Month: September 2021

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NY Mets place acting GM Zack Scott on administrative leave after DWI arrest

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The NY Mets announced on Thursday that they have placed acting general manager Zack Scott on administrative leave until further notice. On Wednesday, Scott was charged with driving while intoxicated after he was found sleeping in his car early Tuesday morning in White Plains, New York.  On Thursday morning, Scott pleaded not guilty to his DWI charge and three other charges, including for stopping on a highway; disobeying a traffic control device and failing to notify the Department of Motor Vehicles of a change in address. His driving privileges in New York state were also suspended amid the investigation.

Team president Sandy Alderson will be assuming Scott’s responsibilities during his absence. Scott joined the Mets organization in December after spending 17 seasons with the Red Sox, and was initially hired to be the team’s senior vice president and assistant general manager.  He was promoted to acting general manager after the team fired first-year general manager Jared Porter in January for sending multiple explicit and unsolicited images to a female reporter in 2016.

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Country Daypop

Brantley Gilbert’s new song “Gone But Not Forgotten” honors fallen soldiers

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Brantley Gilbert revealed via social media his new track “Gone But Not Forgotten,” a song honoring the 13 American soldiers recently killed in Afghanistan.

Gilbert said via Instagram: “13 brave American heroes made the ultimate sacrifice for freedom this week. In hard times like this, I always find myself turning to music. I wrote this song a while back as a tribute to all of the folks we’ve lost, both overseas and in our own communities here at home. Wanted to share it with y’all in hopes it might resonate with someone who needs to hear it right now.”

Gilbert’s latest single with HARDY and Toby Keith, “The Worst Country Song Of All Time,” is nearing the top 30 on country radio. In addition, Gilbert will be on tour across the nation hrough mid-December. Tickets for Gilbert’s dates are available by clicking here.

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Country Daypop

Scotty McCreery pays tribute to his home state with his latest song “Carolina to Me”

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Scotty McCreery has released the song “Carolina to Me” from his upcoming fifth album, ‘Same Truck.’  Carolina to Me is the follow-up to the first track Scotty released from the new LP, “You Time,” which is currently in the Top 10 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart. . The 12-track Same Truck LP will officially drop on Sept. 17, and is the follow-up to McCreery’s No. 1 album ‘Seasons Change.’

McCreery is also in the midst of his ‘You Time Tour,’ which kicked-off in June. To check out the video for Carolina to Me, click here.

To pre-order/pre-save Same Truck head – here.

Scotty McCreery Releases Beautiful Tribute To Home State, “Carolina To Me”

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Entertainment Daypop

Take a look at the trailer for Daniel Craig’s new James Bond film “No Time To Die”

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Daniel Craig will reprise his role as James Bond this fall when the 25th Bond movie, ‘No Time to Die,’ opens on Oct. 8. The film will see the return of Christoph Waltz as Blofeld, and Safin, played by Rami Malek in his first major role since his Oscar-winning performance as Freddie Mercury in ‘Bohemian Rhapsody.’

No Time to Die was delayed for a year and a half due to the coronavirus pandemic, and will serve as Craig’s fifth and final time portraying Bond. The trailer for the movie includes clips from Craig’s previous four 007 appearances, Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace, Skyfall and Spectre, and wraps up with title cards that read “Nothing can prepare you for the epic conclusion.”  You can see the trailer for No Time To Die at the link – here.

In addition to the new Bond film, a “special retrospective” titled Being James Bond will be released on Apple TV+ on Sept. 7. Being James Bond is a 45-minute special that explores Craig’s 15-year run as Bond, and will be free through Oct. 7 on the streaming service. The special features never-before-seen footage from Craig’s Bond films, from Casino Royale (2006) to the present, and Craig will share his personal memories in a conversation with Bond producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli.  You can catch a clip of Being James Bond – here.

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Entertainment Daypop

Podcast host Joe Rogan reveals he has COVID-19 and taking Ivermectin to treat symptoms

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Podcast host Joe Rogan has contracted COVID-19. The 54-year-old host of “The Joe Rogan Experience” shared the news that he’d become ill over the weekend and tested positive for the virus, requiring him to postpone a comedy show in Nashville set for Friday.

Rogan said in a video on Instagram: “So, I got back from the road Saturday night feeling very weary, and I had a headache. I just felt run down. Just to be cautious, I separated from my family, slept in a different part of the house.” Rogan then began experiencing fevers and other severe symptoms, prompting him to get tested. After he received the positive diagnosis, his doctors “immediately threw the kitchen sink at it” with several different medications, including the controversial Ivermectin. (Ivermectin is an anti-parasitic drug used for livestock like horses and cows, which the Food and Drug Administration has strongly advised Americans against using to treat COVID-19.) Rogan told his followers in his video Wednesday that he had also used monoclonal antibody infusion therapy, vitamin drips, and azithromycin as treatment.

Rogan has been outspoken about the Covid-19 vaccination, and on his podcast he has criticized COVID-19 vaccination cards and vaccination mandates that have been put in place across the country. According to Rogan, institutions are implementing these requirements “because they’re dumb.mThey don’t understand history, they don’t understand human beings, they don’t understand human nature,” he said. “They don’t understand the history of every single country that’s ever existed other than the United States.”

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Rock Daypop

The Psychedelic Furs share their new song “Evergreen” ahead of fall tour

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The Psychedelic Furs have shared a new song, “Evergreen.”  The song is from the same sessions as last year’s comeback Made of Rain, and the band says “‘Evergreen’ is something that we did while we were putting together Made Of Rain. It’s a song about memory and the passing of time.”

The Psychedelic Furs are also finally going on the road with their “Made of Rain” tour, beginning September 15 in Indianapolis and making stops at Harlem’s Apollo Theater on 11/13, NJ’s Wellmont Theater on 11/17, and Long Island’s The Paramount on 11/19.

Tickets are available through Ticketmaster

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Rock Daypop

Bring Me The Horizon confirm their new single, ‘DiE4u’

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After teased fans with new lyrics and snippets of new music, Bring Me The Horizon have confirmed that ‘DiE4u’ will arrive on Thursday September 16.

The song announcement on Twitter came along with the message ‘club hellhole opens September 16,’ leading fans to speculate whether that refers to new lyrics or a record title. That comes after BMTH shared a video with the caption ‘bAck2wORk’, and then shared a clip of music with the hashtag ‘#bloodbath‘.  On Twitter, they’ve also recently posted the phrase “i k33p h0LdiNG my breATh 4 a m1raCle. h0piNg thE hoLe iN my hEarT w0ULd oF hEaleD s0m3h0W”. 

‘DiE4u’ can be pre-saved at your streaming service of choice- here.

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Pop Daypop

Justin Bieber announced as performer at 2021 MTV Video Music Awards

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MTV has announced that Justin Bieber will return to perform at the 2021 Video Music Awards for the first time in six years. Bieber joins previously announced performers including Lorde, Olivia Rodrigo, Lil Nas X, Shawn Mendes, and others. The event will be broadcast live from Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York at 8 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, September 12, with Doja Cat hosting this year’s ceremony.

Bieber’s last appearance as a VMA performer was in 2015, where he performed “What Do You Mean?”  Bieber also holds the most nominations at the 2021 MTV VMAs, earning seven nominations in total, including Artist of the Year, Best Collaboration (“Peaches”), Best Pop (“Peaches”), and more.

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Pop Daypop

Charli XCX shares the music video for her new song “Good Ones”

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Charli XCX has released the music video for her new single, “Good Ones.”

The British-born singer said in a press release: “Today, I, the inimitable Charli XCX, am releasing a brand new single ‘Good Ones’, accompanied by a twisted, dramatic and quite frankly electrifying music video. The first single of my new chapter embraces all that my life has to offer in today’s world – fame, glamour, inner demons, and global hits. ‘Good Ones’ was produced by Oscar Holter of Max Martin’s Wolf Cousins entity, and laments my inability to keep hold of healthy relationships, instead being endlessly drawn back to the dysfunctional and toxic. Filmed in Mexico and co-directed by my new favorite director: Hannah Lux Davis, the ‘Good Ones’ video sees me dramatically mourning the untimely loss of my partner as I battle with the realization that once again I’ve abandoned the goodness in my life, in favor of the sinister, with a visual aesthetic that marks a new era of me: Charli XCX.”

Take a look at Charli’s new video for ‘Good Ones” at the link – here.

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News Daypop

Eight dead as New York City, New Jersey experience historic, mass flooding due to remnants of Hurricane Ida

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New York City and New Jersey was slammed with heavy rain overnight and into Thursday morning, causing historic, mass flooding due to the remnants of hurricane Ida earlier. The storm hit the Northeast as a post-tropical cyclone on Wednesday after making landfall in Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane on Sunday. The historic rain halted subway service and destroyed homes in New Jersey. At least eight deaths were reported from the flooding, seven in New York City and one in Passaic, N.J.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Passaic, NJ Mayor Hector Lora all issued states of emergency as the National Weather Service issued flash flood warnings for New York and southern New England. “We’re enduring an historic weather event tonight with record breaking rain across the city, brutal flooding and dangerous conditions on our roads,” de Blasio said via Twitter. “Please stay off the streets tonight and let our first responders and emergency services get their work done.” He urged New Yorkers not to drive and stay off subway trains, and videos showed subways and streets flooded.

Early Thursday, the city’s official emergency notification system issued a travel ban until 5 a.m., stating “all non-emergency vehicles must be off NYC streets and highways.” The Metropolitan Transportation Authority told residents that they “strongly recommended” the public avoid traveling.