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MTV adds new social categories ahead of VMAs, announces Dove Cameron as preshow performer

August 19, 2022 by WDNY Radio

The 2022 MTV Video Music Awards are fast approaching, with Harry Styles, Doja Cat and Jack Harlow locked in a tie for the most nominations. Ahead of the ceremony, MTV has unveiled three new social categories.

The new categories encompass Group of the Year, Song of the Summer and Album of the Year. Fans are encouraged to cheer on their favorite artist via bracket-style voting starting later this month — and it all goes down on MTV’s Instagram Stories.

Group of the Year pits artists like BLACKPINK, BTS, Imagine Dragons, Måneskin, Silk Sonic against each other, with voting set to open August 22 at 11 a.m. ET.

As for Song of the Summer, starting August 25 at 11 a.m. ET people can determine which song is deserving of the title by voting on Instagram. Among the nominees are Doja Cat’s “Vegas,” Harry’s “Late Night Talking” and Lizzo‘s “About Damn Time.”

Finally, Album of the Year voting starts August 27 at 11 a.m. ET — with records like Adele‘s 30 and Billie Eilish‘s Happier Than Ever going head to head on MTV’s Instagram.

In addition, MTV unveiled the performers for their annual preshow. Dove Cameron will be warming the crowd before the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards begin, as will rapper Saucy Santana and Yung Gravy. Tate McRae will be a special correspondent.

The VMAs preshow airs on Sunday, August 28, at 6:30 p.m. ET/PT. It will be followed by the main event, which will be anchored by LL Cool J, Nicki Minaj and Harlow.

CCR debuts unreleased 1970 Royal Albert Hall performance of “Fortunate Son”

August 19, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Creedence Clearwater Revival has made available the band’s performance of its classic 1969 hit “Fortunate Son” at the Royal Albert Hall as an advanced track from the upcoming archival live album featuring an April 14, 1970, show by the group at the famous London venue.

As previously reported, the album, titled Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall, will be released on September 16 and features the band’s full 12-song set from the concert, including such classics as “Travelin’ Band,” “Bad Moon Rising,” “Proud Mary” and the aforementioned “Fortunate Son.”

In addition, a video of CCR playing “Fortunate Son” at the April 1970 show has debuted on the band’s official YouTube channel.

The footage will appear in the recently announced upcoming documentary and concert movie Travelin’ Band: Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall, which includes unseen film of CCR’s entire performance.

Travelin’ Band, which is narrated by Jeff Bridges, also features rare behind-the-scenes clips of the band and archival interviews. The film will premiere internationally on September 16.

The album, which can be preordered now, will be available on CD, cassette, 180-gram vinyl and via various digital formats. Select retailers, including Walmart and Target, are offering limited-edition colored-vinyl variants of the record.

Meanwhile, a super deluxe box set will be released on November 14 that features a Blu-ray of the Travelin’ Band film, two-LP 45-rpm versions of the live album and a bonus CD containing music that’s featured in the movie.

Here’s the Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall album’s full track list:

“Born on the Bayou”
“Green River”
“Tombstone Shadow”
“Travelin’ Band”
“Fortunate Son”
“Commotion”
“Midnight Special”
“Bad Moon Rising”
“Proud Mary”
“The Night Time Is the Right Time”
“Good Golly Miss Molly”
“Keep On Chooglin'”

Lorde marks one-year anniversary of ‘Solar Power’ with “Oceanic Feeling” video

August 19, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Lorde has premiered the video for “Oceanic Feeling,” a track off her latest album, Solar Power.

The clip finds the “Royals” singer back on the beach previously seen in the videos for other Solar Power cuts, including “Fallen Fruit,” “Secrets from a Girl (Who’s Seen It All)” and the title track.

You can watch the “Oceanic Feeling” video streaming now on YouTube.

The video’s premiere coincides with the one-year anniversary of Solar Power, which dropped August 20, 2021. The album, Lorde’s third studio effort, was not initially as critically or commercially successful as the New Zealand artist’s previous releases, which she revealed in a newsletter to fans earlier this year was “at times painful to sit with.”

“I learnt a ton about myself and how I’m perceived by making and releasing this album,” Lorde wrote. “I feel significantly more connected and alive in my art practice and life than pretty much ever before.”

Hello from the (metal) side: Halestorm covers Adele

August 19, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Halestorm has shared a cover of the Adele hit “Hello.”

Lzzy Hale and company took on the 2015 single in response to a fan asking them to “put a metal spin on that.” They pretty much do just that, replacing the piano with heavy guitar riffs that crash around Hale’s vocals.

You can watch Halestorm’s version of “Hello” streaming now on YouTube.

Halestorm has been in a covering mood lately, having also recently shared renditions of Fleetwood Mac‘s “The Chain” and Dolly Parton‘s “Jolene.”

As for original music, Halestorm released their newest album, Back from the Dead, in May. It features the singles “Back from the Dead,” “The Steeple” and “Wicked Ways.”

Kane Brown’s “Grand” earns a nod for 2022 VMAs Song of the Summer

August 19, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Kane Brown’s latest pop release, “Grand,” is getting some love at the upcoming MTV Video Music Awards.

The song is one of 16 nominees in the fan-voted Song of the Summer category. He’s up against heavy hitters like Beyoncé, Lizzo, Charlie Puth, Harry Styles and many more. Voting in the category opens on August 25 at 11 a.m. ET, and fans can tap to vote on MTV’s Instagram Story through August 27.

Kane will also be performing his new song on the VMAs stage during the awards show. He’ll be making history when he takes the stage: It will be the first time a male country act has ever performed at the VMAs. Country artists who have performed at the all-genre show in the past include Taylor Swift and Kacey Musgraves.

“Grand” is the third single off of Kane’s upcoming Different Man album, which is set to drop September 9.

Eddie Vedder celebrates Joe Strummer’s 70th birthday with Mescaleros cover

August 19, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Eddie Vedder has released a cover of “Long Shadow,” a song by late Clash icon Joe Strummer and his backing band The Mescaleros.

The Pearl Jam frontman recorded the track in honor of what would have been Strummer’s 70th birthday this Sunday, August 21.

The original “Long Shadow” was included on the 2003 Mescaleros album Streetcore, which was released a year after Strummer’s death in 2002.

“I just think that what Joe did with The Mescaleros and those records, and those songs, and those words, it was a very communal sound,” Vedder says. “I think when you have a communal sound, the listener feels like they can be part of that community.”

You can watch Vedder’s “Long Shadow” performance streaming now on YouTube.

As previously reported, in commemoration of Strummer’s milestone birthday, a box set collecting all of his work with The Mescaleros will be released on September 16.

Joe Strummer 002: The Mescaleros Years features remastered versions of the group’s three studio albums — 1999’s Rock Art and the X-Ray Style, 2001’s Global a Go-Go and Streetcore — as well as a disc titled Vibes Compass that boasts 15 rare and previously unreleased tracks.

The Struts premiere new single, “Fallin’ with Me”

August 19, 2022 by WDNY Radio

The Struts have premiered a new single called “Fallin’ with Me.”

“‘Fallin’ With Me’ is something that The Struts have never done before,” says frontman Luke Spiller. “We’ve done a lot of straight-up rock, but this feels different.”

Spiller adds that the track was inspired by the iconic Sunset Strip of Los Angeles.

“The song’s lyrics were written down whilst on numerous nights out with someone that I was seeing at the time,” Spiller shares. “We always kept meeting at the same place on the Sunset Strip, and after a while I had a collection of phrases and lines that all had a certain feel to them.”

You can listen to “Fallin’ with Me” now via digital outlets and watch its accompanying lyric video streaming now on YouTube.

“Fallin’ with Me” follows The Struts’ 2020 album Strange Days, which includes guest spots from Rage Against the Machine‘s Tom Morello, The Strokes‘ Albert Hammond Jr., and Def Leppard‘s Joe Elliott and Phil Collen. They also released a collaboration with Paris Jackson, “Low Key in Love,” and a cover of the Queen classic “We Will Rock You” in 2021.

Elton John’s duet with Britney Spears, “Hold Me Closer,” arrives August 26

August 19, 2022 by WDNY Radio

We finally have a release date for Elton John‘s collaboration with Britney Spears, “Hold Me Closer.”

The song, thought to be an interpolation, remix or reimagining of Elton’s classic 1971 tune “Tiny Dancer,” will be released on August 26. The single’s artwork features a famous picture of Elton as a child sitting at a piano, as well as a photo of Britney as a little girl wearing a pink dance costume. Spears’ pic certainly fits the theme of a “tiny dancer.” You can presave the song now.

“Hold Me Closer” will be the first new music from Elton since 2021. Of course, Elton recently scored a major chart hit with “Cold Heart (Pnau Remix),” his collaboration with British pop star Dua Lipa, which was released last year and went on to reach #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 this past January.

Björk reveals title of next album

August 19, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Björk‘s next album has a title.

In an interview with The Guardian, the Icelandic artist reveals that her upcoming 10th studio effort will be called Fossora and is set to arrive this fall.

Fossora will be Björk’s first album since 2017’s Utopia. She describes its sound as “biological techno.”

Björk also reveals that she’ll be starting a podcast series going through her back catalog. That’s set to premiere in the fall, as well.

While you wait for all that, you can see Björk in the new movie The Northman, which premiered earlier this year.

Aerosmith’s 50 Years Live! concert film series continues Friday with 2003 Detroit show

August 19, 2022 by WDNY Radio

The fourth installment of Aerosmith‘s five-week archival streaming concert series, 50 Years Live!: From the Aerosmith Vaults, premieres Friday at 3 p.m. ET on the band’s official YouTube channel.

The flick captures the Rock & Roll Hall of Famers performing in September 2003 at Detroit’s Comerica Park during the Rocksimus Maximus Tour, a co-headlining trek with KISS.

The show features a rendition of Aerosmith’s 2001 hit “Jaded,” as well as such classics as “Walk This Way,” “Dream On,” “Sweet Emotion,” “Mama Kin,” “Love in an Elevator” and “Cryin’.” The band also played some select covers, including Aretha Franklin‘s “I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)” and the early Fleetwood Mac gem “Stop Messin’ Around.”

The film, which has been remastered in HD from the original master tapes, will be viewable for one week after its premiere.

As previously reported, the five-part series is offering new archival “official bootleg” concert films featuring never-before-seen footage debuting weekly. Each flick captures Aerosmith during a different decade.

One day after each film premieres, highlight clips from the respective movies will be added to Aerosmith’s YouTube channel.

The 50 Years Live! series concludes next Friday with a 2016 concert that Aerosmith played in Mexico City. The band is then scheduled to begin its 50th anniversary tour plans, which include a September 4 concert in Bangor, Maine, a September 8 show at Boston’s Fenway Park and two eight-date Las Vegas residencies at the Dolby Live at Park MGM venue. The Vegas engagements run from September 14 to October 5 and November 19 to December 11.

Here’s the remaining schedule of the 50 Years Live!: From the Aerosmith Vaults series:

8/19 — Live from Comerica Park, Detroit, MI, 2003 (Rocksimus Maximus Tour)
8/26 — Live from Arena Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City, 2016 (Rock ‘n’ Roll Rumble Tour)

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