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Twitter reacts after Mickey Guyton confused for Jhene Aiko during Super Bowl broadcast

February 14, 2022 by WDNY Radio

A fumble by NBC during Sunday night’s Super Bowl broadcast misidentified country singer Mickey Guyton as Jhene Aiko.

Social media was not having it after the network cut to country star Guyton, who was preparing to sing “The Star-Spangled Banner,” and identified her as Aiko, who was singing “America the Beautiful.”

The reaction on Twitter was swift and brutal, with one person writing, “Jhene Aiko and Mickey Guyton don’t look alike. Tighten up NBC. All black folks don’t look alike.”

Another tweeted, “ummm… who confused Jhene Aiko and Mickey Guyton? Its tone deaf…. (On your part).” Yet yet another wrote, “Mickey Guyton slays the anthem. Too bad the same couldn’t be said for whoever wound up confusing [her for] Jhene Aiko.”

Shortly after the incident, an NBC Sports spokesperson tweeted an apology: “Leading into Jhene Aiko singing ‘America the Beautiful,’ we incorrectly showed Mickey Guyton and misidentified her before showing Aiko’s performance. We apologize to both artists for the error.”

Jennifer Lopez shares Ben Affleck-directed ‘On My Way’ music video

February 14, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Ben Affleck gave Jennifer Lopez the sweetest gift for Valentine’s Day — but it was really a surprise for their fans, too.

Via her new OnTheJLo newsletter, the “Love Don’t Cost a Thing” singer, 52, shared a new music video for her song “On My Way” directed by the Oscar winner. She called it “something very special and personal” that she wanted to share with her “inner circle.”

“It’s an early Valentine’s Day present from Ben. Watching it made me think about the journey of true love, it’s unexpected twists and turns, and that when it’s real, it actually can last forever,” she added. “This seriously melted my heart.”

This version features swoon-worthy footage from the lovebirds’ own lives together, from their past whirlwind relationship to their recently rekindled romance, alongside scenes from the official “On My Way” music video, which was released in December.

Lopez and Affleck dated from 2002 to 2004 and were previously engaged. The two reunited nearly two decades later and became an official couple again last year.

“On My Way” is from Lopez’s latest rom-com, Marry Me, in theaters and streaming on Peacock now.

“That’s My Kind of Night”: Luke Bryan adds dates to Las Vegas residency

February 14, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Following the successful opening weekend of his debut Las Vegas residency, Luke Bryan is adding several new dates to the calendar.

Due to high demand, the country superstar will perform an additional nine shows at Resorts World this year on June 15, 17, 18, 22, 24 and 25, August 31 and September 3 and 4. They join previously announced shows on February 16, 18, 19, 20, 23, 25 and 26.

The demand comes after a sold-out first night of the residency on Saturday. The innovative show features a stage that moves to the melody as Luke performs hits including “Country Girl (Shake It for Me)” and “One Margarita,” and a catwalk suspended 45 feet in the air that brings the singer up-close-and-personal with fans in balcony seating.

“What an amazing night and start to our run of headlining shows at Resorts World Las Vegas. We’ve worked long and hard to put together an incredible, high-energy show for the fans,” Luke shares. “I am so proud of how it turned out and I hope everyone who comes leaves there having as much fun as me.”

Tickets for the new shows go on sale February 21 at 1 p.m. ET.

Charlie Puth explains why “revenge” inspired his next studio album, ‘Charlie’

February 14, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Charlie Puth cannot wait for fans to hear his upcoming new album, Charlie, because it will mark an entirely new chapter in his songwriting and creation process. The studio effort offers a more-vulnerable and honest glimpse at the singer — and Charlie says that’s because it was born out of anger.

Speaking to Insider, the “Light Switch” singer admitted, “The one word that comes to mind when I think about this album in the beginning when I was making it, was ‘revenge.’… I was mostly, I guess, angry.”

Charlie explained that he was feeling stuck in life, and that frustration bubbled over into him questioning himself as well as his romantic and platonic relationships. “Why is this song not resonating with people? Why did this relationship not work out?’ It was a lot of that,” the Grammy nominee asked.

That soul-searching eventually gave way to a major epiphany. “I was coming to terms with who I was for the first time in five years. And that’s what I realized at the end of the album, and while I was making ‘Light Switch,'” Charlie said. “It felt special to me because it’s the most polarizing record I’ve ever made. It’s unusually fast. It sounds like nothing I’ve ever made before.”

Charlie also warned that “Light Switch” is “the most lighthearted song out of the whole bunch” on his new album. He also revealed some of the other tracks’ titles, which include “Loser,” “That’s Hilarious” and “There’s a First Time for Everything.”

Charlie feels at peace with his upcoming body of work because of its authenticity. “The difference is I’m not trying to be so cool… I’m not pretending to be the cool kid,” he said.

A release date for Charlie has yet to be announced.

Pics and Love! Ringo Starr’s new Beatles-themed photo book, ‘Lifted,’ released today

February 14, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Ringo Starr‘s recently announced latest photo book, Lifted: Fab Images and Memories of My Life with The Beatles from Across the Universe, has officially been released and can be purchased now exclusively at JuliensAuctions.com, coinciding with Valentine’s Day.

Two editions of the limited-edition book are available — a Collector’s Edition that’s priced at $59 and a Signature Edition that costs $495. The Signature Edition, limited to just 500 copies, features a color cover of The Beatles signed by Ringo and comes housed in a special slip case.

Lifted pays tribute to Starr’s years with the Fab Four and features many rare, unseen and newly discovered photos of the band members, as well as recollections and anecdotes written by Ringo.

Starr put together the book with help from noted pop-culture journalist and author David Wild while quarantining during the COVID-19 lockdown. Besides images from his personal archives, Ringo also “lifted” photos of the band from the internet that caught his eye, which are featured in the book.

Starr explains in a statement, “These fantastic images came back to me in recent years from here, there and everywhere — online and off — and have somehow helped me get back to seeing my life with The Fab Four through fresh eyes.”

Proceeds from Lifted will benefit Ringo’s Lotus Foundation, which funds and supports charitable projects that focus on various social welfare causes.

Meanwhile, Ringo has shared a photo on Facebook of him, his brother-in-law Joe Walsh and their wives, Barbara and Marjorie Bach — who are sisters — celebrating the Los Angeles Rams’ Super Bowl victory on Sunday. The pic shows all four wearing Rams jerseys, accompanied by a note from Ringo that reads, “We are the champions go Rams go peace and love.”

Kelly Clarkson teams with Snoop Dogg to bring ‘Eurovision’-inspired song contest to America

February 14, 2022 by WDNY Radio

The annual Eurovision Song Contest, aka Eurovision, is one of the biggest music-focused events in, well, Europe — and that craze is finally coming to America, thanks to Kelly Clarkson and Snoop Dogg.

Deadline reports that the Grammy winners have teamed for NBC’s new series American Song Contest, a musical competition series that they will host. The official commercial promoting the event aired during Sunday night’s Super Bowl.

Singers from all 50 states as well as the country’s five territories and the U.S. Capitol — 56 in all — will compete against each other to not only create the best hit song, but score America’s vote to advance to the top. This year’s list of competitors will be announced soon.

This concept is similar to how Eurovision operates, where singers from each country on the European continent — now including former territories such as Australia — create a new song, and the winner is decided by popular vote.

“I have been a fan and love the concept of Eurovision and am thrilled to bring the musical phenomenon to America. I’m so excited to work with Snoop and can’t wait to see every state and territory represented by artists singing their own songs,” Kelly said in a statement.

Added Snoop, “I am honored to host ‘American Song Contest’ alongside my lil sis Kelly Clarkson, aka Miss Texas.”

The series is set to premiere March 21 and will run for eight weeks before wrapping on May 9 — ahead of the Eurovision song contest.

Mickey Guyton earns praise for Super Bowl national anthem performance

February 14, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Mickey Guyton earned rave reviews for her powerful rendition of the national anthem at Super Bowl LVI.

With a broadcast introduction that referred to her as “the voice of an angel,” the country powerhouse opened the big game by singing the anthem supported by a team of backup singers. This marks Mickey’s first time performing at the Super Bowl.

“What a dream. Thankful,” Mickey writes on Twitter, alongside a photo of her posing with the background singers. “Just wanted to check in and tell y’all I love you! Thank you for today.”

Following the performance, Mickey’s country peers and others took to social media to celebrate.

“@MickeyGuyton u were awesome!!! So happy for u!! Just wonderful young lady!” Darius Rucker praised.

“Now the world knows what us in Nashville have known for years. Smashed it, Mickey,” cheered Brothers Osborne.

“Wow @MickeyGuyton ! What a way to start the #SuperBowl,” raved Reese Witherspoon, with fellow Academy Award winner Halle Berry stating, “Mickey Guyton. That’s the tweet.”

The 1975 deletes social media profiles

February 14, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: The 1975 deleted their social media profiles.

As of Monday morning, the group’s Twitter, Instagram and Facebook pages are all deactivated. But while you may not be able to like a tweet or photo from Matty Healy and company at the moment, the good news is new music is likely in the works.

As any longtime 1975 fan will tell you, the band has a history of social media chicanery, which is often a prelude to a new album announcement. They pulled similar stunts leading up to their last two records, 2018’s A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships, and 2020’s Notes on a Conditional Form, and even pretended they were breaking up ahead of the reveal for 2016’s I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it.

The 1975’s most recent release is the 2021 single “Spinning,” featuring Charli XCX and No Rome. Healy has also teased new music under the moniker Drive Like I Do, which was one of The 1975’s first band names.

Kanye West says he’s not giving up on his family after dissing Pete Davidson, Kid Cudi and more

February 14, 2022 by WDNY Radio

After taking aim at Pete Davidson, Kid Cudi and others over the weekend on Instagram, Kanye West is now making a plea for his family.

On Monday, Valentine’s Day, Ye posted a photo of his ex Kim Kardashian wearing a sparkly long coat. He captioned the pic in all caps, writing, “I DON’T HAVE BEEF WITH KIM I LOVE MY FAMILY SO STOP THAT NARRATIVE IM NOT GIVING UP ON MY FAMILY I BOUGHT THIS COAT FOR KIM BEFORE SNL I THOUGHT IT WAS PARTICULARLY SPECIAL I HAVE FAITH THAT WE‘LL BE BACK TOGETHER.”

Kanye then addressed the media, writing, “SOMETIMES PEOPLE CALL ME CRAZY BUT TO BE IN LOVE IS TO BE CRAZY ABOUT SOMETHING AND I AM CRAZY ABOUT MY FAMILY HAPPY VALENTINES.”

In now-deleted posts over the weekend, Ye dissed Davidson, who’s currently dating Kim, as well as Kid Cudi and Machine Gun Kelly, for being friends with Pete. Cudi responded, calling Ye a “dinosaur” and tweeting, “You ain’t no friend.”

On Sunday, Ye attended the Super Bowl with his kids North, 8, and Saint, 6.

Deep Purple’s Ian Paice looking forward to enjoying “a nice exotic tropical drink” on 2022 Rock Legends Cruise

February 14, 2022 by WDNY Radio

The ninth installment of the star-studded Rock Legends Cruise, which originally was supposed to take place sail in February 2021, but was postponed because the COVID-19 pandemic, finally sets sail today from Port Canaveral, Florida.

One of the nautical rock extravaganza’s headlining acts this year is Deep Purple, and the famed British hard-rock band’s founding drummer, Ian Paice, tells ABC Audio that this is the first time his group has ever played this type of event.

Asked how he feels about doing the cruise, Paice explains, “I’m not trying to get any pre-formed ideas about it. I’m sure it’ll be very nice to spend a week in Florida in the middle of winter on a boat where I don’t have to work too hard, and I can wander off to a bar whenever I feel like and have a nice exotic tropical drink.”

To warm up for the cruise, Deep Purple played two gigs in Florida this past week, which were among the band’s first live performances since the pandemic began in 2020. Since that time, Deep Purple has released two studio albums — 2020’s Whoosh! and last year’s covers collection Turning to Crime.

Paice says the band likley won’t include too much material from the new albums on the cruise, noting that the performance time is limited and “the people on that boat are gonna want to hear those classic songs.”

Deep Purple currently has no other U.S. shows scheduled for this year, but Paice says, “[A]ssuming that everybody is fit and healthy and still wants to do it…then [the band will tour the States in] 2023.”

The Rock Legends Cruise IX runs through February 18, and also features Styx, Don McLean, ex-Eagles guitarist Don Felder, Blue Öyster Cult and many more.

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