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59th CMA Awards, hosted by Lainey Wilson (ABC/Country Music Association) The CMA Awards are less than a month away, and host Lainey Wilson's giving us our first preview of the night in a new promo for this year's show. In the spot, Lainey walks out on an empty stage and starts assembling the elements for "Country Music's Biggest Night.""Alright, looks like I'm running the show," she says, after looking around and […]

Jackson Dean at CMA Fest 2025 (Disney/Tanner Yeager) As Halloween approaches, we don't know if Jackson Dean will find himself haunted by ghosts and goblins, but he does remember having a very spooky experience once — in a graveyard, of all places.Jackson says he, his mother and his aunt went to visit his grandfather's grave at Cheltenham Veterans Cemetery in his home state of Maryland."He used to have a saying before […]

In case you missed it, Chris Young performed on Live with Kelly & Mark on Tuesday, singing "Boots on the Ground" from his new album, I Didn't Come Here to Leave. You can watch it online now.Trace Adkins reprises his role as MercyMe's manager Scott Brickell in I Can Only Imagine 2, the sequel to the 2018 film I Can Only Imagine. Trace and his distinctive voice are front and center in […]

Parker McCollum performs at 2025 CMA Fest (Disney/Larry McCormack) Parker McCollum's 2025 tour is in the books, but before he went off to enjoy some well-earned R&R, he took to Instagram to thank his fans for showing up for him."Fastest year of my life. First year on the road as a dad. Released my 5th studio album. Played arenas across the country," Parker wrote. "Had some nights I wasn’t my […]

Alan Jackson + Silverbelly Whiskey (David McClister) Alan Jackson fans will be able to toast his final concert, Last Call: One More for the Road, by actually having one more for the road.AJ's Silverbelly Whiskey has added three new products to its line, including Last Call, priced at $75. It features a minimum of 6.7-year-old straight bourbon whiskey, in honor of Alan's 67th birthday, and will be 101.7 proof, in […]

Luke Combs attends the 2024 CMA Awards (Disney/Scott Kirkland) Luke Combs' Nashville bar and restaurant is saddling up for a trip to Sin City.Luke announced the opening of Category 10 in January 2024, telling fans the name was inspired by hurricane rankings. The second location will open at The Flamingo on the Las Vegas Strip in the fall of 2026.The announcement on Instagram reads, "Get ready for a 3-story bar, restaurant & […]

Koe Wetzel performs at Madison Square Garden on September 24, 2025 in New York City. (Taylor Hill/Getty Images) After teasing it on Instagram, Koe Wetzel has announced that he's dropping his brand-new song Thursday at midnight."Save your silver bullets," he wrote on Wednesday. "'Werewolf' - Midnight tomorrow."He first teased the werewolf concept on Tuesday by posting footage of himself duck hunting at night, with the caption, "I don't need a full moon.""Werewolf" […]

 Rex Linn and Reba McEntire attend the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, September, 2025 (John Shearer/WireImage) Reba McEntire and her longtime boyfriend, Rex Linn, got engaged in December 2024, but they didn't officially confirm the news until this September, on the Emmys red carpet of all places. Reba told People there are a couple of reasons for that."We got engaged December the 24th, Christmas Eve at Leiper's Fork [in Tennessee]," […]

Lainey Wilson's 'Whirlwind' (BBR/BMG) Lainey Wilson spends plenty of time on the bus and in the air thanks to her exhaustive tour schedule.And without all the miles she logs traveling, she says we might not have her latest top-10 hit, "Somewhere Over Laredo.""I spend a lot of my time 30,000 feet in the air flying to the next show, and even though I'm not on the ground, I used that […]