the Prince of Darkness is starring in an ad for the company Workday, which provides enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources, along with Joan Jett and Gary Clark Jr. All three artists appear in the full ad, which is streaming now on YouTube ahead of Sunday’s matchup, as do KISS‘ Paul Stanley and Billy Idol.

The commercial posits that office co-workers complimenting each other as “rock stars” is upsetting to actual rock stars.

“Hey corporate-types, would you stop calling each other ‘rock stars’?” an irritated Stanley asks. Cut to Osbourne, Jett, Idol and Clark listing off their rock star cred.

“I’ve done my share of bad things,” Ozzy says while sitting by a pool. “Also your share of bad things.”

Of course, an exception can be made if you happen to work with a real-life rock star. That’s when we see a shirt-and-tie-wearing Ozzy sitting in a cubicle and introducing himself to his colleagues as Oswald.

Super Bowl LVII airs February 12 at 6:30 p.m. ET on Fox.

Kenny Loggins adds dates to his This Is It final tour

February 6, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Kenny Loggins is heading out on the road this year on his This Is It tour, which, as previously reported, will be his last. But he’s added more dates to the trek.

Loggins has added eight new shows, starting with a May 11 concert in Franklin, Tennessee. There are also new dates in Alpharetta, Georgia; Greenville, South Carolina; Victor, Idaho; Park City, Utah; Niagara Falls, Ontario; and Lincoln, California, with Richard Marx as special guest. He’s also added what, as of right now, is the final show of the trek, an October 29 concert in Highland, California.

Tickets go on sale for the new dates on February 10 at 10 a.m.

“It’s been an amazing journey since starting with Jimmy Messina in 1971, and I’m fortunate to have had such a long touring career,” Loggins shared when he first announced the tour. “I don’t see this as the end of my professional career, but certainly a halt to the grind of major touring. After spending a lifetime on the road, I want to have more time at home.”

Loggins’ This Is It tour is set to kick off March 10 in Sarasota, Florida. A complete list of dates can be found at kennyloggins.com.

Peter Gabriel releases new song, “The Court,” from upcoming album

February 6, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Peter Gabriel has given fans another taste of his upcoming album, i/o, which is his first album of new songs in 20 years.

In connection with this weekend’s full moon, Gabriel released the track “The Court (Dark-Side remix),” which was recorded at Real World studios in Wiltshire and The Beehive in London. According to Gabriel, the song “was inspired by the work of NAMATI, whose mission is to provide people around the world access to justice they may not otherwise be able to afford.”

“I had this idea for ‘the court will rise’ chorus, so it became a free-form, impressionistic lyric that connected to justice, but there’s a sense of urgency there,” Gabriel shares. “A lot of life is a struggle between order and chaos and in some senses the justice or legal system is something that we impose to try and bring some element of order to the chaos.” He adds, “That’s often abused, it’s often unfair and discriminatory but at the same time it’s probably an essential part of a civilised society.”

i/o is expected to come out this year, but so far it doesn’t have a release date.

First ‘White Men Can’t Jump’ remake trailer is here

February 6, 2023 by WDNY Radio

The first trailer for the White Men Can’t Jump remake is here. The beloved 1992 sports comedy is getting a 2023 makeover, starring rapper Jack Harlow and Sinqua Walls.

Harlow and Walls respectively put their twist on the characters inspired by those played by Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes in the 1992 original. The trailer begins with Harlow, who stars as Jeremy, approaching Walls’ Kamal on a court and saying, “I probably should have asked this earlier, but how much cash do you have on you?”

“Did you not bring enough money to cover this game?” Kamal asks, which leads Jeremy to confess, “I brought, like, 80 — minus 60.”

Another scene sees Harlow’s Jeremy calling himself “the P.T. Anderson of psychological warfare” and learning his hustling buddy has no idea who he’s talking about.

“[He’s] our greatest living director,” Jeremy explains and balks at Kamal correcting him with, “Spike Lee is our greatest living director.”

“Spike Lee is not even a good Knicks fan,” Jeremy retorts. That seemingly offends Kamal, who deadpans, “I knew this was a mistake.”

White Men Can’t Jump, directed by Charles Kidd II and written by Kenya Barris, starts streaming May 19 on Hulu.

Niall Horan and Liam Payne congratulate Harry Styles on winning Album of the Year Grammy

February 6, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Harry Styles is probably still soaking in the fact he won this year’s Album of the Year Grammy, and his former One Direction buddies are piling on the congratulations.

Harry beat out the likes of Beyoncé, ABBA, Adele, Bad Bunny, Coldplay and more for the prestigious trophy, which is something Liam Payne appears particularly proud of.

Sharing a black-and-white snap of Harry accepting his award to Instagram, Liam wrote, “Wow… this image is really something to wake up to and when you write music like you do Harry you deserve every millisecond of that moment looking down smiling at the trophy you’ve earned. God bless you brother congratulations.”

Niall Horan also celebrated Harry’s win and shared a snapshot of his television, which was playing the moment Harry was announced as the big winner. “Very proud” he wrote and tagged his former bandmate.

Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson have not yet reacted to Harry’s win. Coincidentally, Harry has yet to issue a social media statement about his multiple Grammy wins.

In addition to Album of the Year, Harry’s House won Best Pop Vocal Album.

Longtime Bruce Springsteen fanzine ‘Backstreets’ shuts down over ticket controversy

February 6, 2023 by WDNY Radio

The Bruce Springsteen fanzine Backstreets, which has been covering all things The Boss since 1980, announced over the weekend that it was shutting down.

The announcement came with a quote from Springsteen’s song “Nebraska”: “For a little while, sir, we had us some fun.” Editor-in-chief Christopher Phillips explained that the decision to shut down stemmed from disillusionment regarding the ticket debacle surrounding Springsteen and the E Street Band’s current tour, which saw many fans priced out of tickets due to Ticketmaster’s dynamic pricing.

“After 43 years of publishing in one form or another, by fans for fans of Bruce Springsteen, it’s with mixed emotions that we announce Backstreets has reached the end of the road,” Phillips wrote. Noting the ticket controversy, Phillips continued, “ … too many Springsteen fans got thrown to the wolves, pushed aside in a way that seems as unfathomable as it was avoidable.”

He added, “Whatever the eventual asking price at showtime and whether an individual buyer finds it fair, we simply realized that we would not be able to cover this tour with the drive and sense of purpose with which we’ve operated continuously since 1980. That determination came with a quickening sense that we’d reached the end of an era.”

In a statement to Variety, Bruce’s manager Jon Landau said they were “very sorry to hear the news” of the mag’s closing, adding they “want to thank Chris Phillips for his 30 years of dedication on behalf of Springsteen fans everywhere.”

The Sisters of Mercy schedule first US tour in 14 years

February 6, 2023 by WDNY Radio

The Sisters of Mercy have announced a U.S. tour for the first time in 14 years.

The headlining outing will run from May 10 in Silver Spring, Maryland, to June 9 in Denver. Tickets go on sale Friday, February 10, at 10 a.m. local time.

You can also catch The Sisters of Mercy at the Sick New World festival, taking place May 13 in Las Vegas.

The current incarnation of The Sisters of Mercy features frontman Andrew Eldritch as the only remaining original member, along with, of course, the trusty drum machine Doktor Avalanche. The group hasn’t released a new album since 1990’s Vision Thing, which spawned the #1 alternative radio hit “More.”

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