Farm AidChris Stapleton and Kacey Musgraves are set to play Farm Aid 2018 in the fall, along with its founders: Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, and Neil Young. This year’s show will take place at Hartford, Connecticut’s Xfinity Theatre on Saturday, September 22. “Family farmers are the backbone of our country,” Willie says of the cause the annual concert supports. …
Jun 25
“I’m with the Band”: Move over Little Big Town, here comes Little Big Kids
Capitol NashvilleLittle Big Town’s new hit is called “Summer Fever,” but the CMA-winning group’s kids seem to have caught showbiz fever. Little Big Kids is the on-again, off-again band formed by three LBT offspring: Karen Fairchild and Jimi Westbrook’s 8-year-old, Elijah; Kimberly Schlapman’s 10-year-old, Daisy; and Phillip Sweet’s daughter Penelopi, who’s also ten. So is Little Big Kids really a thing? “That is self-proclaimed,” Jimi says, …
Jun 22
Wanna Be That Song: Brett Eldredge brings the CMA Songwriters Series to his home state
ABC/Image Group LA Illinois native Brett Eldredge is taking the CMA Songwriters Series to Chicago. “The Long Way” hitmaker will lead the latest show in the series on Tuesday, July 24 at Joe’s Bar on Weed Street. Songwriters Ross Copperman, Tom Douglas, and Jordan Reynolds will join Brett to take turns telling stories and singing their songs. All four have cuts …
Jun 22
Deep thoughts with Chris Lane: “Drunk People” do dumb things
Big Loud If you’ve ever had a drunken booty call, don’t worry about it. That’s the message of Chris Lane‘s new track, “Drunk People,” the latest preview of his Laps Around the Sun album, which arrives July 13. “Drunk people do dumb things/They pick it up when the phone rings/Saying things that they don’t mean/Like I want you …
Jun 22
Less stress, more success: How “Meant to Be” influenced Bebe Rexha’s debut album
ABC/Kelsey McNealIf you’d told Bebe Rexha last year that she’d spend most of 2018 holding down the #1 spot on the country chart, she wouldn’t have believed you. But the success of her Florida Georgia Linecollaboration, “Meant to Be,” is just one of the little surprises that helped to inspire the title of her debut album Expectations, in stores …
Jun 22
“Small Town Boy” Dustin Lynch will have Georgia on [His] Mind next week
ABC/Image Group LA Dustin Lynch may be a “Small Town Boy” from Tennessee, but he’s still up to help out his friends from Georgia. The “Good Girl” hitmaker is the latest star to sign on to play the Fifth Annual Georgia on My Mind benefit next Tuesday at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium. He joins an impressive …
Jun 22
Blake Shelton admits he and Gwen Stefani started out as a “rebound deal” — but could marriage be next?
Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images via ABCWhen Blake Shelton initially started dating Gwen Stefani, he admits they both were on the rebound from their previous relationships. The “I Lived It” hitmaker makes the straightforward comment in a new interview with Willie Geist that airs on NBC’s Sunday Today. “When I was going through my divorce, I hit rock bottom, just like anybody …
Jun 22
It’s “Tequila” shots for everyone, as Dan + Shay’s self-titled third album arrives on Friday
ABC/Image Group LA On Friday, Dan + Shay come full circle, as the project they started teasing right after the first of the year arrives in stores and online. Though their self-titled album is only their third, through the years, Dan Smyers and Shay Mooneyhave become masters at engaging their fans on social media, just as they did by hinting …
Jun 21
Some like it hot: Watch Tim McGraw torture himself
ABC/Image Group LA Some like it hot, just like the song says, and apparently Tim McGraw is one of those folks. You can watch the “Humble and Kind” hitmaker and some of his road buddies taking the “Pepper Pyramid Challenge” in a new YouTube video. In the clip, Tim and his cohorts taste different combinations of ten varieties …
Jun 21
“This One’s for You Too”: Luke Combs gives fans “The Best of Me” as new single
ABC/Randy HolmesLuke Combs‘ next single will be the fan favorite “She Got the Best of Me” — one of five new recordings on the re-release of his debut album, titled This One’s for You Too. Luke originally cut the track back in 2014 — when he was still living in Boone, North Carolina — for his Can …