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Dan + Shay (Disney/Michael Le Brecht) Dan + Shay have been performing during the Academy of Country Music Awards since the 50th anniversary show at AT&T Stadium in Dallas in 2015, just as they'll be Sunday for the 61st ceremony in Vegas.But the hitmaking duo admits they still get some butterflies — and with good reason.  "The last time we performed at the ACMs, we opened the show," Dan Smyers […]

Shania Twain's "Dirty Rosie" (Republic Records) If you like to take your chances in Vegas, it's probably a safe bet Shania Twain will be performing during Sunday's 61st ACMs, as well as hosting.Why? Well, she just confirmed she has a new song. "You can drive a hummer, in the summer," she wrote on Instagram Monday. "You can EVEN drive the ladies, in my mercedes. BUT you can’t drive my truck. New […]

Luke Bryan, Carrie Underwood & Lionel Richie (Disney/Eric McCandless) Country fans are in for quite a concert as American Idol crowns a new champion Monday on ABC. Luke Bryan's set to debut his new song, "Fish Hunt Golf Drink," on the show, as well as duet with contestant Julián Kalel on "A Thousand Miles from Nowhere," Dwight Yoakam's 1993 smash.He'll also collab with Carrie Underwood and Lionel Richie on "Deep River […]

Meghan Patrick's cancelled Golden Child dates (Courtesy Meghan Patrick/King Publicity) After she finishes her May dates, Meghan Patrick is canceling the rest of her 2026 shows to focus on the upcoming birth of her first child with husband Mitchell Tenpenny. “This is hard to say, but I need to be honest with myself and with y'all… I was wrong," she begins on Instagram. "When I found out I was pregnant, my […]

Ashley McBryde's Into the Wild Tour (Courtesy Ashley McBryde/The Lede Company) Ashley McBryde's heading Into the Wild to perform her new album on tour. “This record, in so many ways, began on the road,” Ashley says of her fifth effort, which came out on Friday. “Wild is a collection of songs I’ve refused to let go quiet, that have been around for a decade. As well as some brand spanking new songs […]

Brad Paisley Live (Live Nation) Brad Paisley's opening his Tacklebox to share unreleased and previously unrecorded music from the '90s as well as new music inspired by the '80s and '90s.The first track, "Fallin'," is out now. “I see this ‘project’ as never-ending," he explains. "It’s almost like the fans have a direct link to my Dropbox or to a playlist that never ends. We are calling it Tacklebox because it’s […]

Shania Twain (Courtesy Academy of Country Music) Zach Top and Parker McCollum have gotten to share stages with some pretty big artists in their careers, but there's one particular superstar who they're really looking forward to meeting at this weekend's ACM Awards.Shania Twain is hosting the ACMs live from Las Vegas May 17 on Prime Video and Zach and Parker are duly impressed. "Oh it's awesome," says Zach. "My dad […]

George Birge is about to release a duet with Priscilla Block. You can hear a snippet of "You Ain't" on his Instagram now. "I'm only outta my mind, baby, because you ain't," they sing in the heartbreak tune, which arrives May 15.Parmalee will perform a headlining concert during The National Salute to America's Heroes, which will stream on Fox Nation live from Miami Beach on May 23 from 11:30 a.m. […]

Koe Wetzel's 'The Night Champion' (Columbia Records) When Koe Wetzel announced his new album The Night Champion earlier this week, he said he'd be releasing a new song called "Hurts Like You" on Friday. Well, he did, but he also gave fans a bonus.In addition to "Hurts Like You," Koe released a second song, "Dollar and a Bottle," which was such a surprise that even some of his team didn't […]