Lana Del Rey, Lil Wayne, NewJeans and more to feature on new Jon Batiste album ‘World Music Radio’

David Letterman is following in Lana Del Rey’s footsteps by trading in his Hollywood job for a role as a grocery store clerk.

Newport Folk Festival is returning to Fort Adams State Park for three days of delicious food and drink, good times and great music.Just a few of the stars on hand this year to deliver the folks-y jams include Lana Del Rey, My Morning Jacket, Maggie Rogers, Jason Isbell and John Oates.Aimee Mann, Billy Strings, Angel Olsen, Goose and Los Lobos will be there too.Heck, even Stephen Colbert’s bandleader Jon Batiste is slated to perform.Don’t forget The Hold Steady either.Seriously, we could do this all day — Newport has a truly exciting three-day lineup planned for music fans.As a result, ticket prices are quite high.At the time of publication, the lowest price we could find on multi-day general admission passes was $993 before fees on Vivid Seats.Single-day passes start at $721 before fees.Want to find out more about the multi-day extravaganza before committing?Here’s everything you need to know and more about the 2023 Newport Folk Festival.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete breakdown of all the best single and multi-day general admission passes for the Newport Folk Festival can be found below.(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time.

Robert Grant, Lana Del Rey’s father, has made a name for himself and even has his own fans who love to call him one nickname in particular — Nepo Daddy.

Lana Del Rey moonlighted as a waitress at the Waffle House, David Letterman decided to apparently ditch his entertainer ways as well and work a shift bagging groceries in Iowa on Friday. An image of the late-night legend’s apparent “new gig” is currently blowing up on Facebook.

Lana Del Rey.According to an indictment, and reported by CTV News, 40-year-old Denys Mallet  “knowingly made threats to cause death or bodily harm” to the singer between January 1, 2022 and July 6, 2023.He was arrested ahead of Del Rey’s performance at Festival d’été de Québec in Canada earlier this month.It comes after Del Rey was granted a temporary restraining order against a man she alleged stole one of her cars.Back in 2018, the singer also spoke out after a man who stalked her was sentenced to serve one year in prison.Michael Shawn Hunt, who was 43 at the time, was intercepted a block away from the singer’s Amway Center show in Orlando, Florida that February after the police received a tip about a potential kidnapping.In 2016, a man was also sentenced to nearly three months in prison for breaking into Lana Del Rey‘s home. That same year, the star was granted a restraining order against two Russian fans who reportedly threatened her and screamed at her in public.Elsewhere, the singer was spotted this week working a shift at a waffle house in Alabama.

She’s in her diner era.

Lana Del Rey left her "Summertime Sadness" on the West Coast to serve the All-Star special at a Waffle House in Alabama. The 38-year-old singer traded in her trademark vintage threads for a classic blue uniform to serve guests at a Waffle House location in the Florence area.

Lana Del Rey is Doin’ Time… at the diner!

Is Lana Del Rey taking on a new career path? The Grammy-nominated singer is puzzling fans after she was spotted working at a Waffle House in Alabama.

Diet Mountain Dew“?Lana Del Rey was spotted working at an Alabama Waffle House, baffling the singer’s fans.The “Video Games” crooner, whose legal name is Elizabeth Grant, wore the chain’s signature blue uniform complete with a bright yellow name tag as she took orders and poured patrons’ coffee.While it’s unclear why the Grammy-nominated hitmaker, 38, was clocking in at the diner, she took breaks for photo ops with fans in the restaurant.“Lana Del Rey working at Waffle House,” tweeted one customer on Thursday along with footage of the pop star on the clock, racking up 2 million views and thousands of likes and retweets.Fans online speculated that her presence could be for a music video, while others applauded her for being “so real.”“Lana Del Rey randomly working as a waitress for the waffle house is iconic,” one person tweeted.“Lana del rey working at waffle house is a level of iconic many others will never reach,” echoed another.The Post has reached out to Lana Del Rey’s representatives for comment.Her summertime shift follows her first full concert in four years in May and the release of her ninth studio album in March, “Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd.”The “Young and Beautiful” singer is also slated to appear at a number of festivals later this year.Most recently, she faced cruel comments regarding her physical appearance, as one troll called her weight fluctuations “worse than 9/11” in a since-deleted tweet.At the time, loyal fans jumped to the star’s defense, reprimanding the hater for the crude remark.“Lana Del Rey does not owe us thinness,” wrote one person. “Just because someone was a certain size at a certain age doesn’t mean they have to maintain that size forever.”They added, “Bodies

Lana Del Rey was seen waitressing at a Waffle House in Alabama, AL.com reports, giving fans of delicious breakfast foods and generation-defining singer-songwriters a meal to remember. Del Rey was happy to take pictures with fans during her shift, AL.com reports.

Lana Del Rey working a shift at a Waffle House in Alabama – watch below.The singer-songwriter was spotted serving coffee at a branch of the US restaurant chain in Birmingham, AL this week. Video clips and photographs of Del Rey in her unexpected new role were subsequently shared online.In one video, the star is seen handing a customer their beverage from behind the counter while wearing a blue Waffle House uniform and yellow name badge.

Thania Garcia Michele Santucci has joined Verve Label Group (VLG) as the company’s new vice president of streaming to oversee DSP strategies for releases across Verve Records, Decca Records US, Impulse!, and Verve Forecast. Santucci joins with the experience of her previous post at Spotify, where she spent a decade working as a recorded music lead and supervising producer for Spotify Studios. Verve Label Group, a division of Universal Music Group, is home to Grammy award winners Samara Joy, Jon Batiste and Madison Cunningham, among many others. “I am extremely excited to join the team at Verve Label Group. Their history and roster are inspirational and I look forward to working with the label and its streaming partners to help build the careers of these great artists,” said Santucci in a statement shared with Variety.

Lana Del Rey has revealed that she “seriously” considered quitting working in music after feeling like a failure.The ‘Summertime Sadness’ singer, who headlined BST Hyde Park in London on July 9, admitted to almost quitting, but did not follow through due to her not having any other viable career options.Speaking to the Daily Star‘s Wired column, she said: “I never forget the abyss, those moments when nothing worked, where I was seriously considering quitting. There really was a feeling of failure.”She continued: “I had no other choice than to continue because I don’t know how to do anything else.

Lana Del Rey addressed being cut off at Glastonbury during her headline performance at BST Hyde Park in London.The singer-songwriter faced some backlash last month, after her set at Glastonbury 2023 was abruptly cut short. After taking to the stage 30 minutes late at the Worthy Park site, her set ran beyond the strict festival curfew — leading to organisers cutting off her microphone and switching off the screens mid-way through.Now, during her headline performance on the final night of this year’s BST Hyde Park concert series (July 9), the ‘Video Games’ singer addressed the tumultuous set, and apologised to fans who were there.Following her rendition of ‘Candy Necklace’, which was the 15th song of her 19-song setlist, Del Rey made light of the previous show, stating: “I think this is where I got cut off last time.

Jon Batiste has announced details of his new album, World Music Radio. The album will be released on August 18 and features an array of guest stars, including Lana Del Rey, Kenny G, Lil Wayne, Fireboy DML, and NewJeans among others.

Lana Del Rey is set to close this year’s BST Hyde Park series with a headline performance. Check out the support acts and stage times below.Currently on tour around Europe, the pop star will be returning to the UK for her first performance following her set at Glastonbury, and closing out the 2023 series of BST Hyde Park with a headline set on Sunday (July 9).Yesterday (July 4), the singer finally revealed the names of her support acts for the upcoming show, including Father John Misty and Gang Of Youths.On Sunday, the first act performing on the main stage — named the Great Oak — will be French pianist Riopy, who will begin his performance at 2:30pm.

Lana Del Rey has announced the support acts for her headline show at BST Hyde Park this weekend.The singer is due to close out the 2023 edition of the London concert series on Sunday (July 9).However, fans have recently been expressing their concerns over cancellation rumours owing to the lack of updates from BST in the run-up to the event.The uncertainty surrounding the upcoming gig was also fuelled by Del Rey being cut off mid-set at Glastonbury 2023 because of the festival’s strict midnight curfew. She arrived on the Other Stage half an hour late, telling the audience that her “hair takes so long to do”.Today (July 4) BST Hyde Park organisers have revealed the full line-up for Del Rey’s outdoor show in the capital.Father John Misty and Gang Of Youths will serve as the main support on Sunday.

Lana Del Rey has performed her song ‘Chemtrails Over The Country Club’ live for the first time at a show in Italy. Check out footage of the moment below, as well as the full setlist.The gig took place at the La Prima Estate Festival in Lido di Camaiore, Italy yesterday (July 2), and saw the ‘Video Games’ singer break out some of her most famous tracks in front of a nearly-20,000 strong crowd.Performing a total of 21 tracks throughout the set, Del Rey kicked off the show with renditions of ‘A&W’, ‘Young And Beautiful’ and ‘Bartender’, before treating fans to the first-ever live performance of ‘Chemtrails Over The Country Club’. The song is the title track from her seventh studio album, which arrived in 2021.Other songs featured on the set included ‘Blue Jeans’, ‘Ultraviolence’, ‘White Mustang’ and ‘Born To Die’, before the singer closed off the set with ‘Summertime Sadness’, ‘Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd’ and ‘Video Games’.Find footage of the show below, as well as the full setlist.Lana Del Rey – Chemtrails Over the Country Club (live) pic.twitter.com/Xi8TAnHWfB— b (@lostinyosemite) July 2, 2023#LanaDelRey avec « Salvatore », sur la scène du festival La Prima Estate cette nuit, à Lucques, Italie.#ldr #france pic.twitter.com/uLRONGCyOg— Lana Del Rey France (@LDRFRoff) July 3, 20231. ‘A&W’2. ‘Young and Beautiful’3. ‘Bartender’4. ‘Chemtrails Over the Country Club’ (Live debut)5. ‘The Grants’6. ‘Cherry’7. ‘Pretty When You Cry’8. ‘Ride’9. ‘Born to Die’10. ‘Blue Jeans’11. ‘Norman Fucking Rockwell’12. ‘Arcadia’13. ‘Ultraviolence’14. ‘White Mustang’15. ‘Candy Necklace’16. ‘Salvatore’17. ‘Venice Bitch’18. ‘Diet Mountain Dew’19. ‘Summertime Sadness’20. ‘Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd’21.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The 2024 Grammy race may have just gotten a shakeup. Jon Batiste, who dominated the 2022 awards with his breakout album “We Are,” has announced a followup, “World Music Radio,” set to come out Aug. 18 on Verve/Interscope. Among the guests on the album is Lana Del Rey, returning the favor from Batiste’s recent appearance on two tracks on her “Did You Know There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd” release earlier this year. Their collaboration, “Life Lesson,” is listed as a bonus track wrapping up the 21-song release, but is likely to be the most anticipated track, however it’s billed. Other guests include Lil Wayne on “Uneasy,” Kenny G on “Clair De Lune,” Native Soul on “Raindance,” Leigh-Anne on “Running Away,” Jon Bellion and Fireboy DML on “Drink Water,” Rita Payés on “My Heart,” Heroes on “Movement 18′” and Michael Batiste on “Call Now (504-305-8269).”