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  • Nashville notes: New Summerfest seats to see Garth + Opry expands to RFD
    ERNEST is set to make his Today show debut Wednesday during the 10 a.m. hour, ahead of the release of his third studio album, Deep Blue, on Friday.Opry Live will start airing every Saturday on RFD-TV beginning May 9 at 9 p.m. ET. You'll also be able to see Circle...Read more
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  • Your chance to see Tucker Wetmore and The Red Clay Strays free in Nashville
    'Billboard' Country Live (Billboard)How'd you like to see Tucker Wetmore and The Red Clay Strays for free the week of CMA Fest? Thanks to Billboard, that's certainly in the realm of possibility. The respected music magazine will once again take over Luke Combs' Nashville honky-tonk, Category 10, June 3-5 for Billboard...Read more
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  • Scotty McCreery celebrates his first #1 in the Great White North
    Spence Peppard, Scotty McCreery & Jeffrey Harper perform at Casino Rama Resort on April 25 in Rama, Ontario. (Jeremychanphotography/Getty Images)When Scotty McCreery topped the chart with "Bottle Rockets" with Hootie & the Blowfish back in September, it was his seventh #1 in the States. In Canada, however, it was the...Read more
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  • Kacey Musgraves to debut 'Middle of Nowhere' live at Gruene Hall
    Kacey Musgraves' 'Middle of Nowhere' (Lost Highway)Kacey Musgraves' sixth studio album, Middle of Nowhere, drops Friday, and fans will get their first chance to hear her sing it live during three shows at Texas' oldest dance hall. Tickets are on sale now for Middle of Nowhere: Live at Gruene Hall. The Mariachi...Read more
    Published 23 hours ago
  • Shaboozey's Outlaws Never Die Tour to follow concept album
    Shaboozey's Outlaws Never Die Tour (Live Nation) Shaboozey's taking Cherie Lee on tour this fall. The "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" hitmaker will launch his Outlaws Never Die Tour Sept. 8 in Phoenix, following the July 31 release of his concept album, The Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western Tales.Brittney Spencer, Noeline Hofmann, Kashus...Read more
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  • No 'Sleepless' 'Days' for Luke Combs with two songs at #1
    Luke Combs' 'The Way I Am' (Sony)Luke Combs is enjoying an extraordinary week at #1, with two different songs topping two different charts."Days Like These" comes out on top on the Mediabase country airplay tally, becoming Luke's 25th career #1 and his 21st in a row. If he can travel...Read more
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  • Jason Aldean reveals Luke Bryan's son is a scholarship-worthy quarterback
    Jason Aldean's 'Songs About Us' (BBR/BMG)Not only did Jason Aldean just sell out the University of Georgia's stadium with fellow Peach State native Luke Bryan, the two duet on the title track of his new album, Songs About Us. When it comes to friendships between two superstars, however, Jason admits it...Read more
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  • Darius Rucker's ready for another Ryman benefit for St. Jude
    Darius and Friends (Courtesy Darius Rucker/Essential Broadcast Media)Darius Rucker will stage his 17th annual concert to raise money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital on Monday, June 1. The Darius and Friends show has become the unofficial kickoff of the week of CMA Fest, raising $5.1 million during its nearly two-decade...Read more
    Published 2 days ago
  • What Avery Anna now has in common with Ella Langley, Megan Moroney and Lainey Wilson
    Avery Anna (Timothy Norris/Getty Images for Stagecoach)Newcomer Avery Anna is following in the footsteps of Ella Langley, Megan Moroney and Lainey Wilson as ACM new female vocalist of the year.Sam Barber, her partner on their Platinum-certified duet "Indigo," surprised Avery with the news Sunday after her set at the Lone Star...Read more
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  • Old Dominion heads back to Vegas to focus on their hits
    OLD DOMINION. HITS. VEGAS (Caesars Entertainment/Messina Touring Group/Live Nation Las Vegas)"Viva Las Vegas! We had so much fun last year, we’re coming back for round two," Old Dominion announced on their socials on Monday. The band will return to PH Live at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino Sept. 4-5 for a show...Read more
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  • A sold-out Athens, Georgia, crowd greets native sons Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan
    Luke Bryan & Jason Aldean (Jason Kempin/Getty Images for Does Entertainment/UGA)A sold-out audience of 63,000 fans turned out to see Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan headline Sanford Stadium on Saturday, in a night that included a couple surprises.Fellow Georgia native Lauren Alaina and CMA new artist of the year Zach...Read more
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  • Cody Johnson brings out Boyz II Men at Stagecoach
    Cody Johnson & Boyz II Men (John Shearer/Getty Images for Stagecoach)Cody Johnson added some rock and rhythm & blues to his first headlining set at Stagecoach on Friday. Jay Buchanan, the lead singer of Cody's favorite rock band, Rival Sons, joined him onstage to do their Amazon Music Original, "Rabbit Gets...Read more
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  • The globe-spanning friendship of Luke Combs and Ed Sheeran is based on something simple
    Luke Combs' 2026 'TIME100' cover (Courtesy Mark Seliger for 'TIME')Not only did Luke Combs make the 2026 TIME100 list of the most influential people on the planet, he's also featured on one of four worldwide covers. In the issue, the Huntersville, North Carolina, native is the subject of a tribute written...Read more
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  • Nashville notes: Gretchen Wilson's new 'Redneck' single + Braxton Keith 'Don't No More'
    Gretchen Wilson's new single, "Redneck S***," will arrive May 1. It's the first release in her new partnership with Thirty Tigers. CMA vocal group of the year The Red Clay Strays will launch their Grateful Tour '26 on July 30 in Columbia, Maryland. Presales start Tuesday, before tickets become available to the public...Read more
    Published 5 days ago
  • Here's your cheat sheet for Amazon Music's Stagecoach livestream
    Amazon Music's Stagecoach livestream (Amazon)For country fans who can't make it to Stagecoach in California this weekend, Amazon Music's gotcha covered.You'll be able to watch the livestream of the festival exclusively on Prime Video, Twitch and the Amazon Music app April 24-26.Boasting multiple channels and practically innumerable artists, here's the...Read more
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