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BBR Music Group After her stints opening for Sugarland and Keith Urban in September, “Criminal” hitmaker Lindsay Ell will kick off her first headlining tour next month in Indianapolis. “I’m so excited to be teaming up with the Monster Energy Outbreak Tour for my first headlining run ever,” Lindsay says. “It’s going be a show we’ve never done before and I …

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ABC/Image Group LA George Strait is mourning the loss of his longtime drummer Michael A. Kennedy, who was killed in a traffic accident over the holiday weekend. The 59-year-old’s vehicle collided with a tractor trailer on I-40 in Nashville on Friday, according to the Tennessean. Kennedy had played drums in Strait’s Ace in the Hole Band for nearly …

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ABC/Image Group LA As Thomas Rhett‘s “Life Changes” assumes its place on top of the chart, the husband and father of two admits when he wrote the autobiographical tune, his life was morphing so rapidly he couldn’t help but express it in song. As you may recall, TR and his wife Lauren had nearly reached the finish line …

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ABC/Image Group LA This Labor Day, Nashville’s Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum happens to be honoring two of its best waiters in its American Currents exhibit. You see, before Brothers Osborne hit it big, they waited tables and worked in catering at the Hall. “There was a catering department here that TJ worked in,” John Osborne explains, “and that …

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Warner Music NashvilleMorgan Evans‘ full-length debut album will include a duet with his wife, Kelsea Ballerini, on a song he wrote for her called, “Dance with Me.” The Aussie singer’s U.S. debut is titled Things That We Drink To, named after a song he wrote after the sudden loss of the manager who discovered him, Rob Potts. “I …

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ABC/Ida Mae AstuteBefore Luke Bryan struts his stuff Saturday night onstage at Chicago’s Wrigley Field, he’ll stop off in South Bend, Indiana to show off his knowledge of college football. The “Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset” hitmaker will be the celebrity guest game picker on this season’s first edition of ESPN’s College GameDay Built by The Home Depot. For the season …

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Jason DavisThis year, Big & Rich’s “Comin’ to Your City” starts its twelfth season as the theme for ESPN’s College GameDay. The duo shot the new opening for the show this spring at the Woods at Fontanel in Nashville. “‘Comin’ to Your City’ is always a crowd pleaser at our live shows,” the duo says in a …

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Jerritt Clark/Getty ImagesFaith Hill had the honor of being the first soloist to sing at Aretha Franklin’s home-going service Friday at Greater Grace Temple in Detroit. Though the start of the Celebration of Life for the Queen of Soul was delayed for about an hour as the crowd filed in, things moved quickly once the prayers and …

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ABC/Image Group LA Eric Church continues to supply a steady stream of new music from his Desperate Man album, and his latest track is pretty “Solid.” “You may think I’m way too chill/But I get it done, got my daddy’s will/And I’ll always, I’ll always keep a promise,” Eric sings in this latest taste of his new project. …

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BBR Music Group By coincidence, Lindsay Ell‘s new single, “Champagne,” was released the day after the passing of the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin. Ironically, the song written more than a year before references the Grammy-winning legend, with the line “So naturally diva, just call me Aretha” in the chorus. Ultimately, Lindsay believes it’s a fitting tribute …

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