LOCASH locks in fourth #1 with ‘Hometown Home’

ABC/Paula Lobo LOCASH has just locked in the fourth #1 of their career, as “Hometown Home” lands at the top of the country chart.  “Seeing ‘Hometown Home’ sitting at the top of the Billboard chart has been amazing in ways we couldn’t imagine,” the duo tells Billboard. “It’s our first #1 since we went ‘all …

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For Blake Shelton, ‘The Road’ won’t likely lead to acting

Jason Kempin/Getty Images For the past few weeks Blake Shelton‘s been busy shooting The Road, the new music competition show he developed with Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan. If that gives you hope Blake could someday land in a Sheridan show like Tim McGraw in 1883 — well, Blake says you should probably hold your horses.  “I’ve never …

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Cole Swindell Announces Stop in Brookings for Happy Hour Sad Tour

Country music star Cole Swindell will perform at the Dacotah Bank Center in Brookings on Thursday, September 25, as part of his Happy Hour Sad Tour. Known for hits like “She Had Me at Heads Carolina” and “Chillin’ It,” Swindell will be joined by special guests Priscilla Block and Greylan James. Ticket presale starts Thursday, …

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Nashville notes: Frank Ray finds ‘Miami in Tennessee’ + ERNEST’s new DeVille

The new single from “Country’d Look Good on You” hitmaker Frank Ray is “Miami in Tennessee.” Singer/songwriter ERNEST has just launched DeVille Records, in partnership with Big Loud. Chandler Walters, Rhys Rutherford and Cody Lohden are the first artists signed, with the Cadillac Sessions compilation set to arrive May 9.  Newcomer Lauren Watkins has just …

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Riley Green, HARDY and more set to play softball for Folds of Honor

Disney/Randy Holmes Riley Green, HARDY, Justin Moore, Tyler Hubbard and comedian John Crist are among the first artists confirmed to play in this year’s Rock ‘N Jock Celebrity Softball Game. The fifth annual benefit will take place Monday, June 2, at First Horizon Park in Nashville, in the days leading up to CMA Fest. Proceeds go …

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‘Happy Hour Sad’: Preview the tune that inspired Cole Swindell’s fall tour

ABC Cole Swindell will hit the road on the Happy Hour Sad Tour this fall, on a trek that takes its name from a cut off his new album, Spanish Moss, which drops June 27. “It’s always a new level of excitement to be touring with a new album out so I expect this fall …

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Little Big Town heads outdoors for Summer Tour ’25

Disney/Larry McCormack Little Big Town will be “makin’ waves and catchin’ rays, all summer,” according to the new ad for their first full summer headlining tour since 2019.  “We’re spending the summer with our friends,” the band shared on their socials, before going on to namecheck the other artists who’ll join them at different times …

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Following a California first, Luke Bryan cues up more Farm Tour dates for fall

Disney/Frank Micelotta Luke Bryan will take his annual Farm Tour to California for the first time ever in May. But the son of a Georgia peanut farmer is also gearing up for another run this fall. Sept. 18 he’ll take over Klondike Farms in Brooklyn, Wisconsin, transforming the site into a concert venue. From there, …

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Eric Church vs. Red Rocks: The Chief heads to Colorado for 3 special shows

ABC Eric Church will do three nights at Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre this summer to mark the release of his new album, Evangeline vs. The Machine, which arrives May 2.  Each show will be different, with July 14 themed Eric Church vs. The Machine, as strings, horns and a choir join his band. July 15 …

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‘Wait Til You Have Kids’: Greylan James builds on the ‘Next Thing You Know’ phenomenon

Jesse Paul Newcomer Greylan James is just starting to make a name for himself as an artist, but you probably already know a handful of songs he helped write — Kenny Chesney‘s “Happy Does” and Cole Swindell‘s “Forever to Me” among them. But it was an ACM Award-winning Jordan Davis song that changed everything for him. …

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