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Drew Baldridge's "Love Needs You" (BBR Music Group/BMG Nashville) Drew Baldridge will launch his Farm Faith Family Tour June 11 in Omaha, Nebraska. He'll play a total of 14 shows before he wraps Oct. 18 in Newport Beach, California, with Alyssa Flaherty and Chase Right joining him on the run. Meanwhile, fans can look forward to the arrival of his new song, "Love Needs You," on Friday. It was inspired by the beginnings of his […]

Opry NextStage Live (Grand Ole Opry) The Opry NextStage Class of 2026 will get its moment to shine the week of CMA Fest, as members play a special show Wednesday, June 3, at Category 10 in downtown Nashville. Jake Worthington, Carter Faith, Tyler Braden, Emily Ann Roberts, Graham Barham, Alexandra Kay and Willow Avalon will each deliver a solo performance as part of Opry NextStage Live. Look for the evening's host and more […]

Ella Langley (Christopher Polk/Billboard) Lainey Wilson presented Ella Langley with the Powerhouse Award at Wednesday's Billboard 2026 Women in Music event at the Hollywood Palladium.“She comes from the kind of place where you learn early how to work hard, tell the truth, and stand 10 toes down in who you are and the stories you were born to tell. That’s what makes this Powerhouse Award feel so right," Lainey said as […]

1970 photo of David Allan Coe (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Country rebel David Allan Coe passed away Wednesday at the age of 86, his booking agent David Wade confirmed to ABC Audio.“One of the best singers, songwriters, and performers of our time [and] never to be forgotten,” his wife, Kimberly Hastings Coe, told Rolling Stone. “My husband, my friend, my confidant and my life for many years. I’ll never forget […]

Jason Aldean & Luke Bryan's Double Down Tour 2026 (Live Nation) It turns out Luke Bryan and Jason Aldean's sold-out show at the University of Georgia's Sanford Stadium last Saturday night was just the beginning. The two will do four more stadium dates together, to be known as the Double Down Tour 2026. “If our time in Georgia was a barometric measurement of what’s ahead," Luke says, "these shows with Jason will […]

Luke Bryan & Jason Aldean (Jason Kempin/Getty Images for Does Entertainment/UGA) With songs like "She's Why," "Good Thing Going" and "Lovin' Me Too Long" — not to mention their duet "Easier Gone" — you might assume the title of Jason Aldean's new album, Songs About Us, refers to his wife, Brittany Aldean. But actually, it's his Peach State buddy Luke Bryan who has the co-starring role on the track "Songs About Us." "He […]

A new location of Blake Shelton's bar and restaurant, Ole Red, will open in Indianapolis in late 2027. The first opened in Nashville in 2018, beginning Blake's partnership with Opry Entertainment Group.Natalie Stovall, known for her work with Runaway June and as a member of Keith Urban's touring band, is expecting her first child Aug. 26. She and her husband of 17 years, James Bavendam, are letting the baby's gender be […]

Kacey Musgraves' Middle of Nowhere Tour (AEG Presents) Kacey Musgraves will be taking the Middle of Nowhere everywhere on tour. The Texas native launches the 29-date trek named for her new album in Chicago on her birthday, Aug. 21.Along the way, she'll play multiple nights at New York City's Madison Square Garden, Nashville's Bridgestone Arena and Los Angeles' Crypto.com Arena, before wrapping Oct. 26-27 at Seattle's Climate Pledge Arena.Midland, Flatland Cavalry, […]

Bailey Zimmerman's Different Night Same Rodeo Tour (Live Nation) Bailey Zimmerman's giving a dollar from every ticket sold to his upcoming Music City shows to the nonprofit dog rescue Wags and Walks. “Partnerships like these are so meaningful in helping us spread the word about rescue,” Nashville Wags and Walks founder Kathryn Hurley says. “Saving dogs is incredibly rewarding, but it also comes with real costs, from medical care to everyday […]