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ABC’s ‘Queen Family Singalong’ airs tonight, featuring Queen singer Adam Lambert and many more stars

November 4, 2021 by WDNY Radio

The latest installment of ABC’s Family Singalong franchise airs tonight. The Queen Family Singalong pays tribute to the iconic British rock group via songs belted out by a variety of music stars, including the band’s current lead singer, Adam Lambert.

Sharing some details about the special, Lambert says, “[Y]ou’re going to hear Queen songs in new and different ways that you’ve not heard them before, sung by some of your favorites and I think there’s a lotta surprises in there as well. I’m really happy to be a part of it and I can’t wait for people to see it.”

Lambert will be featured singing “Show Must Go On” on the special, which is hosted by former Glee star Darren Criss. Other artists who will perform on the show include Fall Out Boy, former Alice Cooper guitarist Orianthi, Alessia Cara, Jimmie Allen, Miss Piggy, JoJo Siwa, OneRepublic and Pentatonix.

Previous installments of ABC’s Singalong specials have focused on Disney music, so perhaps it’s not surprising that the Queen-themed show also will feature the casts of the Broadway productions of Disney’s The Lion King and Aladdin.

The Queen Family Singalong airs tonight at 8 p.m ET on ABC.

Here’s a select list of performances from the special:

Adam Lambert –- “The Show Must Go On”
Derek Hough featuring Alexander Jean -– “Another One Bites the Dust”
Fall Out Boy -– “Under Pressure”
Jimmie Allen featuring Miss Piggy -– “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”
JoJo Siwa and Orianthi -– “We Will Rock You”
OneRepublic -– “We Are the Champions”
Pentatonix –- “Somebody to Love”
The casts of Disney’s The Lion King and Aladdin — “Don’t Stop Me Now”
Alessia Cara — “We Are the Champions”

Disney is the parent company of ABC News.

Taylor Swift to appear on ‘The Tonight Show’ the day before latest album drops

November 4, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Jimmy Fallon has revealed that Taylor Swift will appear on The Tonight Show on Thursday, November 11, the day before she releases Red (Taylor’s Version).

Jimmy broke the news by tweeting a video of himself pinning a card with Taylor’s name on it onto his bulletin board showing his upcoming guests. Actually, he first pins up the card using a clear pushpin, then takes it down and tacks it back up with a red pushpin, as one of Taylor’s hits from Red, “I Knew You Were Trouble,” plays.

One Swiftie pointed out that the video is 13 seconds long — with 13, of course, being Taylor’s lucky number.

Taylor is doing something of an NBC takeover next week: In addition to appearing on The Tonight Show on November 11, she’ll also be on Late Night with Seth Meyers that same evening. Then, on November 13, she’ll be the musical guest on Saturday Night Live.

Red (Taylor’s Version) is the second re-recorded album that Taylor’s released, following Fearless (Taylor’s Version), which came out back in April and hit number one.

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Adele shares bloopers from “Easy on Me” video: “It’s all smoke and mirrors!”

November 4, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Adele makes it look effortless in the video for “Easy on Me,” but in a new bloopers video she shows what was really going on behind the scenes.

“It’s all smoke and mirrors!” the singer captions in the hilarious compilation. “Here’s all the bloopers from the Easy On Me video.”

The clip features Adele struggling to insert a cassette tape into the car’s cassette player over multiple takes, dealing with a coat that won’t cooperate, and being hit in the face with flying sheet music.

Adele’s new album, 30, comes out November 19.

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Astroworld Live: Travis Scott concert to stream Friday on Apple Music

November 4, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Travis Scott is taking his Astroworld festival performance around the globe.

La Flame’s concert on Friday at Houston’s NRG Park will be streamed live on Apple Music to 167 countries and regions. The “Sicko Mode” rapper’s show will begin 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT. Scott also announced Thursday he’s dropping new music at midnight and unveiled the cover art on Instagram, which reads, in part, “The true dystopia is here.”

As previously reported, Young Thug, SZA, Lil Baby, 21 Savage, Roddy Ricch, Baby Keem, Bad Bunny, BIA, Don Tolliver, Master P and Earth, Wind & Fire are among the 20 acts set for the two-day Astroworld fest on Friday and Saturday, which is sold out. One hundred thousand people are expected for the third annual festival.

After holding the fest in 2018 and 2019, Travis was forced to cancel the 2020 event due to COVID-19.

In addition to music, the festival will feature an amusement park with more than 30 custom carnival games and rides, including a roller coaster, a Ferris wheel and bumper cars. Jordans from Nike, and tickets to Houston Astros home games will be among the over 100 prizes that will be awarded.

Scott began Astroworld Week on Tuesday, featuring sports and educational activities in Houston raising awareness and funds in support of his nonprofit Cactus Jack Foundation. “Injecting the city with inspirational features and activities for charity is a must,” Travis wrote on Instagram in announcing Astroworld Week.

Nike Jordan is sponsoring a celebrity golf tournament, and also debuting an outdoor basketball court with a clinic for 75 fifth graders.

Scott also launched a youth center, connecting high school students with career opportunities in graphic design, fashion, agriculture, food and nutrition.

Angels & Airwaves announce streaming concert

November 4, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Angels & Airwaves have announced a streaming concert taking place November 9.

The virtual event will feature performances from Tom DeLonge and company’s new album, Lifeforms, and will also give viewers an opportunity to purchase an exclusive AVA NFT.

For more info, visit Live.Eluv.io/angelsandairwaves.

Meanwhile, AVA’s current live tour continues with two nights in Los Angeles on Friday and Saturday, and will conclude Sunday with a show in San Diego. You can also catch them perform on Thursday night’s The Late Late Show on CBS.

Lifeforms, AVA’s sixth studio album and first in seven years, was released in September.

Ava Max travels to the past to party in new video for Tiësto collab “The Motto”

November 4, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Ava Max time-travels to the 1920s and gets everybody dancing in the video for “The Motto,” her new collaboration with superstar DJ Tiësto.

In the clip, a tipsy Ava leaves a party at a hotel and gets into an elevator, which she manages to short out with her glass of champagne. It goes haywire and deposits her in the lobby of the hotel in the Jazz Age, where bellhops and flappers eye her curiously.

Oblivious to the stares, Ava chugs Champagne, dances, and steals some era-appropriate accessories, before riding a luggage cart to another part of the hotel. There, Tiësto is hosting a banquet, which Ava promptly crashes, ruining a Champagne tower and dancing on the table — until everyone gets up and joins her.

The wild party ends with everyone posing for a group photo, which magically becomes a framed, sepia-toned picture hanging in the lobby of the modern-day hotel, in a nod to the movie The Shining.

As the clip ends, we see modern-day Ava walk across the lobby in front of the picture, while telling someone on the phone, “Man, last night was crazy. It felt like a dream!”

“Ava is such an exciting young talent and her beautiful voice adds such depth to the song…‘The Motto’ is the party anthem keeping us dancing into 2022 as we close out a crazy year!” says Tiësto in a statement.

“When Tiesto shared this record with me, I fell in love and couldn’t stop playing it,” Ava adds. “‘The Motto’ is empowering – it’s about not caring, doing you, having a good time, and letting the world know!”

Eddie Vedder premieres live video for “Long Way” solo single

November 4, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Eddie Vedder has premiered a new live video for his latest solo single, “Long Way.”

The performance was filmed during the Pearl Jam frontman’s set at his Ohana Festival in September. The clip not only showcases Vedder, put also his backing band for the show, which included Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, former RHCP guitarist Josh Klinghoffer and guitarist/producer Andrew Watt.

Perhaps it’s the California night sky or the way Vedder stretches out the “Long Way” lyric “on the freeway,” but the whole thing has major Tom Petty vibes. You can watch the video streaming now on YouTube.

“Long Way” premiered in September. It’s the first single off Vedder’s upcoming new solo album, Earthling, release date TBA.

Blake Shelton is finally dropping the song he wrote for his wedding to Gwen Stefani

November 4, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Ever since word got out that Blake Shelton wrote a song for his wedding vows to pop superstar Gwen Stefani, fans have been hoping that the singer will officially share that track some day.

Now, it’s looking like more and more of a reality: Blake announced on social media this week that the song, called “We Can Reach the Stars,” will be out on Friday at midnight.

“Gwen Stefani and I decided we were going to write our own vows for the wedding, but I decided to surprise her by writing a song instead,” he wrote on Twitter. Blake and Gwen tied the knot over the summer in an intimate ceremony at Blake’s Oklahoma ranch. Since then, they’ve shared plenty of details from their gorgeous, family-focused special day.

Blake has long had plans to eventually release the song he wrote for Gwen. During an October appearance on Late Night with Seth Myers, he said he was “excited for people to hear it.”

Blake also planned to include the track on the deluxe version of his album, Body Language. That project will be out Dec. 3. Ahead of the release, you’ll be able to listen to “We Can Reach the Stars.” The deluxe Body Language is available for pre-order, too.

.@gwenstefani and I decided we were going to write our own vows for the wedding, but I decided to surprise her by writing a song instead… #WeCanReachTheStars. Midnight. Pre-order #BodyLanguage (Deluxe) now. https://t.co/rBE0MPYOkj pic.twitter.com/Uoop2hlJGf

— Blake Shelton (@blakeshelton) November 4, 2021

Shonda Rhimes commends Regé-Jean Page’s “really smart” decision to exit ‘Bridgerton’ after one season

November 4, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Fans may still be mourning that their beloved Duke of Hastings will no longer appear in Bridgerton, but one person is applauding Regé-Jean Page for exiting the show.

Speaking to Variety, showrunner Shonda Rhimes explained why she bares no ill-will toward Page, and instead is fully supportive of his decision to star in just one season.

Rhjimes recalled, “Rightfully, he said, ‘I signed up to do this one lovely story, this closed-ended storyline. I’m good!’ And I don’t blame him for that.”

“I think that he was really smart to leave the perfection as the perfection,” Rhimes continued, noting his exit sets his character’s happily-ever-after in stone.

Season one ended with Simon choosing wife Daphne, played by Phoebe Dynevor, over revenge and starting a family of their own, thus continuing the family line.

“What I loved was we were going to create this powerful, exciting, amazing romance,” Rhimes said of the first season before comparing it to other long-running shows. “For once in television, they were going to get to have their happily ever after versus — well, you know!”

In a possible gentle reference to Grey’s Anatomy, where the show’s protagonist has lost several lovers across the years, Rhimes elaborated, “In network television, you have to come up with 15 years of why a couple has to be apart.”

And while she is thrilled that a beloved character gets to enjoy a happy ending, Rhimes is also delighted by how the internet burned over Page’s departure.

“People’s attachment to couples is real — I mean, I know that better than anybody,” she laughed. “And I think that means success. But I do understand their despair.”

Rhimes hinted the door will always be left open for Page, since Netflix has renewed Brigerton for multiple seasons.

Harry Styles helps a fan come out to their mom during Milwaukee show

November 4, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Harry Styles once again has helped a fan come out to their mom.

At his concert in Milwaukee Wednesday night, he noticed a fan holding a sign that said, “My mom is in Section 201. Help me come out.”

In video of the moment posted to social media, Harry is seen approaching the fan and chatting with her before running across the stage to locate her mom, whose name is Lisa, on the other side of the arena. Once he reached the mom’s area, he announced, “Lisa, she’s gay!”

The response, thankfully, was a positive one: Lisa was seen on the big screen blowing kisses and wiping away tears.

Back in 2018, Harry had a similar viral moment when he helped a fan come out to her mom by yelling, “Tina, she’s gay!”

a moment that will actually be with me forever. thank you for creating a safe place for me. thank you for letting me grow along side you as a fan. thank you for helping me know who i am. thank you. 🖤 @Harry_Styles #LoveOnTourMilwaukee #LoveOnTour #SHESGAY pic.twitter.com/cVnenwlbN9

— mckinley🍒 3 (@intothexxlight) November 4, 2021

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