Little Big Town will perform the National Anthem at the 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship between the Alabama Crimson Tide (winner of the Peach Bowl) and the Clemson Tigers (winners of the Fiesta Bowl). The game takes place at the Rayond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida on Monday (January 9th) at 8:30pm ET.

Nominations were announced for the iHeart Music Awards on Wednesday (January 4th). Luke Bryan has nods in a couple of categories, including the all-genre Male Artist of the Year, as well as Country Artist of the Year, alongside labelmate Keith Urban. Dierks Bentley’s “Somewhere on a Beach” is up for Country Song of the Year, while Chris Stapleton has a Best New Country Artist of the Year nomination.

Chris Stapleton earned some heavy metal. His songs “Traveller,” “Fire Away,” “Nobody To Blame” and “Parachute” have all been certified gold.

Keith Urban, Luke Bryan and Sam Hunt are up for Favorite Male Country Artist, while Little Big Town and The Band Perry are up for Favorite Country Group at this year’s People’s Choice Awards, airing live January 18th at 9pm ET on CBS.

Darius Rucker helped pay tribute to James Taylor at this week’s Kennedy Center Honors by performing a medley of some of the iconic singer-songwriter’s biggest hits, including “Sweet Baby James” and “Carolina in My Mind.” Rounding out the tribute, Darius, along with Garth Brooks and Sheryl Crow, performed ‘How Sweet It Is’ together. See videos of their performances below.

David Nail’s “Good at Tonight” will play throughout the Peach Bowl on New Year’s Eve. Check it out, as well as the matchup between Alabama and Washington at 2p ET on ESPN.

Easton Corbin performed the National Anthem at his alma mater, The University of Florida, before their first basketball game in their brand new arena at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center. Check it out in a post by Rare Country here.

Chris Stapleton will be the special guest with Tom Petty at Wrigley Field on June 29th, as well as July 5th and 6th at the 50th Anniversary of Summerfest in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Luke Bryan took his boys to the WWE Live Holiday Tour when it made its stop at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena this week. He went backstage to meet the legendary wrestler, Jon Cena.

Good dude here. Thanks @JohnCena for being awesome to my boys. pic.twitter.com/lOWxwO2BLL

— Luke Bryan (@lukebryan) December 29, 2016

Luke Bryan sent out a message to all of his fans on Christmas Day to wish them a wonderful holiday, as well as thank them for an unbelievable 2016.

What are some of your favorite stars doing to welcome in the New Year? Some of them are working to help fans celebrate. Several artists have taken the time off around the holidays and will hit it hard when they return to the road in January. Some artists have resolutions and some are very helpful with their own hangover cures for those who imbibe too much on New Year’s Eve.

Keith Urban is set to headline Music City on New Year’s Eve. He’ll perform at the Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park as part of the Jack Daniels Music City Midnight bash. Styx, A Thousand Horses, Charlie Worsham, Moon Taxi and the Fisk Jubliee Singers are also on the bill.

Brothers Osborne will ring in the New Year by headlining the New Year’s Eve Bowl Bash in Jacksonville, Florida. The free concert and celebration will take place at the intersection of Forsyth and Ocean in Downtown Jacksonville.

Luke Bryan will spend the night before New Year’s Eve, so New Year’s Eve Eve (December 30th), in Las Vegas performing a show at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

Luke Bryan stopped by to thank the Spring Hill Fire Department on Friday (December 9th) during their annual Christmas lunch. He spent nearly an hour with the firefighters signing autographs, posing for photos and thanking them for their efforts in East Tennessee battling the fires in Sevier County.

Luke Bryan has just released his new single, “Fast,” which he wrote with Luke Laird and Rodney Clawson.

Life moves so ‘fast,’ so the song is kind of a reminder to Luke and his fans about slowing down and enjoying family and your surroundings. “Every time I come home my boys are bigger and starting to throw me around the house a little more, and one day I’ll snap my fingers and you wish you could have froze time a little bit,” says Luke about his boys Bo, Tate and his nephew Til. “And I think anytime you can help people slow down and reflect on that and remember to take things in stride a little bit better, I think people love hearing that in a song.”

“Fast” is the follow-up to five No. 1 songs from his current album, Kill the Lights.

Kacey Musgraves will perform on NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers on Wednesday (December 7th).

Eric Church got a great early Christmas gift when several of his songs were certified by the R.I.A.A. The Chief received platinum single awards for “Love Your Love the Most,” “Springsteen,” “Creepin’,” “Like Jesus Does,” “Talladega,” “Like a Wrecking Ball.”

Luke Bryan’s “Huntin’, “Fishin’ and Lovin’ Every Day” and Brothers Osborne’s “Stay a Little Longer” were both certified platinum, as well.

Four-time Entertainer of the Year Luke Bryan, along with CID Presents, is adding additional star power to an already stellar line up of headliners at Luke Bryan’s Crash My Playa all-inclusive concert vacation set for January 19-22, 2017 in Riviera Maya, Mexico. Old Dominion, Kelleigh Bannen, Brooke Eden, Adam Craig  and Lucie Silvas, along with DJ Rock, will now join the list of special guests in addition to headliners Luke, Blake Shelton and Little Big Town and previously announced artists Randy Houser, Dustin Lynch and Brothers Osborne for the hottest country music destination event of the year.

Fans can choose from eight tropical resorts and enjoy royal treatment all weekend long – all-inclusive food and drink, 24-hour concierge service, daily onsite activities, offsite adventures like deep sea fishing, zip-lining, and ATV tours, excursions including day trips to Tulum, official Luke Bryan’s Crash My Playa merchandise package, and more. To see highlights from 2016’s event click HERE.

To view the full performance schedule, to find additional information, and to book four or five night all-inclusive packages please visit: www.crashmyplaya.com.

About Luke Bryan

Since the debut of his first album in 2007, Luke has placed 17 singles at No.1 and sold nearly eight million albums. His fifth studio album, Kill The Lights, which is now certified Platinum, debuted at No. 1 on both the Billboard Top 200 (his third to do so) and Top Country Albums charts, closed out 2015 as the best-selling country album of the year and the 10th biggest selling album on the all-genre Billboard Top 200 Year-End list. Last month, Luke was honored at an industry party at the Country Music Hall of Fame to commemorate his recent string of 7 consecutive No.1 hits which have sold over 7 million tracks and more than 600 million total combined streams.  His Kill The Lights album has now sold 3.5 million tracks with over 400 million streams. Luke, a two-time ACM and CMA Entertainer of the Year, co-hosted the Academy of Country Music Awards this year for the fourth consecutive year.

For a one-stop shop for everything Luke Bryan, his community of fans have unparalleled access to his life through Luke Bryan’s official App. Launched in June 2015 in partnership with Disciple Media, the app offers everything from exclusive live streams to updates from the road, competitions to video premieres, exclusive merchandise and more. The App is available now on the Apple App Store and Google Play.

Visit www.LukeBryan.com or follow Luke on Twitter @LukeBryanOnline, Instagram and Facebook

Luke Bryan wrapped his 58-city Kill The Lights Tour at the end of October with six sold-out stadium shows including a double play in Boston’s Gillette Stadium, 10 sold out back-to-back concerts in five cities and 1.6 million fans. Today, Luke announced he will extend his Kill The Lights Tour into 2017.

Luke, two-time CMA and ACM Entertainer of the Year, will begin the trek in Huntington, West Virginia at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena on February 17th. Luke returns to Madison Square Garden on March 1st where he performed a sold out show at the world’s most famous venue in 2014.

Brett Eldredge will open the Kill The Lights Tour 2017 shows.

Kill The Lights Tour 2017:

2-16     Huntington, WV          Big Sandy Superstore Arena

2-17     Bloomington, IN          Assembly Hall

2-18     Jonesboro, AR             ASU Convocation Center

2-23     Columbia, SC              Colonial Life Arena

2-25     Jacksonville, FL           Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena

3-1       New York, NY             Madison Square Garden

3-3       Manchester, NH           Verizon Wireless Arena

3-4       Providence, RI             Dunkin’ Donuts Center

3-9       Richmond, VA             Richmond Coliseum

3-10     Fayetteville, NC           Crown Coliseum

3-17     Orange Beach, AL       The Wharf

Live Nation is the national tour promoter for the Kill The Lights Tour and Cabela’s, the World’s Foremost Outfitter of hunting, fishing and outdoor gear, is a sponsor. Citi is the official credit card of the Kill The Lights Tour. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets through Citi’s Private Pass Program beginning Nov. 30. For complete presale details visit www.citiprivatepass.com.

About Luke Bryan
Since the debut of his first album in 2007, Luke has placed 17 singles at No.1 and sold nearly eight million albums. His fifth studio album, Kill The Lights, which is now certified Platinum, debuted at No. 1 on both the Billboard Top 200 (his third to do so) and Top Country Albums charts, closed out 2015 as the best-selling country album of the year and the 10th biggest selling album on the all-genre Billboard Top 200 Year-End list. Last month, Luke was honored at an industry party at the Country Music Hall of Fame to commemorate his recent string of 7 consecutive No.1 hits which have sold over 7 million tracks and more than 600 million total combined streams.  His Kill The Lights album has now sold 3.5 million tracks with over 400 million streams. Luke, a two-time ACM and CMA Entertainer of the Year, co-hosted the Academy of Country Music Awards this year for the fourth consecutive year.