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Disney/Connie Chornuk You can watch Carly Pearce mark a career milestone Thursday night on the annual CMA Fest special on ABC. "I am performing 'My Wish' with Rascal Flatts, which for me is a total full circle moment," she explains. "I've loved Rascal Flatts my whole career. They're one of the reasons that I wanted to sing country music."I got to be a part of their duets album," she continues. "And […]

Disney/Larry McCormack It's been quite a few years since Blake Shelton played the main stage at CMA Fest at Nashville's Nissan Stadium, but that all changed in early June.To mark his return, he brought along a buddy."I have a secret weapon," he said before the performance. "Trace Atkins is gonna come out and perform 'Honky Tonk Badonkadonk,' which it's [the] 20 year anniversary of that song becoming a hit.""And then […]

Disney/Robby Klein Ashley McBryde returns to host ABC's annual CMA Fest special for the second year in a row Thursday night. She had Jelly Roll by her side in 2024, and for 2025 it's recent tour mate Cody Johnson."Ashley and I worked really well together," Cody says. "She was one of those people that like the first time I met her, I felt like I'd known her for the last 15 […]

Tickets for CMA Fest 2026 go on sale Thursday at 10 a.m., with early access available online now. You can go behind the scenes of the making of "Trailblazer" with Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert and Lainey Wilson in a new YouTube video.Hunter Hayes' new video for "Around the Sun" premieres Thursday at 5 p.m. ET on YouTube. Copyright © 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

Disney via CMA/Nathan Zucker CMA Fest was only three weeks ago, but Dylan Scott's already reliving the memories."Felt good to take my kids with me to #CMAFest!" he shared on his socials, along with a photo with son Beckett and daughter Finley. "Makes a daddy’s heart feel good.""Also, yall keep making an ol’ boy feel good showing up to these shows, it’s like we’re just getting started!!!!" he added.Dylan played […]

Disney/Larry McCormack Year 11 of Luke Bryan's Crash My Playa is officially on the calendar. "I know y’all have been waiting," the superstar shared on his socials. "@crashmyplaya coming January 2026. Stay tuned!"The accompanying graphic reveals the 2026 fan getaway vacation will be held Jan. 15-18 at Moon Palace in Rivera Cancun, Mexico. Of course, you're guaranteed two nights of shows headlined by Luke, along with an array of his fellow country stars. […]

Southern Accent Entertainment Lady A hitmaker Charles Kelley is officially in a new phase, as his Songs for a New Moon is now available to stream or download. "9 years since my debut solo album, The Driver," he remarked on Tuesday.  Though Charles' first effort was nominated for a country Grammy, it failed to get the radio airplay he'd hoped for. That's certainly not the case with his more pop-oriented second record, […]

Kevin Mazur/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management Taylor Swift returned to where her career started — Nashville — on Tuesday night, with a little help from Kane Brown.As Variety reports, Taylor took the stage at Nashville's Brooklyn Bowl during a benefit for Tight End University, the annual summit for NFL tight ends that is spearheaded by Travis Kelce and others. Travis was one of the hosts of the event, which featured […]

Big Machine Could a Florida Georgia Line reunion be on the horizon? The quiet release of a new EP seems to raise that question. The duo's longtime label, Big Machine, dropped a new EP, Deep Cuts & Lost Tracks, Vol. 1, on June 13. The collection includes six unheard tracks, all co-written by Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley, save for one: "Smile." "Life Is a Honeymoon" is a collab with reggae royalty […]