ABC/Image Group LA The newly-renovated live entertainment venue on the campus of Middle Tennessee State University will now be known as the Chris Young Café. Chris attended the school on the outskirts of Nashville in Murfreesboro, Tennessee in 2005. Since then, he’s funded a scholarship and donated some of his touring equipment to the university. …
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Jul 09
CMA Fest’s star-studded lineup proves why it’s the Music Event of Summer
ABC/Ed HerreraThe biggest names in country music — along with a lot of their friends from the pop and rock worlds — are headed your way when ABC’s annual CMA Fest special premieres early next month. The three-hour extravaganza boasts more than thirty of music’s biggest stars, including some impressive collaborations: Lil Nas X with Keith Urban and Billy Ray Cyrus doing the …
Jul 09
“Let’s Go!” to Vegas: Shania’s using her exclusive Sin City meet-and-greets to help kids
Denise TruscelloIf you want to meet Shania Twain during her new Let’s Go! residency at Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, you’ll only have four chances — and the premium you pay will go to help the superstar’s Shania Kids Can program. Shania will only do a meet-and-greet and pose for photos at the final show during each …
Jul 09
Kane Brown will kick off a year of celebration at L.A.’s Staples Center
ABC/Mitch HaasethKane Brown will have the honor of kicking off the twenty-year anniversary of the Staples Center. He’ll play a concert October 18 at the prestigious arena in downtown Los Angeles. The venue officially opened its doors on October 17, 1999. “STAPLES Center is an incredibly diverse and iconic venue and it is an honor to headline and be a …
Jul 09
Cole Swindell, Mitchell Tenpenny and more will say #HeresToTheFarmer with Luke Bryan this fall
ABC/Image Group LA Cole Swindell’s currently out on Luke Bryan’s Sunset Repeat trek, and he’ll stick around for this fall’s Farm Tour as well. Mitchell Tenpenny, DJ Rock and the group of Georgia-born Nashville songwriters known as the Peach Pickers will be around to open the shows, too. The Peach Pickers are made up of Thomas Rhett‘s dad Rhett Akins, Dallas Davidson, and Ben Hayslip. The …
Jul 09
HARDY reveals “Rednecker” started out as a “Dr. Seuss poem” on a Rocky Mountain High
Big Loud HARDY not only happens to have co-written Blake Shelton‘s current number-one song, “God’s Country,” he also has his own top-thirty hit with “Rednecker.” Ironically, the tune typically associated with the South came to life in the Rocky Mountains. “We were on a writers’ retreat,” HARDY recalls. “A bunch of guys went to Colorado …
Jul 09
Willie Nelson, Brothers Osborne, Tanya Tucker and more head for Wisconsin to play Farm Aid 2019
ABC/Paula LoboIn 2019, Farm Aid will return to “America’s Dairyland,” taking over the Alpine Valley Music Theatre in East Troy, Wisconsin on Saturday, September 21. Farm Aid board members Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, and Dave Matthews are all set to perform, along with Brothers Osborne, Tanya Tucker, and Jamey Johnson, plus other music legends, including Bonnie Raitt. Look for more acts to be added …
Jul 09
Old Dominion promises more new music before new album, but they’re not so sure about posing for the cover
RCA Nashville Old Dominion‘s self-titled third album is coming October 25, the band revealed Monday on ABC’s Good Morning America, before performing their latest hit, “One Man Band.” “We have wanted it out as bad as [the fans] have,” Matthew Ramsey tells ABC Radio, “so it’s nice to be able to give them something to …
Jul 08
Garth Brooks will “Dive” into his “Bar” tour at Joe’s on Weed Street in Chicago
ABC/Randy Holmes Garth Brooks will kick off his seven-city Dive Bar Tour next Monday at Joe’s on Weed Street in Chicago. The only way to get tickets is to win them through the local country radio stations. You won’t even have to leave your home to see Garth do the inspiration for the tour, however. Jimmy Kimmel …
Jul 08
Watch now: Newcomer Jon Langston spins a “Jukebox” tribute to Alan Jackson
EMI Records NashvilleNewcomer Jon Langston’s commemorating the twenty-eighth anniversary of “Don’t Rock the Jukebox” hitting number one on the country chart by releasing his cover of the Alan Jackson classic. Jon grew up in Loganville, Georgia, just an hour from Alan’s hometown of Newnan. For Jon, he was a pivotal influence. “When I was a kid, my granddaddy gave me …
