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Journey headlining concert celebrating Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees in August

March 23, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Are you ready for some Journey? The Rock and Roll Hall of Famers have been tapped to perform at a special concert this summer that will help celebrate the 2022 inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Journey will headline the 2022 Concert for Legends, taking place August 6 at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio, one of the events being held in conjunction with Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Week.

Tickets for the show go on sale on Friday, April 1, at 10 a.m. ET at HOFVillage.com and Ticketmaster.com.

An as-yet-unannounced guest artist will open the concert and will be revealed in the coming weeks.

The 2022 Enshrinement Week will see over 100 Pro Football Hall of Famers visiting Canton to participate in a variety of planned festivities at Hall of Fame Village, where the Hall of Fame museum and stadium are located.

Journey currently is in the middle of their spring Freedom Tour 2022 of North America with Toto. The trek is mapped out through a May 16 show in Quebec City, Canada. The band also will release a new studio album called Freedom later in the year.

Parker McCollum shares a song that “probably won’t ever make it on an album, but I still love it”

March 23, 2022 by WDNY Radio

There’s nothing wrong with a little throwback tune, even if it might not ever be a big hit.

Parker McCollum hopped on social media this week to play an unreleased song for fans, with the caveat that they might not ever see it on a studio album.

“I’ve done everything that I can/ It don’t matter where it lands / Ain’t a damn thing I can do/ Heads you win, tails I lose,” Parker sings, strumming his acoustic guitar along to the mournful ballad.

It’s a sad tune that sounds like it’s from another era, but the singer says he won’t ever stop writing throwback ballads.

“I still try all the time to write songs that sound like the ones I grew up loving. Just sad old country songs,” he muses in a note that accompanies the video. “Wade Bowen and the Warren Brothers stopped [by] the house yesterday and we messed around with this one. Probably won’t ever make it on an album but I still love it.”

Next up, Parker’s got plans to join Thomas Rhett on his Bring the Bar Tour this summer. In personal news, he and his fiancée, Hallie Ray Light, will tie the knot this month.

Anthony Mackie purchases 20 acres of land for New Orleans studio

March 23, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Anthony Mackie, known for his role as Falcon in the Marvel films, has purchased 20 acres of land that he plans to utilize for a film and television studio.

Nola.com reports the 43-year-old actor closed on the deal earlier this month, on the Interstate 10 Service Road at Read Boulevard in New Orleans, Louisiana, the actor’s hometown.

New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell expressed her excitement for the development — and for the influx of jobs that’ll come as a result — in a tweet saying, “The New Orleans East is making a comeback, bam.”

The scope of the plan is not clear as of yet, Nola.com states.

Sum 41 announces new double album, ‘Heaven and Hell’

March 23, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Sum 41 has announced a new album called Heaven and Hell.

The project is a double record consisting of two halves: Heaven, which will be made up of pop-punk songs the “Fat Lip” rockers are known for, and Hell, which will be all metal.

Speaking to Rolling Stone about the two-part album, frontman Deryck Whibley explains that Heaven reflects the “young and innocent and free” feeling of pop-punk, while the darker Hell “comes with a lot of anger for people who have stolen from me and hurt me in the past.”

A release date for Heaven and Hell has yet to be announced. It’ll be the follow-up to 2019’s Order in Decline.

In the meantime, you can buy tickets for Sum 41’s Blame Canada tour with fellow north-of-the-border band Simple Plan, which launches on April 29 in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Mariah Carey wants her brother to pay her legal costs in his suit against her

March 23, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Mariah Carey‘s brother is currently suing her for defamation, but now Mariah has hit back with her own counterclaim, the New York Post reports.

Morgan Carey sued Mariah last year, accusing her of making false claims about him in her best-selling memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey. Now, the Post reports that, according to papers filed on Tuesday in Manhattan Supreme Court, Mariah is seeking to have her brother pay her legal fees.

In the papers, Mariah says she’s likely to win the case because, according to the filing, the parts of the book that Morgan claims are libelous are “true or substantially true.” What’s more, whatever Mariah said about Morgan wasn’t published “with actual malice” — a legal standard that has to be met to prove defamation.

The Post notes that last month, a judge tossed out the majority of Morgan’s claims, finding that most of what Mariah wrote about him was “opinion and exaggeration,” which doesn’t count as defamation. The remaining claims concern Mariah writing that Morgan, 62, was a drunk who sold drugs, assaulted their mother, and once hired a hitman.

Justin Bieber designs new jersey for the Toronto Maple Leafs

March 23, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Justin Bieber is getting to bring his own style to his favorite hockey team.

The Canadian singer, along with his clothing company drew house, has teamed up with the Toronto Maple Leafs to design a special jersey in honor of the NHL team’s annual Next Gen game on Wednesday.

“My love for the Maple Leafs has always been a big part of who I am, and my passion for the team, and the passion of millions of fans, is stitched into this Next Gen sweater,” Bieber said in a statement. “I’m grateful to the Leafs for the chance to team up again to create something so authentic for the team and its fans.”

The reversible jersey features a blue-and-black motif on one side with a maple leaf logo in the middle and the Toronto skyline stitched into the bands on the sleeves. The other side is black and yellow with a maple leaf in the center that incorporates the drew house logo.

The Leafs will be wearing the blue-and-black version of the jersey during today’s game against the New Jersey Devils. It’s also available for fans to buy at NHLShop.com.

In 2021, Justin showed his love for the Leafs by dedicating a video for his song “Hold On” to the team.

Listen to new Lykke Li song, “No Hotel”

March 23, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Lykke Li has released a new song called “No Hotel.”

“There’s no hotel no cigarettes and you’re still in love with someone else,” the “Get Some” artist says of the track, quoting its opening lines. You can download and stream the song now via digital outlets.

“No Hotel” follows Li’s 2018 album so sad so sexy. Last year, she released a reissue of her 2011 album Wounded Rhymes in honor of its 10th anniversary.

“Who’s ready?” Walker Hayes takes fans behind the scenes of his upcoming “AA” music video

March 23, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Walker Hayes may be “just tryin’ to stay out of AA,” but he heads down to the bar to film the music video for his new single.

Walker shared a teaser of the as-yet-unreleased music video for “AA,” which features line dancing, strobe lights and, of course, a classic honky-tonk dance floor.

“Who’s ready?” Walker wrote on Twitter, alongside the teaser snippet.

The dance moves featured in the video are similar to the ones Walker and his family shared on socials when they first introduced fans to the song. Ever since the release of his viral megahit, “Fancy Like,” family-focused dances have been a big part of the singer’s success. His teenage daughter Lela choreographs his moves, and the family often come together for a dance party tailor-made for each new song he puts out.

“AA” is currently inside the top 20 and climbing at country radio.

“The Doc is [still] in”: On its 10th anniversary, the kids’ show ‘Doc McStuffins’ remains impactful

March 23, 2022 by WDNY Radio

The Disney Junior show Doc McStuffins aired on March 23, 2012, making history as the first-ever animated series for preschoolers to feature a Black female lead.

The show was groundbreaking for that reason, but also because of the difference it made in the lives of young Black girls who were able to see themselves in Dottie “Doc” McStuffins, the show’s main character. Centering on a young Black girl who aspires to be a doctor like her mom, Doc performs check-ups on her toys and stuffed animals.

Actress Kiara Muhammad voiced the character for the first two of its five total seasons. At the time of the show’s final episode in 2020, the young actress commemorated the event by sharing a 2012 press photo and penning a note about the show’s “immense impact.”

“Thank you to all the parents who had to endure the reruns on Disney Junior to satisfy their kids and to all the people who have reached out to me over the years explaining the importance of having a girl like Doc on their screens,” Muhammad said.

The many different accounts of “real-life Doc McStuffins” speak directly to the impact on both young and adult Black women. Dr. Bernice Fokum, M.D., an emergency medicine resident physician and policy school graduate at Harvard Kennedy School, tweeted a heartwarming anecdote about one of her patients, a young Black girl, who wiped away her tears after learning of Fokum’s resemblance to the Disney character.

“It’s extremely important to have people who can represent the experiences of the people they’re serving,” Fokum said in an interview with Romper.

To honor the milestone, Disney will continue to stream episodes throughout the month and plans to unveil a 10th anniversary Doc McStuffins doll.

Disney is the parent company of ABC News.

Ex-Doobie Brothers/Steely Dan guitarist Jeff “Skunk” Baxter releasing debut album, ‘Speed of Heat,’ in June

March 23, 2022 by WDNY Radio

At the age of 73, former Steely Dan and Doobie Brothers guitarist Jeff “Skunk” Baxter will release his very first solo album, Speed of Heat, on June 18.

The 12-track collection features a mix of original tunes and select covers. Among the latter are renditions of the Steely Dan classics “My Old School” and “Do It Again,” and the 1960 instrumental “Apache” that was popularized by The Shadows.

The album features Baxter singing lead on some tracks, as well as some guests vocalists and musicians, including his one-time Doobie Brothers band mate Michael McDonald, country star Clint Black and blues rocker Jonny Lang.

Baxter’s main collaborator on Speed of Heat was veteran producer. composer and keyboardist CJ Vanston.

Baxter’s version of “My Old School,” which showcases his lead vocals, has been released as an advance digital single.

The guitarist reveals that after he’d laid down an initial scratch vocal on the track, he’d actually hoped to have Steven Tyler sing the lead, but when he played the Aerosmith frontman the recording, Tyler had a surprising reaction.

“He heard what I’d done and said, ‘Hey, who’s singing on this?'” Baxter recalls. “I told him it was me, and he said, ‘Well, it’s really great. You should do it yourself.’ I thought he was kidding, but he wasn’t. So I took a shot and the reaction has been very positive.”

The track also features Toto‘s David Paich on keyboards.

Speed of Heat also features a song called “My Place in the Sun” that Baxter co-wrote with Vanston and McDonald, and featuring Michael on vocals. You can pre-order the album now.

Meanwhile, Baxter has a series of U.S. concerts lined up on the East Coast in May 3.

Here’s the full Speed of Heat track list:

“Ladies from Hell”
“My Old School”
“Juliet”
“I Can Do Without”
“Do It Again”
“Apache”
“My Place in the Sun”
“The Rose”
“Bad Move”
“Giselle”
“Insecurity”
“Speed of Heat”

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