After kicking off his Losing Sleep World Tour in January and extending it with dates in February, April and May, Chris Young will keep the party going with 15 new dates this fall and winter. The new leg begins on Oct. 25 in Evansville, Ind., and makes stops in Milwaukee, Detroit, Baltimore and more, before…… MORE
Jim Casey talks with Lee Brice about: spending Father’s Day with his three kids: Takoda, 9, Ryker, 4, and Trulee, 1 celebrating his 39th birthday on June 10 the goal of getting into the best shape of his life by his 40th birthday earning membership into the Pandora Billionaire Club by getting 2 billion career…… MORE
Dierks Bentley scored the seventh Billboard No. 1 album of his career as “The Mountain” summited this week’s Top Country Albums chart. Dierks’ ninth full-length album moved 102,000 equivalent album units, according to Nielsen Music, besting his previous record of 101,000 units for 2017’s Black. The Mountain also debuted at No. 3 on the all-genre…… MORE
Garth Brooks shipped a new single—“All Day Long”—to country radio and Amazon Music on June 19. Co-written by Garth, Mitch Rossell (“Ask Me How I Know”) and Bryan “Chuck” Kennedy (“American Honky-Tonk Bar Association,” “The Beaches of Cheyenne’’), “All Day Long” is the lead single from Garth upcoming 2019 album. Garth says the new single…… MORE
Aspiring country stars have the opportunity to kick-start their careers via the 4th annual NASH Next competition. NASH Next 2018 officially launched on June 18, bringing together aspiring stars, a major record label (Big Machine Label Group) and the power of country radio (Cumulus Media). The winner of the four-month competition will receive a record…… MORE
There might be a little “dust on David Lee Murphy, but don’t let it fool ya about what’s inside.” David Lee, 59, scored the second No. 1 single of his career this week with “Everything’s Gonna Be Alright,” which features vocals from Kenny Chesney. The tune topped both the Billboard Country Airplay chart and Mediabase…… MORE
Jason Aldean dropped a new video for his current single, “Drowns the Whiskey,” which features vocals from Miranda Lambert. Like the song, Jason enlisted Miranda’s talents during the filming of the new clip at Nashville’s oldest dive bar, Springwater Super Club & Lounge. “I wanted keep the video simple and really let the heartbreak and…… MORE
Scotty McCreery, 24, and longtime girlfriend Gabi Dugal, 24, tied the knot in North Carolina on June 16. The couple met in kindergarten in Garner, N.C., and grew up together in the close-knit community. They began dating six years ago during their senior year at Garner High School. Gabi has appeared in several of Scotty’s…… MORE
It’s been more than two years since Rory Feek lost his wife—and Joey+Rory duo partner—Joey Martin Feek to cancer in March 2016. Since that time, Rory has had to adjust to being a single father to their daughter, Indiana, 4, who was born with Down syndrome, as well as his daughters—Hope, 29, and Heidi, 31—from…… MORE
Proud papas Darius Rucker, Keith Urban, Charles Kelley and Luke Bryan reflected on being dads in honor of Father’s Day on June 17. Darius Rucker: daughters Caroline and Dani, son Jack “I think if you asked my kids what kind of dad I was they would probably say . . . Dani would say that…… MORE
