We’ve finally got a title and release date for Keith Urban and Lainey Wilson‘s much-teased-about duet.
The track’s titled “GO HOME W U,” and it’s dropping Friday, May 3.
Keith announced the highly anticipated details on Friday alongside a snippet of the uptempo song and a reveal of its cover art.
“I won’t lie, yes I had more than a few/ You know, I shouldn’t be drivin’/ I think I should probably go home with you/ Take me home,” Keith and Lainey sing in the upbeat number.
You can presave “GO HOME W U” now to hear it as soon as it releases.
Need a good ol’ country heartbreak song? Well, look no further than Scotty McCreery‘s “Lonely.”
Out now, the song serves as the latest preview of Scotty’s forthcoming album, Rise & Fall, arriving May 10.
“I love a good heartbreak, honky-tonk country song, and ‘Lonely’ is definitely that,” Scotty shares with the press. “Brent [Anderson], Derek [George], Frank [Rogers], Bobby [Hamrick], Jeremy [Bussey], Monty [Criswell] and I had such a good time writing this song on my back porch in the mountains of North Carolina.”
“This song is so much fun to perform live and have the audience sing along with us,” he adds. “I've had a lot of requests from fans who've heard this song on the road to put it out on streaming. Here you go!”
“Little More Gone” “Cab in a Solo” “Lonely” “Can’t Pass the Bar” “Hey Rose” “Fall of Summer” “Love Like This” “Slow Dance” “No Country for Old Men” “And Countin'” “Stuck Behind a Tractor” “Red Letter Blueprint” “Porch”
Police have arrested a 17-year-old in the shooting death of a high school student on the campus of an Arlington, Texas, high school.
Arlington Police Chief Al Jones said 18-year-old Etavion Barnes was found unresponsive with multiple gunshot wounds on Wednesday afternoon outside portable buildings on the campus of Bowie High School. According to police, detectives still are working to determine a motive but said it appeared the two knew each other. Authorities have not yet recovered a weapon in the killing, and no other injuries were reported.
The suspect, identified as Julian Howard according to Arlington Jail records, was charged with murder, with police saying it appears that Barnes was targeted. Police Chief Jones said the shooting was reported about 2:50 p.m., shortly before classes were scheduled to be dismissed, and the school was placed on lockdown for about two hours before students were allowed to leave, adding: “we’re still early on in our investigation, our detectives are working to determine a motive.”
A press release from the Arlington PD read: “We, as a community, cannot tolerate this kind of violence. Not in our neighborhoods and not in our schools. Violence is never the right answer. We will continue to work in lock step with our partners at Arlington ISD to ensure our schools are safe spaces where students can learn.”
There’s nothing quite like scoring your first chart-topping single, especially when it’s something you’ve worked toward for years.
That’s how George Birge feels about “Mind on You,” especially after moving to Nashville years ago to chase his country music dreams.
“What a feeling. It’s something that I’ve chased for a long time,” George tells ABC Audio. “You never really know if it’s going to come true and to have ‘Mind on You’ go number one, last day of the year, December 31st. What a way to close a chapter and start a new one for me.”
So, how did George celebrate his first #1 hit? Well, let’s just say it was simple and sweet.
“I was actually back in Texas with my family. I found out on a Thursday that we had a lead that was not going to be caught up to [on the country charts], so I went to the liquor store down the street from my house that I was staying at. I bought the nicest bottle of wine I could find,” George shares.
“It was like a $100 bottle of wine. And we popped that, me and my wife, and had a great night, man,” he recalls. “So, pretty low-key, but a great way to celebrate.”
You can find “Mind on You” on George’s debut album, George Birge: Mind On You. His latest single, “Cowboy Songs,” is the title track of his follow-up seven-track EP, which arrived in April.
John Morgan has enlisted Jason Aldean for a new version of his fan-favorite track, “Friends Like That.” The song racked up over 28 million on-demand streams, and was originally featured on his recently released debut EP, Remember Us?
Morgan said of his friend and mentor, Aldean: “To have Jason Aldean as a mentor over the past few years, he went from being someone I was a fan of to someone I call a friend, so it’s extra special to have him on one of my songs. Having a song on the radio is what you always dream about when you pursue this career. I grew up on country radio and to know that another kid might grow up with me on the radio and want to pursue a music career too is a really cool thought.”
Aldean adds: “I’ve been in town here in Nashville for 25 years, and John Morgan is one of the most talented guys I’ve ever come across in all aspects – as a singer, as a songwriter and as a performer. It’s a really cool thing for me as an artist to sign another artist, so jumping on this song that’s also jumpstarting his career along with going to radio, I’m excited for what’s to come from John Morgan and glad he’s one of ours and on our team.”
Take a look at the video for ‘Friends Like That’ – here.
Parker McCollum earned his fourth straight #1 hit at country radio with “Burn It Down,” taking the top spot on both the Mediabase chart and Billboard Country Airplay charts. ‘Burn It Down’ follows Parker’s previous #1 hits including “Pretty Heart,” “To Be Loved By You,” and most recently, “Handle On You”.
Per Billboard, ‘Burn It Down’, written by McCollum, Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, and Liz Rose, is the sophomore single from McCollum’s LP, Never Enough, which hit the Top 20 on the Top Country Albums charts last May.
Parker announced just announced 13 additional tour stops on his current headlining Burn It Down Tour, taking him to the West Coast and more. McCollum will also play stadiums dates with Morgan Wallen on Wallen’s One Night at a Time World Tour.
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The New York State Court of Appeals has overturned Harvey Weinstein‘s rape conviction from 2020, making the 4-3 decision on Thursday, April 25 on the basis that the judge on the trial prejudiced Weinstein with “egregious” improper rulings, including a decision to let women testify about allegations that weren’t part of the case.
According to the Associated Press, the decision also stated: “We conclude that the trial court erroneously admitted testimony of uncharged, alleged prior sexual acts against persons other than the complainants of the underlying crimes. The remedy for these egregious errors is a new trial,” and also noted that testimony “served no material non-propensity purpose” and “portrayed defendant in a highly prejudicial light.” The court claimed that there was “an abuse of judicial discretion to permit untested allegations of nothing more than bad behavior that destroys a defendant’s character but sheds no light on their credibility as related to the criminal charges lodged against them.”
Weinstein was charged after being accused of forcibly performing oral sex on a woman in 2006 and raping another women in 2013; he was found guilty in February 2020 of criminal sexual act in the first degree and rape in the third degree in a New York City courtroom, and was subsequently sentenced to 23 years in prison.
PEOPLEreports that it is unclear at this time if Weinstein, 72, will face another trial in connection with these charges. The former Hollywood mogul will be transferred to the custody of prison authorities in California and will remain imprisoned, stemming from his Los Angeles conviction in 2022 on other rape charges, where he was sentenced to 16 years in prison. (Weinstein was acquitted in Los Angeles on charges involving one of the women who testified in New York.).
G-Eazy has released the new single “Femme Fatale” featuring Coi Leray and Kaliii, his first new music in over a year. The single arrives along with a lyric video, which you can check out via YouTube. G-Eazy’s most recent album, These Things Happen Too, dropped in 2021, featuring the song “Breakdown” with Demi Lovato.
G-Eazy said a statement: “In Femme Fatale, I really wanted to create a track that showcased two strong female voices from a unique perspective. This song is really about empowerment and sex positivity.”
‘Femme Fatale’ samples Caribbean reggae funk group 20th Century Steel Band’s song “Heaven and Hell Is On Earth”; and G-Eazy debuted the track for the first time on The Tonight Show alongside Leray and Kaliii, who joined him onstage for the performance.
You can check out The Tonight Show performance of ‘Femme Fatale’ – here.
The All Things Go Festival 2024 announced its 10th anniversary lineup, featuring headliners Hozier, Reneé Rapp (w/Bleachers), Janelle Monáe, Conan Gray, Chappell Roan, and Laufey, accompanied by The Kennedy Center Orchestra. The fest will be held at the legendary Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland on September 28-29th.
On Saturday, 9/28, Janelle Monáe, Bleachers and Laufey will headline the festival, along with Remi Wolf, Ethel Cain, Julien Baker and a dozen other artists across rock, rap, pop and jazz genres. The lineup on Sunday, 9/29 will feature Hozier, Reneé Rapp and Conan Gray, along with Chappell Roan and Maren Morris.
Pre-sale tickets are available now; with general tickets on sale on Friday, April 29th at 10 am local time via Ticketmaster.
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Can’t be at Jo Dee Messina‘s Friday show at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium? Fret not, she’s bringing it to you via livestream. You can get all the information on how to watch it at Veeps’ website.
Sara Evans is dropping her new song “21 Days” on Friday, and it’s available for presave now. The track previews Sara’s forthcoming album, Unbroke, arriving June 7.
Darius Rucker has announced that he’s dropping a duet version of his song “Never Been Over” with Jennifer Nettles on Friday. “Just when I thought I loved this song, here comes Jennifer taking it over the top!!” Darius shares on Instagram.
