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HARDY's 'COUNTRY! COUNTRY!' (Big Loud) "Favorite Country Song" seems to be living up to its name, as HARDY's latest hit sticks around at the top of both the Mediabase and Billboard Country Airplay charts. The COUNTRY! COUNTRY! track is spending its second week at #1 on Mediabase and its third on the Billboard tally. Of HARDY's five number ones, this is only his second that's non-collaborative, following "Truck Bed." Previously, "Wait in […]

Tucker Wetmore (Disney/Frank Micelotta) Tucker Wetmore's third country radio hit is currently making its way up the chart, propelled in part by an elaborate music video — one that came straight out of Tucker's imagination."Me and my content guy, his name is Chase Foster, we were just sitting down," he tells ABC Audio. "I was like, 'Dude, I really want to do a music video for "Brunette,"' and I gave […]

Eric Church will play Trombone Shorty's birthday celebration April 25 at the Saenger Theatre in New Orleans. Grace Potter, Joan Jett, Branford Marsalis, Ivan Neville, Jill Scott, Mavis Staples, Irma Thomas and more will also take the stage for the Shorty Turns 40 show.Vince Gill, Suzy Bogguss, John Oates and more are set to play the For Pete's Sake benefit Feb. 15 at Nashville's City Winery. Proceeds go to The Pete […]

25 Years of 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?' (Grand Ole Opry/Lost Highway) The Grand Ole Opry will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack with a special show on Feb. 28. Many of the original artists will appear on the historic stage, along with others, including: Alaskan Sunnyside Sisters, Alison Krauss, Billy Strings, Chris Thomas King, Colin Linden, Dan Tyminski, Del McCoury Band, Emmylou Harris, Fisk Jubilee […]

Russell Dickerson's Nash-Birthday Bash (Courtesy The GreenRoom/Russell Dickerson) Russell Dickerson is extending his May 7 birthday celebration by one day, to play a special show at Nashville's Ascend Amphitheater on May 8."Who’s ready to absolutely RAGE at RussellMania for my NASH-BIRTHDAY BASH?!?!" he asked on his socials, adding, "LET’S PARTY!!!!"Tyler Hubbard, Adrien Nunez and Kevin Powers will join him for the show.Presales start Wednesday, before tickets become available to the […]

Lee Brice's "Time Will Tell" (Apple Music) The Heart Wranglers are the latest Nashville songwriters to find themselves in Apple Music's Lost & Found program. The trio composed of Lainey Wilson, Trannie Anderson and Dallas Wilson are the tunesmiths behind the Lost track "Time Will Tell," which dates back to March 2022. You can hear Trannie's demo on Apple Music now. Lee Brice steps up to the mic for the Found version of […]

LOCASH (Disney/Lorenzo Bevilaqua) LOCASH will headline the 15th annual Island Time Music Festival Feb. 25-28 on the Mexican island of Isla Mujeres. For their sixth time playing the festival, they're bringing along a collection of their friends to round out the entertainment, including Kellie Pickler, Maggie Rose, Trent Tomlinson, Emily West, Lewis Brice, Aaron Goodvin, Jimmie's Chicken Shack, The 615 Collective, Sarah Darling, Jon Stone & Nekessa, Clayton Anderson and Izzy Malik.The […]

Tim McGraw's Pawn Shop Guitar (Live Nation) Tim McGraw will tour North America with a "Pawn Shop Guitar" in 2026. That's the name of both a new track he'll drop in early March and his upcoming run of shows.The 33-date trek will kick off July 9 in Bethel, New York, and wrap Sept. 26 in West Palm Beach, Florida. It will include three stadium shows at Pennsylvania's Hersheypark Stadium, Boston's Fenway Park and […]

Thomas Rhett & Jordan Davis' "Ain't a Bad Life" (Big Machine) While it's practically unfathomable that Thomas Rhett would ever forsake his home format to pursue another genre entirely, that doesn't mean he doesn't have non-country dreams. So what would TR do if he ever decided to color outside the lines?"Probably something in the Motown space or literally being able to hire an orchestra for like a month and go write […]