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Lynyrd Skynyrd says Hurricane Ian benefit concert that raised $1.5M was a “holy moment”

December 6, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Lynyrd Skynyrd says Hurricane Ian benefit concert that raised .5M was a “holy moment”

Last week, Lynyrd Skynyrd raised more than $1.5 million for Hurricane Ian relief at a star-studded benefit concert in Estero, Florida. Frontman Johnny Van Zant, a Florida native, told ABC Audio at the event that he considered the concert “a holy moment.”

“You know what? I think we’ve been blessed a million times over. And you got to give back when you’re blessed,” Van Zant said. “I think the good Lord wants us to do that. So I’m calling this a holy moment.”

The concert, emceed by comedian Jim Breuer, also included performances by Ted Nugent and pop star Gavin DeGraw, as well as country artists RaeLynn, Tracy Lawrence, John Rich and Florida Georgia Line‘s Brian Kelley. Five hundred tickets to the show were donated to those impacted by the record-breaking storm, which killed 157 people and caused widespread damage. Skynyrd guitarist Rickey Medlocke, who also lives in Florida, witnessed it firsthand.

“I’m right off of the river: I got film of it … I watched all these 16- to 18-foot waves roll in, destroyed the marina,” Medlocke told ABC Audio. “Fortunately, I was blessed and my house escaped everything. But I got here about a week after it was over with and went riding around. And I couldn’t believe it. I couldn’t believe the devastation.”

“We’re happy to do this, to give an uplift to the community. I wouldn’t miss this, y’know?” Medlocke added.

Ian was a Category 4 hurricane, and Van Zant said he hopes that people who live in hurricane-prone areas “learn a lesson that, ‘Hey, anytime these things are over 3s or 2s, you might want to leave.'”

“You never know what situation you’re going to be in,” he added, and then laughed, “Mother Nature is really, really bad, you know?”

Filter announces vinyl “For the Beaten” single featuring launch of new Richard Patrick band

December 5, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Filter‘s new song “For the Beaten” is being released as a vinyl single alongside the launch of a new band from frontman Richard Patrick.

The limited-edition disc, due out in early 2023, will feature “For the Beaten” as the A-side and the debut single from A Place to Kill, featuring Patrick and vocalist Jim Louvau, as the B-side.

The A Place to Kill song is called “The Killing Field” and will be the first preview of the duo’s self-described “industrial trap metal” sound.

You can preorder the single now.

“For the Beaten” first premiered in October. It’s the first single from Filter’s upcoming new album, the follow-up to 2016’s Crazy Eyes.

Music notes: Michael Bublé, Lindsey Stirling, Ed Sheeran, Amy Grant and Harry Styles

December 5, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Michael Bublé got a tattoo in honor of his baby girl Cielo and revealed on Instagram he’s tattooed all his children’s names on his forearm. “I’ve got enough space for at least six more kids. They will have one syllable names,” Michel joked. He shares sons Elias, 6, and Noah, 9, and daughters Vida, 4, and Cielo with wife Luisana Lopilato.

Lindsey Stirling is getting her fans in on her viral videos. Most recently she asked her audience to act as her backup dancers and lauded the “little one” who “stole the show.” Lindsay shared a video of her dancing down the aisle with some fans before a little girl in a blue dress spun around and around in front of the camera.

Ed Sheeran was filmed floundering in the ocean for a new music video, reports Daily Mail. Ed, who is wearing a yellow rain jacket, allowed himself to be tossed around by the icy Norfolk Sea. Ed got absolutely drenched. It’s believed he is filming a music video for a song that’ll be on his forthcoming album, – (stylized as Minus).

Amy Grant feels “fantastic” after crashing her bike in July. The singer spoke with Entertainment Tonight about recovering from her head injury, as well as dealing with “an extravagance of emotion.” She said, “Anytime I start to get emotional, I just start wiggling my toes because I don’t want the dam to break, or it’ll just be a big ugly cry.”

Harry Styles‘ shows at Madison Square Garden broke a Billboard Boxscore record. His 15-show residency in New York City earned him a whopping $63.1 million after selling over 277,000 tickets. The outlet deemed that number the highest-grossing headlining event in their Boxscore history.

Music notes: Demi Lovato, Post Malone, Ed Sheeran and Harry Styles

December 5, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Demi Lovato confirmed they are back in the music studio, which has fans theorizing the singer’s working on their ninth studio album. Demi shared a TikTok video titled “When [you’re] getting back in the studio.” In the clip, Demi mouths along to a person screaming, “Here the f*** we go!”

Post Malone trolled TMZ on who will be co-headlining Rihanna’s Super Bowl halftime show by joking, “Alright guys, it’s me.” He also teased Rihanna’s partner, A$AP Rocky, could join her onstage. Rihanna has yet to say if she has any special guests lined up for her headlining event.

Ed Sheeran was filmed floundering in the ocean for a new music video, reports Daily Mail. Ed, who was wearing a yellow rain jacket, allowed himself to be tossed around by the icy Norfolk Sea. Ed got absolutely drenched. It’s believed he was filming a music video for a song that’ll be on his forthcoming album, – (stylized as Minus).

The Number of the Creep: Sons of Radiohead & Iron Maiden members collaborate on new song

December 5, 2022 by WDNY Radio

If your musical taste falls in the middle of a Venn diagram of Radiohead and Iron Maiden, then we have a story for you.

Noah Yorke, son of Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke, and Dylan Gers, son of Maiden guitarist Janick Gers, have teamed up on a new song called “Red Skies.”

The track is described by Dylan as a reflection of “the inner workings of our mind.” You can listen to it now via digital outlets.

We can only hope this leads to a Radiohead/Iron Maiden collaboration.

Adam Lambert reveals he has a new album, ‘High Drama,’ on the way

December 5, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Adam Lambert has secretly been working on a new album and recently spilled the beans on his passion project.

The singer guested on British television show This Morning, where he revealed, “I’m very excited to announce that I have a new album coming out.” The album, High Drama, is “an album of covers.”

The singer teased of the “surprises” and “variety” of the songs featured his forthcoming work. “We thought, ‘Let me do an album where I take songs that you probably know, maybe a few you don’t know, and completely flip them around so they feel like something new and something that you haven’t heard before,'” he explained.

Information regarding the album’s release date and track list has not been made available at this time. But, it was revealed preorders start December 13.

Elsewhere in the interview, Adam reflected on his future with Queen, which he’s been performing with since 2011. “We are looking at creating another tour, possibly in the U.S.,” he disclosed. “It’s not confirmed, but we’re flirting with the idea now.”

This reflects what band co-founder Brian May told Variety last month. “There’s a strong possibility that we’ll be going out together again … We’d like to go out there one more time,” the 75-year-old rocker said, noting his age doesn’t make touring easy. “I’m not 35 anymore,” he quipped.

Always rooting for the “Anti-Hero”: Taylor Swift leads ‘Billboard’ Hot 100 for 6th week

December 5, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Taylor Swift‘s “Anti-Hero” extended its rule atop the Billboard Hot 100 for a sixth consecutive week.

“Anti-Hero” is now the 10th song in Billboard history to spend its first six weeks in the top spot, joining the ranks of songs like Lady Gaga‘s “Born This Way” and Olivia Rodrigo‘s “drivers license.”

Fans streamed Taylor’s track 20.9 million times and bought 13,000 additional copies over the past week. The latter number was boosted by the singer selling copies of her lead single on her website for 69 cents.

Should “Anti-Hero” spend another week atop the Hot 100, it’ll tie with Taylor’s longest-running #1 song, “Blank Space,” which ruled the chart for seven weeks between 2014 and 2015. It remains to be seen if “Anti-Hero” can go all the way with the holidays fast approaching.

Just one other song on the Hot 100’s top five is a non-holiday tune: Sam Smith and Kim Petras‘ “Unholy,” which fell to fourth place this week.

Meanwhile, Mariah Carey‘s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” rose to second place, with Brenda Lee‘s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” in third. Bobby Helms‘ “Jingle Bell Rock” rounds out the top 5.

Billy Joel, Elton John, Genesis help Madison Square Garden set all-time earnings record

December 5, 2022 by WDNY Radio

New York’s Madison Square Garden is sometimes called the “world’s greatest arena,” but it’s definitely the world’s highest-earning arena, thanks in no small part to Billy Joel.

Over the past year, the Garden grossed $241.4 million and sold 1.8 million tickets, according to Billboard. That’s more than any other venue this year, including stadiums. It’s also the highest gross for any venue ever in a single year.

Billy alone was responsible for $29.6 million of that total, and 205,000 of those tickets, thanks to his ongoing monthly residency at the famed arena. In 2022, he did 11 shows at the Garden: one each month, except for January, which was canceled due to a resurgence of the Omicron variant of COVID-19.

Pop superstar Harry Styles also contributed to the gross: He played 15 shows at the venue, taking in just over $63 million and selling 277,000 tickets. That means Billy and Harry together accounted for 39% of the total haul.

The other top-grossing shows that helped the Garden set a new record included Phish, Rage Against the Machine, Elton John and Genesis.

Snoop Dogg’s Cadillac from 50 Cent’s “P.I.M.P. (Remix)” video is up for sale

December 5, 2022 by WDNY Radio

If you ever wanted the Cadillac Snoop Dogg flaunts in 50 Cent’s “P.I.M.P. (Remix)” music video, now’s the time to try to get it. According to TMZ, the owner of the 1966 luxury car, Christian Bonilla, is selling it to the highest bidder.

Bonilla says the car is still up and running since he upgraded the speakers and replaced the engine. He has no asking price, but wants serious bidders to DM him on Instagram with their offers.

Snoop’s Cadillac, nicknamed Snoop Deville, rose to fame after being featured in 50’s 2003 music video, but it started collecting dust after he blew the engine out. Bonilla’s friend made an offer, which Snoop accepted, and shipped the car to Bonilla. He’s owned the vehicle since but is now ready to part ways.

Rare ‘Rolling Stone’ John Lennon tribute issue being auctioned off to prevent gun violence

December 5, 2022 by WDNY Radio

One of the best-known covers of Rolling Stone shows a naked John Lennon curled up next to his wife, Yoko Ono. The photo was taken by Annie Leibowitz on December 8, 1980 — just hours before Lennon was shot and killed by Mark David Chapman — and appeared on the cover of the magazine’s January 22, 1981, edition. Now, a rare copy of that issue is being sold for a good cause.

That issue is generally hard to find, but according to Rolling Stone, a stack of copies was recently discovered in the archives of the magazine’s parent company. One of them, signed by Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner, is being auctioned off, with a starting bid of $1,000.

The auction runs through Friday, December 16, at 5 p.m. ET. The magazine says 100% of all proceeds will go to “gun violence prevention efforts,” though the exact charities aren’t detailed.

Lennon also appeared on the cover of the very first issue of Rolling Stone in 1967.

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