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Niall Horan teams up with Lewis Capaldi for new documentary

October 25, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Niall Horan and Lewis Capaldi have made a documentary together, titled Niall Horan’s Homecoming: The Road to Mullingar.

The best friends created the film while on a road trip to Niall’s old stomping grounds in Ireland. The movie covers their friendship and their sense of adventure, while also delivering nonstop jokes. And we learn how the two became best friends.

Niall explained in a statement, “It was St. Patrick’s Day, we had a couple of Guinness. Seriously, he is the funniest person I know, when you’re with Lewis you never quite know where a night will go, but you’re guaranteed a good time.”

Of course, they also bond over their love of a good pint in the movie and learn how to pour Guinness at the world famous Guinness Storehouse. The two do become certified pint-pouring experts. Not only that, they learn the story behind the famous stout and enjoy a drink while overlooking the panoramic view of the Irish city.

They also hit up the St. James Gate brewery and mingle with tourists in Dublin’s Grafton Street.

Niall says during his travels, “Every time I come home I’m just blown away by the creativity here. Not in a Hollywood way, it’s real, authentic talent, people going out there and doing it for the pure love of the craft.”

While Lewis, who is Scottish, and Niall put their friendship front and center in the film, the movie’s intent is to shine a spotlight on Ireland.

Niall Horan’s Homecoming: The Road to Mullingar is streaming now on Amazon Prime Video.

Blake Shelton gets “pumped up” on beef jerky before ’The Voice’ taping

October 25, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Blake Shelton has a secret weapon to get energized for The Voice.

While driving to the set in Los Angeles, Blake’s wife — and fellow Voice coach — Gwen Stefani reveals they often carpool to work. But Blake has his eyes on something other than the road.

“I’m so excited, I get to go to work with Blake, we’re carpooling together,” Gwen says, panning the camera over to her husband, who’s munching on a piece of beef jerky while in the driver’s seat.

“Having a little jerky. This is how I get pumped up, have a little protein, headed into the Battles,” the country singer remarks as he steers the wheel and bites off a piece of the jerky.

“Finally letting y’all in on how I get pumped up for show days… it’s alllllllll in the jerky! Now let’s do this thing!” he adds on Twitter.

The Voice is currently in the Battle Rounds of season 22, with Jimmie Allen serving as the advisor for Blake’s team.

What’s in Kelsea Ballerini’s bag? “Chaos”

October 25, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Kelsea Ballerini has a bag of tricks with her out on the road.

After a “very chaotic” five weeks of traveling, the hitmaker took a moment to play a round of “what’s in my bag” while riding on her tour bus.

Self-care and snacking are two prominent themes among the many items she pulled from her purse, including makeup wipes, a small bag of goldfish, an RXBAR, a little bottle of perfume and multiple pairs of sunglasses and beauty blender brushes.

She also has a fidget device she uses to calm her ADHD while on video and phone calls, and threw in a sentimental touch with pair of earrings a fan made for her. “I’m obsessed with them, so I carry them with me,” she says.

The singer is resourceful, carrying her old phone with her in case she loses her current phone. “Because that’s my vibe,” she admits, also revealing that she has a phone charger that’s missing an end.

A variety of writing utensils, travel size hand sanitizer and a hairbrush round out the goodies from the bottom of her bag.

“Chaos,” she concludes.

Kelsea’s single, “HEARTFIRST,” is currently climbing up the top 30 on country radio.

‘Elton John Live: Farewell from Dodger Stadium’ special on Disney+ will include special guests

October 25, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Elton John‘s final U.S. show at Dodger Stadium on November 20 will be livestreamed on Disney+ and will include some surprises.

The artwork for the show has been unveiled and it reveals that the concert is billed as “featuring special guests.” Since the show is taking place in LA, and Elton is friendly with pretty much every celebrity you can think of, there’s no end to the possible guests who might show up. In the last few years alone, Elton’s collaborated with everyone from Ozzy Osbourne and Miley Cyrus, to Dua Lipa and Britney Spears, to Nicki Minaj, Stevie Nicks and Stevie Wonder.

The Dodger Stadium show will be a special full-circle moment for Elton, who famously played two concerts there in October 1975 to 55,000 people a night. They were the first concerts played in that venue since The Beatles in 1966.

The three-hour livestream gets underway with Countdown to Elton Live from Dodger Stadium, starting at 10:30 p.m. ET, while the concert begins at 11 p.m. ET. In a statement, Elton says of the show, “To feel the energy from the best fans, not only in Dodger Stadium again, but this time around the world from those watching live at home, will be truly extra special for me.”

“I’m thrilled to celebrate this momentous evening globally,” he adds. “I hope everyone feels the power and joy of performing on a stage as iconic as Dodger’s. Just like I did almost 50 years ago.”

Disney is the parent company of ABC News.

Parkway Drive announces US tour behind ’Darker Still’ album

October 25, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Parkway Drive has announced a 2023 U.S. tour in support of the band’s new album, Darker Still.

The headlining outing, which will also feature Memphis May Fire and Currents on the bill, is set to kick off January 31 in Los Angeles and will wrap up February 16 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit ParkwayDriveRock.com.

Darker Still, the follow-up to 2018’s Reverence, was released in September. It includes the single “Glitch.”

Parkway Drive hasn’t toured the U.S. since 2019. The Australian band had planned a North American tour for earlier this year, but it was canceled due to mental health reasons.

Ozzy Osbourne to perform during virtual Ozzfest as part of Metaverse Music Festival

October 25, 2022 by WDNY Radio

The next stop on Ozzy Osbourne‘s “Crazy Train” is … the Metaverse.

The Prince of Darkness’ long-running namesake festival, Ozzfest, will be staged virtually during the upcoming Metaverse Music Festival, put on by the “virtual social world” Decentraland.

Ozzy will be giving a virtual performance and other artists will be announced.

The Metaverse Music Festival will take place November 10-13. For more info, visit TheMetaverseFestival.io.

Ozzy released his latest solo album, Patient Number 9, in September. His most recent in-person performance was last month at the NFL’s 2022 season-opening game.

Bono says U2’s next album will be “a noisy, uncompromising, unreasonable guitar album”

October 25, 2022 by WDNY Radio

As Bono prepares to release his new memoir, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story, the U2 frontman has revealed his famous band has two new albums in the works.

In an interview with The New York Times, Bono reported that U2 has amassed “about 20” new songs and notes the band “almost finished this album called Songs of Ascent, which we’re not putting out. We’re going to put out a rock ‘n’ roll album.”

The singer also played the interviewer a pair of tracks from Songs of Ascent, titled “The Bard’s Last Breath” and “Smile.”

He described the latter tune as “a very cool, Beatle-y thing,” adding, “It’s a ridiculous pop sort of Rubber Soul, isn’t it?”

Bono said U2 will eventually release Songs of Ascent, but first up will be a “noisy, uncompromising, unreasonable guitar album.”

He further explained, “In among that unreasonableness, it is likely that I will put the part of me, the anger that hasn’t been managed, to good use. While I am, with this book, trying to make peace with myself and my maker, I have no intentions of making peace with the world. That’s not on the agenda.”

Later in the interview, the singer maintained that U2 rediscovered its knack for songwriting with 2014’s Songs of Innocence and 2017’s Songs of Experience.

He added, “Now we need to put the firepower of rock ‘n’ roll back. I don’t know who is going to make our [expletive]-off rock ‘n’ roll album. You almost want an AC/DC, you want [hit-making producer] Mutt Lange. The approach. The discipline. The songwriting discipline. That’s what we want.”

Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story will be released on November 1.

Shonda Rhimes wants to bring back ‘Private Practice’ to TV, says it had “endless possibility”

October 25, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Shonda Rhimes, along with her producing partner, Betsy Beers, has created some of the most memorable TV shows of the 21st century, but which of the ones that have ended does she most want to see return?

Though Shondaland shows like Grey’s Anatomy, Station 19 and Bridgerton are still delighting fans, the pair told Good Morning America that she’d most like to see Private Practice, which ran on ABC from 2007-2013, make a comeback.

“I miss my Scandal family so badly that I would come back with them at any point, but I actually feel like we didn’t finish telling our stories on Private Practice,” Rhimes said. “We had so many more stories we could tell.”

She continued, “I just felt like we had so much more to say with those characters and so much further to go, and that also felt like a show that had endless possibility.”

Private Practice starred Kate Walsh, reprising her character Dr. Addison Montgomery from Grey’s Anatomy, alongside a cast which included Tim Daly, Audra McDonald, Paul Adelstein, KaDee Strickland, Chris Lowell, Taye Diggs and Amy Brenneman.

The show also introduced viewers to Caterina Scorsone‘s Amelia Shepherd, now a mainstay on Grey’s Anatomy.

Walsh, for her part, was introduced in the season 1 finale of Grey’s Anatomy before she departed in the season 3 finale to star in the spin-off, Private Practice, with her character in the lead.

Though she would pop up for guest spots and crossover events between the two shows, Walsh didn’t return to Grey’s Anatomy after Private Practice ended until season 18, when she appeared for a few episodes. Walsh is back in a recurring role for Grey’s Anatomy season 19.

Rhimes also revealed that for all her success, there’s another genre she’s looking to tackle: science fiction.

Meet Elegant Weapons: New band features members of Judas Priest, Pantera & Rainbow

October 25, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Say hello to Elegant Weapons, a new band featuring members of Judas Priest, Pantera and Rainbow.

The group consists of Priest guitarist Richie Faulkner and drummer Scott Travis, Pantera bassist Rex Brown and Rainbow vocalist Ronnie Romero. In a statement, Faulkner describes the sound of Elegant Weapons as “a mix of Jimi Hendrix, Priest, Sabbath, solo Ozzy and Black Label Society.”

We’ll find out exactly what that sounds like when Elegant Weapons drops their debut album, Horns for a Halo, in 2023.

“This record represents for me more of my DNA as a guitar player and a songwriter,” Faulkner says. “Heavy, but moving slightly outside the realms of ‘heavy metal.’ Those roots are obvious, but I wanted to reach in a bit and see what else came out that wasn’t necessarily ‘expected.'”

Faulkner and Travis are currently on the road touring with Priest, while Brown is preparing for Pantera’s upcoming reunion shows, which will feature vocalist Phil Anselmo alongside Black Label Society’s Zakk Wylde and Anthrax‘s Charlie Benante in place of late brothers “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott and Vinnie Paul, respectively.

“Never known a love like this”: Scotty McCreery and wife Gabi welcome son Merrick Avery

October 25, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Scotty McCreery has officially become a father.

He and his wife, Gabi, announced on Tuesday that they welcomed their first child, son Merrick Avery McCreery, into the world on October 24.

Gabi gave birth at 4:34 a.m. ET at a hospital in their hometown of Raleigh, North Carolina, with the baby weighing 7 pounds and 13 ounces.

“Next to his mother, he is the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen. We have been waiting and preparing all year, and now we are so excited to have our little man here with us. We have begun a grand new adventure that will continue for the rest of our lives,” Scotty says in a statement, adding that he “could not be more proud” of his wife.

“Never known a love like this,” he writes on Instagram, alongside photos from the hospital that show the new mom and dad proudly smiling as the newborn lies on Gabi’s chest.

Merrick is named after Gabi’s father, but the couple will call him by his middle name, Avery.

Scotty will be on paternity leave for a month, returning to the road on November 30 with a show in Las Vegas.

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