Russell Dickerson has hopped on social platform X to tease an unreleased track, “Bones.”
Without much detail about the song, its release date or who wrote it, Russell shared a preview clip and simply wrote the single-word song title on X.
The tune opens with strummed guitar chords before Russell arrives on what appears to be the first verse.
“Chestnut hair and still blue eyes/ Light up the room kinda smiles/ It’s more than when you know you know/ Yeah girl I felt it in my bones,” Russell sings in the snippet.
Think you know Luke Combs well? Well, you’re about to know him even better through an upcoming exhibition titled Luke Combs: The Man I Am.
Launching July 11 at the Country Music Hall of Fame, the exhibit will display various stage wear, tour memorabilia, set lists, instruments, childhood memorabilia and more to chronicle the North Carolina native’s life journey and rise to fame.
Notable items include the dollar bill from Luke’s first paying gig at Boone's Parthenon Café, the manuscript of “Six Feet Apart,” and the Columbia PFG shirt and Swamp Assassin ball cap he donned for his 2016 “Hurricane” music video.
“Once I decided I wanted to do music as a career, it didn't matter if it was for 100 people or 1,000 people, I just wanted to be playing Country Music for anyone who would listen. If I could have enough fans to call it a job, I was set,” Luke shares in a press statement.
“Other than that, I never dreamed of being featured in the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, much less having my own exhibit; that was beyond my wildest dreams. But honestly, it's all a credit to my fans, family, songwriters and team,” he continues. “I have only made it to where I am today because of them, and this honor is one of my most humbling yet. At my core I love Country Music and this exhibit is as prestigious of an honor as it gets.”
Luke Combs: The Man I Am will be on display through June 2025.
For more information on the exhibition and Luke’s CMA Theater performance on July 11, head to countrymusichalloffame.org.
HARDY brought his country-rock music to Tuesday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Taking the outdoor stage on Hollywood Boulevard, HARDY performed “Rockstar” on a televised segment and “Psycho,” “.30-06,” “Jack,” “Boots” and his latest #1 hit, “Truck Bed,” on an off-air, online-only segment.
“Rockstar” and “Psycho” preview HARDY’s forthcoming debut rock album, Quit!! ?Arriving July 12, the project follows his 2023 half-country and half-rock record, the mockingbird & THE CROW.
HARDY’s headlining Quit!! tour kicks off May 30 in Rogers, Arkansas. You can grab tickets now at hardyofficial.com/quittour.
Jelly Roll rolled out a preview of an unreleased track, “Liar,” at the 2024 ACM Awards, and now he’s back with another live teaser.
The “Need a Favor” hitmaker took the stage on Tuesday’s season 25 finale of The Voice to debut yet another unreleased song, titled “I Am Not OK.”
Donning an all-black outfit, Jelly performed the reflective number that chronicles one’s adversity-ridden life and their hope for a better tomorrow.
“But I know I can’t be the only one/ Who’s only holding on for dear life/ But God knows I know when it’s all said and done/ I’m not OK but it’s all gonna be alright/ It’s not OK but we’re all gonna be alright,“ Jelly sings in the pensive chorus.
“I Am Not OK” and “Liar” preview Jelly’s follow-up to 2023’s Whitsitt Chapel, which spawned the #1 hits “Need a Favor,” “Halfway to Hell” and the Lainey Wilson-assisted “Save Me.”
To get tickets to Jelly’s upcoming Beautifully Broken Tour, head to jellyroll615.com.
“Lainey, I am so proud of you. You did a wonderful job. I have heard that I have inspired you in what you have done so far, and I am thrilled to death if I have had anything to do with your career because you are blowing it up,” said Reba. “I was so proud of you at the ACMs the other night and I couldn't be more proud to be the one that helps you continue to bridge the gap between our generations.”
“I’d like to be the person to invite you to become an official member of the Grand Ole Opry,” Reba told Lainey while presenting her a custom belt buckle with the words “Opry,” “Lainey” and “2024” embossed on it.
“I am so incredibly honored to be invited to become an official member of the Grand Ole Opry, and to have the legendary Reba McEntire surprise me during tonight's show was such an unforgettable moment,” Lainey shared. “This is something I've always dreamed of, ever since my first trip to the Opry when I was nine years old. I will never forget this moment!”
Lainey will be inducted into the Opry on June 7 during CMA Fest. Wynonna Judd and Opry members Terri Clark and Mark Wills are also slated to perform.
You can grab tickets to Lainey’s induction ceremony now at opry.com.
Former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani was among the 11 allies of former President Trump who pleaded not guilty on Tuesday in Arizona to nine felony charges related to their involvement in a plan to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in the state. The 11 people arraigned Tuesday were among 18 people charged last month by a state grand jury over the plan. They include Giuliani and so-called “fake electors” who signed documents claiming to be Arizona’s Electoral College electors.
The ten others, who also pleaded not guilty to conspiracy, forgery and fraud charges related to the case, include former Arizona Republican Party Chair Kelli Ward and her husband Michael Ward; state legislator Anthony Kern; Robert Montgomery, the former head of the Cochise County GOP; Republican Party activists Samuel Moorhead, Nancy Cottle and Loraine Pellegrino; Greg Safsten, the former Arizona GOP executive director; former Trump attorney Christina Bobb; and Tyler Bowyer, the Republican National Committee’s Arizona committeeman and the chief operating officer of the Trump-aligned Turning Point Action.
Giuliani, Bowyer, Cottle, Montgomery, Pellegrino and Bobb appeared virtually for the arraignment that was held in a Phoenix courtroom. Giuliani and Kelli Ward’s trials are scheduled for Oct. 17, about 3 weeks before the U.S. election. Giuliani said during his remote appearance that he did not have an attorney at this time, but when asked by the court whether he needed counsel appointed for the arraignment, he said: “No, no, I think I am capable of handling it myself.” Arizona authorities had tried unsuccessfully over several weeks to serve Giuliani notice of the indictment against him, but he was finally served as he was walking to a car after his 80th birthday celebration in Palm Beach, Florida last Friday.
Several of those charged in the Arizona case have also been arraigned on similar charges in Georgia, where prosecutors also allege that Trump allies tried to overturn the election there.
Keough, identified in the court filing as Danielle Riley Keough, filed a claim in Tennessee civil court that alleges the creditor behind the foreclosure claim used forged signatures. According to an apparent foreclosure notice, Graceland had been set to be auctioned off at the Shelby County courthouse in Memphis, Tennessee, on Thursday this week, however court documents show that a Memphis judge blocked the sale after Keough sought a temporary restraining order and filed a lawsuit.
The foreclosure allegedly occurred after Elvis’ daughter, the late Lisa Marie Presley, used Graceland as collateral to secure a $3.8 million loan from a company called Naussany Investments and Private Lending in 2018, but she failed to pay it off before she died last year. Keough was granted virtual control of Graceland Mansion and much of Elvis’ estate after her mother, Lisa Marie Presley, died. She alleges in the suit that the creditor’s paperwork on a $3.8 million loan to Graceland trustees, with a deed of trust on the compound pledged as collateral, is fraudulent. Keough claims in the lawsuit that Naussany Investments “appears to be a false entity created for the purpose” of defrauding her family. The lawsuit also says Keough’s mother “never borrowed money” from the company, or gave them a deed of trust to Graceland, and further alleges that documents claiming otherwise “are forgeries.” The suit alleges the foreclosure sale would thus be “non-judicial” and based on lien paperwork that violates Tennessee law.
In a statement, Elvis Presley Enterprises, the entity that runs Graceland and the assets of the Elvis Presley Trust, suggested the sale is a scheme: “Elvis Presley Enterprises can confirm that these claims are fraudulent. There is no foreclosure sale. Simply put, the counter lawsuit has been filed is to stop the fraud.” According to CBS affiliate in Memphis WREG, an attorney for Keough says a temporary restraining order was granted Monday. A judge will consider Keough’s court filing in a hearing on Wednesday.
Built in 1939, Graceland Mansion was purchased by Elvis in 1957, where he lived until his death in 1977. Five years later it was opened to the public as a music history theme park, where it currently attracts roughly 600,000 visitors a year, according to the venue. Graceland was named to the American National Register of Historic Places in 1991; it is also the final resting place for Elvis and his daughter, Lisa Marie.
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There’s much to celebrate in the Scotty McCreery orbit these days.
Scotty’s latest album, Rise & Fall, debuted atop the Billboard Current Country Album Chart, and that feat was preceded by “Cab in a Solo” hitting #1 on the country charts. So it’s safe to say Scotty’s been pretty grateful, even though he’s not had time to pause and celebrate his sixth #1 quite yet.
“It was not that long ago that I had zero number-ones, so I remember that,” Scotty tells ABC Audio. “I will say we’ve been so busy this season with ‘Cab [in a Solo],’ promoting the new album, the Opry stuff, coming to the ACMs, I haven’t had a chance to celebrate it yet, in my mind, like with my family and everything.”
“That’s hopefully coming soon. But no, I do not take it for granted at all,” he shares.
With five prior chart-topping singles under his belt, Scotty already knows how he’s celebrating his sixth.
“I feel like, number one, I want to celebrate with my team because it’s like, I’m not getting the number one by myself. I got so many great people behind the scenes working and helping me out. So I want to celebrate with them and celebrate their hard work to get that to happen,” says the newly inducted Grand Ole Opry member.
“And then personally, you know, my family, my friends. Every number one, we’ve had, like, a big party and celebrated and then pop the champagne like we won the World Series,” Scotty adds. “So, we haven’t had that chance yet, but I promise you we’ll get to it because it’s a cool thing to celebrate.”
Keith Urban and Lainey Wilson have teamed up for the new track “GO HOME W U”, the third song released from Urban’s forthcoming album due out this fall. “GO HOME W U” follows the release of Urban’s current single “Messed Up As Me” as well as the song “Straight Line,” released earlier this year.
Urban said that the song was originally “not meant to be a duet,” adding: “I wrote “GO HOME W U” in 2020 with BRELAND, Sam (Sumser) and Sean (Small). We had a blast writing it. It started out as a late-night drum loop, I grabbed a bass guitar and started playing a simple recurring bass line. Before we knew it, we were writing a chorus that could be sung by any drunk person in any bar anywhere in the world ..A friend of mine suggested the idea of making the song a duet and I immediately thought of Lainey. Besides the fact that I love her voice, she’s got the swagger and attitude that fit so well with the song.”
Wilson adds: “Keith has been someone in the industry I’ve taken notes from for a while now. From watching him at CMA Fest every year growing up to hearing the way he treats people up and down music row, he has taught me a lot. He’s a genuine supporter of mine and I am honored I get to continue to learn from one of the best. Getting to do a song with Keith is a notch on my belt I am very proud of.”
Jordan Davis hit No. 1 on the country airplay chart this week with his single, “Tucson Too Late,” marking the singer/songwriter’s seventh career No. 1 at country radio The song is co-written by Davis along with his songwriting team of Jacob Davis, Matt Jenkins, and Josh Jenkins, who are also behind Davis’ award-winning hit, “Buy Dirt.”
“Tucson Too Late” marks the fourth consecutive No.1 off Davis’ platinum-selling album, Bluebird Days, joining the hit songs “Buy Dirt,” “What My World Spins Around,” and “Next Thing You Know.” Davis said of the milestone: “Thank you to everyone at country radio, my team, and thank you to the songwriters. I will never take for granted the support you’ve all shown over and over again, especially across this latest album. The risks it’s allowed me to take in my writing and music, and the creative space that freedom has kept me in, is invaluable, and I cannot thank you all enough. Simply put, you all have changed my life, and I can’t wait to share more music with everyone soon.”
Davis is currently on the U.S. leg of his Damn Good Time Tour, and is also on the road in support of Luke Combs for select stadium dates this summer.
Take a look at the video for ‘Tucson Too Late’ – here.
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