NEWS AND NOTES: Vince, Kip, David, Clare, Keith, Eric, Easton

Artists: Clare Dunn; David Nail; Easton Corbin; Eric Paslay; Keith Urban; Kip Moore; Vince Gill

Vince Gill performed “Go Rest High on That Mountain” during a memorial service for golfer Arnold Palmer in Latrobe, Pennsylvania on Tuesday (October 4^th). He called him his “favorite person he’d ever met.”

Kip Moore and his bass player and bandmember Manny Medina co-wrote the song, “Drive,” that appears on popular British duo The Shires’ album, The Universe, which was released last week. The foursome wrote the song at last year’s C2C Festival.

TRACK 5: 'DRIVE' – written with @KipMooreMusic & @MannyDMedina after @C2Cfestival last year! #MyUniverse LISTEN: https://t.co/4jJD1gsD2T HQx pic.twitter.com/KUCKK9FPLv

— The Shires (@theshiresuk) October 3, 2016

The inaugural Beach Town Music Festival in Vero Beach, Florida has been postponed due to Hurricane Matthew. The festival, which was scheduled for Friday (October 7^th) and Saturday (October 8^th), featured performances by David Nail, Clare Dunn and headliner Jake Owen.

Keith Urban, Kip Moore, Eric Paslay and Easton Corbin are scheduled to play Country 500 festival at Dayton International Speedway over Memorial Day Weekend (May 26^th – 28^th, 2017).