Tim McGraw‘s youngest daughter, Audrey, is the female lead in her dad’s new music video for “7500 OBO,” out Friday (Aug. 13), but the superstar admits he didn’t love every moment of her involvement. In a sneak peek shared on Instagram Reels ahead of the premiere, McGraw looks on while Audrey, 19, sits in the front seat
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AEG Presents has announced that it will require proof of vaccination in order to gain entrance to its live events moving forward. Billboard reports that AEG Presents, which is the concert and live events wing of AEG, announced on Thursday (Aug. 12) that it will require all fans and staff in attendance at its club
Kelly Clarkson is hoping she can be Kelly Clarkson once again. The singer and talk show host has asked a judge to issue a default judgement and restore her famous name as her legal name moving forward. The Blast uncovered the legal document revealing as much. A default judgement would make Kelly and Brandon Blackstock
Carrie Underwood‘s album of hymns has earned her two nominations for the 2021 Gospel Music Association Dove Awards. Her My Savior album and the song “Great Is Thy Faithfulness” were revealed as nominees on Wednesday (Aug. 11). Lifetime, Underwood now has three GMA Dove Awards nominations. My Savior is up in the Bluegrass/Country/Roots Album of
A live collaboration with Brandi Carlile and a guest spot on a Jimmie Allen song won’t be R&B star Monica’s only forays into country music. In a new interview with Billboard, the singer shares more about a full country album she’s been working on, inspired by the legends she listened to growing up. Billboard reports that
Gangstagrass returned to the stage on America’s Got Talent on Tuesday night (Aug. 10), stunning the judges and the viewers at home with an outstanding original song titled “All for One.” The country-meets-hip-hop group begin the song with crystal-clear a capella harmonies in the clip below, after which they launch into a rap section that
Without fanfare or advanced warning, Billy Currington dropped his seventh studio project, Intuition, on Friday (Aug. 6). The album is the first full-length project Currington has released in six years, following his June 2015 record, Summer Forever. That project included a number of straight-ahead country tracks, like the No. 1 hits “Do I Make You Wanna”
Jason Isbell is speaking out about his decision to require that fans show proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a current negative test in order to attend his shows. It’s a requirement that has affected recent performances from the singer — such as his appearance at Austin City Limits Live at the Moody Theater — and will be
By the time Luke Bryan released Tailgates & Tanlines on Aug. 9, 2011, he’d placed two albums in the No. 2 spot on the country albums chart, earned five Top 10 singles (including two No. 1s) and won a few awards. His third studio album, though, kicked his career to another level. It started with “Country Girl
Asleep at the Wheel have officially hit 50 years as a band, and to mark the milestone, they’re celebrating with a new album, appropriately titled Half a Hundred Years. Due out on Oct. 1, the project will feature 19 tracks and an all-star collection of special guests. Some of those featured performers hail from the
Kacey Musgraves shares a glimpse into her as-yet-untitled fifth studio album on a new episode of the A Slight Change of Plans podcast, in which cognitive scientist and host Dr. Maya Shankar explores how life change shapes peoples’ minds. In Musgraves’ case, one of those changes was the perspective shift she encountered via a psychedelic
Rodney Crowell is one of those rare talents who has found success as both a singer and a songwriter in equal parts. As a recording artist, he’s released more than 20 studio albums, earned a couple of Grammy Awards and taken five singles to No. 1. As a songwriter, he’s written hits for everyone from Waylon Jennings to Keith
The Mavericks are one of the most innovative country bands around. Formed in Miami, Fla., in the late 1980s — and fronted by vocalist Raúl Malo — the band melds traditional country, blues and soul sounds with Latin instrumentation and styles. The group first broke big with their third album, 1994’s platinum-selling What a Crying Shame,
Country hitmaker Razzy Bailey has died. The “Midnight Hauler” singer is known for a string of 13 Top 10 hits in the early 1980s, including five No. 1 songs on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart. “Loving Up a Storm” was the first of four straight No. 1 hits for Bailey in 1980. “I Keep Coming Back”
Clare Dunn was assaulted by a Lyft driver during a ride in late June, the country singer shares in a new interview. There is currently a warrant out for the man’s arrest. To People, Dunn recounts the incident, which took place early on the morning of June 26 in Nashville, after the artist had been out with
More than 70 people who attended last month’s Faster Horses Festival in Brooklyn, Mich., have been diagnosed with COVID-19, and another nine were infected by that group of primary cases. The country music festival took place at Michigan International Speedway from July 16-18. Luke Combs, Thomas Rhett and Jason Aldean headlined the three-day event, now in its eighth year. Michigan
Reba McEntire has been waiting more than a year to allow friends and family to formally honor her late mother, Jacqueline McEntire, in a memorial service, but her plans have been put on hold indefinitely due to rising COVID-19 cases. The elder McEntire died on March 14, 2020, at the age of 93, and in a post
Victims of the Route 91 Harvest Festival shooting will be honored with a permanent memorial. MGM Resorts has donated two acres of land, and a committee is now fielding community input. In the meantime, a sign indicating that a memorial is coming will soon go up on a plot of land that’s in the northeast corner of the
Whitney Rose‘s July trip to Montana included a Colter Wall set, hang time with Emmylou Harris and … drinks with mermaids?! The singer-songwriter really made the most of her time at the 2021 Under the Big Sky Festival. Rose was one of more than three dozen artists who played the Whitefish, Mont.-based festival on July
Garth Brooks has canceled a planned onsale date for tickets to his recently announced show in Seattle, Wash., and says he’ll rethink all scheduled concerts after performing in Lincoln, Neb., on Aug. 14. The move comes as cases of COVID-19 rise nationwide once again. After Aug. 14, Brooks has shows scheduled for Cincinnati, Ohio (Sept. 18); Charlotte,