The Band Perry released their new single, “Comeback Kid,” the first from their new label, Mercury Records Nashville, on Monday. The band kicked off their “Comeback Day” beginning at midnight with the start of their 24-hour live stream, as well as many other events to honor the day. The trio did interviews, as well as a press conference and performance to talk about their new single and to present a check for $25,000 to the Teen Cancer America organization from their recent Family Feud win.

The song, which the three co-wrote together, tells the band’s story from the past year, documenting turmoil, disappointment, struggles and finally joy. “‘Comeback Kid’ is probably the most intensely personal lyric that we’ve ever written,” says The Band Perry’s Kimberly Perry. “We love language we love visuals and poetry hence all of the imagination that went into writing ‘If I Die Young’ but it was really important to us on ‘Comeback Kid’ that we told the real life narrative of everything that we’ve been thinking and feeling over the past year. I mean it’s no secret to anybody that we’ve gone through an amazing transformation of one that ended in such a bright and beautiful place but it had its moment along the way of real and true struggle.”

The Band Perry will perform “Comeback Kid” on August 11th on NBC’s Today Show, live from the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Eric Church has climbed to the top of the Mediabase country chart with his seventh career No. 1 single, “Record Year.” (NOTE: In addition to his five solo chart-toppers, he also hit the top of the country charts with “Raise ‘Em Up” with Keith Urban and “The Only Way I Know” with Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan.

“Record Year” was co-written by Church and his guitarist/banjo player, Jeff Hyde (who also penned “Cold One” (with Luke Hutton), “Springsteen” (with Ryan Tyndell), and “Smoke A Little Smoke” (with Driver Williams) all alongside the man the Los Angeles Times called “Nashville’s foremost rabble-rouser”), and outlines a story of a heartbroken music-lover finding consolation in the records of some of music’s greatest masterminds.

The North Carolina native sings about playing several of his vinyl records to help him get over a heartache, and namechecks several iconic artists and pieces of music. “There’s a line in the song, and it talks about ‘slowly planning my survival/in a three-foot stack of vinyl,’ and I’ve done that where you take your records out and go, ‘Okay by the time I get to the bottom of this stack, I’m gonna be better or worse and [laughs] this is where I’m heading,’” says Eric. “It’s a great thing about music is it can become a point of therapy and healing.”

Eric is getting ready to play two sold-out shows at Red Rocks in Denver, and he’s got a pair of killer opening acts – Maren Morris on August 9th and Cam on August 10th.

George Strait will present singer-songwriter Jim Lauderdale with this year’s Americana Music Association’s Wagonmaster Award, a special lifetime achievement honor reserved for the most valuable contributors to the course and history of America’s only broad roots music format. George has recorded 14 songs written by Lauderdale, including “What Do You Say to That” and “Where the Sidewalk Ends.” The award, named for country music icon Porter Wagoner, will be presented on September 21st during the 15th Annual Honors & Awards Show at the Ryman Auditorium.

Keith Urban is the presenting sponsor for The 30th Annual Music Row Ladies Golf Tournament at Nashville’s Old Natchez Country Club August 15th. The event will benefit United Cerebral Palsy Of Middle Tennessee.

Jon Pardi will appear on CMT’s Hot 20 beginning at 9am ET on Saturday (July 29th).

Lady Antebellum will be presented with the Music Heals Award by Musicians On Call August 9th in Nashville as part of the Half A Million Moments campaign. The event celebrates the organization’s milestone of performing for half a million patients, families and caregivers.

Dierks Bentley takes his Somewhere on a Beach tourmates Randy Houser and Tucker Beathard for a little paintball excursion on the road. Check out the action below.

Ahead of their Love Remains album being released on Friday (July 29th), Hillary Scott & The Scott Family will make their Grand Ole Opry debut tonight (July 26th). While Hillary’s performed at the Opry with Lady Antebellum, she couldn’t be more thrilled to step on that famed stage with her parents, Linda Davis and Lang Scott, and sister Rylee.

“I’m so excited. I can’t believe it,” says Hillary. “I mean, in my wildest dreams to be able to step on that stage together as a family is just gonna be, I’m just gonna need a probably a box of tissues. It needs to be attached to my outfit somewhere. The Opry’s the deal!”

Love Remains features the single, “Thy Will,” which Hillary co-wrote about the aftermath of her miscarriage last fall.