CMT recently revealed that Mickey Guyton will headline the Fall 2024 CMT On Tour. CMT On Tour Presents Mickey Guyton will launch on September 18 at the Buckhead Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia. The tour will cover 22 cities, including New York, Chicago, Columbus, St. Louis, Toronto, and Washington, D.C., before concluding at Manchester Music Hall…… read more
Chris Stapleton recently shared his take on Tom Petty’s “I Should Have Known It,” from the forthcoming Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty, due June 21 via Big Machine Records. The cover version is accompanied by an audio-video that features vintage photos of Petty. The new track follows the recent release of…… read more
Taylor Swift has scored her 14th No. 1 on the Billboard 200, with her new album, The Tortured Poets Department, making its debut on top of the chart dated May 4. The surprise double album launches with 2.61 million equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the April 19-25 tracking week, according to Luminate.…… read more
The University Of Oklahoma will posthumously honor late country star Toby Keith by awarding him an honorary degree. The University said it is honoring the singer, songwriter, entertainer and successful businessman, “whose generosity enhanced the university and state of Oklahoma for decades.” Born and raised in Oklahoma, Keith was inducted into the New York-based all-genre…… read more
The iHeartCountry Festival has announced that Keith Urban has joined the star-studded lineup of the event’s upcoming 2024 edition. Other artists who are already listed to perform when the music festival returns to Moody Center in Austin, Texas, on May 4, include Jason Aldean, Jelly Roll, Old Dominion, Lady A, Riley Green, Ashley McBryde, Brothers…… read more
The Academy of Country Music, Prime Video, and Dick Clark Productions have announced entertainment icon Reba McEntire will host the 59th ACM Awards on May 16 at 8 p.m. EDT/7 p.m. CDT/5 p.m. PDT. The event will be streaming live exclusively for a global audience across 240+ countries and territories on Prime Video from Ford…… read more
Universal Music is set to release a new album, Songwriter, featuring 11 previously unreleased recordings by Johnny Cash on June 28th, more than 20 years after the legend’s death. The collection contains 11 songs Cash wrote and recorded in 1993 at LSI Studios in Nashville. The songs are about love, family, sorrow, beauty, survival, spiritual…… read more
ACM Lifting Lives, the philanthropic partner of the Academy of Country Music, has announced the full lineup for the upcoming ACM Lifting Lives LIVE. The lineup includes ACM reigning Group of the Year Old Dominion, this year’s 4x ACM nominee Jordan Davis, this year’s first-time ACM nominees Ashley Cooke and Kameron Marlowe, along with additional…… read more
The Outside Lands Music Festival has revealed a star-studded 2024 lineup, which will be headlined by Tyler, the Creator, The Killers, and Sturgill Simpson. The festival will also feature a special country music set performed by Post Malone and a rare live appearance from Grace Jones. The 16th edition of Outside Lands will return to…… read more
MTV’s flagship awards show, the MTV Video Music Awards, is set to return to New York this September to celebrate its 40th anniversary after holding the event at other venues since 2018. The Video Music Awards, which debuted in 1984 at Radio City Music Hall, are scheduled to take place on September 10th this year…… read more
Born & Raised Music Festival has announced the 2024 list of performers, which will be headlined by Cody Johnson, Hank Williams Jr. and Koe Wetzel. Additionally, the festival will feature Dwight Yoakam, Midland, The Red Clay Strays, Shane Smith & The Saints, Paul Cauthen, Treaty Oak Revival, The Cadillac Three, William Clark Green, Wade Bowen,…… read more
Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department surpassed one billion Spotify streams within just five days of its release, a first in the streaming platform’s history. Spotify said the superstar singer’s surprise double album also achieved a few other milestones. On April 18, it became the most pre-saved album Countdown Page in Spotify. On April 19,…… read more
Hardy is set to return to his home state to play Mississippi State University’s Dudy Noble Field in Starkville, Mississippi on September 12. Further, Hardy has also confirmed two nights at Colorado’s iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre on October 20 and 21. Randy Houser and Travis Denning will join as support on all new dates. Tickets…… read more
Miranda Lambert has signed a record deal with Republic Records in partnership with Big Loud, who will add support on country radio promotion as well as other marketing efforts. Lambert’s first release under the new deal will be the single “Wranglers,” which will arrive on May 3. “Miranda Lambert’s legacy as both a consummate storyteller…… read more
Randy Houser recently released a new single “Country Back,” described as a full throttle proclamation of all things country. The song was written by Houser and Matt Rogers and produced by Houser. “We’re taking our country back / Back to the hollers and hills / Show your bright light towns how a night goes down…… read more
Taylor Swift recently released the music video for “Fortnight”, her first collaboration with Post Malone. The song is from Swift’s most recent album, The Tortured Poets Department. “Fortnight” sees Swift sing about a romance that lasted just a couple of weeks. Malone joins Swift on the second verse and stays through the remainder of the…… read more
Chris Janson recently debuted a new music video for “Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get” via YouTube Premiere. The video shows Janson and his longtime friend and superstar Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson hanging out, spending an afternoon in a deer stand and riding in a vintage Ford pick-up. “We had a great time making this video.…… read more
Zac Brown Band paid tribute to late legendary musician Jimmy Buffett by releasing their new song “Pirates & Parrots,” featuring singer-songwriter and Coral Reefer Band member Mac McAnally. “Pirates & Parrots blends Zac Brown Band’s signature sound with the laid-back, island-inspired vibes synonymous with Buffett’s iconic repertoire, capturing the shared passion for storytelling through song,”…… read more
Hardy recently released a “country” version of Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre’s 1994 hit single “Gin and Juice.” Hardy recorded the cover after Snoop, Dre and Jimmy Iovine tapped him to cut his version of “Gin and Juice” for the launch of their new beverage line of the same name. “A while back, I got…… read more
Country superstar Morgan Wallen recently took to social media to address the incident that took place earlier in the month at a Nashville bar where he allegedly threw a chair off the roof and got arrested for the act. “I didn’t feel right publicly checking in until I made amends with some folks,” Wallen said.…… read more
Cody Johnson recently released a very special music video for “The Painter,” a song from his 12-track studio album, Leather. Cody’s label Warner Music Nashville created the video in collaboration with an AI artist. The visual for the ACM Song of the Year nominated single features a painting by Katie McCormick, a young woman with…… read more
Eric Church is set to headline this year’s Sugar Bowl Country Kickoff show. The second Sugar Bowl Country Kickoff is scheduled to take place on Saturday, August 31st at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The lineup also includes Thomas Rhett, Jon Pardi and Ashley McBryde. Tickets will go on sale to the general…… read more
A new documentary, Call Me Country: Beyonce & Nashville’s Renaissance will stream on Max in the U.S beginning on April 26. As Beyonce recently became the first Black woman to ever top Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, a larger conversation about what defines country music has exploded into the zeitgeist. Produced by the CNN FlashDocs…… read more
Grammy-winning artist Maren Morris has added dates to her 2024 “RSVP Redux” North American tour. Morris has announced 15 additional dates for her “2024 RSVP Redux Tour” across North America. The now 32-date run includes new shows in Chesterfield, MO, Kansas City, MO, Raleigh, NC, Savannah, GA, Hollywood, FL and more. The tour also includes…… read more
Paramount+ has announced new episodes of the groundbreaking docuseries ‘”Behind The Music” will premiere exclusively on the service in the U.S. and Canada on May 1 and in the U.K., Australia, Latin America, Brazil, Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland and Austria on May 2. The new episodes profile Bell Biv DeVoe, Trace Adkins and Wolfgang Van…… read more