Month: July 2021

The Cadillac Three celebrate their love of skateboarding in the new video for their song “Bridges,” which finds the band converting Nashville venue Exit/In into a pop-up skate park. The video also features a number of skaters, including pro Jake Wooten.

Alan Jackson is joining forces with Cornerstone Building Brands to provide relief for those affected by the spring tornado that hit Alan's hometown of Newnan, Georgia. Cornerstone is donating $500,000 in supplies to Habitat for Humanity and $100,000 to the Coweta Community Foundation to aid in recovery efforts.

Travis Denning and Jon Langston join newcomer Noah Hicks for his new single, “Drinkin' in a College Town.”

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When Jimmie Allen heads out as an opening act for Brad Paisley's headlining tour this summer, it'll be a big deal for both artists. Not only is Brad a musical idol to Jimmie, but their duet, “Freedom Was a Highway,” is now rising at country radio.

This will be the first time Brad's ever toured with an artist with whom he shared a current single, as the country veteran points out during a recent interview the two singers did together for Apple Music Country.

“I've never had a tour with the person I had a duet out with,” Brad reveals. “When Carrie [Underwood] and I had Remind Me,' she wasn't on tour with me anymore. She was way bigger than that.”

The singer goes on to say that there have been other near misses where he almost shared the stage with a current duet partner, but the timing's never quite worked out before.

“I've had songs with Dierks [Bentley], I've had songs with Alan Jackson, but I've never had them out on the road while I had that. And in this case, while [the song is] rising like this…we've got great entrances planned for you, you know what I mean?” Brad tells Jimmie.

“We're gonna shoot him out of a cannon for the song,” he jokes.

Before they hit the road together, Jimmie and Brad will take the stage for Good Morning America's Summer Concert Series on July 5. They're part of a lineup of July 4th festivities that also includes a performance from Lady A.

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Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton may decide to celebrate America’s Independence by tying the knot.

TMZ reports that Gwen and Blake applied for a marriage license in Oklahoma on Tuesday, and according to local law, you have 10 days from the date of filing to get married.

Sources tell TMZ that Gwen and Blake are going to say “I do” Saturday at Blake’s ranch in Oklahoma, and there’s an entire weekend’s worth of activities and fun planned, depending on the weather. The ceremony will be held in an outdoor chapel on the ranch if it doesn’t rain, the sources claim.

The sources add that Gwen, Blake and Gwen’s children are already in Oklahoma, but the couple is sending a private plane to L.A. Thursday to pick up Gwen’s parents and the rest of her family and bring them back to the ranch. 

Only close friends and family are expected to attend the nuptials.

Gwen and Blake got engaged last October after dating for five years.  It’ll be her second marriage, and his third.

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Just in time for July 4th, Toby Keith has shared his patriotic — if a little jaded — “Happy Birthday America.” The song declares the singer's love for his country, even if he might disagree with both mainstream political parties.

“Every time I go to town and vote, I just come home with the blues/ The lesser of two evil's all we ever get to choose,” Toby sings, along with the refrain of “Happy birthday America, whatever's left of you” in the chorus.

It's one of several new songs Toby has shared lately. His newest single, “Old School,” was written by Maren Morris and Ryan Hurd alongside songwriter Brett Tyler.

Toby also features on Brantley Gilbert's irreverent new release “The Worst Country Song of All Time.” Hardy, who's a co-writer on the track, also lends his vocals to that song.

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Carly Pearce is on the road again, after a more than year-long break due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This week, the singer celebrated her return to the stage by sharing a short video montage of memorable moments from her first show back, which took place in Minnesota. Set to her current single, “Next Girl,” the clip shows snippets of Carly performing and taking selfies with fans, as fireworks go off in the background.

Carly has plenty of reason to celebrate. Not only is she back to being onstage in front of her fans, but she's also doing so as the newest member-to-be of the Grand Ole Opry. Dolly Parton surprised her earlier this month with an invite to join the Opry, fulfilling a life-long dream for the “I Hope You're Happy Now” star.

Fans will have plenty of chances to see Carly on the road for the remainder of 2021, as she's scheduled to join Lady A on their What a Song Can Do Tour, beginning at the end of July.

Carly’s also at work on new music. Shortly after sharing her newest collection, 29, Carly began dropping hints that that musical chapter of her life isn’t over yet, and she’s planning to expand on the track list.

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