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Faith Hill remembers her “terrifying” experience of singing the national anthem at the Super Bowl

Greg Doherty/Getty Images for Wynn Las Vegas Tim McGraw and Faith Hill appeared on back-to-back nights of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert this week, each offering separate perspectives on their 1883 roles and more. During Faith’s stop on the show, she looked back on her “terrifying” experience singing the national anthem at the Super …

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Luke Bryan’s Las Vegas residency is his chance to let loose, be “real authentic” and “free”

ABC Luke Bryan opens his Las Vegas residency with nine shows this month. As an artist-in-residency repping country music, he’s got some big shoes to fill: Carrie Underwood opened her own, dazzling Vegas show in December. Now, Luke says he’s not trying to compete with Carrie or his fellow American Idol judge, Katy Perry, who …

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Lauren Alaina signs on for ‘Beyond the Edge,’ an extreme celebrity competition show for charity

Adria Malcolm/Getty Images Lauren Alaina is among the stars who’ve signed on to compete in Beyond the Edge, a CBS reality show that pits celebrities from all aspects of show business against the elements. Variety confirmed the news this week. The series, which takes some cues from Survivor, brings its star cast to the jungle of …

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Dolly Parton named as host for the 2022 ACM Awards

John Shearer/WireImage Dolly Parton is set to host this year’s ACM Awards. The Academy of Country Music broke the news this week, also adding that yet-to-be-announced co-hosts will join her in the gig. The 2022 ACMs will take place on March 7 at Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium. For the first time ever, the show will …

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“The shackles are off”: TJ Osborne explains how coming out changed his life and music, one year later

ABC One of Brothers Osborne‘s first big hits was their 2016 single “21 Summer.” It was based on a real-life breakup that singer TJ Osborne experienced, but he couldn’t talk about the personal story behind the song: He hadn’t yet come out as gay. “No one knew that I was in a relationship and no …

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Carrie Underwood’s pretty impressed with Priscilla Block’s car karaoke skills

ABC Rising star Priscilla Block is a big fan of Carrie Underwood, and apparently, the feeling’s mutual. Priscilla, who turned heads in 2021 with grassroots viral hits like “Just About Over You,” recently posted a video to her socials of her and a car full of friends singing along to Carrie’s duet with Jason Aldean, …

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Nashville notes

Lindsay Ell and American Idol champ Chayce Beckham team up in the music video for their new duet, “Can’t Do Without Me.” Tanya Tucker has announced her 2022 Hard Luck Tour, which includes a number of summer stops and wraps up in early August. The announcement comes not long after Tanya had to cancel a …

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Kelly Clarkson remakes Dolly Parton’s classic “9 to 5” — with Dolly herself

Jason Kempin/Getty Images Kelly Clarkson has a musical surprise for fans: She’s recorded a new version of Dolly Parton‘s classic “9 to 5” with newly minted Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominee Dolly herself. The song features in a new documentary called Still Working 9 to 5, which examines the landmark 1980 comedy and …

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Cole Swindell announces fourth studio album, ‘Stereotype’: “Here we go!”

Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Stagecoach Cole Swindell has a new project in the works. He announced plans for his fourth album, Stereotype, on social media on Wednesday, and also shared the project’s cover art. “Here we go!” he wrote in the caption of his post, and also dropped some details about the new batch of …

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Kane Brown, Miranda Lambert & Morgan Wallen are headlining Watershed 2022

ABC Watershed Festival has announced its 2022 lineup, and headliners Morgan Wallen, Miranda Lambert and Kane Brown are leading the pack. Each will lead the bill on one of the event’s three days. Other acts scheduled to play include Jake Owen, Chase Rice, Jordan Davis, Runaway June, Lauren Alaina and many others. Tickets will go …

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