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ABC/Image Group LA Martina McBride will continue her Love Unleashed trek next year, adding Lauren Alaina as the opener and partnering with CMT to turn it into  2017’s Next Women of Country tour. The season-10 American Idol runner-up heads out with the four-time CMA Female Vocalist of the Year just as her latest single, “Road Less Traveled,” has just broken …

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ABC/Image Group LA After raging East Tennessee wildfires threatened Dolly Parton’s Dollywood theme park overnight and forced many to evacuate the tourist meccas of Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, the entertainment icon from nearby Sevierville is reacting to the devastation. “I have been watching the terrible fires in the Great Smoky Mountains and I am heartbroken,” the …

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NBCUniversalDolly Parton will perform two songs on Tuesday night’s live edition of The Voice on NBC, as she promotes her new movie that premieres on Wednesday. She’s set to sing the popular new arrangement of her classic “Jolene,” along with a capella sensation Pentatonix and her goddaughter, Voice coach Miley Cyrus.  Dolly also will debut her new single, “Circle of Love,” along with Jennifer Nettles. …

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BMLGAs Brett Young celebrates his first number one with his debut single, “Sleep Without You,” he admits the reality of it is just starting to set in for him. “It is such a crazy idea that maybe something that I wrote or something that I put on a record would affect people at all,” the newcomer says, …

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ABC/Image Group LALate Monday night, fire crews worked to protect Dolly Parton’s East Tennessee theme park, as wildfires threatened the Dollywood property in Pigeon Forge. Director of Media Pete Owens told ABC News flames were visible on a nearby ridge, as Dollywood’s team worked with firefighters to protect the structures on the park. Earlier in the evening, the …

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ABC/Image Group LAJason Aldean is following up the 18th number one of his career with the third single from They Don’t Know, a tune titled “Any Ol’ Barstool.” “I think [it] is probably one of the best-written songs on the album,” the ACM Entertainer of the Year says. “The guy is just trying to convince her that …

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ABC/Image Group LAKacey Musgraves is taking to the airwaves to spread the holiday cheer as she promotes her new album A Very Kacey Christmas. First up, she’ll sing on ABC’s Good Morning America on Wednesday, before stopping by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on NBC on Thursday. Next Monday, she has a date with the ladies of The Talk on CBS, followed …

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NBCUniversalDolly Parton‘s sequel to her successful Coat of Many Colors TV movie is coming up this Wednesday, and in typical Dolly Parton style, she’s pulling out all the stops to promote it. On Tuesday, the hardworking diva from East Tennessee will perform on NBC’s The Voice, which starts at 8 p.m. ET. Then on Wednesday, …

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ABC/Mark LevineIn the years since it was originally written for Judy Garland to sing it in the 1944 film Meet Me in St. Louis, “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” has become one of the most often-covered holiday songs of all time. Brett Eldredge confesses that the yuletide classic means something special to him, and it’s a sentiment you …

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ABC/Image Group LA Miranda Lambert’s The Weight of These Wings flies to number one on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart this week, selling 122,000 copies in its first week of release. It also debuts at number three on the all-genre Top 200 chart, moving the equivalent of 133,000 units, when you add individual downloads and streams. This week, …

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