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Motionless in White continues ‘Scoring the End of the World’ with second leg of Trinity of Terror tour

September 1, 2022 by WDNY Radio

With spooky season just around the corner, the Trinity of Terror tour is making its return.

The triple bill of Motionless in White, Black Veil Brides and Ice Nine Kills will reunite for a second run beginning Saturday, September 3, in Omaha, Nebraska. For Motionless in White, the tour will mark their first U.S. outing since the release of their new album, Scoring the End of the World.

When the first Trinity of Terror leg launched in March, Motionless had just announced the details of Scoring the End of the World alongside the premiere of its first single, “Cyberhex.” Speaking with ABC Audio, frontman Chris “Motionless” Cerulli recalls debuting “Cyberhex” during those first shows.

“It went really well,” Cerulli shares. “I didn’t know what to think about how the song would go over well because it’s a long song, and historically longer songs just really taper off as they go on in a live scenario.”

“But [‘Cyberhex’] came out the week … of the tour starting,” he continues. “And I think that kinda lit a fire under the fans to learn the words, show up and sing along.”

Cerulli adds that he could feel a shift in the crowd’s energy when they realized they were hearing new Motionless material.

“Whether they were rejoicing at the fact that they didn’t have to hear another song that they’ve already heard 1,000 times, or whether they were actually just legitimately excited for the new song for what it was, I don’t know, and I don’t care,” Cerulli laughs.

Along with “Cyberhex,” Scoring the End of the World includes the single “Masterpiece,” the first Motionless in White song to hit the top 10 on Billboard‘s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart.

George Harrison’s 1958 “Ransom” Les Paul expected to fetch hundreds of thousands at auction

August 31, 2022 by WDNY Radio

A 1958 Gibson Les Paul guitar that George Harrison purchased specifically to help secure the return of his prized 1957 Les Paul guitar, known as “Lucy,” after it had been stolen, is going up for bid as part of an auction scheduled for September 24.

Harrison was gifted “Lucy” by his friend Eric Clapton in 1967 and used it frequently during the last years of The Beatles. The guitar was stolen from George’s Beverly Hills home in 1973 and eventually purchased by a Los Angeles guitar shop, which in turn sold it to a Mexican musician named Michael Ochoa.

After Ochoa returned home with “Lucy,” Harrison tracked down the instrument. After some negotiating, George agreed to trade a sought-after 1958 Les Paul with a sunburst finish and a Fender Precision bass for his beloved guitar. Harrison purchased the ’58 Les Paul, now nicknamed the “Ransom” guitar, from Norman Harris, of L.A.’s Norman’s Rare Guitars shop.

Ochoa later sold the ’58 Les Paul to Robert Truman, co-owner of Nadine’s Music guitar shop in Hollywood. Truman has now included the “Ransom” guitar in a collection of instruments being auctioned on September 24 by Heritage Auctions.

Bidding for the ’58 Les Paul is starting at $250,000.

“Vintage guitar collectors and Beatles collectors alike will have to fight over this guitar,” says Heritage executive Aaron Piscopo. “It’s beautiful, with action like butter: a real-deal ’58 ‘Burst with one of the more incredible stories in rock history.”

For more details about the auction, visit HA.com.

Stevie Nicks featured on upcoming Gorillaz album, ‘Cracker Island,’ due out in 2023

August 31, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Stevie Nicks is among the guest artists who have contributed to Cracker Island, the just-announced upcoming eighth studio album by Gorillaz, the virtual alternative rock band led by Blur frontman Damon Albarn.

Cracker Island, which will be the cartoon group’s first new studio effort since 2020’s Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez, will be released on February 24, 2023.

Nicks is featured on a song called “Oil.” Other guests contributors on the record include Beck, Tame Impala and newly crowned MTV VMA Artist of the Year Bad Bunny.

The album’s title track, which features acclaimed bassist Thundercat, debuted in June. Another new song from Cracker Island, “New Gold” featuring Tame Impala and rapper Bootie Brown, has just been released as an advance digital track, while a companion music video has premiered on YouTube.

Various versions of Cracker Island can be preordered now at Gorillaz.com.

Gorillaz will launch a North American headlining tour on September 11 in Vancouver, Canada.

Here’s the full Cracker Island track list:

“Cracker Island” — featuring Thundercat
“Oil” — featuring Stevie Nicks
“The Tired Influencer”
“Tarantula”
“Silent Running” — featuring Adeleye Omotayo
“New Gold” — featuring Tame Impala & Bootie Brown
“Baby Queen”
“Tormenta” — featuring Bad Bunny
“Skinny Ape”
“Possession Island” — featuring Beck

Gang of Youths cancels North American headline dates: “Just absolutely … knackered”

August 31, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Gang of Youths has canceled the band’s upcoming North American tour dates set to kick off in September.

In a lengthy statement posted to the Australian group’s Twitter, frontman David Le’aupepe writes that the cancellation is due to “some ongoing health issues.”

“In the words of Warren Zevon, my s***’s f***ed up,” Le’aupepe shares. “I need to take som time off to address these concerns before we pick back up again.”

“I’m so sorry to everybody who is disappointed by this,” he continues. “A lot of the inner s*** I feel has a lot to do with letting people down and I’m feeling that more than ever at this point.”

Gang of Youths had been touring the U.S. earlier this year in support of their new album, angel in realtime., which was released in February. The next run of dates was scheduled to begin in September.

“Basically, and without bulls***ting you, I’m also absolutely f***en knackered and not feeling great, and need some time to be a normal bloke again,” Le’aupepe writes. “I want to keep doing this job as long as humanely possible. However, for that to be the case, I need to unf*** my s*** and get my body, voice and mind in better working order.”

Gang of Youths is currently scheduled to return to the road for a European tour starting in October.

Music notes: Prince, Jennifer Lopez, Andy Grammer, Meghan Trainor and fun.

August 31, 2022 by WDNY Radio

An energy drink called “Purple Rain” will no longer be hitting the shelves because of Prince‘s estate. Billboard reports a judge said Bang Energy could not trademark their drink’s name because it is “uniquely and unmistakably” connected to the late singer. Bang Energy will not appeal, but hopes to collab with his estate in the future.

Jennifer Lopez is setting a new wedding trend by declaring “milky nails” the new French manicure. Vogue reports the “On The Floor” singer wore her almond-shaped nails long and painted them in a transparent white polish when she wed Ben Affleck. This has led the fashion mag to declare it the new manicure for brides.

Andy Grammer and his wife, Aijia, surprised Christina Perri with a house call. The “Jar of Hearts” singer shared a snap from her video doorbell of the two dressed as “Italian ‘heart’ repair men.” She said on her Instagram Story that they “put positive post-it notes all over [her] house.” Christina thanked the couple and said she “hit the life jackpot” by being their friend. Christina didn’t divulge why her heart might need repairs.

Meghan Trainor poked fun at her infamous kiss with Charlie Puth at the 2015 American Music Awards on TikTok. Taking part in the viral “Hal Walker Plays the Banakulas” audio meme, Meghan pretended not to be amused by the kiss, but she did like a comment that said she “would do it again.”

fun.’s 2011 hit “We Are Young” has joined YouTube’s billion views club. This marks the first song for both fun. and collaborator Janelle Monáe to hit over 1 billion views. The song is also RIAA-certified Diamond, meaning it sold over 10 million copies.

“Arcade” singer Duncan Laurence returns with new single and self-directed video

August 31, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Last year, Duncan Laurence‘s “Arcade” became the first Eurovision song in 25 years to dent the Billboard Hot 100. Now, the Dutch singer/songwriter has returned with a new single, “Electric Life,” and a video that marks his directorial debut.

The video shows Duncan performing the Elton John and Queen-inspired ballad while a sea of disembodied hands reach out to touch his face, interact with him and, ultimately, lift him up. Duncan says that the song is “about the people who unfortunately aren’t here on Earth anymore but are still a very much a big part of my life,” adding, “The hands in the video symbolize these people.”

“It has been such a dream come true and an amazing experience to direct my own video,” says Duncan. He notes, “I wanted to find a symbolic, hopeful and positive way of performing this song and I think it turned out beautifully. I’m super happy and really proud.”

Duncan says he wants people to “find comfort” when they listen to the new song, adding, “I want them to think of that one person that they really miss and celebrate them.”

“Electric Life” is the first track to be released from recording sessions Duncan has been doing with his fiancé, songwriter Jordan Garfield.

Dua Lipa’s lawyer says “Levitating” lawsuit “must be dismissed”

August 31, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Dua Lipa is trying to wiggle out of another lawsuit over “Levitating.” The Grammy-winning singer was sued by songwriters L. Russell Brown and Sandy Linzer, who claim she copied parts of their 1979 single “Wiggle and Giggle All Night” and their 1980 song “Don Diablo.”

Rolling Stone reports Dua’s attorney, Christine Lepera, petitioned Judge Katherine Polk Failla to dismiss the suit.

Linzer and Brown argue “Levitating” is “substantially similar” to their songs, adding it copies the “signature melody” and “compositional elements” of their tracks.

Lepera claims those elements are commonplace in music and cannot be protected. “The alleged similarities — a descending scale in which each pitch is repeated on evenly spaced notes, and a common clave rhythm — are unprotectable, and the result of the coincidental use of basic musical building blocks,” she argued.

Lepera also argued neither Dua, nor her song collaborators, would have heard or come across Brown and Linzer’s songs prior to writing “Levitating” because they’re obscure. She says Brown and Linzer’s suit “fails to plausibly allege a particular chain of events leading to access.”

“With respect to ‘Wiggle,’ the complaint merely alleges it achieved certain success in the Netherlands four decades ago. This does not establish ‘saturation,’ and there is no allegation that the songwriters of ‘Levitating’ were in the Netherlands — or, indeed, had even been born — at that time,” Lepera continued.

She made similar comparisons to “Diablo,” which “has been performed at certain times in Latin America.”

Both songs are available on streaming, but she argues they’re competing with “many millions of musical recordings.”

Lepera adds “Diablo” wasn’t registered with the U.S. Copyright Office prior to the suit being filed and argued, “A complaint that fails to do so must be dismissed.”

Polk Failla has not yet ruled on the matter.

Nashville notes: Tyler Hubbard’s ‘TODAY’ stop, Randy Rogers Band’s football season kickoff + more

August 31, 2022 by WDNY Radio

In case you missed it, Tyler Hubbard made a stop on NBC’s TODAY this week to perform his single, “5 Foot 9.” You can watch his performance now.

Randy Rogers Band celebrated the beginning of football season Wednesday with “Heart For Just One Team,” a new song that’s a tribute to their favorite football team: the Dallas Cowboys.

Danielle Bradbery has a new song, called “A Special Place,” coming out on Friday.

Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill” named Spotify’s US Song of the Summer

August 31, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Kate Bush‘s “Running Up That Hill” has been running long enough to be named Spotify’s Song of the Summer.

The 1985 single, which became a resurgent hit this year thanks to its placement in the fourth season of Stranger Things, was the most played song on Spotify in the U.S. during the summer, which the streaming service measured between May 29 and August 29.

“Running Up That Hill” was also #2 on the global Song of the Summer ranking, sitting behind only Harry Styles‘ “As It Was.”

Since Stranger Things season 4 premiered in May, “Running Up That Hill” has given Bush her first-ever top-five Billboard Hot 100 hit and broke several records on its way to #1 in the British artist’s home country.

The renewed interest in “Running Up that Hill” was so massive that the normally press-shy Bush has given several public statements commenting on its newfound popularity and even gave a rare interview.

Anthrax scraps European tour: “We have no other option”

August 31, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Anthrax won’t be thrashing through Europe this fall as planned.

The “Madhouse” metallers have announced that their upcoming tour of the continent has been canceled.

“Sadly due to ongoing logistical issues and 2022 costs that are out of our control, we have no other option but to cancel the European leg of our upcoming 2022 tour,” the group writes in a Facebook post.

Those who purchased tickets may receive a refund at point of purchase.

British Anthrax fans are in luck, though, as the band will still play their eight scheduled shows in the United Kingdom in September and October.

Anthrax has spent the summer touring the U.S. while celebrating the group’s 40th anniversary. The outing, which also included Black Label Society on the bill, just wrapped up over the weekend.

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