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Zac Brown tests positive for COVID-19, pauses Zac Brown Band tour

ABC Zac Brown Band has cancelled a handful of upcoming dates on The Comeback Tour as Zac Browntests positive for COVID-19.  The band’s frontman took to Instagram on Tuesday to share that “despite taking precautions,” he has tested positive for the virus and is hitting pause on the tour out of concern for the safety of their fans and crew.  …

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Alan Jackson shares he has a genetic neurological disorder

Kristy Belcher Alan Jackson is opening up about a degenerative nerve condition he’s been living with for the past 10 years.  In an interview on the Today show, the country legend shares that he’s been diagnosed with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT), a genetic neurological disorder that affects the nerves and muscles in his legs, arms and hands and has left him with mobility and …

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Jimmie Allen rumbas to his own hit song on ‘Dancing With the Stars’

ABC/Eric McCandless When Jimmie Allen took to the ballroom on Dancing With the Stars last night, he was equipped with one of his hit songs.  During his second appearance on the popular ABC show, Jimmie and his partner Emma Slater rumbaed around the dance floor to his 2020 hit, “Make Me Want To.” Dressed in a purple ensemble, the country star …

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Country star trivia

Today, Karen Fairchild of this Grammy-winning country group known for hits like “Pontoon,” “Boondocks” and “Girl Crush” is celebrating her 52nd birthday. Can you name the band? ANSWER: Little Big Town. Copyright © 2021, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

Mickey Guyton calls Carrie Underwood an “angel” for gifting her son a piano

ABC/Eric McCandless Mickey Guyton still can’t get over the gift that Carrie Underwood gave her son.  Over the summer, Mickey shared a video of her seven-month-old son Grayson playing a baby grand piano sent to him by the superstar.  “I swear that woman is an angel sent from heaven,” Mickey praises to CMT, adding that he “loves” the toy. “I just couldn’t believe …

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Trisha Yearwood jokes Garth Brooks won her heart with frozen pizza

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Best-selling author Trisha Yearwood releases her fourth cookbook today, complete with a foreword by her superstar husband, Garth Brooks. The first time Trisha cooked for Garth, she confesses she made a Fettuccine Alfredo so heavy he needed a nap immediately afterwards. But the first time Garth cooked for her, it was pretty much love at first …

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Nashville notes

Niko Moon is embarking on his first headlining tour, the Good Time Tour. It begins in Nashville on November 19 and continues through a December 18 concert in Boston. Kylie Morgan serves as the supporting act.  Travis Rich is launching his Two Thousand Miles Tour tonight in his home state of California at Club Rodeo in San Jose. Shy Carter opens for him throughout the …

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Shania Twain shouts out Dolly Parton as the “trailblazer” who inspired her

iStock/5./15 WEST After being shouted out by Taylor Swift for being the artist to inspire her to cross over from country into pop, Shania Twain spread the love by crediting Dolly Parton for being the singer who first inspired her to experiment with her sound. The ladies both participated in the latest TikTok trend, which uses Lukas Graham‘s 2014 track “Mama Said” to …

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Blake Shelton texted Ariana Grande about a rumor that he’s being replaced on ‘The Voice’

Trae Patton/NBC Blake Shelton has some stiff competition with Ariana Grande now in the coaches’ seat on The Voice, and apparently it’s igniting the rumor mill.  The pop megastar shared a screenshot of a text thread between her and the “God’s Country” singer wherein Blake sent her an article from OK! magazine with the headline, “Producers at ‘The Voice’ May Replace Blake Shelton After Ariana …

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Take me out to the ball game: Thomas Rhett throws first pitch at Chicago Cubs game

Connie Chronuk/ABC Thomas Rhett had the special opportunity to throw out the first pitch at a Chicago Cubs baseball game.  Before headlining Hollywood Casino Amphitheater in the Windy City, the country star took the mound at Wrigley Field Sunday to throw out the symbolic first pitch at the Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals game.  A series of photos from the …

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