Month: September 2022

Carrie Underwood's 2022 tour will be the first time she's toured without her kids in “years”

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Post date September 19, 2022
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Carrie Underwood heads out on her Denim & Rhinestones tour this fall, and for the first time in a long time, she won't have her kids in tow with her.

That's right: Carrie's adorable plus-ones, 7-year-old Isaiah and 3-year-old Jacob, typically join her when she's on the road, but now that they're old enough to go to school, they'll be staying at home and only coming out for visits.

She'll miss them, of course, but Carrie tells ET Online that flying solo this time around isn't necessarily a bad thing. “I feel like it'll be a little bit easier, I guess, to go on tour, because my kids are in school now,” she says.

“It'll be the first time I haven't had a baby on the road in years. Years years,” she continues. “So I am looking forward to being able to really work and not be so tired.”

Carrie's tour kicks off on October 15 with opening act Jimmie Allen. Even though her boys won't be joining her this time around, she'll still see them plenty, she adds — the singer says she's making stops at home in Nashville to make sure she sees her two kids as much as she can.

The singer's boys have both gone on the road with her plenty, and Isaiah has also joined her in the studio in the past. He duets with his superstar mom on a rendition of “Little Drummer Boy,” which is featured on Carrie's 2020 Christmas album, My Gift.

Country Daypop

Cole Swindell earns 12th No. 1 with “She Had Me At Heads Carolina”

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Post date September 19, 2022
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Cole Swindell just hit the top of the charts with his current single, “She Had Me At Heads Carolina.” The song, produced by Zach Crowell and co-written with Ashley Gorley, Jesse Frasure, Thomas Rhett, Mark D. Sanders and Tim Nichols, is the third consecutive No. 1 single from Swindell’s fourth album, Stereotype, and his 12th career No. 1.

“She Had Me At Heads Carolina” is the followup to his two back-to-back recent multi-week No. 1 hits, “Never Say Never,” a duet with Lainey Wilson, and “Single Saturday Night,” the debut single from Stereotype.

Said Swindell: “The reaction to this song has blown me away. From the minute I released it you all raised your hand in support of it, and it means the world to me. Getting to stand in front of you night after night hearing you sing it back is the best feeling in the world! So thankful for my team and everyone that makes these moments possible.”

Check out the official video for She Had Me At Heads Carolina – here.

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Country Daypop

Maddie & Tae drop the new video for “Spring Cleaning”

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Post date September 19, 2022
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Maddie and Tae are out with a new video for their latest single “Spring Cleaning.” The track will be featured on the country duo’s forthcoming 8-track EP Through The Madness, Vol. 2, set for release on September 23.

Through The Madness, Vol. 2 follows the release of its first edition earlier this year. Explaining the title, the pair said: “We’ve had so many different experiences, but I think that this album is all about seeing the beauty in the madness and kind of walking into the madness of your life with like, ‘All right, I’m ready for whatever crazy life is about to throw at me. And I’m just going to do the best I can.’”

Maddie & Tae are also back on the road with CMT’s Next Women of Country Tour Presents: All Song No Static. The collection of dates begins concludes in Grand Rapids on October 15. Tickets can be found on the official Maddie & Tae website.

Pre-order Through The Madness, Vol. 2. – here.

Check out the video for “Spring Cleaning”- here.

Watch Now: Maddie & Tae are “Spring Cleaning”

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Pop Daypop

Nicki Minaj and BLEU collaborate on the single ‘Love In The Way’

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Post date September 19, 2022
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BLEU — formerly Yung Bleu — has recruited Nicki Minaj for the collaborative single “Love In The Way”, featuring a sample of the song “Whole” by Sam Thompkins.

“Love In The Way” follows Minaj’s hit “Super Freaky Girl,” which debuted at No. 1. marking her first No. 1 solo single. Shortly after the song dropped, the rapper released “Super Freaky Girl (Queen Mix),” a collaborative new cut that features JT, BIA, Katie Got Bandz, Akbar V, and Maliibu Miitch.

BLEU dropped his debut album ‘Moon Boy’ in 2021, featuring the breakthrough track “You’re Mines Still,” with Drake.

Take a listen “Love In The Way” – here.

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Pop Daypop

Post Malone shares update after falling on stage during St. Louis concert

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Post date September 19, 2022
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Midway through his show at St. Louis’ Enterprise Center on Saturday, Post Malone took a nasty spill during his performance of ‘Circles,’ accidentally falling into an open trap door in the stage. See a fan video of Malone’s onstage fall in St. Louis: here.

Malone was walking down an extended ramp when he accidentally stepped into an uncovered hole that was used to lower his guitar. After crashing onto the stage floor, he clutched his ribcage in pain before calling for medical assistance. After leaving the stage for about 15 minutes, the singer returned and thanked the audience for their patience, telling the crowd: “There was a big a** hole in the stage.” Still in pain while holding his side, Malone managed to finish with a shortened set that included “Rockstar,” “Cooped Up” (with Roddy Ricch), “Sunflower” and “White Iverson.”

Malone later took to Twitter on Sunday morning to explain what happened in a short video: “Whenever we do the acoustic part of the show, the guitar’s on the guitar stand and it goes down. And there’s this big ass hole, so I go around there and I turn the corner and I bust my ass. Winded me pretty good; got me pretty good.” The singer added that he was taken to the hospital and given a clean bill of health. “They gave me some pain meds and everything, so we can keep kicking ass on the tour.”

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Go Country 105

Nashville notes: Parker McCollum joins the Outlaws, Kip Moore (finally) duets with Morgan Wade + more

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Post date September 16, 2022
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Parker McCollum has been added to the already stellar lineup of stars appearing in They Called Us Outlaws: Cosmic Cowboys, Honky Tonk Heroes And the Rise of Renegade Troubadours. The documentary series also features interviews and appearances from Eric Church, Miranda Lambert and many more.

After featuring Morgan Wade in his music video for “If I Was Your Lover,” Kip Moore has shared a new version of the song that features Morgan's vocals.

Tyler Booth has announced a headlining tour, called the Country Gang Tour, which kicks off in late October.

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Blake Shelton might be less competitive on 'The Voice' now that he's married to fellow coach Gwen Stefani

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Post date September 16, 2022
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If you're wondering whether Blake Shelton's lost his fiery competitive spirit as a coach on The Voice now that he's married to one of his fellow coaches, Gwen Stefani, the answer is … well, maybe.

Blake, Gwen and the rest of the Voice gang sat down with E! Insider ahead of the season premiere, and when asked whether he's gone soft, Blake explained that he's got to think twice now before coming after other coaches.

“You start to lose a little bit of your edge because she's your weakness,” coach John Legend told Blake during the conversation, also saying that Gwen — who doesn't claim to be that competitive of a person — is getting fierier in the new season.

But Blake has a different perspective: He's actually less cautious about not offending Gwen now that they're married, he says.

“I think it's more competitive now because it's a lot harder to break up when you're married,” Blake points out. “We could have a huge fight about something that happens on The Voice, and be like, Alright, we're not gonna get divorced over this.'”

The next season of The Voice premieres September 19 on NBC at 8 p.m. ET.

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“Any Day Now”: Ingrid Andress joins Zac Brown Band for their latest The Comeback deluxe collab

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Post date September 16, 2022
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Ingrid Andress lends her voice to a new version of Zac Brown Band's “Any Day Now,” reconfigured as a duet for the band's deluxe version of their The Comeback album.

ZBB has been rolling out new duet versions of their songs for the revamped version of their album, which originally came out in late 2021.

The group has selected a diverse roster of artists from throughout the country genre — and beyond — as duet partners on their new project. Blake Shelton, Marcus King, Jamey Johnson and James Taylor are among the acts who've appeared on previously-released duet tunes for the deluxe version of The Comeback.

The version of “Any Day Now” featuring Ingrid is out now. The Comeback deluxe project drops in full on September 30.

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As Garth Brooks wraps his Stadium Tour, he says he'll miss his crew the most: “We're a family”

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Post date September 16, 2022
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This weekend, Garth Brooks officially wraps his Stadium Tour with the run's final of five shows in Croke Park, Dublin. As he looks towards the end of the run, Garth says that he'll miss his road family the most after he shuts down the trek.

“What am I going to miss most? The people that are on the tour,” the singer explains, pointing out that his crew more than doubled to accommodate for the large-scale return to the road following 2020 and 2021's COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns.

“We went from 18-20 trucks to 58 trucks,” Garth goes on to say. “All those new jobs…all those new people…at the end of the tour, you've got a lot of people out there that love one another.”

He adds, “We're a family.”

The Stadium Tour may be in the rearview, but Garth won't stay still for long. He's planning three shows at the Thunder Ridge Nature Arena — a newly-constructed venue at Bass Pro Shops Cedar Lodge in the Ozarks of Missouri — for the end of September and beginning of October.

Those shows will be a part of the 50th anniversary celebration of Bass Pro, held by the store's founder, Johnny Morris.

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Kelsea Ballerini pledges allegiance to a forever friend in “If You Go Down (I'm Goin' Down Too)”

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Post date September 16, 2022
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Kelsea Ballerini swears her eternal friendship — no matter what — to her ride-or-die in “If You Go Down (I'm Goin' Down Too),” the latest track to be released off her upcoming Subject to Change album.

Blending country twang with a feel-good, bubblegum vocal line, Kelsea vows her eternal devotion to a friend she's known “since Brad and Angelina,” even saying that her allegiance goes further than the law.

“Hypothetically, if you ever kill your husband / Hand on the Bible, I'd be lyin' through my teeth,” she insists in one verse.

To go along with her new song, Kelsea dropped a fun, retro music video that shows her in full 50s glam, touching up her makeup in a parlor room as the world burns through the window outside.

Kelsea's full Subject to Change project arrives September 23. It includes previously released songs like “Heartfirst” and “Love is a Cowboy,” as well as a collaboration with Carly Pearce and Kelly Clarkson called “You're Drunk, Go Home.”