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Trace Adkins is ready for the national anthem...Jimmie Allen is headed to Idol... Trace Adkins will sing the national anthem at Sunday’s sold-out Daytona 500.Daytona International Speedway is back to full capacity and they expect about 100,000 fans on Sunday. Jimmie Allen will be a mentor on the upcoming new season of American Idol. Jimmie will split the mentor gig with Florida Georgia Line "Meant to Be" collaborator Bebe Rexha.Season 20 of American Idol will premiere on Sunday, Feb. 27
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The first round of ACM performances... Kelsea Ballerini, Walker Hayes, Maren Morris, Thomas Rhett, Chris Stapleton and Breland are among the first performers announced for the 57th ACM Awards. Parmalee and Blanco Brown will perform along with Brooke Eden, Carly Pearce and Ashley McBryde. More performances and collaborations will be announced soon.The ACM Awards, hosted by Dolly Parton, Gabby Barrett and Jimmie Allen, will stream live from Las Vegas on Amazon Prime on March 7th.
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Jimmie and Brad are at #1...Jason Aldean is going on tour... Congratulations go out to Jimmie Allen and Brad Paisley. Their duet "Freedom Was a Highway" tops the Mediabase country singles chart this week, giving Jimmie his third career number-one and Brad his 25th. Jason Aldean booked his 34-city Rock N' Roll Cowboy tour for this summer. Joining him are Gabby Barrett, and John Morgan . If you recall- they will all be at The Country Fest in June!
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Priscilla Block loves her new album...All the country singers to sing the anthem at the Big Game... Priscilla Block released her first full-length album, Welcome to the Block Party, and she says the album has "all the sass, all the trash and all the sad.”Priscilla wrote all 12 songs on the album. Mickey Guyton becomes just the seventh country artist to sing the national anthem at the Super Bowl. Eric Church and Jazmine Sullivan performed the anthem last year. Luke Bryan did…
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2022 ACM nominations... Chris Young leads the nominations for the 57th ACM Awards. He has seven nominations, including Album of the Year for Famous Friends. He shares three of his nominations with Kane Brown for their song "Famous Friends."First-time nominee Walker Hayes has five nominations and he has "Fancy Like" to thank. Miranda Lambert is nominated in five categories and ties with Reba McEntire's 16 career nominations in the Female Artist of the Year category.Chris Stapleton received five nominations, including his fourth nod for Entertainer of the Year and his seventh for Male Artist of the…
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Chris Stapleton is back on top...FGL is taking a break... Congratulations to Chris Stapleton has another reason to celebrate. Chris' "You Should Probably Leave" is the new number-one on the Mediabase country singles chart this week. This is actually an old song that he wrote for his album Traveller that did not make the cut and found new life now. Florida Georgia Line wants to make one thing perfectly clear: they are not breaking up. Brian Kelley tells People, "We're not going…
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ACM Awards hosts announced...Kenny is coming to Blossom... The Academy of Country Music's reigning New Female Artist of the Year, Gabby Barrett, and the reigning New Male Artist of the Year, Jimmie Allen, join Dolly Parton as hosts of the 57th Academy of Country Music Awards. Gabby and Jimmie will also announce this year's nominees on Thursday at 10:30 a.m. ET on the Academy's Twitter account. The ACM Awards will stream exclusively on Amazon Prime Video on March 7th. Kenny Chesney has added 20 amphitheater dates to his 2022 Here and Now stadium…
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Cole Swindell talks about his new album...Dustin Lynch talks about his new tour... Cole Swindell will release his fourth studio album, Stereotype, on April 8th. He says, “I am so proud of this album and excited for everyone to hear what we have been working on. I’ve always had a ‘best song wins’ attitude when recording an album and I hope every song we recorded for Stereotype makes you feel something."The album features collaborations with Lainey Wilson and Hardy. Dustin Lynch will launch his headlining Party…
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Dolly is set to be one of the hosts of the ACMs...Lauren Alaina and Craig Morgan are headed to reality TV... The Academy of Country Music has announced that Dolly Parton will be one of the hosts for the ACM Awards on March 7th in Las Vegas. Nominees and additional co-hosts will also be announced in the coming weeks. The ACM Awards will stream live exclusively on Amazon Prime Video. Lauren Alaina and Craig Morgan are among the stars competing in the new celebrity adventure show Beyond…
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The CMT Awards have a date...Dolly loves Keith... The date for the CMT Awards has been announced. The show will air live from Nashville's Municipal Auditorium and venues around the city on April 11th on CBS and Paramount Plus.Nominees and more details will be announced soon. Dolly Parton has sung with a lot of people but there is still someone on her bucket list she'd like to duet with.She says, "I love Keith Urban. I've always thought that he was one…
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Mickey Guyton is head to sing at the Big Game...Lady A is officially Lady A... Mickey Guyton will sing the national anthem at the Super Bowl.The Super Bowl will air live on NBC on February 13th. The legal battle between Lady A and singer Anita White, who is known professionally as Lady A, is over. The parties settled the lawsuit for an undisclosed amount. The group filed a lawsuit after the singer asked the band for $10 million. Singer Lady A…
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Jordan and Luke are still at #1...Luke Bryan announced a tour... Congratulations go out to Jordan Davis and Luke Bryan. "Buy Dirt" is spending a second week at the top of the Mediabase country singles chart. Luke Bryan announced the dates and supporting acts for his 2022 Raised Up Right tour. Joining him this summer are Riley Green, Mitchell Tenpenny and D.J. Rock. There is not one stop in Ohio...
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Elle King loves Dolly...Lauren Alaina is ready for the Opry... Elle King is making her way into country music and she knew she always wanted to make it in Nashville because of Dolly Parton. When Elle got to meet her, and it was everything. She said, :You know how sometimes they say never meet your heroes? They didn't mean Dolly Parton. Like, she is everything that is what an enigma is. She's amazing." Lauren Alaina will be…
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