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Ringo Starr NFTs being auctioned Monday; Starr approves of virtual gallery created in conjunction with sale

June 10, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Bidding on Ringo Starr‘s first-ever collection of NFTs closes this Monday, June 13, at 11 a.m. PT.

The “Ringo Starr NFT Collection — The Creative Mind of a Beatle” includes five unique NFTs, each featuring an animated version of a painting created by the legendary drummer, and most soundtracked by a custom-made drum track played by Starr.

Those who purchase an NFT also will receive a 25-by-25-inch canvas print of the artwork signed by Ringo, and will be given access to a virtual gallery of Starr’s digital art called “RingoLand.”

The paintings that serve as the basis for the NFTs include self portraits and colorful spin art.

During a recent press event in Rama, Canada, promoting the launch of Ringo’s current tour with his All Starr Band, Starr talked about the virtual gallery created to display his digital art in conjunction with the NFT auction.

“It was just a great idea,” Ringo said. “And, you know, it’s not even there. It’s a fantasy just on your computer. And [an avatar of me is] walking around looking at my paintings, and you can do the same.”

A total of 20 NFT packages — four of each of the five pieces — will be auctioned as part of the sale, which is being hosted by Julien’s Auctions. Bids can be placed at JuliensLive.com. You also can check out videos of Ringo’s animated artwork at that website and on YouTube.

A portion of the proceeds raised by the auction will benefit Ringo’s Lotus Foundation, which funds and supports charitable projects that focus on various social welfare causes.

Ringo and his All Starr Band’s tour continues tonight in Red Bank, New Jersey. Since Tuesday, Edgar Winter has been sitting out the shows after testing positive for COVID-19.

Green Day to be honored at 2022 ‘Kerrang!’ Awards with Icon Award

June 10, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Green Day will be presented with the Icon Award by the British publication Kerrang! at the 2022 Kerrang! Awards.

In a statement, Kerrang! editor Luke Morton says the prize recognizes Green Day’s “longevity and legacy as one of the greatest and most important acts in the history of rock and alternative music, who still captivate and electrify millions of fans all over the world with the power of punk rock.”

Previous Kerrang! Icon winners include Led Zeppelin‘s Jimmy Page, Blink-182 and the Ramones.

The 2022 Kerrang! Awards take place June 23.

Green Day, meanwhile, just launched a European tour. They’ll reunite with Fall Out Boy and Weezer later this month to launch the European leg of the Hella Mega Tour, which kicked off in the U.S. last summer.

From the beginning, Carrie Underwood wanted ‘Denim & Rhinestones’ to be “fun,” “positive” and “happy”

June 10, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Carrie Underwood’s finally putting out a record that she describes as a “sing-into-your-hairbrush” album: Denim & Rhinestones.

The track list takes cues from all different genres and is full of fun. Whether it’s the high drama of “She Don’t Know” and “Ghost Story,” a retro banger like “Crazy Angels” or the ‘80s vibes of the title track, Denim & Rhinestones delivers a good time from start to finish, and that’s intentional.

“That’s what I wanted to do from the beginning, when, you know, we had nothing — a complete blank piece of paper,” Carrie says. “And that’s what my co-producer, David Garcia, asked: ‘What do you wanna do?’ And I said, ‘I wanna have fun. I wanna have fun.’”

It’s been a while since Carrie truly got to let loose on an album. Her last two projects had fallen more on the serious side: She put out her Christmas album, My Gift, followed by her gospel project, My Savior.

“And I just felt like that, coupled with the past couple of years of not being able to tour and do all that stuff we normally do — I was like, ‘I am looking forward to going out on the road. I need happiness in life,’” the singer continues. “I just felt like I wanted to have fun and be positive and be happy.”

Carrie will keep the party going this fall when she heads out on The Denim & Rhinestones Tour, which kicks off in mid-October and features direct support from Jimmie Allen.

Britney Spears marries Sam Asghari nearly 9 months after announcing engagement

June 10, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Britney Spears and Sam Asghari are officially married.

The couple tied the knot during an intimate ceremony in Los Angeles on Thursday, a source close to the couple tells ABC News.

Around 60 guests were in attendance, including Drew Barrymore, Madonna, Paris Hilton and Kathy Hilton,” insiders tell People magazine.

Spears wore a gown by famed fashion house Versace and walked down the aisle to Elvis Presley‘s “Can’t Help Falling in Love,” added the source.

Her sons Sean Preston, 16, and Jayden James, 15, were not in attendance at the wedding but are “happy” for their mom, a lawyer for Kevin Federline told People on Thursday.

Spears, 40, and Asghari, 28, got engaged in September 2021 when the Iranian-born fitness instructor and actor proposed to the “Toxic” singer.

The pair first met on the set of the pop star’s “Slumber Party” music video in 2016.

During their relationship, Asghari stood by Spears during her conservatorship drama. Spears told a court in June 2021 she wanted to “get married and have a baby” but was unable to do so under the conservatorship. Spears’ conservatorship, which was established in 2008, was terminated in November 2021.

Asghari recently teased fans that the two had decided on a wedding date. “Our lives have been a real life fairytale,” he shared via a since-expired Instagram Stories post in May. “Also the big day has been set! But nobody will know until the day after.”

This is the third marriage for Spears, who shares sons Sean Preston, 16, and Jayden James, 15, with ex-husband Kevin Federline.

Dead & Company’s upcoming US summer shows available for livestream

June 9, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Grateful Dead spinoff group Dead & Company will make available livestreams of all 20 shows on their 2022 U.S. summer tour at the nugs.net concert-streaming service.

The trek kicks off this Saturday, June 11, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles and runs through a July 15-16 stand at Citi Field in New York City. The tour also features several other two-show engagements — on June 13-14 in Mountain View, California; June 17-18 in Boulder, Colorado; and June 24-25 at Chicago’s Wrigley Field.

Streams of the concerts will be available in HD and 4K formats, priced at $29.99 and $44.99, respectively, per show. Those who subscribe to nugs.net will get a 15% discount on single-show purchases. Also available is the Summer 2022 Unlimited Devotion Pass, which gives fans access to livestreams of all 20 concerts. The shows can be watched live or on demand and will be available for replay viewing for 48 hours.

The livestreams can be watched on Apple and Android devices, or desktop browsers, and viewers will be able to interact with each other in nugs.net’s metaverse venue.

As previously reported, during the new trek Dead & Company will continue its sustainability partnership with the nonprofit organization REVERB. The band has committed to a comprehensive carbon offset program while also encouraging fans to take action to help the environment via the organization’s Music Climate Revolution campaign.

The summer outing will mark the band’s seventh tour since the its 2015 formation. The group’s lineup features Grateful Dead members Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart, as well as singer/guitarist John Mayer, ex-Allman Brothers Band bassist Oteil Burbridge and RatDog keyboardist Jeff Chimenti.

For more info on the tour and the livestreams, visit DeadandCompany.com and nugs.net.

Coheed and Cambria adds Alkaline Trio to tour, announces ’Vaxis II’ release day streaming event

June 9, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Alkaline Trio has joined the bill for Coheed and Cambria‘s upcoming summer tour.

Matt Skiba and company take the place of Dance Gavin Dance. Coheed announced earlier this week that Dance Gavin Dance had been removed from the tour following allegations of sexual assault against DGD’s now-former vocalist, Tilian Pearson.

The Coheed tour begins July 12 in Miami. The “Welcome Home” outfit will be supporting their upcoming album Vaxis II: A Window of the Waking Mind, due out June 24.

In related news, Coheed has announced a special streaming event to celebrate the Vaxis II release date. The virtual show will feature a full-band acoustic performance recorded at the Rough Trade NYC record store.

You can watch the performance beginning June 24 at noon ET via frontman Claudio Sanchez‘s Twitch channel.

The Temptations welcome new member Jawan M. Jackson, former cast member of group’s Broadway musical

June 9, 2022 by WDNY Radio

The Temptations just kicked off a new run of U.S. dates as part of their 60th anniversary tour.

The legendary Motown group, led by sole surviving founding member Otis Williams, recently added a new bass vocalist to the lineup, Jawan M. Jackson. Jackson was part of the original cast of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations.

Jackson made his live Temptations debut on Wednesday at a concert in Edmonds, Washington, and the tour continues Thursday night in Olympia, Washington. The group has over 20 upcoming U.S. gigs this year, scheduled through a September 11 show in Macon, Georgia. Several of the shows will see The Temptations teaming up with The Beach Boys.

The Temptations also have a series of concerts lined up in England and mainland Europe in the fall. Visit TemptationsOfficial.com for a full list of dates.

In addition to Williams and Jackson, the current Temptation lineup features longtime lead singers Ron Tyson and Terry Weeks, as well as Anthony “Tony” Grant, who joined the group last year.

In January, the quintet released its latest studio album, Temptations 60.

Listen to Halsey’s new single “So Good” now

June 9, 2022 by WDNY Radio

After going viral on TikTok by complaining that their record company wouldn’t release their new song unless they went viral on TikTok, Halsey has finally dropped the song in question: “So Good.”

The official video for the track, which was directed by Halsey’s parter Alev Aydin, will premiere tomorrow, June 10. Halsey had said that Alev, the father of their son Ender, is the subject of the song.

The song is about wanting someone who is unavailable, because they’re already in another relationship. “You’re all I think about and everywhere I look/I know it’s bad, but we could be so good,” Halsey sings.

Last year, Halsey told Allure, “Alev and I have been really good friends for four years. And when the stars aligned, our relationship became romantic and it was pretty evident that he and I were both, like, ‘Oh, my gosh! You’re the person I’m supposed to start a family with.'”

Halsey headlines New York City’s Governors Ball this Saturday, and the Hollywood Bowl in LA on June 21.

As previously reported, Halsey made headlines when they claimed that their label held up the release of a new single on the condition they fabricate a “fake viral moment on TikTok.”

City Girls’ Yung Miami grills rumored boyfriend Diddy, Missy Elliott thanks Janet Jackson for support and more

June 9, 2022 by WDNY Radio

—City Girls member Yung Miami is set to host a new Revolt TV talk show and podcast, titled Caresha Please. Her first guest will be none other than her rumored boo, Diddy.

The Miami-based rapper shared a preview clip on Instagram Wednesday, showing Diddy sitting across from her in the hot seat, as she questioned him on a wide variety of topics, including love and relationships.

Among other things, she asks, “Are you a cheater?” “What do you like about me?” and “So what we is?” A dumbfounded Puff Daddy doesn’t provide solid responses.

On the premiere episode, airing Thursday on YouTube, Yung Miami will chat with the Revolt founder about his new label, Love Records, his career, his family and more.

—Missy Elliott publicly expressed her gratitude for Janet Jackson and thanked her for being a good friend.

In a lengthy Instagram message, shared alongside a video of the two, the “Work It” rapper said she appreciates Jackson for taking time out of her busy schedule to visit her at a moment when she needed to feel some love.

“… the other day @janetjackson & I was chopping it up on the phone & I spoke about how I missed everyone & how this year I wanted to make sure I see her & she casually said I’ll fly to where you are,” Elliott wrote. She went on to explain that the “booked and busy” superstar made her “tear up” when she stuck to her promise, showed up at her house and spent two days with her. “I Love you til Earth is No More!” she said.

–The trailer for the new Mike Tyson limited series was released Wednesday. The first-look video shows Moonlight star Trevante Rhodes as he transforms into Tyson in a chronicling biopic of his life and boxing career.

Music notes: Demi Lovato, Camila Cabello, Ed Sheeran, Elton John and more

June 9, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Demi Lovato‘s “Sorry Not Sorry” is the newest member of Spotify’s Billions Club. Announcing the feat on their Instagram Story, Demi told their fans they loved them for streaming their 2017 single over 1 billion times.

Camila Cabello showed how she made her creepy “Psychofreak” music video that featured Willow. “We decided to make a room which kind of felt like a waiting room. I liked the idea of the whole video being stuck in this one small but infinite space,” Camila revealed, adding she wanted the video to feel “disorientating.”

Ed Sheeran is still the official shirt sponsor of the Ipswich Town Football Club. The jerseys have been promoting his Mathematics Tour logo since the 2021-22 season, reports FanNation Futbol. Ed is a diehard Ipswich fan.

Dua Lipa owes Saturday Night Live star Bowen Yang a matching tattoo. He called her out on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Kimmel. Apparently Dua proposed the idea of matching tats when she was on SNL but never followed through. Yang lamented, “I feel like she’s blowing me off … Dua. It was your idea.”

Speaking of Dua, her “Cold Heart” collab with Elton John reached a new personal best on Billboard’s Hot Dance/Electronic songs chart — its 34th week at #1. It now has the second-longest run atop the chart, besting “The Middle” by Zedd and Maren Morris. Marshmello and Bastille‘s “Happier” is in first place with 69 weeks atop the chart.

Justin Timberlake and SZA are among the headliners of Pharrell Williams‘ Something in the Water Festival, which takes place June 17 through June 19 in Washington, D.C. Usher, Calvin Harris, Lil Baby and Silk Sonic’s Anderson .Paak will also perform during the Juneteenth weekend event, as well as Latin superstar J Balvin. The show will be streamed live on Amazon Music.

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