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Entire David Bowie catalog, including three exclusive remixes, available now for Peloton users

January 18, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Starting today, David Bowie‘s entire music catalog is available for Peloton users, and in conjunction with the launch, three brand-new mixes of Bowie songs by contemporary artists also have premiered exclusively for the home exercise platform.

The songs, 1980’s “It’s No Game (Pt. 1),” 1983’s “Let’s Dance,” and 1975’s “Golden Years,” were remixed, respectively, by alternative rocker St. Vincent and DJ/producers Honey Dijon and TOKiMONSTA.

St. Vincent says she chose to remix “It’s No Game (Pt. 1)” a song from David’s Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) album, “because it has a part 2 on the record, and I figured maybe Bowie wouldn’t mind so much if I made a part 3.” She adds, “I wanted to take Bowie’s throat-shredding vocal take from part 1, and make it front and center.”

Honey Dijon notes, “When I was asked to remix one of my favorite David Bowie songs, I chose ‘Let’s Dance’ because it’s a true celebration of music and movement — just like Peloton!”

As for TOKiMONSTA, she says she relates to Bowie because he was “an amazing innovator,” pointing out that he “was always reinventing himself and pushing the envelope of music, while somehow never ceasing to be authentically himself.”

The David Bowie Collection, including the remixes, will be available for various exercise classes under the “Collections” sections in the Peloton App or the Peloton hardware touchscreen.

For non-Peloton members, a free two-month trial of the app is available. Visit OnePeloton.com for more details.

“Thank you just doesn’t seem like enough”: Michael Ray celebrates his first multi-week #1 hit

January 18, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Michael Ray has achieved a personal milestone with his #1 hit, “Whiskey and Rain.”

The song about nursing one’s heartbreak away with a glass of something strong has officially become Michael’s first multi-week #1, sitting in the top slot on the Billboard Country Airplay chart for the second consecutive week.

“Y’all don’t know how happy that makes me,” Michael says in an appreciative video on Instagram as he thanks fans and friends for continuing to request the song on country radio. “Pour a little whiskey and know that this is your #1 too.”

“Thank you just doesn’t seem like enough……. WHISKEY AND RAIN IS OFFICIALLY MY FIRST TWO-WEEK #1!!!!” he adds in the caption. “I’m sending all the love and support I’ve felt and continue to feel for this song right back to each and every one of y’all who called and requested it, streamed it like hell, and sung it loud back to us on tour. This #1 belongs to all of us!!!”

“Whiskey and Rain” is the singer’s fourth #1 single. It’s featured on his 2021 EP, Higher Education.

Twitter campaign about manifesting your dreams features Demi Lovato, Niall Horan, Megan Thee Stallion

January 18, 2022 by WDNY Radio

According to Twitter, manifestations are the new resolutions: The number of tweets from people hoping to turn their dreams into reality has grown 100% over the past three years. If you don’t think it works, Twitter has enlisted some celebrities — including Demi Lovato, Niall Horan and Megan Thee Stallion — to prove that it does.

The social media platform’s new campaign involves billboards rolling out on Tuesday in eight cities — including New York, LA, Toronto, Chicago, Houston and Toronto — all highlighting past tweets from stars that later became a reality.

For example, on February 7, 2010, Demi tweeted, “One day, I’m gonna sing the national anthem at a super bowl. Onnnee dayyy.” On February 2, 2020, they did just that, belting out “The Star Spangled Banner” at Super Bowl LIV in Miami.

On January 16, 2010, Niall Horan tweeted, “applied for xfactor,hope it all wrks out.” Of course, the Irish singer’s time on X Factor resulted in him being put together in a group with four other guys. That group, One Direction, went on to sell more than 70 million records worldwide. Today, Niall is a successful solo artist.

And on May 27, 2014, Megan Thee Stallion tweeted, “I need a team bc I promise this rap s*** gone take off for me.” Two number ones, three Grammys and six BET Awards later, she’s a global superstar, and one of the 100 most influential people in the world, according to TIME.

Other stars featured in the campaign who manifested their dreams include Shang-Chi star Simu Liu, Insecure star and creator Issa Rae and Oscar-winning director Matthew A. Cherry.

As part of the campaign, Twitter is donating to the stars’ charities of choice on their behalf.

The Head and the Heart announces headlining tour; new single “Every Shade of Blue” dropping Friday

January 18, 2022 by WDNY Radio

The Head and the Heart will be exploring “Every Shade of Blue” in 2022.

Not only is that the title of the “All We Ever Knew” outfit’s newest single, but it also provides the name for their just-announced U.S. headlining tour, kicking off May 20 in St. Petersburg, Florida.

The massive outing will run through the spring and into the summer before finally wrapping up October 15 in Nashville.

Tickets to the Every Shade of Blue tour go on sale this Friday, January 21, at 10 a.m. local time, with various pre-sales happening throughout the week. For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit TheHeadandtheHeart.com.

Meanwhile, the single “Every Shade of Blue” drops this Friday, as well. It’s the first fresh tune from the band to follow their 2019 album Living Mirage, which spawned the singles “Missed Connection” and “Honeybee.”

Slipknot announces 2022 Knotfest Roadshow tour

January 18, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Slipknot‘s Knotfest Roadshow is getting back on the road.

The masked metallers have announced a 2022 leg of their ongoing headlining tour, set to kick off March 16 in Fargo, North Dakota. The first half of the outing, which concludes April 17 in Vancouver, will feature support from In This Moment and Jinjer, while the second half, running from May 18 in University Park, Pennsylvania, to June 18 in Chula Vista, California, features Cypress Hill and Ho99o9 on the bill.

“Even with everything going on in the world right now, we’re still extremely excited to come back out in the States, with two different, exciting packages,” says frontman Corey Taylor.

“Whether it’s In This Moment and Jinjer, or Cypress and Ho99o9, we pride ourselves in bringing our fans the epicenter of our music and art,” Taylor adds. “Come celebrate with us, and try to stay as safe as we will be.”

Tickets go on sale this Friday, January 21, at 10 a.m. local time. For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit KnotfestRoadshow.com.

In addition to getting back on the road, Slipknot will be releasing a new album in 2022, if a recent tweet from Taylor is to be believed. The group dropped a new single, “The Chapeltown Rag,” last fall.

The Weeknd’s ‘Dawn FM’ narrowly misses number-one debut

January 18, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Despite the hype surrounding The Weeknd‘s suprise release of his album Dawn FM, the project was narrowly beaten to the number-one spot on the Billboard Top 200, and had to settle for a number-two debut.

Instead, it was rapper Gunna who took the top spot with his new mixtape DS4Ever, which features Chris Brown, Roddy Ricch, Young Thug and other big names. Gunna’s album sold 150,300 equivalent album units, while The Weeknd’s album sold 148,000. This is Gunna’s second number-one album

Dawn FM, featuring Jim Carrey, Lil Wayne, Tyler, the Creator and Quincy Jones, becomes The Weeknd’s eighth top 10 album — to date, all of his charting releases have reached the top 10. The album won’t be available on CD until January 28, while vinyl and cassette editions arrive April 29.

On January 12, a 19-track deluxe edition of Dawn FM was released with three new tracks: remixes of “Take My Breath” and “Sacrifice,” plus The Weeknd’s current single with Swedish House Mafia, “Moth to a Flame.”

Meanwhile, The Weeknd’s hits compilation The Highlights is currently at number six on the chart.

Twenty One Pilots perform “The Outside” on ABC’s ’Jimmy Kimmel Live!’

January 18, 2022 by WDNY Radio

After embarking on their Takeover tour in 2021, Twenty One Pilots took over ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Monday night.

The “Stressed Out” duo performed “The Outside,” from their new album Scaled and Icy, which dropped last year.

The Columbus, Ohio duo, consisting of Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun, last appeared on the show in 2015.

You can catch Twenty One Pilots live on their Icy North American headlining tour, kicking off in August.

Rock art: Rick Wakeman reveals plans for multimedia album project, ‘A Gallery of the Imagination’

January 18, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Rick Wakeman is preparing to return to North America in February for a new leg of his Even Grumpier Old Rock Star solo tour, but the former Yes keyboardist also says he’s making progress on a new concept album on which he’s been working for a while.

As he told ABC Audio late last year, the project is called A Gallery of the Imagination. Explaining the concept, the 72-year-old Rock & Roll Hall of Famer noted, “[I]f you go into an art gallery, you’ll see all kinds of paintings…from surrealistic to renaissance paintings to modern art…So I wanted to have an album which was a gallery of all different kinds of music.”

In a recent post on his website, Rick said of the project, “I am really pleased with how it’s coming together and I now am going to spend some time playing around with the song melodies and the lyrics ready to send to [singer/sax player] Hayley [Sanderson] and also some more work from me is [needed] as regards the keyboard arrangements for the instrumentals.”

Wakeman told ABC Audio that in conjunction with the album, he plans to encourage fans to create works of art inspired by each track, and then “we want to collect them all and…get hold of a big gallery somewhere…and have those pictures [displayed].”

Rick envisions people who visit the gallery will put on headphones and listen to the songs from the album while looking at the corresponding pieces of art inspired by the tracks.

He added, “I suppose [it’s] the next stage of being interactive with the audience.”

Wakeman’s 2022 The Even Grumpier Old Rock Star Tour starts on February 22 in Seattle and is mapped out through a March 14 show in Toronto.

Children of Chris Cornell are “working on songs together”

January 18, 2022 by WDNY Radio

No one may sing like him anymore, but the children of Chris Cornell seem to be forging their own musical path.

In a recent Instagram post, the late Soundgarden frontman’s widow Vicky Cornell shared a photo of their children, Toni and Christopher, playing music together.

“Sneaked a pic,” Vicky wrote in the caption. “My babies all grown up working on songs together.”

Last month, Toni guested on The Tonight Show to perform a cover of “Nothing Compares 2 U.” Her father’s version of the Prince-penned Sinéad O’Connor classic is posthumously nominated for Best Rock Performance at this year’s Grammys.

Chris also had a child, Lily, with his first wife, Susan Silver. Lily hosts an ongoing mental health series called Mind Wide Open.

In related news, the YouTube channel of Chris’ band Audioslave recently unearthed a batch of footage from a 2003 performance for AOL. The sessions featured performances of songs including “Cochise,” “Like a Stone” and “I Am the Highway.”

Listen to new Tears for Fears song “Break the Man,” from band’s upcoming album ‘The Tipping Point’

January 17, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Tears for Fears have debuted a new song called “Break the Man,” the third advance single from the veteran British New Wave duo’s forthcoming studio album, The Tipping Point.

The song, which is available now via digital formats, was co-written by founding singer/bassist Curt Smith and the group’s current touring guitarist, Charlton Pettus, who also co-produced The Tipping Point.

Smith says of the new tune, “‘Break the Man’ is about a strong woman, and breaking the patriarchy. I feel that a lot of the problems we’ve been having as a country and even worldwide to a certain degree has come from male dominance. It’s a song about a woman who is strong enough to break the man. For me, that would be an answer to a lot of the problems in the world — a better male-female balance.”

The Tipping Point, which will be released on February 25, will be Tears for Fears’ first new studio album since 2004’s Everybody Loves a Happy Ending. The group will support the record with a 2022 U.S. tour featuring support act Garbage that’s scheduled to kick off May 20 in Cincinnati and run through a June 25 concert in Wantagh, New York.

Prior to “Break the Man,” Tears for Fears also released The Tipping Point‘s title track and a song called “No Small Thing” as advance singles, as well as companion music videos for both tunes.

You can pre-order the album now.

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