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Check out new Journey song, “Don’t Give Up on Us,” from band’s upcoming album, ‘Freedom’

June 7, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Journey has just released a fourth advance track from their upcoming studio album, Freedom, a soaring and soulful rock tune called “Don’t Give Up on Us.”

The track is available now via digital formats, and you also can check out a visualizer video for the song at Journey’s official YouTube channel.

“It is a very melodic song,” founding Journey guitarist Neal Schon says of “Don’t Give Up on Us.” “It’s soulful, coming more from that R&B place and a little more Motown sounding but it definitely rocks. I feel like it’s got Journey all over it.”

Freedom will be released on July 8 and can be preordered now.

The three other advance songs released from the 15-track collection are “The Way We Used to Be,” “You Got the Best of Me,” and “Let It Rain,” which debuted in June 2021, April 2022 and last month, respectively.

As previously reported, following Freedom‘s release, Journey will play four special symphonic concerts in Las Vegas — on July 15, 16, 22 and 23. The band also has several other concerts lined up around the U.S. this summer. Visit JourneyMusic.com for their full confirmed schedule.

Seals and Crofts singer Jim Seals dead at age 80

June 7, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Jim Seals, one half of the popular 1970s soft-rock duo Seals and Crofts, has died at age 80, Variety reports.

Along with his musical partner, Darrell “Dash” Crofts, Seals scored a series of hits during the 1970s, including three top-10 singles: 1972’s “Summer Breeze,” 1973’s “Diamond Girl” and 1976’s “Get Closer,” which all peaked at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100. Other notable songs include “Hummingbird,” “We May Never Pass This Way (Again)” and “You’re the Love.”

Seals and Crofts were longtime adherents of the Baháʼí faith, which influenced the theme of many of their songs.

A native of Sydney, Texas, Seals first began playing with fellow Texan Crofts during the 1950s. Around 1959, the duo joined the Los Angeles rock band The Champs shortly after that group scored a chart-topping hit with “Tequila.” During the early ’60s, Seals and Crofts played in Glen Campbell‘s backing band, The GCs, before going their separate ways for a few years.

After playing together again in the late ’60s in a band called The Dawnbreakers, Seals and Crofts decided to form a duo. They released a self-titled debut album in 1969. Their first hit came with “Summer Breeze,” the title track off their fourth studio album. Their final top-40 single, “You’re the Love,” reached #18 in 1978.

The duo went on an extended hiatus after they were dropped by their record label in 1980. Seals and Crofts occasionally reunited during the ensuing years and released a final album, Traces, in 2004.

During the 2000s, Jim teamed up with his brother Dan Seals — a member of popular 1970s duo England Dan and John Ford Coley — to play shows as Seals and Seals. Dan died of cancer in 2009.

On Facebook, John Ford Coley wrote of Jim’s death, “I spent a large portion of my musical life with this man. We toured together, he and Dash invited us to sing on Seals and Crofts records, and we played with him for years … I am very sad over this but I have some of the best memories of all of us together. Rest In Peace Jimmy. You and Dan finally get reunited again. Tell him and your sweet momma hi for me.“

Jim had lived in Costa Rica since 1980. He is survived by his wife of over 50 years, Ruby, and several children.

Maren Morris hints at special surprise during Humble Quest Tour

June 7, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Maren Morris is just days away from launching her Humble Quest Tour, and it seems she has a few surprises in store for fans coming to the shows.

The “Circles Around This Town” singer hopped on her Instagram Stories after a long day of rehearsals, admitting she was “very tired” as 2-year-old son Hayes could be heard clanging pots and pans on the floor beside her. But she had an important message to deliver to the people.

“There is a moment of this show that I have never done as a performer,” she hints, clarifying that it’s not “trapeze” or any stunts of similar nature. “But it’s going to be fun and a surprise. Can you guess what it is?” she teases. “I’m so excited to see you guys on the road in just a couple days.”

The hit singer also shared a series of behind-the-scenes snaps of rehearsals, including a black-and-white photo that shows her dramatically posing at the mic stand with spotlights beaming down on her, and another where she’s sitting on a black leather couch talking to member of the production crew.

“It takes a village. We’re here and ready to hit the road,” she says, adding on Twitter, “Sounds good, looks good, feels good.”

The Humble Quest Tour kicks off on Friday.

Flogging Molly announces new album, ‘Anthem’

June 7, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Flogging Molly has announced a new album called Anthem.

The seventh studio effort from the long-running Celtic punk outfit — and the first in five years — will arrive September 9. Flogging Molly collaborated with Steve Albini on the record, marking the first time they’ve worked with Nirvana‘s In Utero producer since he engineered their first two albums: 2000’s Swagger and 2002’s Drunken Lullabies.

“With this record we went back to the basics in a way that I don’t think we could have done if we hadn’t been playing together for over 20 years,” says frontman Dave King. “I think going back to Chicago and doing this record with Steve made the experience so fun and I really believe you can hear that on the record.”

Anthem includes the previously released song “These Times Have Got Me Drinking/Tripping Up the Stairs,” as well as a just-premiered new track called “The Croppy Boy ’98,” which is available now via digital outlets.

The album news coincides with the launch of Flogging Molly’s co-headlining U.S. tour with The Interrupters, which begins Tuesday in Indianapolis.

Here’s the Anthem track list:

“These Times Have Got Me Drinking/Tripping Up the Stairs”
“A Song of Liberty”
“Life Begins and Ends (But Never Fails)”
“No Last Goodbyes”
“The Croppy Boy ’98”
“This Road of Mine”
“(Try) Keep the Man Down”
“Now Is the Time”
“Lead the Way”
“These Are the Days”
“The Parting Wave”

Dirty Honey schedules California Dreamin’ North American headlining tour

June 7, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Dirty Honey has announced a summer and fall North American tour.

The headlining outing, dubbed the California Dreamin’ tour, launches August 25 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and will wrap up October 7 in Santa Cruz, California. In between, Dirty Honey will play their first run of Canadian headlining dates.

Dorothy will support on select shows, while Detroit band Mac Saturn will open all dates.

Tickets go on sale this Friday, June 10, at 10 a.m. local time. For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit DirtyHoney.com.

The California Dreamin’ tour takes its name from the lead single off Dirty Honey’s debut self-titled album, which dropped in April 2021. The group previously supported the record on the Young Guns tour earlier this year, which was co-headlined by Mammoth WVH.

You can also catch Dirty Honey at a number of U.S. festivals later this year, including Louder than Life and Aftershock.

The Kid LAROI reacts to people selling his McDonald’s nuggets for $30 apiece

June 7, 2022 by WDNY Radio

The Kid LAROI reacts to people selling his McDonald’s nuggets for apiece

Would you ever spend $30 on a single Chicken McNugget? Several opportune people are hoping to take advantage of The Kid LAROI fans by reselling pieces from his new McDonald’s meal collab for drastically marked up prices.

LAROI teamed with Mickey Dee’s in Australia to sell his favorite meal, which is a six-piece Chicken McNugget meal with barbecue sauce, medium fries, medium frozen Coke and a cheeseburger with no pickles.

The “Stay” singer caught wind of the scalpers inflating the prices of his new menu offering and shared one of the listings on his Instagram Story. The listing advertises a “Circle Kid Laroi nugget” and is asking for a whopping $30 in Australian dollars — or about $22 USD.

He captioned his post, which shows 19 people saved the listing, with three sobbing emojis.

For the record, a six-piece McNugget sells for about $5.79 USD, according to tracker Menu and Price. But, more interestingly, all you need to do is cough up $15 to buy the LAROI meal.

In other LAROI news, he is finally well enough to perform again and alerted fans via Instagram Story on Tuesday that he is ready to rock Brisbane, Australia. “I am here,” he shouted out. “See [you] tonight.”

LAROI was previously under doctor’s orders to postpone several shows so he could recover from the flu.

This is why Harry Styles wasn’t cast to play Elvis Presley

June 7, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Was Harry Styles ever in the running to play Elvis Presley? According to Elvis director Baz Luhrmann, the answer is a definite no.

The director opened up about his casting choices in an interview with Australian station NovaFM. He suggested the audience might have struggled to fully see Harry as the late rocker. “The real issue with Harry is — he’s Harry Styles,” Luhrmann said. “He’s already an icon.”

“Harry and I came to a place, genuinely I mean, he was just desperate to put the suit on and explore. He’s such a great spirit and I have nothing but great things to say about Harry Styles,” he continued. Luhrmann also clarified that the singer never auditioned for the role, which eventually went to actor Austin Butler.

The Australian director said he is open to working “on something with him” in the future that is more his — dare we say it — style. “Harry is a really talented actor,” Luhrmann said.

Harry is starring in the upcoming movies Don’t Worry Darling and My Policeman, a psychological drama and a romantic drama, respectively, which are both set to debut in theaters later this year.

As for Elvis, the movie arrives June 24.

Eric Church is thankful for the ones “Doing Life With Me” in new radio single

June 7, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Eric Church pays tribute to the people “Doing Life With Me” in his new single.

Co-written by Eric, Jeffrey Steele and Casey Beathard during a writing retreat in the mountains of Eric’s native state of North Carolina, the lyrics find the superstar comparing himself to a “runaway train,” acknowledging the battle scars of life while expressing gratitude for the people who stick with him through all the ups and downs.

“Every big every little in the everyday things/The notes and the words and the songs I sing/To the ones doing life with me,” he sings in the chorus of the gentle acoustic number.

“Doing Life With Me” is featured on &, the second installment of Eric’s three-part Heart & Soul album released last year. It follows the top five hit “Heart on Fire.”

Saucy Santana covers ’Teen Vogue’, previews new song with Latto

June 7, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Up-and-coming rapper Saucy Santana has had a year of big wins and great successes. Since hitting the rap scene in 2019 with his debut single “Walk Em Like a Dog,” he quickly rose to hip-hop stardom for his catchy, upbeat songs; his unapologetic style and flow as an openly gay rapper; and his viral TikTok hits. In the latest accolades for the rising star, Teen Vogue announced Santana as one of its June cover stars.

In the digital issue, which dropped Tuesday, Santana, born Justin Harris, opened up about his dream music collaborations with Lizzo and Lil Nas X, his original aspiration to be a celebrity makeup artist and embracing his gender identity in hip-hop.

“Before, I didn’t want to be labeled a gay rapper,” he said. “Then, in the middle of my career, I started to embrace it because I just felt like it was helpful to my culture and to my people.”

Santana says he’s happy his rap career took off, but he wasn’t expecting it to because he had other dreams.

“I thought I was going to be a celebrity makeup artist, I didn’t think I was going to be the celebrity getting their makeup done. I didn’t think that I would be a rapper. But I’m happy it happened.”

He says he’s “manifesting” and “praying” for a Lizzo collab soon and already has a new song Lil Nas on the way, called “Down South Ho’s,” expected this summer. Atlanta rapper Gucci Mane is also on his list of hopeful music partnerships.

Santana just teased his latest track, “Booty,” with Latto, which comes on the heels of his tour run alongside the Atlanta rapper. The track is expected this Friday, June 10.

Thomas Rhett and his wife Lauren’s favorite movie snack is a ‘dud’

June 7, 2022 by WDNY Radio

When Thomas Rhett and his wife Lauren Akins head to the movies, there’s a specific treat Lauren must have.

Over the weekend, the country couple headed to the movies to see the new Top Gun, but not before stopping to pick up Lauren’s favorite snack: Milk Duds. The country superstar shared a photo of his wife sitting in their Jeep in the Walgreens parking lot, excitedly holding up a case of Milk Duds and a bottle of Dr. Pepper. While a case may seem excessive, it was the result of a potential disappointment that turned into good fortune thanks to a kind employee at the store.

“The guy at Walgreens said there is a shortage of milk duds.. he then brought a case outta the back. @laur_akins gotta have her milk duds to see [Top Gun],” Thomas explains in the caption alongside a photo of his happy wife. “Thanks to the man at Walgreens.. you are a hero.”

Thomas and Lauren share four children, daughters Willa, Ada, Lennon and Lillie.

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