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Da Brat marries ‘twin flame’ Jesseca Dupart

February 24, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Da Brat is officially a newlywed!

The rapper and her fiancée, Jesseca Dupart, tied the knot in a fairy tale-like ceremony in Georgia on Tuesday.

Speaking on the significance of the date, Da Brat told People, “We’ve been calling each other twin flames for a while. So this date, 2/22/22, is a significant event. We just didn’t want to miss it because it comes once in a lifetime. It’s relevant. It’s just real significant to our relationship. It signifies angel numbers, and it also is reminiscent of twin flames.”

Among those present at the lavish nuptials were Real Housewives of Atlanta stars Kandi Burruss, Porsha Williams and Eva Marcelle, as well as record producer Jermaine Dupri, who walked Da Drat down the isle. LisaRaye McCoy served as a bridesmaid.

The couple previously revealed their wedding date in September, showing off the date “2.22.22” tattooed on Da Brat’s back. “TWOSDAY 2•22•22,” Dupart captioned the pic, followed by the bride, chapel, and wedding ring emojis and the hashtags #BRATlovesJUDY #weddingdate.

In addition to being newlyweds, the pair are gearing up to welcome their first child together. Earlier this month, Da Brat shared snapshots of her embracing Dupart from behind and making a heart with her hands over her then wife-to-be’s stomach.

“We are EXTENDING the family,” she wrote.

This will be the first child for Da Brat, 47, while Dupart, 39, has three children from previous relationships.

Dolly Parton’s Dollywood Splash Country water park is getting a makeover for 2022

February 24, 2022 by WDNY Radio

While the weather may still be chilly and gray, Dolly Parton’s Dollywood theme park is already looking ahead to summer.

Specifically, the park’s family water park, Splash Country, will be revamped and remodeled when it opens this year. Little Creek Falls, the pool area geared toward the youngest visitors, has been reimagined as a splash pad where babies and toddlers can play. It’ll feature new pop jets, flowers and other colorful attractions; plus, the butterfly shade structures are getting a colorful makeover and some will be used to shade the play area.

Elsewhere, the slides on Bear Mountain Fire Tower are getting a fresh paint job, and The Cascades — a pool area with zero-depth entry for young swimmers — is changing its color to match the waters of the surrounding Smoky Mountains, as opposed to its prior lagoon-like hue.

Other kinds of beautification are also underway at the park, including deep-cleaning initiatives, landscaping, tree trimming and more. All that hard work will pay off come May, when the park opens for the season.

H.E.R. announces 2022 leg of Back of My Mind Tour

February 24, 2022 by WDNY Radio

H.E.R. is continuing her 2021 Back of My Mind Tour with 19 dates this spring that begin April 8 in Honolulu. Other cities the trek will visit include New Orleans, Denver, Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Los Angeles, before it wraps up June 19 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Tickets will go on sale Friday, February 25, at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster.com.

“I’ve been so eager to connect with my fans this year, so it’s great to get back on the road,” the 24-year-old entertainer says in a statement. “Being on stage fuels me as a musician and I can’t wait to feel that energy again!”

H.E.R. also will perform at Jazz in the Gardens festival on March 15 near Miami, and she’ll be opening for Coldplay on their 2022 world tour. That trek’s U.S. leg kicks off May 6 in Dallas, and continues through June 14 in Tampa, Florida. The tour then travels to Europe and South America.

Meanwhile, H.E.R. leads all musical artists with six nominations for the NAACP Images Awards, which air Saturday at 8 p.m. on BET. On March 2, she’ll receive the American Express Impact Award at the Billboard Women in Music Awards. The Oscar and Grammy winner is being recognized as “an artist who uses their musical platform to create positive change while advocating on behalf of women in and beyond the music industry.”

H.E.R. has a chance to further add to her trophy room at this year’s Grammy Awards, where she’s nominated for eight honors, including Album of the Year for Back of My Mind, and Song of the Year for “Fight for You.” She’s also diversifying her career with her first major film role, in the new musical version of The Color Purple, also starring Taraji P. Henson and Fantasia.

Ann Wilson says she and sister Nancy “don’t see eye to eye” on Heart now, but they’re “working on it”

February 24, 2022 by WDNY Radio

During a recent interview that streamed on TalkShopLive, Nancy Wilson revealed that plans for a new Heart tour were on hold because she and her sister and band mate Ann were at odds over the musicians who would make up the touring version of the group.

Now, Ann Wilson tells ABC Audio that although she and her sister currently aren’t agreeing about Heart’s direction moving forward, she insists that she and Nancy aren’t feuding, and she feels that they eventually will be able to resolve their differences.

“There’s a lot of myth about what’s going on between me and Nancy, that there’s a feud or something like that. There really isn’t any feud between us personally,” Ann says. “We don’t see eye to eye on the shape that Heart should take. Like…I want to see it continue to evolve and break barriers and be relevant. And she…doesn’t want to try new things that much, you know.”

The singer adds, “I’m not trying to diss her at all, because I think we get a really bad rap for just being at each other’s throats. We’re not. We have a disagreement on who would be in the Heart band is all right now, but we’re working on it.”

In the TalkShopLive interview, Nancy explained that Ann had wanted Heart’s backing group to feature the musicians who make up her current solo touring band, The Amazing Dawgs, who also helped Ann record her upcoming solo album, Fierce Bliss, due out in April.

Nancy, meanwhile, says she wanted to continue with the same musicians who toured as Heart with her and Ann in 2019. Nancy has now launched a new group named Nancy Wilson’s Heart with the latter musicians and former Voice contestant Kimberly Nicole as lead singer.

Metal Blade Records announces 40th anniversary reissue featuring then-unsigned Metallica

February 24, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Long-running label Metal Blade Records is turning 40, and its celebrating with a bit of Metallica history.

Metal Blade has announced a vinyl reissue its debut release, a 1982 compilation titled Metal Massacre Volume One, due out April 22.

Metal Massacre Volume One was originally released to showcase unsigned metal bands in the Los Angeles area, including a very young Metallica. The future Rock & Roll Hall of Famers’ contribution was “Hit the Lights,” notably the first song James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich wrote together.

You can pre-order your reissue of Metal Massacre Volume One, which hasn’t been available on vinyl since 1984, now via MetalBlade.com. A special edition clear vinyl variant will be released exclusively via Metallica.com.

Adam Levine’s releasing something tattoo-related March 1; Maroon 5 books first-ever Middle East shows

February 24, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Maroon 5‘s Adam Levine must be tired of showing off all his tattoos on social media, because it appears as though he’s taking the next step…and getting into the tattoo business.

Maroon 5’s and Adam’s Instagram Stories are both teasing something called “Electric Tattoo,” which is “coming March 1.” Adam and tattoo artist Bryan Randolph are both tagged in the posting. Randolph, who seems to be the guy who’s done all Adam’s ink, has a similar posting in which he writes, “Been cooking something up for you.” No word on exactly what “Electric Tattoo” is yet, though.

Meanwhile, Maroon 5 has just announced their first-ever shows in the Middle East. In early May, they’ll be performing in Giza, Egypt, Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, and Tel Aviv, Israel. According to the Jerusalem Post, Adam, who’s Jewish, once said he had relatives in Israel.

Maroon 5’s World Tour 2022 gets started March 30 in Mexico City.

All in the family: Keith Urban + Nicole Kidman’s two daughters are already showing some artistic talent

February 24, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman are a power couple when it comes to artistic talent: He’s a superstar country performer and one of the genre’s most skilled guitarists, while she’s an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning actor.

It’s no surprise that the couple’s two daughters, 13-year-old Sunday Rose and 11-year-old Faith Margaret, are already showing aptitude for the arts, too.

Faith is perhaps the most likely to follow in her dad’s musical footsteps, Keith explains. “[She] has a great musical ear,” he says. “I can tell ’cause she’ll hear a melody and go to the little piano and figure it out by singing it and matching the notes and stuff. She’s got a good ear.”

Meanwhile, Sunday’s the film director of the family. “Sunday, I think, has always been interested in filming and making little stories with her little iPad,” Keith continues.

He explains, “Even when she was five, six years old, she liked to film with her iPad. Kids from the neighborhood will come over for play dates, and I tell you, immediately, they will be roped into being in these mini-movies that she makes. They’ve got to learn their parts and everything.”

Like any proud parent, Keith is hoping to encourage both his children to pursue their artistic interests as they get older.

“It would be great if [Sunday] continues [making movies], ’cause I think she’s a storyteller — a good storyteller,” he notes.

Both Sunday and Faith also made their voice acting debuts in The Angry Birds Movie 2, which came out in 2019.

Wishful Drinking? Sam Hunt divorce seems to be back on

February 24, 2022 by WDNY Radio

In a story that might make the beloved George Jones and Tammy Wynette blush, it seems the Sam Hunt divorce is back on again.

TMZ reports Hannah Lee Fowler didn’t, in fact, withdraw her divorce petition ultimately — her lawyers just realized they’d filed it in the wrong jurisdiction.

The thing that doesn’t seem to be in flux is that the couple is expecting their first child in May.

“Good Readin'”: Rascals singer/keyboardist Felix Cavaliere releasing memoir in March

February 23, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Rascals singer, keyboardist and songwriter Felix Cavaliere will release his autobiography, aptly titled Memoir of a Rascal, on March 22.

The book follows Cavaliere from his childhood in Pelham, New York, to his years with one of the world’s great blue-eyed soul groups, to the band’s induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and beyond.

Prior to co-founding The Rascals, which initially were known as The Young Rascals, Cavaliere played in the pop group Joey Dee and the Starliters along with future band mates Gene Cornish and Eddie Brigati.

In The Rascals, Cavaliere co-wrote — with Brigati — and sang many of the band’s biggest hits, including “You Better Run,” “Groovin’,” “I’ve Been Lonely Too Long,” “Beautiful Morning” and “People Got to Be Free.”

In addition to his highlights with The Rascals, Cavaliere writes in the book about his spiritual journey and the influence of guru Swami Satchidananda, as well as such achievements as induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, Vocal Group Hall of Fame, Musicians Hall of Fame and the aforementioned Rock Hall.

“I know fans have been asking me for years to finish my autobiography,” Cavaliere says in a statement. “This is for the fans. It’s a blessing to revisit memories and hopefully my story can inspire the next generation of singers and songwriters.”

The book features a foreword penned by legendary radio DJ “Cousin Brucie” Morrow. You can pre-order it now at FelixCavaliereMusic.com.

In other news, Cavaliere is working on a new studio album titled Then and Now that’s expected to be released by the end of the summer. Felix also has over a dozen concerts lined up this year, including several joint “Legends Live” shows with The Monkees‘ Micky Dolenz.

The Black Crowes’ Chris Robinson collaborates with psych-rockers Howlin Rain on two Mott the Hoople covers

February 23, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Black Crowes frontman Chris Robinson has teamed with psychedelic blues-rock band Howlin Rain to record covers of two Mott the Hoople songs that have been released digitally and also are available to order as a limited-edition seven-inch vinyl single.

The songs are “Sucker” and “Death May Be Your Santa Claus,” the original versions of which appeared, respectively, on Mott the the Hoople’s early 1970s albums All the Young Dudes and Brain Capers.

The single’s cover art features a cartoonish psychedelic “black light” painting of Robinson and Howlin Rain singer/guitarist Ethan Miller riding reindeer.

You can order the vinyl disc at Howlin Rain’s Bandcamp page. The album, expected to ship this Friday, February 25, can also be streamed and downloaded at the site. A retail version will be available at independent record shops on April 23 as part of the 2022 Record Store Day event.

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