Mickey Guyton appeared during the Season 19 finale on Sunday (May 23rd) with Top 9 contestant Alyssa Wray. The pair performed Mickey’s impactful “Black Like Me.” Check out the performance below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FtmEtXehik

Due to extremely strong pre-sale ticket demand, 2021 ACM Entertainer of the Year Luke Bryan has added three more show dates, February 23, 25 and 26, to his recently announced headlining engagement run opening February 11 at The Theatre at Resorts World Las Vegas. The new dates, along with previously announced February 2022 dates, will go on sale to the public today, Monday, May 24, at 10 a.m. PST at AXS.com.

The three additional show dates going on sale to the public are:
February 2022: 23, 25, 26

Previously announced show dates, with limited availability, going on sale to the public are:
February 2022: 11, 12, 16, 18, 19, 20

Tickets for all nine show dates, plus a limited number of VIP and premium ticket packages, will go on sale to the public today, Monday, May 24, at 10 a.m. PST at AXS.com.

“We’re looking forward to putting on a unique show at The Theatre at Resorts World Las Vegas,” said Luke Bryan. “I’m already working on ideas and can’t wait to play on this new playground where I can create a fun and high energy experience.”

The Theatre at Resorts World Las Vegas is a joint development between Resorts World Las Vegas and AEG Presents. The brand-new, multi-level venue designed by the award-winning international design firm, Scéno Plus, will be home to Las Vegas’s largest and tallest performance stage with the furthest seat only 150 feet from the stage. Resorts World Las Vegas is the Strip’s highly anticipated new 3,500-room luxury destination opening June 24. For additional programming and upcoming announcements at The Theatre at Resorts World Las Vegas follow on Facebook or Instagram.

ABOUT LUKE BRYAN
Luke wrapped 2020 as Billboard’s Top Country Artist of the 2010s by reigning on their charts with 11 #1s on the Hot Country Songs chart and nine #1s on the Top Country Albums chart during the last decade. Since his debut in 2009, Luke has garnered 26 #1 hits and has more RIAA certified digital singles than any other country artist with 54.5 million. Luke has also tallied 14.6 Billion streams, 12.5 million albums sold with four Platinum albums, two 4x-Platinum albums, seven RIAA certified albums, 22 Platinum singles and 12 Multi-Platinum singles. Luke’s seven headline concert tours have played for 12 million fans including 36 stadium concerts, 11 Farm Tours, six years of Spring Break shows and six sold-out Crash My Playa concert events.

He was recognized as a CMT Artist of the Year six consecutive times, was named the Entertainer of the Year by the Academy of Country Music three times! and the Country Music Association twice. He was honored as a NSAI Artist/Songwriter of the Year. In total Luke has won over 50 music awards including seven ACM awards including his honor as the first-ever recipient of the ACM Album of the Decade Award for Crash My Party, seven CMT Music Awards, five Billboard Music Awards, four American Music Awards, two CMA awards, an iHeart and a Teen Choice award and more. Luke was also named the Most Heard Artist of the Decade by Country Aircheck and he was recently honored by the Country Radio Broadcasters as the Artist Humanitarian Award recipient in 2021.

On April 9, Luke released a deluxe version of his #1, RIAA gold certified album BORN HERE LIVE HERE DIE HERE (Deluxe Edition) with six NEW songs to add to the album’s original 10 tracks.

Maddie and Tae just released the music video for their latest single, “Woman You Got.” The clip features their real-life husbands, Jonah Font (Maddie) and Josh Kerr (Tae). Check it out below.

Nearly a decade after first topping the charts at Country radio, multi-Platinum superstar Eric Church has earned his 8th solo career No. 1 with “Hell Of A View,” the endearing ode to rebellious love featured on his critically acclaimed new triple album Heart & Soul. This is his 11th chart-topping song overall, having hit No. 1 with Keith Urban on “Raise ‘Em Up,” Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan on “The Only Way I Know” and the most recent “Does To Me” with Luke Combs.

The hit song – celebrated by Entertainment Weekly as reigning among Church’s “most liberating and freewheeling work” and by Rolling Stone as a “kaleidoscopic jangle” that “further refines the melodic, mid-tempo storytelling Church excels at,” – sees him join forces with powerhouse vocal partner Joanna Cotten for what Billboard describes as “blazing their own path more reliant on adventure than safe choices.”

“This ain’t for everybody / Toes hanging off the ledge / Like we got nothin’ to lose / Ain’t always heaven, baby / This livin’ on the edge / You holdin’ me holdin’ you / It’s a hell of a view,” Church croons in the tender mid-tempo track written together with Casey Beathard and Monty Criswell.

This latest No. 1 hit for the man praised by The Wall Street Journal as “knowledgeable and respectful of Country’s history, but not shackled by it” comes nearly a decade after he first topped the charts. Despite earning 10 No. 1 hits in nearly as many years, he has never shied away from the unconventional – yet with unabashed honesty and a Church Choir as loyal to him as he is to them, the Chief has still found radio success while writing his own rule book.

Earning his first chart-topper via 2012’s Chief, Church broke through with rowdy blue-collar anthem “Drink In My Hand” and quickly followed with his 5x Platinum smash hit, “Springsteen.”
List of solo No. 1 Hits:

“Drink In My Hand”
“Springsteen”
“Give Me Back My Hometown”
“Talladega”
“Record Year
“Round Here Buzz”
“Some Of It”
“Hell Of A View”

Now, with his most-recent No. 1 born from his most aggressive recording process yet, Church is already dreaming up ways to push the limit further.

“This is my favorite project of my career,” Church shared with Billboard of the triple album, which features “Hell Of A View” on its final chapter, Soul. “I really appreciate radio’s support to bring attention to it. I can’t wait to see where we go next!”

First on that journey will be a chance for fans to see these songs and more live, as the reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year returns to the road with a vengeance on his 55-city The Gather Again Tour where he will perform in-the-round sets for the first time in his career, touring full-capacity arenas through the U.S. and Canada. Tickets are on sale now and a full list of dates is available HERE.

For more information, visit www.ericchurch.com and follow on Facebook and Twitter @ericchurch and Instagram @ericchurchmusic.

Country superstar Alan Jackson returned to “Where I Come From” Saturday, headlining a huge day-long concert event in his Georgia hometown, raising money and awareness to assist residents whose lives were upended by a massive EF-4 tornado just three months earlier.

“It’s good to be back down here in my hometown of Newnan, Georgia,” Jackson told the crowd of over 20,000. “I’m from Newnan…my wife, Denise, is from Newnan…we were both born and raised here…and all of our childhood and young adult memories come from this area. When we saw what that tornado did coming through here a few months ago, it broke my heart. It broke Denise’s heart. We had relatives affected by it and friends. The high school that we went to got hit. I was hoping we’d be able to do something to try to help down here and…it’s just been amazing how this community came together to make this happen.”

What happened was a concert event that became a music festival, celebrating what can happen when people come together to support a common goal – a day of country music that thus far has already raised an estimated $2,000,000 for tornado relief. Jackson’s headlining set was preceded by multi-platinum entertainer Chris Young, singer-songwriter-producer Caylee Hammack, Grammy nominated singer-songwriter Adam Wright and country artist Brian Wright, the latter two both – like Jackson – Newnan natives. Jered Ames from Jackson’s downtown Nashville honky-tonk, AJ’s Good Time Bar, and local artists Corbette Jackson and Will Finley entertained early in the afternoon as concertgoers filled the Coweta County Fairgrounds. College Football Hall of Famer David Pollack from ESPN’s College GameDay emceed. Proceeds from the event benefitted the Coweta Community Foundation’s tornado relief fund.

“This was a great day,” Jackson noted. “A lot of people dedicated their time here, volunteering. It takes a lot to put on a show this big, and we really are grateful to all the help. Most of all, we appreciate all of you people that have come out and help all these folks in need.”

Jackson’s headlining performance was livestreamed exclusively on Facebook, where it’s been available to view all weekend (and can be viewed until Tuesday at 12:00am ET), reaching nearly 1,000,000 fans worldwide and allowing them to contribute to the fundraising efforts. Donations can still be made via Facebook, by phone (text “Give” to 844-737-4859), via Venmo (@CowetaFoundation) or the Foundation’s website (CowetaFoundation.org/concert).

During the concert, presenting sponsor Cornerstone Building Brands contributed over half-a-million dollars to the efforts, presenting the Coweta Community Foundation with a check for $100,000 to support tornado relief efforts and committing $500,000 in building materials to Habitat for Humanity for use specifically in Newnan and Coweta County as tornado recovery and rebuilding efforts continue. Title sponsor Southtowne Chevrolet, based in Newnan, also made a presentation of $105,000 to the Foundation’s tornado relief efforts.

Jackson’s headlining performance found the Country Music Hall of Fame member and three-time CMA Entertainer of the Year doing what he does best – giving the audience a night of real country music highlighted by the biggest hits of his three-decade career…22 songs in total. It was Jackson’s first concert since staging a pair of shows last June – “drive in” style concerts that allowed people to safely enjoy music in an outdoor setting in the early days of the pandemic. Jackson returns to the road in the coming weeks, starting with an Ohio festival performance in July followed by a slate of concerts through August, September and October.

Little Big Town has introduced a new flavor to their wine in a can offerings — Pontoon Punch is now available, so grab a koozie and let’s go taste this bit of summertime in a can.

Brothers Osborne will perform during the 2021 Concert For Love & Acceptance on Wednesday (June 30^th). Gavin DeGraw, Kristin Chenoweth, Terri Clark, Kathy Mattea, Rissi Palmer, Michael Ray, Tenille Townes, Locash and many others will also perform during the show, which will be livestreamed exclusively on CMT’s Facebook and YouTube channels. Ty Herndon and Cody Alan will co-host.

Jon Pardi is set to make his first appearance on the Ellen DeGeneres Show on Monday (July 5th).

First time playing @TheEllenShow! Tune in July 5th! pic.twitter.com/joVTj5bBVd

— Jon Pardi (@JonPardi) June 25, 2021

Dierks Bentley, along with Tim McGraw and Thomas Rhett, will headline this year’s Watershed Music and Camping Festival taking place July 30^th – August 1^st. Jon Pardi, Billy Currington, Priscilla Block, Kylie Morgan, Kelsea Ballerini, Gabby Barrett, Blanco Brown, Morgan Evans, Randy Houser, HARDY and Ashley McBryde will also perform during the three day festival at The Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Washington.

Vince Gill recently donated the late Roy Acuff‘s legendary fiddle to the Country Music Hall of Fame’s permanent collection. Vince bought the instrument earlier this year. Acuff first began playing it after it was gifted to him by American soldiers during World War II.  On view to the public now—just in time to celebrate othe Fourth of July—Acuff’s fiddle debuts in a spotlight exhibit in the museum’s upper-level galleries.

Carrie Underwood won a Billboard Music Award Sunday night (May 23^rd) for Top Christian Album for her Christmas collection, My Gift.

When Carrie released My Gift last year, she said she had always wanted to make a Christmas album. “I love these songs. I love singing about Jesus. I love Christmas as a whole, as a time of year,” she says. “So, I have always wanted to make an album like this, so I did. (laughs) I always wanted to, so we did it.”

Congrats to Carrie on winning @BBMAs Top Christian Album for #MyGift! 🎁✨ #BBMAs air tonight at 8pm ET/5pm PT on @NBC. -TeamCU pic.twitter.com/IDoizmxXf6

— Carrie Underwood (@carrieunderwood) May 23, 2021

Carrie is having a lot of success on the Christian charts due to her gospel album, My Savior, which debuted at the top of both the Billboard Country and Christian Charts.

In other news, tickets for her REFLECTION: The Las Vegas Residency — her recently announced headlining engagement run at The Theatre at Resorts World Las Vegas — go on sale Today at 10am PT/1pm ET. Recently, she added six more shows, which open December 1st.

The dates are:

• December 2021: 1, 3, 4, 8, 10, 11
• March 2022: 23, 25, 26, 30
• April 2022: 1, 2

Parker McCollum releases his major label debut album Gold Chain Cowboy July 30 on MCA Nashville. Parker wrote all of the 10-song project, produced by Jon Randall, including his Platinum-selling No. 1 hit “Pretty Heart” and his latest song on country radio “To Be Loved By You.”

Straddling Texas and Nashville, Parker has not only written on his own – the staggering Green Day-evoking “Rest of My Life” out today – he shares songwriting credits with Randall, Wade Bowen, Randy Rogers, Randy Montana, Rhett Akins, Miranda Lambert and Songwriters Hall of Famer Tony Lane.

Gold Chain Cowboy expands on Parker’s outcast drifter ethos set forth on his widely praised Hollywood Gold EP released last fall which became the top-selling debut country EP of 2020. Parker has been named an ‘Artist to Watch’ by Rolling Stone, Billboard, SiriusXM, CMT, RIAA and more. Rolling Stone calls Parker, “a no-holds-barred, confessional singer-songwriter who excels at relatable tales,” while American Songwriter notes, “The Texas native teeters on the edge of next-level superstardom.”

Listen to “Rest of My Life” HERE | Pre-Save Gold Chain Cowboy HERE

Gold Chain Cowboy Track Listing:

1. Wait Outside (Parker McCollum, Jon Randall, Randy Rogers)
2. Dallas (Featuring Danielle Bradbery) (Parker McCollum, Wade Bowen, Randy Rogers)
3. To Be Loved By You (Parker McCollum, Rhett Akins)
4. Drinkin’ (Parker McCollum, Lee Miller)
5. Falling Apart (Parker McCollum, Miranda Lambert, Jon Randall, Randy Rogers)
6. Heart Like Mine (Parker McCollum, Tony Lane, Ben West)
7. Why Indiana (Parker McCollum, Erik Dylan, Randy Montana)
8. Rest Of My Life (Parker McCollum)
9. Pretty Heart (Parker McCollum, Randy Montana)
10. Never Loved You At All (Parker McCollum, Corey Crowder, Brian Kelley)