Steve Nedved

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Blake Shelton is ‘Fully Loaded’ with TV appearances to promote his new album

Warner Music NashvilleYou’ll be seeing a lot of Blake Shelton on TV this week and next, as he promotes his new album, Fully Loaded: God’s Country, which comes out this Friday.  Tuesday night, he’ll perform his latest hit, “Hell Right,” with Trace Adkins on The Voice, starting at 9 p.m. ET on NBC. Then on Friday, he’ll stop by The Ellen DeGeneres …

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Willie and Waylon’s sons recreate their fathers’ country classic for ‘The Ranch’

Netflix/Curb RecordsThe sons of Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings have recorded a new version of “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys” for the Netflix show The Ranch. It’s part of the official soundtrack that’ll be available January 24, the same day the final season of the series premieres. Lukas Nelson and Shooter Jennings teamed up to recreate their fathers’ …

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Mitchell Tenpenny extends Anything She Says Tour into 2020

ABC/Image Group LAMitchell Tennpenny wraps up the first part of his Anything She Says Tour this weekend in New York City, but he’s extending the trek with a second leg in 2020.  “One of the greatest things about this particular tour is the reception of the music from the fans,” the “Drunk Me” hitmaker says. “There …

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Jake Owen invites you Down to the Tiki Tonk in 2020

ABC/Image Group LAJake Owen‘s heading Down to the Tiki Tonk for his 2020 tour. The Florida native’s eight-stop, intimate trek takes its name from his recent hit, “Down to the Honkytonk.”  “Sitting on a barstool, just playing a guitar and singing songs is how I first started making music and is what first led me …

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Morgan Evans, Riley Green, Mitchell Tenpenny, Runaway June and Ingrid Andress are the New Faces of 2020

Country Radio SeminarMorgan Evans, Riley Green, Mitchell Tenpenny, Runaway June and Ingrid Andress will play the prestigious New Faces show at Country Radio Seminar next year in Nashville.  The lineup for the annual concert is chosen by members of the country radio community.  It’s a coveted spot, since it’s considered to be one of the main indicators of which artists will …

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Old Dominion rises to the top of the chart with “One Man Band”

ABC/Image Group LA This week, Old Dominion‘s second single from their self-titled third album becomes their latest number one. “We first played ‘One Man Band’ live in January and you all sang it so loudly!!” OD tweeted on Monday, along with a concert clip of the song. “We knew then it needed to be our next single.” “Thank …

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Even though they’re finding pop success with Justin Bieber, Dan + Shay promise they’re “not trying to chase anything”

ABC/Image Group LA Dan + Shay started last year by finding success on both the country and pop charts with “Tequila,” and in 2019, they continued to cross over, first with “Speechless,” and then with their Justin Biebercollaboration, “10,000 Hours.” But as Shay Mooney explains, the duo doesn’t have any plans to leave country music behind in favor of pop …

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Luke Combs spotlights the songwriting process in “The Writer’s Cut” EP

BB Gun PressLuke Combs has shared a new EP that puts a stripped-down spin on two of the songs from his hit-packed sophomore album, What You See is What You Get. The new project, called The Writer’s Cut, comes with an accompanying short film of the same title. Both are available exclusively through Apple Music.  In The Writer’s Cut, …

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Garth Brooks sells out Charlotte stadium tour stop in under two hours

ABC / Image Group LAGarth Brooks has notched yet another live show attendance record. The country superstar has sold 74,000 tickets for his upcoming Charlotte, NC Stadium Tour stop at Bank of America Stadium, which represents the venue’s largest-ever paid audience.  Garth’s show sold out a whiplash-inducing 90 minutes after tickets went on sale. It’s the …

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Kelsea Ballerini, Dan + Shay and more added to West Coast portion of “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2020”

ABC / Piper FergusonKelsea Ballerini, Dan + Shay and Blanco Brown will represent the country genre in the lineup for the West Coast celebration portion of Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2020. Kelsea, Blanco and Dan + Shay join a stacked lineup of performers for the West Coast Party, hosted by Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Ciara for the third year in …

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