Buck Country Music News

CMT Even though CMT didn't put on a new CMT Music Awards for 2025, the network is producing a special to mark the show's 20th anniversary. CMT Music Awards: Ultimate Party Edition will premiere Thursday, July 17, at 9 p.m. ET.The 90-minute show will feature two decades' worth of highlights from Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood, Cody Johnson, Cole Swindell, Darius Rucker, Jason Aldean, Jelly Roll, Keith Urban, Kelsea Ballerini, Lainey Wilson, Little Big […]

Disney/Robby Klein What does Ashley McBryde make of the supposed feud between The Chicks and the late Toby Keith? While it's hard to say for sure, she does seem to be bringing up the topic in her new Apple Music Nashville Sessions EP.The four-track collection starts with Toby's 1993 hit, "A Little Less Talk and a Lot More Action.""Toby Keith didn't just write country songs. He wrote anthems," Ashley commented in a marketing […]

Dack Janiels Records Chase Rice co-wrote one of the most successful "truck" songs in country music history, "Cruise," and now he's back with another."Two Tone Trippin'" features singer/songwriter Wyatt McCubbin and was inspired by a trip to Rollinsville, Colorado. "We kept noticing two-tone trucks everywhere," Chase remembers. "[Co-writer] Oscar [Charles] finally said, ‘Man, this must be where two-tones go to die.’ Then out of nowhere, he goes, ‘We should write a song called […]

Photo courtesy Grand Ole Opry archives The Opry will make a rare summertime return to the Ryman Auditorium on July 17 in honor of its 100th birthday. The cast will recreate the final show that was performed there before it moved to the then-new Grand Ole Opry House on March 15, 1974.Nineties hitmaker Lorrie Morgan, whose father George Morgan was the final performer that night, is set to take part, […]

Debra L Rothenberg/Getty Images Justin Moore is all about marking America's birth on Independence Day, but there's also one more birthday to celebrate: his wife's. Though he still lives in his hometown of Poyen, Arkansas, Justin typically heads to Florida with his wife, Kate Moore, and their four kids for the Fourth. "Once we got our house down there, we always spend the holiday down there and typically have friends or family there […]

Dollywood's Blazing Fury roller coaster will reopen Friday during a ceremony starting at 10 a.m. ET. Members of the Pigeon Forge Fire Department will be the first on board the firefighting-themed coaster, built in 1978.Kacey Musgraves will play three shows this fall in Latin America, starting Sept. 24 in Mexico City, and continuing on to Jaguariúna, Brazil, on Sept. 27 and São Paulo, Brazil, on Sept. 28. You can check out Ashley […]

Disney/Connie Chornuk Jason Aldean's adding an international leg to his Full Throttle Tour, taking the trek to New Zealand and Australia in early 2026. The Feb. 19 show in Aukland will be his first time headlining New Zealand, before he heads to Australia for his first dates there since 2016. Corey Kent will join him for the shows.Presales for the international concerts start Wednesday, before tickets go on sale to the […]

BBR Music Group/BMG Nashville Dustin Lynch has a little surprise up his sleeve for July 4: a new EP of reimagined songs.Club Set Remixes takes country to the dance floor with amped-up new versions of Dustin's hits "Small Town Boy," "Seein' Red," "Thinking 'Bout You" and "Stars Like Confetti," as well as his new single, "Easy to Love."“Putting together the Club Set Remixes EP was a fun ride," he says. "This […]

Warner Music Nashville Cole Swindell's got a new gig: He's a Mountain Dew "Thirst Guard." The "Forever to Me" hitmaker is the face of the soft drink's new campaign that deploys "Thirst Guards" to deliver cold beverages to you on the water if you've run out. The PR stunt launches July Fourth weekend in Lake Travis, Texas; Miller Beach, Indiana; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; and Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri. Cole will […]