Month: June 2023

Jason Aldean has dropped new merch items, including a “Tough Crowd” T-shirt. Check it out at Jason’s merch store.

Lainey Wilson is kicking off summer with brand new apparel, which includes a Yellow Gas Station T-shirt and various “Heart Like a Truck” T-shirts. Visit Lainey’s merch store to purchase yours.

Lee Greenwood and UMG Nashville have teamed up to release the All Time Hits & American Anthems Signed Box Set. Priced at $59.99, fans will get a navy T-shirt, signed art card and two CDs. Grab yours at store.umgnashville.com.

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The Pioneer Woman‘s Ree Drummond is releasing her new cookbook, The Pioneer Woman Cooks?Dinner’s Ready!

It’s set to arrive on October 24 and will feature 112 delectable dinner meal recipes.

“It’s all about dinnertime, the recipes are tremendously delicious (and doable), AND…for the first time, I actually time-tested each recipe twice (with two different cooks) so I could give you a very reliable and accurate sense of how long it’ll take you to get each one on the table,” Drummond shares.

For a sneak peek of The Pioneer Woman‘s upcoming cookbook and to preorder, visit thepioneerwoman.com.

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With the Fourth of July just days away, Carrie Underwood‘s taking a trip down memory lane to share her favorite memory of the holiday.

“I think my favorite Fourth of July memory would be going to the fireworks stand and picking out which fireworks I wanted to do. I must’ve been like 7 or 8, and I came home and made a list of what order I wanted to do them in because I wanted to put a show on for Mom and Dad, and of course I couldn't wait until it was dark outside,” Carrie recalls to her label, UMG Nashville, with a laugh.

“So, I made my Mom and Dad get the lawn chairs and come out to the backyard and watch some not very dramatic fireworks at like six o'clock in the evening, but I was so proud of myself, and I was so proud of the show that I put on,” she says.

With that lifelong adventurous spirit present, Carrie says she’s learned a thing or two from her young self.

“I feel like that was a little training for what I do now – putting on shows, figuring out how it's all going to work out,” notes the global superstar. 

Carrie’s currently in Las Vegas for her ongoing REFLECTION: The Las Vegas Residency. For tickets, visit rwlasvegas.com.

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Kelsea Ballerini was hit in the face by an item thrown onstage on Wednesday, June 28, in Boise, Idaho.

In the middle of performing her current single “If You Go Down (I’m Going Down Too),” a small object thrown from the crowd hits Kelsea.

Immediately, the singer flinches and turns away, appearing visibly hurt in the eye by the item, as evidenced by video footage shared by Kelsea’s official fan Twitter account, @KelseaCentral. One of Kelsea’s band members swiftly approaches her to check if she was alright.

While Kelsea signals the crowd to continue singing along, halfway through, she walks off the stage with security following closely behind.

In a follow-up video posted by another fan account @weweregolden on TikTok, Kelsea returned onstage to continue her show while weighing in on the incident.

“All I care about is keeping everyone safe. So if you ever don’t feel safe, please let someone around you know. There’s security everywhere tonight. If anyone’s pushing too much or you just have that gut feeling or anything, just always flag it,” Kelsea said, before directly addressing what happened.

“Don’t throw things. You know?” the singer told the crowd. “I just, I always want shows of mine – every show, for every artist – but I’m in control of this one, and I just want it to be a safe place for everyone. We have little kids here and can you help me do that tonight, please?” 

Kelsea’s currently on her Heartfirst Tour with upcoming stops in Salt Lake City and Phoenix on June 29 and July 1, respectively.

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Lainey Wilson waited for two years before going public with her boyfriend, Devlin “Duck” Hodges, at this year’s ACM Awards.

Clearly, she wasn’t in a rush, and there was a good reason for that.

“I said, ‘We gonna see if you're in it for the right reasons.’ Turns out, he is,” Wilson told People in a recent interview. “Somebody said how funny it was watching him high-five all of my artist friends at the ACMs, and I said, ‘Those are his friends!'”

Lainey also shared that they both met through mutual friends in 2021.

“We went to this old place called Silverados, and it had free beer and wine from 5 to 10 p.m.,” the “Things A Man Oughta Know” singer recalls. “I was like, ‘This boy likes to ball on a budget too. This is gonna work out.'”

“Duck is the kind of dude who high-fives me on the way in the door and on the way out and says, ‘Go get it,'” she adds. “He knows how important this dream is to me.”

Lainey’s nostalgic “Watermelon Moonshine” is currently #24 and ascending the country charts.

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CNN has unveiled the star-studded performance lineup for its annual The Fourth in America special.

Among those performing are country music’s own Brad Paisley, Darius Rucker and Zac Brown Band. Other artists include Sheryl Crown, Alanis Morissette, Demi Lovato, Duran Duran, Leon Bridges, Post Malone and more.

The television special will be hosted by CNN's Dana Bash, Boris Sanchez, Victor Blackwell and Cari Champion, and will air live Tuesday, July 4, at 7 p.m. ET on CNN.

For more information, check out the network’s announcement on Billboard.

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