Luke Bryan and Eric Church are scheduled to perform at this year’s CMT Music Awards at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena June 4th. They’re joined by Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood, Florida Georgia Line and Miranda Lambert.
Josh Turner will perform at The Grand Ole Opry as the famed institution will salute heroes of the U.S. military with a red carpet arrival parade. The MusiCorps Wounded Warrior Band will make its Opry debut on May 20th.
On this date in 1991, Alan Jackson released his Don’t Rock the Jukebox album, which produced four No. 1 singles – the title track, “Someday,” “Dallas” and “Love’s Got a Hold on You,” as well as the Top 3 “Midnight in Montgomery.”
The video for David Nail’s “Kiss You Tonight” will have its online premiere on Esquire.com on Thursday (May 15th) and its broadcast premiere on CMT Friday (May 16th).
Kip Moore, along with Frankie Ballard, will headline the Country Weekly Kick-off Party June 3rd to celebrate the beginning of this year’s Country Music Festival week. Proceeds from the event will benefit Musicians on Call, which provides music to hospital patients.