Month: April 2024

Nashville notes: Garth's new LPs + Vince's Ryman residency

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Post date April 30, 2024
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Five of Garth Brooks‘ iconic albums, including 1990’s No Fences and 1992’s The Chase, are now available on vinyl. You can grab your copy while supplies last at TalkShopLive’s website.

Walker Hayes has teamed up with Athletic Brewing Co. to launch a new Fancy Like nonalcoholic beer. The six-pack’s available for purchase now at athleticbrewing.com.

Vince Gill has announced his An Evening With Vince Gill residency at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. The four-day event is slated for August 1-4, and tickets go on sale May 3 at 10 a.m. CT at ryman.com.

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Luke Combs kicks off stadium tour with record-breaking attendance

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Post date April 30, 2024
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Luke Combs‘ Growin’ Up and Gettin’ Old Tour is off to a record-breaking start.

According to a press release, the country superstar scored the “highest single-night and two-night attendance” at Milwaukee's American Family Field with 44,752 and 86,720 attendees, respectively; the “highest two-night attendance” at Buffalo's Highmark Stadium with 98,015 attendees; and the “highest-selling and highest-grossing concert” at Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania, with a whopping 73,339 attendees.

“Biggest show I've played in my life,” Luke captioned his Instagram carousel of photos from his Pennsylvania stop. “Unbelievable. Thank you, State College, for a show we'll never forget.”

Luke’s upcoming tour dates include two-night stops in Jacksonville, Florida; San Antonio, Texas; and Santa Clara, California, on May 3 and May 4; May 10 and May 11; and May 17 and May 18, respectively.

For tickets and the full Growin’ Up and Gettin’ Old Tour schedule, visit Luke’s website.

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Gabby Barrett teases new music video: “Get your tissues ready”

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Post date April 30, 2024
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Gabby Barrett‘s “Dance Like No One’s Watching” music video drops on Wednesday, but she’s giving you an early peek ahead of its release.

The singer took to social media Tuesday to share a 16-second snippet of the visualizer, featuring several heartwarming father-daughter clips spanning years.

“Get your tissues ready. The Dance Like No One's Watching music video premieres tomorrow at 10am CT,” Gabby shared on Instagram.

You can head to Gabby’s YouTube to set a reminder to be notified as soon as the music video drops.

“Dance Like No One’s Watching” is the second single off Gabby’s sophomore album, Chapter & Verse. The 14-track project arrived in February and features its lead single, “Glory Days.”

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ERNEST celebrates son Ryman's third birthday

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Post date April 30, 2024
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ERNEST celebrated his son Ryman‘s third birthday in style at Stagecoach Festival.

The “Flower Shops” singer took to Instagram to share snapshots of the celebration, which included family photos with his wife, Delaney, and a shot of Ryman smiling at rapper Wiz Khalifa.

“I wanna be Ryman for a day,” ERNEST captioned his Instagram carousel.

“dude is gonna have some sick stories one day,” up-and-comer Noah Hicks commented on ERNEST’s post.

Delaney also posted an Instagram carousel on her account, captioning it, “3 years of Ryman!! A birthday we will never forget.”

ERNEST’s latest album, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, is out now on digital music platforms.

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CMA Fest adds Dolly, Lainey, Thomas, Cody + more to CMA Close Up Stage lineup

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Post date April 30, 2024
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Get ready to see some of country music’s biggest stars live in conversation at CMA Fest.

Global icon Dolly Parton will kick off Fan Fair X on Thursday, June 6, for a special CMA Close Up Stage conversation hosted by entertainment correspondent Rachel Smith.

Following that, Cody Johnson, Thomas Rhett and Lainey Wilson will take the Artist of the Day spotlight on Friday, June 7; Saturday, June 8; and Sunday, June 9, respectively.

Dolly will also launch an ALL ACCESS! Pop Up Experience at Fan Fair X. Opening every day, the experience will feature Dolly’s merch items and brand products as well as samples and demonstrations from her forthcoming cookbook, Good Lookin' Cookin', which she co-authored with her sister, Rachel Parton George.

Other artists hitting the CMA Close Up Stage include Sam Hunt, Nate Smith, Chayce Beckham, Carly Pearce, Mickey Guyton and Craig Morgan.

You can find the full Fan Fair X and CMA Close Up Stage schedule now at cmafest.com.

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Jelly Roll begs for a role on his favorite TV show: “Please call me

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Post date April 30, 2024
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Jelly Roll has enjoyed hit records and major awards since he first broke through last year, but one of the most memorable things he’s experienced, he says, has been appearing on so many TV programs. However, there is one show that he hasn’t yet been on and really, really wants to be on – as an actor.

“Man, I’ve been on TV more times than I ever would have dreamed of being on TV,” Jelly told ABC News at the Stagecoach Festival. “I mean, Good Morning America, [Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve] … American Idol. I’ve been a part of television programs I’ve watched for decades.”

But the one program he’s willing to beg to be on is – drumroll, please- American Horror Story. Describing himself as a stan of the FX series, he raved to ABC News about getting to meet one of the show’s stars, Emma Roberts, at Stagecoach. “Me and my wife fanned out both times we seen her,” he said.

The “Save Me” singer offered a plea directly to Ryan Murphy, the co-creator and co-producer of American Horror Story.

“Ryan, please call me, man,” Jelly begged. “I know you don’t know me. If we could do a 30-minute Zoom and just let me hard sell you on why I should be in the next American Horror Story, I’d appreciate it.”

His plea continued, “Ryan Murphy. Yell at me. I’m shooting at you every time I get a chance on a national platform. Ryan Murphy, I’ll get my people with your people. I just need 15 to 30 minutes.”

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Columbia University protesters occupy hall on campus after defying orders to clear out protest camp

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Post date April 30, 2024
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Pro-Palestinian supporters set up a protest encampment on the campus of Columbia University in New York as seen on April 22^ 2024

Per ABC NEWS, Pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University occupied a hall on campus early Tuesday, hours after school officials ordered the dispersal of a protest encampment. Videos appear to show protesters creating a barricade with metal chairs outside Hamilton Hall after midnight. The campus newspaper Columbia Spectator reported that those inside were working to block the building’s exits with tables, chairs and zip-ties.

Despite warnings from Columbia University (and after the school’s president said it would not divest from Israel), students who defied Columbia’s orders to vacate their pro-Palestinian protest by 2 p.m. on Monday have begun to be suspended. Ben Chang, vice president for communications and a spokesperson for Columbia University, said around 5 p.m. on Monday, about three hours after the deadline passed: “We have begun suspending students .. University representatives engaged in good faith dialogue with the organizers and maintain that dialogue. We were hopeful and we were disappointed when the student protesters couldn’t reach consensus on the issues under discussion.”

Columbia had issued notices to students on Monday in protest camps saying that if protesters left by the 2 p.m. deadline and signed a form committing to abide by university policies through June 2025 or an earlier graduation, they could finish the semester in good standing. If not, the letter said, they would be suspended, pending further investigation, and barred from completing the spring semester. However at the encampment, protesters voted nearly unanimously to stay put, and around 2:45 p.m were seen marching on the quad, chanting “Disclose! Divest! We will not slow, we will not rest!’”

In a statement, University President Minouche Shafik had asked the protesters to voluntarily disperse, saying the demonstration had created “an unwelcoming environment for many of our Jewish students and faculty, adding that “external actors have contributed to a hostile environment” around university gates, and that it had become a “noisy distraction” for students. Shafik also cited the May 15 commencement, saying, “We also do not want to deprive thousands of students and their families and friends of a graduation celebration.” A portion of the encampment has been cleared to make space for the upcoming commencement ceremony for graduates, and picketers are largely sticking to the perimeters of the encampment.

Columbia was the first elite institution struck by protests in support of the Palestinian cause, with students demanding that the school divest from investments that support weapons manufacturing and Israel; protests spread quickly last week on campuses across the U.S.

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Supreme Court rejects Elon Musk’s appeal over agreement with SEC on social media posts about Tesla

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Post date April 30, 2024
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The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Elon Musk over the terms of a settlement agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (‘SEC’) that requires him to get approval in advance of some social media posts that relate to Tesla, the electric vehicle company he leads. Musk was seeking to overturn restrictions imposed on him by the SEC following a 2018 post on Twitter (now X). The high court rejected Musk’s appeal without comment.

An appeals court’s rejected Musk’s bid last year for the so-called “Twitter sitter” provision to be modified, complainingn that the requirement amounts to “prior restraint” on his speech, violated his First Amendment rights and was “unenforceable.” Musk acquired Twitter in 2022, and filed a petition with the Supreme Court in December 2023 seeking to undo the agreement, claiming it was an unconstitutional infringement of his right to free speech.

Tweets that Musk had posted in 2018, in which he claimed he had secured funding to take Tesla private, had caused the company’s share price to jump and led to a temporary halt in trading. The tweet was ruled to be “false and misleading” and shareholders accused Tesla of securities fraud. The settlement with the SEC included a requirement that his tweets be approved first by a Tesla attorney, and also called for Musk and Tesla to pay civil fines over the tweets in which Musk said he had “funding secured” to take Tesla private at $420 per share (the funding wasn’t secured, and Tesla remains public).

The SEC’s initial enforcement action against Musk alleged that his tweets about going private violated antifraud provisions of securities laws. The agency began investigating whether Musk violated the settlement in 2021 when he did not get approval before asking followers on Twitter, now X, if he should sell 10% of his Tesla stock.

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Zach Top on writing “Sounds Like the Radio” + why it's his debut single

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Post date April 30, 2024
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If you’ve heard “Sounds Like the Radio,” you’ve unknowingly got a glimpse of Zach Top‘s country music love story.

Chatting with ABC Audio at Stagecoach Festival, Zach talks about the genesis of his partly autobiographical tune and why he’s a big fan of it.

“We didn’t set out to write it as a biopic, but it kind of turned out that way. It’s a little bit of my story of how I fell in love with country music, and that’s just a fun one,” says Zach, who co-wrote the track with Carson Chamberlain and Wyatt McCubbin.

“You don’t hear many dancing songs anymore. I think that’s a perfect song to get out there with your girl and two-step,” he adds.

With “radio” in its title, Zach says “Sounds Like the Radio” was long destined to be a single on country radio.

“I love that song. We always thought that would be, ever since we wrote it, it was like, ‘Man, that should be the first radio single.’ It’s got radio in the title. A little soft pandering never hurts,” shares the country newcomer.

“So yeah, really excited to have that thing out and excited for the reception it’s got so far in radio land and with the fans,” adds Zach.

“Sounds Like the Radio” is currently approaching the top 30 of the country charts. It’s the lead single off Zach’s debut album, Cold Beer & Country Music, out now.

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Reba McEntire to return as host of the 59th Academy of Country Music Awards

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Post date April 30, 2024
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Reba McEntire at the America's Got Talent Season Fantasy League Photo Call at the Hotel Dena on September 20^ 2023 in Pasadena^ CA

Reba McEntire will return as host of the 59th Academy of Country Music Awards on Thursday, May 16th at 8 pm EDT/5 pm PDT, streaming live globally across 240+ countries and territories on Prime Video from Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. Luke Combs leads this year’s nominees with eight nominations, followed by Megan Moroney and Morgan Wallen with six nominations each.

The Academy of Country Music officially announced the news on social media, sharing that McEntire, 69, will be hosting the awards show for the 17th time: “Country Music’s Party of the Year is going to be extra-FANCY this year with @Reba back as our host! She will also be taking the stage for a show stopping performance featuring brand new music! You don’t wanna miss the 59th #ACMawards LIVE May 16 at 8e | 5p on @PrimeVideo. Tickets on sale NOW on @SeatGeek – https://lnk.to/59thACMTix!TP #RebaACM”

McEntire, a 16-time ACM Awards winner, will also perform new music at the ceremony; she shared in a statement: “I am ticked to pieces to get to host the ACM Awards for the 17th time! What an honor to have been part of the past, present and now the future of the Academy of Country Music with Amazon Prime Video. I can’t wait to get to Texas and see everybody May 16th!”

ACM CEO Damon Whiteside added: “We are thrilled for the homecoming of Reba to the ACM Awards stage for the 17th time! There is simply no one better to continue to elevate this show in our new global streaming era with Amazon Prime Video”

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