• NEWS AND NOTES: Dierks, Keith, Carrie, Lauren, Jon, Chris

    Dierks Bentley will perform on NBC’s Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon Wednesday (June 13th).

    Keith Urban will be joined by Blake Shelton, Kelly Clarkson and Ricky Martin on this year’s Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular. The two-hour show will air from New York City on July 4th at 8pm ET on NBC.

    Carrie Underwood will perform at Spotify’s first-ever Hot Country Live show on July 4th in New York at Pier 17. Tickets go on sale Friday (June 15th).

    Lauren Alaina and Jon Pardi will host this year’s ACM Honors at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium August 22nd. Tickets go on this Friday (June 15th). Honorees include Dierks Bentley, Alan Jackson, Darius Rucker and Rhett Akins.

    Justin Timberlake’s song with Chris Stapleton, “Say Something,” has been honored for a Teen Choice Award for Male Artist, while Carrie Underwood is nominated for Choice Country Artist. The Teen Choice Awards will air live from The Forum in Los Angeles August 12th on FOX. Voting is open now.

  • FOURTH OF JULY 2018 LINERS

     

    Audio / LINER AJ (4th of July)

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    “Hey! This is Alan Jackson, wishing you a happy and safe Fourth of July.”

    Audio / LINER Billy Currington (4th of July)

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    “Hey guys! I’m Billy Currington, wishing you a Happy Fourth of July.”

     

    Audio / LINER Brandon Lay (Fourth of July)

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    “What’s up, everybody? This is Brandon Lay, wishing you a Happy Fourth of July.”

     

    Audio / LINER Bros Osborne (Fourth of July)

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    “Hey y’all! I’m John, and I’m TJ, and we are Brothers Osborne, wishing you a very Happy Fourth of July.”

    Audio / LINER Clare Dunn (Fourth of July)

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    “Hey! This is Clare Dunn, wishing you a very Happy Fourth of July.”

     

    Audio / LINER Darius (4th of July)

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    “Hey y’all, what’s up? This is Darius Rucker, wishing you a very, very happy Fourth of July!”

    Audio / LINER Darius (Happy Birthday, America)

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    “Happy Birthday, America!”

    Audio / LINER Dierks Bentley (4th of July)

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    Hey everybody! This is Dierks Bentley, wishing you a Happy and safe Fourth of July.

    Audio / LINER Eric Church (4th of July)

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    “Hey this is Eric Church, wishing you a very happy Fourth of July.”

    Audio / LINER Eric Paslay (4th of July)

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    “Hey! This is Eric Paslay, wishing you a very happy Fourth of July.”

    Audio / LINER Gary Allan (4th of July)

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    “Hey! This is Gary Allan. Happy Fourth of July.”

    Audio / LINER Jon Pardi (4th of July)

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    “Hi, it’s Jon Pardi, wishing you a Happy Fourth of July.”

    Audio / LINER Jordan Davis (Fourth of July)

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    “Hey! I’m Jordan Davis, wishing you a Happy Fourth of July.”

    Audio / LINER Lauren Alaina (4th of July)

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    “Hey! It’s Lauren Alaina. Have a safe and happy Fourth of July.”

    Audio / LINER LBT (4th of July)

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    “Hey! We’re Little Big Town. Happy Fourth of July!”

    Audio / LINER Luke Bryan (4th of July)

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    “Hey! This is Luke Bryan, wishing you a very happy Fourth of July.”

    Audio / LINER Maddie & Tae (Fourth of July)

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    “Hey everybody! I’m Maddie, and I’m Tae and we’re Maddie & Tae, wishing you a  safe and happy Fourth of July.”

     

    Audio / LINER Mickey Guyton (Fourth of July)

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    “Hey! This is Mickey Guyton, wishing you a Happy Fourth of July.”

    Audio / LINER Sam Hunt (Fourth of July)

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    “Hey everybody! This is Sam Hunt, wishing you a safe and Happy Fourth of July.”

    Audio / LINER Travis Denning (Fourth of July)

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    “Hey y’all! It’s Travis Denning, wishing you a safe and Happy Fourth of July.”

  • MADDIE AND TAE HAVE A TALE TO TELL ABOUT THEIR CURRENT NETFLIX OBSESSION.

    Maddie and Tae have been playing shows and working on their new album, which includes their song “Friends Don’t.” However, when they have a little time at home or on the tour bus, they’ve been catching up on their current “Netflix” (or Hulu) obsession.

    “Definitely Handmaid’s Tale, wouldn’t you agree?,” says Tae Dye. Her duo partner Maddie Marlowe agrees. “Oh, yeah, yeah. It’s creepy because it feels like it could be real one day.”

    The two performed a few times during last week’s CMA Music Fest, including an intimate performance at the HGTV Lodge where the pair gave fans an inside listen to some of their new tracks as well as their hits “Girl in a Country Song” and “Fly.”

    For a list of tour dates, go to MaddieandTae.com.

    Audio / Maddie and Tae talk about their current Netflix obsession.

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    Maddie & Tae (Netflix obsession) OC: (Maddie)…one day.  :10
    TAE: “Favorite Netflix obsession…” MADDIE: “I feel like we have the same one right now, right?” TAE: “Definitely Handmaids Tale, wouldn’t you agree?” MADDIE: “Oh, yeah, yeah. It’s creepy because it feels like it could be real one day.”

  • LUKE BRYAN PLAYED FOR 35,000 FANS AT CINCINNATI’S GREAT AMERICAN BALLPARK.

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    Four-time ACM and CMA Entertainer of the Year Luke Bryan played for 35,000 fans on Saturday night in Cincinnati’s Great American Ballpark on his WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY TOUR XL STADIUM SIZED. Luke experienced another triple-crown achievement as the first artist in any genre to play headline shows in three Cincinnati venues- Riverbend Music Center (where he’s sold-out back-to-back nights), Paul Brown Stadium and now the home of the Cincinnati Reds.

    Singer/songwriter and platinum-selling artist Cole Swindell was a surprise guest on the show and performed with Luke on two of the #1 songs he co-wrote, “Roller Coaster” and “This Is How We Roll.” Openers on the stadium show included DJ Rock, Jon Pardi and Morgan Wallen and special guest Sam Hunt.

    Luke’s WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY TOUR XL STADIUM SIZED, named Billboard Music AwardsTop Country Tour, will continue through the end of October with 40+ concerts including 10 additional stadium shows.

    “What Makes You Country Tour:”
    DATE                    CITY                                                 VENUE
    6/21                        West Palm Beach, FL                         Coral Sky Amphitheatre
    6/22                        Jacksonville, FL                                   Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
    6/23                        Tampa, FL                                           Raymond James Stadium                XL STADIUM SIZED
    6/28                        Raleigh, NC                                          Coastal Credit Union Music Park
    6/29                        Charlotte, NC                                       PNC Music Pavilion
    6/30                        Pittsburgh, PA                                     Heinz Field                                          XL STADIUM SIZED
    7/6                          Boston, MA                                          Fenway Park                                       XL STADIUM SIZED
    7/8                          Cavendish, PE                                      Cavendish Beach Music Festival                    
    7/14                        Calgary, AB                                          The Calgary Stampede
    7/15                        Craven, SK                                           Country Thunder
    7/20                        Monticello, IA                                      Great Jones County Fair
    7/21                        Minneapolis, MN                                Target Field                                        XL STADIUM SIZED
    7/22                        Twin Lakes, WI                                   Country Thunder
    7/25                        Lake Tahoe, NV                                  Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harvey’s
    7/26                        Paso Robles, CA                                  California Mid-State Fair
    7/28                        Los Angeles, CA                                Dodger Stadium                                 XL STADIUM SIZED
    8/1                          Rogers, AR                                            Walmart AMP
    8/2                          Omaha, NE                                           Century Link Center
    8/4                          Denver, CO                                          Sports Authority Field at Mile High XL STADIUM SIZED  
    8/17                        Syracuse, NY                                        Lakeview Amphitheater
    8/18                        Bristow, VA                                          Jiffy Lube Live
    8/19                        Saratoga Springs, NY                          Saratoga PAC
    8/24                        Indianapolis, IN                                   Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center
    8/25                        St Louis, MO                                       Busch Stadium                                    XL STADIUM SIZED
    8/26                        Kansas City, MO                                 Sprint Center
    9/1                          Chicago, IL                                          Wrigley Field                                      XL STADIUM SIZED
    9/7                          Houston, TX                                         Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
    9/8                          Dallas, TX                                             Dos Equis Pavilion
    9/13                        Rapid City, SD                                     Rushmore Plaza Civic Center
    9/14                        Billings, MT                                          Rimrock Auto Arena
    9/19                        Missoula, MT                                       Big Sky Brewing
    9/20                        Boise, ID                                               Ford Idaho Center
    10/11                     Portland, OR                                         Moda Center
    10/12                     Seattle, WA                                           White River Amphitheater
    10/13                     Vancouver, BC                                   BC Place Stadium                              XL STADIUM SIZED
    10/25                     Rochester, NY                                      Blue Cross Arena
    10/26                     Detroit, MI                                           Ford Field                                            XL STADIUM SIZED
    Live Nation is the national tour promoter of the 2018 “What Makes You Country Tour.” Cabela’s, theWorld’s Foremost Outfitter of hunting, fishing and outdoor gear, is a sponsor.  Citi® / AAdvantage® is the official credit card for the Luke Bryan Tour, and as such, Citi / AAdvantage cardmembers have had access to purchase presale and preferred tickets. Citi / AAdvantage cardmembers also have access to special events in select markets, with packages available for purchase that offer great seats, dedicated hospitality lounges, and exclusive experiences. For complete details, please visit www.citiprivatepass.com. Verizon is also a tour sponsor with their Verizon Up customer loyalty rewards program. 
  • LITTLE BIG TOWN WILL HAVE THEIR OWN EXHIBIT AT THE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME.

    Grammy-winning vocal group Little Big Town will be the subject of a special exhibit, Little Big Town: The Power of Four, opening June 29, 2018, and continuing through June 9, 2019, at the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum. The popular foursome will participate in a special program Tuesday, June 26, 2018, in connection with the exhibit. Details for the program appear below.

    Little Big Town members are Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman, Phillip Sweet and Jimi Westbrook. Many of their albums have been top sellers, including The Road to Here (2005), Tornado (2012), Pain Killer (2014), and, most recently, The Breaker (2017). Little Big Town has received six CMA awards for Vocal Group of the Year and three Grammys, among many other honors.

    The new exhibit tells the group’s story from the very beginning, and includes keepsakes and photos from each member’s childhood. The narrative recounts the development of individual talents that eventually brought the four together to form contemporary country music’s first two-woman, two-man vocal group. The exhibit storyline recalls early career struggles that ultimately strengthened the group’s bond and solidified their resolve to succeed on their own terms. By making bold musical decisions, the members of Little Big Town have joined the top echelon of country music stardom.

    “Karen, Kimberly, Phillip, and Jimi—Little Big Town—build their music on a foundation of beautiful vocal harmonies seldom heard in country music,” said Kyle Young, CEO of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. “The group has enjoyed best-selling, award-winning success, but achieving that success required uncommon dedication and courage—and the willingness to make records for four different labels—before Little Big Town became consistent hit makers. Their journey has been a long one, and we embrace the opportunity to share Little Big Town’s story with our visitors.”

    “Having an exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum is something we would never have thought to dream of for ourselves. It is beyond a dream come true,” said Fairchild. “We are honored to be a part of country music, and are so thankful to all our fans, the music community here in Nashville and the museum for this privilege.”

    The exhibit includes many unique items that illuminate the personalities of group members. Artifacts include a handmade Afghan ceramic pitcher, given to Sweet by an American soldier after Little Big Town performed at a small military base in isolated Tarinkot, Afghanistan. The pitcher broke on Sweet’s long trip home, and his wife, Becky, repaired it. Usually displayed in the family dining room, the pitcher is on loan to the museum.

    Additional highlights of the exhibition include:

    • Neon signs used for the cover photo of the album Pain Killer (2014).
    • Instruments used in underwater scenes in the music video for “Pain Killer” (2014) including:
    • Fender DG-60 used by Jimi Westbrook
    • Fender Modern Player Telecaster Plus used by Phillip Sweet
    • BCBG Max Azria linen sundress with crochet detail and Golden Goose boots worn by Fairchild when she married Westbrook in a private ceremony in Nashville, May 31, 2006.
    • Clothes fitted with glow-in-the-dark, LED tube lighting, worn by Little Big Town for their appearance at the 2014 CMA Awards. After they performed “Day Drinking,” the group was joined on stage by pop star Ariana Grande for a performance of her hit “Bang Bang.”
    • Gretsch Electromatic with silver-sparkle top played by Kimberly Schlapman in performances of “Your Side of the Bed.”
    • Childhood memorabilia, including Fairchild’s high school cheerleading uniform, Westbrook’s trumpet, Schlapman’s recital costume and a drawing by Sweet.

    Special programming surrounding the opening of the exhibit will include:

    • Tuesday, June 26 3:30 p.m.

    Interview: Little Big Town 

    Fairchild, Schlapman, Sweet, and Westbrook will discuss their musical inspirations, creative process, and career milestones, as well as their personal histories and the joys and challenges of collaboration. The multi-media program will take place in the museum’s CMA Theater.

  • JORDAN DAVIS RELEASES LYRIC VIDEO FOR HIS LATEST SONG, ‘TAKE IT FROM ME.’

    Jordan Davis has released a lyric video for his infectious new song, “Take It From Me,” the follow-up to his No. 1 hit, “Singles You Up.”

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  • BRANDON LAY’S NEW SINGLE ‘YADA YADA YADA’ IS THE NO. 1 MOST ADDED SONG AT COUNTRY RADIO THIS WEEK.

    EMI Records Nashville singer-songwriter Brandon Lay’s new single “Yada Yada Yada” is the No. 1 most-added song at Country radio. Rolling Stone describes the song as “a breezy, unruffled look at the way young love makes nonsense of all other concerns.” The Jackson, Tenn. Native co-wrote his new laid-back tune with Heather Morgan and Mikey Reaves. Additionally, Brandon released the lyric video for “Yada Yada Yada” this past Sunday, and recorded a stripped-down performance of the song in the greenroom of Nashville’s famed Marathon Music Works, which can be viewed HERE.

    Brandon shares his inspiration behind the song, “’Yada Yada Yada’ is a song I wrote with Mikey Reaves and Heather Morgan.  I had the melody in my head one day as I was driving home from a gig but I didn’t have any lyrics yet, so I was just humming yada yada yada as dummy lyrics (into my phone). A few days later I was in a writing room with the voice memo and Mikey and Heather thought that would make a pretty good title in itself so we went with it.  It’s a fun tune that I hope people will enjoy.” Watch Brandon tell the story behind the song HERE.

    Brandon is currently on the road with Kenny Chesney performing on all 19 shows of Kenny’s Trip Around The Sun stadium tour. The remaining shows are listed as follows:

    June 23                        Chase Field                                                      Phoenix, Ariz.
    June 30                        Sports Authority Field at Mile High Stadium Denver, Colo.
    July 7                          Centurylink Field                                             Seattle, Wash.
    July 14                        Arrowhead Stadium                                         Kansas City, Mo.
    July 21                        Busch Stadium                                                 Saint Louis, Mo.
    July 28                        Soldier Field                                                    Chicago, Ill.
    August 4                     Ford Field                                                        Detroit, Mich.
    August 11                   Nissan Stadium                                                Nashville, Tenn.
    August 18                   MetLife Stadium                                              East Rutherford, N.J.
    August 24                   Gillette Stadium                                               Foxboro, Mass.
    August 25                   Gillette Stadium                                               Foxboro, Mass.

    Check out the lyric video below.

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  • SAM HUNT RELEASES A VIDEO FOR ‘DOWNTOWN’S DEAD.’

    Sam Hunt has released a lyric video for his latest hit, “Downtown’s Dead.” The song is the follow-up to his history-making, multi-platinum “Body Like a Back Road.”

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  • KEITH URBAN TAKES FANS BEHIND-THE-SCENES OF HIS MUSIC VIDEO FOR ‘COMING HOME,’ FEATURING JULIA MICHAELS.

    Go behind-the-scenes with Keith Urban and singer-songwriter Julia Michaels on the set of the video for “Coming Home” below.

    Also, check out opening weekend for his Graffiti U World Tour right here.

     

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  • DARIUS RUCKER RELEASES THE VIDEO FOR HIS ALL-STAR COLLABORATION FOR ‘STRAIGHT TO HELL.’

    Darius Rucker enlisted some famous friends to join him on the remake of “Straight to Hell,” which was released in 1989. Pals Luke Bryan, Charles Kelley of Lady Antebellum and Jason Aldean joined Darius on the song and the video, which was just released. The four of them seemed to have a rowdy good time on the set of the clip, which features them in a speakeasy during Prohibition back in the 1920s.

    “When you’re friends with people in the business, you see ‘em when you can. If you tour with ‘em, you get to hang out sometime, but there’s never really day where the four of us have gotten to sit together all day. We did just about every scene together and it was all of us together, and we just had, man, there was some funny stuff said that day. I was losing my mind laughing. That was a fun day.”

    Hopefully, Darius and Lady A will perform the song during their tour together. They’re set to kick off their Summer Plays On Tour, which kicks off July 19th in Toronto.

    Audio / Darius Rucker talks about the video for "Straight to Hell," which also features Luke Bryan, Charles Kelley and Jason Aldean.

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    “I went to Capitol and said, ‘I’ve never asked for anything, but if you guys would just do me a favor. Whether ‘Straight to Hell’ is a single or not, I really want to make a video, and I want it to be a Western video.’ I was thinking horses and stuff. I’m really glad they weren’t thinking that [laughs], ‘cause I don’t want to be riding nobody’s horse out there. I’d kill myself. It was so much fun. The four of us, I mean when you’re friends with people in the business, you see ‘em when you can. If you tour with ‘em, you get to hang out sometime, but there’s never really day where the four of us have gotten to sit together all day. We did just about every scene together and it was all of us together, and we just had, man, there was some funny stuff said that day. I was losing my mind laughing. That was a fun day, and the video turned out, and it was by far my favorite video I’ve ever made in country music. I mean, ‘Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It’ might be a little above it [because it’s the first], but it’s so much fun and I can’t wait for people to see it.”

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