'Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2020' coming to ABC tonight

Here are details on tonight's high-profile broadcast coming to ABC-TV...

Tune-in to watch America's most-watched New Year's Eve special, 'Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2020,' live tonight (Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019), beginning at 8 p.m. EST on ABC-TV

POST MALONE TO HEADLINE FROM TIMES SQUARE
GLOBAL PHENOMENON BTS, COUNTRY MUSIC SUPERSTAR SAM HUNT
AND MULTI-PLATINUM ARTIST ALANIS MORISSETTE
WITH FIRST-EVER PERFORMANCE WITH THE CAST OF BROADWAY’S
“JAGGED LITTLE PILL”
ALSO SET TO TAKE THE STAGE IN TIMES SQUARE

MORE OF TODAY’S HOTTESTS ACTS TO ALSO PERFORM
FROM HOLLYWOOD, MIAMI AND NEW ORLEANS!

Presenting Sponsor YouTube to Take a Look Back
at the Decade’s Biggest Trends Throughout the Show,
Plus a Surprise Announcement
 

WHO: Hosts: Ryan Seacrest & Lucy Hale in Times Square, Ciara in Los Angeles and Billy Porter in New Orleans

Performers:
New York: Post Malone, BTS, Sam Hunt and Alanis Morissette with the Cast of Broadway’s “Jagged Little Pill”

Los Angeles: Host Ciara, as well as Paula Abdul, Kelsea Ballerini, Blanco Brown, Dan + Shay, Green Day, Dua Lipa, Ava Max, Megan Thee Stallion, Anthony Ramos, Salt-N-Pepa and SHAED.

New Orleans: Host Billy Porter, as well as Sheryl Crow and Usher

Miami: Jonas Brothers
 

WHAT: “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2020” marks the 48^th anniversary of America’s biggest celebration of the year and will include 5½ hours of special performances and reports on New Year’s celebrations from around the globe.

Additionally, country artist Jessie James Decker will reveal the first-ever First POWERBALL Millionaire of the Year^SM during this year’s live broadcast of “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2020.” Decker will provide live updates from the First POWERBALL Millionaire of the Year party throughout ABC’s live telecast and the big reveal announcing the winner will air just after midnight on Jan. 1, 2020.

WHEN: “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2020” will broadcast LIVE on Tuesday, Dec. 31, beginning at 8:00 p.m. EST on ABC.

MORE: As part of the broadcast, presenting sponsor YouTube will take a look back at the biggest trends on YouTube from the past decade, plus make a surprise announcement.

“Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2020” is produced by dick clark productions with Ryan Seacrest, Barry Adelman and Mark Bracco serving as executive producers. Larry Klein is producer.
 


YouTube: YouTube.com/NYRE
Facebook: Facebook.com/NewYearsRockinEve
Twitter: @NYRE
Instagram: @rockineve
Snapchat: officialnyre
Hashtag: #RockinEve
Website: https://www.newyearsrockineve.com/

The complete lineup airing Tuesday, Dec. 31, on ABC: 
 
8:00-10:00 p.m. EST – “Dick Clark’s Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2020 – Part 1”

10:00-11:00 p.m. EST – “Dick Clark’s Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2020 – Part 2”

11:30 p.m.-1:09 a.m. EST – “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2020 – Part 1”

1:09-2:13 a.m. EST – “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2020 – Part 2”
 

Inbox Update: Lady Antebellum, Alanis Morissette, Kacey Musgraves, John Fogerty, Amy Grant

Here is a roundup of releases pulled from my inbox and re-posted on my blog. I'll kick things off my linking several videos available on VEVO. 

First up, Lady Antebellum's "Goodbye Town."

 

Next up, get a look at her life through a kaleidoscope on the latest from Alanis Morissette’s Havoc and Bright Lights.  Watch the premiere of “Lens” here:




Finally, watch "Blowin' Smoke," a great track off Kacey Musgraves' winning album Same Trailer Different Park:

JOHN FOGERTY 
 

TO PERFORM SPECIAL ONE NIGHT ONLY 
ALBUM RELEASE AND BIRTHDAY BASH SHOW

TUESDAY, MAY 28TH
AT THE EL REY THEATER 
IN LOS ANGELES

LIVE BROADCAST ON AXS TV



 

  

May 14, 2013 --To mark the Tuesday, May 28 release of his much-anticipated new album WROTE A SONG FOR EVERYONE, JOHN FOGERTY will perform a very special one night only album release and birthday bash concert on the same day at the El Rey in Los Angeles. May 28 also marks the birthday of the Grammy Award-winning Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee. A limited amount of pre-sale tickets for this intimate show will be available Tuesday, May 14 to members of FOGERTY’s fan club via his website:www.johnfogerty.com.  The show, which starts at 8:30 PM Pacific time, will be filmed and broadcast live on AXS TV.

WROTE A SONG FOR EVERYONE (Vanguard Records) is a celebration of the iconic songbook of one of rock’s most important artists and a national treasure who’s sold over 100 million albums.  Produced by FOGERTY, the album is a collection of 12 classics and deep tracks (Creedence Clearwater Revival and solo material) from his remarkable canon of hits recorded in collaboration with today’s biggest superstars from the country, pop and rock worlds, plus two brand new solo songs.

WROTE A SONG FOR EVERYONE marks FOGERTY's ninth studio solo album since disbanding Creedence Clearwater Revival.  Mixed by Bob Clearmountain, it was recorded in Los Angeles and Nashville except for "Proud Mary" which was recorded inNew Orleans with Allen Toussaint and the Rebirth Brass Band.  FOGERTY recorded“Fortunate Son” with Foo Fighters at their 606 studio using "the" legendary Neve recording console featured in the #1 iTunes documentary Sound City.

AXS TV is broadcast on DIRECTV Channel 340, DISH Network Channel 167, AT&T U-Verse Channel 1106, Verizon FiOS Channel 569.   For additional affiliate and distributor channel information including Comcast Xfinity, Charter, Suddenlink and others please visit: www.axs.tv/subscribe

 Wrote a Song for Everyone tracklisting:

1. Fortunate Son (with Foo Fighters)
2. Almost Saturday Night (with Keith Urban)
3. Lodi (with Shane Fogerty and Tyler Fogerty)
4. Mystic Highway (John Fogerty solo)
5. Wrote a Song for Everyone (with Miranda Lambert feat. Tom Morello)
6. Bad Moon Rising (with Zac Brown Band)
7. Long As I Can See the Light (with My Morning Jacket)
8. Born on the Bayou (with Kid Rock)
9. Train of Fools (John Fogerty solo)
10. Someday Never Comes (with Dawes)
11. Who'll Stop the Rain (with Bob Seger)
12. Hot Rod Heart (with Brad Paisley)
13. Have You Ever Seen the Rain (with Alan Jackson)
14. Proud Mary (with Jennifer Hudson feat. Allen Toussaint and the Rebirth Brass Band)

                       

www.johnfogerty.com
http://www.facebook.com/johnfogerty
https://twitter.com/John_Fogerty
www.vanguardrecords.com

 

Critics Call Amy Grant’s First Full Length Album in 10 Years, How Mercy Looks From Here "Vibrant" and

"One of the Best Albums of the Year"

 

May Media Blitz includes CBS This Morning, NPR’s Weekend Edition, Lifetime TVs The Balancing Act, MSNBC’s Morning Joe, The Better Show, with upcoming stops at ABC’s The View, The Chew and more

 

Nashville, Tenn. (May 14, 2013) – The foundation behind Amy Grant’s first full-length studio album in 10 years came from some advice given to her by her late mother – “sing something that matters.” The six-time GRAMMY® Award winner, who releases her 18th studio album today, May 14 is dedicating How Mercy Looks From Here to her mother and drawing from some of her favorite singers and songwriters in what critics are calling her most impactful release to date.  The impressive array of talent includes Sheryl Crow, Vince Gill, Will Hoge, Carole King, Eric Paslay and James Taylor.

 

To launch her first album in over a decade, Grant dives in to street week with appearances onCBS This Morning (5/17 and 5/18) and the nationally syndicated lifestyle program, The Better Show (5/17) as well as Morning Joe on MSNBC (5/14), NPR’s “Weekend Edition” (5/12), WOR Radio with Rita Cosby (5/14), ABC Radio, Keep the Faith radio and more. Grant also recently conducted an in depth interview for Lifetime TV’s “The Balancing Act,” (5/28) as well as their “Hollywood Watch” program (5/31). Additionally, Grant is also scheduled to appear on the highly acclaimed shows The View and The Chewearly this summer.

 

Other media highlights for How Mercy Looks From Here include a special two-part Artist to Artist interview with FUSE NEWS between Grant and Sheryl Crow, an exclusive online video interview for Entertainment Tonight online as well as their featured artist for New Music Tuesday today, exclusive song premieres with Billboard.com andGoodHousekeeping.com, and cover stories with CCM Magazine, Called Magazine,Guideposts, FIRST for Women Magazine, SOCIAL and WHOA magazines.  Additional feature coverage includes Billboard, Country Weekly, People.com, SiriusXM,and more.

 

The album’s lead track, "Don't Try So Hard," features legendary songwriter James Taylor and continues its rise up the AC monitored chart, jumping 4 spots to #25 this week, and up 6 spots on the National Audience chart to #27. 

  

Along with special mother’s day promotions with several stations across the country, additional radio promos for the record are happening with key market stations throughout the country.  Grant is making personal appearances at record listening parties with WAWZ, WGTS, WCIE, and WHPZ, as well as participating in a special promotion with KSBJ, while KXOJ and K-LOVE are both promoting a flyaway to The Greek Theater in Los Angeles to meet Amy and see her live. 

 

Welcoming back the iconic singer-songwriter with open arms, here are just a few of the multitudes of praises on How Mercy Looks From Here:

 

“[Amy’s] time away from music seems to have given [her] a renewed fervor for the job – a feeling that she doesn’t plan to extinguish any time soon.”

- Entertainment Tonight

 

“...her singing has an easy grace that's well served by these songs of love, loss, faith and resilience, which benefit from Marshall Altman's spare, glowing production.”

- USA Today 

 

 “Grant’s most emotionally compelling release since 1988’s “Lead Me On"... proves that sincerity is not overrated and that open-hearted storytelling will outlast any musical fad.”

 

- Atlanta Journal Constitution

 “The revered veteran is at another creative peak punctuated by authentic vocal delivery, understated but sophisticated production and a slew of all-star guests.”

- CCM Magazine

 

“…the songs glow with the gentle redemptive wisdom that is her strong point as a songwriter and singer.”

- iTunes 

 

"...a start-to-finish true album experience... Every song on this album is heart and soul music, and Grant hits a home run in her quest to “sing something that matters.”

- Nashville Parent

 

“A collection of songs that mine the depths of both heart and soul as only Amy can. This is easily one of the best albums of the year.”

- NewReleaseTuesday.com

 

“Ultimately a profoundly encouraging record, How Mercy Looks From Here is a vibrant collection of thoughtful, reflective ruminations on life and the passage of time, from the lens of one who realizes the purpose for which she was created.”

- Christian Musician

 

 

About Amy Grant:

Amy Grant’s career spans over 25 years and stretches from her roots in gospel into her experience as an iconic pop star, songwriter, television personality and philanthropist. Grant has sold more than 30 million albums boasting one five-time Platinum album, one triple Platinum and one double Platinum album, as well as six platinum and four Gold albums. Amy has won six GRAMMY® Awards in multiple categories, beginning with the platinum sellingAge to Age in 1982 and 25 GMA Dove Awards. She also has six No. 1 hits – including “Baby, Baby” and “Every Heartbeat” – and is one of only two Christian artists to be awarded a star on the legendary Walk of Fame in Hollywood. In 2003, she was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. In 2006 Amy announced her first ever label shift to EMI Music Group where her entire music catalog was re-mastered and released via a GREATEST HITS album and made available for the first time digitally. Amy released her first studio album in 10 years, How Mercy Looks from Here in May 2013.

 

Get Connected with Amy Grant: 

Website // www.amygrant.com

Facebook // www.facebook.com/amygrant

Twitter // @amygrant

 

How Important Are Lyrics? Check out the new episode of Music Worth Buying

Check out the new episode of Music Worth Buying where TJR and I discuss and debate the importance of song lyrics. This is a subject we tackle in-depth.

Inbox Update: Alanis Morissette, Belinda Carlisle, Brent Amaker and The Rodeo

Happy Friday everybody! Here is the latest batch of releases to share...

On April 23, 2013, Eagle Rock Entertainment will release Alanis Morissette: Live At Montreux 2012 on DVD, Blu-ray, and CD


Live At Montreux 2012 is Alanis Morissette’s first live release in 10 years. Filmed in high definition on July 2, 2012, this set features a blend of songs from her most recent album, Havoc And Bright Lights a bevy of her beloved hits: “Ironic,” “Hand In My Pocket,” “You Learn” and “Thank U,” as well as the revolutionary kiss-off “You Oughta Know.” This stop on the Guardian Angel tour (in support of Havoc) was Alanis’ third appearance at the famed Montreux Jazz Festival.

Of course, the sheer poetry and emotional spirit of Alanis Morissette’s music is what’s truly on display here. The genuine, honest soul-baring nature of her songs, carried by her instantly recognizable and absolutely unique vocal style is on evident on Live At Montreux. Alanis is one of the most successful female artists and songwriters of all time, having sold in excess of 60 million albums worldwide. It is plain to see why she has achieved such accolades when you witness a performance like this set at Montreux.

Alanis Morissette: Live At Montreux 2012 features the following line-up: Julian Coryell (guitar); Michael Farrell (keyboards); Jason Orme (guitar); Cedric Lemoyne (bass); Victor Indrizzo (drums).

Click here to view a video of “Guardian”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJYHSfEKGG8

Eagle Rock Entertainment is the largest producer and distributor of music programming for DVD, Blu-Ray, TV, Audio and Digital Media in the world. Eagle works directly alongside talent to produce top quality, High Definition and 3D programs, both concerts and documentaries, including The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, The Who, Queen, The Doors, Jeff Beck, U2, Peter Gabriel, Paul McCartney and Ozzy Osbourne. Eagle is a Grammy Award winning company and has received over 30 multi-platinum, over 50 platinum and over 90 gold discs, worldwide. Eagle Rock Entertainment has offices in London, New York, Toronto, Paris and Hamburg.



Belinda Carlisle, best known to fans worldwide for her hugely successful solo career as well as the lead vocalist/songwriter of one of the most successful female bands of all time, the Go-Go’s, is the latest artist to get the ICON treatment with the release of Belinda Carlisle - ICON on March 19 through Universal Music Enterprises (UMe).

Carlisle was recently inspired to return to the studio where she recorded a new track, “Sun.” The new track is exclusively available physically on this ICON collection as well as digitally available on Best Of, both which brings Carlisle’s biggest hits together on one album. “Sun” will also be available for download as a digital single as well.


The first all-female band to write their own music and play their own instruments, The Go-Go’s, were the first to achieve a No. 1 album, Beauty and the Beat, which featured the hits "We Got the Beat" and "Our Lips Are Sealed." Although The Go-Go’s disbanded in 1985, Belinda Carlisle embarked on a solo career. Her Gold-certified solo album debut, Belinda, was released in 1986 and featured the #3 hit single "Mad About You." Carlisle returned with her second solo album in 1987, releasing Heaven on Earth which shot to Platinum certification within a few months, fueled by its #1 smash single, “Heaven Is A Place On Earth,” the #2 hit "I Get Weak," and the Top 10 "Circle in the Sand." Runaway Horses, Carlisle’s Gold-certified third solo album, was released in 1989 and included the hits "Leave a Light On" and "Summer Rain” all of which are featured on the ICON release.

Carlisle released four other solo albums before going on a musical hiatus, during which Carlisle penned her autobiography Lips Unsealed, which quickly reached the top of the NYTimes bestsellers list. She also launched Belindia, an Indian-inspired home goods textiles company which features designs by Belinda, inspired by her time living in India. Belindia's blankets and throws are produced in association with — and a portion of the proceeds go to — Shuktara Project, a Calcutta-based charity that offers care to abandoned children with disabilities.
In 2012, the Go-Go’s reunited to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their double-Platinum I.R.S. Records debut, Beauty and the Beat, with a remastered and expanded commemorative edition, a successful “Ladies Gone Wild” summer tour, and a new star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Belinda Carlisle: ICON [CD], BEST OF [DIGITAL],

1. Sun [EXCLUSIVE NEW SONG]

2. Heaven Is A Place On Earth

3. I Get Weak

4. Shades Of Michelangelo

5. Leave A Light On

6. Circle In The Sand

7. Mad About You

8. Summer Rain

9. (We Want) The Same Thing

10. Do You Feel Like I Feel?

11. Live Your Life Be Free

Brent Amaker and The Rodeo. Photo credit: Lance Mercer

Seattle record label Fin Records have announced the signing of Brent Amaker and The Rodeo to their roster, as well as their upcoming full length Year of The Dragon, slated for release June 4th. Their fourth full length record, Year of the Dragon will be released on vinyl, cd, and digital download. Full album details, including the artwork, track list, and first single, will be announced soon.

When asked for a note on the upcoming Year Of The Dragon, Fin Records owner Christian Fulghum expressed his enthusiasm by stating, "Working with Brent Amaker and The Rodeo is fun because they are taking all-American Cowboy iconography and cross-breeding it with Krautrock and the Boys from Akron. The songwriting is by turns sly, funny, and subversive. My kind of music.”
Mr. Amaker noted, "This latest LP may just expand your perception of American Western music. We've been on a strange and wonderful trip these past several years and the new songs reflect that. Year of the Dragon is darker than previous stuff and more fully expresses where the band is going. And on top of that, I couldn't be happier to be releasing the next Rodeo LP under the Fin Records imprint. They produce a high quality product and they keep the focus on the artist. It's truly exciting to be part of their family. Now saddle up and get yourself ready!"

Fin Records is an up and coming label that has already given homes to a wide swath of acts ranging across a vareity of genres, from Hip Hop to Noise, to Country, and then some. Recently named "Local Record Label of The Year 2012' by the Seattle Weekly, the two year old label has recently released acclaimed works from the likes of J. Pinder, The Walkabouts, Red Jacket Mine, Long Distance Poison, Davidson Hart Kingsbery and many more.

Brent Amaker and the Rodeo will be playing in Olympia, WA next Friday, 3/8. at the Royal Lounge, and touring through out 2013. Stay tuned.