Keith Urban released a vertical video for his latest smash, “We Were,” exclusively on Spotify.
Check out the NEW vertical video for #WeWere exclusively on @Spotify: https://t.co/rQpzvJ1NwJ pic.twitter.com/ZP6gULwoBc
— Keith Urban (@KeithUrban) July 19, 2019
Keith will perform “We Were,” as well as many more of his huge hits when he performs at the Cheyenne Frontier Days in Cheyenne, Wyoming on July 26th, followed by WE Fest in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota December 1st.
Adam Hambrick and his wife Merritt welcomed their new baby girl – Heidi Celeste – on Friday (July 19th). Weighing in at 8 pounds, 7 ounces, Heidi joins her big sister, Gracie (age 3).
Adam took to his socials to announce the birth, and referencing his song “Rockin’ All Night Long,” — “Wow what a weekend. Our family is proud to welcome our 2nd daughter, Heidi Celeste Hambrick,” writes Adam. “Mom and baby were blessed with a safe delivery and are doing very well. Remember all that “bloodshot eyes, watch the sunrise” stuff? Yeah, we’re doing that again.”
Wow what a weekend. Our family is proud to welcome our 2nd daughter, Heidi Celeste Hambrick. Mom and baby were blessed with a safe delivery and are doing very well. Remember all that “bloodshot eyes, watch the sunrise” stuff? Yeah, we’re doing that again. read more at @CountryNow pic.twitter.com/Gk2rsYlNBA
— Adam Hambrick (@adamhambrick) July 22, 2019
“Becoming a dad for the second time is gonna be amazing,” he told us a recently. “My three-year-old is gonna kill it as a big sister.”
Adam Hambrick (becoming a dad for the second time) OC: …little girl. :42
“Becoming a dad for the second time is gonna be amazing. My three-year-old is gonna kill it as a big sister. She’s already talking about ‘My baby this’ and ‘My baby that.’ It’s hilarious. It’s just super fun. There’s just a lot of, there’s gonna be a big transition, ‘cause when we had Gracie, I wasn’t on the road just a ton. So, now having a little more of a robust touring schedule, it’s gonna be difficult. It’s gonna be a big transition. We have a lot of family who help us, and we have a good community of friends. It’s gonna be a difficult road that we’re gonna be walking, but it’s one that we’re excited to walk. We can’t wait to meet our second little girl.”
Due to overwhelming demand, six-time GRAMMY Award-winning artist Kacey Musgraves has announced five additional tour dates on her Oh, What a World: Tour II. Produced by Live Nation, these U.S. tour dates will see Kacey headlining some of the biggest venues of her career, including Dallas’ The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory on October 10th and 11th, New York City’s Radio City Music Hall on October 15th and 16th, and Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena with special guest Maggie Rogers on October 25th (see full list of dates below). Kacey announced these tour dates this morning on NBC’s TODAY, where she performed her hits “Slow Burn,” “Lonely Weekend,” “Happy and Sad,” and “Oh, What a World” as part of the show’s summer concert series.
Tickets go on sale to the general public starting Friday, July 26th at 10am at LiveNation.com. Citi is the official presale credit card of the tour. As such, Citi cardmembers will have access to purchase presale tickets beginning Monday, July 22nd at 10am local time until Thursday, July 25th at 10pm local time through Citi EntertainmentSM. For complete presale details visit www.citientertainment.com.
Kacey has experienced a whirlwind year following the release of her #1 third studio album Golden Hour in March 2018. Kacey took home Album of the Year at the GRAMMY Awards, Country Music Association Awards, and Academy of Country Music Awards, and Golden Hour was named one of the best albums of 2018 by everyone from NPR, Time, The Associated Press and GQ to Rolling Stone, Billboard, Pitchfork, and Complex. Vogue proclaimed Kacey’s “mesmerizing blend of emotional directness and swirling pop melodies, old-school musicianship and new-school production, is a cross-genre triumph that feels so right for now,” and V pronounced, “a masterpiece of crossover country, the record showcased a heartfelt and accessible style, place her both in the glittering center of pop culture and the ears of listeners of every stripe.”
Golden Hour has taken Kacey around the globe; in addition to headlining shows in North America, the U.K., Europe, Japan, China, New Zealand, and Australia, Kacey performed at Global Citizen Festival: Mandela 100 in South Africa. This year, she performed at festivals from Bonnaroo to Governors Ball, and became the first-ever female country artist to play Coachella. She continues to hit the festival circuit with upcoming performances at the Newport Folk Festival, FloydFest, Hinterland Music Festival, Lollapalooza, and Outside Lands. In celebration of Golden Hour’s success, Kacey has been honored at Billboard’s Women in Music event, Variety’s Power of Women event, and she has recently celebrated the opening of her exhibit, All of the Colors, at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, on display through June 2020
Moore also shared today that he will continue his “wildly successful” (Chicago Tribune) ROOM TO SPARE: ACOUSTIC TOUR for a third leg, following two previously sold-out runs meeting capacity crowds at every stop in the U.S., Canada and The U.K. The unique setting sees Moore strip back his notorious live show, with an intimate acoustic approach that engages the audience on another level. Moore has invited special guests Tucker Beathard, Devin Dawson and Kylie Morgan along for select dates, with the run set to begin in Grand Rapids, MI on 10/10. Tickets will go on sale beginning July 26th at 10am local time at kipmoore.net.
“Connecting with people through our live show brings me pure joy,” explained Moore. “I’m really looking forward to the Bud Light Dive Bar dates as it will take us back to where we started and where our journey began. It also gives us the opportunity to get a little wild with the show. Then we’ll be able to strip it back down this fall with the next leg of acoustic dates. The rapport we’ve felt with the crowds through the acoustic shows has been really special and I’m so glad the fans are enjoying it and we get to bring it to even more cities.”
BUD LIGHT DIVE BAR TOUR Dates
8/15 Detroit, MI (Royal Oak, MI)
8/16 Cleveland, OH
8/17 Cincinnati, OH
8/20 Indianapolis, IN
8/22 Chicago, IL
8/23 Madison, WI
ROOM TO SPARE: ACOUSTIC TOUR Dates
10/10 Grand Rapids, MI – Fountain Street Church*
10/11 Mount Vernon, KY – Renfro Valley Entertainment Center*
10/12 Evansville, IN – Victory Theater*
10/17 Torrington, CT – Warner Theatre**
10/18 Ithaca, NY – State Theater**
10/19 Morristown, NJ – Mayo PAC**
10/24 Greenburg, PA – The Palace Theatre**
10/25 Rochester, NY – Kodak Center Theater**
10/26 Rutland, VT – Paramount Theater**
11/08 Eugene, OR – McDonald Theater*
11/09 Seattle, WA – Neptune Theater*
11/14 Birmingham, AL – Alabama Theater****
11/15 Knoxville, TN – Bijou Theatre****
11/16 Pensacola, FL – Saenger Theatre****
11/21 Durham, NC – Carolina Theater****
11/22 Charlottesville, VA – Paramount Theater****
11/23 Hanover, PA – Eichelberger Performing Arts Center
12/05 Tucson, AZ – Fox Tucson Theatre****
12/06 Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren****
*Dates with Kylie Morgan
**Dates with Tucker Beathard
****Dates with Devin Dawson
Moore’s highly-successful acoustic tour was sparked by his recently released ROOM TO SPARE: THE ACOUSTIC SESSIONS EP. The collection follows his third studio album SLOWHEART, which garnered instant praise from critics as his “most complete, cohesive declaration of his artistic sensibilities yet” (NPR,) as well landing on multiple “Best Of” lists including Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone, UpRoxx, Bobby Bones Show, Taste Of Country, Sounds Like Nashville, The Boot, PopMatters and Whiskey Riff. SLOWHEART includes Moore’s fourth No. One single “More Girls Like You” and follows the critical acclaim that surrounded Moore’s sophomore album WILD ONES and his PLATINUM debut album UP ALL NIGHT that spawned three No. One hit singles, including GOLD certified “Beer Money,” PLATINUM certified “Hey Pretty Girl,” and the DOUBLE PLATINUM breakout hit “Somethin’ ‘Bout A Truck.” For more information, visit kipmoore.net.
As country superstar and 2019 CMA and ACM Entertainer of the Year Keith Urban continues his summer North American “Graffiti U World Tour,” two of his acclaimed albums, Keith Urban and Defying Gravity, will be released on vinyl on September 13 via Capitol Nashville/UMe. The vinyl releases commemorate two milestones in the multi-GRAMMY winner’s career: the upcoming 20th anniversary of his eponymous breakthrough and the recent 10th anniversary of his Defying Gravity. Both will be released on standard weight black vinyl as well limited edition color vinyl with Keith Urban, which is making its first-ever vinyl release, pressed on lavender vinyl, and Defying Gravity, which was previously only released on vinyl in a limited edition, on white vinyl. All versions are available for pre-order now.
Pre-order Keith Urban: https://UMe.lnk.to/KeithUrbanLP
Pre-order Defying Gravity: https://UMe.lnk.to/DefyingGravityLP
Released in 1999, Keith Urban was Urban’s first platinum-selling album, introducing him to the world and propelling him into country stardom. Four singles from the quintessential album earned spots on Billboard’s Hot Country Chart, with the song “But For The Grace Of God” reaching #1, “Where the Blacktop Ends” reaching #3, and “Your Everything” reaching #4. For his self-titled album, Urban worked with Grammy-award winning producer Matt Rollings of Lyle Lovett’s Large Band. Together, the two produced 12 songs, nine of which Urban co-wrote. The Billboard Top 200 album also featured a number of tracks co-written by Mardi Seidel and Emily Robison of Dixie Chicks, Jane Wiedlin and Charlotte Caffey of The Go-Go’s, and Steve Wariner. Two decades after the release of Keith Urban and his enduring critical success, his breakthrough album will always mark a pivotal moment in Urban’s career, as he told The Boot, “It’s a monumental feeling to get to the top of the charts. Especially now, there’s so many records out.”
Defying Gravity, released a decade ago, was Urban’s first album to reach #1 on the Billboard 200, which also soared to #1 on the Top Country Albums chart. The multi-platinum global blockbuster featured the hit singles “Sweet Thing,” “Kiss A Girl,” and “Only You Can Love Me This Way.” Urban worked with longtime producer Dann Huff, CMA-nominated songwriter Monty Powell, and country mega-hit songwriter Steve McEwan. Hit singles “Sweet Thing” and “Only You Can Love Me This Way” garnered Urban his third GRAMMY and eleventh #1 hit song. Defying Gravity received rave reviews with All Music describing the album as “seamlessly combining hook-laden crafty songwriting with a pop sensibility in the modern country vernacular that blazes a new trail,” and Entertainment Weekly declaring he “has a gift for making radio-baiting hooks and production feel enthusiastically fresh.”
Now, for the first time ever, these momentous, platinum-selling albums are available on vinyl in wide release, allowing fans to celebrate the album that started it all for the Australian musician and the album that would cement his place as country royalty.
Keith Urban Track List
SIDE A
1. It’s A Love Thing
2. Where The Blacktop Ends
3. But For The Grace Of God
4. Your Everything
5. I Wanna Be Your Man (Forever)
6. A Little Luck Of Our Own
SIDE B
1. You’re The Only One
2. If You Wanna Stay
3. Don’t Shut Me Out
4. Out On My Own
4. Rollercoaster
5. I Thought You Knew
Defying Gravity Track List
SIDE A
SIDE B
Keith Urban (Blacktop) OC: …what we do. :34
“It’s actually a song that Steve (Wariner) brought into Capitol Records as we’re still recording my album. He brought in a demo – Steve does great demos – and it was just such a great sounding song and I could really hear myself do it. So, I heard it and asked if I could do it, and he said, ‘Yeah, you can record it if you let me come and play on it (door shuts). So, you know, I had my arm twisted (smiles) and was very happy for Steve to come; he sang and played on it. I think it fits perfectly with what we do.”
Keith Urban (Sweet Thing) OC: …that innocence. :29
“We had an unexpectedly warm, sunny day here in Nashville during the winter, and I was writing with Monty Powell, and it was just a fun, easy song to write… But I love, Monty and I both love writing about courtship, you know, courting and again, if you’re not in love and want to be, that’s a beautiful part of it. If you’ve been in love for a long time, that’s a nice thing to be reminded of in your own relationship and try not to lose a bit of that innocence.”
Throwing it back over a decade ago when Eric Church released his debut album, Sinners Like Me, on this date (July 18th) in 2006.
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The collection of songs featured such signature songs as “Guys Like Me,” “How ‘Bout You,” “These Boots,” “Pledge Allegiance to The Hag” and “Lightning.” The North Carolina native co-wrote all 12 songs on the record based on his own experiences.
Eric Church (Sinners Like Me album) OC: …about it. :18
“I think throughout the whole record, you’re gonna get songs that tell it like it is and are very much who I am, what I think, what I believe. It’s okay if you believe it. It’s okay if you don’t. I think the main thing is we try to put it out there and give people a chance to see what they think about it.”
Don’t forget to tune-in or set your DVRs since Kacey Musgraves will headline NBC’s Today Show Summer Concert Series on Friday (tomorrow morning).
Gary Allan is set to headline this year’s 9th Annual Kickin’ for a Kure concert in San Antonio on Saturday (July 20th). The concert series has raised over $500,000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society since its inception.
Dierks Bentley and Chris Stapleton are among the artists to donate a percentage of their single-day earnings as part of the Music Health Alliance’s Heal the Music Day on October 18th. The organization helps provide access to healthcare through services that PROTECT, DIRECT & CONNECT music professionals with medical and financial solutions.
Travis Denning will hit the road with pal Riley Green on the Get That Man a Beer Tour, kicking off Sepember 5th in Statesboro, Georgia. Tickets go on sale this Friday (July 20th).
MCA Records Nashville has been home to American music icon George Strait for 30 studio albums-and-counting with the latest offering taking a retrospective look at his illustrious career: a limited-edition special re-issue of his 1995 Strait Out of the Box: Part 1. The best-selling box set will be available exclusively at Walmart starting September 13th with pre-orders beginning today.
The 72-track collection takes a delightful trip through Strait’s early recording career, specifically 1981 to 1995, and features 31 No. 1 singles such as “You Look So Good in Love,” “All My Ex’s Live in Texas” and “Check Yes or No.” What makes the collection even more special is the fact that each track was personally selected by the Texan himself.
In addition to the physical box set, a revamped Strait Out of the Box: Part 1 & 2 playlist is available to stream HERE, and fans can watch George Strait’s full collection of music videos HERE, newly remastered in HD.
Also on September 13th, Strait celebrates the release of the official soundtrack for Country Music – A Film By Ken Burns, an eight part PBS documentary spanning the history of country music. Strait will join artists such as Randy Travis and The Judds on the soundtrack via his signature hit “Amarillo By Morning.”
These announcements are yet another piece of a momentous year for the Country Music Hall of Fame member who released 2019’s best-selling Country album, Honky Tonk Time Machine, on MCA Nashville March 29th. Produced by Strait and Chuck Ainlay, the album quickly became Strait’s record-extending 27th No. 1 Billboard Country album. Comprised of 12 original titles plus Strait’s version of the Johnny Paycheck classic “Old Violin,” Honky Tonk Time Machine marks an incredible 30th career studio album for Strait.
With an unparalleled 60 singles hitting the top of the charts – more than any other artist in any genre – during the span of his 30+ year career, Strait is the undeniable “King of Country Music.” He has collected 33 Platinum or multi-Platinum-selling albums, more than any country artist and ranking third across all genres behind only The Beatles and Elvis Presley. Strait is the only act in history to have a Top 10 hit every year for over three decades and has sold nearly 70 million albums and earned more than 60 major entertainment industry awards
Strait also recently announced his return to the heartland in 2020 via performances at INTRUST Bank Arena on Friday, January 24th for Visit Wichita Presents Strait to Oz and in Kansas City for Strait to the Heartland at Sprint Center on Saturday, January 25 and Sunday, January 26, 2020. Additionally, fans can catch Strait later this year at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. on Aug. 17; at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas on Nov. 22 and 23; and four additional “Strait to Vegas” shows at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Aug. 23 and 24, and Dec. 6 and 7. For more information, visit www.GeorgeStrait.com.
Strait Out of the Box: Part 1 Track List:
Strait Out Of The Box: Part 1
DISC ONE (1976-1983)
DISC TWO (1983-1987)
DISC THREE (1987-1991)
DISC FOUR (1991-1995)
George Strait (1st No. 1) OC: …incredible feeling. :34
“It was pretty incredible, because I just felt fortunate to get a record contract. I’d been trying to do that for quite a few years. I went to Nashville and I cut ‘Unwound’ and they signed me on that record, which gave me a chance to do an album when ‘Unwound,’ I think went to five or six on the charts, so they let me do an album. I felt real fortunate just to be able to do that, and to have one go No. 1 was an incredible feeling.”
Jordan Davis and his wife Kristen are expecting their first child later this year, they confirmed exclusively to People. The pair, who have been married for two years, are feeling very blessed and thankful at this moment.
“I’m so thankful and so blessed,” says Jordan. “This is a really, really special moment, and I’ve been trying to drink it in and just kind of enjoy the entire process.”
The Louisiana native is quickly making his way up the country charts with his latest single, “Slow Dance in a Parking Lot.” He also just released the video for the song, which is the follow-up to his two previous No. 1 songs – “Singles You Up” and “Take It From Me.”
Jordan Davis (baby) OC: …entire process. :11
“I’m so thankful and so blessed. This is a really, really special moment, and I’ve been trying to drink it in and just kind of enjoy the entire process. I’m looking forward to meeting him or her.”
Jordan Davis releases the music video for his nostalgic new single “Slow Dance In A Parking Lot” with an exclusive People debut. In just a few weeks, “Slow Dance In A Parking Lot” has already cracked Top 40 at country radio, after debuting as the No.1 most added song, and marks Jordan’s fastest rising single to date. “Slow Dance In A Parking Lot” follows Jordan’s back-to-back No.1 hits “Singles You Up” and “Take It From Me.” All three tracks are featured on Jordan’s debut album Home State which has accumulated over 500 Million streams since its release.
Jordan collaborated with director Patrick Tracy for the sentimental video. The story follows a young boy through various life moments that all happen to take place in a parking lot, from playing hockey with friends to dancing with his girlfriend after a football game.
“The parking lot has served as a familiar environment for many pivotal moments throughout one’s life and the descriptive lyrical content of ‘Slow Dance In A Parking Lot’ helps paint the picture of one such moment,” says Patrick Tracy.
“I’m really excited for this music video to come out,” says Jordan. “Patrick did a really great job with the script and I think it really adds another element to how special this song is.”
Jordan currently reigns as Billboard’s Top New Country Artist of 2018 as well as Country Aircheck/Mediabase’s Most Heard New Artist of 2018. Earlier this year, Jordan won Best New Country Artist at the iHeartRadio Music Awards in addition to MusicRow’s Breakout Artist of the Year Award.
The Louisiana native just wrapped touring with Old Dominion as part of the “Make It Sweet Tour” and is currently on the road with Rascal Flatts for the “Summer Playlist Tour.” Upcoming stops include Mountain View, CA, Sacramento, CA and Irvine, CA.
Fans can click HERE to listen to Home State.
Jordan Davis (Slow Dance video) OC: …this song is. :26
“The script that I got for it was so awesome, and I thought it was so perfect. I remember thinking when we were talking about a video for this song, it was gonna be pretty easy, but (director) Patrick (Tracy) did a really, really good job of making it special and making the song something else. I think, for me, I think this is the video that really adds the most to the song for me, compared to ‘Singles You Up’ or ‘Take It From Me.’ I think this kind of adds another element to how special this song is.”