Courtesy of TootsiesYou can think of it as a little Fire & Brimstone on Lower Broadway: Brantley Gilbert will headline Tootsies’ Birthday Bash in downtown Nashville next month. The celebration of the 59th anniversary of the famed Music City honky tonk will come just a few days after the release of Brantley’s sixth studio album, titled Fire & Brimstone, on …
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Sep 24
Garth Brooks sings for nearly six thousand fans during a Texas-sized stop on the Dive Bar Tour
ABC/Randy HolmesLeave it to Garth Brooks to metaphorically bust the walls out of a venue on one of his current tours. At Monday night’s Dive Bar Tour stop at Gruene Hall in New Braunfels, Texas, Garth not only played for a capacity crowd of 800 inside the legendary dancehall, he also set up multiple big screens and …
Sep 24
Miranda Lambert plays her ‘Wildcard’ — literally — but doesn’t show all of her hand
ABC Radio Monday evening at Nashville’s iconic Exit/In, Miranda Lambert played the majority of her new Wildcard album for an invitation-only group of Music City insiders. In addition to already-released tunes like her current hit “It All Comes Out in the Wash,” “Locomotive,” “Mess with My Head,” “Bluebird,” “Pretty B****in’,” and “Way Too Pretty for Prison” — with Gwen Sebastian singing …
Sep 24
Kenny Chesney’s ready for some Chillaxification with FGL and OD in 2020
Warner Music NashvilleKenny Chesney may’ve skipped his usual stadium tour this year in favor of playing smaller venues, but he’ll make up for it by bringing the star power in 2020: Both Florida Georgia Line and Old Dominion will join him on next year’s trek. The Chillaxification Tour 2020 will kick off Saturday, April 18 at the home of the …
Sep 24
CMA New Artist of the Year nominee Ashley McBryde is just starting to rock a little with “One Night Standards”
Walt Disney Television/Lorenzo BevilaquaCMA New Artist of the Year nominee Ashley McBryde is hinting she may be ready to rock out a little on her sophomore album. “[My band and I are] so proud of our country roots and our bluegrass roots,” she explains. “[But] we have this tendency to be on this rock-y edge of it. …
Sep 23
Dierks Bentley’s “Living” life to the fullest as he tops the country chart in the U.S. and Canada
Capitol NashvilleDierks Bentley grabs the nineteenth number one of his career this week, as “Living” tops the country charts in both the U.S. and Canada. “It started as this joke between the band and me about how little living we were actually doing during the daytime hours before our shows,” Dierks explains. “It grew into a perspective shift that …
Sep 23
‘Heartache Medication’ for everybody: Jon Pardi preps full schedule around new album
Capitol NashvilleJon Pardi fans will get a full dose of Heartache Medication this Friday, when the California native’s third studio album arrives. The “Head over Boots” hitmaker will play New York City’s Hammerstein Ballroom that same day, and make an appearance on YouTube’s Build series as well. From there, Jon heads to Los Angeles to play the outdoor stage on ABC’s Jimmy …
Sep 23
Kelsea Ballerini eyes spring for new album: “This one’s just like, ‘Here you go, try and figure this out!'”
Black River EntertainmentKelsea Ballerini just scored the highest debut of her career so far with her new single, ‘homecoming queen?’ — but it sounds like we may have to wait a bit longer more new music from the “Miss Me More” hitmaker. She tells the British publication Music Week that her third album won’t be out until next spring, though …
Sep 23
The ACM surprises Chris Stapleton with its Artist-Songwriter of the Decade honor
ABC/Mark LevineChris Stapleton is the Academy of Country Music’s Artist-Songwriter of the Decade. The ACM surprised the “Millionaire” hitmaker with the new trophy recently at Berry Hill Studios in Nashville. Artist-Songwriter is one of seven new Decade awards the ACM is currently passing out. Most recently, it honored Rhett Akins as ACM Songwriter of the Decade, and gave Miranda …
Sep 23
Justin Moore and Tracy Lawrence plan for Late Nights and Longnecks on tour in 2020
The Valory Music Co. Justin Moore and Tracy Lawrence will hit the road together in 2020 on the Late Nights and Longnecks Tour. The trek takes its name from Justin’s fifth studio album, which features his most recent chart-topping hit, “The Ones That Didn’t Make It Back Home.” Expect to start hearing the follow-up single, “Why We Drink,” …
