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“Can’t Say I Ain’t…” Patriotic: How FGL is helping a dozen wounded veterans on tour

PR Newswire/Danilo LewisFlorida Georgia Line is teaming up with The Independence Fund to give all-terrain tracked wheelchairs to catastrophically wounded veterans on the Can’t Say I Ain’t Country Tour. Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley presented the first one to Greg Dotson onstage during kickoff weekend in Dallas, Texas. The Army veteran lost his leg to an IED in Iraq in 2007. …

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All-female band melts faces in new video for Chris Stapleton/Ed Sheeran collabo “Blow”

ABC/Mark Levine “Blow,” the new collaboration between Chris Stapleton and pop superstars Ed Sheeran and Bruno Mars is your typical double-entendre rock and roll come-on, in which a guy tells a girl, “I’m comin’ for you/Pull my trigger/Let me blow your mind.” But the song’s video turns the idea on its head by flipping the gender, enlisting women to lip-sync along to Chris, …

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Blake Shelton celebrates his biggest hit yet as “God’s Country” reaches #1

Warner Music NashvilleBlake Shelton is starting the week with something to celebrate. “Wow. ‘God’s Country’ is the #1 song at country radio this week and is already platinum,” he tweeted on Monday. “I can’t say thank you enough.” “Who would’ve thought that almost 20 years into my career I’d have my biggest hit yet?” he continued. “I love …

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Old Dominion’s self-titled third album will arrive in the fall

ABC/Image Group LA Old Dominion fans still have a little more than three months to wait…but the band’s third album is on its way. Lead singer Matthew Ramsey revealed Monday on ABC’s Good Morning America that the follow-up to Happy Endings — which will be self-titled — is set to arrive on October 25. The CMA and ACM Vocal Group of the …

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Jason Aldean ponders a world without albums: “That just sounds like it sucks to me”

BBR Both Blake Shelton and Sheryl Crow have revealed they’re no longer focused on albums as their main way to deliver music, since it seems fans have more of an appetite for singles in the digital age. But ACM Entertainer of the Decade Jason Aldean hopes to keep making full albums as long as he can. “I’ll make ’em as long …

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Garth Brooks may be coming soon to a “Dive Bar” near you

ABC Radio Stadiums aren’t enough for Garth Brooks.  In addition to his ongoing tour of sports venues, this summer, he’ll also launch a seven-city Dive Bar Tour. It kicks off Monday, July 15 in at an unknown dive bar in Chicago, with the exact location to be announced Monday afternoon via country radio. Country radio will …

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What I did on my summer vacation: Kelsea gets food poisoning on her Greek getaway with Morgan

ABC/Image Group LA Morgan Evans had planned to take in the sights of Greece all week with his wife Kelsea Ballerini. But thanks to some bad food, he’s hanging out watching TV on a laptop. “When the wife gets food poisoning in the most beautiful place on earth…” Morgan shared Friday on Instagram, along with a photo of …

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“You’ve got this, baby!”: Trisha Yearwood says “Every Girl” can decorate her own home

Wayfair/Nicole GerulatWhat would your house look like if Trisha Yearwood decorated it? Now you can find out, as the lifestyle maven and two-time CMA Female Vocalist of the Year launches her Trisha Yearwood Home Collection x Birch Lane. If you’re not familiar with Birch Lane, it’s the arm of Wayfair that’s devoted solely to traditional and classic design. …

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Is “This Town” “Big Enough” for Chris Young, Lauren Alaina, and Shay Mooney?

ABC/Image Group LA Chris Young already has one chart-topping duet in his repertoire, and he may soon have another: His collaboration with Lauren Alaina is set to arrive on Friday, July 12. Chris and Cassadee Pope hit number one with “Think of You” back in May of 2016. Now, Chris and Lauren are teaming up for “This Town Ain’t Big …

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Eric Church is Doubl[ing] Down and cashing in, according to “Pollstar”

ABC/Image Group LA Doubling down has certainly paid off for Eric Church. The “Some of It” hitmaker is the top country artist on Pollstar’s Mid-Year ranking of the Top 100 North American Tours. He comes in tenth overall, with pop superstar Pink at number one.   The North Carolina native’s Double Down Tour has grossed more than $46 million …

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