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Texas sets record for power demand amid heat wave

June 13, 2022 by WDNY Radio

(NEW YORK) — Power demand reached a new record in Texas on Sunday as a June heat wave persisted in the Southwest, according to the state’s grid operator. Temperatures are supposed to soar into the triple digits again on Monday.

Despite the record-high power demand, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT, said it had enough supply and did not need to call for any conservation to maintain electricity.

At around 5:15 p.m., power demand in the state reached 74,917 megawatts, which was a record-breaking electric demand for Texas. The previous record was set on Aug. 22, 2019, when power demand reached 74,820 MW, according to ERCOT.

Despite the fact that power stayed on, the demand for electricity this weekend was unusual. The highest demand for electricity usually happens later in the summer, during the hotter months of August and September. Plus, major electricity demand is more likely to happen during a weekday, when more office buildings are at capacity.

The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory for 246 of the state’s 254 counties on Sunday afternoon. A number of counties were also under an excessive heat warning, as they experienced heat indexes over 105 degrees for at least two hours.

Just last month, ERCOT issued a statement asking residents to conserve energy by setting their thermostats to 78 degrees or above and to avoid using large appliances, such as dishwashers and washers and dryers, during the hours of 3 p.m. and 8 p.m.

The request came after six power generation facilities tripped offline and lost approximately 2,900 MW of electricity on May 13, according to ERCOT.

However, no such request has been made this month, and no loss of power was reported despite higher heats.

Since June 1, cities across Texas have faced abnormally high temperatures, with San Antonio and Abilene both having daily temperatures 5 to 15 degrees higher than their average.

The heat is expected to continue into this week. Temperatures on Monday were projected to be 105 in El Paso, 104 in Laredo, 101 in Dallas and 96 in Houston.

ERCOT has not always been so reliable for Texans.

In February 2021, over 200 people died after a winter storm led to widespread and long-lasting blackouts in Texas.

After ERCOT lost control of the state’s power supply, millions were left without electricity amid the unusual weather conditions.

Slipknot announces fall Knotfest Roadshow tour

June 13, 2022 by WDNY Radio

The Knotfest Roadshow is returning to the road.

Slipknot has announced a fall leg of the band’s namesake tour, set to kick off September 20 in Nashville, Tennessee. The run, which will also feature Ice Nine Kills and Crown the Empire on the bill, will wrap up on October 7 in Irvine, California.

Tickets go on sale this Friday, June 17, at 10 a.m. local time. For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit Slipknot1.com.

If you don’t want to wait until the fall, you can catch Slipknot on the current leg of the Knotfest Roadshow, which continues Monday in Seattle, Washington and concludes June 18 in Chula Vista, California.

Meanwhile, you can also look forward to new ‘Knot music. During a show earlier this month, frontman Corey Taylor told the audience that the masked metallers would be dropping fresh material “soon.”

Slipknot released a new song called “The Chapeltown Rag” last November. The group’s most recent album is 2019’s We Are Not Your Kind.

“A real honor”: Mickey Guyton to host ‘A Capitol Fourth’

June 13, 2022 by WDNY Radio

It will be a special Fourth of July for Mickey Guyton this year.

The multi-Grammy Award nominee is set to host the annual A Capitol Fourth special on PBS. Airing live from Washington, D.C., the 42nd annual show features a variety of all-star performers, including the National Symphony Orchestra, and a fireworks display to cap off the evening.

Mickey has performed during the show in years past, along with Jimmie Allen, Dolly Parton, Alan Jackson, Scotty McCreery and more country artists. The “Black Like Me” singer says that being asked to host the revered show is a “real honor.”

“The representation, me being a Black country singer on that stage: I just hope to bring fun and happiness to everybody, at home, at this event,” she shares with People. “To be asked to host such an event as this, in a really trying time in our country, I just feel like it could be a huge opportunity to try and encourage more togetherness in this time.”

A Capitol Fourth will air on PBS on July 4 at 8 p.m. ET. This year’s lineup will be announced in the coming weeks.

Post Malone announces Twelve Carat Toothache tour

June 13, 2022 by WDNY Radio

After a two-year break from touring because of the pandemic, Post Malone is back and hitting the road in support of his new album, Twelve Carat Toothache — and he’s bringing “Cooped Up” collaborator Roddy Ricch with him.

Post announced on Monday that he will hit up 33 of the U.S. and Canada’s biggest cities starting with a September 10 pit stop in Omaha, Nebraska. He will perform in cities such as Nashville, Detroit, Philadelphia, New York City, Toronto, Dallas, Portland and many more. The Twelve Carat Toothache tour wraps November 15 in Los Angeles, California.

While general ticket sales go live this Friday, June 17 at 10 a.m. local time, there are several pre-sale opportunities that fans can take advantage of before then.

The first pre-sale event starts Tuesday, June 14 at 10 a.m. local time for Citi cardmembers. American Express card members will also be able to access tickets to the Toronto and Vancouver shows that day.

To purchase general admission tickets and check out the tour’s full itinerary, visit Live Nation.

Post’s last tour was his Runaway tour, which was in support of his third studio album Hollywood’s Bleeding. It wrapped in Denver, Colorado in March 2020.

Speaking of the Grammy nominee’s new album, it has debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 albums chart. The effort was streamed 127.82 million times, and fans snatched up 21,000 copies during its first week of release.

This marks Post’s fourth straight album to debut in the top five.

Is Will Smith planning return with an ‘I Am Legend’ sequel?

June 13, 2022 by WDNY Radio

According to a report in the UK Sun, a post-Oscars-slap Will Smith is planning to bring his Hollywood career back from the dead with a sequel to his 2007 zombie hit I Am Legend.

The publication reports “the script is being worked on” and is being seen as a comeback vehicle for the actor, who would reprise as scientist Robert Neville.

Smith has stayed out of the public eye since the infamous on-camera incident last March.

A source tells the paper, “The concept is still to be signed off by Warner Brothers, but there has been no indication that Will is off the project.”

Smith’s Westbrook Entertainment still creatively has the reins at this stage, the source notes. “The reality is that Will will make a comeback at some point and it will be simply down to which studio will be the one to take a chance on him.”

Will’s career has been put on ice since the incident, which began with a joke by presenter Chris Rock at the expense of Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, and culminated with the night’s eventual Oscar winner slapping the comic across the face, and cursing him out from his seat.

Smith was banned from all Motion Picture Academy events for a decade, and several high-profile projects on which he was working were delayed.

However, a fourth Bad Boys movie is still in the works, according to Sony Pictures head Tom Rothman. He told Deadline, “There weren’t any brakes to pump because the car wasn’t moving.”

Incidentally, Jada addressed the slap on her most recent Red Table Talk, noting of Smith and Rock, “My deepest hope is that these two intelligent, capable men have an opportunity to heal, talk this out and reconcile.”

“Crash My Party”: Luke Bryan makes surprise appearance at his Nashville bar

June 13, 2022 by WDNY Radio

While in Nashville for CMA Fest, Luke Bryan couldn’t help but make a pit stop at his bar, Luke’s 32 Bridge.

The country superstar made a surprise appearance at his bar in downtown Nashville, where he played DJ for his excited fans. An Instagram video shows him sneaking in through the back, making his way through the neon lights and packed crowd to get to the DJ booth where he led a rowdy sing-a-long to the Bon Jovi classic, “Livin’ on a Prayer.”

“When you decide to crash the party at your own bar…You also take over the DJ booth!” he captions the fun clip.

But that wasn’t the only honky tonk on Broadway Luke visited. Hours prior, he also showed up at his friend Blake Shelton‘s bar, Ole Red, where he performed a set that included an acoustic rendition of his hit, “One Margarita.”

Once Blake got word, he teased his longtime country music peer. “I’m glad that you made the right decision Luke. I’m glad you decided to come and perform at a real music venue, rather than your place across the street,” Blake said on his Instagram Stories.

“Ole Red is a dump,” Luke responded. “This is how we do it at my bar.”

The “What Makes You Country” hitmaker headlined Nissan Stadium as part of CMA Fest on Saturday night.

Sting extends Las Vegas residency into 2023

June 13, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Sting will continue to bring his songs to Sin City in 2023.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has extended his residency show, My Songs, at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace into next year. Six new dates in April 2023 — April 1, 2, 5, 7, 8 and 9 — will go on sale this Friday at 10 a.m. PT. Fan club members can access tickets starting Tuesday at 10 a.m. PT. Visit Sting.com for more information on how to join.

In addition to regular tickets, which you can purchase via Ticketmaster.com/StingVegas, VIP packages are also available, including one where you literally get to sit on stage for the show, and one where you get to participate in a pre-show Q&A with Sting and even get a photo with him.

Sting also has shows scheduled for this week on the 15th, 17th and 18th, and there are a limited number of tickets available for those shows.

After the Vegas shows wrap up, Sting kicks off a European tour on June 21. The North American leg starts August 25.

Christina Aguilera performs “Lady Marmalade” with Mýa during LA Pride concert

June 13, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Christina Aguilera dove into nostalgia when she headlined LA Pride on Saturday. According to Rolling Stone, the singer created a mini “Lady Marmalade” reunion during her set.

Xtina welcomed Mýa on to the Los Angeles State Historic Park stage to perform their hit from the Moulin Rouge! movie soundtrack. Christina told the R&B singer before they were about to perform, “Thank you for doing this!”

This surprise reunion happened after the “Beautiful” singer launched into a Moulin Rouge! medley.

That wasn’t the only nostalgia bomb concertgoers enjoyed during LA Pride. Paris Hilton also took to the stage to perform “Stars Are Blind” and Britney Spears‘ “Toxic” during her set. She also assisted Christina when she performed her 2013 hit “Feel This Moment.”

The “Genie in a Bottle” singer told the crowd, “Thank you so much for having me tonight. I’m so honored and so grateful. And thank you for your love and support over the last 20-plus years. You’re my family. I’m so happy to always give a voice or try to [give one to] anyone that feels like they’re suppressed or outcast,” per Rolling Stone.

“That’s what I’ve always tried to bring [with my music] I’m so proud to call you my family,” Christina continued, “You are a part of me and I’m so happy to bring this to you… we wanted to give you such a great time tonight.”

Radiohead side project The Smile announces first North American tour

June 13, 2022 by WDNY Radio

The Smile is finally arriving stateside.

The Radiohead side project — featuring Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood, as well as drummer Tom Skinner of the band Sons of Kemet — will launch their first North American headlining tour this fall.

The outing kicks off November 14 in Providence, Rhode Island, and will wrap up December 21 in Los Angeles. Tickets go on sale this Friday, June 17.

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

The Smile made their debut last year during the 2021 Glastonbury streaming event. Their first album, A Light for Attracting Attention, dropped in May.

Wolfgang Van Halen reflects on one-year anniversary of debut Mammoth WVH album

June 13, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Wolfgang Van Halen celebrated the one-year anniversary of his debut album with his Mammoth WVH solo project over the weekend.

In a statement posted to his Twitter reflecting on the milestone, Wolf writes, “Releasing this music was such a huge thing for me in so many different ways.”

“It was exciting, emotional, bittersweet, a relief,” he continues. “It was the culmination of years of work, trial and error, loss, self-doubt, and anxiety. It was a long road that led me to figuring out who I was as my own person and artist. I discovered who I was through the process and arrived at something I could truly be proud of.”

Wolf had been working on Mammoth music for a few years before officially launching the project in November 2020 with the song “Distance” as a tribute to his father, the iconic Eddie Van Halen, who had just died the month before. “Distance” would be included on the self-titled debut Mammoth record, which dropped June 2021.

“I knew it was the right thing to do because it was what Pop wanted,” Wolf writes. “I just wish I could’ve shared the whole experience with him. I know he’d be proud and SO f***ing stoked with how everything has gone thus far.”

The Mammoth WVH journey has so far included two #1 Billboard rock singles, as well as a Grammy nomination.

“I’m blown away with what Mammoth has accomplished this past year and I’m incredibly grateful,” Wolf says. “None of this would’ve happened without the amazing support from all of you. So with all of my heart, I’ve just gotta say…Thank you.”

Wolf adds that he’s returning to the studio in “a few months” to record a second Mammoth album.

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