Keith Urban will perform songs from his current album, Ripcord, as well as several of his hits, during an Audience Network special premiering Friday (July 14th) at 9pm ET, which you can find on DirectTV and Uverse.  The  live performance and interview from the four-time GRAMMY Award-winning, platinum-selling artist was filmed on location during the AT&T Block Party at the 2017 NCAA March Madness Music Festival in Phoenix.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkXXz6qkRC0
Shania Twain has been keeping up with the scores at Wimbeldon since one of the First Round champs, Milos Raonic, is from her home country of Canada. She’s been cheering him on, even sharing a recent photo taken of the pair.

https://twitter.com/ShaniaTwain/status/885064450700488704

Catch Lady Antebellum on Friday (July 14th) when they take over Good Morning America’s Summer Concert Series on ABC, performing a handful of their hits, including “You Look Good,” which is soaring to the top of the country charts.

Chris Stapleton is expected to drop by NBC’s Today Show to perform during their Citi Concert Series on July 18th.

Kip Moore has been releasing short video clips and teasers of songs from his upcoming album, Slowheart. The collection, which features his hit “More Girls Like You,” will be released later this year.

PJ nearly lost his life for this…it was a wake up call his athletic days are over. Bought him beer & ice cream for his courage #SLOWHEART pic.twitter.com/pMHK6J5O2b

— Kip Moore (@KipMooreMusic) June 30, 2017

Lauren Alaina’s film debut, Road Less Traveled, will be available on DVD September 21st. The title was taken from her No. 1 song and album, Road Less Traveled.

Vince Gill will soon welcome another member into the family. His daughter Jenny Gill is pregnant with child No. 2 and the baby’s arrival is expected in January (2018). The new addition will join big brother Wyatt, who was born in August of 2014.

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Chris Stapleton will open a couple of shows for Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers later this month, and he couldn’t be more thrilled since he’s a huge fan of the rocker.

“I’m a huge Tom Petty fan, and he’s one of my all-time favorites and the Wildflowers album, in particular, is possibly my favorite record of all-time,” says Chris. “This is something his booking agents and my guys have been working on for a time, or so they told me…and they came up with to play Wrigley and the Summerfest up in Milwaukee, and why wouldn’t we do that? [laughs] I buy tickets to Tom Petty, so I’d certainly be more than happy to be on a bill with him.”

Chris will open for Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers June 29th at Wrigley Field in Chicago and at Summerfest in Milwaukee, Wisconsin July 5th.

The  Kentucky native is on the airwaves with his single, “Either Way,” from his new album, From A Room, Volume 1, which was just certified gold (the only new country album to achieve gold status this year so far).

Jon Pardi’s video for his new single, “Heartache On the Dance Floor,” will premiere during CMT’s Hot 20 on Saturday (June 17th). The clip was shot in Venice Beach (California).

Saturday on @CMThot20, #Pardianimals! #HeartacheOnTheDanceFloor pic.twitter.com/2D9Uhl9W5g

— Jon Pardi (@JonPardi) June 15, 2017

Lady Antebellum will perform during NBC’s annual Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular in New York City. Brad Paisley is also scheduled to perform.

Chris Stapleton’s From A Room, Volume 1 is the first 2017 released country album to be certified gold for more than 500,000 copies sold.

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Chris Stapleton had to postpone eight shows on his All-American Road Show Tour. According to a post on his website, the “next three weeks” of the tour have been postponed. In addition, he’s had to cancel his appearance at Nissan Stadium (home of the Tennessee Titans) during CMA Music Festival in Nashville.

He took to his socials to send a heartfelt thank you note to his fans. He revealed he went for a consultation with a specialist, and he says he’s on the road to recovery from a broken bone and a detached tendon in his right index finger, which prevents him from playing the guitar. He says he wanted to make sure he gave the fans “the show you deserve,” and apologized for the inconvenience. He had to postpone eight concer on his All-American Road Show Tour. According to a post on his website, the “next three weeks” of the tour have been postponed. In addition, the singer-songwriter’s high-profile appearance on the main stage at CMA Music Festival in Nashville has been canceled.

https://www.facebook.com/chrisstapletonofficial/

Postponed shows include:
June 1 – Fresno, CA @ Save Mart Center
June 2 – Mt. View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
June 3 – Wheatland, CA @ Toyota Amphitheatre
June 9 – Southaven, MS @ Bankplus Amphitheater at Snowden Grove
June 10 – Birmingham, AL @ Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
June 15 – Charleston, WV @ Charleston Civic Center
June 16 – Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center
June 17 – Noblesville, IN @ Klipsch Music Center

Brothers Osborne sent a message out to Chris via Twitter to lend their support and “an index finger” if he needed it.

Get better soon, brother. We'll lend you an index finger if you need it. https://t.co/SGgMW0Voad

— Brothers Osborne (@brothersosborne) June 2, 2017

Chris is currently making his way up the country charts with his single, “Either Way,” from his No. 1 album, From A Room, Volume 1.

Unfortunately, the next three weeks of Chris Stapleton‘s “The All-American Road Show” have been postponed. Below is the full list of dates that Chris’ people are trying to reschedule. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Hold on to your tickets for now, and stay tuned for updates.

June 1 – Fresno, CA – Save Mart Center
June 2 – Mt. View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre
June 3 – Wheatland, CA – Toyota Amphitheatre
June 9 – Southaven, MS – Bankplus Amphitheater at Snowden Grove
June 10 – Birmingham, AL – Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
June 15 – Charleston, WV – Charleston Civic Center
June 16 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center
June 17 – Noblesville, IN – Klipsch Music Center

Unfortunately, Chris’ appearance at the CMA Music Festival on Sunday, June 11th is cancelled, as well.

Thank you for your patience and support.

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Chris Stapleton and Little Big Town are among the list of performers for the live two-hour season finale of NBC’s The Voice on Tuesday (May 23^rd).

Chris will sing “Either Way” from his recently released sophomore solo album, From A Room: Volume 1, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Country Albums chart and No. 2 on the Billboard Top 200 chart with more than 218,000 first-week sales. This is the strongest sales week by a country artist since 2015 and, with its 13.5 million audio on-demand streams, is the highest streaming debut for a country artist to date.

Little Big Town will perform “Better Man” with finalist Lauren Duski, while former Voice coach CeeLo Green will perform “Shining Star” with Jesse Larson; Puerto Rican, international superstars Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee will perform their No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 single “Despacito” with Mark Isaiah; Gladys Knight will perform “You’re the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me” and “Neither One” with Vanessa Ferguson and TSoul; and Rascal Flatts will perform “Yours If You Want It” with Brennley Brown.

Additional performers include Miley Cyrus, Zedd and Alessia Cara.

The season finale will air live at 9pm ET on NBC.

Early Billboard Music Award winners include Chris Stapleton and Hillary Scott & The Scott Family.

Chris picked up the award for Best Country Album for his double-platinum, Traveller.

Congrats @ChrisStapleton on your #BBMAs win for your Top Country Album, "Traveller!" pic.twitter.com/yq6PW2dY69

— Billboard Music Awards (@BBMAs) May 21, 2017

The Scott Family won Top Christian Song for “Thy Will.”

.@HillaryScottLA & The Scott Family have won Top Christian Song for "Thy Will!" Congratulations! #BBMAs pic.twitter.com/F2Fr5nWP9r

— Billboard Music Awards (@BBMAs) May 21, 2017

Sam Hunt will perform his mega-hit “Body Like a Back Road” during Sunday night’s (May 21^st) Billboard Music Awards.

Luke Bryan is nominated in the all-format fan-voted Billboard Chart Achievement category, as well as for Top Country Tour.

Keith Urban has several BBMA nods, including Top Country Album for Ripcord and Top Country Song for “Blue Ain’t Your Color,” as well as a nomination for Top Country Artist.

Chris Stapleton is up against Keith as Top Country Artist, as well as Top Country Album for Traveller.

Little Big Town’s “Better Man” is up for Top Country Song, while Dierks Bentley’s “Different for Girls” featuring Elle King, Eric Church’s “Kill a Word” with Rhiannon Giddens and Vince Gill’s appearance on Chris Young’s “Sober Saturday Night” are up for Top Country Collaborations.

Hillary Scott & the Scott Family have three BBMA nominations, including Top Christian Artist, Top Christian Album for Love Remains and Top Christian Song for “Thy Will.”

The Billboard Music Awards will air live from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas beginning at 8pm ET on ABC.

Billboard Chart Achievement Award Presented by Xfinity:
Luke Bryan
Nicki Minaj
The Chainsmokers
The Weeknd
Twenty One Pilots

Top Country Artist:
Florida Georgia Line
Blake Shelton
Keith Urban
Chris Stapleton
Jason Aldean

Top Country Tour:
Luke Bryan
Kenny Chesney
Dixie Chicks

Top Country Album:
Jason Aldean, They Don’t Know
Florida Georgia Line, Dig Your Roots
Blake Shelton, If I’m Honest
Chris Stapleton, Traveller
Keith Urban, Ripcord

Top Country Song:
Kenny Chesney Featuring Pink, “Setting The World On Fire”
Florida Georgia Line, “H.O.L.Y.”
Florida Georgia Line Featuring Tim McGraw, “May We All”
Little Big Town, “Better Man”
Keith Urban, “Blue Ain’t Your Color”

Top Country Collaboration:
Dierks Bentley Featuring Elle King, “Different For Girls”
Kenny Chesney Featuring Pink, “Setting The World On Fire”
Eric Church Featuring Rhiannon Giddens, “Kill A Word”
Florida Georgia Line Featuring Tim McGraw, “May We All”
Chris Young Featuring Vince Gill, “Sober Saturday Night”

Top Christian Artist:
Lauren Daigle
Hillsong Worship
Hillary Scott & the Scott Family
Skillet
Chris Tomlin

Top Christian Album:
Casting Crowns, The Very Next Thing
Lauren Daigle, How Can It Be
Joey + Rory, Hymns
Hillary Scott & The Scott Family, Love Remains
Skillet, Unleashed

Top Christian Song:
Lauren Daigle, “Trust In You”
Hillary Scott & The Family, “Thy Will”
Skillet, “Feel Invincible”
Ryan Stevenson Featuring GabeReal, “Eye Of The Storm”
Zach Williams, “Chain Breaker”

Chris Stapleton’s From A Room, Volume 1 debuted at the top of the Billboard Country Albums Chart. The collection sold 219,000 units (and 202,000 in traditional album sales) to land at No. 1 on the Country chart and at No. 2 on the Billboard 200. This is the highest-selling country debut since Luke Bryan’s Kill the Lights sold 320,000 in its first week in 2015. Stapleton also debuts at No. 1 on the Top Album Sales chart this week (Logic’s Everybody sold 196,000 in album sales, but with over 70 million streams).

Chris not only holds the top spot on the Country album chart, but he is also sitting at No. 2 with his previous album, Traveller, which sold nearly 24,000 copies this week. This marks only the second time a male artist has held the No. 1 and No. 2 spots in the same week since 1993 (when Garth Brooks accomplished that feat December 2016). It’s also the fourth time for any country artist since then (LeAnn Rimes in 2003 and Taylor Swift in 2009). Rounding out the Top 3 this week is Keith Urban’s Ripcord.

Stapleton says he didn’t feel any pressure for his new album even with the double-platinum success of his previous record, Traveller. “I didn’t have any expectations for the last record. I was hoping if we even sold 50,000 records, it’d be a giant victory for me as far as getting to go out and play shows and play live and keep the wheels rolling, but we did a little bit more than that,” says Chris. “So, I kind of feel the same way about this record. It’s a new record and my expectations for this record don’t have much to do with the last record. I want them to be whatever it’s gonna be for this record.

The Kentucky native, who just released his new single “Either Way,” is in the midst of headlining his All-American Road Show. He’s set to play San Diego on Thursday (May 18th), Phoenix on Friday (May 19th) and L.A. on Saturday (May 20th).

Chris Stapleton recorded his much-anticipated new album, From A Room: Volume 1, at RCA Studio A, just as he had with his previous multiple-platinum collection. Re-teaming with producer Dave Cobb (Traveller), the album takes its name from Nashville’s historic RCA Studio A, where it was recorded during the winter of 2016-17.

“That whole room is a sweet spot. The thing to know about that room is that room sounds like that room,” says Chris. “I’m also a fan of studios that have a sound. Over time, there have been places that have sounds, you know, Capitol out in L.A. or Muscle Shoals. You can point to places that have sounds – Stax, Motown – these places have sounds, not just by the guys playing ‘em, but the actual sound of the room. The room’s become part of the band. Here in town, the place that has the most of that kind of mojo to me is that room, so that’s what I like about it.”

The Kentucky native just released his new single, “Either Way,” which is from From A Room, Volume 1.