Chris Stapleton was the musical guest on NBC’s Saturday Night Live this weekend, and he brought along a special guest, Americana’s Sturgill Simpson, to perform two songs. Chris teased the collaboration on his socials earlier on Saturday (January 27th).

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The pair first teamed for “Midnight Train to Memphis,” then later in the show, they performed “Hard Livin’.” Both songs are from Stapleton’s latest album, From A Room: Volume 2.

This was Stapleton’s second appearance on the long-running show. He made his debut on SNL in 2016, performing a pair of songs from his multi-platinum Traveller album.

Chris, who is making is way up the country charts with his latest single “Broken Halos,” is nominated for three GRAMMY Awards, including Best Country Album (From A Room, Volume 1), Best Country Song (“Broken Halos”) and Best Country Solo Performance (“Either Way”). He is also scheduled to perform with Emmylou Harris on tonight’s 60th Annual Grammy Awards, airing live from Madison Square Garden in New York City beginning at 7:30p ET on CBS.

Keith Urban and Little Big Town were among the artists who performed at the MusiCares pre-GRAMMY concert honoring classic-rock icons Fleetwood Mac. Miley Cyrus, Zac Brown Band, Alison Krauss, Harry Styles and Imagine Dragons also performed.

MusiCares raises funds  to support the music community by assisting with medical bills, emergency relief and much more. This year’s event raised $7 million for the organization.

Jon Pardi, along with Imagine Dragons’ lead vocalist Dan Reynolds, has teamed up with Truth, an organization promoting tobacco prevention campaigns. The two artists are featured in a series of anti-smoking ads exposing the tobacco industry’s targeting of and marketing to lower-income communities.

Check out the video for “Worth More,” below.

In the meantime, you can catch Jon Pardi on the air with his latest song, “She Ain’t In It, as well as on the road with Miranda Lambert on her Livin’ Like Hippies Tour, which makes stops in Tacoma, Washington (February 1st), Spokane, Washington (February 2nd) and Eugene, Oregon (February 3rd).

Charles Kelley of multi-platinum trio Lady Antebellum, and multi-platinum country music star Darius Rucker will host the first-ever ACM Lifting Lives® Topgolf Tee-Off on Saturday, April 14th at Topgolf Las Vegas at MGM Grand Hotel & Casino during the highly-anticipated 6^th Annual ACM Party for a Cause®.

An update to the ACM Lifting Lives Golf Classic, the inaugural event will provide fans a unique opportunity to take in LIVE performances from the hottest new talent in country music, all while artists compete in a tournament of golf skills. Fans can reserve premium Topgolf bays with stage views, food and beverage, and compete in their own competition to win various prizes, including an artist meet & greet. For non-golfers, general admission tickets are available for fans to hangout and enjoy the show. Performers will be announced in the coming weeks.

Following in the legacy of the ACM Lifting Lives Golf Classic, the ACM Lifting Lives Topgolf Tee-Off will raise funds and awareness for the ACM Lifting Lives Diane Holcomb Emergency Relief Fund. Established in 2007 by former Academy of Country Music and ACM Lifting Lives Board Chair Gayle Holcomb, in honor of her mother, the Diane Holcomb Emergency Relief Fund responds quickly to unforeseen, immediate financial needs of music related organizations and individuals.

The ACM Lifting Lives Topgolf Tee-Off is part of the 6^th Annual ACM Party for a Cause® festivities set to take over the Las Vegas Strip April 12-15, 2018 leading up to and immediately following the 53^rd Academy of Country Music Awards™, Country Music’s Party of the Year®, which will broadcast LIVE from MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 15, 2018 at 8:00 PM ET/delayed PT on the CBS Television Network.

TICKET INFORMATION:
ACM PROFESSIONAL MEMBER AND ACM A-LIST MEMBER TICKET ON-SALE: Both can purchase tickets beginning at 10:00 AM (PT) today, Thursday, January 25, 2018 by visiting www.PartyForaCause.com. The pre-sale code will be emailed prior to the on-sale.  GENERAL PUBLIC TICKET ON-SALE: Tickets will go on-sale to the general public at 10:00 AM (PT) tomorrow, Friday, January 26, 2018 at www.PartyForaCause.com.

Lauren Alaina’s latest song “Doin’ Fine” is pretty special to the Georgia native, for a variety reasons, most of all because it’s based on her real life.

“‘Doin’ Fine’ is a really special song, because it’s super uplifting but really honest at the same time. It’s almost like, ‘What is going on?’ If you don’t know me and you don’t know that’s actually what I went through, you would almost be like, ‘Omigosh! She really tried to write a country song,’ but the truth is I really live a country song.”

Lauren co-wrote the song with Emily Shackleton and busbee after her mother and father divorced, her mother got remarried to a family friend and her father went into rehab after acknowledging he’s an alcoholic. He sought and found treatment and is also remarried now…all of which is documented in her song “Doin’ Fine.”

Lauren will hit the road with Jason Aldean launches his 2018 High Noon Neon Tour May 10th in Kansas City, Missouri.

Justin Timberlake has released “Say Something,” featuring Chris Stapleton, ahead of the pop star’s new album Man of the Woods, dropping February 2nd. The talented duo unveiled the song with a full-length music video of the song (check it out below).

Catch Chris this weekend as he is the musical guest on Saturday Night Live, followed by the re-airing of CBS Sunday Morning and a performance with the legendary Emmylou Harris on the 60th Annual Grammy Awards, which will air live from Madison Square Garden in New York City on Sunday (January 28th) beginning at 7:30p ET on CBS.

Keith Urban didn’t realize just how much his song, “Female,” would affect people when he recorded it late last year and debuted it on the CMA Awards. Keith connected to the song, written by Nicolle Galyon, Shane McAnally and Ross Copperman, right away as a husband, as a son and as a father, and people across the globe are connecting to it, as well.

“I’ve actually gotten some feedback from several people who have shared their own struggles and keeping things that have happened to them to themselves and the song being able to give them a feeling of connectedness to something,” he says.

Keith recently announced the title for his new album, Graffiti U, which is also the title for his upcoming tour kicking off June 15th in St. Louis. The trek will feature Kelsea Ballerini as his opening act.

Carrie Underwood’s “The Champion” has been featured during the recent NFL playoff games and will kick-off this year’s Super Bowl. She says she and the song’s co-writers Brett James and Chris DeStefano, researched great sports speeches for inspiration before writing “The Champion.”

“We started looking up great speeches, great sports speeches, great movies about sports. Those things that when you’re in the theater, you’re getting chill bumps when some coach is giving his team this amazing speech, and that’s what we wanted to put into a song,” says Carrie.

“We wanted it to be something that people could listen to when they’re in the gym, or before they watch the Super Bowl, or something that would work for this but also work for people in their everyday lives and just inspire and make them feel like they were ready for anything.”

“The Champion” will also be used to promote this year’s Winter Olympics.

The Super Bowl, pitting the Philadelphia Eagles against the New England Patriots, will air live from the U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis beginning at 6:30pm ET on NBC.

Chris Stapleton joins pal Justin Timberlake on the song “Say Something,” featured on JT’s new album, Man of the Woods, which is set for release February 2nd. The pair previewed the song in a social post, and it will be available for purchase beginning at noon on Thursday (January 25th).

Proud to be a part of this my friend @jtimberlake #saysomething pic.twitter.com/aHDLZc3oqX

— Chris Stapleton (@ChrisStapleton) January 25, 2018

Catch Chris on NBC’s Saturday Night Live and the 60th Annual GRAMMY Awards this weekend.

Chris is making his way up the country charts with his lastest song, “Broken Halos.”