Academy of Country Music This year’s three-hour ACM Awards will be packed full of stars, as Little Big Town, Kelly Clarkson, Jon Pardi, Alan Jackson and Kane Brown join the performance roster for the 53rd edition of the annual show. Jason Aldean, Lauren Alaina, Kelsea Ballerini, Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan, Kenny Chesney, Florida Georgia Line …
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Mar 29
Little Big Town goes to Washington for a Grammy honor
ABC/Image Group LAThe Recording Academy will honor Little Big Town next month, at its annual Grammys on the Hill celebration in Washington, D.C. The reigning CMA and ACM Vocal Group of the Year is being singled out for their work with music education and MusiCares, the charitable arm of the Academy. “Music is healing and …
Mar 28
Thompson Square returns with a “Masterpiece”
Garrett Merchant/Sweet Talk PublicityThompson Square is going all-in for their first album in more than five years, titling the work Masterpiece. The 2012 CMA Vocal duo of the Year will release the 11-track project on June 1. “The definition of a masterpiece is an artist’s life’s work,” Keifer Thompson says. “When we’re 80 years old …
Mar 28
Did Katy Perry just reveal her pet name for Orlando Bloom?
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for AEGKaty Perry and her former boyfriend Orlando Bloom have been rumored to be back together for quite some time now, and Tuesday night in Tokyo, Japan, she sounded like she was dedicating one of her songs to him…or at least to someone with a weird nickname. As fan video reveals, Katy …
Mar 28
Feel That Fire: Dierks Bentley to help empower America’s youth at WE Day
ABC/Image Group LADierks Bentley is set to sing at next month’s WE Day, a gathering billed as “the world’s largest youth empowerment event.” The star-studded rally will draw 16,000 student and educators to The Forum in Los Angeles, with the goal of “motivat[ing] young people to continue to take action on pressing issues and effect …
Mar 28
Girl Going Somewhere: Ashley McBryde’s so hot, her label’s running out of CDs
Warner Music NashvilleIt wasn’t “A Little Dive Bar in Dahlonega,” but it’s as close as you can come in Music City. Tuesday evening, Warner Brothers hosted an album release party for Ashley McBryde‘s debut, Girl Going Nowhere, at Melrose Billiard Parlor. The classic Nashville haunt is in the basement, downstairs from the Sutler Saloon, just off 8th …
Mar 28
After a trip around the globe, Kelsea Ballerini will be staying up “Late Late”
ABC/Image Group LA Kelsea Ballerini will make her first appearance on The Late Late Show with James Corden on April 10, performing her new single, “I Hate Love Songs.” You can catch the show at 12:37 a.m. ET on CBS. It’s a busy time for the “Legends” hitmaker. She’s barely back from an international tour that took her to both Europe …
Mar 28
From a 6-year-old onstage with Bill Monroe to the Country Music Hall of Fame, Ricky Skaggs preaches the country music gospel
ABC RadioInduction into the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum is the apex of a country artist’s career. But as the world learned that Ricky Skaggs will be entering the hallowed ranks in 2018, the six-time CMA winner, who was also the 1985 Entertainer of the Year, couldn’t help but go back to his …
Mar 27
Is FGL’s latest hit “Meant to Be” #1 on the pop chart?
ABC/Kelsey McNealFlorida Georgia Line’s collaboration with Bebe Rexha is proving to be unstoppable on the pop chart. This week, “Meant to Be” is #2 on Billboard’s Hot 100, making it the highest-charting crossover tune in eight years. Lady Antebellum was the most recent act to achieve such heights, making it to #2 in March of 2010 with “Need You …
Mar 27
Will Justin Timberlake return to sing with Chris Stapleton at this year’s Pilgrimage Festival?
ABC/Image Group LAChris Stapleton will return to headline the fourth annual Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Arts Festival on the outskirts of Nashville this fall. Last year, Stapleton made a surprise cameo during a performance by his pal Justin Timberlake, who’s one of the event’s producers. Considering the fact that Chris collaborates with Justin on his …