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“Like I Love Country Music”: Kane Brown teases new single that samples Brooks & Dunn

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Kane Brown is getting real country on his next single.

On Monday, Kane posted a gleeful video that shows him and his eldest daughter, Kingsley, dancing around the kitchen while wearing cowboys as his new single, which is titled “Like I Love Country Music,” plays in the background. The track finds Kane professing his love for country music, so much so that he’s incorporated a snippet of Brooks & Dunn‘s hit, “Brand New Man,” into the tune. 

“You’ve got me feeling like/ I’m a brand new man,” Kane croons, followed by a clip of Ronnie Dunnrepeating the song’s title. 

During the fiddle-packed song, Kane throws in a reference to Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, and asserts that the only way he’d survive on a desert island is with the love of his life — and a needle dropping on a vinyl country record.

“Baby, I love you like I love country music,” Kane sings in the chorus, bouncing his two-year-old daughter in his arms as they two-step and spin around the kitchen, the little girl giggling and smiling all the while. 

“3 things! 1: This will be the new radio single (like I love country music). 2: thank you @brooksanddunn. 3: this little girl is so damn cute,” the singer captions the adorable video. 

“Like I Love Country Music” follows Kane’s previous single, “Leave You Alone,” and his most recent #1 hit, “One Mississippi.”

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“Everyday is a constant battle with myself”: Jimmie Allen shares song about mental health

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Jimmie Allen is getting honest through song about his struggle with mental health. 

The singer shared a black and white video of himself on Instagram performing an acoustic rendition of an untitled song that takes listeners inside his head. In the lyrics, Jimmie admits to smiling for cameras, saying he’s okay when he’s actually not, and admits to “barely holding on,” fighting an internal battle that no one else sees.

“Truth is that I’m always on the edge/Trying to find the point of living/I’m barely hanging on/And no one can see that I’m constantly fighting with me,” he sings.    

“Wrote this song about how I feel a lot of the time. Mental illness is something I have struggled with my entire life. Everyday is a constant battle with myself,” Jimmie expresses in the video’s caption. “To everyone struggling remember you're not alone and it's ok to say you're not ok.” 

Fans flooded the comments section with encouraging words, with one writing, “That's courageous! Thank you for sharing,” while another praises, “this is so powerful.” 

In 2020, the singer opened up about how he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder when he was 13 and also struggles with has anxiety.

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Luke Combs releasing new song, “Tomorrow Me,” on Friday

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Luke Combs has a new song dropping this week. 

“Tomorrow Me” finds Luke tempted to fall back into a lover’s arms, but knowing he’ll have to live with the consequences if he does. So he ultimately declines the tempting offer, singing, “I gotta live with tomorrow me.”

Among Luke’s peers to comment on the new track is Cole Swindell, who replied with a fire emoji, while co-writer Ray Fulcher shares, “We sure love to see it. Proud to be a part of it, pal.” 

Over the past year, Luke has been teasing several unreleased songs on social media. He shared a teaser of “Tomorrow Me” last month and is now ready to share the official studio version on Friday. 

The superstar announced last week this he’ll be releasing his new album on June 24. Its lead single, “Doin This,” is rocketing toward the #1 spot on country radio.

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NASA’s SLS moon rocket headed back to vehicle assembly building after testing delays

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Official said on Monday that the launch of NASA’s new moon rocket has been pushed back by nearly a month after the Space Launch System failed to complete necessary prelaunch testing.

NASA’s SLS moon rocket had been estimated to blast off sometime between June 6 through 16, however, NASA said that launching during that window would now be challenging after issues during the SLS’s wet dress rehearsal prevented teams from finishing their system tests. Tom Whitmeyer, deputy associate administrator for common exploration systems development at NASA, said: “I think that at this point, making the June launch window will be a bit of a challenge, with all the work we have to do. The next launch opportunity runs from June 29 to July 9.”

NASA said its teams will roll the SLS back to the Vehicle Assembly Building to troubleshoot hardware issues that thwarted planned prelaunch testing.  The behemoth will begin its roll back to the VAB next week, on April 26. NASA plans to return to the moon with the help of SLS, a heavy-lift rocket that’s been in development for more than a decade and so far has cost the agency $30 billion. The rocket is currently preparing for its maiden flight, called Artemis-1, which will see it fly around the moon.

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Florida judge overturns CDC mask mandate for planes and other travel

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A federal judge in Florida overturned the national mask mandate covering airlines and other public transportation ‘as exceeding the authority of U.S. health officials in their response to the coronavirus pandemic.’

The mask mandate was recently extended by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and covered transportation including airplanes, trains, city subways and even ride-sharing vehicles, such as Uber. The decision by U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle in Tampa said the CDC improperly failed to justify its decision and did not follow proper rule making procedures that left it fatally flawed. In her 59-page ruling, Mizelle said the only remedy was to vacate the rule entirely across the country because it would be impossible to end it for the limited group of people who objected in the lawsuit.

The Justice Department declined to comment Monday when asked if the government planned to appeal the ruling. The CDC also declined to comment. White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters that federal agencies were still assessing the court decision Monday afternoon. Said Psaki: “This is obviously a disappointing decision. The CDC is recommending wearing a mask on public transit.”

The CDC recently extended the mask mandate, which was set to expire Monday, until May 3 to allow more time to study the BA.2 omicron sub-variant of the coronavirus that is now responsible for the vast majority of cases in the U.S. The mandate covered all types of transportation in the U.S. as well as requiring masks in any transportation hub, such as an airport, seaport or bus terminal. It wasn’t immediately clear Monday whether or not some of these entities would continue to require masks on their own.

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“I owe y'all a beer”: Dierks Bentley hits #1 with Hardy and Breland on “Beers on Me”

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Dierks Bentley, Hardy and Breland are all raising a glass to their #1 hit, “Beers on Me.” 

Released as the second single off his upcoming album, “Beers” makes for Dierks’ 21st #1 hit and Hardy’s 10th chart-topper as a songwriter. Meanwhile, Breland is crossing a major threshold, as the song serves as his first #1 single on the country charts. 

“#BeersOnMe is #1 at country radio today. wow! Thank you to everyone who helped make this happen, and to @breland (which. congrats on your first #1 dude) and @HardyMusic for making this song what it is,” Dierks praised on Twitter alongside a photo of the three collaborators posing in front of the tour bus for his Beers on Me Tour. “Country radio…I owe y’all a beer.” 

“MY FIRST NUMBER ONE!!! Thank you so much to @dierksbentley and @hardy for believing in me and for all the radio stations and country music fans for blowing this one up,” Breland raved on Instagram. “Dreams do come true.” 

“Thank you @dierksbentley. Thank you @breland. Thank you to the writers and everyone else involved. And thank you country radio! Number 1 baby!” champions Hardy. 

The track was co-written by the three singers, along with Ashley Gorley, Ross Copperman and Luke Dick, with Hardy suggesting the title. It’s the second consecutive single off Dierks’ forthcoming album to reach #1, following “Gone.” 

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Lady A invites fans to participate in their 2022 Request Line Tour

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Lady A is inviting fans to join their Request Line Tour, which is set to kick off with back-to-back nights at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on Aug. 13-14.  During the ‘Request Line Tour,’ fans can call 615-882-1975 and ask to hear their favorite Lady A songs to be added to the show’s set list.

Each night, fans will experience hits from the trio while also interacting with them in real time to directly request songs– making no two shows the same.  Lady A — consisting of Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood — will receive support from longtime friend and collaborator Dave Barnes on the tour.  Said Haywood:  “We’ve been touring for over fifteen years and have played some of the biggest venues in the world but there’s something truly special about being close to your audience and having the flexibility to include the fans in how the show goes. During our Vegas residency our favorite moments allowed the three of us to talk with the fans and play what they wanted to hear. So we’re taking that spirit and making it a regular part of our shows this year.”

Lady A’s fan club presale starts Tuesday, April 19, and Friday, April 22 for general public tickets. For more information and tour updates, visit. https://www.ladyamusic.com/.

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Luke Combs reveals release date for his upcoming third album

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Luke Combs is set to release his long-awaited third album on June 24th. Combs wrote on social media: “This has been a long time coming, but I’m excited to announce my next album will be released on June 24! Thank y’all for being patient with me. I can’t wait for y’all to hear these songs. I’ll be sharing more info on the album next week!”   

The album is the follow-up to ‘What You See Ain’t Always What You Get,’ the deluxe version of Combs’ global No. 1 album, What You See Is What You Get. In 2020, Combs made history as the first artist ever to have their first two studio albums spend 25 weeks or more at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart — breaking the previous record held by Taylor Swift at 24 weeks.

No track listing was revealed for the new LP, but fans can pre-save the album at your streaming service of choice.  During a recent press event, Combs said the pandemic delayed the album as he shifted his focus to the rescheduled tour dates that started last fall:  “I kinda took a pause on working on [the album] because I just really wanted to focus on that tour. We didn’t cancel one show. We had a lot of setbacks, you know — regulatory setbacks, things like that, but It was nice to be able to just focus on that, and that’s been the reason the album’s not out yet.”

Luke Combs FINALLY Reveals Release Date For New Album, Out This Summer

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Lizzo announces upcoming LP “SPECIAL” and releases video for new single “About Damn Time”

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Lizzo’s highly-anticipated album, SPECIAL, is scheduled for release on July 15th.  As a preview, Lizzo has shared her new single from the LP titled “About Damn Time,” along with the song’s accompanying video which can be viewed here.

Lizzo’s last full length album was 2019’s Cuz I Love You, and she released the Cardi B collab “Rumors” last year.  She has also been busy outside of the music world, dropping her new all-inclusive shapewear line, Yitty, last week.  Ranging from sizes XS to 6X, the line boasts “self-love, radical inner confidence, and effortless, everyday wear,” according to a press release.

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Post Malone’s new album “Twelve Carat Toothache” set to drop in May

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Earlier this year, Post Malone announced his next studio album would be titled “Twelve Carat Toothache,” and now the release date had been revealed.  Malone’s manager took to social media where he shared that the project will be released in May:  “Results Or Excuses Choose Your Side! @postmalone album coming next month! What u want in life results or excuses!! #MondayMotivation”

Twelve carat toothache features the single “One Right Now,” which arrived last November and features The Weeknd.  The album will be the 26-year-old’s first in three years and the follow up to 2019’s “Hollywood’s Bleeding.”

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