Don McLean has shared the sweet gift Taylor Swift sent him after breaking his long-held record for the longest song to reach the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100. The 10-minute 13-second version of “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)” broke the record held by McLean’s 8-minute and 42-second-long song “American Pie” since 1972.…… Read More
Country music icon Dolly Parton is among four winners of this year’s “People of the Year: award. Actress Sandra Oh, U.S. Olympic gymnast Simone Biles and the teachers of America are the other winners of the award, which People magazine presents to celebrities and educators honoring their transformative work every year. Parton has always done…… Read More
Kelly Clarkson covered alt rock legends the Pixies’s classic “Where is My Mind?” during the “Kellyoke” segment on her daytime talk show “The Kelly Clarkson Show” on Monday, November 29. Clarkson gave her own pop twist to the classic rock song as she was accompanied by her band Y’all. “With your feet on the air…… Read More
Garth Brooks has announced a Stadium Tour stop in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in April of next year. The concert will be held at LSU’s Tiger Stadium beginning at 7 p.m. on April 30. This will be the country music superstar’s first show at Tiger Stadium. It will also be his first time in Louisiana in…… Read More
Keith Urban has announced 2022 North American tour dates as part of his first world tour in four years. Ingrid Andress will join Urban to open “The Speed Of Now World Tour,” which kicks off on June 17 at Tampa, Florida. The tour is named after Urban’s 2020 album, The Speed of Now Part 1.…… Read More
Zac Brown Band’s “Same Boat” has reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart. “Same Boat” rose from No. 4 to the top spot of the chart dated December 4. The single recorded 28.2 million audience impressions, up 9%, in the week ending November 28, according to MRC Data. Zac Brown Band earned its 14th…… Read More
Country music star Chris Stapleton has announced dates for the Canadian leg of his “All-American Road Show.” The Canadian leg of the tour will include stops at London’s Budweiser Gardens, Ottawa’s Canadian Tire Centre, Montreal’s Centre Bell, Regina’s Brandt Centre, Saskatoon’s Sasktel Centre, Winnipeg’s Canada Life Centre, Edmonton’s Rogers Place, Calgary’s Scotiabank Saddledome, and Vancouver’s…… Read More
Reba McEntire has announced that she will open a dining and entertainment venue in southeastern Oklahoma next year. The county music superstar plans to convert an old Masonic Temple in downtown Atoka into a multi-use bar, restaurant and concert space and name it Reba’s Place. She revealed plans to enter the celebrity restaurant business during…… Read More
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss’ covers album Raise The Roof has debuted in the top 10 on the all-genre Billboard 200. The 12-track Raise the Roof, which dropped on November 19, is a collection of covers like the pair’s previous album Raising Sand, which was produced by T-Bone Burnett, who also worked with Plant and…… Read More
Country star Jimmie Allen’s 6-week-old daughter was finally released from the hospital after a five-day stay. The country singer’s wife, Alexis Allen shared the news on social media on Sunday, November 28. “We’re going home,” the mom of two captioned a photo of Zara. Last week, Allen had slammed the “lazy doctors” who discharged his…… Read More
