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KISS releasing 1996 Donington, UK, show as third installment of Off the Soundboard official bootleg series

April 1, 2022 by WDNY Radio

KISS will release a new archival live album capturing the rock legends’ performance at the 1996 Monsters of Rock Festival at the U.K.’s Donington Park as the third installment of thew band’s Off the Soundboard series of official concert bootlegs.

The new album, titled KISS — Off the Soundboard: Live at Donington 1996, is due out on June 10 and features a 17-song headlining set that KISS played at the festival on August 17, 1996.

The concert was part of the band’s Alive/Worldwide reunion tour that showcased the group’s original lineup of Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley and Peter Criss. The set was packed with KISS classics, including “King of the Night Time World,” “Calling Dr. Love,” “Shout It Out Loud,” “Strutter,” “Love Gun,” “Detroit Rock City” and “Rock and Roll All Nite.”

Off the Soundboard: Live at Donington will be available on digital formats, as a two-CD set, and as a three-LP collection pressed on standard black vinyl or limited-edition 180-gram red vinyl. You can pre-order the album now exclusively at KISS’ official online store. Special bundles also are available featuring the colored-vinyl set along with a t-shirt, trading cards, guitar picks and a button.

The first two KISS — Off the Soundboard releases featured a March 2001 concert at the Tokyo Dome in Japan, and a July 2004 show in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Here’s the Off the Soundboard: Live at Donington CD track list:

CD 1
“Deuce”
“King of the Night Time World”
“Do You Love Me?”
“Calling Dr. Love”
“Cold Gin”
“Let Me Go, Rock ‘n’ Roll”
“Shout It Out Loud”
“Watchin’ You”
“Firehouse”
“Shock Me”

CD 2
“Strutter”
“God of Thunder”
“Love Gun”
“100,000 Years”
“Black Diamond”
“Detroit Rock City”
“Rock and Roll All Nite”

Adam Levine purchases Rob Lowe’s former mansion for $52 million

April 1, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Adam Levine purchases Rob Lowe’s former mansion for million

Adam Levine is the latest owner of the mansion once owned by actor Rob Lowe. The Maroon 5 frontman purchased the Montecito, California, property for a cool $52 million.

Dirt dug up the details of the sale and reports that Adam and wife Behati Prinsloo snatched up the property, dubbed Oakview, in what appears to be an off-market sale. The house, which was built in 2009, sits on a three-and-a-half acre estate.

The 10,000-square-foot home comes with a game room on the second floor, both an eat-in and catering kitchen, a home theater with top-of-the line equipment, a “meditative water feature,” swimming pool, tennis court and an outdoor living room with a fireplace.

It also comes with six bedrooms, eight full baths plus three half-baths, and a guest house that offers two beds and two baths. Not to mention, its pool house has a bed and a bath.

The views aren’t bad either, with the property boasting ocean views along with a backdrop of California’s rolling mountains. The mansion appears to be ultra-private, too, with photos showing nary a neighboring property.

Adam and Behati have also recently listed their Pacific Palisades mansion, located in Los Angeles, and are asking for $57.5 million for it. They purchased it from Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner about two years ago for $32 million.

Keith Urban + Kelsea Ballerini are among the 2022 Grammy Awards presenters

April 1, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Keith Urban, Kelsea Ballerini and Bonnie Raitt are repping country music at this year’s Grammy Awards ceremony. They’re all among the list of artists presenting awards at the show.

Keith is a four-time Grammy winner, most recently taking home the trophy for Best Male Country Performance for his song “‘Til Summer Comes Around” at the 53rd Grammy Awards. Meanwhile, Bonnie is a bona fide Grammy darling: She’s won 10 trophies over the years, plus a Grammy Lifetime Achievement award.

Kelsea’s no slouch at the awards show, either. She’s been nominated twice, once for the all-genre Best New Artist category, and once for Best Country Album for her 2017 project, Unapologetically.

The three country artists join a diverse lineup of presenters that also includes Anthony Mackie, who’s co-hosting the CMT Music Awards with Kelsea next month.

Other presenters include Megan Thee Stallion, Joni Mitchell, Questlove, Lenny Kravitz, Dua Lipa, Ludacris, Billy Porter, Avril Lavigne, Jared Leto and Michaela Jaé Rodriguez.

The 2022 Grammy Awards will air this Sunday, April 3 at 8 p.m. ET on CBS.

Jim Carrey considering “taking a break” from acting

April 1, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Jim Carrey may be stepping away from acting in the near future.

The comic and actor, who’s currently starring in the animated film Sonic the Hedgehog 2, tells Access Hollywood that he’s “fairly serious” about “retiring.”

“I really like my quiet life,” he expresses, focusing his time on painting and spirituality.

The legendary actor, who’s 60, says he would consider returning to the big screen if he’s presented with a script that is “going to be really important for people to see.”

“But I’m taking a break,” he affirms. “I feel like I have enough, I’ve done enough, I am enough.”

In addition to Sonic the Hedgehog 2, which comes out on April 8, Carrey is also appearing in the Bob Saget tribute special alongside Chris Rock, John Stamos and more, premiering on Netflix in June.

Check out Mick Jagger’s new song, “Strange Game,” theme song to the new Apple TV+ series Slow Horses

April 1, 2022 by WDNY Radio

“Strange Game,” Mick Jagger‘s theme song to the new Apple TV+ series Slow Horses, was released today as a digital single, coinciding with the premiere of the show’s first two episodes.

The track, which features a mysterious, jazzy vibe, was co-written by Jagger and composer Daniel Pemberton, who also composed the score to the show. A lyric video for the tune, which incorporates scenes from Slow Horses, has debuted at Mick’s official YouTube channel.

“I really enjoyed creating the theme track for Slow Horses with Daniel Pemberton,” Jagger says in a statement. “I’ve read a lot of the books [author Mike Heron‘s Slough House series] and was familiar with some of the more dark and unsavoury characters and knew the direction I wanted to take it…hope you enjoy it!”

As previously reported, Slow Horses stars Gary Oldman as the head of a branch of the U.K. counter-intelligence agency MI5, who oversees a group of failed agents hoping to redeem themselves.

Jagger wrote lyrics for “Strange Game,” which include specific references to the show.

Sacred land returned to Native tribe in Virginia

April 1, 2022 by WDNY Radio

(NEW YORK) — Tribal land in Virginia will be returned to the Rappahannock Tribe during a celebration hosted by the Department of the Interior Friday.

Secretary Deb Haaland will join the Rappahannock Tribe, Chesapeake Conservancy and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in honor of the tribe’s historic reacquisition of roughly 465 acres at Fones Cliffs.

The Fones Cliffs lie on the eastern side of the Rappahannock River and are located within the authorized boundary of the Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge.

“Threatened by development for decades, this ‘crown jewel’ of Virginia has immense significance, not only for the surrounding environment but for American history,” the Conservation Fund’s website states.

According to the organization, the Fones Cliffs are the site where Captain John Smith and his crew were ambushed by Rappahannock Tribe members.

Smith’s ships continued their journey unharmed, but the fund states that the Fones Cliffs are a reminder of the tribe’s dedication to preserving its land.

The land will remain publicly accessible and will be given to the Rappahannock Tribe with a permanent conservation easement that legally limits the use of the sacred land for conservation efforts.

The news comes just as the Virginia state legislature passed a bill to create the Virginia Black, Indigenous and People of Color Historic Preservation Fund.

The fund would award grant money to recognized tribes and nonprofit organizations to acquire and preserve land that is of cultural or historic significance to Black and Indigenous communities, as well as other communities of color.

The legislation is now awaiting Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s signature.

Alex Jones fined $25,000 in Sandy Hook massacre defamation case

April 1, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Alex Jones fined ,000 in Sandy Hook massacre defamation case

(NEW YORK) — A Connecticut judge has denied a motion to halt financial penalties imposed on Alex Jones. As of Friday, the conspiracy theorist and right-wing provocateur owes $25,000 for declining to sit for a deposition in a defamation lawsuit by families of Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre victims.

Connecticut Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis assessed the fine, which increases exponentially each day Jones refuses to appear, and on Friday denied his motion for a stay.

Jones appealed to the Connecticut Supreme Court.

“The defendant in this case is Alex Jones, and, to many, that is reason enough to uphold any fine or sanction. But the law, our law, is better than mere vendetta,” defense attorney Norm Pattis wrote in the state supreme court appeal.

Jones, founder of Infowars, claimed the 2012 shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, was a hoax. Families of those killed sued him for defamation and Jones failed to comply with court orders to appear at a deposition on March 23 and 24.

In Novemeber, Bellis found Jones liable for damages by default because Jones and his companies, like Infowars, showed “callous disregard” for the rules of discovery. She previously faulted the Infowars host for failing to comply with requests for documents and other procedures.

Jones’ attorneys said he can sit for a two-day deposition April 11 and 12. That would make his running fine $525,000, Pattis said.

“Jones and others are sued for comments they made denying that the shootings at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in December 2012 took place. For many Connecticut residents, that is reason enough to hate Jones. One suspects Judge Bellis has succumbed to that hatred,” Pattis wrote.

Plaintiffs’ attorney Christopher Mattei argued, successfully, to keep the fines in place, saying a promise to appear April 11 is not the same as “real-life attendance” at the deposition.

“The escalating fines were imposed to compel his appearance and should not be set aside merely because Mr. Jones has yet again said he will appear,” Mattei wrote in a court filing.

Twenty children and six staff members died in the Dec. 14, 2012, shooting at the Newtown, Connecticut, school at the hands of gunman Adam Lanza.

Camila Cabello reveals ‘Familia’ track list and album collaborators

April 1, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Camila Cabello drops her highly anticipated new album, Familia, next week. While the “Havana” singer has been teasing snippets of the album’s songs, she turned up the hype on Friday by dropping the album’s complete track list.

“Familia next Friday! Any guesses which will be your favorite?” she tweeted, and shared a link so fans can pre-save the project.

Camila also unveiled her album collaborators. Aside from Ed Sheeran, who joined her on the recently released “Bam Bam,” others include WILLOW, the daughter of Will Smith, as well as Latin superstars Maria Becerra and Yotuel.

Willow will join Camila on the track “Psychofreak,” which the Grammy nominee previously revealed was her favorite song on the album because it harnesses “the craziest and deepest thoughts I have when it comes to being in a relationship with someone… I bare my soul.”

Maria and Yotuel will respectively accompany Camile on the singles “Hasta Los Dientes” — which means “Armed to the Teeth” in English — and “Lola.”

In all, Familia offers 12 new songs from Camila. She’ll preview them all ahead of the album’s release, via her “immersive” TikTok concert Familia: Welcome to the Family, which takes place April 7 starting at 7 p.m. on her TikTok account.

Familia drops a few hours later, at midnight, on April 8. Camila’s already teasing that a deluxe version is also on the way, though a release date hasn’t been announced.

Biden on jobs report: ‘Americans are back to work’

April 1, 2022 by WDNY Radio

(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden touted the nation’s economic recovery on Friday while also acknowledging the financial hardships currently intensified by the war in Ukraine.

“Americans are back to work,” Biden said from the White House. “Record job creation. Record unemployment decline. Record wage gains.”

U.S. employers added 431,000 jobs in March and the unemployment rate dropped to 3.6%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday.

“Even though we created a record number of jobs we know — I know that this job is not finished. We need to do more to get prices under control. Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has driven up gas prices and food prices all over the world,” Biden continued, noting his unprecedented order Thursday to release up to 180 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

Biden did not take reporters’ shouted questions on inflation following his prepared remarks.

Though the March report came in slightly below economists’ expectations, the numbers for January and February were revised higher to show 95,000 more jobs added in those months.

The report also showed that notable job gains continued in leisure and hospitality, professional and business services, retail trade and manufacturing.

The labor force participation rate, or the number of people in the economy looking for work, is inching almost back to where it was before the pandemic. As employees head back to the office, teleworking fell to 10% from 13% the previous month.

March marks the 11th consecutive month of job growth above 400,000. According to The Wall Street Journal, this is the strongest job growth in the U.S. since 1939.

More than 19.9 million of the 22 million jobs lost at the peak of the pandemic have now been recovered, with economists expecting a full recovery by the summer.

“The March jobs report was right down the fairway – lots of jobs, lower unemployment, and higher labor force participation. The job market is rip-roaring. While not quite back to full-employment, the economy is close, and at the current pace of job growth will be there by summer,” Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, wrote on Twitter. “But it is somewhat disquieting in that the job market must cool off quickly, or inflation, our number one economic problem, will soon be a much bigger one.”

The report, while strong, comes amid soaring gasoline prices and 40-year high inflation, which has cost Biden in the polls ahead of this year’s midterm elections. Seventy percent of Americans disapprove of his handling of inflation, according to an ABC News/Ipsos poll released earlier this month.

Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve just two weeks ago raised short-term interest rates for the first time since 2018 and said it will raise them six more times this year in an attempt to offset inflation.

It’s no April Fools joke, Chris Brown just dropped new music

April 1, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Chris Brown told us it was “NO JOKE” that his new single, “WE (Warm Embrace),” would be dropping on April Fool’s day today, and fans are thankful the singer delivered on his promise.

On the new soulful R&B track, the Grammy winner shows off his vocals, singing a ballad of love and affection.

“THE KING OF R&B IS BACK,” said one Instagram user, who commented on Breezy’s Friday announcement. Others left comments that included “Masterpiece” and “best thing i’ve listened to in a long time.”

Some of the lyrics in the smooth track are, “And I wanted to wrap you in // My warm embrace // And make it last forever // Girl, I catch a glimpse of heaven // When you let me wrap you in (Wrap you in) // My warm embrace.”

“WE (Warm Embrace)” is the latest project from Breezy since “Iffy,” which he released earlier this year. Both of those tracks were preceded by the record-breaking 2021 hit “Go Crazy,” ft. Young Thug, which earned the title of longest-running number-one song on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Chart, according to Billboard.

“WE (Warm Embrace)” is available on major streaming platforms now.

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