Ashley McBryde will be honored with the Breakout Artist of the Year award at the CMT Artists of the Year celebration on October 16 at Nashville’s Schermerhorn Symphony Center. In addition, this year’s ceremony will recognize CMT’s five
The Music City Walk of Fame has announced its 2019 inductees: Lady Antebellum, Clint Black, Mac McAnally, Chet Atkins (posthumously) and DeFord Bailey (posthumously). The new honorees will inducted into the Music City Walk of Fame on
Dolly Parton’s 50th anniversary as a Grand Ole Opry member will be commemorated with “Dolly Week 2019”, which will be celebrated October 8-12 with a number of special performances. Dolly was inducted into the Opry on January
Garth Brooks announced the fourth stop on his seven-date “Dive Bar” tour: The Barn in Sanford, Fla., on October 16th. Just like his Dive Bar Tour stops in Chicago, Bakersfield and New Braunfels, tickets to The Barn show
Chris Lane has earned his second No. 1 single with “I Don’t Know About You,” which hit the top of the Mediabase chart this week. “I Don’t Know About You” is featured on Chris’ 2018 album, Laps
Blake Shelton announced he will drop his new album, Fully Loaded: God’s Country, on December 13. The 12-song offering will feature five new tunes—including “God’s Country” and current single, “Hell Right”—with seven previously recorded hits. “God’s Country”
Jason Aldean is sharing the track list to his upcoming ninth studio album, 9, which is set to drop on Nov. 22. The 16-song offering contains tracks co-written by Josh Thompson, Jordan Schmidt, Brad Warren, Brett Warren,
Reba McEntire will receive CMT’s “Artist of a Lifetime” award at the CMT Artists of the Year celebration on Oct. 16 at Nashville’s Schermerhorn Symphony Center. Says Reba: “For CMT to recognize me as the Artist of a
Lauren Alaina released her new single, “Getting Good,” written by Emily Weisband and produced by David Garcia. “Getting Good” will be dropped to country radio on October 7. Currently, Alaina is competing on this season’s Dancing With
Carly Pearce and Lee Brice have joined together for their new single, “I Hope You’re Happy Now.” “I Hope You’re Happy Now” will be featured on Carly’s upcoming sophomore album, which is slated to drop later this
Kenny Chesney announced he will hit the road in 2020 for the Chillaxification Tour, kicking off on April 18 in Arlington, Texas. The tour will visit 20 stadiums across the U.S., including stops in Atlanta, Houston, Nashville,
Chris Young makes his directorial debut with the release of the video for his single, “Drowning,” which premiered on YouTube earlier this week. The video opens with Young holding up a photo of his friend, Adam Carnes,
Dierks Bentley scored the 19th No. 1 single of his career with his single, “Living.” The song hit the top spot on both the Mediabase chart and Billboard Country Airplay chart this week. “Living” follows back-to-back No.
The Inaugural ACM Artist-Songwriter of the Decade has been awarded to Chris Stapleton. The Academy of Country Music recently announced the addition of seven new ACM Decade Awards: Song of the Decade, Album of the Decade, Artist-Songwriter
Justin Moore has announced the Late Night & Longnecks Tour with Tracy Lawrence will hit the road in 2020. The 19-date trek, taking it’s name from Justin’s 2019 album, will kick off on Jan. 16 in Dodge City,
Sturgill Simpson will kick off a limited tour that will support the Special Forces Foundation, a nonprofit that provides support to Army Special Forces soldiers and their families. All net proceeds from Sturgill’s new tour will be
Luke Combs announced he will hit the road in 2020 for the headlining What You See Is What You Get Tour, taking its name from his upcoming sophomore album, set to drop on Nov. 8. The tour will
Sara Evans has announced her 10th annual Christmas tour, titled Sara Evans – Blue Christmas Tour. The trek takes her to 10 cities and eight states throughout the month of December in such cities as Huntsville, Ala.
Miranda Lambert will wrap up her Roadside Bars & Pink Guitars Tour at the end of November, and just announced her headlining Wildcard Tour in January, which takes its name from her upcoming seventh studio album (set to drop
Lady Antebellum will release their eighth studio album, Ocean, on November 15. The 13-track LP was produced by first-time collaboration Dann Huff, features a number of top songwriters, including Ross Copperman, Chris DeStefano, Hillary Lindsey, busbee, Ryan
Luke Bryan will help support the fight against breast cancer next month by ‘flipping the switch’ that turns the Grand Ole Opry pink. Bryan will be a part of two shows at the Grand Ole Opry during
Carrie Underwood, Dan + Shay, Kane Brown, Luke Combs and Thomas Rhett were announced as 2019 CMT Artists of the Year. This year will mark the fifth time Carrie has been honored with a CMT Artist of
The Highwomen — the supergroup consisting of Brandi Carlile, Amanda Shires, Maren Morris and Natalie Hemby—have reached No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart with the release of their self-titled debut album. The new album also reached
George Strait’s new single, “The Weight of the Badge,” will be released to country radio on Sept. 30. “The Weight of the Badge” is featured on George’s 2019 album, Honky Tonk Time Machine. “The Weight of the Badge”
Justin Moore is hoping to earn his 9th No. 1 hit with the release of his new single, “Why We Drink.” The new tune will be released to country radio on September 30. Co-written by Moore along
Jason Aldean announced he will hit the road in 2020 for his headlining We Back Tour, featuring support from Morgan Wallen, Riley Green and Dee Jay Silver. The 20-date trek will kick-off on Jan. 20 in Columbia, S.C., taking
Kip Moore has dropped the lead single off his upcoming fourth studio album with “She’s Mine.” Kip produced the new single, which was co-written by Kip, with Dan Couch and Scott Stepakoff. The new video for “She’s
Luke Combs will release his sophomore album What You See Is What You Get on Nov. 8, and he is dropping a new track from the album, called “1, 2 Many,” featuring collaborators Brooks & Dunn. In the
Craig Morgan’s new song, “The Father, My Son & the Holy Ghost” just went to No. 1 on the iTunes chart, thanks in part to Blake Shelton spearheading a successful viral campaign to get it there. The
Michael Hardy — known professionally as Hardy — just dropped his new album titled Hixtape Vol. 1. The album features 17 guest artists, including Keith Urban, Thomas Rhett, Dustin Lynch, Lauren Alaina, Tracy Lawrence, Trace Adkins and
