Gulf Coast JamMiranda Lambert, Lady Antebellum and Keith Urban are headlining the 2015 Pepsi Gulf Coast Jam in Panama City Beach, Florida, over Labor Day weekend. The festival will run September 4 through 6 with Sam Hunt, Gary Allan, Tyler Farr, Kris...
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Jason Davis/Getty Images for CMHOFLuke Bryan is the subject of a major new exhibit opening Friday at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville. It's called Luke Bryan: Dirt Road Diary, and fans will see the story of the country supersta...
Burke/Triolo Productions/ThinkstockRandy Houser, Dustin Lynch, Kip Moore, Justin Moore and Maddie & Tae have joined Brad Paisley, Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley on the bill for the Farmborough Music Festival in New York City June 26 through 28. Keit...
RCA NashvilleChris Young opted not to play his brand-new single, "I'm Comin' Over," in concert until the track was available for download at iTunes. He knew as soon as he sang the song in public it would be all over YouTube, and Chris didn't want fa...
Streamsound RecordsKristian Bush is headed overseas to entertain U.S. troops, though the journey starts closer to home with a Memorial Day Performance at Pearl Harbor in Oahu, Hawaii. The trek will continue with seven performances for service men an...
Streamsound RecordsKristian Bush is headed overseas to entertain U.S. troops, though the journey starts closer to home with a Memorial Day Performance at Pearl Harbor in Oahu, Hawaii. The trek will continue with seven performances for service men and women throughout Japan through June 6.
Playing these shows is a true labor of love for Kristian, who comes from a family of U.S. veterans. He says “My father was an officer in the Army and my grandfather served in World War II, and I am so proud of their service. I’ll always do whatever I can to support our troops."
Following his shows in Japan, Kristian is making multiple appearances in Nashville during the CMA Music Festival, including a performance at the Bluebird Café on June 9 and another appearance at the Grand Ole Opry June 13.
Kristian's new single, "Light Me Up," is also coming to country radio June 1 as the follow-up to his top-20 hit, "Trailer Hitch." Both tracks are included on Kristian's debut solo project, Southern Gravity, available now.
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Valory Music Co.Brantley Gilbert has written and recorded several hit songs about his on-again, off-again relationship with his fiancée, Amber. Now that they're settling down and getting married this year, Brantley's worried he won't be able to write more of his signature party songs like "Bottoms Up" and "Country Must Be Country Wide."
He tells the New Orleans Times-Picayune, "What am I going to do when I get to be a married guy? Nobody wants to hear that on every song on the record."
Brantley goes on to say he and Amber have a "really good little love story" going on, and they've had no problem making compromises for their upcoming wedding ceremony. Says Brantley, "She gave us permission -- the guys to get wear boots."
The Platinum Edition of Brantley's latest album, Just As I Am, is now available in stores and online.
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Scott Stem/EB MediaScotty McCreery sang "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" during the seventh-inning stretch at the New York Mets vs. St. Louis Cardinals game in New York City Tuesday night. He'll talk about that performance, and his love of baseball, on Sport Illustrated's SI Now Wednesday at 1 p.m. ET at SI.com.
Look for Scotty to also appear on the Road Trip with Anna Dooiman segment of FOX News's FOX and Friends, coming up May 28. The reporter visited Scotty at his show earlier this year in North Dakota to learn how to be his guitar tech. You can see how well she did when the segment airs.
Next up, Scotty begins his gig as a special guest on Rascal Flatts' RIOT Tour 2015 starting May 30 in Noblesville, Indiana.
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Red Bow RecordsCraig Campbell is back with a brand-new, sexy single, "Tomorrow Tonight," now available on iTunes. Craig co-wrote the single and says it encompasses everything he loves about country music right now.
He explains, "It has a balance of what you think of as more traditional, and also more modern sounds. I really believe in finding a way to meet in the middle -- it lets me be proud of the music I make and am writing."
Craig will debut the new single at the CMA Music Festival June 11 in Nashville.
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