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Dolly Parton showed Reba McEntire that there’s no reason to retire: “She inspires me daily”

October 19, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Reba McEntire’s having the time of her life with her new role on ABC drama “Big Sky,” and she says she’s got Dolly Parton to thank for inspiring her to keep trying new things.

“I asked Dolly Parton, ‘You ever think about retiring?’ She said, ‘What would I do where I could have so much fun?’” Reba recounts to People. “…I’m about 10 years younger than Dolly, and she inspires me daily. As long as we can do what we do and still enjoy it, we can continue doing it.”

At the moment, that means taking on the role of Sunny Barnes — the owner of an outdoors company who just might be hiding a dark secret — in the new Big Sky season.

“I never would’ve thought in a million years I’d be doing an ABC drama at my age, but I am absolutely loving it,” she says, adding that there’s still one big acting challenge she’d like to take on in the years ahead.

“Now if I can just be a superhero or a supervillain in one of the Marvel movies, that would be the icing on the cake,” Reba continues.

Now in its third season, Big Sky airs Wednesday nights at 10 p.m. ET on ABC.

BTS’ Jin teams with Coldplay for new song “Astronaut”

October 19, 2022 by WDNY Radio

BTS‘ Jin has an all-new solo effort on the way, and he’s teamed again with Coldplay for its launch.

BTS’ label BIGHIT confirmed Jin had co-written a new song titled “The Astronaut” with the Chris Martin-fronted band. The song blasts into orbit on October 28. It also should be noted that Martin’s teenage son, Moses, also contributed some backup vocals for the song.

BTS last collaborated with Coldplay on “My Universe,” which topped the Billboard Hot 100.

The news is bittersweet for BTS fans as “The Astronaut” arrives shortly after the group confirmed they will all enlist in the military, as mandated by the South Korean government. As Jin is the oldest member of the group, he will be the first to join the army.

Because of this, “The Astronaut” focuses on his love for his fans and will serve as a gift for those who supported him.

BTS plans on “reconvening as a group again around 2025” following their military obligations.

Rockabilly revival singer Robert Gordon dead at 75

October 19, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Robert Gordon, the deep-voiced singer who helped launch the rockabilly revival during the late 1970s, died Tuesday, Variety reports. He was 75.

Gordon’s record label, Cleopatra Records, confirmed his passing to Variety and posted a Facebook message offering “our deepest condolences to his family and friends.” “We liked working with Robert and will miss his powerful baritone vocal as well as his focused dedication to his music,” the label added.

No cause of death was mentioned, but a GoFundMe page recently launched by Gordon’s family revealed he was battling acute myeloid leukemia.

Born in Bethesda, Maryland, Gordon recorded with a group called The Confidentials as a teenager. After relocating to New York City in 1970, he joined the early punk band Tuff Darts and sang on a few of their early singles.

Gordon launched his solo career in 1977 after teaming up with veteran producer/songwriter Richard Gottehrer, who suggested he collaborate with pioneering rock ‘n’ roll guitarist Link Wray. Gordon recorded two albums with Wray — 1977’s Robert Gordon with Link Wray and 1978’s Fresh Fish Special.

Both albums showcased Robert’s booming, Elvis Presley-inspired vocals and mainly featured covers of vintage rock ‘n’ roll tunes. Fresh Fish Special included Presley’s longtime backing vocal group The Jordanaires and an early cover of Bruce Springsteen‘s “Fire” that featured Springsteen on keyboards.

Gordon went on to work with such other acclaimed guitarists as Chris Spedding and Danny Gatton. His 1981 album, Are You Gonna Be the One, reached #76 on the Billboard 200 and featured a popular cover of Marshall Crenshaw‘s “Someday, Someway.”

Robert continued to record sporadically and tour regularly throughout his life. A new Gordon album, Hellafied, a collaboration with Spedding, is due out on November 24. It includes a variety of previously unreleased archival songs.

AJR confirms they’re working on their fifth album

October 19, 2022 by WDNY Radio

AJR is very aware that they’ve been a little quiet as of late, which is why they broke some welcome news to explain their absence.

The trio took to Twitter and began their address by telling fans, “Love you guys, sorry if we’ve maybe been a little more quiet than usual, been writing nonstop on the road.”

“A year since OKO [OK ORCHESTRA] means a year of new weird feelings to write about. Really can’t wait for you guys to hear this new stuff,” the singers continued. That led them to finally confirming the excellent news that “AJR5 is on the way.”

It appears AJR was already teasing new music and cryptically tweeted a few days before the big reveal, “Everyone’s laughing at me, but not like they used to,” along with a violin emoji. That tweet ramped fans’ speculation that a new single is coming soon.

AJR also updated their Twitter bio to tell fans to “Pre-save new music.” The link leads to their website, but instead of a song title, fans are met with three question marks and urged to pre-save the mystery single on either Spotify or Apple Music.

AJR’s last album, OK ORCHESTRA, came out in March 2021 and produced the hits “World’s Smallest Violin,” “Way Less Sad” and the RIAA-certified twice Platinum single “Bang!”

Fleetwood Mac’s 1987 hit “Everywhere” back on ‘Billboard’ charts thanks to Chevrolet ad

October 19, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Thirty-five years after it release, the Fleetwood Mac song “Everywhere” is enjoying renewed Billboard chart success following its inclusion in a recent commercial for Chevrolet’s electric vehicle line.

The tune, which was written and sung by Christine McVie, has spent three weeks at #1 on Billboard‘s Rock Digital Song Sales tally and has just entered the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart at #25.

In addition, “Everywhere” jumped from #7 to #3 on the all-genre Digital Song Sales tally.

According to data by Luminate, the track racked up 2.3 million streams and 5,000 downloads between October 7 and October 13, respective increases of 16% and 12% over the previous week.

“Everywhere” appeared on Fleetwood Mac’s 1987 album, Tango in the Night, which was the last studio effort recorded by the group’s full classic lineup of Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, John McVie and Christine McVie. The song was also the band’s last single to break into the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #14, while the album reached #7 on the Billboard 200.

Kanye West takes steps to finalize divorce from Kim Kardashian

October 19, 2022 by WDNY Radio

It seems Kanye West has taken a step toward finalizing his divorce from Kim Kardashian.

The Donda rapper, who now goes by Ye, has filed a “declaration of disclosure,” a step that’s typically taken when a divorce case is about to be settled, according to Page Six, which obtained relevant court documents. The outlet adds that Ye has also sent his financial information to the Kardashians star.

The move comes seven months after Kim filed court documents to become legally single, and over a year and a half since she filed for divorce from West, with whom she shares four children.

Taylor Swift reveals more of what “kept her up at night,” two new lyric snippets in Brazil and Nashville

October 19, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Billboards in Brazil and Nashville lit up at midnight Wednesday with the latest lyric reveals from Taylor Swift‘s Midnights.

In Sao Paolo, Brazil, the lyrics were, “Just like clockwork, the dominoes cascaded in a line.” And then in Nashville, where Taylor has spent much of her professional career, the lyrics were, “Did you ever have someone kiss you in a crowded room?”

Meanwhile, Taylor continued to reveal on the Spotify mobile app the things that she says “kept her up at night” and helped inspire Midnights. Number three was “Wondering what might have been,” while number four was “Falling in love.”

The previous two were “Self-loathing” and “Fantasizing about revenge.”

August Alsina almost didn’t join ‘The Surreal Life’ due to Jada Pinkett Smith entanglement, says he was “trying to protect myself”

October 19, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Many people know August Alsina from his popular R&B songs like “I Luv This S***” and “No Love.” Some may recognize his name tied to Jada Pinkett Smith and their highly publicized “entanglement.” In July 2020, Smith appeared as her own guest on Red Table Talk to address the relationship she had with Alsina during a period of separation from her husband, Will Smith.

In a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight, Alsina spoke about the scandal and his reservations about joining the upcoming seventh season of the reality TV show The Surreal Life because of it.

“There was one side of me not wanting to do it, trying to protect myself,” he told ET, “and then the other side of it was, well, it gave me the opportunity to allow people to see and experience me and my authentic energy as opposed to the narrative that had been kind of clouding over my life for quite a while.”

Alsina says finally agreeing to do the show wasn’t easy: “I felt like, ‘Hmm, do I really want to do this?’ Because I didn’t want to go into a situation where people would grab for low-hanging fruit,” he said.

The 30-year-old artist says he has “absolutely zero” ties to Smith and her family and after turning down the show “about 10 times,” he worked up the courage to join.

He said of his role on the series, “Somehow I, you know, was tapped upon to kind of help deal with situations in the house amongst people for situations that I actually wasn’t a part of to even see exactly what happened.”

Alsina joins Tamar Braxton, Dennis Rodman and others on season 7 of The Surreal Life, which premieres October 24 on VH1.

Let the games begin: Blake Shelton shares preview of ’Barmageddon’

October 19, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Batten down the hatches for Blake Shelton‘s Barmageddon.

In May, Blake announced that he and The Voice host Carson Daly were teaming up for a show on USA Network called Barmageddon, hosted by professional wrestler Nikki Bella.

Now, they’re offering a look into what viewers can expect when they tune in. “Barmageddon is a show when the celebrities you love get viral video sensations a shot at redemption playing some crazy games,” Carson describes of the show’s premise, adding that the games are similar to ones you’ll find in local bar, but are “bigger and better.”

Filmed at Blake’s bar Ole Red in Nashville, the show features Gwen Stefani, Kane Brown, Chris Young, Elle King and other celebrities who are subjected to games including ax throwing, larger-than-life beer pong, basketball, curling with giant bins and more.

In a teaser for the series, Chris can be seen playing cannon corn hole while Gwen tries her hand at ax throwing and Sheryl has to down a glass of tequila, tabasco sauce and mayonnaise.

If someone loses a game, they can spin the Wheel of Redemption and if they’re willing to complete the challenge related to a viral video that the wheel lands on, they’re back in the game.

“When people watch Barmageddon, that’s your ticket to have the most fun you could ever imagine on TV,” Carson says.

Barmageddon premieres on December 5 at 9 p.m. ET on USA Network.

Pink Floyd album designer says 50th anniversary celebration of ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ in the works

October 19, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Next year marks the 50th anniversary of Pink Floyd‘s landmark 1973 album, The Dark Side of the Moon, and according to Aubrey “Po” Powell, who helped create many of the band’s album covers, big plans are in the works to celebrate the milestone.

Along with the late Storm Thorgerson, Powell co-founded the English graphic-design firm Hipgnosis, which began collaborating with Pink Floyd on the band’s second album, 1968’s A Saucerful of Secrets. Most recently, Po created the updated cover of the 2022 reissue of the band’s 1977 record, Animals, and he tells ABC Audio he’s now working on a new project marking The Dark Side of the Moon‘s 50th anniversary.

While Powell doesn’t share specific details about the project, he explains, “We’re planning to do a lot of things, is all I can say. And, you know, if it all comes off, great. But, you know, who knows?”

He adds, “[A]t the moment, it’s looking very positive to a great year of celebration of Dark Side of the Moon next year. It is.”

Powell also comments about the iconic album cover, which he and Thorgerson designed, “[It] still seems to stand the test of time, which is wonderful. And I’m very proud of that.”

Released on March 1, 1973, The Dark Side of the Moon was Pink Floyd’s eighth studio album and its first to top the Billboard 200. The album has gone one to be certified 15-times Platinum by the RIAA for sales of over 15 million copies in the U.S.

The album featured the band’s first top-40 hit in the U.S., “Money,” which peaked at #15 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also included such enduring songs as “Breathe (In the Air),” “Time,” “Us and Them,” “Brain Damage” and “Eclipse.”

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