Glen Campbell passed away Tuesday afternoon (August 8th) after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. The iconic singer, known for such classic songs as “Galveston,” “Wichita Lineman,” “Rhinestone Cowboy,” “Southern Nights” and “By the Time I Get to Phoenix,” was 81. The Country Music Hall of Famer was an inspiration and musical hero to many of today’s country stars.

It is with the heaviest of hearts that we announce the passing of Glen Travis Campbell, at the age of 81 https://t.co/zSv4RqjK4H

— Glen Campbell (@GlenCampbell) August 8, 2017

Glen Campbell… The artist. The songwriter. The musician. The man. Music will never be the same. Missing the Rhinestone Cowboy already!

— Darius Rucker (@dariusrucker) August 8, 2017

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Glen Campbell was one of the finest musicians to ever grace country music. Hell, ALL music for that matter. Thanks for all you've done Glen.

— Brothers Osborne (@brothersosborne) August 8, 2017

Rest in peace, Glen Campbell https://t.co/UPBbDkskMJ

— Mickey Guyton (@MickeyGuyton) August 8, 2017

I owe @GlenCampbell my gratitude-he was my first contact in Nashville. This lead me down the path that brought me to where I am today. #RIP

— Alan Jackson (@OfficialJackson) August 8, 2017

Keith Urban, who cites Glen as one of his musical idols, posted a heartfelt message about the legendary performer.
“What a powerful artistic and personal journey Glen Campbell’s passage has been. As a role model, singing guitar player he was a big influence on me.

His blend of genres created his own sound and style and his ability to entertain wasn’t limited to the stage. He blazed real trails through film (and especially television) where his charismatic southern charm and personality fit perfectly.

The night I won my first country music award, I got back to my hotel room and there was a fax on the floor.

“Welcome to the award winning world kid. You got it.” Glen Campbell.

Universal music, universal stories, universal spirit. No wonder he was a global superstar. I love Glen for so many reasons – but above all, for his humanity. My thoughts and prayers are with Kim and all of his extended family today. May peace be with you all. Go rest high on that mountain, Glen.” – KU

I love Glen for so many reasons – but above all, for his humanity. Go rest high on that mountain, Glen. – KU https://t.co/mJQseVHST5

— Keith Urban (@KeithUrban) August 9, 2017

Keith performed at last year’s 10TH ANNUAL ACM HONORS™ for a special tribute to Glen Campbell, who was honored with the ACM Career Achievement Award. Dierks Bentley also performed during the tribute, who said “He just has a way of performing that I’ve always felt like he’s one of those guys that if all of the power went out and there was no PA system and no band behind you and it just had to be just you and a guitar, he could entertain that crowd just as well as if they had all of the lights and production, and it’s Glen. He’s such a great singer, great musician and so funny, and such a great storyteller. He really carved out his niche. There’s no one that’ll ever sound like him – a classic legend.”

Thank you Glen Campbell for all you did for country music. You will be so very missed. pic.twitter.com/vsMaGw3N0i

— Eric Paslay (@ericpaslay) August 8, 2017

Glen Campbell is legendary, timeless & will forever have a huge mark on country music. We send our love and prayers to his family & friends.

— Lady A (@ladya) August 9, 2017

Sad to hear about @GlenCampbell. Honored to have gotten to sing a song for him with @ladyantebellum at the @acm honors show!

— Charles Kelley (@charleskelleyla) August 8, 2017

Country music and the world lost a legend today…Rest in the arms of angels #RhinestoneCowboy https://t.co/JnXiAs6GWx

— Carrie Underwood (@carrieunderwood) August 9, 2017

We lost a legend today. Thank you for your music, @GlenCampbell. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family.

— Easton Corbin (@eastoncorbin) August 8, 2017

Brothers Osborne have been catching some rays as they’ve been working in the studio on the follow-up to their debut album, Pawn Shop.

“So, we went down to Florida, just to get out of Nashville and kinda clear our heads a little bit, with Jay Joyce our producer, and we shacked up in a beach house. You know, we intended on maybe leaving with anywhere between six to eight songs, and we ended up recording 11 songs,” says John Osborne. “I can’t come out and say that we’ve finished our record, but we got pretty damn close if we didn’t finish.”

John goes on to say that he really likes the new music and can’t wait for the fans to hear it. “I feel very, very, very good about this record that we did. And I know everyone says that about their new music and that’s cliché or whatever. I actually really like our record! And man, I can’t wait to play it for everybody.”

Brothers Osborne are sitting inside the Top 15 on the country charts with their latest hit, “It Ain’t My Fault.” The guys hit the fair circuit this weekend with shows in Hartington, Nebraska on Saturday (July 22^nd) and Minot, North Dakota on Sunday.

Brothers Osborne are poised to enter the Top 15 on the country charts with their latest hit, “It Ain’t My Fault.” The pair co-wrote the song with their pal Lee Miller, and it’s featured on their debut album, Pawn Shop.

“We just had this riff and John had this drum groove and it sort of happened pretty organically, pretty naturally and pretty quick, and we knew we were onto something really fun,” says TJ Osborne. “[It’s] kind of a fresh idea of just blaming things on one another, which is something we’re all very familiar with and why we then kind of elaborated on that with a video having politicians in it, because I think that’s the M-O of any politician that’s ever lived.”

The reigning CMA and ACM Duo of the Year are playing the Independence Fest 2017 in Flower Mound, Texas July 4th, followed by shows in Varysburg, New York July 7th and Cavendish, Pei, Canada July 9th.

Kacey Musgraves appears on Hollywood Medium tonight to talk about the death of her grandmother with Tyler Henry. Check out all the goosebump moments at 8pm ET on E!.

.@TyHenryMedium gives @kaceymusgraves information about her late grandmother's tragic death. https://t.co/vNC0bel36V pic.twitter.com/YqEHzqy6yk

— Hollywood Medium: TH (@hollywoodmedium) June 21, 2017

Little Big Town will take over Good Morning America’s Summer Concert Series on Friday (June 23rd). Catch all the action beginning at 7am on ABC.

The epic all-star CMT Crossroads: Earth, Wind & Fire and Friends  will air Friday (June 23rd) on CMT at 10pm ET. The new installment, which was taped on an outdoor stage the day before this year’s CMT Music Awards, will feature collaborations with Lady Antebellum, Darius Rucker and more.

Brothers Osborne have been tapped to open for The Cadillac Three on the UK leg of their Long Hair Don’t Care Tour this fall. The trek kicks off November 1st in Berlin, Germany.

Sam Hunt is set to return to the University of Alabama Birmingham for a free show September 1st, to help celebrate the return of the school’s football program. Tickets for the show, which will also feature his 15 in a 30 tourmates Maren Morris and Ryan Follese, will go on sale August 4th at 10am CT. For more information, click here.

Father’s Day is Sunday (June 18th), and we have liners with many of your favorite country stars! Check them out and download below.

Luke Bryan is set to co-host NBC’s Today Show with Kathie Lee and Hoda Wednesday morning (June 7th) during the 10am hour.

Shania Twain will perform during this year’s BBC Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park taking place September 10th. Tickets go on sale Wednesday morning (June 7th). Blondie, James Blunt, Rick Astley and Take That will also perform.

Little Big Town’s “Happy People” is included in Entertainment Weekly’s “Best Songs of the Year (So Far)” feature and is No. 2 on the all-genre list. Calvin Harris, feat. Frank Ocean and Migos on “Slide” is No. 1, while Lorde’s “Green Light,” Lana Del Ray’s “Love” and Drake’s “Passionfruit” are also on the list.

Brothers Osborne performed during the Nashville Predators’ Game 4 of the Stanley Cup playoffs against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Carrie Underwood will return to NBC’s Sunday Night Football for her fifth season of singing the theme song for the weekly NFL broadcast. The new season kicks off September 10^th as the New York Giants take on the Dallas Cowboys. Check out last season’s opening, a reworking of her hit “Something Bad,” here.

During this week’s rehearsals for Wednesday night’s (June 7th) CMT Music Awards, Luke Bryan and Jason Derulo will perform Luke’s No. 1 hit, “Strip It Down.” Catch the two of them below talking about the R&B singer’s excitement at being in Nashville and on the CMT Awards.

Keith Urban leads the list of nominees with four for this year’s CMT Music Awards, tying with Thomas Rhett and Kelsea Ballerini for most nominations. He’s up for Video of the Year for “Blue Ain’t Your Color,” as well as Male Video, Collaborative Video for “The Fighter” featuring Carrie Underwood and Social Superstar.

Voting is now open and continues until June 5^th at CMT.com.

The CMT Music Awards, featuring performances from Luke Bryan and many others, will air live from Nashville’s Music City Center on Wednesday, June 7th at 8pm ET.
VIDEO OF THE YEAR:

Artists of Then, Now & Forever “Forever Country”

Brad Paisley “Today”

Brett Eldredge “Wanna Be That Song”

Carrie Underwood “Church Bells”

Cole Swindell “Middle Of A Memory”

Dierks Bentley and Elle King “Different For Girls”

Florida Georgia Line “H.O.L.Y.”

Jon Pardi “Dirt On My Boots”

Keith Urban “Blue Ain’t Your Color”

Kelsea Ballerini “Peter Pan”

Little Big Town “Better Man”

Luke Bryan “Huntin’, Fishin’ and Lovin’ Every Day”

Miranda Lambert “Vice”

Thomas Rhett “Star of the Show”

FEMALE VIDEO OF THE YEAR:

Carrie Underwood “Church Bells”

Kelsea Ballerini “Peter Pan”

Lauren Alaina “Road Less Traveled”

Maren Morris “80s Mercedes”

Miranda Lambert “Vice”

Reba McEntire “Back To God”

MALE VIDEO OF THE YEAR:

Blake Shelton “Came Here To Forget”

Eric Church “Record Year”

Jason Aldean “Lights Come On”

Keith Urban “Blue Ain’t Your Color”

Luke Bryan “Huntin’, Fishin’ and Lovin’ Every Day”

Thomas Rhett “Star of the Show”

DUO VIDEO OF THE YEAR:

Big & Rich Feat. Tim McGraw “Lovin’ Lately”

Brothers Osborne “21 Summer”

Dan + Shay “How Not To”

Florida Georgia Line “H.O.L.Y.”

LOCASH “I Know Somebody”

GROUP VIDEO OF THE YEAR:

Eli Young Band “Saltwater Gospel”

Lady Antebellum “You Look Good”

Little Big Town “Better Man”

Midland “Drinkin’ Problem”

Old Dominion “Song For Another Time”

BREAKTHROUGH VIDEO OF THE YEAR:

Brett Young “In Case You Didn’t Know”

Jon Pardi “Dirt On My Boots”

Kane Brown “Used to Love You Sober”

Lauren Alaina “Road Less Traveled”

Luke Combs “Hurricane”

Raelynn “Love Triangle”

COLLABORATIVE VIDEO OF THE YEAR:

Artists of Then, Now & Forever “Forever Country”

Chris Young Feat. Vince Gill “Sober Saturday Night”

Dierks Bentley Feat. Elle King “Different for Girls”

Florida Georgia Line Feat. Tim McGraw “May We All”

Keith Urban Feat. Carrie Underwood “The Fighter”

Kenny Chesney With Pink “Setting the World on Fire”

CMT PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR:

Jason Aldean “Hicktown (From CMT Concert of the Summer)”

Jason Derulo and Luke Bryan “Want to Want Me (From CMT Crossroads)”

John Mellencamp and Darius Rucker “Pink Houses (From CMT Crossroads)”

Alicia Keys and Maren Morris “80s Mercedes (From CMT Crossroads)”

Meghan Trainor, Jill Scott and Kelsea Ballerini “You’re Still the One/Any Man of Mine/Man I Feel Like a Woman (From CMT Artists of the Year)”

Nick Jonas and Thomas Rhett “Close (From CMT Crossroads)”

SOCIAL SUPERSTAR:

Brett Eldredge

Jake Owen

Keith Urban

Kelsea Ballerini

Lauren Alaina

Thomas Rhett