Good morning! The long-awaited day of the total solar eclipse in Nebraska has arrived and the excitement is building leading up to totality at about 1 pm central time. Arnold, Nebraska is close to dead center of the 70 mile-wide path of totality. Since Friday visitors from across the nation and overseas have steadily filtered …
Aug 19
Nebraska Eclipse Experience
Monday’s solar eclipse is a popular topic around gathering places in Arnold, Nebraska, a town of about 600 people located in the Sandhills about 40 miles northeast of North Platte. Customers at the Arnold Exchange chat and speculate what lies as ahead as 1PM Monday, the time of totality arrives. Arnold lies almost dead center …
Aug 18
Maddie & Tae prove they're more than a “Girl in a Country Song” as they extend fashion empire
ONE Jeanswear GroupIf Maddie & Tae have their way, lots of girls will be going back to school wearing Black Daisy jeans this fall. The burgeoning fashionistas have partnered with ONE Jeanswear Group to be the faces of the denim brand for juniors. They’ll design some pieces for the line later this year, with a full collection …
Aug 18
#Twinning! There's more to the Lady Antebellum baby news
ABC/Paula LoboIf you thought it was big news that both Lady Antebellum’s Hillary Scott and Dave Haywood and their spouses are expecting babies, wait’ll you hear what’s next! Hillary revealed on social media Friday that she and her husband, Lady A drummer Chris Tyrell, are expecting twins. “God has answered our family’s countless prayers!” Hillary tweeted, along with a video of the …
Aug 18
Brett Young invites you to Caliville on headlining tour
BMLG Brett Young is giving his fans the chance to get to know him a little better, as he embarks on his Caliville Tour this fall. “Caliville” is the word the California native uses to describe his sound. “I am so excited to get to go out on my first ever headlining tour this year,” Brett …
Aug 18
From “Sixteen” to the “Grave,” Thomas Rhett previews “Life Changes”
BMLGThomas Rhett’s Life Changes album won’t be out until September 8, but if you pre-order the project, you can download several tunes ahead of time. One of those is the song that TR’s wife Lauren says is her favorite, “Sixteen.” “That song is the epitome of just, the grass is always greener,” Thomas tells ABC Radio. “We’ve all been …
Aug 18
Johnny Cash's children denounce Charlottesville protester who wore shirt with his name on it
Kevin Mazur/WireImageThe five children of Country Music Hall of Famer Johnny Cash took to Facebook to release a statement involving a protester wearing a T-shirt bearing Cash’s name over the weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia. At the white nationalist rally last Saturday in Charlottesville, a 32-year-old counterprotester named Heather Heyer died when a man drove his …
Aug 18
Back to Us: Rascal Flatts remembers their roots, as they celebrate their 17th #1
ABC RadioRascal Flatts celebrated their seventeenth #1 Thursday with a party at BMI, on Nashville’s Music Row. “Yours If You Want It” was the perfect song to introduce their latest album, Back to Us, according to Joe Don Rooney. “I think everything Rascal Flatts is about is inside that song,” Joe Don says. “It’s an uptempo song, it’s …
Aug 17
They may be “Taking the Long Way,” but there are six new Dixie Chicks tracks coming
ColumbiaThe Dixie Chicks haven’t made a new record since 2006’s Grammy-winning Taking the Long Way, but next month, they’ll be back with new music. While it’s not a studio album, DCX MMXVI captures the trio’s successful 2016/2017 tour live, complete with at least six covers they’ve never recorded before: —Sinead O’Connor’s 1990 hit written by Prince, “Nothing Compares 2 U” –Singer/songwriter Patty …
Aug 17
Baby Bellum! Two Lady A members are expanding their families
ABC/Randy HolmesLady Antebellum have a lot going on right now with their Heart Break album and You Look Good world tour. Well, their lives are about to get even more complicated: two members are expecting additions to their families. “#BabyBellum round 2!” the group tweeted. “Thrilled to announce the Haywoods are welcoming a girl this …