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Music Notes: Demi Lovato, Lola Young and more

June 17, 2025 by WDNY Radio

After marrying boyfriend Jordan Lutes on May 25, Demi Lovato has shared a dump of photos from her honeymoon. In the carousel of pics, Demi smooches Jordan, models a variety of bathing suits, rides on a jet ski and enjoys the tropical setting. In the comments, Jordan wrote, “I love u so much. Wifey.”

Lola Young has new music coming out on Friday, and something else coming out Thursday. On Friday, it’s a song called “Not Like That Anymore.” As for Thursday, we’re not sure what it is, but Lola seems to be teasing it by blowing up a balloon. Perhaps it’s an album announcement — stay tuned.

Lorde also has new music coming: She wrote on Instagram, referring to her upcoming album, “Virgin in ten days another song in a few.”

Following the news of the passing of their beloved grandmother Marjorie “Nonna” Grande, Ariana Grande‘s brother Frankie Grande wrote a sweet tribute on Instagram. “Dearest Nonna, how can I ever thank you enough for the countless lessons you wove into my heart over the years?” he wrote. “You taught me how to love without conditions, how to dominate a three-card poker table, how to never ever take a bad picture, how to light up a dinner party just by being in the room, how to give the warmest, safest hugs, how to stand in my truth unapologetically … and most importantly, how to show up for family in a way so deep, so unwavering, that I promise you: I will carry that torch fiercely in your absence. No question. No option.”

REO Speedwagon’s original frontman Terry Luttrell injured in car accident following band reunion

June 17, 2025 by WDNY Radio

REO Speedwagon’s original frontman Terry Luttrell is recuperating in the hospital after wrecking his car on the way home from an REO Speedwagon reunion event Saturday in the band’s hometown of Champaign, Illinois.

Luttrell tells The News-Gazette that he fell asleep at the wheel after getting little sleep following the band’s performance at the State Farm Center.

“It just happened,” Luttrell said. “I nodded off. I rolled the car over, and I woke up and I was in a cocoon (the airbags). Unfortunately it totaled the car.”

“I was able to get up and get out of the car,” he added. “The airbag went off and cracked my sternum a little bit. I have a little back pain and neck pain. It’s nothing that can’t be overcome.”

Luttrell is currently recuperating at Carle Foundation Hospital, and is expected to spend a few days there.

The REO Speedwagon event, Honoring the Legacy of REO Speedwagon – A Concert Event – Back Where it All Began, featured Luttrell, REO Speedwagon members Bruce Hall and Neal Doughty and others. One person who was not there was REO Speedwagon frontman Kevin Cronin, who was in Bend, Oregon, performing on his tour with Styx.

The Police’s Sting & Andy Summers reunite for big band cover of ‘Murder by Numbers’

June 17, 2025 by WDNY Radio

The Police’s Sting and Andy Summers have reunited for a new cover of the band’s tune “Murder by Numbers.”

The former bandmates, who last played together during The Police’s 2007-08 reunion tour, both appear on a new version of the track. It was recorded by big band bassist Christian McBride for his upcoming album, Without Further Ado, Vol. 1., due out Aug. 29.

“I am absolutely thrilled to have Sting and Andy Summers — two-thirds of one of the most influential bands in history, The Police — join me for one of their songs,” McBride shares. “Sting continues to evolve gracefully as an artist, and Andy still plays with the sophisticated fire and grit he has always possessed.”

McBride’s version of “Murder by Numbers” is available now via digital outlets.

“Murder by Numbers” was recorded during sessions for The Police’s fifth and final album, 1983’s Synchronicity. The jazz-inspired tune wound up being a B-side to their #1 hit “Every Breath You Take,” and was a bonus track on the album’s CD and cassette release.

Justin Timberlake has yet to decide details of court-ordered community service, says lawyer

June 17, 2025 by WDNY Radio

It was a year ago that Justin Timberlake‘s actions could’ve ruined the tour. What tour? The world tour.

While in Sag Harbor, New York, Justin was pulled over in the early morning hours of June 18, 2024, and arrested for DWI. During his sentencing in September, Justin entered a plea deal, pleading guilty to driving while ability impaired. Sag Harbor Village Justice Carl Irace ordered Justin to pay a $500 fine and gave him one year to perform 25 hours of community service.

Justin’s attorney, Eddie Burke Jr., told Patch on Tuesday that Justin has until mid-September to complete those 25 hours. When asked if Justin had decided where to put in his time, Burke said, “Not yet.”

Justin currently has tour dates scheduled through July 30.

Last fall, many nonprofit organizations in Sag Harbor suggested that Justin come volunteer with them, including an animal hospital and a group that encourages people to volunteer for various causes. One local said she hoped Justin would devote his time to a drunk-driving awareness nonprofit.

Ariana Grande’s beloved Nonna passes away: A ‘beautiful, extraordinary life’

June 17, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Ariana Grande‘s beloved grandmother Marjorie Grande, lovingly referred to as Nonna, has passed away.

That’s according to Ari’s Instagram Story. “We are devastated to share that the beloved matriarch of our family has passed away,” the Story says. “Marjorie (Nonna) Grande passed peacefully in her home and was surrounded by her family and loved ones for every moment of the last few weeks. We thank you for your love, support and for respecting our privacy as we grieve and celebrate her beautiful, extraordinary life.”

The message is signed, “Love, The Grandes.” It was also shared on Ariana’s mother Joan’s Story, along with the words, “I LOVE YOU MOM.”

Ariana and her nonna were extremely close; in November Ari flew to her hometown theater in Boca Raton, Florida, to see Wicked with her. At the time, she posted a video of her grandmother taking in the movie. It showed Nonna watching the film’s rendition of the song “Popular,” smiling and clapping at the song’s conclusion.

In March 2024, at the age of 98, Marjorie became the oldest living person to appear on the Billboard Hot 100 chart since the chart’s inception in August 1958, thanks to her feature on Ariana’s song “ordinary things” from her album eternal sunshine.

In April 2024 Ari posted a photo of Marjorie holding a framed plaque celebrating her milestone. It had the Billboard Hot 100 chart placement of “ordinary things” and an inscription commemorating the achievement.

Marjorie can be heard on the song reminiscing about her late husband, Frank, and how much she loved him. She advises, “Never go to bed without kissing goodnight. That’s the worst thing to do; don’t ever, ever do that. And if you don’t feel comfortable doing it, you’re in the wrong place – get out.”

Chappell Roan admits that backlash ‘makes me cry’

June 17, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Since she became a superstar, Chappell Roan has had her share of backlash, mostly regarding her thoughts about how fans and the press should behave, and about how the music industry should provide more support to artists. And while you’d think Chappell wouldn’t give a darn about what people think of her, well, you’d be wrong.

Chappell chatted with SZA for Interview magazine, and during their discussion SZA asked Chappell if she “gave a f*** about the backlash” that comes along with speaking her mind.

“I didn’t, until people started hating me for me and not for my art,” Chappell replied. “When it’s not about my art anymore, it’s like, ‘They hate me because I’m Kayleigh‘” — her birth name — “‘not because they hate the songs that I make.’ That’s when it changed.”

“When things are taken out of context, people assume so much about you. I didn’t realize I’d care so much,” she continued. “When it comes to my art, I’m like, ‘B****, you can think whatever you want. You are allowed to hate it with all your guts.'”

She laughed, “But when it comes to me and my personality, it’s like, ‘Damn. Am I the most insufferable b**** of our generation?’”

SZA responded that it’s comforting to know Chappell “gives a f***” because the “Pink Pony Club” singer sometimes comes off as “superhuman.”

Chappell said, “No, I give a f*** and it makes me cry. I don’t know if it will ever feel okay to hear someone say something really hateful about me.”

SZA replied, “Maybe everybody secretly gives a f***.”

R. Kelly hospitalized after alleged overdose in prison, attorneys say

June 17, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Lawyers for disgraced R&B superstar R. Kelly say the singer was taken to the hospital, alleging he suffered an “overdose” caused by officials at a North Carolina prison where he is currently housed.

Sources told ABC News, however, that R. Kelly was taken to the hospital for two days for routine medical care, and was released and is currently at the prison.

Kelly is serving a 30-year prison sentence in North Carolina after he was convicted in federal court in 2021 of racketeering and violating the Mann Act, a sex trafficking law, including having sex with underage girls.

A court filing filed by Kelly’s attorney, Beau B. Brindley, and obtained by ABC News, alleges mismanagement by the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.

The filing also alleges Kelly was denied surgery by prison officers who accompanied the singer to the facility.

The Bureau of Prisons said in a statement to ABC News, “For privacy, safety, and security reasons, we do not discuss the conditions of confinement for any incarcerated individual, including medical and health-related issues. Additionally, the Bureau of Prisons does not comment on pending litigation or matters that are the subject of legal proceedings.”

The “I Believe I Can Fly” singer was also found guilty in 2022 on sex crime charges, including producing child pornography and enticing minors to engage in sexual activity, in his second federal trial.

A federal judge in Chicago sentenced R. Kelly, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, to 20 years in prison in 2023 for those convictions.

However, the sentencing only added one more year to his prison time as Kelly will serve 19 years concurrently with his New York prison sentence, according to Chicago ABC station WLS. He would then be required to serve one year in the Chicago case.

An attorney for Kelly did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Barbra Streisand on her ‘extraordinary’ experience collaborating with Bob Dylan

June 17, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Bob Dylan appears on Barbra Streisand’s upcoming duets album, The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume Two, and apparently their collaboration was a long time in the making.

Dylan previously said he wrote the song “Lay Lady Lay” for her to sing and had reached out about them singing together. In a new interview with The New Yorker, Babs talks about that early connection with Dylan.

“The fun thing is that we were both nineteen years old, in Greenwich Village, never met each other,” she tells the mag. “I remember him sending me flowers and writing me a card in different-color pencils, like a child’s writing: ‘Would you sing with me?’”

She adds, “I thought, What would I sing with him? How could we get together on this? I couldn’t understand it at that time.”

On Streisand’s album, she and Dylan collaborate on the song “The Very Thought of You,” which she calls a “wonderful” choice.

“Bob loved that song. He’s very shy, like I am. But he was wonderful to work with,” she says. “I was told that he didn’t want any direction. But when I talked to him about things that I suggested, he was so pliable—he was so open to suggestions.”

“Everything I heard about him just went out the window,” she notes. “He stood on his feet for three hours with me. … It was just an extraordinary three hours.”

The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume Two will be released June 27 and is available for preorder now. In addition to Dylan, it has Babs collaborating with Paul McCartney, Sting, James Taylor and others.

Here’s the name of Megan Fox & Machine Gun Kelly’s baby

June 17, 2025 by WDNY Radio

We now know the name of Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly‘s daughter: Saga Blade Fox-Baker.

The “cliché” artist, born Colson Baker, revealed the news in an Instagram post alongside a video of him strumming a ukulele in front of the newborn resting in a bouncer just out of frame.

“Thank you for the ultimate gift @meganfox,” mgk writes in the caption.

Saga was born in March. At the time, mgk wrote, “She’s finally here!! Our little celestial seed.” That led some to believe “Celestial Seed” was her actual name, which mgk later clarified wasn’t the case.

Fox has three children from her marriage to actor Brian Austin Green, while mgk has a daughter from a previous relationship.

Sabrina Carpenter denies 2024 photo shoot was inspired by ‘Lolita’

June 17, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Sabrina Carpenter has been fending off criticism of her Man’s Best Friend album cover, which shows her on all fours next to a man who’s grabbing a handful of her hair. But now, she’s also defending an image of herself from 2024.

A TikTok user reposted an image that had two photos side by side: one of Sabrina from her 2024 W magazine feature, which shows her lying in the grass in front of a sprinkler, and a similar image from the 1997 film Lolita. The movie is an adaptation of the notorious 1955 novel by Vladimir Nabokov, about a middle-aged man who becomes obsessed with a young girl. In the book, she’s 12; in the film, she’s 14.

“What the F is this?” asked the TikTok user, while captioning the video “gross” and labeling it, “Me after seeing sabrinas lolita photoshoot.”

Someone noted in the comments, “huge chance that she’s never heard of the movie and this is the photographers [sic] fault.”

Sabrina jumped into the comments, writing, “I’ve never seen this movie. it’s never been on my mood board and never would be.”

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