ABC/Lorenzo BevilaquaYou can start your day with Dolly Parton on both Tuesday and Wednesday. On Tuesday, the superstar from East Tennessee will be in Washington, D.C. to unveil her new collaboration with the Library of Congress. You can watch on YouTube or Facebook starting at 10 a.m. ET, as Dolly gives the 100 millionth book from her literacy project, the Imagination …
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Feb 26
Darius Rucker readies UK tour for fall
ABC/Image Group LA Darius Rucker is headed across the pond this fall, for a six-date tour of the United Kingdom. The trek kicks off October 21 in Birmingham, England, and wraps a week later at London’s Royal Albert Hall. Tickets go on sale Friday, March 2. Darius’s latest hit, “For the First Time,” is currently just …
Feb 26
This is how we roll: Florida Georgia line plans a free show for the Tennessee Titans
ABC/Image Group LA It won’t be football season again for quite some time — but that’s not stopping Florida Georgia Line from throwing a football party. You see, Music City’s Tennessee Titans are getting new uniforms, and Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley are planning a block party to unveil the new threads. The free show will take place Wednesday, April 4 …
Feb 26
“In Case You Didn’t Know,” Brett Young is getting married
ABC/Image Group LA Brett Young will soon be a married man. The California native proposed to longtime girlfriend Taylor Mills earlier this month in Oxford, Mississippi, where he went to college. The “In Case You Didn’t Know” hitmaker popped the question at the Graduate hotel near Ole Miss, with a ring he helped design that includes both of …
Feb 26
Lady A will pay you $10,000 for your take on “Heart Break”
ABC/Image Group LA Lady Antebellum’s official music video for “Heart Break” was shot on location in Puerto Rico, before the island was devastated by Hurricane Maria. Now, Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood want to see what you can do with their latest single. The trio is partnering with the website Genero to create a new series of “Heart Break” clips. …
Feb 26
Reba to reveal ACM nominees live on “CBS This Morning” next week
ABC/Image Group LA Reba McEntire will reveal the nominees for the 53rd ACM Awards Thursday, March 1, live on CBS This Morning. The 14-time ACM winner will unveil this year’s contenders during the show’s 8 a.m. hour, and she’ll go live on Facebook prior to that to announce the ACM Song of the Year nods. Entertainment Tonight’s Nancy O’Dell will finish announcing …
Feb 26
Six years after winning “Idol,” “Five More Minutes” becomes Scotty McCreery’s first #1
Thirty TigersMore than six years after winning the tenth season of American Idol, Scotty McCreery now has his first #1 single on the country chart. The North Carolina native, who was crowned the Idol champ in 2011, wrote “Five More Minutes” in 2015 after the passing of his paternal grandfather. “There was a time I thought this song would never …
Feb 26
“She… will go for the throat”: Could Blake Shelton be intimidated by his friend Kelly Clarkson?
Art Streiber/NBCNever in the history of The Voice has Blake Shelton spoken so kindly about one of his competitors, as he does about new coach Kelly Clarkson. “I’ve known Kelly for about ten years now,” he explains, “and we’ve been great friends. In fact, to the point where she’s such great friends, she ended up marrying my manager.” “It’s just …
Feb 26
Country music, with a side of Environmental Science: “Singles You Up” hitmaker Jordan Davis revisits his previous life
UMG NashvilleNewcomer Jordan Davis can claim a bit of an edge over his brother Jacob, as he enjoys his first top ten hit with “Singles You Up.” Other than that, the Louisiana natives are pretty similar: they both have record deals with Nashville labels, and they even studied the same thing in college. “Me and Jacob both have …
Feb 23
[He’ll] Leave You with a Smile: George Strait books final two concerts of 2018
Essential Broadcast MediaKing George is adding two more dates to his Las Vegas run in 2018. George Strait will play his final two shows of the year December 7 and 8 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Fellow Texans Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl Keen will open. Tickets for the new concerts will go on sale Friday, April 6 …