Academy of Country MusicThere’s no doubt the main event in Sin City this weekend is Sunday night’s 52nd Academy of Country Music Awards. But if you think that’s all that’s happening around this year’s ACMs — well, you’re dead wrong. Brett Eldredge got the party started early Thursday night, taping a surprise CMT Instant Jam inside the Cosmopolitan. …
Mar 30
Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack: Brett Young has a date with the Dodgers
Courtesy BMLG/Photo Credit: Chapman BaehlerAn elbow injury may’ve cut Brett Young’s baseball career short, but next week, the chart-topping “Sleep Without You” singer will be back in the game. The California native and lifelong Dodgers fan will sing the national anthem before the L.A. team’s opening day game Monday. You can catch Brett’s performance before the …
Mar 30
Dancing in the ring: Keith Urban to release new video for “The Fighter”
Capitol NashvilleYou can get ready for Sunday night’s ACM Awards by checking out a new Keith Urban video Sunday morning. The video is a new one for “The Fighter,” Keith’s hit duet with Carrie Underwood. It’s called the “dancer’s version,” because it features dancers Lyle Beniga and Lindsay Richardson, the latter of whom can be …
Mar 30
Lady Antebellum reveal cover art & track list for new album, “Heart Break”
Capitol Records NashvilleLady Antebellum has unveiled the details of their sixth studio album, Heart Break. The disc, due June 9, is now available for pre-order at LadyAntebellum.com. The group worked on the record while living together in the same house in Florida, and then set up a second “group house” in California. “When we started …
Mar 30
Fire away: Chris Stapleton to debut new music on Sunday's ACM Awards
ABC/Image Group LAChris Stapleton’s follow-up to his blockbuster Traveller album is ready, and we’ll get our first preview of his new music during the Academy of Country Music Awards. The reigning ACM Male Vocalist of the year will debut new music from his sophomore album, which is due May 5, on Sunday’s live ACM show …
Mar 29
Chris Stapleton books a trip to “Detroit City” with Hall-of-Famer Bobby Bare
Photo Courtesy of Webster PRChris Stapleton duets with Bobby Bare on a new version of the Country Music Hall-of-Famer’s signature hit, “Detroit City.” Their collaboration will be included on Bare’s new studio album, Things Change, which comes out May 26. The song, which is alternately known as “I Wanna Go Home,” was co-written by fellow …
Mar 29
Waxing, oiling, and stuffing: Dierks Bentley accuses Luke Bryan of being a dressing room diva
Cliff Lipson/CBS ©2017 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights ReservedOn Wednesday, ACM hosts Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley cranked up the promotion machine as they counted down to Sunday night’s telecast. Despite an early wake-up call for an appearance on CBS This Morning, both of the singers’ funny bones were still much intact as they met …
Mar 29
Lauren Alaina, Dan+Shay and Chris Stapleton help Rascal Flatts take it “Back to Us”
BMLGRascal Flatts may have taken a back-to-basics approach to their tenth studio album, producing and co-writing much of it themselves, but the trio included plenty of their friends in the effort as well. Lauren Alaina contributes vocals to “Are You Happy Now,” one of the tunes crafted by Jay DeMarcus, Gary LeVox and Joe Don Rooney, while Dan + Shay offer their songwriting …
Mar 29
Eric Paslay picks up a hammer for Habitat's new “Home Is the Key” campaign
ABC/Image Group LAEric Paslay will be the new face of Habitat for Humanity’s “Home Is the Key” campaign, which launches all across the USA next month. It’s a perfect fit for the avid woodworker, who’s participated in multiple Habitat builds in the past. “The thing I love the most about country music is it has to …
Mar 29
Marty Robbins, The Eagles and “I'll Fly Away” added to National Recording Registry
Sony LegacyMarty Robbins’ pivotal 1959 album, Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs, is one of only 25 recordings chosen to be preserved as part of the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress this year. Recorded entirely in one eight-hour session on April 7, 1959, the Grammy-winning LP includes the Country Music Hall of Famer’s …