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Mike Campbell and his group The Dirty Knobs release new song “Electric Gypsy,” from upcoming second album

February 18, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell and his current band, The Dirty Knobs, have released a second advance single from their forthcoming sophomore album, External Combustion, due out on March 4.

The new tune, “Electric Gypsy,” is available now via digital formats, while a music video for the song has debuted on Campbell’s official YouTube channel.

The clip begins with Campbell hitchhiking in the desert, where he’s picked up by RV driven by a tattooed woman. Inside the motor home are The Dirty Knobs’ members and some female friends. The vehicle soon stops, and the musicians and their friends get out, and band proceeds to play the song out in the desert around a fire pit.

In a recent Facebook post, Campbell writes, “‘Electric Gypsy’ is one of my favorite songs on the new record. The song came to me in a moment of inspiration before a session with the band — and we recorded it that day in one take, guitar solo and all.”

As previously reported, External Combustion is an 11-track collection that features guest appearances by Ian Hunter of Mott the Hoople fame, Heartbreakers keyboardist Benmont Tench and alt-country artist Margo Price.

Campbell wrote most of the songs on External Combustion during the past year, although two tunes date back to the 1990s and were recently rediscovered by Mike in his vault of unreleased tracks.

Prior to “Electric Gypsy,” Campbell and the group also released the album’s lead track, “Wicked Mind,” as an advance digital single, along with a companion music video.

External Combustion can be pre-ordered now, and is available on CD, on vinyl and via digital formats.

Campbell and The Dirty Knobs kick off a U.S. tour on March 9 in Tampa, Florida. Visit TheDirtyKnobs.com for the band’s full schedule.

“Can’t Have Mine”: Dylan Scott keeps the ball rolling with another new song after announcing his next album

February 18, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Hot on the heels of an album announcement on Thursday, Dylan Scott is keeping the momentum going by releasing his romantic new song, “Can’t Have Mine.”

Addressed to all the guys out there looking for their one true love, Dylan advises them to find a girl who “gets wild on the town but still loves Jesus,” and is “worth the wait even when she ain’t on time.” There’s just one caveat — they can’t have his girl.

The girl in question, of course, is Dylan’s wife, Blair, who makes an appearance alongside the singer in the lyric video for his new song. The pair have been together since Dylan was 15, but they once briefly took a break from their relationship, and that miserable three months inspired his current single, “New Truck.”

Both “New Truck” and “Can’t Have Mine” will appear on Dylan’s upcoming new album, Livin’ My Best Life, which will be out in August. He’s also hitting the road for his Livin’ My Best Life Tour next week.

New Music Friday: Gunna, Ty Dolla Sign & Wiz Khalifa, Jack Harlow, and Nigo with Kid Cudi

February 18, 2022 by WDNY Radio

With his latest album, DS4Ever, sitting at number two on the Billboard 200 chart, Gunna has released a new single that has been a TikTok favorite, “Banking on Me,” produced by Metro Boomin. It follows his duo track with Chloe, “you & me,” which they dropped for Valentine’s Day.

The Atlanta rapper is performing with DJ Khaled, Mary J. Blige, Ludacris, Lil Wayne, Lil Baby and Migos during the State Farm NBA All-Star Saturday Night festivities in Cleveland that begin Saturday, February 19, and air at 8 p.m. ET on TNT.

Ty Dolla Sign is celebrating the Los Angeles Rams’ 23-20 Super Bowl victory over the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday with his new track, “Champions,” featuring Wiz Khalifa. Ty attended the game at Sofi Stadium in Inglewood, California, and posted a series of photos from the event, including one of him sitting in field-level seats as he celebrated the Rams championship.

Jack Harlow dropped his new “Nail Tech” video featuring Yung Miami. The “Whats Poppin” MC just became a New Balance brand ambassador this week, and he’ll debut a new shoe tonight when he plays in the Ruffles NBA All-Star Weekend Celebrity Game.

The visual opens with Harlow in a nail salon, walking alongside the City Girls rapper. He goes from salon to boardroom, serves as a motivational speaker, and plays football with his friends. “My nail tech knows how to keep a lil’ secret/ I don’t wish for my success, I speak it,” he raps.

Finally, Kid Cudi is featured on the new single “Want It Bad” from Japanese artist Nigo. Pharrell Williams serves as executive producer for the I Know Nigo album, which drops March 25 and features Tyler the Creator, Gunna, A$AP Rocky and Lil Uzi Vert.

Ed Sheeran to “try out all the new tunes” at intimate warm-up shows

February 18, 2022 by WDNY Radio

If you’ve ever wanted to see Ed Sheeran in relatively intimate surroundings, book yourself a ticket to the U.K. now. That’s because Ed has announced a handful of smallish shows in advance of his upcoming stadium tour.

On Instagram, Ed wrote, “I’m going to be doing some warm up shows for my tour in the next few weeks. These are very low key shows where I get to try out all the new tunes before taking them into the stadiums. Some nights there will be mistakes. But that is where the fun starts.”

Starting March 21, Ed will play three dates at London’s Electric Ballroom, two shows at Concorde 2 in Brighton, and two shows in London’s Alexandra Palace Theater. You can get tickets at EdSheeran.com.

The Electric Ballroom only holds 1,500 people, the Alexandra Palace Theater between 900 and 1,300, and the Concorde 2 just 600. So by the time you read this, all those shows may very well have sold out.

Ed’s European stadium tour kicks off April 23 in Dublin. So far, no North American dates have been announced.

All the dates come in support of Ed’s latest album, = (Equals).

Metallica raffling off VIP BottleRock fest tickets for charity; announces Metallica Night with SF Giants

February 18, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Here’s your chance to party in wine country with Metallica.

The metal legends have announced a charity raffle with the grand prize of two VIP three-day passes to the ‘Tallica-headlined BottleRock Napa Valley festival, taking place May 27-29 in Napa, California.

The campaign will raise money for Metallica’s All Within My Hands charity foundation. The more you donate, the more entries you’ll receive.

For more info, visit Metallica.com.

In related news, Metallica’s hometown baseball team, the San Francisco Giants, have announced the details of its 2022 Metallica Night. The annual celebration, which has missed the past two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, makes its return to Oracle Park on May 24.

Previous Metallica Nights have featured the band performing the national anthem and throwing out the game’s ceremonial first pitch.

You can grab tickets now via MLB.com.

Brett Young’s wife stars as the one that got away in his painful “You Didn’t” music video

February 18, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Brett Young enlisted the help of a very special co-star to make his newest music video: His wife, Taylor.

In the video for his song “You Didn’t,” Brett plays the role of a guy who’s had his heartbroken, and Taylor is the one who got away, appearing as a ghost and then fading away as soon as he reaches out for her. In the video, Brett is tormented by painful memories of the relationship, finally crawling into bed with a picture of himself and Taylor taken during happier times.

Taylor was an appropriate choice to play the role of Brett’s ex. Though they’re happily married now, the pair once went through a two-year-long hiatus when he first moved to Nashville to pursue country music.

Fortunately, they’re now back together and happier than ever: Brett and Taylor got married in 2018 and are now parents to two daughters, two-and-a-half-year-old Presley and six-month-old Rowan.

Is Kelly Clarkson changing her name?

February 18, 2022 by WDNY Radio

After a divorce, many women change their names back to their maiden name. But now it seems as though Kelly Clarkson may be changing her name in a more extreme way.

According to E! Online, which got a look at the court documents, the multi-talented entertainer has filed to change her name to “Kelly Brianne” — “Brianne” being her middle name — explaining, “My new name more fully reflects who I am.”

A hearing regarding Kelly’s request is set for March 28, E! reports.

In June of 2020, Kelly split with her husband of nearly seven years, Brandon Blackstock, citing “irreconcilable differences.” She was legally declared single in September of 2021. Kelly and Brandon share two children, River and Remington, and she was also stepmother to Savannah and Seth, Brandon’s two children from his previous marriage.

Last July, Kelly was ordered to pay Brandon nearly $200,000 per month in child and spousal support.

Meanwhile, Kelly’s taking on yet another project: co-hosting NBC’s American Song Contest with Snoop Dogg on March 21.

Foo Fighters premiere red band trailer for ‘Studio 666’

February 18, 2022 by WDNY Radio

If you think you know what you’re getting into with the Foo Fighters‘ Studio 666 movie, you may want to check out the red band trailer.

The newly premiered, uncensored clip gives you an NSFW preview of the upcoming horror-comedy movie, with all the blood, guts, entrails and f-bombs you can fit in 90 seconds.

You can watch the trailer streaming now on YouTube, if you dare.

In related news, Dave Grohl reveals in an interview with Empire magazine that he tried to get Vin Diesel to make an appearance in Studio 666, but the Fast & Furious star declined.

“The casting process was literally me looking through my phone,” Grohl shares. “We f***ing asked Vin Diesel to be in the movie! We were like, ‘Oh my god, 10 million people will go see this film! And he said no.”

Studio 666 does, however, feature all six Foo Fighters members, as well as Whitney Cummings, Leslie Grossman, Will Forte and Jenna Ortega, plus a cameo from Lionel Richie. It hits theaters February 25.

Pusha-T reconfirms he’s quashed his beef with Drake: “I’ve already looked past that”

February 18, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Its been four years since the infamous Pusha-T/Drake feud was ignited. Now, as Pusha prepares to drop a new album, he’s reconfirming that the beef has been quashed.

“I’ve already looked past that,” the “Mercy” rapper said on the 360 with Speedy Morman podcast. “I don’t look towards that anymore. … Bygones are bygones, as far as I see.”

The feud began in 2018, when Pusha accused the Champagne Papi of using a ghostwriter in the song “Infrared.” The beef escalated when Pusha revealed in the 2018 diss track “The Story of Adidon” that Drake had a son named Adonis.

Pusha is signed to Kanye West’s Good Music label, and Ye recently ended his feud with Drake. He thinks it “works really good” to see Drake and Kanye as friends, even though it surprised him.

“I told [Ye], ‘That might be good for you,’” Pusha added, asserting that he spoke with Kanye about ending the beef with the Certified Lover Boy rapper before Yeezy and Drake performed at the Free Larry Hoover concert on December 9 in LA.

Pusha is planning to drop his fourth studio album in the spring, and he’s full of confidence,

“There’s no album that’s better than mine this year,” the four-time Grammy nominee says of the project, produced by West and Pharrell Williams. “Nobody makes better music with those two entities than me. I want people to stop working with them, because it sort of cheapens what I do.”

Team Taylor: Liam Gallagher dubs Swift “f***ing cool” in response to Damon Albarn controversy

February 18, 2022 by WDNY Radio

At least one Britpop icon is in Taylor Swift‘s corner.

In an interview with NME, Liam Gallagher says he thinks the pop superstar is “f***ing cool” in response to the controversy over Blur frontman Damon Albarn‘s comments regarding Swift as a songwriter.

As you may recall, Albarn claimed that Swift “doesn’t write her own songs” in a recent interview with the Los Angeles Times. He also dismissed the idea of Swift “co-writing” songs, which he said “doesn’t count.”

As for that assertion, Gallagher tells NME, “Says who?”

“All them f***ing gorilla albums are co-writes aren’t they?” Liam asks, presumably referring to Albarn’s other band, Gorillaz.

Liam also has some experience with Albarn’s type of criticism, being as his estranged brother, Noel Gallagher, is credited as the main songwriter behind Oasis.

“I get it,” he says. “Noel bangs on about it as well: ‘I’m more important than you because I write my f***ing songs.'”

Following Albarn’s comments, Swift tweeted back, “I write ALL of my own songs. Your hot take is completely false and SO damaging.” Albarn then apologized “unreservedly and unconditionally,” claiming the quote was “reduced to clickbait.”

“Well, [Albarn] won’t be saying that again in a hurry, though, will he?” Liam says. “Did he not get ran out of f***ing town by the Swifters?”

“I think [Swift is] f***ing cool, man,” he adds. “She does write her songs and I’m sure she’s co-wrote with people.”

Liam also calls Swift’s hit “Shake It Off” a “f***ing tune,” though he should probably learn the proper name of her fan base if he wants to stay on the Swifties’ good side.

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