Nashville News
Chris Lane is engaged…
Loretta Lynn says she’s alive and well…
Chris Lane and Lauren Bushnell are engaged!
He asked on Sunday in the backyard of her family's home in Oregon. He played a song he'd written for her with the proposal in the lyrics.
Chris and Lauren have been dating since last fall.
Loretta Lynn says she's alive and well.
She called out the tabloid that reported last week that Loretta was on her deathbed and going into a nursing home.
She even posted a video on Facebook to prove that she's still kicking and stretching.
Shania Twain is headed back to Las Vegas…
Chase Rice to tour again…
Shania Twain will return to Las Vegas in December for a residency at Planet Hollywood that will take her through 2020.
She'll serve as creative director and she says she will incorporate elements from her famous videos and her recent world tour.
Tickets go on sale on Friday.
Chase Rice kicks off his new headlining tour on August 1st in Rhode Island.
The AM/PM tour -- named for a line in his new single "Lonely If You Are" - will make a stop in Cleveland at the Cleveland Masonic on November 22nd.
Cale Dodds, and Devin Dawson are among the openers on select dates.
Brett Eldredge is at #1…
Trisha Yearwood is going on tour..
Brett Eldredge finds himself in familiar territory this week as, "Love Someone," is number-one on the Mediabase country single's chart. Maybe he will celebrate with his dog Edgar, as the cute dog is featured in the music video for the song.
Trisha Yearwood is set for a solo tour this fall to support her new single, "Every Girl in This Town," and her new album, which will be released in the coming months.
The Every Girl on Tour kicks off with 3 nights in Nashville starting on October 3rd and wraps up on December 8th in Florida. She will stop in Cleveland at the State Theatre at Playhouse Square on October 27th. Tickets go on sale Friday.
Miranda Lambert helped a lot of dogs find homes…
Brantley Gilbert is ready to spoil his daughter…
Miranda Lambert's MuttNation set a new record by adopting out 61 dogs at CMA Fest last week.
Miranda, her mother Bev, and Dan and Shay's Dan Smyers and his wife Abby led a mile-long Mutt Strutt to kick off CMA Fest.
Brantley Gilbert and his wife Amber are expecting their second child, a daughter, in September.
Brantley knows without a doubt he is going to spoil her rotten.
He said, "Right now we're just praying for happy and healthy. All my buddies around me, a lot of them have daughters and told me you're going to be wrapped around her finger."
The Gilberts have a 16-month-old son, Barrett. Brantley will be at The Country Fest on Friday, June 21st.
Lee Brice has plans for the 4th of July…
Runaway June- in the Top 20…
Lee Brice has signed on to perform at this year's A Capitol Fourth.
John Stamos hosts the show, which will air on PBS on, yep you guessed it- the 4th of July.
It’s been a big few weeks for Runaway June- at the top of the list, they just scored their first Top 20 single with “Buy My Own Drinks.” This is the first Top 20 radio single by a country female band or trio in 14 years. Yes, 2005 the days when the likes of the Dixie Chicks and SheDaisy ruled the charts.
Adding to Runaway June’s happiness is the announcement that their first album, Blue Roses will be released on June 28th and they are currently touring with Carrie Underwood. All the girls will be in Cleveland on October 16th.
Luke Combs to join the Grand Ole Opry…
Miranda Lambert is ready to give us new music…
Luke Combs has been invited to join the Grand Ole Opry. He got real emotional when Craig Morgan, Chris Janson and John Conlee asked him to become the newest member last night.
Miranda Lambert hasn't put any new music out since her critically acclaimed double album, The Weight of These Wings, in 2016. Now, she is ready to give us some new tunes.
She says, "I took a good break and I got to live life and just be a person for a while. Just being off the road, I took my time writing and enjoyed it instead of rushing like we always do."
During CMA Fest, Miranda debuted a new song, "Locomotive."
Randy Houser and his wife welcomed a son…
Midland set to tour…
Randy Houser and his wife Tatiana welcomed their son Huckleberry Randolph Houser over the weekend.
Randy says, “Huck is handsome, healthy and happy, and we couldn’t be more excited to get him home and start the next chapter of our lives together with him.”
Randy has another son, seven-year-old West, from his previous marriage.
Midland are headed out on a headlining tour ahead of the release of their sophomore album, Let It Roll.
The tour begins in New York City on September 17th and wraps on November 9th in Indiana. Tickets to on sale Friday.
Let it Roll comes out on August 23rd.
Kelsea Ballerini puts the ladies back at #1…
Thomas Rhett has another #1 album…
Congratulations to Kelsea Ballerini, who is sitting at the top of the Mediabase country singles chart with "Miss Me More." This is her 5th number one. And, the last time a female was at number one in country music was 15 months ago- that female was none other than Kelsea Ballerini.
Thomas Rhett scored his second #1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as Center Point Road debut right a the top spot. Life Changes was the other album to do the same. Center Point Road is the first country album to hit number one on the all genre Billboard 200 chart in 2019. You can see Thomas at the Country Fest on Saturday, June 22nd.
Tanya Tucker is releasing new music…
FGL’s Tyler Hubbard shared the name of his son…
Tanya Tucker is set to release her first album in 17 years on August 23rd.
While I'm Livin' is produced by Brandi Carlisle and her family friend Shooter Jennings.
FGL’s Tyler Hubbard and his wife Hayley are just a couple of months away from welcoming their son to the family, and they recently shared his name with People magazine -- Luca Reed.
Luca will make his debut in August, joining big sister Olivia. FGL will be at Blossom on August 23rd.
Jennifer Nettles to release an EP…
CMT Music Award winners…
Jennifer Nettles announced this week she is releasing a surprise new EP this Friday. It shares the same name with her recent single “I Can Do Hard Things.” Other than that, JNett isn’t giving much more info.
She did post on Instagram saying, “Some of the songs are confessional, some are saucy, all of them are fun explorations for me.”
Love won at last night’s CMT Music Awards. Carrie Underwood was the night's only multiple award winner as her video for “Love Wins” took home Female Video of the Year and Video of the Year.
The other big winners included Kane Brown's "Lose It," which was named Male Video of the Year; Zac Brown Band's "Someone I Used to Know," won the Group Video of the Year and Dan and Shay's "Speechless," was was named Duo Video of the Year.
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Randy Houser is going on tour…
Thomas Rhett and Kelsea Ballerini are back to hosting…
Randy Houser will headline his Magnolia tour this fall.
His friend Paul Cauthen will open the shows, which kick off on October 24th in Dallas, and additional support acts will be announced soon. Tickets go on sale this Friday.
Thomas Rhett and Kelsea Ballerini will return as hosts of CMA Fest: The Music Event of the Summer for the third time.
The three-hour special brings fans all the music, events and excitement of the festival that is going on right now in Nashville. It airs on August 4th on ABC.
Morgan Wallen is back at #1…
Runaway June to release their debut album…
Congratulations to Morgan Wallen, who tops the chart this week with his second number one with, "Whiskey Glasses." He went up the chart last time with FGL and the tune “Up Down.”
After 4 years together, Runaway June—the trio comprised of Naomi Cooke, Hannah Mulholland and Jennifer Wayne—will release their debut album, Blue Roses, on June 28.
The 10-song project includes many song co-written by the ladies and features the single, “Buy My Own Drinks.”
Carrie Underwood has to go back to Toronto…
More performers announced for the CMT Music Awards…
Carrie Underwood's June 9th stop on her Cry Pretty 360 tour in Toronto has been postponed because the Raptors have advanced to the NBA Finals.
A new date will be announced soon. We have nothing like that to worry about when Carrie stops at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland on October 16th.
Keith Urban, Little Big Town, Luke Combs and Zac Brown Band have been added as performers on the CMT Music Awards.
Other performers include Carrie Underwood, Dan and Shay, Kane Brown, Kelsea Ballerini and Luke Bryan. The night will also feature collaborations by Maren Morris and Sheryl Crow; Thomas Rhett and Little Big Town, Tanya Tucker and Brandi Carlile, and Brett Young and Boyz II Men.
The CMT Music Awards, hosted by Little Big Town, airs live from Nashville's Bridgestone Arena on June 5th.
Kane Brown has another #1…
Mark of Midland is engaged…
Kane Brown has scored his fourth number-one he as rises up one spot on the Mediabase chart with "Good as You." It is good year for Kane- he is scoring #1s, touring with Jason Aldean and he and his wife are expecting their first child together.
Mark Wystrach of Midland is engaged. He announced the big news on his Instagram account. He popped the question to his long time girlfriend Tyler of over a year and the couple share two dogs together.