With the old-age filter trending on the internet, “My Girl” hitmaker Dylan Scott decided to try it out with his son, Beckett.
Dylan shared the hilarious before-and-after changes via a video on Twitter. The split-screen clip opens with Dylan grinning as the aging filter offers him a glimpse of his older self, before Beckett appears from behind and gets a peek at his white-haired self, too.
“Dear God, please say this isn't true! Amen!” Dylan tweeted.
Curious what father and son look like when they’re old? Then check out Dylan’s tweet.
On the music front, Dylan’s currently in the top 20 with his single “Can’t Have Mine.”
Tim McGraw has surprise-released an acoustic rendition of his single “Standing Room Only.”
The stripped-down version spotlights Tim’s signature vocals as he delivers the powerful song over acoustic guitar strums.
“I wanna live a life, live a life/ Like a dollar and the clock on the wall don’t own me/ Shine a light, shine a light/ Like mama’s front porch when I’m lost and lonely/ Start forgivin’ and start forgettin’/ Be somebody that’s worth rememberin’/ Live a life so when I die/ There’s standing room only, standing room only/ Standing room only, standing room only,” Tim sings in the chorus.
“Standing Room Only” is Tim’s current single and the title track of his forthcoming 17th studio album, due out August 25.
Tyler Hubbard, pop artist Bebe Rexha and hit songsmith Jordan Schmidt wrote the romantic ode, and Tyler and Jordan produced it, as well.
“Take my money and all of my time/ All of my favorite songs that I write/ If I ain’t got you, baby/ Nothing will do, baby/ ‘Cause nothing compares/ Nothing compares to you,” Mickey and Kane sing over a soaring country-pop production.
Of her new single, Mickey shares, “This song said everything I needed to about my relationship with my husband and really spoke to me the moment I heard it. Having been a fan of Kane's from the beginning, I felt this was the perfect song for us to do together. I'm so thankful Tyler, Bebe, and Jordan trusted us with this beautiful song!”
Prior to “Nothing Compares To You,” Mickey released “How You Love Someone,” “I Still Pray” and “Somethin' Bout You” in 2022.
Mickey’s set to join Shania Twain for several stops on her Queen Of Me Tour. For more information, visit mickeyguyton.com.
The Grammy, ACM and CMA award-winning duo have announced their highly anticipated self-titled fourth album, Brothers Osborne, due out September 15.
“We've always had a lot of mystery intentionally around the things we have done, but with this album, we decided to be all in,” TJ Osborne shares. “And doing that reminded me of what it was like when I first started playing music, when it was an outlet for my angst or just a way to have fun.”
John Osborne adds, “Since our last record, we've been very forthcoming with who we are. By acknowledging TJ's personal life and my mental-health struggles, we are more ourselves creatively and publicly than we've ever been.”
“Who Says You Can’t Have Everything”
“Nobody’s Nobody”
“Might As Well Be Me”
“Sun Ain’t Even Gone Down Yet”
“Goodbye's Kickin' In”
“Love You Too”
“New Bad Habit”
“We Ain't Good At Breaking Up”
“Back Home”
“Ain’t Nobody Got Time For That”
“Rollercoaster (Forever And A Day)”
“Some of our records have been more pop- or hip-hop/R&B-infused, but on this record, I wanted to make tracks that we could hop up at any bar anywhere with our live band and play the songs as they were recorded,” Dan Smyers explains. “Ultimately, this music, this whole album, is something that I’ll be able to look back on in a decade or two and be really proud of the way it turned out.”
Of “Save Me The Trouble,” Dan adds, “I don’t think I’ve ever been prouder of a song that I am this one. We wanted to have something that was a real moment, and when we started writing this, it felt like it could be something big. I wanted every section to build, and even in the second chorus, when you’re like, ‘Okay, there’s no way it could possibly get any crazier,’ then Shay takes off even further.”
Here’s the track list for Dan + Shay’s Bigger Houses:
“Breakin' Up With a Broken Heart”
“Save Me The Trouble”
“Heartbreak On The Map”
“Always Gonna Be”
“For The Both of Us”
“Then Again”
“Heaven + Back”
“What Took You So Long”
“Missing Someone”
“We Should Get Married”
“Neon Cowgirl”
“Bigger Houses”
Officials said that an early-morning fire on Thursday killed nearly all the animals at a wildlife center in Madeira Beach, near St. Petersburg on Florida’s Gulf Coast. Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office deputies say the blaze was reported around 2 a.m. Thursday and impacted both the Alligator and Wildlife Discovery Center and Beach Bites & Burgers. Fire Chief Clint Belk of the Madeira Beach Fire Department said crews were forced to shift to a “defensive operation” due to deteriorating conditions, and the blaze was under control in about 45 minutes. Belk said: “We keep oxygen masks on the fire truck for dogs and cats, but this is just such a rare occasion. They’re all exotic animals.” An investigation is underway to determine the cause.
A post on the wildlife center’s Facebook page said: “We suffered from a tragic fire last night. Nearly all of the animals are gone. We are devastated.” Sonny Flynn, who owns the center, told local Tampa Bay station WTSP that all of the mammals inside the building died and many of the reptiles were injured. Small mammals, lizards, amphibians, turtles and tortoises, fresh and saltwater marine life, and alligators were among the 250 animals at the center. Flynn said about 95% of the animals at the center were “pet surrenders because people didn’t know how to take care of them, or they weren’t able to take care of them,” adding, “they didn’t deserve this. This is my whole life They all have names, they all have personality, I come in every morning and talk to them like Dr. Dolittle.”
According to its website, the Alligator and Wildlife Discovery Center was founded in 2011, and has changed its focus to education and conservation: “Our immediate goal is the provision of humane, professional care for pet surrenders and orphaned native wildlife that cannot be safely returned to the wild.”
If you’ve heard Luke Bryan‘s “But I Got A Beer In My Hand,” you can probably agree with him that it’s got a big ole feel-good, catchy tune.
“I think it’s just fun, getting-over-a-girl song. And I think the ‘but I got a beer,’ I mean, is really, really catchy. I’ve had the song on hold or had it for several months, and I just could never get away from the catchiness of the song,” Luke tells ABC Audio right before stepping onstage at this year’s CMA Fest.
In fact, Luke’s performance of “But I Got A Beer In My Hand” is the first time he’s played it in front of a large crowd.
“I played it at my fan club party on guitar, and I had to learn it kind of onstage. But this would be the first time in front of a big audience,” Luke adds in excitement.
You can catch Luke’s performance of “But I Got A Beer In My Hand” and more of your favorite stars on CMA Fest, airing Wednesday, July 19, at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.
The annual music and food festival Farm Aid announced it will return to Noblesville, Ind.’s Ruoff Music Center on Sept. 23. Farm Aid’s mission is to build a vibrant, family farm-centered system of agriculture in America. Farm Aid 2023 will feature artists including Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, Dave Matthews (with Tim Reynolds), Margo Price, Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros featuring The Wolfpack, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Lukas Nelson, Allison Russell, The String Cheese Incident, and Particle Kid.
For more than 35 years, Farm Aid artists and board members Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews and Margo Price host the annual festival to raise funds to support Farm Aid’s work with family farmers and to inspire people to choose family farm food. Farm Aid has raised more than $70 million to support programs that help farmers thrive, expand the reach of the Good Food Movement, take action to change the dominant system of industrial agriculture and promote food from family farms.
Farm Aid President and Founder Willie Nelson said in a statement: “Family farmers have the solutions to some of our toughest challenges. As we face a changing climate, farmers in Indiana, across the Midwest and all over the country are farming in ways that create more resilient farms to build healthy soils and protect our water.”
Adds Farm Aid co-founder John Mellencamp: “We are honored and excited to bring the Farm Aid experience back to Indiana. My home state holds deep meaning for me and for the generations of family farmers who have dedicated their lives to caring for the Earth and bringing us good food.”
Tickets will go on sale to the public on Saturday, July 15th at 10 am ET via Ticketmaster.
Morgan Wade has released the video for her latest single, “80’s Movie,” one of the tracks off her eagerly-awaited sophomore album Psychopath, out 8/25 via Sony Music Nashville. The 13-track Psychopath LP includes contributions from A-list songwriters, studio musicians and Wade’s longtime producer, Sadler Vaden.
80’s Movie was written by Wade and frequent collaborator Vaden, and she spoke with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe about the track: “If you want to feel instantly happy, you can watch a feel-good movie from the 80’s and it’ll cheer you right up. That nostalgic, joyful sentiment is what we were channeling when writing this song and I think we got there. ‘80’s movie’ is fun, melodic and light-hearted and I am so excited it’s finally here.”
Wade has been on the road in 2023 with her headlining No Signs of Slowing Down Tour, and made a notable appearance at Stagecoach Festival. She also appears on Diplo’s new album Thomas Wesley: Chapter 2 – Swamp Savant, will join Turnpike Troubadours and Eric Church for select tour dates throughout summer and fall, and will be making appearances at Lollapalooza, Railbird, and Austin City Limits before heading back to Europe for a fall headline run.
Take a look at Morgan’s video for ’80’s Movie’ – here.
Members of the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) union are going on strike, after they were unable to reach a deal with producers and studios. Members of SAG-AFTRA will join up with more than 11,000 already striking Writers Guild of America (WGA), with the strike to start at midnight, July 14.
The failed negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers means film and television productions will immediately come to a halt, essentially shutting down Hollywood; the tandem strike of SAG-AFTRA and the Writers Guild of America marks the first of its kind in Hollywood since 1960.
The actors union had already granted one extension to its contract, which was originally set to expire July 1, and said it would not concede another. Hollywood performers were looking to improve wages, working conditions and health and pension benefits, as well as create guardrails for the use of artificial intelligence in future television and film productions. Additionally, the union is seeking more transparency from streaming services about viewership so that residual payments can be made equitable to that seen on linear TV.
Fran Drescher, president of the union, said during a press conference Thursday: “We are the victims here. We are being victimized by a very greedy entity. I am shocked by the way the people that we have been in business with are treating us. It is disgusting. Shame on them … You cannot change the business model as much as it has changed and not expect the contact to change, too.”
The WGA has been on strike since May, and is also seeking higher compensation and residuals, particularly when it comes to streaming shows. The WGA also shares similar concerns over the use of artificial intelligence when it comes to script writing.
