Following on the overwhelming success of his two-year Strait to Vegas concert series, the King of Country George Strait has announced two performances Super Bowl weekend, Feb. 2-3, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Tickets go on sale Friday, Oct. 27 at www.GeorgeStrait.com.

“We said from the beginning that we would listen to the fans and follow what they want,” said Strait, who has won every honor in the format including inclusion in the coveted Country Music Hall of Fame. “Fan support is just as strong now as it was when we started; and we are responding to that interest by adding shows in 2018.”

Strait previously announced two 2018 shows including June 3 at Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas, (tickets go on sale Friday, Nov. 3 at 10:00 AM/CT); and June 1 and 2 at BOK Center in Tulsa, OK (tickets for the newly added second show on June 1 are on sale Friday, Oct. 20). He is wrapping up his Las Vegas exclusive, worldwide engagement with two, sold out shows at the T-Mobile Arena in December.

Opening the February shows for Strait will be special guests Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl Keen. Born in Houston, Lovett has won four Grammy Awards, recorded 13 albums, and released 25 singles including his Top 10 hit “Cowboy Man.” Keen, who grew up in southwest Houston, has recorded 18 full-length albums for both independent and major record labels, while his songs have been recorded by a variety of artists including Strait, Lovett, Joe Ely, The Highwaymen, Nanci Griffith, and Dixie Chicks. Seasoned performers, Lovett and Keen have enjoyed critically-acclaimed, lengthy careers, but that success pales in comparison to Strait and recently joined him for one night only at the Majestic Theatre in San Antonio, Texas for his Hand-in-Hand Texas sold-out benefit concert for RebuildTexas.org.

With an unmatched 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 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 including induction in the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2006.

In 2014, he shattered the North American indoor concert attendance record by drawing 104,793 concertgoers to his The Cowboy Rides Away Tour finale at AT&T Stadium in Dallas. Strait performed six sold-out shows at T-Mobile Arena in 2016 as part of his Strait to Vegas exclusive concert series, extending his limited engagement into 2017 with an additional 10 shows including his wildly popular, sold-out 2 Nights of Number 1’s

Strait has reimagined touring with his shows at the T-Mobile Arena and developed a new musical narrative to connect with fans on his terms and create concert experiences that stay fresh and compelling.

Ticketing information is available at www.GeorgeStrait.com.

Dierks Bentley returns to Good Morning America tomorrow (10/17) live from Austin, TX. Throughout the summer, GMA along with King’s Hawaiian sought out the biggest Country music fans to host Bentley for the concert event, while others across the country will be able to tune-in to watch on ABC at 7:00A local time.

Later this week, the Arizona native’s first-ever song written and recorded for a motion picture “Hold The Light” featured in Columbia Pictures and Black Label Media’s Only The Brave will hit theaters nationwide on Friday, Oct. 20. Fans can watch the music video for the track here: http://bit.ly/2gneV9U.

Current CMA “Male Vocalist of the Year” nominee Dierks Bentley has a “reputation as one of the hardest-working entertainers in country music” (Music Row) as “he sells out enormous tours, is a perennial favorite of format radio stations, and earns critical acclaim without compromising his artistic vision” (Entertainment Weekly). With 17 No. One hits and more than one billion digital streams, he “continues to take risks that pay off” (USA Today) as his eighth studio album BLACK has been hailed the “most fully-formed LP of his career,” (TIME). After making its debut at the No. One position on Billboard’s all-genre Top Albums Chart and Top Country Albums chart, BLACK has garnered nominations from the ACM, CMA, GRAMMY and Billboard Music Awards while earning three consecutive No. Ones; the gold-certified title track and the PLATINUM certified hits “Somewhere on A Beach” and “Different For Girls.” “The bluegrass picker, the love song singer and the stadium rocker all packaged together” (Associated Press) has been a Grand Ole Opry member for over a decade and has illustrated his depth and diversity as an artist with “ferocious live performances” (Fresno Bee) throughout his 2017 WHAT THE HELL WORLD TOUR, which claimed the top spot on Billboard’s Hot Tours selling over 750,000 tickets.

Chris Stapleton’s From A Room: Volume 2 will be released December 1st on Mercury Records Nashville and is now available to pre-order digitally and with exclusive limited-edition bundles. The multiple Grammy, CMA and ACM Award-winning musician first shared the album news from stage during the first of two sold-out shows at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena this past Friday. Of the special hometown concerts, CMT praises, “…cemented his status as one of music’s greatest talents to emerge from the current decade.”

The forthcoming album takes its name from Nashville’s historic RCA Studio A (the capital “A” in “From A Room”) where it was recorded over the last year with Grammy Award-winning producer Dave Cobb. Along with Stapleton on vocals and guitar and Cobb on acoustic guitar, the album features Morgane Stapleton on harmony vocals as well as longtime band-members J.T. Cure on bass and Derek Mixon on drums. In addition to seven songs co-written by Stapleton, the album features versions of Kevin Welch’s “Millionaire” and the Homer Banks/Lester Snell-penned song made famous by Pops Staples, “Friendship” See below for complete track list.

Volume 2 follows the release of From A Room: Volume 1, which debuted earlier this year at #1 on the Billboard Country Albums chart, #2 on the Billboard Top 200 chart and, with its RIAA Gold certification, remains the #1 best-selling country album of 2017. Stapleton’s 2015 double-platinum solo debut, Traveller, is currently the #2 best-selling country album of the year.

The critically acclaimed album, which Rolling Stone awarded four stars declaring, “From A Room is strikingly focused, sonically and thematically,” was recently nominated for Album of the Year at the 51st annual CMA Awards. Stapleton is also nominated for Entertainer of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year at the awards, which will be broadcast on ABC live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, November 8 at 8/7c.

Stapleton will soon wrap-up his extensive and widely praised “All-American Road Show” tour, which includes upcoming shows in Baton Rouge, San Antonio, Bossier City, Austin, Houston, Dallas, Charleston, WV, Columbus, Grand Rapids, Tampa, Jacksonville, Little Rock, Oklahoma City and Omaha. Special guests Marty Stuart and Brent Cobb will join for the final leg of the tour. See below for details. Live Nation is the national tour promoter for “Chris Stapleton’s All-American Road Show.” Many of the shows on “Chris Stapleton’s All-American Road Show” have already sold out, with limited tickets remaining for others. Check ChrisStapleton.com/tour for tickets and more information.

In addition to the “All-American Road Show” dates, Stapleton will perform as part of the “All In For The Gambler: Kenny Rogers Farewell Concert” on October 25 and will join fellow country performers for the “COUNTRY RISING” benefit concert on November 12. Stapleton will also make his debut on PBS’ legendary “Austin City Limits” program later this month. The taping will be streamed live via ACL’s YouTube channel on Monday, October 23 at 8pm CT/9pm ET with the broadcast version airing on PBS early next year as part of Season 43.

FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 2 TRACK LIST:

1. Millionaire (Kevin Welch)
2. Hard Livin’ (Chris Stapleton, Kendell Marvel)
3. Scarecrow In The Garden (Chris Stapleton, Brice Long, Matt Fleener)
4. Nobody’s Lonely Tonight (Chris Stapleton, Mike Henderson)
5. Tryin’ To Untangle My Mind (Chris Stapleton, Jaron Boyer, Kendell Marvel)
6. A Simple Song (Chris Stapleton, Darrell Hayes)
7. Midnight Train To Memphis (Chris Stapleton, Mike Henderson)
8. Drunkard’s Prayer (Chris Stapleton, Jameson Clark)
9. Friendship (Homer Banks, Lester Snell)

“CHRIS STAPLETON’S ALL-AMERICAN ROAD SHOW” 

October 19—Baton Rouge, LA—Raising Cane’s River Center Arena* (SOLD OUT)

October 20—San Antonio, TX—AT&T Center*

October 21—Bossier City, LA—CenturyLink Center* (SOLD OUT)

October 25—Nashville, TN—All In For The Gambler: Kenny Rogers Farewell Concert

October 26—Austin, TX—Austin360 Amphitheater* (SOLD OUT)

October 27—Houston, TX—Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman* (SOLD OUT)

October 28—Dallas, TX—Starplex Pavilion* (SOLD OUT)

November 2—Charleston, WV—Charleston Civic Center (SOLD OUT)

November 3—Columbus, OH—Nationwide Arena*

November 4—Grand Rapids, MI—Van Andel Arena* (SOLD OUT)

November 10—Tampa, FL—MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre*

November 11—Jacksonville, FL—Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena*

November 12—Nashville, TN—COUNTRY RISING

November 16—Little Rock, AR—Verizon Arena*

November 17—Oklahoma City, OK—Chesapeake Energy Arena*

November 18—Omaha, NE—CenturyLink Center Omaha*

*with special guests Marty Stuart and Brent Cobb

Keith Urban, Sam Hunt, Carrie Underwood, Little Big Town, Chris Stapleton and Jon Pardi earned nominations for this year’s American Music Awards. Keith leads the country nominees with three nods, including Favorite Male Artist – Country, Favorite Album – Country for Ripcord and Favorite Song – Country for “Blue Ain’t Your Color.” Sam picks up a pair of nominations, including Favorite Male Artist – Country and Favorite Song – Country for “Body Like a Back Road.” Chris earns a nomination for From A Room: Volume 1, while Jon picks up a nod for Favorite Song – Country for “Dirt on My Boots.” The 45th Annual American Music Awards will be broadcast live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on November 19^th at 8pm ET on ABC.

Luke Bryan’s Crash My Party and Tailgates and Tanlines albums were certified 4X platinum by the RIAA. Several of his songs, including “Drunk on You,” “Crash My Party,” “Play It Again” and “That’s My Kind of Night” were also certified 4X platinum, while “Country Girl [Shake It For Me]” was certified quintuple platinum. Luke’s “Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye,” “Home Alone Tonight” and “All My Friends Say” was certified platinum.

Keith Urban is set to appear on a new television special, Grammys Greatest Stories, which will take a behind-the-scenes look at the past 59 years of Grammys performances and history. The two-hour show will include appearances by Paul McCartney, Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, Aretha Franklin, Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran, Celine Dion and U2, among others. Grammys Greatest Stories: A 60th Anniversary Special will air Black Friday, November 24th beginning at 9pm ET on CBS.

Tyminski releases his album Southern Gothic, Friday (October 20th). The collection of 13 songs, produced by Jesse Frasure, began when he was writing songs for other artists, but realized he wanted them for himself.

“I feel like the light and dark in this record is truly my journey, my personal journey just in life,” says Tyminski. “I mean, everyone I think can at least understand the struggle between light and dark. I made a reference a while ago, you always feel that whisper from each side of your shoulder, someone saying yeah do it, no don’t do it. I think it’s just, I don’t know if it’s that I have an enormous struggle with that in my life but it’s something that I’m aware of. I try to make sure that I understand what the right voice is. I try to make sure that I don’t make quick decisions.”

Dan Tyminski, who has been a member of Alison Krauss and Union Station for 25 years, co-wrote all of the album’s 13 songs with some of Nashville’s best tunesmiths, including Sarah Buxton ( “Stupid Boy”) and Josh Kear (“American Honey”).

You can pre-order here: http://strm.to/SouthernGothic

Chris Stapleton made his Nashville Bridgestone Arena headlining debut with two sold-out shows over the weekend, and during Friday night’s concert, the superstar revealed he will release his new album, From A Room: Volume 2, on December 1st.

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— Chris Stapleton (@ChrisStapleton) October 14, 2017

Chris released From A Room: Volume 1 this past spring, and it features the hit, “Broken Halos,” which is currently making its way up the country charts.

Kacey Musgraves is now a Mrs., as she tied the knot with Ruston Kelly in an intimate ceremony on Saturday (October 14th) in Tennessee. She alluded to the wedding in a Twitter post early Saturday morning: “Today,” along with heart and bride emojis.

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Her new husband revealed the news, as well, with a pair of Instagram posts, one of which said, “I’m like, getting married today.”

I'm like, getting married today.

— Ruston Kelly (@RustonKelly) October 14, 2017

The night before the wedding, Ruston gave a sweet tribute to his bride-to-be: “Last night as a bachelor. Finally ready to throw in that towel cuz I actually found the real thing. Couldn’t be more proud to have all our family and friends here to honor this new badass union.”

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Oh hey Sawyer are you so pumped for this wedding

A post shared by RUSTON KELLY (@rustonkelly) on Oct 12, 2017 at 3:38pm PDT

The pair were engaged on Christmas Eve at her childhood home in Texas.

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Country Music’s star-studded benefit concert COUNTRY RISING announced today that in light of last week’s tragedy, it will now support victims of the Las Vegas shooting in addition to those in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and additional Caribbean islands who have been impacted by the recent hurricanes. Tickets and VIP packages for the event will now go on sale next Friday, Oct. 20 at 10:00A CT on www.Ticketmaster.com. Citi® is the official presale credit card of Country Rising. Citi® cardmembers will have access to purchase presale tickets beginning Wednesday, Oct. 18 at 10:00A CT through Citi’s Private Pass® program. For complete presale details visit www.citiprivatepass.com.

Keith Urban is the latest mega-star to add his name to the bill, which also includes Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley, Sam Hunt, Lady Antebellum, Little Big Town, Martina McBride, Reba McEntire, Chris Stapleton, George Strait and Carrie Underwood. Due to a scheduling conflict with additional tour dates being added in Spokane, WA, Garth Brooks will no longer be part of the event in Nashville and will instead donate all proceeds from his two added concerts on November 12th to The Country Rising Fund.

COUNTRY RISING will benefit The Country Rising Fund of The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, which was established to support charitable initiatives to help victims of the September 2017 hurricanes — Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Jose and Maria. Additionally, the fund will now also envelop victims of the shooting in Las Vegas last week. In the course of rebuilding lives disrupted by these devastating events, there are immediate needs and there also will be long-term needs. This fund will strategically support both as they emerge.

For more information, visit: www.CountryRising.org.

Jon Pardi kicks off his headlining “CMT On Tour Presents Jon Pardi’s Lucky Tonight Tour” today in Birmingham, Alabama with nearly all 17 shows sold out. The tour will make stops in major markets across the country including Chicago and Detroit. The fast-selling tour includes special guests Midland and Runaway June.

““The first week is gonna be a big party – a lot of laughter, a lot of happiness, lots of proud to be playing music for a living and to be playing it all together is kind of a dream,” says Jon, who just released his new single, “She Ain’t In It.”

Pardi’s momentum continues to build this morning with a nomination for the American Music Award’s Favorite Song – Country with smash-hit “Dirt On My Boots.” Voting is now open to fans, here: https://www.theamas.com/vote/. Stacking up an impressive year of accolades, the reigning ACM New Male Vocalist Of The Year is also nominated for CMA Award’s New Artist Of The Year category and “Dirt On My Boots’” is up for two categories including Single Of The Year and Song Of The Year.

Pardi recently celebrated his third, consecutive No. 1 single “Heartache On The Dance Floor” on Mediabase charts. “Heartache On The Dance Floor” follows the Platinum-selling No. 1 song “Head Over Boots” and three-week No. 1 smash “Dirt On My Boots” from his #1 debut and Gold-certified album California Sunrise.

Fresh off two of the hottest tours of the summer; Dierks Bentley’s What the Hell World Tour and Luke Bryan’s Farm Tour, Pardi marks his third headlining tour with “CMT On Tour Presents Jon Pardi’s Lucky Tonight Tour.” Following that, he will join Miranda Lambert’s Livin’ Like Hippies Tour in early 2018. For a full list of tour dates and more information, visit www.jonpardi.com.

Eric Church is coming to the small screen on Friday (October 13^th) with his hugely successful Holdin’ My Own Tour on the Audience Network. The night starts out with a behind-the-scenes look at the trek beginning at 8pm ET and then rolls into Eric Church: On the Rocks at 9pm ET, in which fans can check out highlights from his two-night stand at Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre.

You can catch it on Audience Music DIRECTV Channel 239 and U-VERSE Ch 1114 on Friday (October 13th) at 8pm ET/PT.

Eric is nominated for several CMA Awards, including Entertainer, Male Vocalist and Musical Event of the Year for “Kill a Word” with Rhiannon Giddens. The 51st Annual CMA Awards will broadcast live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on November 8th beginning at 8pm ET on ABC.