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Graceland’s 2022 Virtual Elvis Week celebration offers tribute concerts, Q&A sessions and more

July 13, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Elvis Presley‘s famous Memphis mansion, Graceland, has announced plans for the virtual edition of this year’s Elvis Week event, which coincides annually with the anniversary of the late King of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s death.

Fans who can’t attend the August 9-17 celebration in person will be able to enjoy an online experience that features a variety of events, including tribute concerts and other performances, conversations with Presley-related guests, Elvis impersonator contests, a virtual prerecorded tour of Graceland and more.

Among the scheduled shows is the “Elvis Presley in Concert” event, which features footage of Elvis on the big screen accompanied by a live group, including guitarist James Burton, piano player Glen Hardin and bassist Jerry Scheff of Elvis’ TCB Band, plus a special appearance by Presley’s ex-wife, Priscilla Presley.

There will also be two “Conversations on Elvis” interview sessions, featuring such special guests as I Dream of Jeannie‘s Barbara Eden, who appeared with Presley in the 1960 film Flaming Star, and Elvis’ Memphis Mafia entourage member Jerry Schilling.

Three different packages are available for Virtual Elvis Week, offering access to various events. You can purchase the packages at VirtualElvisWeek.com, while tickets to the in-person Elvis Week festivities are available at Graceland.com.

Elvis Week also will feature the traditional candlelight vigil held on the eve of the anniversary of Elvis’ August 15, 1977, death and running until the morning hours of August 16. As usual, the vigil will be streamed live for free at Livestream.com.

This year marks the 45th anniversary of Elvis’ passing.

Emerson, Lake & Palmer releasing vinyl-singles box set in August

July 13, 2022 by WDNY Radio

While generally considered an “album” band, Emerson, Lake & Palmer did release singles throughout their long career, and now, a new vinyl box set featuring a dozen 45-rpm seven-inch discs replicating various U.S., U.K. and international singles is due out August 26.

The collection, simply titled Singles, features the discs housed in reproduced, original picture sleeves and comes packaged with a booklet boasting detailed notes, rare photos of the U.K. prog-rock trio and a foreword by ELP drummer Carl Palmer. Also included are art cards inspired by the singles’ sleeves.

The box set, which features songs spanning from 1971 to 1992, is being released in celebration of ELP’s 50th anniversary. All of the tracks have been remastered by respected studio engineer Andy Pearce.

Among the songs included in the collection are such ELP classics as “Lucky Man,” “C’est La Vie,” “Jerusalem” and the band’s biggest U.S. hit, “From the Beginning,” which reached #39 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1972. The box set also features the single-edit version of ELP’s adaptation of Aaron Copland‘s “Fanfare for the Common Man,” which peaked at #2 on the U.K. chart in 1977.

“This box set of singles is very important to the development of ELP,” Palmer says. “The music that you will hear opened the door to radio around the world, and then the musical concept of ELP was born.”

You can preorder the Singles box set now. Here’s the full track list:

Single One: A. “Lucky Man”/B. “Knife Edge”

Single Two: A. “Stones of Years”/B. “A Time and a Place”

Single Three: A. “From the Beginning”/B. “Living Sin”

Single Four: A. “Jerusalem”/B. “When the Apple Blossoms Bloom in the Windmills of Your Mind I’ll Be Your Valentine”

Single Five: A. “Fanfare for the Common Man”/B. “Brain Salad Surgery”

Single Six: A. “C’est La Vie”/B. “Hallowed Be Thy Name”

Single Seven: A. “Brain Salad Surgery”/B. “Still…You Turn Me On”

Single Eight: A. “Tiger in a Spotlight”/B. “So Far to Fall”

Single Nine: A1. “I Believe in Father Christmas”/A2. “Jerusalem”/B. “When the Apple Blossoms Bloom in the Windmills of Your Mind I’ll Be Your Valentine”

Single Ten: A. “Canario”/B. “All I Want Is You”

Single Eleven: A. “Black Moon”/B. “Black Moon” (Album Version)

Single Twelve: A. “Affairs of the Heart”/B. “Better Days”

Music notes: BTS, Charlie Puth, Halsey, Ed Sheeran, Lady Gaga, Joe Jonas and Camila Cabello

July 13, 2022 by WDNY Radio

BTS teamed up with Casetify for a new “Permission to Dance”-inspired line that channels the song’s lyrics and music video, reports Rolling Stone. The new offering, their fifth collaboration overall, covers Magsafe products, Apple AirTag holders, phone cases, Apple Watch straps and more.

Speaking of BTS, Charlie Puth‘s “Left and Right” music video featuring Jung Kook has amassed over 100 million YouTube views in a little over two weeks.

Halsey has a mullet. They revealed their new, shaggy blond look Wednesday, writing, “Return of my mullet. and the nineties-vibes-only red and blue makeup combo.”

According to tabloids, Ed Sheeran’s 2-month-old daughter is named Jupiter. The Sun spoke to a source who said the couple chose Jupiter because it means “brave and bold.” The source adds, “Ed and Cherry loved the name both in terms of what it stands for and its uniqueness.”

Lady Gaga is the latest celeb hit by a crazy rumor. The Sun reports she’s hired security guards to protect the “priceless Versace costumes” she’ll wear on her Chromatica Ball tour. Yes, bodyguards for a bunch of clothes. The tour kicks off this weekend in Germany.

Joe Jonas shared a new look at his upcoming movie Devotion, where he plays a Navy pilot during the Korean War. The true story is about Officer Jesse Brown, the first African-American aviator to finish the Navy’s flight training program. Joe plays aviator Marty Goode. Devotion flies into theaters this November.

Camila Cabello revealed her dog Tarzan is a stage-five clinger. In a series of Instagram Stories, she shows the pup getting all up in her business. “Love u crazy boy @tarzandadog. pls leave me alone now tho I love u and love how clingy u are but I’m tired,” she wrote. “I need some space. (JK i don’t I love it u sweet dumb baby.”

Mötley Crüe featured on soundtrack to upcoming film ‘The Retaliators’

July 13, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Mötley Crüe is among the artists featured on the soundtrack for the upcoming thriller film The Retaliators.

The closing track on the compilation is a Crüe song called “The Retaliators Theme (21 Bullets),” which features contributions from Ice Nine Kills, Asking Alexandria and From Ashes to New. The tune appears to be the first new material from the “Dr. Feelgood” rockers since the four tracks they recorded for 2019’s The Dirt soundtrack, which included the Machine Gun Kelly collaboration “The Dirt (Est. 1981).”

The album also includes songs features Mötley Crüe members Tommy Lee, Vince Neil and Mick Mars. Lee contributes his 2020 solo song “Tops,” featuring rapper Push Push. Neil appears on a track titled “Classless Act” by the up-and-coming band of the same name. Mars lends his guitar talents to a song by Hyro the Hero called “Who’s That Playing on the Radio?”

The album also includes songs by Papa Roach, Five Finger Death Punch and The HU.

The Retaliators — which is being produced by Better Noise Films, an offshoot of the Better Noise Music record label — premieres in theaters September 14, and the soundtrack will be released September 16. Its cast includes Lee and Papa Roach frontman Jacoby Shaddix, as well as members of various other bands.

You can watch a new trailer for The Retaliators now on YouTube.

Here’s the soundtrack’s track list:

Papa Roach — “The Ending”
The HU — “This Is Mongol”
Eva Under Fire — “Blow” (featuring Spencer Charnas of Ice Nine Kills)
From Ashes to New — “Scars That I’m Hiding” (featuring Anders Fridén of In Flames)
Asking Alexandria — “Faded Out” (featuring Within Temptation)
Tommy Lee — “Tops” (featuring Push Push)
Classless Act — “Classless Act” (featuring Vince Neil)
Five Finger Death Punch — “Darkness Settles In”
Nothing More — “Tired of Winning”
Crossbone Skully — “Evil World Machine”
The HU – Wolf Totem” (featuring Jacoby Shaddix)
Bad Wolves — “If Tomorrow Never Comes” (featuring Spencer Charnas of Ice Nine Kills)
Cory Marks — “Burn It Up”
Hyro the Hero — “Who’s That Playing on the Radio?” (featuring Mick Mars and Danny Worsnop)
Cory Marks — “Blame It on the Double” (featuring Tyler Connolly and Jason Hook)
All Good Things — “For the Glory” (featuring Hollywood Undead)
From Ashes to New — “Barely Breathing”
Mötley Crüe — “The Retaliators Theme (21 Bullets)” (featuring Ice Nine Kills, Asking Alexandria and From Ashes to New)

Music notes: Lance Bass, Lady Gaga, Joe Jonas, Camila Cabello and Ed Sheeran

July 13, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Lance Bass is mourning the death of his grandmother Betty, who passed away on Monday. “She meant the world to me, and even though I am filled with deep sadness, I can smile through the tears knowing she’s with my Papa in a much better place,” he wrote on Instagram and shared a series of special family photos.

Lady Gaga is the latest celeb to be hit by a crazy rumor. The Sun reports she has hired security guards just to protect the “priceless Versace costumes” that she’ll wear on her Chromatica Ball tour. Yes, bodyguards for a bunch of clothes. The Grammy winner kicks off her tour this weekend in Germany.

Camila Cabello revealed her dog Tarzan is a stage-five clinger. In a series of Instagram Stories, she shows the big dog getting all up in her business. “Love u crazy boy @tarzandadog. pls leave me alone now tho I love u and love how clingy u are but I’m tired,” she wrote, adding, “I need some space. (JK i don’t I love it u sweet dumb baby.”

According to tabloids, Ed Sheeran has named his new daughter Jupiter. The Sun said they spoke to a source who said the couple chose the name because it means “brave and bold.” The source adds, “Ed and Cherry loved the name both in terms of what it stands for and its uniqueness.” This is their second daughter.

‘Euphoria”s Martha Kelly still in shock over Emmy nomination

July 13, 2022 by WDNY Radio

For four seasons, Martha Kelly played nerdy Costco insurance adjuster Martha Brooks on FX’s Emmy-winning comedy Baskets, but on Tuesday she snagged an Emmy nomination in the Guest Actress category for playing a very different character.

In Euphoria, the stand-up comedian and actress with a famously droll delivery was cast against type as Laurie, a ruthless drug dealer. She tells ABC Audio that ironically, considering the accolade, she needed some convincing from the series’ creator that she could nail the part.

“I think Sam Levinson just wrote a really scary character who’s like a mild-mannered sociopath,” she deadpans. “In real life, I think those people are rare, but they can do a lot of damage, you know? Because people don’t think they’re actually scary.”

The second season of the show has Zendaya‘s drug-addicted Rue in a very dangerous debt to Laurie, and Laurie’s threats to her — no matter how disturbing — are made more so because they sound like they’re coming from a soft-spoken soccer mom.

A day after the nomination, Kelly says she still in shock.

“It still doesn’t seem real, and that’s probably good,” she admits with a laugh. “I mean…I think it would be weird to be like, ‘Oh, yeah, cool. I deserve it.’ Like, that would be a weird response.”

She adds, “It just seems unreal…It’s like Euphoria and all the regular cast are so talented and the crew is so talented and they got all these nominations. And I feel like it’s a party bus that I’m like holding on to the back bumper, riding a skateboard behind.”

Kelly says, “It’s so fun. I feel really lucky.” (AUDIO IS ABC 1-ON-1)

Incidentally, Kelly can also be seen on another nominated HBO show, the comedy Hacks.

Dua Lipa is now one of the most-streamed female artists on Spotify

July 13, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Dua Lipa is shaking up the Spotify charts and is currently their most listened to female artist.

Chart Data announced Wednesday that her and Elton John‘s “Cold Heart (PNAU remix)” has joined Spotify’s billions club — meaning it amassed over 1 billion streams. With that accomplishment came some big news — she is now one of the streamer’s most powerful artists.

“@DUALIPA now ties Ariana Grande as the female artist with the most songs with 1 billion streams each on Spotify (7),” the music tracker declared. Her other songs that previously made the elusive club are “IDGAF,” “New Rules,” “One Kiss,” “Scared to Be Lonely,” “Don’t Start Now” and “Levitating.”

The Grammy winner wasn’t done winning with her latest accolade. Chart Data then announced that, because of the sheer amount of times her songs have been streamed, her albums have soared to the top of the charts.

“@DUALIPA now has the top 2 most streamed albums by a female artist of all-time on Spotify,” it tweeted of her eponymous debut album and her latest offering, Future Nostalgia.

Dua has since shared the good news to her Instagram Story.

In other Dua news, she is about to unleash her new collection with Puma! Dubbed the DUA X PUMA FLUTUR DROP 2, the new line of goodies arrives Thursday. The line comes with new sneakers, maxi dresses, crop tank tops, shorts, jackets, bags and more that come in an electric orange color.

To promote her new line, she has dyed her hair hot pink for a series of promotional shots, which she posted on Instagram.

Britney Spears’ ex-husband Jason Alexander pleads not guilty to felony stalking charge, remains in jail

July 13, 2022 by WDNY Radio

On Tuesday, Britney Spears‘ former husband Jason Alexander pleaded not guilty to charges connected with his alleged attempt to crash her wedding last month, Page Six reports.

Alexander was arraigned Tuesday in Ventura County Superior Court. He entered a not guilty plea to counts of felony stalking with a prior domestic violence conviction and three misdemeanor counts of aggravated trespassing, refusing to leave private property, vandalism and battery.

On top of that, he faces a “special enhancement charge” — not a good thing — because at the time of his arrest, he was on probation for an unrelated case in Tennessee. He denied those allegations during the arraignment.

Prior to Britney’s June 9 wedding to Sam Asghari, Alexander allegedly broke into Britney’s house in Thousand Oaks, California, and, according to a security guard, tried several times to open the door to the singer’s locked bedroom. Police found he was armed with a box cutter at the time of his arrest.

After Alexander’s arrest, Britney was granted a restraining order and, according to Page Six, fired her security team.

Britney and Alexander, her childhood friend, married in Las Vegas in 2004; the marriage was annulled 55 hours later.

Nashville notes: Maren Morris + Amanda Shires, Martina McBride and more

July 13, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Maren Morris joins her Highwomen bandmate Amanda Shires for Amanda’s latest release, “Empty Cups.” The duet comes off of Amanda’s next album, Take it Like a Man.

During a songwriter round at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum featuring Martina McBride this week, the Hall announced that it will extend its Martina-based exhibit until July 2023. The exhibit chronicles her journey to fame and tells the stories of some of her biggest songs.

Tyler Rich is going out on tour this fall. The singer just announced his Think We’re In Love Tour, which kicks off in late September.

Justin Timberlake joins TikTok: “I think this is gonna go really…”

July 13, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Get ready to cry yourself a river, because Justin Timberlake has officially joined TikTok — and brought his catalog of hits along with him.

Now you can create videos using the official audio from songs like “Mirrors,” “What Goes Around…Comes Around,” “Cry Me a River” and many more JT smashes. “Alright guys, I guess we’re TikTokkin’ now,” says the singer in his first post. “You know what? I think this is gonna go really …” and then the video cuts off.

Prior to officially joining the social media platform, Justin was already a TikTok presence thanks to “SexyBack.” It was one of the Top 10 Comeback Tracks on the platform in 2021, with over 1.4 million video creations.

The next time JT busts some wack dance moves that go viral, he can apologize on TikTok.

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