Illness forces Steely Dan off Eagles’ The Long Goodbye Tour

October 10, 2023 by WDNY Radio

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Illness has forced Steely Dan to drop off several dates of the Eagles’ The Long Goodbye Tour.

The Indianapolis Star reported that Steely Dan frontman Donald Fagen had been hospitalized, although ABC Audio has learned Donald is not hospitalized and expects to be back on the road soon.

Michael Leonhart, who is currently on tour with Steely Dan, posted on Instagram, “All is fine. Just a little illness. We’ll be back on stage soon.”

Steely Dan has actually been off the Eagles bill since Friday, October 6, when Sheryl Crow filled in for them in Denver. The Steve Miller Band then took over for the Indianapolis shows on October 9 and 10 and will again fill in October 13 in Detroit and October 17 in Cleveland. Current Eagles member Vince Gill and the Nashville Band will open the October 15 show in Pittsburgh.

Once those shows are over, Eagles aren’t back onstage until November 2 in Atlanta, Georgia. A complete list of tour dates can be found at eagles.com.

30th anniversary vinyl of Sheryl Crow’s ‘Tuesday Night Music Club’ coming in December

October 10, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Sheryl Crow‘s breakthrough album, 1993’s Tuesday Night Music Club, celebrated its 30th anniversary back in August, but we’ll soon be getting a special release to mark the milestone.

The album will make its vinyl debut on December 1 in two colors: black and a limited edition sea blue with white marbling. The single LP will come in a gatefold sleeve.

If vinyl’s not your thing, a Dolby Atmos version of the album was made available to digital platforms in July.

Tuesday Night Music Club includes the hits “All I Wanna Do,” “Leaving Las Vegas,” “Strong Enough,” “Can’t Cry Anymore” and “Run, Baby, Run.” It won Sheryl three Grammys, including Best New Artist, and went on to sell seven million copies.

Sheryl will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in November.

First look at Eddie Murphy in new Christmas comedy ‘Candy Cane Lane’

October 10, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Christmas has come early this year with the first look at Eddie Murphy’s new holiday comedy movie, Candy Cane Lane.

Amazon has released a collection of stills and a teaser poster for the film, which streams globally on Prime Video on December 1.

Murphy stars as Chris, a man on a mission to win his neighborhood’s Christmas decoration contest. He makes a deal with a real-life Christmas elf to secure his success, but a magic wish gone wrong brings the 12 Days of Christmas to life and causes chaos throughout his entire town.

Reginald Hudlin directs the film, which also stars Tracee Ellis Ross, Jillian Bell, Nick Offerman and Chris Redd.

Scotty McCreery plots 2024 Cab in a Solo Tour

October 10, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Scotty McCreery has announced his 2024 Cab in a Solo Tour.

Named after his new single, the 16-date trek kicks off January 26 in Troy, Ohio, with stops in Durham, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Boston, Syracuse and more, before concluding in Schenectady, New York, on March 16.

Anne Wilson will be the direct opener, with Greylan James and Noah Hicks supporting on select dates.

“I’m on the road year ’round, but I always love putting together specific tours and I think next year’s Cab in a Solo Tour is gonna be one of my favorites,” says Scotty.

“Happy to have Anne Wilson join us on the road – she’s a great singer. Depending on the city, either Greylan James or Noah Hicks will be opening up the show and they’re both fantastic performers,” he shares. “And who knows, maybe I’ll share a few songs from my upcoming new album! I’m looking forward to it!”

Tickets go on sale Friday, October 13, at 10 a.m. local time at ScottyMcCreery.com.

The presale for Citi members and Scotty’s fan club begins at 10 a.m. and noon local time, respectively.

For the full Cab in a Solo Tour schedule, visit Scotty’s website.

“Too Much”: The Kid LAROI announces new single with Jung Kook and Central Cee

October 10, 2023 by WDNY Radio

The Kid LAROI and Jung Kook on a song together? It may be “Too Much” for fans to handle.

LAROI announced that he and Jung Kook teamed for the collaborative track, which also features top British rapper Central Cee. “Too Much” will arrive at 7 p.m. ET on October 19, with LAROI’s long-awaited upcoming album, The First Time, following in November.

LAROI has also launched new merch to go along with the new song.

The Australian artist has been teasing his new album since 2022. He made it available to presave and preorder in January and has released numerous tracks from it. This past year, he’s also done a college tour, a Fortnite concert and performed at Coachella. However, the new album has never had an actual release date.

In August, LAROI announced the album was finally done, explaining that he’d added more songs to it, shot the album cover, filmed a number of videos and was working with his record label to settle on a date.

Meek Mill reminisces on life-changing moment he met Rick Ross

October 10, 2023 by WDNY Radio

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Meek Mill took a stroll down memory lane to revisit a moment in time he says changed his life forever.

He shared two separate video clips to Instagram: the first, a throwback clip of his first meeting with Rick Ross at a radio station in Philadelphia.

“Met Ross ‘2011’ through @djcosmickev at power 99 changed my life,” he wrote.

The second video was a more recent clip of “Shaq & Kobe,” Meek and Ross’ latest collaboration.

“Next slide- ‘2023’ @richforever pull that jet up to powerhouse in Philly I bet you whatever the whole arena sing SHAQ and Kobe word for word,” he said.

The latter note references the upcoming Powerhouse concert in Meek’s hometown of Philadelphia where he will take the stage for the 40th anniversary show.

In a recent interview with Apple Music, Meek and Ross joined Ebro for an interview where they discussed the beginnings of their partnership.

After Ross listened to Meek’s music over a decade ago, he signed the rapper to his Maybach Music Group. Meek then created his own label, Dreamchasers Records, a joint venture with Jay-Z‘s Roc Nation.

Reba talks new book, album, ‘The Voice’ + more on ‘Today’

October 10, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Reba McEntire appeared on NBC’s Today October 10 to celebrate her newly released book, Not That Fancy: Simple Lessons on Living, Loving, Eating, and Dusting Off Your Boots, and nearly 50 years of a music career.

“Getting to do things we’re doing now, I think I’m busier than I’ve ever been. I’m so grateful and thankful,” she tells the show’s Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager.

Reba then went on to talk about her late mom’s unwavering support for her, why she recorded “Seven Minutes in Heaven,” replacing Blake Shelton on The Voice and more.

The country icon also took the Citi Music Series stage to perform “Seven Minutes in Heaven,” “The Fear of Being Alone” and “Till You Love Me.”

Not That Fancy: Simple Lessons on Living, Loving, Eating, and Dusting Off Your Boots, and its companion album, Not That Fancy, are out now.

The 1975’s Matty Healy gives 10-minute speech on Malaysia controversy during Dallas concert

October 10, 2023 by WDNY Radio

The 1975 frontman Matty Healy spoke at length for the first time about the band’s controversial concert in Malaysia during a show in Dallas on Monday, October 9.

During The 1975’s set at Kuala Lumpur’s Good Vibes Festival in July, Healy criticized Malaysia’s harsh anti-LGBTQ+ laws and kissed bassist Ross MacDonald onstage. The 1975’s performance was cut short, and the remainder of the festival was canceled.

Healy previously addressed the incident with brief, one-off comments. During the Dallas concert, however, he gave a 10-minute speech that he read from his phone. He began telling the audience that they’d “drawn the short straw” since they’d come to the show where he’s “genuinely just stopped caring.”

“The 1975 did not waltz into Malaysia unannounced,” Healy said. “They were invited to headline a festival by a government who had full knowledge of the band, its well-publicized political views, and its routine stage show.”

“Me kissing Ross was not a stunt … to provoke the government,” he continued. “It was an ongoing part of The 1975’s stage show, which has been performed many times prior. Similarly, we chose to not change our set that night, to play pro-freedom of speech, pro-gay songs. To eliminate any routine part of the show in an effort to appease the Malaysian authorities’ bigoted views of LGBTQ people would be a passive endorsement of those politics.”

Healy then focused his attention to those who criticized his actions as performative.

“The idea of calling out a performer for being performative is mind-numbingly redundant,” he said.

Footage of Healy’s remarks were captured and posted by the @the1975_thteam fan account.

Milli Vanilli’s 35th anniversary to be celebrated with new greatest hits compilation

October 10, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Disgraced pop group Milli Vanilli first came on the scene 35 years ago. Now, their anniversary is being celebrated with a new release.

The Best of Milli Vanilli (35th Anniversary) will be released November 17 digitally and on cassette, CD and black and colored vinyl. It will feature such classic Milli Vanilli tracks as “Girl You Know It’s True,” “Blame It On the Rain,” “Girl I’m Gonna Miss You,” “Baby Don’t Forget My Number” and more.

The new compilation comes as the pop group is the subject of an upcoming documentary Milli Vanilli, which premieres October 24 on Paramount+.

Milli Vanilli, made up of Rob Pilatus and Fab Morvan, burst on to the scene in 1988 with the European release of All or Nothing, which was renamed Girl You Know It’s True in the U.S. and released in March of 1989. The album was certified six-times Platinum by the RIAA and spent seven weeks at #1 on the Billboard chart.

Their success, which included a Best New Artist Grammy win, eventually came crashing down when it was revealed they didn’t actually sing on the album and were recruited by music producer Frank Farian to be the face of his recording project.

The Best of Milli Vanilli (35th Anniversary) is available for preorder now.

Here is the track list for the album:
“Girl You Know It’s True”
“Baby Don’t Forget My Number”
“Blame It on the Rain”
“I’m Gonna Miss You”
“Keep on Running”
“All or Nothing”
“Can’t You Feel My Love”
“Dream to Remember”
“Ma Baker”
“Hush”
“Money”
“Is It Love”
“More Than You’ll Ever Know”
“Take It as It Comes”
“Girl I’m Gonna Miss You” (U.S. Single Version)
“Girl You Know It’s True” (U.S. Single Version)
“Baby Don’t Forget My Number” (Radio Mix)

Tool announces 2024 US tour dates

October 10, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Tool has announced a 2024 U.S. tour.

The headlining outing launches January 10 in Baltimore and concludes February 18 in Las Vegas. Along the way, Maynard James Keenan and company will play two shows each at New York City’s Madison Square Garden and the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.

Tickets go on sale Friday, October 13, at 10 a.m. local time. Members of the Tool Army fan club will have access to a presale beginning Wednesday, October 11, at 10 a.m. local time.

For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit ToolBand.com.

If you can’t wait until 2024, you can catch Tool on their current fall North American tour, which continues October 11 in Salt Lake City and runs into late November.

Meanwhile, Keenan’s other bands, Puscifer and A Perfect Circle, will be playing shows together in 2024 for the Sessanta celebrating the singer’s 60th birthday.

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