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ABC Carrie Underwood is among the next batch of performers to be announced for the 2022 Grammy Awards. She joins an all-genre cast of artists taking the stage: Other newly-announced acts include John Legend, Silk Sonic and J Balvin with Maria Becerra. Carrie’s not the only country act taking the stage during the big night. …

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Kevin Winter/Getty Images for ACM Eric Church is currently on the road for his Gather Again Tour, but he and his San Antonio fan base will have to “gather again” another time. This week, he canceled his headlining Saturday night show so that he and his family can watch the NCAA Men’s Final Four basketball …

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Kevin Mazur/BBMA2020/Getty Images for dcp Garth Brooks is setting his sights on Alabama. The singer just announced a Stadium Tour stop in Birmingham at the city’s Protective Stadium, a 45,000-capacity venue that opened last October and has never hosted a concert before. The show will take place June 4 at 7 p.m. The just-announced show …

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ABC Miranda Lambert is the newest country star signing on for a residency in Las Vegas. The singer announced her Velvet Rodeo residency on Wednesday. The 24-date string of shows kicks off September 23, and will take place at Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood. By the time the residency begins, Miranda will have added another …

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ABC Thomas Rhett has been nonstop writing since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and fans will soon get to hear what he’s been working on.  The singer estimates that he wrote nearly 300 songs over the past two years and couldn’t wait to share them, inspiring him to release his new album, Where We Started.   “I couldn’t handle …

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Kelsea Ballerini was honored with the Yellow Rose of Inspiration Award at the 8th anniversary celebration of Song Suffragettes, an all-female singer-songwriter collective, at the Listening Room Cafe in Nashville.  Brett Young will headline the 2022 concert series at The Amp at Dant Crossing just outside of Louisville, KY on June 24. Other artists performing at the venue throughout the …

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ABC Maren Morris says the COVID-19 pandemic helped shape her perspective on her place in country music.  In an interview with Pitchfork, Maren reveals that she was “relieved” her RSVP: The Tour got cancelled due to the pandemic in 2020 and 2021. She says the forced downtime allowed her to put life, and how she creates, into perspective.  …

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Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for The Michael J. Fox Foundation Brad Paisley is going on a World Tour.  The “This Is Country Music” singer will traverse across the globe for six months, making stops in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Australia, marking his first tour in that country.  The trek begins on May 27 at Mohegan Sun …

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ABC CoverGirl has found its new face in Kelsea Ballerini.  The country star has been tapped as the beauty brand’s newest ambassador. The multi-year partnership includes a soon-to-be-announced CoverGirl spring collection. The singer made the announcement by sharing a video of herself singing the brand’s famous tagline over a gentle, acoustic melody.  “Being a @covergirl has been …

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ABC/Eric McCandless Jimmie Allen experienced a full-circle moment during a recent tour stop.  Jimmie brought his headlining Down Home Tour to Universal Studios Florida, and it conjured up a special memory. In a lengthy Instagram post, the singer shares that in 2013, he attended a Matchbox Twenty show as a fan at that very same venue, five years before he …

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