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If you’re “Keeping Score,” Rascal Flatts is helping Blake Shelton on “The Voice,” while Dan + Shay are Team Kelly

ABC/Image Group LAPlenty of Blake Shelton’s friends from the country music world will be showing up for the two-night season fifteen finale of The Voice this week. They won’t all be pitching in to help Team Blake, however. Rascal Flatts will turn out to support Blake’s contestant Kirk Jay, who originally auditioned by singing their hit, “Bless the Broken Road.” …

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Here We Come a-Caroling again: “CMA Country Christmas” re-airs Saturday on ABC

ABC/Mark LevineIf you missed this year’s CMA Country Christmas last Monday when it premiered on ABC, you’ll have another chance to catch it again this holiday season. The annual two-hour yuletide extravaganza, hosted for the second year in a row by Reba McEntire, will re-air on Saturday, December 22 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC. Old Dominion, Brad Paisley, Martina …

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Carrie Underwood reminds fans “Love Wins” as she stands up to a critic

ABC/Image Group LAThis week, Carrie Underwood’s second single from her Cry Pretty album, “Love Wins,” makes its way into country’s top twenty. The American Idol superstar is marking the occasion by challenging her fans to live the message of the song. “Today, let’s be positive,” Carrie tweeted on Monday. “Let’s be NICE to each other. Let’s do something nice FOR someone else. …

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Garth Brooks books second show in Minneapolis at the request of the Minnesota governor

ABC RadioGarth Brooks is adding a second show at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis this spring, at the request of Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton. Dayton reached out on Friday, after the initial show on Saturday, May 4 sold out in about an hour, leaving more than 50,000 fans still waiting to buy tickets. Garth agreed to the …

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Aaron Watson invites you to the Lone Star State for a Texas-sized Christmas with his family

ABC/Image Group LAAaron Watson‘s been a fixture on the Texas music scene for years, even before his chart-topping albums and his top ten hit, “Outta Style.” But in the summer of 2018, he got to do something pretty special: record An Aaron Watson Family Christmas with his wife Kimberly and their kids, 11 and 12-year-old Jack and Jake, and Jolee Kate, who’s eight. …

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Dan + Shay’s “Speechless” steps out of the shadows of “Tequila” on its way to #1 — and saves Dan Smyers on his anniversary

ABC/Image Group LAIn 2018, “Tequila” was the song that took the already-successful Dan + Shay to another level. “It feels incredible,” Shay Mooney reflects. “We’re so thankful. You know, ‘Tequila’ is such a big song for us, and definitely our biggest hit to date, and kind of a career-changing song.” Shortly after “Tequila” topped the country chart in July, …

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Watch now: Netflix offers drag queen “Jolene” to promote “Dumplin'”

RCA NashvilleOf all the incarnations of Dolly Parton‘s classic “Jolene” — and there have been quite a few — this may very well be the most outrageous. Netflix has created a new video of Dolly’s #1 hit from 1973 to promote the new Jennifer Aniston film, Dumplin’. In it, a troupe of female impersonators from RuPaul’s Drag Race lip sync to …

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“Burning Man” Dierks Bentley will close out 2018 on “The Voice”

ABC/Image Group LADierks Bentley will deliver his final TV performance of the year Tuesday night on the season finale of The Voice. He’ll do his current top ten single that features Brothers Osborne, “Burning Man.” Tune in at 8 p.m. ET on December 18 to see Dierks sing. “Burning Man” is the second single from Dierks’ The Mountain album, which …

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Watch now: Luke Bryan engages in a little cowgirl craziness on “American Idol'”s Road to Hollywood

ABC/Craig Sjodin Season 2 of American Idol won’t premiere until March 3 on ABC, but you can get a preview of The Road to Hollywood on Twitter now. “Can’t wait for y’all to see this season,” Luke Bryan added as he shared the video with his fans. The one minute clip recaps the 12,901 miles the Idol bus traveled for auditions, including stops …

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Dan + Shay: The Tour becomes Dan + Shay: Sold Out

ABC/Image Group LAIf you’d like to see Dan + Shay in 2019 and you don’t already have your tickets, well, you’d better hope the duo adds some new dates. Dan + Shay: The Tour has quickly become Dan + Shay: The Sell-Out. Twenty of the dates on Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney’s headlining trek were already at capacity, so they …

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