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Megan Moroney’s adding new songs to deluxe ‘Am I Okay?’

ABC/Lorenzo Bevilaqua Megan Moroney is giving her sophomore album, Am I Okay?, the deluxe treatment.  Titled Am I Okay? (I Am Fine), the now-17-track project will feature three new songs: “Break It Right Back,” “Bless Your Heart” and “I’ll Be Fine.” “Yall have shown this album so much love – THANK YOU & I can’t …

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Why Thomas Rhett had to write “Beautiful as You” + more songs outside of Nashville

Disney/Larry McCormack With “Beautiful as You” approaching the top 10 of the country charts, Thomas Rhett‘s walking down memory lane to recall the day he wrote his new hit during a retreat in Chattanooga, Tennessee.  “I wrote it on a writing camp in Chattanooga with a couple of guys that I’ve known, but we never actually …

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Nashville notes: Dolly’s new Christmas book + Kat Luna’s solo debut

Dolly Parton has released Dolly Parton’s Billy the Kid Comes Home for Christmas, the standalone sequel to 2023’s Dolly Parton’s Billy the Kid Makes It Big. “I always love celebrating Christmas with my family and of course my god-dog Billy,” shares Dolly. “Since he’s a big star now, he deserves his own holiday special! Using my ‘Comin’ Home for Christmas’ …

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Maddie & Tae + Andy Grammer sing “I Do” on ‘LIVE with Kelly and Mark’

Courtesy of S-Curve/Hollywood Records Maddie & Tae and pop star Andy Grammer performed their new duet, “I Do,” on Tuesday’s LIVE with Kelly and Mark. Showing her baby bump in a shiny dark gold outfit, Taylor Kerr stood alongside the duo’s Maddie Font while singing harmonies together as Andy led the melody while playing an acoustic guitar on the ABC …

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Watch Post Malone try to lead his horse to water in new UGG campaign

Adam DeGross UGG … it’s Post Malone. The chart-topping star has teamed with the footwear company to co-create and star in a new global campaign. It’s called Lead a Horse and features the brand’s men’s Weather Hybrid collection, which is waterproof. In the campaign, Posty is shown attempting to coax his horse, Jasper, over a puddle. …

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Ella Langley’s wrapping an era while ‘still hungover’

Jason Davis/Getty Images for SiriusXM Ella Langley is giving her debut album, hungover, the deluxe treatment.  Titled still hungover, the 14-track project will be expanded to 19 tracks with four new songs and a monologue to conclude the record. Hungover arrived in August and includes Ella’s Riley Green-assisted debut single, “You Look Like You Love Me,” which …

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Lee Brice is going acoustic in 2025

Erika Goldring/Getty Images Lee Brice is flying solo in 2025 for his acoustic You, Me and My Guitar Tour. Kicking off Jan. 30 in Wilkes-Barre City, Pennsylvania, the stripped-down trek includes stops in Rochester, Birmingham, Nashville, Rockford and more, before wrapping in Peoria City, Illinois, on March 29. “Excited to finally announce my acoustic tour, ‘You, …

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Jelly Roll + mgk take their “Lonely Road” to ‘The Tonight Show’

Todd Owyoung/NBC Jelly Roll and Machine Gun Kelly took their collab, “Lonely Road,” to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday. But this time, they were not alone. Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker also joined the hitmakers onstage with their band and backup singers. “Lonely road, take me home/ To the place that we went wrong/ …

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Life is a 25-year highway: Rascal Flatts to reunite for anniversary tour

Jason Kempin/Getty Images Hoping to catch a Rascal Flatts show soon? Good news: that “Wish” is “Yours If You Want It.” Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don Rooney will reunite for their Life Is A Highway Tour in 2025 to celebrate the group’s 25th anniversary. “In 2020, we announced the farewell tour after being on the …

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Cody Johnson remembers not having money for McDonald’s: “I’ve starved for country music”

ABC/Larry McCormack Cody Johnson may be one of country music’s biggest stars, but his journey to the top was paved with sacrifices and hard work, and a zeroed-in focus on touring. “Even to this day, it’s all about touring,” Cody tells ABC Audio. “I mean, we used to play 252 shows a year in a van …

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