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SZA celebrates first major acting role

December 21, 2021 by WDNY Radio

After receiving five Grammy nominations last month, SZA is now celebrating her first major acting role.

The “All the Stars” singer posted in an Instagram story, “Can’t believe I got the part I wanted. She’s an actress,” as captured by The Shade Room.

Born Solani Rowe, the 32-year-old entertainer received a cake from an anonymous person that read, “Congrats record breaker and fire actress.” SZA didn’t give more details on the role. Her only previous acting experience was an appearance on Insecure in 2020.

Last week, SZA’s new single, “I Hate You,” set an Apple Music record as the most-streamed R&B Song by a female artist in its first week.

“Y’all really took a song from SoundCloud and made it number one for 7 days straight . No promo no radio . no nada. Jus YALLS LOVE,” SZA commented on Instagram. “I AM SO BEYOND THANKFUL TO HAVE YOU ALL IN MY LIFE! Thank you to my fire a** team for helping me get this song on streaming asap.”

As SZA enjoys the success of “I Hate You,” she’s looking forward to the Grammy Awards on January 31. Her nominations include Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for “Kiss Me More,” with Doja Cat.

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Lorde premieres video for ‘Solar Power’ song “Leader of a New Regime”

December 21, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Lorde has premiered the video for “Leader of a New Regime,” a track from her new album, Solar Power.

The clip finds the New Zealand artist standing in front of the ocean, with shots of running horses and a mysterious mirror stuck in the sand, reflecting the water. You can watch it now streaming on YouTube.

“Leader of a New Regime” is the fourth Solar Power song to get a video, following “Fallen Fruit,” “Mood Ring” and the title track.

Lorde released Solar Power, her third album, in August. She’ll launch a U.S. tour behind the record in April 2022.

Ronnie Wood recalls his last visit with the late Charlie Watts; releases charity duet with Andrea Corr

December 21, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Guitarist Ronnie Wood has revealed that he was the last Rolling Stones member to see Charlie Watts before the drummer passed away on August 24.

Last Friday, Wood was a guest on Ireland’s The Late Late Show, where he chatted with host Ryan Tubridy and performed a duet version of the Elvis Presley hit “Blue Christmas” with Corrs singer Andrea Corr. A studio version of the tune was released as a digital charity single earlier this month.

During the interview portion, Wood revealed that he saw Watts “a couple of weeks” before he died, explaining that he visited Charlie at the Royal Marsden cancer hospital in London, where the drummer was in the same room where Ronnie stayed when he was being treated for cancer.

Wood recalled that Watts quipped, “This is the Ronnie Wood Suite. I can’t wait to get out of here,” to which Ronnie responded, “Well…come out, Charlie, in your own good time.”

Wood said Watts had been doing well at the time, but was given some additional treatments that he “didn’t handle well,” and went downhill after that.

Ronnie also mentioned that drummer Steve Jordan, who stepped in for Watts on The Rolling Stones’ recent U.S. tour, “with Charlie’s blessing,” “put a new boot in the band…and each concert got better and better.”

Reflecting on Watt’s passing, Wood added, “Everyone’s handled it well, and I’m sure he’s with us all the time when we’re playing.”

Regarding the “Blue Christmas” single, Corr explained that she approached Wood with the idea to do the track, and he happily agreed.

The song is available now, with proceeds to benefit Our Lady’s Hospice & Care Services in Dublin.

You can watch the full Late Late Show episode at RTE.ie; Ronnie’s appearance begins at the 1:07:15 mark.

Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani meet in an orange grove for “You Make It Feel Like Christmas” duet

December 21, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani team up for a special holiday duet on Gwen’s new online series.

Recently, Gwen — a native of Orange County, California — launched a Facebook series, Live From The Orange Grove, which sees her performing a variety of holiday songs on a set that looks like an orange grove.

Gwen teased last week that she had a “special guest” coming, and she’s now fulfilled that promise with a surprise appearance by her husband. The couple join forces for a performance of their duet “You Make It Feel Like Christmas.”

The couple is seen standing on the snow-covered groupnd in front of some digitized orange trees, with Blake in a sharp suit and tie and Gwen in a shimmering silver gown. The duo show off their chemistry as they sing, “I wanna thank you, baby/You make it feel like Christmas.”

“You Make It Feel Like Christmas” is the title track of Gwen’s 2017 album. The festive song became a hit across the world, reaching the top 10 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.

Watch Anthony Kiedis take a “Walk on the Wild Side” with Dave Navarro during Above Ground benefit concert

December 21, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis made an unannounced appearance at the Above Ground charity concert Monday night in Los Angeles.

Kiedis joined the event’s two organizers — Jane’s Addiction‘s Dave Navarro and Billy Idol guitarist Billy Morrison — for a rendition of the Lou Reed classic “Walk on the Wild Side.” The performance also marked a reunion for Kiedis and Navarro, the latter of whom played guitar in the Peppers for five years in the ’90s.

“Been a very long time since I performed with my brother Anthony!” Navarro wrote in an Instagram post following the show. “What a magical night. Thank you so much for coming out and supporting [Above Ground] my friend!”

The Above Ground concert, which Navarro and Morrison previously held in 2018 and 2019, raises money for MusiCares, which provides health and human services to musicians in need.

Other performers this year included Slipknot‘s Corey Taylor, The Offspring‘s Dexter Holland, Perry and Etty Lau Farrell, and Sugar Ray‘s Mark McGrath. Billy Idol and Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins were also on the initial lineup, but dropped out before the show.

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Jack Antonoff reflects on working on Taylor Swift’s “All Too Well”: “Nobody does it like her”

December 21, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Jack Antonoff had a busy year — so much so, in fact, that he had to recap his second half of 2021 in an all-new interview with Billboard.

After sharing the Album of the Year Grammy with Taylor Swift at the beginning of 2021, the Bleachers frontman and producer has been nominated for two more Grammys: Album of the Year for Taylor’s Evermore and Producer of the Year. He said the nominations make him feel a “deep pride.”

Jack discussed Taylor’s 10-minute version of “All Too Well,” which he co-produced. The track, from Red (Taylor’s Version), hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100, setting a record for the lengthiest chart-topper ever.

“When I was working on that song, I was thinking to myself, ‘This is a great honor. Love this song. I was not involved in the original. I know how important this song is to her and her people. I am going to go about this with the most integrity and care humanly possible,'” Antonoff tells Billboard.

He added, “To see that go [to] number one is just a further confirmation of what needs to be dismantled in your head, which is, ‘Don’t ever f***ing think about what some herb is telling you is the thing that’s going to work right now, because if someone’s telling you that, they’re already too late.'”

Jack also praised Taylor’s artistry, telling Billboard, “Nobody does it like her. And at the core of all of this, all of these things are only interesting because of the brilliance of the songs. I think it just it restores my faith in that, more than anything.”

Find out if Jack and Taylor win a Grammy at the 64th annual Grammy Awards on January 31 on CBS.

Gucci Mane remembers the late Young Dolph with new tribute song and video

December 21, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Gucci Mane is remembering his late close friend and frequent collaborator Young Dolph with a new tribute song and video.

The Trap God posted the song, titled “Long Live Dolph,” on Instagram and commented, “I did this one for you @youngdolph Love you Bro!”

“RIP to Dolph, long, long live the legend / From Memphis to the six, they felt you in the bricks / The day you died, it broke my heart, a day I won’t forget,” Gucci raps. He adds, “Every day I pray and thank the Lord that I’m still alive/When it comes to legends, Dolph forever in my top five.”

The video features footage from Dolph’s memorial on December 15, as well as images of the two rappers together

Gucci teamed with Dolph on two mixtapes: 2013’s East Atlanta Memphis and 2015’s Felix Brothers, which also included Peewee Longway. They also recorded several singles, including “Bling Blaww Blur” in 2016.

Fans and community members gathered to pay tribute to the slain rapper at a public memorial at the FedExForum arena in Memphis, Tennessee last week, one month after his death.

The rapper, born Adolph Robert Thornton Jr., was shot and killed in Memphis on November 17 while visiting Makeda’s Homemade Butter Cookies, a bakery in South Memphis that he’d been known to frequent. He was 36.

In addition to Gucci, stars like 2 Chainz, Monica and T.I. offered tributes at the memorial; there was also a message from jailed rapper C-Murder.

Dolph is also being remembered with a street named after him in his Castalia Heights neighborhood of Memphis.

Ed Sheeran shares hilarious video about how warmly he was welcomed on TikTok

December 21, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Ed Sheeran joined TikTok a year ago and expressed on Tuesday that he may be dealing with buyer’s remorse.

Unlike his buddy Taylor Swift, who was able to launch several trends with her zany videos, the “Shivers” singer didn’t receive the warmest of welcomes when trying to entice aspiring singers to join him on a collaboration.

“A year ago I joined TikTok to create a trend for my new song ‘Afterglow.’ It went so well,” Ed explains, using a robotic narrator voice. “So many talented duets.”

Instead of a chorus of voices singing along as he strummed his guitar and sang harmony, Ed was accompanied by badly played instruments and loud household objects, like sewing machines and bullet blenders. Each individual amped up their volume to the max so they could completely drown out Ed.

For the instruments, one man is shown beating a guitar with a stick while another person toots his tuba like a foghorn. There’s even one trumpeter who jokingly misses the assignment by playing “Jingle Bells” instead of the 2020 hit.

“Join TikTok they said, go viral they said,” Ed sarcastically captioned the video, which caused his friends and followers to react using strings of crying laughing emojis.

Others praised the Grammy winner for knowing how to take a joke, while still others declared which “duet” was their favorite. At the moment, the man squeaking his bald head in the shower appears to be the winner, with the “Jingle Bells” trumpeter in a close second.

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Ringo Starr celebrates The Beatles in upcoming photo book ‘Lifted,’ due out in February

December 21, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Ringo Starr has published several photo books over the years, and now the famed Beatles drummer has a new volume of images coming out next year that focuses specifically on his legendary group.

The limited-edition book, titled Lifted: Fab Images and Memories of My Life with The Beatles from Across the Universe, will be released on Valentine’s Day, February 14, and can be pre-ordered now exclusively at JuliensAuctions.com.

Two editions of Lifted will be 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, will feature a color cover of The Beatles signed by Ringo and will come housed in a special slip case.

The book will pay tribute to Starr’s years with the Fab Four and will feature many rare, unseen and newly discovered photos of the band members, alongside with Ringo’s written recollections and anecdotes.

Starr put together Lifted with help from noted pop-culture journalist and author David Wild while quarantining during the COVID-19 lockdown. In addition to including images from his personal archives, Ringo “lifted” photos of the band that caught his eye from the internet.

“These fantastic images came back to me in recent years from across the universe and have somehow helped me get back to seeing my life with The Fab Four through fresh eyes,” Ringo says in a statement. “A lot of the photos in this book I saw on my phone and on my computer and I lifted them because they brought back so many fabulous memories.”

Proceeds from Lifted: Fab Images and Memories of My Life with The Beatles from Across the Universe will benefit Ringo’s Lotus Foundation, which funds and supports charitable projects that focus on various social welfare causes.

Beyoncé and her kids sings theme song for mother Tina Lawson’s ‘Talks with Mama Tina’

December 21, 2021 by WDNY Radio

It’s a family affair as Beyoncé and her children, Blue Ivy, 9, and four-year-old twins Sir and Rumi, sing the theme song for the new Facebook Watch show Talks with Mama Tina, hosted by Queen Bey’s mother, Tina Lawson.

“Mama, mama/ Whatever it is we can talk about it mama, mama/ Tell me how you feel we can talk about it,” Beyoncé sings over a smooth, jazzy instrumental. “Simple conversations with no limitations/ Come and have a talk with mama Tina.”

“I’m so excited to announce the launch of my new @wetheculture @Facebookwatch show Talks with Mama Tina where I’ve invited some of my favorite people over to my home and have a talk with me,” Ms. Lawson commented as she debuted the trailer on Instagram. “I loved filming this show and sitting down with so many amazing people because we got to have such honest heartfelt conversations and I got to make them my famous GUMBO!”

Kevin Hart, Chloe x Halle, Kelly Rowland, Ciara, John David Washington and his mother, Pauletta Washington, Storm Reid, Marsai Martin, Zendaya and Tiffany Haddish appear in the trailer for the show, which premieres Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET.

Subsequent episodes of Talks with Mama Tina will air on Lawson’s Facebook page at 8 p.m. ET on Thursday, December 23, and Friday, December 24, followed by shows on Monday, December 27, Tuesday, December 28, and Wednesday, December 29, with a special finale in the new year.

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