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Lil Wayne’s Lil WeezyAna Fest to feature Moneybagg Yo, Coi Leray, BabyFace Ray and more

July 12, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Lil Wayne announced Tuesday the sixth annual Lil WeezyAna Fest will kick off from his hometown of New Orleans on August 27.

Returning to Champions Square for the first time in four years, the artist-curated music event will see performances by Moneybagg Yo, Coi Leray, Babyface Ray and Rob 49, as well as surprise guests.

“We BAAACK!!!” the rapper said on social media.

“We’re glad to be back home! New Orleans birthed us and we can travel and hit the stage anywhere in the world, but there’s no place like home!” Young Money Records President Mack Maine said. “As always, we will be honoring the many lives lost in Hurricane Katrina as this year marks the 17th year anniversary. Wayne is excited to get back home as this one will be one you won’t want to miss!”

Lil WeezyAna Fest is in partnership with Live Nation Urban, a division of Live Nation Entertainment, which focuses on hip-hop, R&B and gospel events.

“Lil Wayne is ubiquitous with New Orleans and Lil WeezyAna Fest is an incredible representation of the city’s vibrant and thriving music culture,” said Live Nation executive Brandon Pankey. “In its sixth year, the festival has become a New Orleans tradition and Live Nation Urban is beyond ecstatic to bear witness to such an impactful event.”

Presale opportunities for the sixth annual Lil WeezyAna Fest are available starting Tuesday, July 12, while public sale tickets will be available Friday, July 15.

Queen’s Brian May, 10cc’s Graham Gouldman collaborate on song celebrating new space telescope

July 12, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Queen guitarist Brian May has teamed up with 10cc frontman Graham Gouldman for a new song called “Floating in Heaven,” which was released Tuesday in celebration of the historic first images sent to Earth from the James Webb Space Telescope.

The song was written and sung by Gouldman, who also played a number of instruments on the track, while May contributed lead guitar and backing vocals.

The James Webb Space Telescope was launched in December 2021, entered into Earth’s orbit in January of this year and became operational this week. It’s the most powerful telescope ever launched into space and is intended to succeed NASA’s Hubble telescope.

May, of course, has long been passionate about astronomy and earned a PhD in astrophysics from London’s Imperial College in 2007, while Gouldman is also enthusiastic about space science.

“Floating in Heaven” is available now via streaming and as a digital download. To accompany the melodic, atmospheric tune, an animated video depicting the James Webb Space Telescope being launched and activated has debuted on Queen’s official YouTube channel and the Space Telescope Science Institute’s YouTube channel.

You can check out the initial images that the telescope sent to Earth at NASA.gov.

“I’m so proud of her”: ‘Euphoria”s Colman Domingo on “awesome” co-star Zendaya, his “wonderful” Emmy nomination

July 12, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Colman Domingo‘s career of stealing every scene he’s in has led to Tuesday morning’s Emmy nomination in the Guest Actor category for his work in Euphoria.

The Fear the Walking Dead star caught up with ABC Audio after he found out about his nomination, and talked about what he thought about his co-star Zendaya‘s noms both as an actress and producer of the HBO show.

“It was just so lovely,” Domingo said about his honor.

“I was online and then, watching the announcements, and then my manager, Corey, calls, and he says, ‘Congratulations, Emmy nominee.’ And I thought, ‘What are you talking about?’ I was so confused because I was literally watching them and didn’t see my name or anything!”

“So then of course, I had to go online … and then I saw, and I was very overcome. I just thought it was really, really wonderful.”

Domingo plays Ali, the straight-talking sponsor to Zendaya‘s Rue, who is battling addiction — and in season 2, she can’t stay clean.

“I love working with her because she’s very open, and we have such, we have a great chemistry together … It’s a good dance when you have a great scene partner. You never know where exactly you’re going to go, but there’s a lot of trust in our scene work, so that’s what I love about her.”

Domingo says he admires the 25-year-old Emmy winner — and now Emmy-nominated producer, the youngest person to be so honored. Domingo calls that “awesome.”

“I’ve watched her just…take on a great leadership position, not only with our set, but in her career,” the actor expresses.

“I just think that she’s just an awesome young woman who’s very concerned about the way it all operates to make sure that, you know, it’s a diverse set, that it’s a very equitable set, that it’s, you know, a very empowering set.”

He adds, “I’m just very proud of her. I’m proud to be a friend and proud to be her colleague. “

Quinta Brunson is “still speechless” after multiple Emmy nominations

July 12, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Quinta Brunson‘s year keeps getting better and better.

In reaction to her history-making accomplishment of becoming the first Black woman to earn three Emmy nominations in the comedy category for Abbott Elementary, she posted an emotional thank you note to fans of the hit show.

“Crying shaking and throwing up has new meaning to me because I real life did all three,” she tweeted Tuesday after the Television Academy announced the nominations for the 74th annual Emmy Awards.

“Still speechless. Congrats to the entire staff and cast of Abbott Elementary. And I want to share this moment with all of the people who watch and love the show. Emmy nominated, baby!”

Brunson’s nominations include Outstanding Comedy Series, Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and Writing for a Comedy Series — all for Abbott, the ABC series founded by Brunson based on her real-life elementary school teacher in Philadelphia.

Reacting to the show’s seven nominations, Brunson said in a release how honored she is to receive the high recognition.

“What an honor to be nominated by the Television Academy. Creating this show has been the greatest gift and to have it recognized in this way is the dream,” she said. “It’s a joy we get to share with the amazing people who watched our first season. None of this would be possible without my incredible, supportive EP’s Justin Halpern, Randall Einhorn & Patrick Schumacker, our incredible writers room, our insanely talented cast, and the hard-working teams at ABC and WBTV for helping to bring Abbott Elementary to life.”

She added, “Lastly, and most importantly, I want to thank teachers. Thanks for being our inspiration.”

The 74th Emmy Awards will be held live Monday, Sept. 12, at 8 p.m. ET on NBC.

Maren Morris introduces “olympic sport” of singing while trying to get security guard’s attention

July 12, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Maren Morris has created a new “olympic sport” onstage.

On Tuesday, Maren posted an amusing video that shows her singing onstage as she tries to track down the security guard to deliver an important message. Dressed in a glitter fringe top and jean shorts, Maren can be seen strutting around the stage performing a cover of Fiona Apple‘s “Criminal” while attempting to get the security guard’s attention to tell him to let her friends stay in the front row.

While singing lyrics, “heaven help me for the way I am/Save me from these evil deeds before I get them done,” the superstar can be seen pointing to the guard as her friends make their way to their front-row seats, not missing a beat.

“The Olympic sport of chasing down the venue security guard to let your friends stay in the front row while also not missing a lyric,” Maren shares in the caption, adding a gold medal emoji for her victorious efforts.

Maren is currently embarking on her Humble Quest Tour, which takes her all across the U.S. and Canada through December.

Three men charged with conspiring to illegally sell lyrics from Eagles’ ‘Hotel California’ album

July 12, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Three men were arraigned Tuesday on charges they conspired to illegally possess and sell 100 pages of notes and lyrics from the Eagles album Hotel California, including Don Henley‘s lyrics to the songs “Hotel California,” “Life in the Fast Lane” and “New Kid in Town.”

A biographer of the band stole the handwritten manuscripts in the 1970s. In 2005 he sold them to Glenn Horowitz, a rare books dealer and one of the three people charged Tuesday. Horowitz then sold them to Craig Inciardi and Edward Kosinski, according to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.

The charges include conspiracy, criminal possession of stolen property and hindering prosecution.

“There is no room for those who would seek to ignore the basic expectations of fair dealing and undermine the public’s confidence and trust in our cultural trade for their own ends,” said Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

After learning Inciardi and Kosinski were trying to sell portions of the manuscripts, Henley filed police reports, told the defendants the materials were stolen and demanded the return of his property. The defendants responded by engaging in a yearslong campaign to prevent Henley from recovering the manuscripts, prosecutors said.

According to the indictment, Horowitz and Inciardi worked to fabricate the manuscripts’ provenance. Between 2012 and 2017, Inciardi and Kosinski attempted to use that false statement of provenance to coerce Henley into buying back his stolen property.

The men also sought to sell the manuscripts through Christie’s and Sotheby’s auction houses, and requested that Sotheby’s hide Henley’s claims from potential buyers prior to offering the manuscripts for sale at public auction in 2016.

The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office retrieved Henley’s stolen manuscripts from Sotheby’s and from Kosinski’s New Jersey residence, including 84 pages to songs from Hotel California.

Shortly thereafter, Horowitz attempted to exploit the recent death of founding Eagles member Glenn Frey to prevent criminal prosecution, claiming that the material originated from Frey.

Muni Long teases new video for “Baby Boo” ft. Saweetie

July 12, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Muni Long teamed up with California rapper Saweetie for “Baby Boo,” a new single released last month, and now, the official music video is on the way.

With inspiration from the hit ’95 song “My Boo” by Ghost Town DJ’s — which was also sampled in Ciara‘s “Body Party” in 2013 — the new collaboration sounds like a summer favorite in the works.

In an exclusive clip shared with The Shade Room, Long is seen swiping through men on the dating site Blk before showing off her dance moves in a pink and blue cheer ensemble and later teaming up with the Icy Princess for what seems to be a dating competition event.

The new song and upcoming video come at a time when Long is taking the R&B lane by storm. Her long list of writing credits for some of the top names in music precedes her solo singing career and recent singles “Pain,” “Another” and the hit song “Hrs & Hrs.”

Muni made her BET Awards debut last month to perform “Hrs & Hrs” as well as her popular track “Time Machine.”

The official music video for “Baby Boo” drops Wednesday, July 13 at 12 p.m. ET.

The Rolling Stones played first concert billed under their famous name 60 years ago

July 12, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Today, July 12, marks the 60th anniversary of the first show that The Rolling Stones played under their famous moniker.

As explained in an article posted on BMG.com, the performance took place at London’s famous Marquee Club on Oxford Street. The show came about when British blues outfit Alexis Korner’s Blues Incorporated, which had a residency lined up at the club, was offered the chance to play a live BBC broadcast that evening and accepted, leaving an opening at the venue.

Singer Mick Jagger, who occasionally performed with Korner’s group, was given the chance to fill in that night with the new band he’d been working with, although they didn’t have a name at the time and needed to choose one for the gig. Guitarist Brian Jones came up with The Rolling Stones, taken from a Muddy Waters song.

The band’s lineup for the show featured Jones — who was using the stage name Elmore Lewis at the time, Jagger, guitarist Keith Richards, piano player Ian Stewart and bassist Dick Taylor. There remains some disagreement about who, if anyone, played drums with the group that night.

The Rolling Stones played a 16-song set at the show that featured a mix of blues and early rock ‘n’ roll tunes. Here’s the full set list:

“Kansas City” – Wilbert Harrison
“Honey What’s Wrong” — Billy Fury
“Confessin’ the Blues” — Chuck Berry
“Bright Lights, Big City” — Jimmy Reed
“Dust My Blues” — Elmore James
“Down the Road Apiece” — Chuck Berry
“I Want to Love You” — Charles Smith
“I’m a Hoochie Coochie Man” — Muddy Waters
“Ride ‘Em On Down” — Robert Johnson
“Back in the USA” — Chuck Berry
“I Feel a Kind of Lonesome” — Jimmy Reed
“Blues Before Sunrise” — Elmore James
“Big Boss Man” — Jimmy Reed
“Don’t Stay Out All Night” — Billy Boy Arnold
“Tell Me That You Love Me” — Fats Domino
“Happy Home” — Elmore James

Emmys posthumously nominate Chadwick Boseman, Norm Macdonald, Jessica Walter

July 12, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Among the nominees for the 74th annual Emmy Awards that were announced Tuesday were a trio of posthumous nominations: Chadwick Boseman, Norm Macdonald and Jessica Walter.

Boseman was heralded for his voiceover work in the Marvel Studios animated series What If…? in which he reprised his role as T’Challa from Black Panther. The alternate history series saw Boseman reprising the character four times, though one episode in particular centered on a scenario that had T’Challa as a child swapping places with Peter Quill/Star-Lord and becoming not the King of Wakanda, but a Guardian of the Galaxy.

That episode, the second in the series, was dedicated to the Oscar-nominated — and now Emmy-nominated — star, who died in August 2020 at 43 years old after a years long, private battle with colon cancer.

Norm Macdonald passed away in September 2021, also after battling cancer out of the spotlight. The Canadian-born funnyman left behind a lifetime of laughter.

He was posthumously honored for the stand-up special Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special, which he filmed in 2020. Macdonald performed by himself in his living room, at a time when stand-up clubs were closed for the pandemic. It was released on Netflix after his death — after his closest friends got to watch it together privately.

Jessica Walter was also posthumously nominated; the 80-year-old Arrested Development star, who died in March 2021, was honored for her work as Archer’s boozy mom Malory, in FXX’s hit animated spy series Archer.

Following her death, her character was written off the show in the12th season finale. By reusing archived lines, Malory was shown retired from the spy game, with her partner Ron Cadillac at her side on a beach at sunset. Walter’s real-life husband, Ron Leibman, voiced Ron; he passed away in 2019.

Mario faces social media backlash for upcoming Tory Lanez collaboration

July 12, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Mario‘s recent announcement of his upcoming song, “Main One” with Tory Lanez, was met with negative reactions from social media users.

The “Just A Friend” singer took to Twitter Monday to unveil the single’s cover art and alert fans of its release this Friday writing, “S/O to my bro @torylanez ! We went crazy tap in!”

Fans were quick to resurface a previous tweet by Mario in which he spoke openly about the Megan Thee Stallion and Lanez shooting case and emphasized the need to “Protect black women.”

“This @theestallion & @torylanez situation got me in awe. Sad AF?” he wrote on Aug. 21, 2021. “Knowing Tory personally this s**t crazy to me. Black men we gotta learn how to control our ego, anger etc. at some point the switch gotta turn off! Protect black women! Heal black men. Love & respect each other.”

“This you?” one Twitter user wrote, sharing a snapshot image of Mario’s tweet.

“Mario had women swooning 2 weeks ago during and after that Verzuz,” another said, referencing the recent Verzuz battle between Mario and fellow R&B singer Omarion. “And now he’s about to completely undo all of that by putting out a record with Tory Lanez. Are artists’ teams really this stupid?”

Another user tweeted saying, “Mario doing a song with Tory Lanez doesn’t make a lick of sense. Did he not read the room?”

In an Instagram Live video, Mario seemingly doubled down on his decision to work with the Canadian rapper.

“As an independent artist doing his thing, it’s a lot of artists that don’t work as hard as he do. Regardless of whatever, the music is what it is,” Mario said.

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