Month: October 2021

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“Cold Beer Calling My Name”: Jameson Rodgers and Luke Combs toast to #1

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Jameson Rodgers has a “Cold Beer Calling My Name” at the top of the country charts.  

Jameson’s hit collaboration with Luke Combs ascends to #1 on country radio this week. It serves as Jameson’s second #1 hit after his 2019 debut single, “Some Girls,” and follows Luke’s 11 consecutive chart-toppers as a solo artist.

“The only thing better than writing a #1 song is writing a #1 song with your friends. Proud of this song and proud of this crew,” Jameson writes in a celebratory post, posing alongside co-writers Brett Tyler, Alysa Vanderheym and Hunter Phelps, each with a beer in hand. “Can't believe we get to do this for a living. There's a cold beer calling our name this weekend,” he adds.

“Cold Beer” is the second single from the Mississippi native’s newly released debut album, Bet You’re from a Small Town.

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Kacey Musgraves gets vulnerable, and naked, in 'Saturday Night Live' performance

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Kacey Musgraves bared all in her Saturday Night Live performance.

In the episode hosted by Owen Wilson, the Grammy winning singer shared star-crossed with the world, opening her two-song set with a body- and soul-baring moment poised as she performed “justified” on a stool with a guitar, wearing boots and seemingly nothing else.

The moment was similar to the famous scene in Forrest Gump when Jenny, played by Robin Wright, performs nude with only her guitar covering her.

For “camera roll,” Kacey changed into jeans and a flannel shirt. Sitting at a table alone with rotating images of strangers sitting across from her as she performed, she made her way to the center of the stage barefoot, singing of the “torture” of scrolling through old photos of a past relationship.

This marks the singer’s second SNL appearance following her 2018 debut appearance after the release of Golden Hour.

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Suspect charged with murder in shooting death of Utah football player Aaron Lowe

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Police announced on Sunday that a 22-year-old man was arrested that morning in connection with the shooting death of Utah football player Aaron Lowe. The Salt Lake City Police Department confirmed the arrest of Buk M. Buk in Draper, Utah, early Sunday. Buk has been charged with aggravated murder, attempted murder and felony discharge of a firearm. Lowe, 21, was shot and killed at a house party in Salt Lake City just after midnight on Sept. 26, just hours after the Utes beat Washington State. Buk is also accused of shooting a 20-year-old woman who has not been identified by police and remains in the hospital in critical condition.

Salt Lake City police chief Mike Brown said in a statement: “In a time of need, we turned to our community. We asked people to come forward and to share the information they had. Because of those tips and the unrelenting pursuit of justice from our homicide detectives, we have arrested the person accused of murdering Aaron Lowe. So many lives have been impacted from this senseless shooting.”

Lowe was a sophomore at the university and was the recipient of Utah’s ‘Ty Jordan Memorial Scholarship’ in August. The scholarship honors running back Ty Jordan, who died in an accidental shooting in December 2020. Jordan and Lowe were also high school teammates in Mesquite, Texas.

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Jimmie Allen's 'Dancing with the Stars' plea: “I need country music to hold me down!”

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Things are about to get “Outrageous” for Jimmie Allen tonight on Dancing with the Stars. 

That’s the song he and partner Emma Slater will be doing the Salsa to during the show’s Britney Night, in a tip of the hat to pop star Britney Spears.

And if the typically jacked Jimmie is looking a little thinner to you — well, he admits that’s because he’s working so hard.

“My partner Emma’s been kicking my butt, bro!” he tells ABC Audio. “I’ve trimmed down, I went from 221 to 214.”

“I’m trying to get back, I’m trying to get back to like 250!” he jokes.

Meanwhile, the “Freedom Was a Highway” hitmaker’s still balancing family life and touring with Brad Paisley.

“It’s tough! I tell you, that man,” he admits. “You know, trying to do this show while touring, you know, and trying to be a husband and a father at the same time. It’s pretty intense, but I love it.”

Jimmie survived the first elimination, while improving on his standing from the previous week. So if he can just hold on, he promises there’s plenty ahead worth watching.

“If I don’t get voted off the show, which I hope not, so I need country music to hold me down!” he proclaims. “I think we got, you know, Disney week, you know, one week, of course, they always do that, and they have some sort of celebrity week.”

“So I’m looking forward just, you know, every week getting better and, you know, learning new stuff, trying new stuff,” he says.

Tune in to see how Jimmie fares tonight, as the new episode of Dancing with the Stars starts at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.

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Massive 126,000-gallon oil spill leaves wildlife dead on Southern California coast

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A massive 126,000 gallon oil spill has dumped post-production crude off the coast of Southern California. The City of Huntington Beach said the spill measures approximately 5.8 nautical miles stretching from the Huntington Beach Pier to Newport Beach, forcing a closure of the ocean from the Pier to the Santa Ana River jetty. The U.S. Coast Guard said an oil sheen off the coast was first reported at 9:10 a.m. on Saturday morning.

The city of Huntington Beach said: “The spill has significantly affected Huntington Beach, with substantial ecological impacts occurring at the beach and at the Huntington Beach Wetlands. In response, Huntington Beach Fire and Marine Safety personnel have been deployed throughout the day to implement environmental containment efforts.” As of early Sunday morning, city officials said the leak had not yet been stopped but preliminary patching to repair the oil spill site has been completed as the U.S. Coast Guard will continue to respond to the incident. The city also urged individuals to avoid the beach due to the “toxicity created by the spill” and city leadership canceled the Pacific Airshow, which was scheduled for Sunday to facilitate clean-up efforts. Orange County Supervisor Katrina Foley tweeted that oil had washed up onto the Huntington Beach beachfront and that dead birds and fish have been seen washing up on the shore.

The pipeline is owned by Houston-based oil and gas company Amplify Energy, President and CEO Martyn Willsher said in a news conference Sunday. “We are fully committed to being out here until this incident is fully concluded,” Willsher said. No exact cause for the spill has been determined and the Coast Guard is conducting an investigation.

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Nashville notes

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Walker Hayes has dropped yet another remix of his viral hit song, “Fancy Like,” this time with Mexican star Carin Leon for a Spanish version. Last month, Walker dropped another remix of the song, this one with pop star Kesha.

Lily Rose released her Stronger Than I Am seven-song EP on Friday, October 1. Lily co-wrote three of the seven tracks, along with hit writers like Corey Crowder, Sam Hunt and others.

Yola has been announced as the NextStage Artist at the Grand Ole Opry for the month of October. The series, which highlights rising stars each month, previously honored Hailey Whitters, Parker McCollum, Lainey Wilson and Niko Moon.

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Pistol Annies announce their Christmas album “Hell Of A Holiday” is due out October 22nd

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Pistol Annies — comprised of Miranda Lambert, Angaleena Presley, and Ashley Monroe — have announced they are releasing a Christmas album titled ‘Hell Of A Holiday’ on October 22. The trio posted on Twitter: “It’s gonna be a Hell of a Holiday y’all! Our first Christmas album will be out Oct 22 💚❤🎄.”  It was also announced that a single entitled “Snow Globe” will premiere on October 1.

Hell Of A Holiday marks the first Pistol Annies release since 2018’s  Interstate Gospel, which featured the single “Got My Name Changed Back.”  Vinyl and CD copies of Hell Of A Holiday are currently available for pre-order (here) along with other album-themed merchandise.

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Blake Shelton to release new single “Come Back as a Country Boy” and deluxe album

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Blake Shelton is releasing a new single titled “Come Back as a Country Boy.”  Shelton said in a statement: “I think this song is an anthem for everyday hardworking country people out there. We have so much pride in who we are and what we do that, if we ever died and got the chance to live life over again, we probably wouldn’t do it if we couldn’t be country.”

Come Back as a Country Boy,  written by HARDY, Josh Thompson and Jordan Schmidt, is the first of many new tracks that will be featured on the deluxe edition of Shelton’s Body Language coming out on Dec. 3 and available for preorder now. Body Language includes the duet between Shelton and his wife Gwen Stefani titled “Happy Anywhere” which topped Billboard’s Country Airplay chart.

Blake Shelton Announces New Single, ‘Come Back As A Country Boy,’ and Deluxe Album

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Rumors of a new album from Adele heat up after ’30’ billboards start popping up

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A number of mysterious signs have been spotted at different locations with the number “30” on them across the globe, causing speculation that Adele might be releasing her highly-anticipated album soon. Many iconic landmarks have been hit with the ’30’ signs including Dubai, Germany, The Netherlands, Italy, Ireland, France, Italy, the US, and the UK.

There has been no official confirmation as of yet from Adele herself, but the number keeps perfectly with her theme of previous album titles, named after her age. Adele is 33-years-old, but she separated from her ex-husband Simon Konecki when she was 30.

A new record would mark Adele’s fourth album, and her first in six years, following 2015’s ’25.’ That record, the follow-up to her 2011 breakout ’21,’ still holds the single-week U.S. album sales record, which ‘NSync’s No Strings Attached had previously held since 2000. ’25’ also earned two Grammys: Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album.

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Take a look at the trailer for Justin Bieber’s ‘Our World’ documentary

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A new trailer for Justin Bieber’s upcoming documentary Justin Bieber: Our World has been released, which revolves around the preparation for his 2020 New Year’s Eve concert.  Bieber held the show at Los Angeles’ Beverly Hilton Hotel on December 31, where he performed to an in-person audience of only 240 people, while millions livestreamed the concert from their homes.

In the trailer for the 90-minute film, Bieber says of the event: “I just wanted to create a night that was gonna bring people together and people could just let go and enjoy themselves… I’m excited to get back on that stage, make people smile, make people happy.”

The film will also explore the challenges of putting on an concert during the restricted times of the COVID-19 pandemic. Justin Bieber: Our World will premiere on Amazon Prime Video on October 8.

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