Multi-Platinum country duo Maddie & Tae are sparking the holiday spirit with We Need Christmas (Extended Version), out October 27th and available to pre-order/pre-save now. Three additional Christmas classics – “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas,” “The Christmas Song” and “White Christmas” – round out the track list for the nine-song project, that features both holiday favorites and festive original songs.

“We had so much fun making and releasing We Need Christmas, we decided to extend it! We hope y’all feel the joy and spirit,” shared Maddie & Tae.

Maddie & Tae’s We Need Christmas (Extended Version) Track List:
1. “This Christmas”

2. “It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas”
3. “Holly Jolly Christmas”
4. “O Come All Ye Faithful”
5. “The Christmas Song”
6. “Merry Married Christmas”
7. “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)”
8. “White Christmas”
9. “We Need Christmas”

Maddie & Tae recently released their new single, “Heart They Didn’t Break,” available on all platforms and playing on country radio now. The song’s lyrics tell a story of true friendship in times of heartbreak, as the pair take turns on lead vocals. American Songwriter praises, “The release continues Maddie & Tae’s symbiotic harmonies and endlessly catchy melodies,” while Taste Of Country calls it “a best friend ballad that’s sure to stick to the hearts of country music fans.”

Maddie & Tae are currently nominated for Vocal Duo of the Year at the upcoming 57^th Annual CMA Awards. For more information and to keep up with Maddie & Tae, visit www.maddieandtae.com.

Maddie & Tae are sharing the brand-new track, “Heart They Didn’t Break,” which goes for adds on Monday (September 18th). The song’s lyrics tell a story of true friendship in times of heartbreak, as the pair take turns on lead vocals and weave in their signature harmonies. Written by Benjy Davis, Anna Vaus and Ryan Beaver, the song is produced by Corey Crowder.

After hearing “Heart They Didn’t Break” for the first time, Tae knew the song fit them perfectly. “It did smack us right in the face the first time we heard it,” she recalls. “We were in like a pitch-meeting kind of style room, and they played it, and as soon as the hook hit – ‘friends that are there to fix the heart they didn’t break’ – Maddie and I looked at each other like, ‘Ohhhhh, that’s us! That’s you for me and that’s me for you! How have we not thought of this before?’ But at that time, we weren’t actively cutting. So, it was something that hit home for us, but didn’t go in the studio right away to cut it. But whenever we had started talking about songs for this next project and kind of what we were lacking, I texted our publisher and I was like, ‘What is that friendship song? I can’t remember the name. I just know it’s a friendship song and we need it.’ And then we went in the studio, and I was like, ‘How about I take the second verse?’ And it just kind of all happened so organically and meant to be, for sure.”

Tae has been doing the media rounds herself, as her duo partner, Maddie Font, gave birth to son Forrest Henry on September 9th.

The pair have notched another CMA Duo of the Year nomination, and they are set to perform at Stagecoach Festival in Indio, California in April 2024.

After being in labor for 37 hours and having to undergo an emergency C-section, Maddie Font and her husband Jonah Font welcomed their first child — a boy — on Saturday (September 9th). Posting on Instagram on Monday (September 11th), Maddie revealed photos of son Forrest Henry Font, who weighed in at 7 lbs, 10 oz.

“After 37 hard hours of labor, finally getting to push, and ending up having an emergency c section and being put under, Forrest Henry Font made his debut. 🤍 Thank you to our incredible medical team at St Thomas Midtown for taking incredible care of us and making a really scary experience as calm and comfortable as possible for our little family. Forrest is everything Jonah and I could’ve ever dreamed of, and we’d go through it all over again for him 🥹 Thank you Lord for the gift of this perfect boy and this magical time. We are so in love.”

The other half of the duo, Taylor (Dye) Kerr, commented on Maddie’s post, writing, “PERFECT ANGEL!!!! I love him so much! Way to go mom and dad!” Tae is mother to daughter Leighton Grace, who arrived on January 17th, 2022.

The duo just released their new single, “Heart They Didn’t Break.”

Eric Church is one of the headliners for next year’s Stagecoach Festival, and he’ll be joined by Miranda Lambert and Morgan Wallen. Taking place on April 26th – April 28th, 2024, the annual country music festival will again be held at Empire Polo Club in Indio, California.

Luke Grimes, Maddie & Tae, Josh Ross, Kylie Morgan and The War And Treaty will perform, as well as Jelly Roll, Elle King, Dwight Yoakam, Post Malone, Willie Nelson & Family, Hardy, Ernest, Bailey Zimmerman, Clint Black, Megan Moroney, Pam Tillis, The Beach Boys and Nickelback, among others.

Tickets go on sale next Friday (September 15th) at 11am PT.

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The nominees for “The 57th Annual CMA Awards” have been announced. Lainey Wilson leads the list with nine nominations. Chris Stapleton and Jordan Davis have three apiece.

Chris, the reigning CMA Male Vocalist of the Year,  returns to both Entertainer and Male Vocalist categories, marking his seventh Entertainer nod and ninth Male Vocalist nomination. He is also up for Musical Event with Carly Pearce on the song “We Don’t Fight Anymore.” Chris has 34 career nominations.

Jordan is nominated for Single, Song and Music Video of the Year for his multi-week No. 1 smash, “Next Thing You Know.” The song, produced by Paul DiGiovanni, was written by Jordan, Greylan James, Chase McGill and Josh Osborne.

Honored to be nominated for 3 #CMAawards…Huge congrats to Chase, Josh, Greylan, Paul and the Running Bear team as well. pic.twitter.com/TScPVKECjQ

— Jordan Davis Music (@JordanCWDavis) September 7, 2023

Thank ya @CountryMusic for the nomination. Appreciate everyone for the support! pic.twitter.com/UowK3dMOo2

— Parker McCollum (@ParkerMcCollum) September 7, 2023

Carrie Underwood is once again nominated for Entertainer of the Year, while Parker McCollum is up for New Artist of the Year.

Brothers Osborne and Maddie & Tae return to the Duo of the Year category, while The War And Treaty earn their first CMA nod in the category. Brothers’ John Osborne is also nominated as producer AND Mix Engineer of Ashley McBryde’s album, Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville. 

Thank you @CountryMusic for this nomination. Always grateful to be a part of this amazing category. #CMAawards pic.twitter.com/vPuop9tsoZ

— Little Big Town (@littlebigtown) September 7, 2023

Little Big Town earns their 18th nomination in the Vocal Group Of The Year category, which they’ve taken home six times. This is their 32nd CMA nomination overall.

Entertainer of The Year:

• Luke Combs
• Chris Stapleton
• Carrie Underwood
• Morgan Wallen
• Lainey Wilson

Female Vocalist of the Year:

• Kelsea Ballerini
• Miranda Lambert
• Ashley McBryde
• Carly Pearce
• Lainey Wilson

Male Vocalist of the Year:

• Luke Combs
• Jelly Roll
• Cody Johnson
• Chris Stapleton
• Morgan Wallen

Vocal Group of the Year:

• Lady A
• Little Big Town  
• Midland
• Old Dominion
• Zac Brown Band

Vocal Duo Of The Year:

• Brooks & Dunn
• Brothers Osborne  
• Dan + Shay
• Maddie & Tae
• The War And Treaty

Single of the Year:

• “Fast Car”; Luke Combs; Producer: Luke Combs, Chip Matthews, Jonathon Singleton; Mix Engineer: Chip Matthews
• “Heart Like A Truck”; Lainey Wilson; Producer: Jay Joyce; Mix Engineers: Jason Hall, Jay Joyce
• “Need A Favor”; Jelly Roll; Producer: Austin Nivarel; Mix Engineer: Jeff Braun
• “Next Thing You Know”; Jordan Davis; Producer: Paul DiGiovanni; Mix Engineer: Jim Cooley
• “Wait In The Truck”; Hardy f/Lainey Wilson; Producers: Hardy, Joey Moi, Jordan Schmidt, Derek Wells; Mix Engineer: Joey Moi

Album of the Year:

• Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville; Producers: John Osborne, John Peets; Mix Engineers: Gena Johnson, John Osborne
• Bell Bottom Country; Lainey Wilson; Producer: Jay Joyce; Mix Engineers: Jason Hall, Jay Joyce
• Gettin’ Old; Luke Combs; Producers Luke Combs, Chip Matthews, Jonathan Singleton; Mix Engineers: Michael H. Brauer, Jim Cooley, Chip Matthews
• One Thing At A Time; Morgan Wallen Producers: Jacob Durrett, Charlie Handsome, Joey Moi, Cameron Montgomery Mix Engineers: Josh Ditty, Joey Moi, Eivind Nordland
• Rolling Up the Welcome Mat; Kelsea Ballerini Producers: Kelsea Ballerini, Alysa Vanderheym; Mix Engineers: Dan Grech-Marguerat, Alysa Vanderheym

Song of the Year:

• “Fast Car”; Songwriter: Tracy Chapman
• “Heart Like A Truck”; Songwriters: Trannie Anderson, Dallas Wilson, Lainey Wilson
• “Next Thing You Know”; Songwriters: Jordan Davis, Greylan James, Chase McGill, Josh Osborne
• “Tennessee Orange”; Songwriters: David Fanning, Paul Jenkins, Megan Moroney, Ben Williams
• “Wait In The Truck”; Songwriters: Renee Blair, Michael Hardy, Hunter Phelps, Jordan Schmidt

Musical Event Of The Year:

• “Save Me”; Jelly Roll w/Lainey Wilson; Producers: Zach Crowell, David Ray Stevens
• “She Had Me At Heads Carolina (Remix)” Cole Swindell & Jo Dee Messina; Producer: Zach Crowell
• “Thank God”; Kane Brown w/Katelyn Brown; Producer: Dann Huff
• “Wait In The Truck”; Hardy f/Lainey Wilson; Producers: Hardy, Joey Moi, Jordan Schmidt, Derek Wells
• “We Don’t Fight Anymore”; Carly Pearce f/Chris Stapleton; Producers: Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne, Carly Pearce

New Artist of the Year:

• Zach Bryan
• Jelly Roll
• Parker McCollum
• Megan Moroney
• Hailey Whitters

Musician of the Year:

• Jenee Fleenor
• Paul Franklin
• Rob McNelley
• Derek Wells
• Charlie Worsham

Music Video of the Year

• “Light On In The Kitchen”; Ashley McBryde; Director: Reid Long
• “Memory Lane”; Old Dominion; Directors: Mason Allen, Nicki Fletcher
• “Need A Favor”; Jelly Roll; Director: Patrick Tohill
• “Next Thing You Know”; Jordan Davis; Director: Running Bear
• “Wait In The Truck”; Hardy f/Lainey Wilson; Director: Justin Clough

The 57th CMA Awards, hosted by Luke Bryan and Peyton Manning, will air live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena November 8th at 8pm ET/7pm CT on ABC.

Carrie Underwood and Chris Stapleton lead Universal Music Group Nashville’s list of nominees for the inaugural People’s Choice Country Awards.

Carrie has three nods for the fan-voted show, including Female Artist of 2023, Social Country Star of 2023 and Concert Tour of 2023  for her Denim & Rhinestones Tour.

Chris is also nominated in three categories, including Collaboration Song of 2023 for “We Don’t Fight Anymore” w/ Carly Pearce, Crossover Song of 2023 with “Just Say I’m Sorry” with P!NK and  Concert Tour of 2023 for his All American Road Show.

Priscilla Block picks up two nominations for New Artist of 2023 and Collaboration Song of 2023 with the No. 1 song “You, Me, And Whiskey” w/ Justin Moore.

Brothers Osborne, Little Big Town, Maddie & Tae and The War And Treaty are all nominated for Group/Duo of 2023.

To vote for your favorites and to see the rest of the nominees, go to pcca.votenow.nbc.com.

One vote per category per day.

Hosted by Little Big Town, the People’s Choice Country Awards will air live from Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry House September 28th beginning at 8pm ET/7pm CT on NBC and Peacock.

What an honor to be hosting AND nominated at the first ever @peopleschoice Country Awards! You can vote now at https://t.co/xNK7Hep2ir. See you September 28. #PCCAs pic.twitter.com/Ehwpyz7Ej8

— Little Big Town (@littlebigtown) August 17, 2023

Maddie & Tae‘s Maddie Font has entered the third trimester of her pregnancy, and while she hasn’t had any weird food cravings, she says she has been treating herself quite a bit.

“We are mostly prepped. Pregnancy has been good. It has been hot, so that’s kind of difficult with a big belly. I haven’t had any weird cravings, but I have been indulging,” says Maddie. “I’m in my third trimester, so I really only get to eat like crap for the next 12 weeks (laughs), so I’m just kind of going ham on the (TAE: “I, as your best friend, have been indulging too, so thank you for the honor of getting to…”) regular Oreos, ice cream, sno cones, ahh, all the good things.”

In April, Maddie announced she and husband Jonah Font are expecting their first child — a son — in September, and the pair couldn’t be more excited.

“We found out in early January that we were expecting. I surprised Jonah with a little card and the positive tests once he came home from work,” Maddie tells PEOPLE of how she shared the big announcement with her husband.

Baby boy Font will join the duo family as Maddie’s partner Taylor Kerr gave birth to her first child, daughter Leighton Grace Kerr, in January 2022.

The pair recently released their new song, “Heart They Didn’t Break.”

Maddie & Tae are sharing the brand-new track, “Heart They Didn’t Break,” out everywhere today. The song’s lyrics tell a story of true friendship in times of heartbreak, as the pair take turns on lead vocals and weave in their signature harmonies. Written by Benjy Davis, Anna Vaus and Ryan Beaver, the song is produced by Corey Crowder. Listen to “Heart They Didn’t Break” here.

“Our friendship has gotten us through so many phases of life,” said Maddie & Tae. “We feel like this song captures that sentiment so beautifully, and we are excited to share it.”

Maddie & Tae are currently on the road for headlining shows and festival appearances this summer, taking the stage in Sidney, NY (7/1) and Hampton Beach, NH (7/2) this weekend. Tune in on Tuesday, July 4 at 8:00 p.m. ET, as the multi-Platinum duo performs live from Washington, D.C. on PBS’ “A Capitol Fourth.”

For more information and a full list of tour dates, please visit www.maddieandtae.com.

Chris Stapleton and Lucchese released a behind-the-scenes of their new boot collection. “Everything can be refined to an art and that’s what I love about Lucchese boots — they’ve taken boot making and refined it to an art.” — Chris Stapleton  “A lucchese boot is what a cowboy boot should be.”

Celebrating artistry through superior craftsmanship and vintage designs. Years in the making, Chris and Lucchese built a collection that reflects their mutual respect of tradition, quality, and timeless style. With every purchase, a portion of the proceeds supports Chris & Morgane Stapleton’s charitable fund Outlaw State of Kind.

Jordan Davis will take part in CMT’s new series, Summer Sessions, which will air Friday nights beginning July 7th. Ashley McBryde, Breland, Chris Janson, Lee Brice and Tanya Tucker will also be featured.

Maddie & Tae and Anne Wilson will perform as part of “A Covenant Knight at the Opry House” on August 7th, along with Jason Aldean, Morgan Wallen, Old Dominion, Lee Brice and many more. The event will benefit The Covenant School Community Fund to continue mental health support for healing, ease the transition back into the building and equip the school for a safe, successful new year together, following the tragedy that took place at the Nashville-area school earlier this year. Following the August 7th show, “A Covenant Knight at the Grand Ole Opry House” will air for six consecutive nights on Circle Network, starting August 19th.

I’ll be performing at “A Covenant Knight at the Opry House” on August 7th, along with many other wonderful artists. This night will be benefiting The Covenant School Community Fund to continue mental health support for those affected by the tragedy that took place at Covenant… pic.twitter.com/x8t1AtL8YH

— Anne Wilson (@Annewilsonmusic) June 28, 2023

Darius Rucker will receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame as part of the Class of 2024. He’ll be joined by Gwen Stefani, Def Leppard, Sammy Hagar, Toni Braxton and Andre “Dr. Dre” Young, among others in the Recording category. Other famous faces who will be inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame include Chadwick Boseman (posthumously), Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Kerry Washington, Eugene Levy, Ken Jeong, Christina Ricci and more.