Month: January 2022

Jordan Davis has added a second headlining show at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on September 28. It follows the previously announced show on September 27. Presale tickets for members of Jordan’s fan club are available on Wednesday. 

Brothers Osborne have added several new dates to their We’re Not Everyone Tour. Presale tickets for their fan club go on sale tomorrow and tickets become available to the general public on Friday. 

The dress Dolly Parton wore when she was honored as the 2019 MusiCares Person of the Year was sold for $38,400 as part of the MusiCares Charity Relief Auction that supports the nonprofit that provides health, human and mental health and addiction recovery services to people in the music industry. 

Country Music Hall of Fame member Hargus Robbins passed away on January 30 at the age of 84. Throughout his storied career, he was a session keyboard player for music legends including Merle Haggard, Bob Dylan, Loretta Lynn, Neil Young and more.  

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Maren Morris is revving up fans’ appetite for new music by teasing another track.

On Monday, the superstar took to Tik Tok to share a snippet of her next song release. Titled “Background Music,” the chorus features a slow guitar melody layered with Maren’s dreamy vocals. “You and I/Can dance our way through it/And I love you ’til all that we are/Is background music,” she sings, drawing out each note. 

“Is a full chorus a leak?” Maren ponders in the caption, tagging both country music and pop music in the hashtags, alongside the name of her upcoming album, Humble Quest. 

Maren set the tone for the project with the release of lead single, “Circles Around This Town,” earlier this month, which is currently climbing its way through the top 30 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart. 

Humble Quest is set to drop on March 25. 

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Over the weekend, Blake Shelton was performing in his home state of Oklahoma at the Choctaw Casino & Resort in Durant when he spotted a six-year-old fan, Wyatt McKee, in the crowd holding up a sign that read, “Your smallest biggest fan from Lake Texoma, 6 yo waiting on a [heart] transplant!!”

Blake made Wyatt’s dream come true when he invited him onstage to sing his favorite song, “God’s Country.” Kneeling down to Wyatt’s level, Blake incorporates his signature sense of humor into the interaction, asking the young fan if he wants to sing the chorus or the verses. “Just whatever? You didn’t think this all the way through. That’s okay, I never do either,” Blake jokes. 

All kidding aside, the superstar wraps his arm around Wyatt, who was wearing a backpack that contains his medication, the six-year-old adorably sticking his hands in his pockets as he sings with Blake, who ends the performance by wrapping Wyatt in a hug. 

“This little buddy made my night. Thank you for singing ‘God’s Country’ with me Wyatt!” Blake praises alongside the video of the special moment. 

Wyatt’s mother, Harley McKee, shared with Music Mayhem that her son was born with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome wherein part of his heart did not grow properly. After two surgeries by the time he was six months old, Wyatt has been placed on a transplant list and is waiting for a match.

“He was just walking on cloud 9 like he was the coolest kid there!” Harley says about her son’s reaction to performing with the superstar.

“God’s Country” is featured on Blake’s 2019 album, Fully Loaded: God’s Country. It became his 26th #1 single that same year.  

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Jordan Davis is celebrating the continued success of his #1 single, “Buy Dirt,” in his happy place. 

Jordan’s collaborative single featuring Luke Bryan is sitting atop the country charts for the second consecutive week, and he commemorated the achievement by heading to Arkansas for one of his favorite activities — duck hunting.

“Finding out ‘Buy Dirt’ is #1 for the 2nd week is not a bad way to end a duck season,” Jordan writes on Instagram alongside a photo of he and his friends dressed in camouflage and gear, the singer beaming as they look out onto the water. “Very grateful, Thank you country radio.”

“Buy Dirt” became the Louisiana native’s fourth #1 hit last week.  

Jordan will embark on the second leg of his Buy Dirt Tour with opening acts Tenille Arts and Hailey Whitters on April 8 in Orlando, Florida. The trek includes his headlining debut at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on September 27.   

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When Walker Hayes took the stage at Arrowhead Stadium for the halftime show yesterday, things didn’t exactly go according to plan — but he’s finding the humor in the situation.  

The country star served as the headline performer at the Cincinnati Bengals versus Kansas City Chiefs game in St. Louis on Sunday. But things went a bit awry during his set, as the volume was on full blast as CBS Sports announcers James Brown, Bill Cowher, Boomer Esiason, Nate Burleson and Phil Simms were attempting to discuss the game. 

In a video shared by Walker, the singer can be heard performing his latest hit “AA” live while the team of announcers try their best to talk over the loud music and provide commentary from the field.

“@CBSSports thanks for having me,” Walker captions the clip with several crying laughing emojis.  

The Bengals claimed victory, solidifying their spot in the Super Bowl against the Los Angeles Rams on February 13.  

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Luke Bryan proves he’s Raised Up Right with his new tour. 

On Monday, the superstar unveiled dates for his upcoming Raised Up Right tour that sees him headlining arenas across the country, beginning on June 9 at the Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center in West Virginia. 

Throughout the five-month trek, Luke will also perform at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, the AT&T Center in San Antonio, and host two-night stays at the Bank of NH Pavilion in Gilford, New Hampshire and Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre in St. Louis before wrapping the tour on October 28 in Jacksonville, Florida. 

Riley Green, Mitchell Tenpenny and DJ Rock will open for the country superstar. The tour is named after a line in the chorus of Luke’s current single, “Up.” 

“My favorite place to be is on stage performing to country music fans. So thankful every time we get to do it!” Luke says on Instagram. “2022 is going to be a good one with @RileyDuckman, @M10penny, and @The_DJRock!” 

“Let's go!!!! Can't wait!” Mitchell comments on the post. “Can't wait to hit the road later this year with @lukebryan and @m10penny on the Raised Up Right tour,” adds Riley. 

Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. local time. Visit Luke’s website for a full list of dates. 

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Of all the songs he's ever released, Chris Janson says he's gotten the biggest and most personal fan reaction with his new single, “Bye Mom.“

“[It’s] touching lives all over the globe,” Chris says. “You can’t even imagine the floods of messages that we get about this song, unlike any other song I’ve ever had.”

With its powerful story line of the unconditional love between a mother and a child — and that child's grief at eventually having to say goodbye — “Bye Mom” touches on a universal heartache.

But when Chris first started writing the song, he wasn't thinking about its large-scale impact. Instead, the song began as a healing process for one of Chris' co-writers, Brandon Kinney.

“His mother passed away this past year, unfortunately. We wrote the song kind of as a therapy for him,” the singer explains. “I thought, Hey, you know what, if it only ever lives right here, that's fine.'”

But the song's impact quickly began to spread. Chris' record label heard it and immediately insisted that it be the first single off his new album, All In. Then, when he sent it to country radio, stations quickly started picking it up.

Even after all that, Chris says that the biggest gratification he's gotten for “Bye Mom” has been from his fans.

“I think it's going to be a career song for me and it's already kind of a staple tune,” he notes. “People are already requesting it, and it's only a few months old. So that's how you know you've got something special.”

All In will arrive this spring.

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