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HARDY (Todd Owyoung/NBC) It hasn't even been two months since HARDY released "McArthur," and the generational saga is already a top-25 hit. While it seems to be making its way up the chart quickly, HARDY recalls it wasn't one of his quickest compositions."It took a couple, three hours maybe. I mean, to me that’s a medium one. A fast one is, I always like to think under an hour," he says. […]

The second annual Diffie Classic is set for Sept. 21-22. It starts with a golf tournament at 12 Stones Crossing Golf Club in Goodlettsville, Tennessee, and continues with a concert at the Nashville Palace. The event honors the late Joe Diffie. Proceeds will go to Nashville-based First Steps, a nonprofit that works with children with special needs.Parmalee's new radio single is "God Knew Better," their follow-up to their #1 "Cowgirl."Vince […]

"American Idol" judges Lionel Richie, Carrie Underwood, and Luke Bryan discuss season 25 of the singing competition show. (ABC News) The search for America's next superstar is heating up for the top 20 American Idol contestants.Judges Lionel Richie, Carrie Underwood and Luke Bryan dished on what to expect ahead of the first live show of the season — the 24th season overall and ninth on ABC — coming up next week."We're going to […]

Charles Kelley & Trisha Yearwood (Terry Wyatt/Getty Images for Susan G. Komen) Sunday's Band As One Nashville Concert for the Cure: Trisha Yearwood & Friends at the Grand Ole Opry raised more than $850,000 to help Susan G. Komen in the fight against breast cancer — and they're not done yet. The show's first year at the Ryman Auditorium raised more than $700,000 by comparison. To keep the fundraising going, they're auctioning off […]

Ashley McBryde's 'Wild' jacket (Courtesy Ashley McBryde) The track list for Ashley McBryde's fifth studio album, Wild, is out now, and she delivered it in a very unique way. Last week 11 patches were mailed to Ashley's top fans, who are members of her The Trybe fan club. The patches correspond to the ones on the jacket Ashley wears on the Wild cover, and each one included instructions on how to […]

Reba McEntire's One Night in Atoka (Courtesy Reba McEntire/The GreenRoom) Reba McEntire will spend One Night in Atoka performing a rare concert at her restaurant in her Oklahoma hometown. The stripped-down show will take place April 9 at Reba's Place. Starting Tuesday, fans will be able to win tickets online. You have to enter before March 31, with the lucky concertgoers to be notified by April 2. All winners will get two […]

Cody Johnson (Disney/Larry McCormack) Cody Johnson's Sunday night show closing out RODEOHOUSTON set a record, becoming the largest concert ever in the history of NRG Stadium.  A total of 80,203 tickets were sold for the evening, which included surprise appearances by Carrie Underwood and Carin León. Cody's only the second artist to play a concert-only event at RODEOHOUSTON. The first was George Strait.Cody previously played the long-running event six times, in 2017, 2018, […]

Zach John King's "Get to Drinkin'" (Sony) Newcomer Zach John King is currently enjoying his very first hit on the Billboard Country Airplay chart with "Get to Drinkin'." "The story behind 'Get to Drinkin'' is about a relationship that I had in the past that, after a few Jack & Cokes, I started to paint it with rose-colored glasses, started to act like it wasn't my fault for letting things get […]

You can check out Hudson Westbrook's debut appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show on Tuesday. Check your local listings to see when it airs in your area. Justin Moore's 17-track Greatest Hits... Moore to Come is out now, including the version of his latest hit, "Time's Ticking," that features Dierks Bentley, as well as classic tracks like "If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away." Jelly Roll is out with "Lighter," a song produced […]