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Kanye West references recent controversial statements on new song, “Someday We’ll All Be Free”

December 8, 2022 by WDNY Radio

his new song he wishes that “Someday We’ll All Be Free.”

Launched on conspiracy theorist Alex Jones‘ Infowars website, the song samples the 1973 Donny Hathaway song of the same name and hears him reference his vow to abstain from sex before marriage, among other things.

“Wakin’ up to ‘I can’t do this anymore’ texts (Woo)/And the Bible said I can’t have any more sex ’til marriage (Woo, woo). No drip ’til Paris (Paris)/The meek shall flourish (Flourish)/So where’s my heiress?” he raps.

He also makes mention of the antisemitic comment he posted on Twitter in early October.

“I ain’t never rocked with none of y’all, no way (No way)/And I’m pullin’ up in that white OJ (Ayy),” he rhymes. “Used to wear watch filled with the O’Sheas/Jackson if you nasty/Tweeted ‘death con,’ now we past three(It won’t be long, take it from me, someday—)/Tweeted ‘death con,’ now we past three.”

At the end of the song, he includes an audio clip of his interview with Jones, during which he said he loves Adolf Hitler.

Ye’s new song was met with mixed reviews. “Kanye West put out a song saying ‘someday we’ll all be free’ after praising Nazis… the least free society to ever exist. Something is not right with Donda’s son,” one person tweeted.

Another Twitter user, who appears to be a fan of the track, tweeted, “Kanye west just dropped the hardest song of 2022 after getting ‘cancelled.'”

Stevie Nicks praises Lizzo for “stunning” People’s Choice Award speech, suggests she has a future in politics

December 8, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Stevie Nicks usually takes to social media to comment on world events, politics or major personal news. For example, she mourned the loss of her bandmate Christine McVie in a lengthy post. But now she’s been moved to do a special post praising the acceptance speech delivered by Lizzo at the People’s Choice Awards earlier this week.

While accepting The People’s Champion trophy, Grammy winner Lizzo told the crowd, “I don’t need a trophy for championing people … to be an icon isn’t about how long you’ve had your platform. Being an icon is what you do with that platform.”

She then brought a group of female activists onstage — 17 in all — and individually highlighted their work, which encompassed transgender and female rights, the rights of Indigenous peoples, anti-gun violence organizations and more. Images of each woman were also shown on video screens around the stage.

“Give them their flowers,” the “About Damn Time” singer concluded. “Power will always be to the people … follow them and support them.”

Stevie was so moved by Lizzo’s speech that she wrote on her socials, “Dearest Lizzo … your presentation … was not only so beautiful and so needed, that you get the award for being a great woman of our time.”

“I was so impressed and so touched that you put that together and pulled it off,” Stevie continued. “It was stunning, and everyone heard you. You have given all women soundbites forever — flute player, singer, songwriter, future politician…?”

Stevie concluded, “Your name is in the stars now.”

So far, Lizzo hasn’t responded to Stevie’s kind words.

Iggy Pop sets new ‘Billboard’ chart record with “Frenzy” single

December 8, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Iggy Pop is causing a “Frenzy” on the Billboard charts.

The Godfather of Punk’s latest single enters the Mainstream Rock Airplay tally this week at #38 and, in doing so, sets a new record for the longest gap between appearances on that particular ranking.

Pop last charted on Mainstream Rock Airplay in 1991 with his song “Candy,” a collaboration with Kate Pierson of The B-52‘s. It took him 31 years, nine months and two weeks to get back on the chart.

The previous high-water mark for longest gap in between Mainstream Rock Airplay appearances was actually just set earlier this year by Jeff Beck. The guitar virtuoso waited 28 years and four months in between charting in 1994 with a cover of Jimi Hendrix‘s “Manic Depression” with Seal and returning in 2022 with his guest spot on Ozzy Osbourne‘s “Patient Number 9.”

“Frenzy” is the lead single off Pop’s upcoming album, Every Loser, due out January 6. The Andrew Watt-produced record features Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan, Blink-182‘s Travis Barker, Jane’s Addiction‘s Dave Navarro and Eric Avery, Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard, ex-RHCP guitarist Josh Klinghoffer and late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins.

If Iggy is celebrating his Billboard achievement, it probably won’t be with his signature move. In a recent interview with NME, the 75-year-old rocker shares he’s now “too rickety” for stage dives.

Aerosmith scraps remainder of Deuces Are Wild Las Vegas residency due to Tyler’s illness

December 8, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Aerosmith has crapped out in Las Vegas.

The band has canceled the remainder of their Deuces Are Wild Las Vegas residency — two shows, scheduled for Thursday night and this Sunday — due to frontman Steven Tyler‘s ongoing illness. “On the advice of doctors, Steven has to sit these out,” the band wrote on Instagram. Tickets will be refunded.

The band had already scrapped the December 2 and 5 shows of the residency at Dolby Live theater at Park MGM due to Tyler’s undisclosed illness. At the time, Tyler, 74, said on Instagram, “On the advice of my doctor, I’m taking more time to rest… there is nowhere we’d rather be than on stage surrounded by the greatest fans in the world.”

In May, Aerosmith canceled their June and July Las Vegas residency shows so that Tyler could “voluntarily” enter rehab, with the band explaining at the time that he’d relapsed after using pain medication following foot surgery.

Def Leppard and Mötley Crüe announce U.S. dates for 2023 The World Tour

December 8, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Following their successful North American stadium tour this past year, Def Leppard and Mötley Crüe are ready to rock the entire planet with their co-headlining 2023 The World Tour — and they’ve just announced that the U.S. will be a part of it.

As previously reported, the two bands will start 2023 with two shows in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in February, and will then launch a series of European and Latin American dates. They’ll bring the tour to the U.S. starting August 5 in Syracuse, New York, and wrap up August 18 in El Paso, Texas. Alice Cooper is the special guest on all dates.

“We had an incredible time playing The Stadium Tour in North America this summer and we truly can’t wait to take the show around the globe with The WORLD Tour in 2023,” Mötley Crüe said in a joint statement. “Crüeheads get ready because we have a few amazing U.S. dates set for you!”

The general onsale date is Friday, December 16, at 10 a.m. local time via motley.com and defleppard.com. Citi cardmembers can access a presale starting December 13 at 10 a.m. local time via citientertainment.com.

The global outing follows Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard’s 2022 U.S. Stadium Tour, which also featured Poison and Joan Jett & the Blackhearts on the bill.

Crüe guitarist Mick Mars announced in October that he’s retiring from touring. Rob Zombie guitarist John 5 will take his place for the upcoming shows.

WNBA star Brittney Griner freed from Russian prison

December 8, 2022 by WDNY Radio

WNBA star Brittney Griner has been freed from imprisonment in Russia, senior U.S. officials have confirmed to ABC News.

Griner was released in exchange for the freeing of convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, who was serving a 25-year sentence in Illinois.

The swap reportedly took place at Abu Dhabi International Airport.

In remarks Thursday morning, with Griner’s wife, Cherelle, by his side, President Joe Biden said Griner is “safe. She’s on a plane. She’s on her way home.”

Griner had been held in a pre-trial detention center in Moscow since she was detained there in February for carrying a small number of vape cartridges containing cannabis oil. The U.S. accused Russia of using the incident to seize Griner as a political bargaining chip. A Russian court recently upheld her nine-year sentence and transferred her to a prison camp somewhere outside the capital.

Luke Bryan’s holiday plans look a little different this year

December 8, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Luke Bryan and his family often plan a Christmas ski trip, but this year they’ll probably stick closer to home.

That’s because the singer’s wife, Caroline, is recovering from hip surgery and their extended family is coming to them. Luke and Caroline share two sons, Bo and Tate, plus adopted nieces and nephews Til, Jordan and Kris.

“Caroline, my wife, had some hip surgery,” the singer explains to ET during an event surrounding American Idol’s Hollywood Week episode. “We’re just having to lay low. Typically we do some ski trips. We might do some boys’ ski trips as she’s on the mend.”

On her social media, Caroline previously explained the circumstances leading up to her surgery, saying there was “no emergency, no fall, no car wreck” but rather a combination of hip dysplasia, arthritis and a torn labrum leading up to the operation.

Her recent medical issues also mean the Bryan family will be taking it easy on their annual Pranksmas tradition. Typically the family celebrates the holiday season with a series of increasingly wild pranks on each other, even involving Luke’s mom, LeClaire, in the fun.

This year, Caroline will likely have to sit out at least the more physical pranks — like this time in 2020 when she climbed into a cabinet above a fridge to scare her country star husband — but she just might be able to get creative. Who knows? Her wheelchair and crutches might even offer some untapped potential as prank accessories.

In a poignant video, Celine Dion tells fans she’s suffering from “rare neurological condition”

December 8, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Celine Dion has been diagnosed with a neurological disease and will again postpone her planned tour.

Celine took to Instagram Thursday, saying she’s “finally ready” to reveal she has been battling a serious, “rare” neurological condition called Stiff-Person Syndrome.

“I’m sorry it’s taken so long for me to reach out to you,” the superstar said in the emotional address. “I’ve been dealing with problems with my health for a long time, and it’s been really difficult for me to face these challenges and to talk about everything that I’ve been going through.”

Dion noted the condition, which affects “something like one in a million people,” has been, “causing all of the spasms that have been having. Unfortunately, these spasms affect every aspect of my daily life, sometimes causing difficulties when I walk and not allowing me to use my vocal cords to sing the way I’m used to,” she admitted, at times her emotions forcing her to pause.

“It hurts me to tell you,” she expressed, noting, “I’m working hard with my sports medicine therapist every day to build back my strength and my ability to perform again…”

As a result, Celine won’t be back on stage for her Courage tour in Europe in February as scheduled.

Celine called off her previous Resorts World Las Vegas residency in November 2021 due to “severe and persistent muscle spasms.” She later announced in a video statement that she had to postpone her 2022 European tour until 2023. Earlier this month, there was a report that she was eyeing a May start to her Vegas residency.

Mariah Carey clears the air on her “Queen of Christmas” title

December 8, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Mariah Carey appeared on CBS’ The Late Show on Wednesday, where she took part in host Stephen Colbert‘s recurring segment, the “Colbert Questionert,” and set the record straight on a misconception about her.

“I never called myself ‘The Queen of Christmas’,” Mariah insisted, challenging anyone to “look up every interview I’ve ever done.”

“Not to get super religious, but I think like if anybody would be the ‘Queen of Christmas,’ that would be Mary,” she continued. “Christmas is for all.”

Mariah went on to say that she owed her love for the holiday to a “tough childhood.”

“I had a tough childhood and I always wanted Christmas to be perfect and it never was,” she explained. “And so then when I was finally able to kind of provide for myself…and my friends, and now my little kids [Moroccan and Monroe, whom she shares with ex-husband Nick Cannon] are 11…we have the most festive Christmas ever.”

The 52-year-old pop superstar added, “People say like how do you write these Christmas songs and do this and why…because it’s actually authentic and came from a place of longing to have some normalcy and some peace and just like a lovely holiday…so now…I wait for [Christmas] all year long.

As for her holiday classic “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” Mariah admits she never expected the song to do as well as it has, adding that she doesn’t get to hear it playing in the trendy shops where she picks up gifts for her friends because they “play cool music, not the little Christmas ditties.”

The tune at the top of Mariah’s holiday playlist, she revealed, is “The Christmas Song” — either Nat King Cole or Donnie Hathaway‘s version.

With a holiday record in her sights, Carly Pearce wishes you a merry ‘CMA Country Christmas’

December 8, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Thursday night, Carly Pearce returns to host the annual CMA Country Christmas special for the second year in a row. She’s flying solo for 2022, since her partner from last year, Gabby Barrett, is home taking care of her second baby.

“I was so excited to get to host,” Carly tells ABC Audio. “I get to host it by myself, which feels really, really awesome, and I feel really lucky to get to do that.”

“We had such a good time,” she continues. “I feel like country fans are just going to get to learn a little bit more about me and my family and our loves of Christmas.”

In addition to welcoming guests like Maren Morris, Old Dominion, Dan + Shay and Scotty McCreery, Carly will step up to the mic.

“I get to sing a lot of songs,” she reveals. “I think the one that I was the most excited about, I do kind of a Lee Ann Womack-esque version — her version — of ‘Man with the Bag.'”

The “What He Didn’t Do” hitmaker also performs “Here Comes Santa Claus” and helps out bluegrass sensation Molly Tuttle on a medley of five holiday favorites.

If you’re waiting for a full-on yuletide effort from last year’s CMA Female Vocalist of the Year, you can rest assured it’s coming.

“Eventually I’ll do a Christmas record, I promise,” Carly vows.

Tune in Thursday at 9 p.m. ET to watch CMA Country Christmas on ABC. You’ll be able to catch it Friday on both Hulu and Disney+.

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