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Simon Cowell blames Barry Manilow for Jennifer Hudson’s ‘American Idol’ loss

September 12, 2022 by WDNY Radio

It’s arguably hard to remember now, seeing as she’s got EGOT status to her name, but Jennifer Hudson only placed sixth on American Idol.

On the debut of The Jennifer Hudson Show Monday, in their first sit down since her less-than-stellar performance, JHud chatted with Simon Cowell about that fateful elimination.

“That night, I will never forget,” said the tough-talking former Idol judge. “I was thinking, ‘Who chose stupid Barry Manilow Week?” Cowell said, rolling his eyes. “Wasn’t me!”

“It wasn’t my idea,” he insisted.

Hudson recalled the song she performed was “Weekend in New England,” about which Cowell recalled thinking, “Not a great song.”

“Not your fault,” he said.

Hudson then said Cowell “flipped the script” on her by asking her a deep question: “If you were going to go back in time, would you have changed the song, or kept things the way they were?”

Hudson said no: “Because that song led me to get Dreamgirls, hon.” Hudson won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for the 2006 film.

Hudson explained, “By the time I was eliminated, I felt like I got an opportunity to display who I was as an artist, so I was OK with being eliminated.”

“And then once I was, I was like, ‘You know what? You’re walking away with your talent. You’re walking away with your gift.’ This competition may be over, but … your love and your drive isn’t.”

JHud added, “Too often people give up and think that’s the end of the road and I said, ‘No, I’ll be back. And I don’t know when, I don’t know how, but I will sing my way to it.'”

Is Ashley McBryde teasing a new album?

September 12, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Ashley McBryde may have a new album on the way.

The New York Times reports that the singer’s new album is titled Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville, centered around a fictional town filled with a cast of characters, including a woman who drives a red Corvette and a strip club that also plays gospel music.

Ashley is giving fans a teaser of what’s to come by creating an Instagram post with a fake new story from the “Lindeville Gazette” newspaper about a man who accidentally burned down a Krystal restaurant after finding an ant on his table. The character was allegedly high at the time of the incident and had marijuana in his backpack.

“This sounds like something that would happen where I grew up,” Ashley says in reference to her hometown of Saddle, Arkansas.

The album is said to feature collaborations with Brothers Osborne, newcomer Pillbox Patti and singer-songwriter Aaron Raitiere.

Ashley’s last album, Never Will, was released in 2020 and featured the singles “Martha Divine” and “One Night Standards.” Earlier this year, she topped the charts with her duet with Carly Pearce, “Never Wanted to Be That Girl.”

Yungblud announces 2023 US tour with The Regrettes

September 12, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Yungblud has announced a U.S. headlining tour for 2023.

The outing launches April 28 in Seattle, Washington and will wrap up July 25 in Kansas City, Missouri. The Regrettes will also be on the bill.

“Our biggest ever shows,” Yungblud declares. “I can’t wait to see you all.”

Tickets go on sale this Friday, September 16 at 10 a.m. local time. For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit YungbludOfficial.com.

Yungblud will be touring in support of his new, self-titled album, which just debuted at the top of the U.K.’s Official Albums Chart, giving him his second #1 record in his home country.

The Regrettes, meanwhile, released their latest effort, Further Joy, in April.

Slipknot’s Corey Taylor & Jim Root “talking about doing some stuff on the side” following Stone Sour split

September 12, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Corey Taylor and Jim Root may once again unite outside of Slipknot.

The vocalist and the guitarist previously played together in Stone Sour. However, Root was fired from Stone Sour in 2014, though he and Taylor continued to be bandmates in Slipknot.

Speaking with Metal Hammer, Taylor shares that he and Root have recently “reconnected” and are “actually talking about doing some stuff on the side, outside of Slipknot and Stone Sour.”

“It’s cool to find your friend again and realize that you can find your way back to people that you care about,” Taylor says.

Reflecting on the Stone Sour split, Taylor muses that he and Root are “very different people” and that they were “both going through our own s*** in life” at the time.

“Honestly, I can’t sit here and say that I wasn’t responsible for some of the bad feelings,” Taylor says. “That can only come with self-reflection, and the fact that the things that were going on in my life rippled and affected other people. Once you own up to that, you can start to mend bridges by showing people that you are truly sorry.”

Stone Sour has released one album since Root’s departure, 2017’s Hydrograd, but has been on hiatus for the last couple years. Slipknot, meanwhile, will drop a new record, The End, So Far, on September 30.

Aretha Franklin was tracked by the FBI due to her civil rights activism

September 12, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Newly unsealed documents reveal that the FBI tracked Aretha Franklin because she was involved in the civil rights movement in the 1960s.

A 270-page document shows the FBI paid special attention to the Queen of Soul’s many performances for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference civil rights organization.

The shows for the SCLC took place in Atlanta and Memphis between 1967 and 1968 and were labeled as “communist infiltration” events.

The FBI also tracked a scheduled performance at a Black Panther Party event that Aretha eventually canceled.

“Bobby Seale, Chairman of the Black Panther Party, has directed the Los Angeles Black Panther Party to initiate plans for a major rally culminating in free food distribution to the poor black people in Los Angeles,” the document reads. “Source also advised that Gwen Goodloe wanted to contact Negro singing stars Aretha Franklin and Roberta Flack to possibly assist in the event.”

The FBI also linked the 18-time Grammy winner to the Black Liberation Army after reportedly finding Franklin’s address in BLA’s organization documents.

The bureau called the BLA a “quasi-military group composed of small guerrilla units employing the tactics of urban guerrilla warfare against the established order with a view toward achieving revolutionary change in America.” Due to insufficient evidence, the FBI concluded that Franklin’s association with the BLA could not be determined.

Vanilla Fudge’s remastered Led Zeppelin covers album due out later this month

September 12, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Vanilla Fudge has announced official details about the release of Vanilla Zeppelin, a newly remastered version of the group’s 2007 Led Zeppelin covers album, Out Through the In Door.

Vanilla Zeppelin will be released September 30 as a digital download and via streaming services and is available for preorder now.

The 12-track collection features renditions of various classic Led Zeppelin songs done in the style of Vanilla Fudge, with soaring keyboards and added soul and funk influences. The Vanilla Zeppelin album also boasts a brand-new cover design.

Three of the remastered songs from the album have already been released as advance digital tracks — “Rock and Roll,” “Ramble On” and “The Immigrant Song.” You can now watch the music video for “The Immigrant Song” on Golden Robot Records’ official YouTube channel.

In other news, Vanilla Fudge has confirmed a series of eight fall U.S. shows in the Northeast, which will run from a September 30 concert in Millville, New Jersey through a November 5 performance in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Among the shows is a previously announced October 1 appearance at the prog rock-themed Sea of Tranquility Festival in Poughkeepsie, New York.

More shows will be added to band’s schedule soon. Visit VanillaFudge.com to check out the full itinerary.

Here’s the full Vanilla Zeppelin track list:

“Rock and Roll”
“Immigrant Song”
“Ramble On”
“Dancing Days”
“Black Mountain Side”
“Your Time Is Gonna Come”
“Dazed and Confused”
“Trampled Under Foot”
“Moby Dick”
“All of My Love ”
“Babe I’m Gonna Leave You ”
“Fool in the Rain ”

“Truth” is, Mitchell Tenpenny is at #1 on country radio

September 12, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Mitchell Tenpenny is celebrating his latest #1 song in a big way.

This week, Mitchell sits at #1 on the country charts with “Truth About You.” To honor the accomplishment, he and rapper/singer T-Pain attended Sunday’s matchup between the Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.

“I’ve got the number 1 song on country radio & I’m partying with @tpain today! Life is f****** good,” he writes alongside a post featuring photos of him flashing a #1 on the field and posing with T-Pain, and a video of “Truth About You” playing over the stadium speakers.

“Truth” is Mitchell’s second #1 hit following his debut single, “Drunk Me,” in 2018. It serves as the lead single off his sophomore album, This Is the Heavy. He originally released it on TikTok in 2021 and decided to make it an official radio single after it went viral.

This Is the Heavy drops on Friday.

Dove Cameron says “99%” of articles about her are “inaccurate”

September 12, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Dove Cameron says “99 percent” of stories written about her aren’t true, especially if it’s about her being “a diva” or “mentally unwell.”

“I’ve seen a lot written about me,” she told Glamour of the “inaccurate” reports about her. She says most of these “surprising” stories are “assuming things about how I behave as a professional or a partner.”

“People will come up with these lengthy stories claiming to have witnessed something in my work environment, and it’s behavior that is so out of character for me — and that would literally never be tolerated on a set from anyone, even if they were the lead in a franchise,” the singer continued.

Although “there are a lot of misconceptions about Hollywood,” Dove says some headlines make her laugh.

“I am perpetually on time, social, and I always stay later than I have to because I love my job and I love humans,” the “Boyfriend” hitmaker quipped. “So, that’s always been funny for me to read.”

Dove also opened up about having to “dim my light for others to feel comfortable around me” when she was younger, noting she was labeled, “‘intense,’ ‘fiery,’ and ‘too much'” as a child.

“When I was first working as a teenager, I got to a point where I greatly diminished who I was so I could fit in and not overwhelm peers or adults I worked with,” she explained, noting that led to her being labeled “shallow” and “bubbly.”

Said Dove, “The reality was that I had gone to such great lengths to hide my intensity, my emotion, my trauma, and my intelligence as to not threaten or upset anyone around me.”

Because of this, her best life advice is to “honor yourself and do everything you can for yourself and your growth.”

Chadwick Boseman and ‘Black-ish’ stars Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross named Disney Legends

September 12, 2022 by WDNY Radio

The late Chadwick Boseman and Black-ish stars Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross were named Disney Legends over the weekend at the D23 Expo: Ultimate Disney Fan Event in Anaheim, CA.

Boseman’s brother, Derrick Boseman, accepted the award on his brother’s behalf.

“I think about how he honored our parents. How he honored his family. How he honored even his friends, and he made sure that his friends had good careers,” Boseman said, according to Variety. “How he honored all the contracts that he signed. He honored them with his blood, his sweat, his tears, as he played these roles and he was taking chemo at the same time.”

The Disney Legends Award is given to an individual who has made an extraordinary contribution to the Disney legacy. Boseman, who died in 2020 from cancer, was recognized posthumously for his role as King T’Challa in Black Panther.

Anderson, who grew up near Disneyland in Compton, CA, remembered how Disney inspired him. “Disney has always been a part of my life, my upbringing, my childhood and it has informed me and allowed me to be the entertainer and the man that I am today,” the eight-time NAACP Image Award winner said, according to Deadline. “Disney has taught all of us to dream, and to dream big.”

Ross thanked Disney for giving a platform to Black-ish that “truly changed the landscape of modern television.”
“It feels really legendary to advocate for and breath life into a joyful Black woman for eight years on a great show,” the 49-year-old actress said.

She also hopes Black-ish paves the way for “more Black women-centered stories that reflect the truth and diversity of who we are in the world.”

Pearl Jam performs “The Star-Spangled Banner” at NYC show on anniversary of 9/11

September 12, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Pearl Jam‘s concert at New York City’s Madison Square Garden Sunday coincided with the 21st anniversary of 9/11, so the grunge rockers honored the occasion with a performance of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

The show ended with guitarist Mike McCready shredding an instrumental rendition of the national anthem as the rest of the band looked on.

Fan-shot footage of the performance was posted to YouTube by user NKArch.

The MSG concert also featured a guest appearance by Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, who joined in for PJ’s customary cover of Neil Young‘s “Rockin’ in the Free World.” Additionally, Eddie Vedder gave a shout-out to tennis icons Serena and Venus Williams, who, according to Spin, were in attendance at the show.

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