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As Garth Brooks wraps his Stadium Tour, he says he’ll miss his crew the most: “We’re a family”

Jesse Grant/Getty Images for NAMM This weekend, Garth Brooks officially wraps his Stadium Tour with the run’s final of five shows in Croke Park, Dublin. As he looks towards the end of the run, Garth says that he’ll miss his road family the most after he shuts down the trek. “What am I going to …

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Kelsea Ballerini pledges allegiance to a forever friend in “If You Go Down (I’m Goin’ Down Too)”

ABC/Connie Chornuk Kelsea Ballerini swears her eternal friendship — no matter what — to her ride-or-die in “If You Go Down (I’m Goin’ Down Too),” the latest track to be released off her upcoming Subject to Change album. Blending country twang with a feel-good, bubblegum vocal line, Kelsea vows her eternal devotion to a friend …

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Scotty McCreery’s ‘Same Truck’ album gets deluxe makeover with six new songs

Triple Tigers Records Scotty McCreery is adding some new songs — and a new vinyl version — to his September 2021 album, Same Truck. The deluxe version of the project will arrive on vinyl, digital and CD this November. Ahead of the release, Scotty dropped “Nothin’ Right,” which is one of six new tracks featured on …

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Luke Combs, Carrie Underwood + more stars detail Vince Gill’s “monumental” impact on them

Jason Davis/Getty Images Artists from all generations and corners of the country genre flock to the stage to tribute Vince Gill in CMT Giants: Vince Gill, a concert event honoring the living legend of country music. Ahead of the show — which was taped Monday in Nashville — stars like Carrie Underwood, Maren Morris, Chris …

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Nashville notes: Tanya Tucker’s documentary trailer, Willie Nelson’s live album + more

You can now watch the trailer for The Return of Tanya Tucker, Featuring Brandi Carlile. The documentary film follows the creation of Tanya Tucker’s 2019 While I’m Living album, which Brandi Carlile produced. Legacy Recordings has announced plans to put out a live album of Willie Nelson’s 1984 performance at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, …

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Maddie & Tae explain how they plan to “level up” in second half of Through the Madness album

Danielle Del Valle/Getty Images Maddie & Tae’s Through the Madness will finally be complete by the end of this month, as the second half of the project arrives — following the late-January release of Vol. 1 — on September 23. In between release dates, the duo have lived a little more “madness,” as bandmate Taylor …

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Luke Combs will be ESPN’s College GameDay guest picker: “I wouldn’t miss it for the world”

ABC/Connie Chornuk In between a hectic touring schedule, Luke Combs is making a stop in his home state to be the guest picker for ESPN’s College GameDay this weekend. The star announced the news on social media, and he made it pretty clear what one of his picks is going to be: his alma mater, …

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Little Big Town explains the years-long process that led them to finally cut “Rich Man” for ‘Mr. Sun’

Capitol Records Nashville Little Big Town’s 10th studio album, Mr. Sun, arrives on Friday, and the track contains a song that’s more than a decade old and that the band has actually tried to record at least once before. That’s “Rich Man,” a solo write by bandmate Jimi Westbrook that represents the first time LBT has …

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Willie Nelson’s Farm Aid Festival airing on Circle Network, with performances by Chris Stapleton + more

Brandon Bell/Getty Images The 2022 Farm Aid Festival will once again broadcast live on the Circle Network. Featuring sets from Chris Stapleton, Willie Nelson & Family, Dave Matthews and Sheryl Crow, the event will air from Raleigh, North Carolina. Hosted by Runaway June bandmate Natalie Stovall, the annual music, food and farm festival will air …

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Walker Hayes says “Y’all Life” tells it like it is about life in the South

ABC Growing up in Alabama, Walker Hayes has plenty of first-hand experience when it comes to life in the South, and he says his new song, “Y’all Life,” perfectly sums it all up. “Where I grew up — the song just says it like it is,” the singer tells ABC Audio. “From Alabama, it’s all football …

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