Month: March 2023

Morgan Wallen breaks attendance record with free Nashville show

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Post date March 6, 2023
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Morgan Wallen celebrated the release of his third album, One Thing at a Time, with a free show in Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena.

The high-energy show, which was livestreamed to fans around the world, boasted an in-person attendance of 19,292 people, setting an all-time high record attendance for the arena, according to the arena’s EVP of entertainment and venues, David Kells.

Morgan’s 22-song set included new tracks “Keith Whitley,” “Dying Man,” “I Wrote The Book” and “180 (Lifestyle),” as well as his hits “Whiskey Glasses,” “You Proof,” “Chasin’ You,” “More Than My Hometown” and “The Way I Talk.”

Morgan will kick off his One Night At A Time World Tour in Auckland, New Zealand, on March 15. The global trek will also include a just-announced one-night-only show at London’s The O2 Arena on December 3. Fan club presales for this show start on Tuesday, March 7, with general sales opening Thursday, March 9, at Morgan’s website.

Morgan’s new album, One Thing at a Time, is out now.

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Sam Hunt invites you to spend your Summer on the Outskirts with him

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Post date March 6, 2023
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Need summer plan ideas? Sam Hunt has you covered. The “Body Like a Back Road” singer has unveiled his new Summer on the Outskirts Tour, with Brett Young and Lily Rose serving as opening acts.

The tour launches on July 6 in Hartford, Connecticut, and hits cities such as Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Detroit, New York City, Raleigh and St. Louis, before wrapping up in Raleigh, North Carolina, on September 9.

Fans can get early access to tickets via the Verizon Up presale on March 7 at 10 a.m. local time, before general sales open on March 10 at 10 a.m. local time on Sam’s website. VIP packages, including access to the Sam Hunt VIP Lounge, a VIP-exclusive gift item and more will be available on Live Nation’s VIP Nation.

Sam is currently sailing on country radio with his buoyant single, “Water Under The Bridge,” while Brett’s “You Didn’t” is No. 12 and climbing on the Mediabase country chart. Lily’s latest release is her song “Truth Is.”

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Hardy's 'the mockingbird & THE CROW' tour to continue its epic flight

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Post date March 6, 2023
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Hardy has announced the extension of his the mockingbird & THE CROW headlining tour. For this new leg, the Big Loud recording artist will bring fast-rising star Lainey Wilson and newcomer Dylan Marlowe on the road as openers.

“I believe I have two of the most authentic, talented acts out there opening for me on this run. I’m honored that Dylan and Lainey are a part of this tour, and I am still in disbelief that I’m announcing my first arena tour,” Hardy says. “Fans, I will not let you down. This WILL be the greatest HARDY set you’ve ever seen. See y’all out there.”

Kicking off on August 31 in Knoxville, Tennessee, the multi-city trek will include stops in Nashville’s Municipal Auditorium, Orange Beach, and Alabama’s The Wharf, before concluding in Biloxi, Mississippi on December 9.

The Hardy Fan Club will get first access to tickets with its presale on Wednesday, March 8 at 10 a.m. local time. More presales will be available throughout the week ahead of the general on-sale, which starts on Friday, March 10 at 10 a.m. local time on Hardy’s website. VIP Packages will also be available on Live Nation’s VIP Nation website.

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5 people shot in altercation near gun buyback event at Los Angeles beach

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Post date March 6, 2023
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Five people were injured in a shooting at a Los Angeles beach, just a few miles from where city officials had hosted a gun buyback event earlier in the day.

According to the Los Angeles Police Department and City Councilmember Tim McOsker, the LAPD’s Harbor Division responded to a radio call of a shooting at Royal Palms Beach around 5:45 p.m. Saturday. The LAPD said in a statement on Sunday that ‘five male Hispanic victims were at a barbeque, at the beach, with a group of approximately 10-20 people.’ Two suspect approached the group and got into a physical altercation, and ‘the suspects then produced a handgun and fired multiple rounds, striking the victims. The suspects then fled the location in a vehicle.’ Five victims were struck by gunfire, and the police said that the “last information we received was two victims are in critical condition, two victims are in serious condition and one victim is in stable condition.”

A joint statement by McOsker and Janice Hahn, chair of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, read: “We’re outraged and saddened by the shooting at Royal Palms Beach in San Pedro that has left 5 people injured. It’s tragically ironic that today we hosted a gun buy-back event just a few miles away from this location. Gun violence is wreaking havoc on our community … Royal Palms Beach will be closed Sunday and will close earlier on weekends as city officials work on plans to ensure safety and peaceful community use.”

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Pres. Biden visits Selma, AL to make case for voting rights on anniversary of ‘Bloody Sunday’

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Post date March 6, 2023
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President Joe Biden traveled to Selma, Alabama, to commemorate the 58th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday.” Biden spoke at the Edmund Pettus Bridge — where in 1965 hundreds of civil rights marchers were attacked by police. Met by public outrage, the event marked a turning point and led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act. Biden has spoken on voting rights often, and in his most recent State of the Union address he said: “In America, we must protect the right to vote, not suppress that fundamental right. We honor the results of our elections, not subvert the will of the people. We must uphold the rule of the law and restore trust in our institutions of democracy.”

Said Biden in his remarks at the bridge: “They forced the country to confront the hard truth and to act to keep the promise of America alive.” The president said he believed voting is a “fundamental right,” but remains under assault decades later from conservative Supreme Court justices, state lawmakers and election deniers. Biden repeated his plea for Congress to pass new voting legislation named for the late Georgia Rep. John Lewis, who was beaten and suffered a skull fracture during “Bloody Sunday.” Democrats attempted last year to update the 1965 Voting Rights Act with a bill named after Lewis, but failed to gain enough support to break the Senate filibuster.

Biden ended his speeches saying “extremism will not prevail …. Silence, as the saying goes, silence is complicity. And I promise you, my administration will not remain silent. I promise you.” The president then marched across the bridge with civil rights advocates after his speech, the first time he did so since entering the White House.

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'Good Things' and better things: Dan + Shay ready “the best material of our career so far”

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Post date March 6, 2023
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Dan + Shay‘s follow-up to 2021’s Good Things is shaping up to be even better things.

That’s because last year, Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney decided to go back to their beginnings as they celebrated a career milestone.

“We’ve been together for 10 years, been able to, like, live out our dreams, all this cool stuff,” Dan tells ABC Audio. “Like aren’t we the luckiest guys in the world? And [we] kinda sat back down and just got a guitar like we did when we first met. And we hit this creative stride.”

That included setting the bar high when it came to writing songs.

“We kinda set a goal,” Dan continues. “We’re like, ‘We’re gonna write 50 songs this year’ – which, like, doesn’t seem like that many for just songwriters in Nashville. We’ve got people writing 150 songs, 200 songs.”

“But with how busy we are,” he explains, “it was, like, a manageable goal. And we did, and we just blew past that. And I feel like we wrote our best material of our career so far.” ?

Dan + Shay currently have a top 20 hit with “You,” the latest single off Good Things.

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Ashley McBryde releases the single ‘Light On In The Kitchen’

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Ashley McBryde has shared her latest single, “Light on in the Kitchen,” which McBryde co-wrote with Connie Harrington and Jessi Alexander. McBryde posted on Instagram: “I’m noticing now how big a difference such seemingly small comforts have made in my life. Things as simple as “sure honey” from a voice I need to hear it from, or just walking into the kitchen for a drink in the middle of the night. How comforting that warm glow has always been… Leave a light on y’all. Big hugs. #LightOnInTheKitchen”

Says McBryde of the song: “While writing this, we were all able to look back and remember the women in our lives who comforted us, gave us advice and made sure we knew we had a place to go. Writing this song showed me how necessary that simple comfort had been …“I sent it to the important women in my life, and they reminded me that they still leave the kitchen light on for me, just like when I was growing up,” she adds. “Knowing someone, somewhere is thinking of you in that way can get you through a lot. And it’s a bonus that now we get to say, ‘I love you’ or ‘I’m thinking of you’ by saying ‘The light’s on for ya.’”

“Light on in the Kitchen” is the lead single from McBryde’s upcoming fifth studio album. The as-yet-untitled project is the follow-up to her 2022 concept record Lindeville, and 2020’s Never Will.

To download “Light on in the Kitchen”, head here.

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Ruston Kelly shares video for his new song “Mending Song”

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Ruston Kelly will release his new album, “The Weakness,” set for release on April 7th. Earlier in the year, Kelly released the title track, and now he’s sharing his latest cut from the album “Mending Song.”

“Mending Song” was the first track Kelly wrote for The Weakness, and it came together during Kelly’s solo trip to Joshua Tree in California. Said Kelly: “I rented this little cabin out on 22 acres, just me and the coyotes, and ended up checking out a shop nearby and buying a baritone ukulele … I remember thinking, ‘This is so stupid — I’m trying to be that guy, going out to some cabin and writing my opus. Why don’t I just have some fun?’”

Kelly has also released the video for “Mending Song”, which was directed, produced, and edited by Bella Mazzola. Watch and listen to “Mending Song” – here.

Pre-order “The Weakness” – here.

Ruston Kelly Retreats from Darkness in New “Mending Song”: Stream

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Take a look at the Jonas Brothers video for “Wings” featuring Haley Lu Richardson

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Jonas Brothers superfan and star of White Lotus, Haley Lu Richardson, is featured in the music video for “Wings,” which will be featured on the Jonas Brothers forthcoming LP ‘The Album,‘ due out May 12.

Richardson told The Hollywood Reporter: “It’s the biggest thing of my life … It’s the biggest role of my career: past, present and future. It was amazing and I cried for three days straight.”

The Jonas Brothers announced the The Album last month during their Hollywood Walk Of Fame ceremony. The Album will be the Jonas Brothers’ sixth studio album and will serve as the follow-up to its 2019 comeback record, Happiness Begins.

Take a look at the video for “Wings”- here.
To pre/order The Album, head here.

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The Weeknd debuting in film he wrote, co-starring Jenna Ortega

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The Weeknd (real name Abel Tesfaye) will appear in his first starring role in a feature film, which he co-wrote and will produce. According to a report from Deadline, the singer is set to star in a new untitled film alongside ‘Wednesday’ star Jenna Ortega and Oscar-nominated actor Barry Keoghan. The film will be directed by Trey Edward Shults, the filmmaker behind “Waves” and “It Comes at Night,” who is also co-writing and will executive produce. Deadline reports that Shults and The Weeknd have been secretly working on the film for several months, and the film is shooting in Los Angeles. Otherwise, no details have been shared and the “logline is being kept under wraps.”

The movie will serve as The Weeknd’s feature acting debut in film, but he is also set to star in the HBO series ‘The Idol,’ which he co-created with Euphoria creator Sam Levinson. The show has yet to set an official release date, but the trailer for ‘The Idol’ revealed that fans can expect the first episode sometime this year. ‘The Idol’ also stars Lily-Rose Depp, Jennie Kim of BLACKPINK, Dan Levy of Schitt’s Creek, Troye Sivan, and more.

The Weeknd, Jenna Ortega And Barry Keoghan To Star In New Film Based On Original Idea From The Weeknd With Trey Edward Shults Directing

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