Music – Page 3380 – 105.7 WDNY

Harry Styles and Billie Eilish to headline Coachella 2022

January 12, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Billie Eilish and Harry Styles will headline Coachella 2022, along with Kanye West and Swedish House Mafia.

Billboard confirmed the new lineup on Wednesday after Coachella had to slam on the brakes for the past two years. 2020’s festival was set to take place that April, but it was moved to October because of the pandemic before organizers decided to push it back a year. The rescheduled 2021 festival was also canceled because of COVID-19.

Travis Scott, Rage Against the Machine and Frank Ocean were set as the original headliners, but all three will no longer take to the stage in 2022. Travis was dropped from the lineup after 10 people died at his Astroworld concert in November and Frank Ocean will instead take over the Coachella stage in 2023.

This year’s festival is set to take place for two weekends in April, the 15th through the 17th, and then again on the 22nd through the 24th, in Indio, California. No further information regarding musical acts is being reported at this time.

Drake praises Kodak Black: “You really all that for this generation and the next one”

January 12, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Following Kodak Black‘s recent Jay-Z Verzuz challenge, Drake is showering praise upon the “Zeze”rapper.

“You really all that for this generation and the next one if we being honest,” Drizzy commented while Kodak was doing an Instagram Live session.

Back in 2018, Drake called Kodak’s Dying to Live one of his favorite albums of “the last five years.” He told the Florida MC, “Your purpose is so pure. … Like you are almost talking from this God level birds eye view of your own life. I wanna know how you broke that wall.”

In January 2020, Kodak suggested a collab album in Drake’s IG comments, saying, “I Am Your Biggest Fan Sir. … If We Can’t Do A Whole Album Together, I Never Want To Do A Song With You Sir.” When Kodak dropped his Haitian Boy album last year, the Champagne Papi responded, “Man you always give me that inspiration…Real POET…Oracle. … Man let’s do some music for sure. But for real you really on another level.”

Kodak’s latest single, “Super Gremlin,” hit number ten this week on the Billboard Hot 100.

Maddie & Tae’s Taylor Kerr, who is pregnant, reveals she’s been hospitalized for the past month

January 12, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Maddie & Tae shared an update this week about duo member Taylor Kerr, revealing that the singer has been in the hospital for the past month due to complications with her pregnancy.

Taylor shared a selfie from her hospital bed, with her singer-songwriter husband, Josh Kerr, in the background. Both are giving the camera a thumbs-up, despite their lengthy bed-rest ordeal.

“Today marks 1 month of being in the hospital,” the post’s caption reads. “T went in for a routine checkup at 24 weeks, then we were immediately admitted and we have been here ever since.”

The band assured fans that Taylor’s baby is doing well. “Our sweet girl is doing great, she is just a little more excited than she is ready to be in the world,” the post continues. “This hasn’t been easy but we’re leaning on God and trusting His plan. Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers.”

Back in December, Maddie & Tae postponed their 2022 tour plans, saying that Taylor was on bed rest per her doctor’s orders. The singer had previously announced her pregnancy in November. Taylor and Josh’s baby girl will be their first child, and she’s due in spring 2022.

Meanwhile, the duo have continued to share new music off their Through the Madness Vol. 1 project, which is due out January 28.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Maddie & Tae (@maddieandtae)

Adele creates modern Garden of Eden for “Oh My God” music video

January 12, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Adele started off her 2022 with a bang by releasing the music video for “Oh My God,” which is rife with symbolism and metaphors.

The most obvious reference is to the Garden of Eden with the video’s inclusion of apples, a snake and ring lights styled like halos. The clip starts with an apple positioned on an empty chair, symbolizing a temptation that haunts Adele throughout the song until she finally indulges herself with it.

In the song, the Grammy winner chants, “I know that it’s wrong, but I want to have fun,” giving a deeper meaning to the apple as it remains a constant theme while Adele keeps herself distracted by other activities. However, as people dance, jump and even sit on a horse — the singer does not participate and just continues to sing.

There are also moments that show multiple Adeles, which appear to symbolize her talking with herself and debating what action to take.

Adele only moves after she decides to bite into the apple, which happens at the end of the song, revealing how paralyzing that decision was for her to make. She then finally stands and walks off screen, with the apple in hand, after chewing contemplatively.

The video was directed by Sam Brown, who also helmed the 2011 “Rolling in the Deep” music video. Adele said working with Sam “was nostalgic to say the least,” adding, “We filmed this one on the day ‘Easy On Me’ dropped, there were a million things going on all at once.”

She also shouted out the “huge python” that starred in the video, saying she “skidaddled my ar** straight out of there” the moment she could make a break for it.

Kenny Loggins releasing memoir, ‘Still Alright,’ in June

January 12, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Kenny Loggins will reflect on his decades-long career in a new memoir, Still Alright, due out June 14, 2022. The title of the book is, of course, inspired by his 1980 top 10 hit “I’m Alright.”

“Writing this book and piecing together the moments of my life has been a really eye-opening experience for me,” says Loggins in a statement. “It’s almost like therapy, to get to look at how honest I can be. How honest can I be about my motivations, my reactions to certain relationships and circumstances, what did I learn, and how did it affect my music.”

In the book, Loggins will detail his career with Loggins & Messina and as a solo artist, his musical collaborations with Stevie Nicks and Michael McDonald, his time as the “King of the Movie Soundtracks” in the ’80s thanks to hits for movies like Top Gun, Footloose and Caddyshack, as well as his participation in the all-star 1985 charity single “We Are the World” and more.

In addition, Loggins will discuss his two divorces, his struggles with addiction and his difficult relationship with his older brother, who inspired his hit “Danny’s Song.”

Still Alright is available for pre-order now.

Is Machine Gun Kelly teasing a ‘Born with Horns’ release date?

January 12, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Is Machine Gun Kelly teasing a release date for Born with Horns?

On Tuesday, the “Bloody Valentine” rocker cryptically tweeted out “1-11-2022,” which was yesterday’s date. He then followed that with “I spy angel numbers and a sum of 9.”

“Angel numbers” refers to the concept of sets of repeated or patterns in numbers, such as 111. As for “sum of 9,” you’ll get that by adding up the numbers in the date January 11, 2022.

Being that January 11 came and went without any new MGK music, fans are speculating that the much anticipated Born with Horns, or at least a single, would arrive on a date that also fit the angel numbers and “sum of 9” criteria.

Of course, it’s possible Kelly’s just trolling, and is getting fans riled up over nothing. Or maybe he just enjoys tweeting about numerology.

Kelly announced Born with Horns last August alongside its lead single, “Papercuts.” It’ll once again be produced by Blink-182‘s Travis Barker, who also worked with MGK on 2020’s Tickets to My Downfall.

Along with Born with Horns, Kelly is planning to release a second album this year. His 2022 schedule also includes headlining Bonnaroo.

1-11-2022

— blonde don (@machinegunkelly) January 11, 2022

Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson’s new band Envy of None to release self-titled debut album in April

January 12, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson has formed a new band called Envy of None that will release its self-titled debut album on April 8.

Envy of None also features bassist Andy Curran of the veteran Canadian group Coney Hatch, guitarist/keyboardist Alfio Annibalini and singer-songwriter Maiah Wynne.

The 11-track collection offers up a wide sonic palette, with influences including alternative rock, synth rock and experimental rock mixed with melodic pop.

Lifeson has been working on the Envy of None material for several years, but he says the project really took off when Wynne got involved.

“Maiah became my muse,” Alex maintains. “She was able to bring this whole new ethereal thing through her sense of melody on tracks like ‘Liar’ and ‘Look Inside.’…I’ve never had that kind of inspiration working with another musician.”

The band has released “Liar” as an advance digital track, and a companion lyric video has premiered at the Kscope label’s YouTube channel.

The album ends with a song titled “Western Sunset,” which Alex wrote as a tribute to late Rush drummer Neil Peart.

“I visited Neil when he was ill,” says Lifeson. “I was on his balcony watching the sunset and found inspiration. There’s a finality about a sunset that kinda stayed with me throughout the whole process. It had meaning. It was the perfect mood to decompress after all these different textures…a nice way to close the book.”

The album is available for pre-order now, and will be issued digitally, on CD, on LP — in black vinyl and colored-vinyl variants — and as a deluxe limited-edition package. The latter collection features a blue-vinyl LP, a two-CD set offering five bonus tracks, and a 28-page booklet.

Here’s the full Envy of None track list:

“Never Said I Love You”
“Shadow”
“Look Inside”
“Liar”
“Spy House”
“Dog’s Life”
“Kabul Blues”
“Old Strings”
“Dumb”
“Enemy”
“Western Sunset”

5SOS singer Michael Clifford reveals he secretly married his girlfriend last year

January 12, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Five Seconds of Summer singer Michael Clifford is a married man, but he reveals the ceremony took place over a year ago!

The Australian artist and his longtime love Crystal Leigh told People they tied the knot on January 11, 2021 in a secret ceremony. Michael proposed in 2019 and the two had originally planned to throw a big wedding in Bali — but the pandemic forced them to change plans.

The couple didn’t want to move their date and instead opted for a “secret save the date gathering” by signing the official papers before a small crowd of those closest to them. Fellow 5SOS members Luke Hemmings, Calum Hood and Ashton Irwin were in attendance.

“We were most excited to be near our friends all together for the first time in a while due to COVID,” they shared. “To be officially married, even in secret, was so special for us, too.”

Guests dined at a long dinner table and Michael admits the menu was a little out there because it honored both his Australian and Crystal’s Southern roots. “It was definitely a random assortment of meat pies and vegan fried chicken. Turns out they go together pretty nicely,” he joked.

A bigger wedding ceremony — and their eventual honeymoon in Bali — will happen after the pandemic blows over, the couple assured. Crystal added that ceremony will feature “all of the traditional special wedding moments” because they’re “both only children, so we want to make sure all of our parents get to experience every aspect of our wedding since they only get to do it once! No pressure.”

To make the night even more special, Michael reveals he “may or may not have written Crystal a song that I’m planning on playing her at our real wedding.”

Watch Bastille’s Dan Smith react to viral “Pompeii” TikTok trend

January 12, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Bastille‘s “Pompeii” is the latest song to get caught up in a viral TikTok trend.

Late last year, a musician named William Li uploaded a mash-up of Bastille’s breakout single with a clip of comedian Steven He yelling the phrase “Emotional Damage,” which originally came from one of He’s comedy videos. The popular clip has now reached the eyes and ears of frontman Dan Smith, who shared his own reaction video.

In his clip, Smith watches Li’s TikTok at first with confusion and bewilderment before starting to jam along himself until he’s mouthing along to “Emotional Damage” by the end.

Along with trending on TikTok, Bastille is gearing up to release a new album called Give Me the Future, dropping February 4. It includes the singles “Distorted Light Beam” and “No Bad Days.”

@bastille #duet with @williamlimusic oh wow what the hell is going on…. #emotionaldamage ? Emotional Damage vs Pompeii – William Li

Marshall Tucker Band launching 50th anniversary tour tonight in Texas

January 12, 2022 by WDNY Radio

The Marshall Tucker Band are set to launch a 2022 U.S. tour celebrating their 50th anniversary with a concert tonight in The Woodlands, Texas.

The Southern rockers’ trek currently features more than 40 shows, and is mapped out through a June 24 performance in Riverside, Iowa.

A variety of guest artists will be supporting the group on its anniversary outing, including ex-Traffic singer/guitarist Dave Mason, who will open 17 of the shows in February and March.

Other support acts joining The Marshall Tucker Band on select dates include Firefall, The Atlanta Rhythm Section, The Kentucky Headhunters, The Outlaws and Pure Prairie League.

Meanwhile, two of the concerts will see Marshall Tucker serving as the opening band, a January 22 show in Tallahassee, Florida, headlined by Alabama, and a January 29 gig in Miami headlined by Kansas.

The Marshall Tucker Band also will be bringing some Southern rock to the Carolina Country Music Fest, which takes place June 9-12 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and featuring such major country stars as Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean and Keith Urban.

The Marshall Tucker Band, which formed in 1972, is best known for their top-40 hits “Heard It in a Love Song” and “Fire on the Mountain,” as well as their memorable tune “Can’t You See.” Founding lead singer Doug Gray is the only original member still in the group.

Check out the band’s full tour schedule at MarshallTucker.com.

+ More