Brothers Osborne and Old Dominion will take the Nissan Stadium main stage, while opening acts include Deana Carter, Sara Evans, Everette, Randy Houser, Angie K, Kylie Morgan and Shenandoah. Unfortunately, Alan Jackson will no longer perform. New this year, CMA Fest will host performances from the special Platform Stage in the center of Nissan Stadium, featuring Priscilla Block, Madeline Edwards, Kat + Alex, Maddie & Tae, Frank Ray, Lily Rose, and Dylan Scott. Brittney Spencer welcomes the Nissan Stadium crowd Thursday night performing the National Anthem.

CMA Fest offers a variety of ticket options at all price levels. While four-day passes and single night tickets for the nightly concerts at Nissan Stadium are nearly sold out, fans can still act fast to purchase tickets to the Nighttime Concerts at Ascend Amphitheater (Friday and Saturday nights only), the new Riverside Retreat premium destination along the Cumberland River, and Fan Fair X inside Music City Center featuring celebrity panels, games and partner activations to unforgettable performances and meet-and-greets. Visit CMAfest.com/tickets to purchase today.

Official CMA Fest merchandise will be available for purchase across multiple locations within the CMA Fest footprint June 9-12. Retail locations include Ascend Amphitheater, Broadway, Chevy Riverfront Stage, Dr Pepper Amp Stage, Fan Fair X, Nissan Stadium and Chevy Vibes Stage at Walk of Fame Park. Fans are also able to purchase official merchandise online at shop.cmafest.com and through the CMA Connect App.

CMA Fest is uniquely programmed with artists donating their time so a portion of ticket proceeds can be invested in high-quality music education programs throughout the U.S. via the CMA Foundation.

Don’t miss a beat by staying connected with CMA on CMAfest.com, the Official CMA Connect App, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and sign up for CMA Country Connection emails to receive the latest news as soon as it’s announced.

Named the “gold standard” and topping Billboard’s list of the 10 Best Country Music Festivals, CMA Fest is the longest-running Country Music festival in the world. The 2019 CMA Fest sold out with capacity crowds and had the largest engagement by Country Music fans in the event’s history, with visitors from all 50 states and 37 international countries flocking to downtown Nashville.

About CMA Fest
The Ultimate Country Music Fan Experience™ began in 1972 as Fan Fair®, which drew 5,000 fans to Nashville’s Municipal Auditorium. Now celebrating its 49th year, the legendary festival has become the city’s signature Country Music event that hosts tens of thousands of fans from all 50 states and 37 international countries. In 2019, CMA Fest featured hundreds of artists performing—all to benefit music education. CMA Fest is a one-of-a-kind festival with artists donating their time to perform so ticket proceeds can directly benefit high-quality music programs across the country through the CMA Foundation. This is the 19th consecutive year CMA has produced a summer music program to be broadcast as a network television special.

Carrie Underwood is set to release her highly-anticipated album, Denim & Rhinestones, next Friday (June 10th, 2022).

The global superstar co-wrote 11 of the 12 tracks on Denim & Rhinestones with many of her frequent collaborators such as David Garcia, Hillary Lindsey, Josh Miller, Ashley Gorley, Josh Kear, and Chris DeStefano, who have written many of her biggest hits. She also welcomes more recent co-writers on the album, including Michael Hardy and Lydia Vaughan, the latter of whom co-wrote “If I Didn’t Love You,” Carrie’s multi-week #1 smash hit duet with Jason Aldean.

She wants fans who listen to the album to feel joyous and have a good time. “I hope when fans listen to the album, Denim & Rhinestones, that they just feel happy,” says Carrie. “When we set out to make this entire project, I walked in the writing room with my co-producer David (Garcia), and he’s like, ‘Well, what are we doing? What do you want to do?’ And I said, I just want to have fun. I feel like over the past couple of years, everybody’s been a little cooped up and just need some fun in their lives. You know, thinking about taking all of these songs on the road, I just wanted to think about as we were writing and as I was choosing songs, which ones would be great live. I love this album so much. It makes me happy. I hope they learn a little bit more about my musical influences and things that I like, because I feel like a lot of those just worked their way into this album. But, most of all, I just want them to feel happy, I want them to dance, I want them to sing and just have a good time with it.”

Denim & Rhinestones is the latest project between Carrie and David Garcia, having co-produced her critically-acclaimed 2018 release, Cry Pretty, which marked the first time she produced her own album.  Garcia and Carrie also co-produced her 2021 GRAMMY® Award-winning album of gospel hymns, My Savior.

My new album Denim & Rhinestones is a reflection of many of the different kinds of music that have influenced me as an artist, and we had so much fun making it! Here is a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the album!💜💎 #DenimAndRhinestones Pre-order:https://t.co/IkH4toLzf2 pic.twitter.com/AOOORmelfP

— Carrie Underwood (@carrieunderwood) April 8, 2022

Denim & Rhinestones Track List:

1. Denim & Rhinestones (Carrie Underwood, David Garcia, Josh Kear, Hillary Lindsey)
2. Velvet Heartbreak (Carrie Underwood, David Garcia, Hillary Lindsey)
3. Ghost Story (David Garcia, Josh Kear, Hillary Lindsey)
4. Hate My Heart (Carrie Underwood, David Garcia, Michael Hardy, Hillary Lindsey)
5. Burn (Carrie Underwood, David Garcia, Ashley Gorley, Hillary Lindsey)
6. Crazy Angels (Carrie Underwood, David Garcia, Lydia Vaughan)
7. Faster (Carrie Underwood, David Garcia, Hillary Lindsey)
8. Pink Champagne (Carrie Underwood, David Garcia, Ashley Gorley, Hillary Lindsey)
9. Wanted Woman (Carrie Underwood, David Garcia, Josh Miller)
10. Poor Everybody Else (Carrie Underwood, Chris DeStefano, Josh Miller)
11. She Don’t Know (Carrie Underwood, David Garcia, Hillary Lindsey)
12. Garden (Carrie Underwood, David Garcia, Josh Miller)

Carrie’s current single, “Ghost Story,” which is from her new album, is closing in on the Top 20 on the country charts.

It was just announced that Carrie will be performing a one-night-only live performance from The Historic Bell Tower in Nashville to celebrate the release of her new album, Denim & Rhinestones. Tune in June 9 at 8p CT/6p PT via Amazon Music on Twitch, the Amazon Music app and Prime Video.

Just announced, #CarrieUnderwoodLIVE, a one-night-only live performance from The Historic Bell Tower in Nashville to celebrate the release of her new album, Denim & Rhinestones. Tune in June 9 at 8p CT/6p PT via @AmazonMusic on @Twitch, the Amazon Music app & @PrimeVideo! -TeamCU pic.twitter.com/OjhX5mvZoc

— Carrie Underwood (@carrieunderwood) June 2, 2022

Chris Stapleton and Shania Twain are among the recipients of the Special Awards for the 57^th Academy of Country Music Awards. The honorees will be celebrated during the 15^th Annual ACM Honors, taking place August 24^th at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium.

Chris is set to receive the ACM Spirit Award, which is presented to a singer-songwriter who’s continuing the legacy of Country Music legend Merle Haggard by following his/her own path, crafting great songs and epitomizing The Hag’s spirit through compelling performances and great storytelling.

Shania, along with tunesmith Sonny Throckmorton, will receive the ACM Poet’s Award, which is given to a Country Music songwriter for outstanding and longstanding musical and/or lyrical contributions throughout their career, with special consideration given to a song or songs’ impact on the culture of Country Music.

Other honorees include Miranda Lambert (ACM Triple Crown Award), HARDY (ACM Songwriter of the Year), Connie Bradley (ACM Icon Award), Paul Barnabee and Dwight Wiles (ACM Lifting Lives Award), Morgan Wallen (ACM Milestone Award), Duane Clark (ACM Service Award) and the TV show Yellowstone (ACM Film Award).

The fans make country music what it is. They believed in me from the very beginning and helped me to be taken seriously by the industry and for that I’ll be forever grateful. I’m honored to be receiving the @ACMawards Poet’s Award at this year’s #ACMHonors. This award is ours ❤️ pic.twitter.com/aKGrleUjkl

— Shania Twain 💎💎💎 (@ShaniaTwain) June 2, 2022

Sam Hunt will headline Stars For Second Harvest on Tuesday (June 7th) at 7:30pm CT at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium. Proceeds from the benefit concert, started by Craig Wiseman several years ago, go to Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee and its mission to provide food to people facing hunger and work to advance hunger solutions.

Little Big Town will premiere the band’s new music video for “Hell Yeah” on Monday (June 6th) at noon CT on Facebook.

Our official video for “Hell Yeah” is premiering Monday, June 6th at noon CT exclusively on Facebook. Can’t wait for y’all to see this one!

Tune in: https://t.co/NKDGqcrQ1x pic.twitter.com/LLpBafUbUF

— Little Big Town (@littlebigtown) June 4, 2022

Keith Urban is featured in new promos for NASCAR, as they return to Nashville on June 26th on NBC and Peacock.

Music City is gonna get LOUD.@NASCAR returns to @NBCSports on June 26th in Nashville! https://t.co/YHlu9I3GsU

— NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) May 29, 2022

Eric Church takes fans behind-the-scenes of his “One Hell Of A Night” stadium show in Milwaukee over the Memorial Day Weekend.

It was a perfect day for the end of May… thank you for one hell of a night in Milwaukee! pic.twitter.com/n3FKLWnk1R

— Eric Church (@ericchurch) May 31, 2022

Mickey Guyton has teamed up with the Black Pumas for the latest installment of CMT Crossroads. They collaborated earlier this year for a performance of the band’s hit song “Colors” at the CMT Music Awards in April. This time, they’ve reunited for a night filled with performances of each other’s songs.

Keith Urban wrapped up his Las Vegas residency at The Colosseum at Caesar’s Palace over the weekend. He has truly enjoyed playing shows in Vegas, and has said the energy from the crowd is just “phenomenal.”

“It’s wide open. I mean, you, you’re ready for anything in Vegas, but the energy from the crowd every night is phenomenal.”

He had a special guest come out during his show on Saturday night — his wife, Nicole “Urban.” Check out the video he posted on his Instagram of the moment she came out below.

Next stop for Keith is at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium during CMA Music Fest on June 9th. He will then launch The Speed of Now World Tour, followed by a trek in Australia in December.

Keith is currently making his way to the top of the country charts with his latest smash, “Wild Hearts.”

Jordan Davis has released his brand-new single “What My World Spins Around,” out everywhere now. The track will hit country radio airwaves with an official add date of June 6th. “What My World Spins Around” is penned by Davis alongside Matt Dragstrem and Ryan Hurd. Produced by Paul DiGiovanni, the up-tempo track is paired with heartfelt lyrics, “I finally get it now when they say you know, you know” and “Watching you watch the sun going down, That’s what my world spins around.”

“This song is a reflection of me writing what I know from the place I am in my life, and letting that drive the music,” shares Davis. “It’s already been a fun one to play live and I can’t wait for everyone to hear it.”

“What My World Spins Around” is the first look at new music for Davis, following his Platinum-certified single “Buy Dirt” (feat. Luke Bryan). Topping the Country radio airplay charts for two weeks and amassing more than 524 MILLION global streams, Davis delivered high-profile performances of the song on both The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and The Ellen DeGeneres Show. “Buy Dirt” tallied multiple awards nominations as a finalist for Top Country Song at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards, nominated for Musical Event of the Year at the 55^th CMA Awards, and for Music Event, Single, and Song of the Year at the 57^th ACM Awards. Read the story behind “Buy Dirt” here.

After wrapping his headline BUY DIRT TOUR with sold out shows across the country, Davis is on the road now with Brooks & Dunn for the REBOOT Tour 2022. He will take the stage at major festivals throughout the summer, and headline two shows at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium (9/27 and 9/28) for the first time. Kicking off this fall, Davis will join Luke Combs as direct support on The Middle of Somewhere Tour through December. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit jordandavisofficial.com/tour.

“What My World Spins Around” Lyrics:

I love a first cast when the water’s glass

And the line starts to run

Or that first sip of a cold beer

When the working week’s done

I love the twilight in the morning

‘Fore the day wakes up

And the windows down on the first ride

In a paid up truck

And I love a slow down in a beach town

With an ocean view

And I love a first fall Saturday trip

Down to Baton Rouge

And I love a six string with the stars out

And the campfire glow

But girl, that don’t even come close

To the way that it feels

When you lean in and kiss me

The way that you dance

When you get kinda tipsy

I’m wrapped ’round your finger

Like this ring I’m wearing

That look in your eye, girl

When you catch me staring

I don’t even know what it is

But now that I found it

I can’t imagine me living without this

Back 40 view on our piece of ground

Watching you watch the sun going down

That’s what my world spins around

Well, I finally get it now

When they say you know you know

And yeah, girl you had me

From that first hello

And the only thing better

Is heaven above

But until I get there

I’ll never get enough of

The way that it feels

When you lean in and kiss me

The way that you dance

When you get kinda tipsy

I’m wrapped ’round your finger

Like this ring I’m wearing

That look in your eye, girl

When you catch me staring

I don’t even know what it is

But now that I found it

I can’t imagine me living without this

Back 40 view on our piece of ground

Watching you watch the sun going down

That’s what my world spins around

What my world spins around

Oh yeah

The way that it feels

When you lean in and kiss me

The way that you dance

When you get kinda tipsy

And I’m wrapped ’round your finger

Like this ring I’m wearing

That look in your eye, girl

When you catch me staring

I don’t even know what it is

But now that I found it

I can’t imagine me living without this

Back 40 view on our piece of ground

Watching you watch the sun going down

That’s what my world spins around

You’re what my world spins around

What my world spins around

About Jordan Davis:
A native of Shreveport, Louisiana, Jordan Davis recently scored his fourth No. 1 hit, “Buy Dirt” (feat. Luke Bryan) from his 2021 EP, co-writing every track on the eight-song project apart from the John Prine-inspired “Blow Up Your TV.” Davis previously notched three consecutive No. 1 hits: Platinum-Certified “Slow Dance In A Parking Lot,” Double Platinum-Certified “Singles You Up” and Platinum-Certified “Take It From Me,” each featured on his Gold-Certified debut album, Home State. Awarded Best New Country Artist at the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards, he is a two-time nominee for ACM New Male Artist of the Year and was named Billboard’s Top New Country Artist of 2018. Davis has amassed 3.1 billion streams worldwide and appeared on Ellen, Good Morning America, Late Night with Seth Meyers, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, TODAY and more. He has previously toured with artists including Kane Brown, Dierks Bentley, Rascal Flatts, Old Dominion, Jake Owen and Kip Moore.

32 Bridge Entertainment / EMI Records Nashville recording artist Jon Langston is giving his take on NF’s “If You Want Love,” with a compelling cover of the track out today. Watch Langston perform “If You Want Love” here.

“I’m a huge fan of NF,” Langston shared on Instagram, “so getting the opportunity to release my own version of a song that means so much to me is so surreal.”

The emotionally charged rendition follows the release of Langston’s current single “Back Words,” spinning on Country radio airwaves now. He’s on the road now for his headlining ALL GOOD OUT HERE TOUR, hitting Augusta, AR tomorrow (5/28) plus Holiday, FL (6/3), Grayson, GA (6/4), and Myrtle Beach, SC (6/5) next weekend. For tickets and more information visit jonlangston.com.

About Jon Langston:
Jon Langston grew up in Loganville, GA, listening to music by his heroes Alan Jackson and the Eagles. Earning a Division 1 college football scholarship, Langston always thought football would be a part of his life, but after his sixth concussion left him blind for fifteen minutes, his football career ended abruptly. He picked up his guitar – untouched since eighth grade – and re-taught himself how to play. Performing at open mic nights and honing his songwriting led to the 2013 release of self-penned, “Forever Girl,” the first song he ever wrote, and now certified GOLD by the RIAA. That release kicked off his music career, culminating in sold out shows across the country and over 500 million career streams. Once a fan attending Luke Bryan’s Farm Tour in Athens, GA, Langston experienced a full circle moment by joining Bryan on the Farm Tour in 2017 and 2018, and again as support on his Sunset Repeat Tour in 2019. Langston signed a publishing deal with Sony ATV, management with KP Entertainment, and is the first artist signed under Bryan’s label 32 Bridge Entertainment with EMI Records Nashville. He recently made his Grand Ole Opry debut, where he performed his new single “Back Words” – out now. “Back Words” follows recent releases “Happy Ever After,” “Try Missing You” and “When You’re Lonely,” highlighting his adept songwriting and classic country influences. He released his anticipated EP Now You Know in 2019, featuring six original songs he co-wrote. Langston’s debut major label single, “When It Comes To Loving You” hit No. 1 on the all-genre iTunes Chart and his single “Now You Know” reached the Top 30 on the country radio airplay charts. Catch Langston out on the road for his headlining ALL GOOD OUT HERE TOUR.

The Country Music Association announced today “CMA Fest,” the Music Event of Summer, will air Wednesday, Aug. 3 at 8/7c pm on ABC. The three-hour primetime concert special, bringing Country Music’s Ultimate Fan Experience to a national television audience, will be hosted by Dierks Bentley and Elle King.

“I’m thrilled we get to partner with Dierks and Elle as our hosts this year,” says Sarah Trahern, CMA Chief Executive Officer. “They have such passion for the fans. I know the chemistry and camaraderie they bring to the stage will be felt by the millions of TV viewers around the globe.”

This marks both Bentley and King’s “CMA Fest” hosting debut. In addition to hosting, King joins the list of performers for the Nissan Stadium stage on Sunday, June 12. As previously announced, Bentley will also perform Sunday.

Filmed during Nashville’s four-day CMA Fest Thursday through Sunday, June 9-12, the television special features performances and surprise collaborations on stage at Nissan Stadium. 2022 marks the 19th consecutive year CMA has produced a summer concert TV special.

You may have guessed Tyler Hubbard’s new solo single, “5 Foot 9,” is about his wife Hayley, however after speaking to her when he got home from the writing session, he discovered he and his co-writers, Jaren Johnston and Chase McGill, shorted her about an inch.

“Well, I got to be honest. I have a confession. I missed it by about an inch. She’s actually 5’10”,” says Tyler. “I went home that night and said, ‘Babe, remind me again how tall you are exactly. You’re about 5’9”, right?’ She said, ‘Yeah, I’m 5’10”.’ And I thought, ‘Well, here’s a new song I wrote today. I’m sorry I cut you short by an inch, but I hope you like it.”

The Georgia native has been writing constantly, including as a co-writer on Little Big Town’s current single, “Hell Yeah.” In fact, he recorded 18 songs for his upcoming project, and “5 Foot 9” kept coming to the forefront as the debut single.

“That song is just a prime example of a great day in the writing room. I was writing it with Jaren Johnston and Chase McGill, great incredible guys and great writers, and a song that just sorta continued to make it to the top of the pile; one of 18 that I recorded, and I I love all of the songs just about equally, which made it very difficult. They all have a different purpose and a different feel, and it’s all a little piece of who I am and tells my story. But I think ‘5 Foot 9’ was a good launchpad and a good foundation for the rest of this music and what’s to come, and my story and where I’m at. And for me, it seemed appropriate. Something about this song felt nostalgic and familiar, but also very simple in the fact that it just reminds me to appreciate the little things in life and things that we, and myself especially, maybe take for granted at times. You know, all the things that I mentioned in the verses and then obviously just getting to sing about the good stuff in life and where I’m at right now and looking around and seeing yeah, my wife, but also my kids and my family, just the life that we’re living right now. We’re really in a sweet spot, and I’m reminded of where that comes from, so I’m hoping this song will do that for the fans.”

For the past decade, country fans have gotten to know Tyler Hubbard as the lead singer of the multi-platinum-selling, record-breaking duo Florida Georgia Line. Hubbard has written seven No. 1 hits for FGL (singing lead vocal on all 19) plus, he has written cuts for artists across multiple genres including Jason Aldean, Jimmie Allen, Kane Brown, Little Big Town, Thomas Rhett, Chris Tomlin, Nelly and Bebe Rexha.

With 19 No. 1 singles on country radio, countless awards, and sold-out tours, Tyler Hubbard has already had a remarkable career as a songwriter and as one half of multi-platinum duo Florida Georgia Line. Now ready for the next chapter, the Georgia-native and prolific songwriter has written well over 100 songs as he works towards his debut solo album release on EMI Nashville. The first song, “5 Foot 9,” is out now with more music expected throughout the year.

Memorial Day, originally known as Decoration Day, originated after the American Civil War to commemorate the fallen Union soldiers of the Civil War. However, by the turn of the 20th century, Memorial Day honored Americans who sacrificed their lives in all wars.