ABC/Mitch HaasethNearly nineteen million people watched the 11:30 p.m. ET segment of Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest on December 31 — more than the combined audience of its competition on both NBC and Fox. Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve also boasted the largest array of country stars on any of the shows, with Kane …
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Jan 03
Mitchell Tenpenny, Travis Denning and more head to Mexico for Luke Bryan’s Crash My Playa 5th Year Fiesta
CID Presents First-time hitmakers Mitchell Tenpenny, Travis Denning and Jon Langston are joining the lineup for Luke Bryan’s annual Crash My Playa getaway later this month, along with singer/songwriter Kendell Marvell and DJ Rock. A few packages still remain for the fifth anniversary edition of Luke’s annual all-inclusive fan vacation in Rivera Maya, Mexico. The …
Jan 03
Newcomer Riley Green books his national TV debut as “There Was This Girl” goes top 15
BMLGNewcomer Riley Green will make his national TV debut Monday on NBC’s Today show. The Alabama native is set to sing his top fifteen hit, “There Was This Girl,” from his EP, In a Truck Right Now. You can watch for Riley during the 10 a.m. hour, hosted by Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford. Later this month, the singer/songwriter continues his Outlaws …
Jan 03
Jason Aldean is Ronnie Milsap’s “Prisoner of the Highway” on new “Duets” album
Riser House RecordsJason Aldean is just one of the superstars who’s teaming up with Country Music Hall of Famer Ronnie Milsap on his new album, The Duets, which comes out January 18. In fact, the three-time ACM Entertainer of the Year says country music’s piano man “has always been one of my biggest influences.” “I think most of us …
Jan 02
Dan + Shay will be “Speechless” as they make their “Tonight Show” debut next week
ABC/Image Group LADan + Shay are set to make their Tonight Show debut next Tuesday, performing their latest #1, “Speechless,” which is currently spending its third week at the top of the chart. You can tune in to see Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney starting at 11:35 p.m. ET January 8 on NBC. This week, the duo closed out 2018 and started …
Jan 02
Listen now: Luke Combs debuts new song as he hits one million followers on Instagram
ABC/Image Group LALuke Combs is kicking off 2019 by giving his fans some new music, thanks to a friendly bet with his fiancée. On New Year’s Eve, the North Carolina native was three thousand followers away from hitting the one million mark on Instagram, when his bride-to-be Nicole Hocking challenged him to try to meet the milestone in the seven …
Jan 02
Watch now: Keith Urban remembers Aretha, Roy Clark and more in his 2018 NYE Tribute
ABC/Image Group LAFor the past three years, Keith Urban’s headlined the annual Music City Midnight celebration in Nashville, and each New Year’s Eve, he’s also crafted a marathon medley remembering the musicians we lost in the past twelve months. To mark 2018, the CMA Entertainer of the Year did an eight-minute mash-up paying tribute to five …
Jan 02
Kathleen Turner, Delta Burke and Gerald McRaney to tug on Dolly Parton’s “Heartstrings”
ABC/Lou RoccoKathleen Turner, Delta Burke, and Gerald McRaney are all set to star in the first season of Dolly Parton’s Netflix anthology series called Heartstrings, the legend reveals in a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter. Each episode is based on a different song written by Dolly, including her classic, “Jolene.” Julianne Hough and Kimberly Williams-Paisley play pivotal characters in that installment, alongside Dolly herself. …
Jan 02
Carrie Underwood has country music’s most anticipated tour of 2019, according to “Entertainment Weekly”
ABC/Image Group LACarrie Underwood is starting the year at #2 on Entertainment Weekly’s rundown of the “12 Can’t-Miss Tours of 2019.” The sole country entry on the tally, Carrie’s only outranked by Ariana Grande, who claims the top spot. As you might expect, the “Love Wins” hitmaker finds herself in some pretty formidable company, with Cher, Queen + Adam Lambert, John Mellencamp, Mariah Carey, Paul …
Dec 31
The Year in Country Music 2018: In other news…
ABC/Image Group LAThe year of historic chart diversity Country music may still be struggling when it comes to playing female artists on the radio, but in 2018, the format did make some strides in diversity. Over the course of the last year, three different black artists topped the chart: Kane Brown, Darius Rucker, and Jimmie Allen. In a practically unheard-of …