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Demi Lovato warms up for Super Bowl anthem by joining Dan + Shay for “Speechless”

Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Bud Light Super Bowl Music FestDemi Lovato and Dan + Shay are both managed by Scooter Braun, and that connection resulted in all three artists singing together on Saturday night. Dan + Shay performed at the Bud Light Super Bowl Fest in Miami Saturday night, and ahead of that, they met …

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Morgan Wallen and Diplo tap Julia Michaels for revamped ‘Heartless’

ABC/Image Group LAMorgan Wallen’s 2019 collaboration with electronic producer/DJ Diplo, “Heartless,” is getting makeover with help from pop vocalist Julia Michaels. Morgan and Julia trade verses in the new version of the breakup ballad, which keeps all the atmospheric, brooding groove of the original version. To top it off, “Heartless” gets a new music video treatment. Directed by Brandon …

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Free screenings of ‘Harriet,’ featuring Jennifer Nettles as a villain, will celebrate Black History Month

ABC/Image Group LAIf you haven’t yet gotten the chance to see Jennifer Nettles play the villain in the 2019 film Harriet, you’re in luck: Free screenings will be available in 50 theatres across the U.S. in celebration of Black History Month, which lasts the month of February. The film is based on the life of Harriet Tubman. The legendary …

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King Calaway are headed for country radio, ‘No Matter What’

BBC Music GroupInternational country six-piece band King Calaway has released the foot-stomping “No Matter What” as their newest single. The song comes off the group’s debut album, Rivers, which they released in October of last year.  The band gives “No Matter What” a cinematic treatment in the song’s music video, which finds them jamming out and delivering their …

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Little Big Town believes there’s no “Better Man” than Mahomes, and the 49er defense is a “Tornado”

ABC/Image Group LAJust like most of Music City, the members of Little Big Town are excited about the Super Bowl this Sunday. Not quite as excited as they’d be, however, if the Tennessee Titans had been able to beat the Kansas City Chiefs to make it to football’s biggest match-up. “This game is gonna be fun,” Jimi Westbrook predicts. …

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Keith Urban might slip some brand-new music into his Las Vegas residency set list

Walt Disney Television/Paula Lobo; ABC/Image Group LAKeith Urban kicked off his 12-date Las Vegas residency earlier this month, and in a new interview with Billboard, the singer says the new venue is inspiring him to be spontaneous and mix some new elements into his acts.  For example, concertgoers at Keith’s Caesars Palace show just might be able …

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‘You Kissed Me First’: Carly Pearce recalls first dates with husband Michael Ray in bubbly new track

ABC/Image Group LABefore she drops her self-titled sophomore album next month, Carly Pearce is offering another new tune off the project. “You Kissed Me First” recalls the early stages of her relationship with her now-husband, fellow country star Michael Ray. “This song reminds me of that phase of dating where you’re falling hard but don’t want to admit …

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Hot Country Knights take to the ‘Asphalt’ with new song, tour announcement

Universal Music Group NashvilleDierks Bentley’s zany ‘90s alter-ego, Douglas “Doug” Douglason, is taking his mullet-loving, acid wash-clad band The Hot Country Knights on the road this year. The band revealed their forthcoming 2020 One Knight Stand Tour, which will span through the month of April. The Knights may have vowed to “put the ‘T’ back in country music” …

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Former QB Sam Hunt predicts Super Bowl 54 will be “one for the books for sure”

ABC/Lorenzo BevilaquaHaving been a college football quarterback himself, Sam Hunt may very well be country music’s foremost expert on Sunday’s Super Bowl. And when it comes to the matchup between the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs, the “Body Like a Back Road” hitmaker couldn’t be more amped up. “It’s exciting. It’s like the new generation Super …

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Downtown’s not dead: Sam Hunt says his next record is finished

Connor DwyerSam Hunt fans have had to be pretty patient over the last couple of years, but it seems as if the singer’s long-awaited next record might finally be nearing release. The “Body Like a Back Road” singer shared an Instagram snapshot of himself and his buddies hanging out in parking lot, saying in the caption that his …

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