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TJ Osborne was a little nervous to bring his boyfriend to the CMAs, but says “I want to be open in every way”

November 11, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Brothers Osborne’s Vocal Duo of the Year win at Wednesday night’s CMA Awards was extra sweet for band mate TJ Osborne in one big way. The singer, who came out as gay early in 2021, got to bring his boyfriend, Abi Ventura, to the show.

The couple even shared a celebratory kiss before TJ and his brother and band mate, John Osborne, took the stage for their acceptance speech.

Speaking to Entertainment Tonight after the show, TJ admitted that he had some doubts about whether or not he should bring Abi to the CMAs this year. “I was like, ‘I hope this doesn’t make anyone uncomfortable, but this is how I feel,’” he recounts.

Abi was nervous about their public appearance as a couple, too, TJ adds: “He was probably more nervous than anybody and he probably felt incredibly uncomfortable.”

Still, the singer was excited to attend country music’s biggest night on the arm of someone he loves, and he was excited to share this part of his life with his fans.

“I love this person, and I want to be open in every way,” TJ continues. “Hopefully [it can] show people that they also don’t need to hide or alter themselves in any way.”

Brothers Osborne also performed their song, “Younger Me,” at the show. Onstage, TJ spoke about watching the CMA Awards as a younger person, and how he thought he could never be a part of the show because he was gay.

Bring Me to Malta: Horizon announces island destination festival for 2022

November 11, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Bring Me the Horizon will be bringing you many beautiful horizons next year on their newly announced Malta Weekender destination festival.

Taking place on the Mediterranean island country May 26-30, 2022, the extravaganza will feature headlining and “throwback” Horizon sets, as well as performances by a lineup of artists curated by Oli Sykes and company.

The Malta Weekender also promises to include DJ sets, along with boat and pool parties. For more info, visit the festival producer’s website, Pollen.co.

Bring Me the Horizon released their latest single, “DiE4u,” in September. A new EP in the band’s ongoing Post Human series is in the works.

Taylor Swift previews “From the Vault” track “Babe,” announces release time of “All Too Well” short film

November 11, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Taylor Swift and her fans love Tumblr, so it’s no surprise she’s used the platform to debut a clip of one of the “From the Vault” tracks we’ll be hearing Friday on Red (Taylor’s Version).

The song she’s previewing is “Babe,” but unlike some of the other “From the Vault” tracks, this song’s actually been released, albeit by another artist. In 2018, the country duo Sugarland released their version of “Babe,” with guest vocals by Taylor, and it reached the top 10 on Billboard‘s Hot Country Songs chart. Taylor also appeared in Sugarland’s video for the song.

“Babe” was originally co-written by Taylor and Pat Monahan of Train for the original 2012 version of Red, but didn’t make the album.

In other Taylor news, she’s revealed on Instagram that the “short film” she’s made for the 10-minute version of her fan-favorite song “All Too Well” will be out at 7 p.m. ET. In addition to Sadie Sink and Dylan O’Brien, Taylor co-stars in the film, which she also wrote and directed.

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“Doin’ This”: Luke Combs unleashes his new song + music video after debuting it at the CMAs

November 11, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Newly minted CMA Entertainer of the Year Luke Combs shared a new song from the stage of the 2021 CMA Awards last night, and fans didn’t have to wait to hear the studio version, either. Directly after his performance, Luke dropped both the official track and music video for “Doin’ This.”

“Someone asked me once in an interview / ‘What was growing up like? Where’d you go to school?’ / ‘And what would you do if you weren’t doin’ this?’” Luke sings in the first verse of the song.

As the story line continues, “Doin’ This” imagines Luke’s life without stardom. He works a “dead-end job” to pay his bills, and drives “an old worn-out Dodge,” but through it all, he’s still a musician at heart, whether he’s playing to an empty room or a sold-out show. Even if he weren’t a famous country star, Luke explains, he’d still be “doin’ this.”

Luke also shared a music video to match, following the life of a small-town guy who never made it big as he goes about his day. At the end of the day, the man winds up sitting on his couch with his acoustic guitar and playing a show for two VIPS: His wife and young daughter.

Meanwhile, in real life, Luke’s “doin’ this” at the highest level in country music. He nabbed the CMA’s top prize at the awards show last night with his Entertainer of the Year win.

Slash, Zakk Wylde, Dee Snider & more contributing to upcoming Leslie West tribute compilation

November 11, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Slash, Zakk Wylde and Dee Snider are among the many hard rock artists featured to an upcoming compilation paying tribute to late Mountain frontman Leslie West.

The Guns N’ Roses icon plays guitar on a rendition of Mountain’s signature song, “Mississippi Queen,” with vocals from Dirty Honey‘s Marc LaBelle. Wylde contributes a cover of “Blood of the Sun,” while Snider sings on two songs: “Theme for an Imaginary Western” and “Never in My Life.”

The album, dubbed Legacy: A Tribute to Leslie West, arrives March 25, 2022. You can download Wylde’s version of “Blood of the Sun” now via digital outlets.

Other contributing artists include The Doors‘ Robby Krieger, The Cars‘ Elliot Easton, Randy Bachman, former Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman, ex-Jethro Tull guitarist Martin Barre, former Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy, Deep Purple guitarist Steve Morse, former Rainbow singer Joe Lynn Turner, current Rainbow singer Ronnie Romero, Dokken‘s George Lynch, and Yngwie Malmsteen.

West passed away last December at age 75.

Here’s the Legacy track list:

“Blood of the Sun” feat. Zakk Wylde
“Nantucket Sleighride (To Owen Coffin)” feat. Joe Lynn Turner & Marty Friedman
“Theme for an Imaginary Western” feat. Dee Snider, Eddie Ojeda, Rudy Sarzo, Mike Portnoy, Francesco Saglietti
“For Yasgur’s Farm” feat. Joe Lynn Turner & Martin Barre
“Why Dontcha” feat. Steve Morse & Ronnie Romero
“Sittin’ on a Rainbow” feat. Elliot Easton & Ronnie Romero
“Never in My Life” feat. Dee Snider & George Lynch
“The Doctor” feat. Robby Krieger & Ronnie Romero
“Silver Paper” feat. Charlie Starr
“Money (Whatcha Gonna Do)/By the River” feat. Bachman & Bachman
“Long Red” feat. Yngwie Malmsteen & Teddy Rondinelli
“Mississippi Queen” feat. Slash & Marc LaBelle

Why Adele isn’t interested in going on tour right now: “It’s too unpredictable”

November 11, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Now that Adele’s new album, 30, is a little more than a week away, fans want to know if the singer plans to bring them her new music live with some kind of tour, or even a Las Vegas residency. Well, sorry, but it’s not happening — at least not right now. And you can blame the pandemic for that.

In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Adele explains the idea of touring right now is “too unpredictable, with all the rules and stuff,” adding, “I don’t want anyone coming to my show scared. And I don’t want to get COVID, either.”

As for those rumors of a Las Vegas residency, Adele says she hasn’t lined one up “because there’s f***ing nothing available.” Presumably, she means that all the venues where she might have considered playing are booked up. However, Rolling Stone says next year, Adele plans to do “a few big shows,” including the two already announced for London’s Hyde park.

Elsewhere in the interview, Adele says 30 goes in chronological order, unfolding the story of “the emotional development she faced as her life was rapidly changing at the dawn of her thirties.” One song, “My Little Love,” includes voice memos of her son Angelo, asking her questions about her divorce.

Two other songs — “Woman Like Me” and “All Night Parking” — are about the first relationship Adele had after she and her husband Simon split up. “[It] was a great learning curve and nice to feel loved, but it was never going to work,” she said of the now-defunct romance.

As for Adele’s current boyfriend, Rich Paul, they met on the dance floor at a friend’s party. She describes that relationship as “incredible, openhearted, and [the] easiest” one she’s ever been in.

“Truly get to know” Bruce Springsteen by watching him take ‘The Late Show’ “Colbert Questionert”

November 11, 2021 by WDNY Radio

After Bruce Springsteen paid a visit to CBS’ The Late Show with Stephen Colbert a couple of weeks ago, The Boss appeared on the program again on Wednesday night in a new — likely pre-recorded — interview segment.

Springsteen took part in an installment of the program’s ongoing “Colbert Questionert” segment, during which host Stephen Colbert fires off 15 questions to a celebrity guest designed to help people “truly get to know” that star.

Here are some of the questions Bruce was asked, and his responses:

What is the best sandwich? “That’s easy. Three a.m. Peanut butter and jelly. Big glass of milk.”

What is the scariest animal? “[It] used to be the shark because I was a surfer…when I was younger, but I have been bit several times by a brown recluse spider…and they leave a nasty necrotic sore.”

Apples or oranges? “Apples.”

Have you ever asked someone for their autograph? “Yes. I was with my son watching the New York Yankees in 1998, and…we had a baseball that the whole team signed.”

What do you think happens when we die? “Individual consciousness, adios. But our souls and our spirits, I think, grow and live on with the people that we’ve loved and who’ve loved us and with people we’ve had impact on with our work or with our in our daily experience. So I’m going with that.”

Favorite action movie? “Vanishing Point.”

Favorite smell? “My wife, Patti.”

Least favorite smell? “Sulfur.”

Most used app on your phone? “Siri, how do I get to…?!”

You get one song to listen to for the rest of your life: What is it? “‘Summer Wind,’ Frank Sinatra.”

Describe the rest of your life in five words. “Damn, what a f****** ride.”

Radiohead shares new trailer for ’Kid A Mnesia Exhibition’ virtual project

November 11, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Radiohead has shared a new trailer for Kid A Mnesia Exhibition, an upcoming video game/virtual experience based on the band’s new Kid A Mnesia release.

The 48-second clip shows footage from the game based on the artwork of frontman Thom Yorke and Radiohead’s longtime artistic collaborator, Stanley Donwood, along with sound design by frequent producer Nigel Godrich. You can watch it streaming now on YouTube.

Kid A Mnesia Exhibition will be released November 18 as a free download for PlayStation 5, PC and Mac. It was made in collaboration with Epic Games Publishing, the company behind the massively popular Fortnite.

The Kid A Mnesia box set, meanwhile, dropped last Friday. It includes reissues of Radiohead’s albums Kid A and Amnesiac, as well as a bonus disc featuring previously unreleased material from those records’ eras, including the songs “Follow Me Around” and “If You Say the Word.”

Maxwell, Ashanti, Silk Sonic and more to perform at the ‘Soul Train Awards’

November 11, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Maxwell, Ashanti, and Silk Sonic will be among the performers at the 2021 Soul Train Awards.

As previously reported, Maxwell will receive the Legend Award, and Ashanti will be honored with the Lady of Soul Award. Silk Sonic, consisting of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak, has three nominations for “Leave the Door Open”: Song of the Year, Video of the Year, and the Ashford & Simpson Songwriter’s Award.

The list of performers for the Soul Train Awards includes Ari Lennox, Leon Bridges and Lucky Daye. The annual Soul Cypher, originated by former show host Erykah Badu, will feature D-Nice, Musiq Soulchild, Jac Ross, Koryn Hawthorne, Elle Varner, and Tone Stith. In honor of the 20th anniversary of the late Aaliyah‘s 2001, RIAA double-Platinum, self-titled album, the third single from the project, “Rock the Boat” will be the theme for the cypher.

Presenters at the show will also include H.E.R., who leads all artists with eight nominations, plus Tristan Mack Wilds and the casts of the BET series Games People Play and Sacrifice.

Jazmine Sullivan and Chris Brown follow H.E.R. with six nominations each. For the fourth year in a row, former Martin stars Tisha Campbell and Tichina Arnold will return as co-hosts.

The 2021 Soul Train Awards, which will be held for the first time at the iconic Apollo Theater in New York City, airs Sunday, November 28, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on BET and BET Her.

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Volbeat premieres video for “Shotgun Blues”

November 11, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Volbeat has premiered the video for “Shotgun Blues,” a track off the band’s upcoming album, Servant of the Mind.

The clip takes us to New York City in the year 1902, and finds the Danish rockers providing the soundtrack to a condemned man’s final moments before his execution by electric chair. You can watch it streaming now on YouTube.

Servant of the Mind, the follow-up to 2019’s Rewind, Replay, Rebound, arrives December 3. It also includes the single “Wait a Minute My Girl.”

Volbeat will hit the road next year in support of their new album on a co-headlining tour with Ghost, kicking off January 25 in Reno, Nevada.

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