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Miranda Lambert (Mary Kouw/CBS) Miranda Lambert is just one of the honorees still processing what happened Saturday night at ACL Live in Austin. "Last night was one I will never forget as long as I live," she wrote on Sunday. "Being inducted into the Texas Songwriters Hall of Fame along with King George, Keith Gattis, and Don Cook was the biggest honor I could ever dream of.""Thank you to @parkermccollum, @nataliehemby, […]

61st ACM Awards (Academy of Country Music) The countdown is on for the ACM Awards' return to Sin City in 2026.The 61st Academy of Country Music Awards will be back at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 17. The show was last in Las Vegas in 2022. We're also getting a preview of some of the big events leading up to the show.ACM Lifting Lives Country on the Green: Riley Green & Friends will […]

Jelly Roll (Jen Rosenstein) After announcing the second installment of The BIG A** Stadium Tour with Post Malone, Jelly Roll will scale things down for some shows in between.Jelly's Little A** Shed Tour will start May 28 in West Palm Beach, Florida, and is scheduled to run through a July 22 show in Walla Walla, Washington. It'll feature the "Save Me" singer performing in much smaller venues; Kashus Culpepper will […]

Baz Luhrmann's new documentary, EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, is now in IMAX theaters and will arrive in regular theaters on Feb. 27. It features long-lost footage from Elvis' 1970s Las Vegas residency and other concerts from that period, narrated by Elvis via a previously unheard interview. Luhrmann tells ABC Audio Elvis was talking about his life "in such an unguarded way" in the interview. He adds, "And in that moment, we went, 'Well, […]

Bailey Zimmerman launched his Different Night Same Rodeo tour Feb. 19 in Estero, Florida. In addition to his own hits, including "Rock and a Hard Place," "Where It Ends" and "Religiously," he threw in an unexpected cover of Miley Cyrus' "The Climb." Guess he's excited for that upcoming Hannah Montana 20th anniversary special.Keith Urban will appear at the 2026 Country Radio Seminar to take part in a special Q&A about […]

Corey Kent, 'Empty Words' (Sony Music Nashville) After Corey Kent teased his new song "Empty Words" on his socials, fans went crazy, so he rushed it out ahead of schedule."If I could’ve handpicked one song for you guys to care about, it would’ve been 'Empty Words,'” Corey writes on Instagram. "And then you guys went and blew it up before it even came out! Then you guys stayed patient as […]

Morgan Wallen (Spidey Smith) Morgan Wallen's "20 Cigarettes" has burned its way to the top. The song, from his album I'm the Problem, has become his 20th song overall to hit #1 on Billboard's Country Airplay chart."20 Cigarettes" is Morgan's sixth #1 on that chart from the album; he also scored six Country Airplay number ones with his previous album, 2023's One Thing at a Time. Billboard notes that Morgan is now […]

Ashley McBryde, 'Arkansas Mud' (Courtesy of Warner Records Nashville) Ashley McBryde embraces her "bad girl" side in the video for her new single, "Arkansas Mud."In the clip for the rocking song, the Arkansas native is seen plastering on a fake smile and waving to an unseen audience, intercut with scenes of her in a hotel room crashing out while smoking, downing shots, ripping off her fake eyelashes, jumping on a […]

Megan Moroney, 'Cloud 9' (Sony Music Nashville/Columbia Records) Megan Moroney's long-awaited new album, Cloud 9 is out now, along with lyric videos for all 15 songs. Starting Friday in New York City, she begins her "9 Cities. 9 Days" promotional tour: She'll travel across the country to visit nine places in all, performing some of her new songs and hits at each stop.Megan talks about the new album in a note […]