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TR, Luke Combs and Morgan Wallen hit a CMA Triple Play

February 2, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Luke Combs, HARDY, Thomas Rhett, ERNEST and Morgan Wallen will all pick up CMA’s Triple Play honor in a ceremony next month in Nashville.

The artists are some of the 16 songwriters who’ll be recognized for charting three number ones during a 12-month period.

For Luke, the chart toppers are “Cold as You,” “Doin’ This” and “The Kind of Love We Make.” HARDY’s are Cole Swindell‘s “Single Saturday Night,” “Beers on Me,” which he recorded with Dierks Bentley and BRELAND, and Wallen’s “Sand in My Boots.” For Morgan, it’s “Wasted on You,” “Thought You Should Know” and “You Proof.”

TR not only wrote his own “Country Again” and “Slow Down Summer,” but also Cole’s “She Had Me at Heads Carolina.” ERNEST was also one of the writers on “Wasted on You,” as well as Sam Hunt‘s “Breaking Up Was Easy in the 90’s” and Kane Brown‘s “One Mississippi.”

The 13th CMA Triple Play Awards will be held Wednesday, March 1, at Saint Elle in Nashville.

Mariah Carey’s “It’s a Wrap” enjoying streaming boom thanks to viral TikTok dance

February 2, 2023 by WDNY Radio

TikTok is apparently becoming a kingmaker for older songs. After reviving Kate Bush‘s 1985 hit “Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)” and Lady Gaga‘s 2011 deep-cut “Bloody Mary,” the app is now breathing new life into Mariah Carey‘s 2009 song “It’s a Wrap.”

Mariah can thank herself for the renewed interest in the track: Last month, she shared a video of her singing to the slightly sped-up track while accompanied by four backup dancers. Mariah then exits the shot and a man dressed like a chef presents a literal wrap sandwich to the camera.

The video has been seen nearly 10 million times since she uploaded it on January 15.

TikTokers have created a new dance challenge by posting videos of them doing their own choreography to the song. To date, the sped-up clip has been featured in nearly 650,000 TikTok videos.

Billboard reports the song is now enjoying a streaming boom. Since the challenge took off, streams of “It’s a Wrap” have jumped by 1,000 percent. Fans streamed it 1.65 million times during the week ending on January 26.

Prior to that, the track averaged about 17,000 weekly streams.

“It’s a Wrap” appeared on Mariah’s 2009 album, Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel. It was never released as a single.

Paramore announces ’This Is Why’ listening parties

February 2, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Paramore will be celebrating the arrival of their new album, This Is Why, with listening parties around the world.

Beginning February 6, events will take place in record stores throughout the U.S., as well as in Canada, Mexico, South America, Europe and Australia.

For the full list of participating stores, visit Paramore.net/events.

This Is Why, the follow-up to 2017’s After Laughter, drops February 10. It includes the lead single “This Is Why,” which hit #1 on Billboard‘s Alternative Airplay chart, as well as the songs “The News” and “C’est Comme Ça.”

Paramore will play a hometown album release show in Nashville on February 6. After opening two Taylor Swift shows in March, they’ll launch a full tour in support of This Is Why in May.

Reba McEntire was almost the one sitting in Blake’s chair on ‘The Voice’

February 2, 2023 by WDNY Radio

It may be hard to imagine The Voice without Blake Shelton, but can you picture it with Reba McEntire instead?

The Country Music Hall of Famer was originally offered Blake’s red chair when the show premiered back in 2011.

“They sent it to me and I said, ‘I can’t see me doing that,’” she recently told ET. “Because, you know, I’m a gypsy at heart.”

Even though it’s a spot she didn’t want, Reba still has a hard time seeing anyone else in it besides her fellow Oklahoman.

“To fill Blake’s chair? Wow. That’s gonna be tough,” she says. “He did a great job and kudos to him.”

Blake kicks off his final season of The Voice March 6 on NBC. He announced his plans to step away from the show in October.

You can now send a Def Leppard Valentine’s Day card to your love

February 2, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Looking for that perfect Valentine’s Day card for your love? Well, if they are a Def Leppard fan, the band has got you covered.

Just in time for the romantic holiday, the rockers are selling Valentine’s Day cards featuring five different poses, with lyrics from the band’s hits placed in a heart. Professions of love include “pour some sugar on me,” “let the love begin” and “love and affection.”

“Send some Leppard love with these classic Def Leppard valentine cards!” the band suggests. “Vibrant, fun, and smoking hot, these valentines are the perfect way to show your affection.”

The cards are available for purchase at leppardvault.com and can be purchased individually, or in five- or 10-card packs.

“That wasn’t good”: Taylor Lautner wishes he’d reacted differently to Taylor Swift’s Kanye West VMA encounter

February 2, 2023 by WDNY Radio

If Taylor Lautner could go back in time and fix something he did in the past, he would redo the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.

Fans of Taylor Swift know that day all too well — it was when Kanye West interrupted her acceptance speech for Best Female Video and declared Beyoncé should have won.

Over a decade after the infamous incident, Taylor Lautner is wishing he had done things differently after he presented the award to a then-19-year-old Swift. The two were dating at the time.

He told The Squeeze podcast, which is hosted by Lautner’s wife, Taylor Dome, “I … was unaware that the Kanye thing was not a skit.”

The Twilight star recalls taking “five steps back” after he presented the Moonman to Swift and standing 5 feet behind her during the Kanye fiasco.

“I can barely hear [what they’re saying]. I can’t see them. I’m just assuming that this whole thing was a practiced and rehearsed skit. Because why else would Kanye West be jumping up onstage interrupting Taylor Swift? It just didn’t make sense,” Lautner said.

The actor noted how the cameras caught him “laughing and giggling” in the background and explained, “I’m like, ‘I can’t hear them but this is probably really funny right now.'”

Lautner learned it wasn’t a joke after Swift finished her speech and turned around to face him. “I saw her face for the first time. I was like, ‘Oh … That wasn’t good,'” he said.

Fans widely believe Swift’s song “Back to December” is about Lautner and have pointed out lyrics that seemingly reference him comforting her after the September VMAs fiasco. The pair went their separate ways in December 2009.

Ne-Yo finalizes divorce with Crystal Renay, will share joint custody of children

February 2, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Ne-Yo‘s divorce from Crystal Renay has been finalized, Page Six reports.

TMZ adds that the singer will pay Crystal $1.6 million to balance out their real estate holdings, $20,000 for moving expenses and $150,000 for her to buy a new car. He will also dish out $12,000 monthly for child support and cover education-related expenses for their three children; they will share joint custody.

Ne-Yo will get to hold on to his 2022 Bentley Bentayga, while Crystal will keep one of their four homes in Georgia. She’ll receive $5,000 per month in alimony for the next three years.

Ne-Yo and Crystal tied the knot in February 2016, divorced two years later and remarried in April 2022. Crystal then filed for divorce in August, claiming the singer cheated on her and welcomed a child with another woman.

The now-divorced couple share kids Shaffer Jr., Roman and Isabella. Ne-Yo also has two kids, Masonand Madilyn, with ex-girlfriend Monyetta Shaw.

Chris Stapleton expands 2023’s All American Road Show

February 2, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Chris Stapleton‘s adding nearly 20 dates to the 2023 edition of the All American Road Show.

The new concerts kick off April 26 in El Paso, Texas, and continue through August, though Chris does have a handful of already-scheduled shows in Texas and Oklahoma in March.

Presales start next Tuesday, February 7, before tickets become available to the general public on Friday, February 10.

Next up, Stapleton’s scheduled to sing the national anthem at Super Bowl LVII Sunday, February 12, on FOX.

Carole King shares clip of upcoming documentary ‘Home Again: Carole King Live In Central Park’

February 2, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Carole King’s famed 1973 Central Park concert is the subject of a new documentary that will be streamed for the first time ever later this month, and now fans are getting their first taste of what to expect.

King has released a clip of her performance of the Tapestry track “Home Again” at the homecoming show, which took place May 26, 1973, at the Great Lawn in NYC’s Central Park. It was the first concert ever held on the Great Lawn.

Home Again: Carole King Live In Central Park is set to start streaming exclusively on The Coda Collection, via Amazon Prime, on February 9, which is also Carole’s 81st birthday. The following day the live album, Home Again, will be released digitally.

The Smashing Pumpkins announce The World Is a Vampire Australian festival with Jane’s Addiction

February 2, 2023 by WDNY Radio

When Billy Corgan famously sang “the world is a vampire” on The Smashing Pumpkins‘ “Bullet with Butterfly Wings,” he apparently really did mean the whole world.

The Pumpkins are headed all the way to Australia to stage their The World Is a Vampire festival. The touring event will make stops in 10 different Australian cities in April and will also feature Jane’s Addiction on the bill.

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

If you’re looking to see Corgan and company a little bit closer to their hometown of Chicago, The World Is a Vampire festival will also take place in Mexico in March. Interpol and Turnstile will be on the lineup.

Meanwhile, The Smashing Pumpkins have been releasing new music from their three-act “rock opera” album, Atum. The first two parts are out now; part three arrives April 21.

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