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Country Thunder Florida (Country Thunder Music Festivals) Country Thunder is heading to the beach for the first time in 2026. The traveling country festival, which already hosts events in Arizona, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Wisconsin, will take over St. Pete Beach May 8-10, 2026. Zach Top, Gavin Adcock and Kane Brown will headline the three-day concert, with Randy Houser, Max McNown, Shaboozey, Dasha, Gretchen Wilson and more set to play. Tickets for Country Thunder Florida are […]

'New Year's Eve Live: Nashville's Big Bash' (CBS) Dierks Bentley, Brooks & Dunn, Rascal Flatts, Riley Green, Marcus King, Megan Moroney, Zach Top, Keith Urban, Gretchen Wilson, Stephen Wilson Jr. and Dwight Yoakam all join the lineup for Nashville's annual New Year's Eve celebration on CBS.They'll be appearing from clubs and venues all across Music City, while previously announced headliners Jason Aldean, Lainey Wilson and Bailey Zimmerman will take the stage […]

Lainey Wilson (Disney/Michael Le Brecht) If you haven't checked out Lainey Wilson's exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, she's doing all she can to make sure you come by to see it — and that includes a special performance in the CMA Theater in early 2026.The CMA and ACM entertainer of the year will play a special writers round Jan. 13 at 4 p.m. CT with […]

Miranda Lambert & George Strait (Theo Wargo/Getty Images) Parker McCollum, Brooks & Dunn and Jamey Johnson will come together to honor George Strait and Miranda Lambert as they're inducted into the Texas Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2026. The ceremony will take place Feb. 21 at ACL Live at The Moody Theater in Austin. Tickets are on sale now. Singer/songwriters Natalie Hemby and Waylon Payne are set to perform as well at […]

Russell Dickerson (Disney/Michael Le Brecht) Having your first-ever song blow up is nice, but Russell Dickerson says he's glad that his current hit, "Happen to Me," didn't happen to him until now."I think about this year a lot, like, what if this was my first song, and [it became] like the biggest [one]," he mused to ABC Audio. The song has become his biggest in several years, as well as a viral […]

Artwork for Baz uhrmann's 'EPic: Elvis Presley in Concert'/(Sony Music Entertainment) We’re getting our first look at director Baz Luhrmann's upcoming Elvis Presley documentary, EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, with the release of the first teaser trailer for the film.The doc features never-before-seen performances, unheard interview recordings and restored rarities from The King, including long-lost footage from his 1970s Las Vegas residency. The teaser gives fans a glimpse of some of that footage and teases what fans can expect from the […]

Morgan Wallen's 'I'm the Problem' (Big Loud) Morgan Wallen is Billboard's most successful artist of 2025.Wallen finishes the year at #1 on Billboard's Top Artists ranking for the first time, on the strength of his I'm the Problem album. The record debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart on May 31, going on to spend a dozen weeks at the top. He also charted more titles on the Hot 100 than any […]

Carrie Underwood at Tanglewood (Tanglewood) Carrie Underwood hasn't revealed if she plans to tour in 2026, but we do know she'll be playing a prestigious summer show in Massachusetts.The American Idol star has booked her first appearance as part of the Tanglewood Music Festival on Aug. 29. Tickets go on sale Friday. Tanglewood is the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, located in Lenox, Massachusetts. Carrie will be part of […]

Parmalee's 'Fell in Love with a Cowgirl' (BBR/BMG) Parmalee claims the fifth #1 of their career as "Cowgirl" arrives at the top of Billboard's Country Airplay chart. "Words can’t describe how excited we are to see Cowgirl sitting at #1!" the band shared on its socials. "We all had a gut feeling about this song and believed in it from day one[.] It’s been great to see it connect and grow with […]