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Luke Bryan’s 2019 “Crash My Playa” country music party, which takes over Riviera Maya, Mexico, in January, keeps getting bigger with more artists added.  Luke Combs will headline one night of the soiree, while Jake Owen and

The Grand Ole Opry is debuting a new campaign for 2019, called “Opry NextStage.”  Opry NextStage will features year-long collaborations with rising country artists Tegan Marie, Riley Green, Tenille Townes and Travis Denning. These collaborations will include

Singer Margo Price revealed she is pregnant, and she and husband Jeremy Ivey are expecting their third child in May. Price made the announcement during her show at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Nov. 20, where she opened

Kelsea Ballerini will be the headliners for the 2019 edition of Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve event on the West Coast. Ballerini will be joined by a number of other artists, including The Chainsmokers, Foster the

Jake Owen and his girlfriend, Erica Hartlein, are expecting their first child together The couple revealed the big news on ABC’s I’m Coming Home special. Owen told his family during the special, which saw his return to his

Chris Janson just debuted his new video for “It Is Christmas,” his first-ever Christmas song.  In the video, Janson is shown at his white piano, singing about the ordinary charms of Christmas day—all the things we take

Dolly Parton is being honored as “2019 MusiCares Person of the Year,” following in the footsteps of past honorees such as Paul McCartney, Natalie Cole, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Tom Petty and more. MusiCares is the charitable

Real-life couple Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton dropped a new video for “You Make It Feel Like Christmas,” the title track to Gwen’s 2017 holiday album. The holiday tune was co-penned by Blake, Gwen, Justin Tranter and

CMT will air the 2018 AmericanaFest TV special on Dec. 6 at 9 p.m. ET with performances by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, John Prine, k.d. lang, Margo Price, Rosanne Cash and many more artists. 2018

Thomas Rhett announced his Very Hot Summer Tour will hit the road in 2019. The 39-date tour will kick off on May 17 in Spokane, Washington, making stops in Dallas, Atlanta, Chicago, New York, Nashville and more.

Kane Brown has become one of the only country artists in 2018 to have an album debut at No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart, joining fellow country stars Jason Aldean and Carrie Underwood Bronw’s sophomore

Jimmie Allen’s first-ever No. 1 single, “Best Shot,” has made it to the top spot on the Billboard Country Airplay chart — making Allen the first black artist to launch a country career with a No. 1 song.

Dolly Parton’s iconic 1973 hit “Jolene” gets stripped down for a new “strings-only” version of the song, which will be included on the soundtrack of the upcoming Netflix film Dumplin’.  Also on the soundtrack will be an

The 86th annual lighting of New York City’s famous tree in Rockefeller Center will be celebrated Nov. 28 (and aired by NBC at 8PM). The special will feature a star-studded roster of musical performers, with country music

Vince Gill has postponed several upcoming shows due to being hospitalized with a kidney stone. Gill was scheduled to perform alongside Ricky Skaggs at the 2018 CMA Awards, but was forced to cancel that appearance at the

Country music legend Roy Clark died Nov. 15 at the age of 85 due to complications from pneumonia at his home in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Among the many honors and achievements of Clark’s career were multiple Grammy award

The 2018 CMA Awards aired live from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville Wednesday night, hosted for the 11th year by Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley.  The evening opened with Garth Brooks dedicating the show to the 12

Chris Young scored the 11th No. 1 single of his career earlier this week with “Hangin’ On,” the second single from Chris’ 2017 album, Losing Sleep, to hit No. 1. Now Young has treated his fans via

Walker Hayes will be touring in 2019 for his headlining “Dream On It” Tour, which was names after a fan-driven contest on social media. The “Dream On It” tour will kick off in Houston, Texas on Jan.

Luke Combs’ is #1 again on the Billboard Country Airplay chart with his hit single “She Got the Best of Me.”  This is the 4th week that Combs has topped the charts, which hasn’t been done since

The Country Music Association announced a new list of performers for the 52nd annual CMA Awards, including Lauren Alaina, Brad Paisley, Ricky Skaggs, and Chris Stapleton with Maren Morris and Mavis Staples. Previously announced were performers including

The Brothers Osborne just made a big announcement, and have adding more than 40 dates to their headlining World Tour in 2019. The tour will now make stops including Chicago, Boston, New York, Nashville, Atlanta, Las Vegas

Justin Moore will host the inaugural Veterans Day special across select Cumulus platforms today, Monday, Nov. 12. At noon you can tune in for “A Veterans Day Salute with Justin Moore” as he performs some of his hits,

Kelsea Ballerini is debuting her new video for “Miss Me More,” which is currently No. 44 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart after two weeks. Written by Ballerini, David Hodges and Brett McLaughlin, “Miss Me More” is featured

The lineup has been announced for a tribute to country icon Willie Nelson at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Jan. 12. “Willie: Life & Songs of an American Outlaw” will honor Nelson and feature some of his greatest

Russell Dickerson and Carly Pearce are teaming up for the co-headlining “The Way Back Tour” in 2019. The 11-date co-headlining tour kicks off on Jan. 24 in Cleveland, making additional stops in Myrtle Beach, Tulsa, Chicago and

Carly Pearce just released her new single, “Closer to You,” following the success of hit singles “Every Little Thing” and “Hide the Wine” from her 2017 debut album. “Closer to You” — produced by busbee and co-penned by

Kenny Chesney’s 2018 “Trip Around the Sun Tour” made more than a dozen major stadiums at more than 20 amphitheaters. However now Chesney announced his 2019 tour, which he has scaled-back and dubbed the “Songs for the

Carly Pearce just released her new single, “Closer to You,” following the success of hit singles “Every Little Thing” and “Hide the Wine” from her 2017 debut album. “Closer to You” — produced by busbee and co-penned by

Brent Cobb announced he’ll be hitting the road with his headlining “Sucker for a Good Time” Tour in 2019.  Among the shows on Cobb’s tour will be stops in Atlanta, Dallas, St. Louis, New Orleans and more,;