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Watch Coheed and Cambria’s video for “Shoulders”

August 9, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Coheed and Cambria has premiered the video for “Shoulders,” the band’s latest single.

The clip finds Claudio Sanchez and company in an industrial warehouse wearing all-white jumpsuits, contrasted with a line of people all dressed in red.

“As a band, we’ve always been a little outside of the mainstream and that’s helped keep us true to ourselves,” Coheed says. “As people, it’s important to focus on your strengths and who you are, and not try too hard for acceptance. Everyone is special and has their own unique contributions and that’s what the video represents.”

You can watch the “Shoulders” video streaming now on YouTube.

“Shoulders” was released in July. It follows Coheed’s 2018 album, Vaxis – Act I: The Unheavenly Creatures.

Coheed launches a U.S. tour with The Used August 27 in Los Angeles.

Tesla postpones shows as guitarist confirms COVID-19 diagnosis

August 9, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Following the news that Tesla would be postponing their next few shows due to “members of the touring party contracting COVID,” the band’s guitarist, Frank Hannon, has now confirmed that he’s one of those suffering from the disease.

Tesla’s shows on August 5 and August 6 featured guitarist Howie Simon filling in for Hannon. On Instagram, Hannon writes, “I want to thank my friend Howie Simon for stepping in to help us. please accept my apology for not saying anything sooner, but I’ve not been able to move all week in pain.”

“The day the bus was leaving I woke up w 102 fever, shakes and couldn’t hardly breathe. So I stayed home. I’ve been unable to hardly move or function since,” he continues. “Tested positive for Covid. (yes I got the vax, thought maybe it was side efx). Howie did the 2 Oregon shows for me, and the guys are postponing more dates until we’re all cleared up and safe .. I love you all LET’sGET REAL.”

Tesla bass player Brian Wheat posted, “Hello folks it’s obvious some of us have come down with Covid please send out good vibes to my brothers in the crew and the band we’ll get back out there when everyone is healthy again …… and for the record this isn’t fun.”

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Prince’s ‘Welcome 2 America’ is his highest-charting new album since 2009

August 9, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Prince‘s album Welcome 2 America, originally recorded in 2010 but just recently released, has debuted at number four on the Billboard album chart. It marks the late legend’s highest-charting new album since 2009’s Lotusflow3r/MPSound.

Lotusflow3r debuted and peaked at number three in April of 2009. Since then, Prince has had higher-charting albums, but only with previously released material. For example, The Very Best of Prince hit number one after his death in 2016.

Welcome 2 America also debuted at number one on the Billboard R&B Album chart.

To coincide with the album’s release, a video of Prince performing his song “17 Days” at The Forum in Inglewood, CA, recorded during the Welcome 2 America tour in 2011, is now available to watch on YouTube. It’s part of the footage in the concert Blu-ray that comes with the deluxe edition of Welcome 2 America. “17 Days” was the B-side of Prince’s 1984 classic, “When Doves Cry.”

If you need more Prince, a new season of The Prince Estate’s official podcast has launched, starting with The Story of Welcome 2 America. It documents the years 2010 to 2011, when Prince recorded the album, shelved it and then decided to perform concert residencies around the world.

Zac Brown Band breaks their own record for most consecutive sold-out nights at Boston’s Fenway Park

August 9, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Zac Brown Band brought their The Comeback Tour to Boston’s Fenway Park on Sunday, and they made a little bit of history in the process.

The band last played the beloved baseball park — which is home to the Boston Red Sox — in 2019 for back-to-back nights during The Owl Tour. During those appearances, they set a venue record, becoming the only musical act to sell out 11 consecutive shows at Fenway Park.

But as of Sunday night’s performance, ZBB has one-upped themselves yet again: Their sold-out show marked 12 consecutive sell-outs at the venue.

The milestone comes in the middle of a busy summer full of new music. The group’s current single, “Same Boat,” is inside country radio’s Top 20. Meanwhile, they’ve dropped a number of other songs, including two co-written by Luke Combs and another that’s a duet with buzzy Americana up-and-comer Marcus King.

The Comeback Tour continues later this month with a stop in Maryland and will last through mid-October, ultimately wrapping up with a hometown show grand finale at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena.

Former GN’R, NIN & APC drummer Josh Freese joins The Offspring for LA show R

August 9, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Acclaimed and prolific session drummer Josh Freese appears to be The Offspring‘s new drummer.

Freese, who’s played with bands including Guns N’ Roses, Nine Inch Nails and A Perfect Circle, manned the kit for the “Self Esteem” rockers during their show in Los Angeles Sunday. The drummer posted video from the performance on his Instagram.

The LA date marked not only The Offspring’s first full in-person show since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it was also the band’s first concert to follow the departure of drummer Pete Parada.

Parada, who’d played in The Offspring since 2007, announced last week that “it has recently been decided that I am unsafe to be around, in the studio, and on tour” because he’s unable to get the COVID-19 vaccine due to his history with the neurological condition Guillain–Barré syndrome.

It’s unclear whether Freese is a permanent replacement or just a one-off fill-in. It does appear the arrangement was relatively last-minute: according to another Instagram post from Freese, Offspring frontman — and licensed pilot — Dexter Holland flew him to and back from Denver Saturday where he was playing another gig so that he could make Sunday’s concert.

By the way, Freese has played drums on the past four Offspring records, including this year’s Let the Bad Times Roll.

Mick Jagger, Annie Lennox join ‘We For India’ virtual fundraiser

August 9, 2021 by WDNY Radio

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Mick Jagger and Annie Lennox are two of the many stars who’ll take part in We for India, a three-hour virtual benefit show that’ll be broadcast on Facebook on India’s Independence Day, August 15.

The event is designed to encourage donors worldwide to give $3.5 million for post-COVID relief work in India, as well as preventative measures against the future spread of the pandemic. All donations will go to GiveIndia, the country’s largest charity donation platform, to provide humanitarian aid and support the country’s medical infrastructure.

It’s not clear whether Jagger will simply be seen in a video message or if he’ll perform. Lennox will perform, alongside her daughter, Lola Lennox. Others appearing include pop superstar Ed Sheeran, Nile Rodgers of CHIC, podcast host Jay Shetty and Oscar-winning composer A.R. Rahman, who created the music for Slumdog Millionaire. A host of Bollywood stars are also involved.

You can watch We for India Sunday, August 15 at 10 a.m. EDT via Facebook.com/Facebookappindia and Facebook.com/RelianceEnt. The link to donate is live now.

New Orleans Jazz Fest — featuring Stevie Nicks, The Rolling Stones & more — canceled due to COVID-19

August 9, 2021 by WDNY Radio

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The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, which was to have taken place this October, has been canceled due to a resurgence of COVID-19 in the area.

A statement on the festival’s website says, “As a result of the current exponential growth of new COVID cases in New Orleans and the region and the ongoing public health emergency, we must sadly announce that the 2021 edition of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell, scheduled to take place October 8–17, 2021, will not occur as planned.”

The event has now been rescheduled to April 29-May 8, 2022. Ticket holders will be notified this week about refund and ticket rollover details. All tickets for October 13 will be refunded automatically.

Among the acts who were set to play at the iconic event: Stevie Nicks, Dead & Company, The Beach Boys, Elvis Costello, Jimmy Buffett, The Isley Brothers, Nile Rodgers & CHIC, Boz Scaggs, Randy Newman, Rickie Lee Jones, and The Rolling Stones, who were set to play October 13 as part of their fall tour.

The Stones were originally scheduled to perform at the event in 2019, but had to cancel due to Mick Jagger’s emergency heart surgery.

Queen guitarist Brian May’s response to anti-vaxers: “I’m sorry, I think they’re fruitcakes”

August 9, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Eric Clapton recently made headlines for blaming “the propaganda” for what he described as his “disastrous health experience” after getting the COVID-19 vaccine, for supporting Van Morrison‘s anti-lockdown stance, and then for subsequently declaring that he won’t perform at any concert that requires the audience to be vaccinated. Well, count fellow British guitar hero Brian May as someone who thinks Clapton’s wrong.

Speaking to the U.K. paper The Independent, the Queen guitarist was asked to comment on musicians like Clapton and their vaccination comments. “I love Eric Clapton, he’s my hero, but he has very different views from me in many ways,” May responds. “He’s a person who thinks it’s O.K. to shoot animals for fun, so we have our disagreements, but I would never stop respecting the man.”

As for people against the vaccine, May declares, “Anti-vax people, I’m sorry, I think they’re fruitcakes. There’s plenty of evidence to show that vaccination helps. On the whole they’ve been very safe. There’s always going to be some side effect in any drug you take, but to go around saying vaccines are a plot to kill you, I’m sorry, that goes in the fruitcake jar for me.”

May, who has a PhD in astrophysics, was also asked whether he’d like to buy a ticket to join billionaires like Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk on one of their space missions. May responds, “When it comes to one very rich guy putting himself into space — actually not into space, only about 60 miles high — I ask myself, ‘What is it really for?’”

He adds, “I saw this cartoon where somebody said, ‘We’ve got two billionaires competing to see who can get into space first. Wouldn’t it be nice if they competed on how quickly they could solve world hunger instead?’”

Jonas Brothers help close out Tokyo Olympics with inspiring “Remember This” performance

August 9, 2021 by WDNY Radio

The Jonas Brothers helped close out the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on Sunday by performing their anthemic single “Remember This” during the Games’ closing ceremony.

Kevin Jonas shared the band’s performance on Twitter, calling their experience “a moment I’ll never forget.”

Nick Jonas also celebrated JoBros’ Olympic debut on Sunday, saying it was “an honor” to be involved in the Games. He added, “We are so proud of you @TeamUSA [flexing emoji] Let’s get it!!”

“Getting to perform this song at the Olympics Closing Ceremony is quite the bucket list moment for me,” Joe Jonas shared on his Twitter.

The three-minute performance video included shots of the brothers’ rooftop performance spliced with callbacks of various Olympic athletes preparing for and dominating their respective events.

The United States took home the most overall medals at this year’s Games out of all competing nations with 113 — 39 gold, 41 silver and 33 bronze. Many of those moments were included in the “Remember This” reel, which aired on NBC, this year’s home of the Olympic Games.

“Remember This” by the Jonas Brothers is available for digital download and on-demand now.

Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie sells catalog to same company that bought Lindsey Buckingham’s

August 9, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Fleetwood Mac‘s Christine McVie and Lindsey Buckingham are now reunited. Well, at least their catalogs are.

According to Variety, McVie, who just turned 78, has just sold her 115-song catalog to Hipgnosis, a music company that’s made headlines in the past few years for spending billions to acquire pop and rock copyrights. It includes the hits she’s written for Fleetwood Mac — a list that includes “Don’t Stop,” “Over My Head,” “Say You Love Me” and “You Make Loving Fun” — as well as the songs she wrote with her pre-Mac group, Chicken Shack, plus her solo material.

In January, ex-Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham sold his publishing rights to Hipgnosis. Stevie Nicks, meanwhile, sold a chunk of her catalog last year to a company called Primary Wave, while drummer Mick Fleetwood made a similar deal with BMG.

As Music Week points out, thanks to Hipgnosis’ deals with McVie and Buckingham, it now owns the rights to eight of the 11 songs on Rumours, seven of the 11 songs on the band’s 1975 self-titled album, 11 of the 16 songs on Greatest Hits, and 15 of 20 songs on Tusk.

In a statement, Merck Mercuriadis, the head of Hipgnosis said, “It’s wonderful for us to welcome Christine to the Hipgnosis Family and particularly wonderful to reunite her once again at Hipgnosis with Lindsey Buckingham.”

McVie added, “I am so excited to belong to the Hipgnosis family, and thrilled that you all regard my songs worthy of merit. I’d like to thank you all for your faith in me, and I’ll do all I can to continue this new relationship and help in any way I can!”

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