ABC/Byron CohenShe’d hinted that it would happen once she wraps her opening gig on Rascal Flatts’ Rhythm & Roots tour, but now it’s official. Kelsea Ballerini will embark on her very own headlining tour in October, marking the fi...
Mark TuckerGarth Brooks had a surprise or two up his sleeve this weekend in Bossier City, Louisiana. First, he treated the sold-out crowd to a 25-minute opening set from friend and fellow country hitmaker Lee Brice. Then, toward the end of hi...
Comstock/Thinkstock Maren Morris may be climbing the charts with "80's Mercedes," but George Jones scored a huge hit in 1985 with a song about another kind of car. What kind of automobile did he own in "The One I Loved Back Then"? ANSWER...
Columbia NashvilleIt’s been a couple months since CMA Music Festival took over downtown Nashville, but this week on ABC, country music’s biggest week of the year comes back to life in a three-hour primetime special. This year’s show f...
Burke/Triolo Productions/Thinkstock George Strait will present Jim Lauderdale with the Wagonmaster trophy at this year’s Americana Music Association’s Honors and Awards September 21 at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. Stra...
Capitol NashvilleDierks Bentley is giving his new album, Black, the retro treatment. To celebrate its August 12 release on vinyl, he’ll do a special performance at St. Louis record store, Vintage Vinyl, before his Somewhere on a Beach Tou...
Jim Wright/Courtesy Schmidt RelationsThis fall, David Nail embarks on his headlining Fighter Tour, kicking off the trek named after his new album September 7 in Madison, Wisconsin. Along the way, the itinerary includes two free shows in Buffalo, New...
Ethan Helms/Courtesy Schmidt RelationsWhat’s it like to be the CMA Entertainer of the Year on the eve of playing your first stadium date of the year? Luke Bryan shows Willie Geist this Sunday, in a behind-the-scenes feature taped before his recen...
Getty Images via ABCWe’ve heard Gwen Stefani talk about how Blake Shelton “saved her life” following her painful divorce from Gavin Rossdale. Now, in a new cover story with Billboard, we get to hear how Gwen saved Blake right back.
The country singer describes the moment he told Gwen about his own split from Miranda Lambert. "I won't forget that day," he says. "I looked over at Gwen -- who I didn't really know -- and she had these huge tears in her eyes. I thought, 'Wow, she feels super bad for me!'"
But it wasn’t just sympathy -- she knew exactly what he was going through. Blake recalls, “She didn't tell me much, because we didn't know each other at the time, but she said, 'I'm going through something very similar to what you're going through. I understand. And I hate it.'”
The two bonded from that day on. “Next thing I know, I wake up and she's all I care about, and I'm wondering if she feels the same about me,” Blake says.
He adds, "Gwen saved my life. Who else on earth could understand going through a high-profile divorce from another musician? You can't even imagine the similarities in our divorces."
The two have been dating since last fall.
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Comstock/Thinkstock Hillary Scott happens to have seven Grammys for her work with Lady Antebellum, but her mom, Linda Davis, also has one in her own right. Can you recall why? ANSWER: Linda took home the Best Country Collaboration ...
