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Max McNown's The Cost of Growing Up Tour (Courtesy Columbia/Benjamin Edwards) Max McNown currently has his first top-25 hit on the country chart with "Better Me for You (Brown Eyes)," and he plans to keep building on his success in 2026.The “A Lot More Free” hitmaker has announced dates for his The Cost of Growing Up tour, set to kick off in the spring.The more than 20-date run begins in Charlotte, […]

Cody Johnson & Carrie Underwood's "I'm Gonna Love You" (CoJo Music/Warner Music Nashville) Cody Johnson and Carrie Underwood's chart-topping collab has now been certified Platinum by the RIAA."I'm Gonna Love You" spent two weeks at #1 back in March and has now been streamed more than 360 million times around the globe. It's Cody's fourth #1 and Carrie's 29th. Cody and Carrie first performed the song live on the 2024 CMA Awards. […]

Old Dominion (Disney/Randy Holmes) Old Dominion's in the home stretch of their first European tour since 2019, playing three sold-out shows in the United Kingdom.The CMA and ACM vocal group of the year hits London on Wednesday before heading to Manchester Thursday and Glasgow, Scotland, on Friday.“We’ve been so blown away by the response we’ve received at these shows,” lead singer Matthew Ramsey says. “We were so excited to finally […]

Scotty McCreery (Disney/Eric McCandless) Dinosaurs are big at Scotty McCreery's house these days.Since his son Avery McCreery turned 3 on Oct. 24, it's a theme that started with his birthday party and will likely stick around until Halloween."We had a big dinosaur '3-rex' party. It was a lot of fun, a lot of dinosaur toys," Scotty tells ABC Audio. "I got a big T. rex blowup costume that I got […]

Charles Kelley's new solo track, "Steal Your Heart," will be out on Friday.Active-duty and retired members of the armed services will be able to get into the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum free on Veterans Day, Tuesday, Nov. 11. They'll also be able to bring in three immediate family members with their military ID.Cody Johnson's added six new dates to his 2026 schedule, with stops in Champaign, Illinois; […]

Opry NextStageLive (Ryman Hospitality) Ashley McBryde will showcase the 2025 members of the Opry NextStage class during a special show Dec. 3 at Nashville's Category 10.Dasha, Chayce Beckham, Tigirlily Gold, Kashus Culpepper, Avery Anna and Kaitlin Butts will all perform, as will Ashley.Tickets for Opry NextStage Live are on sale now.The Opry launched the NextStage initiative in 2019, with Lainey Wilson, Riley Green, Ella Langley, Parker McCollum, Tenille Townes, Hailey […]

'Ain't Nobody's Fool' (St. Martin's Press) There's a new biography of Dolly Parton headed for bookshelves later this year.Ain't Nobody's Fool: The Life and Times of Dolly Parton will arrive Dec. 30 via St. Martin's Press. It was written by Martha Ackmann, whose previous work has focused on "women who have changed America."The 304-page volume is billed as "a larger-than-life new biography of country music legend and philanthropist Dolly Parton." […]

Preston Cooper (© Grand Ole Opry/Photo by Chris Hollo) Newcomer Preston Cooper got a standing ovation when he made his Grand Ole Opry debut Friday night.Preston personally asked his friend Vince Gill to bring him out.“I got a call from Preston asking me to introduce him for his debut,” Vince told the crowd. “We’ve written a few songs together, and I’ve cut a few of them that’ll be coming out […]

Luke Combs' "Back in the Saddle" (Sony) Luke Combs is certainly "Back in the Saddle," as his latest single tops both Billboard Country Airplay and the Mediabase chart.This is Luke's 19th #1 on the Billboard ranking, dating back to his first single, "Hurricane," which made it to the top in May 2017. Luke co-wrote all of them, save for his 2023 cover of Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car.""Back in the Saddle" […]