Month: January 2025

Dave Matthews and Lukas Nelson to headline Wildlands Music Festival in Big Sky, Montana

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Post date January 24, 2025
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Dave Matthews Band. Third day of Rock in Rio 2019 at the olympic park at Barra da Tijuca. Rio de Janeiro^ Rio de Janeiro^ Brazil September 29^ 2019

Dave Matthews will team up with Lukas Nelson to headline Montana’s Wildlands Music Festival, returning to Big Sky, MT on August 2nd, 2025.

Founded in 2018, Wildlands returns for its sixth year and will shift to a single-day format for 2025, with Matthews and Nelson set to deliver “a once in a lifetime show” at Big Sky Events Arena. The show will mark Matthews’ first show in Montana in over 30 years, according to the announcement. Nelson posted on social media: “Excited to join @davematthewsbnd at #WildlandsMusic this year! See you on August 2nd!”

Each year, the festival designates nonprofit beneficiaries that share the festival’s mission of protecting and preserving the environment. This year’s beneficiaries are American Rivers, a national leader in river conservation for over 50 years, and the Bozeman-based Center for Large Landscape Conservation. The festival also indicated plans to “feature a day of charity-driven community events and a fundraiser dinner for our nonprofit beneficiaries on Friday, August 1 with more details coming soon.”

For more information, head to: wildlandsmusic.com.

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Nashville Notes: Mickey Guyton on Hell's Kitchen + Band As One Nashville Concert for the Cure lineup

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Post date January 23, 2025
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Kane Brown has added shows in Lake Tahoe, Southaven, Ridgedale and Allentown to his In The Air Tour. The Allentown date, slated for Aug. 29, will now be the wrap-up show for his tour. For tickets and Kane’s full tour schedule, visit kanebrownmusic.com.

Mickey Guyton‘s set to make an appearance on Thursday’s episode of Hell’s Kitchen. You can catch it at 8 p.m. ET on Fox.

Susan G. Komen has announced its annual Band As One Nashville Concert for the Cure: Trisha Yearwood & Friends event happening March 26 at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. The star-studded bill includes Trisha, Lainey Wilson, Keith Urban, Lauren Alaina, Terri Clark, Amy Grant, Anita Cochran and Sheryl Crow. Tickets are available now at komen.org/how-to-help/band-as-one.

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What could Carly Pearce be up to with this tease?

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Post date January 23, 2025
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Get excited, Cary Pearce fans: Carly’s working on new music.

The singer recently shared two photos of her in the recording studio on social platform X and wrote, “I know something you don't know.”

One shows her in a vocal booth with headphones on, while the other captures Carly seemingly listening to new music as she sits by a mixing console.

When a follower asked, “Are we finding out in our soon or your soon?”, Carly responded, “Hmmmm depends what we're talking about. I've got soon soon and like my soon news soon.”

The “What She Didn’t Do” singer previously teased an as-yet-untitled and unreleased ballad in early January.

Carly’s latest album, hummingbird, arrived in June 2024 and features her current single, “Truck on Fire,” which is now in the top 30 of the country charts.

Carly’s about to head to the U.K. and Europe for the international dates of her hummingbird world tour, before returning for the U.S. leg in March. For tickets and a full list of dates, visit carlypearce.com.

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Old Dominion offers sneak peek of Odie's bartop

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Post date January 23, 2025
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Old Dominion‘s got your first look behind the doors of Odie’s.

The group hopped on Instagram on Thursday to share a sneak peek of the bar top of their soon-to-open hangout spot.

The Reel follows Old Dominion’s Matthew Ramsey, Geoff Sprung, Trevor Rosen and Brad Tursi sorting through band photos, postcards, Polaroids, guitar picks and other memorabilia as they decide on their display layout.

In December Old Dominion invited fans to “share a piece of your heart” with Odie’s “by sending a sticker, postcard or badge that holds special meaning to you or tells part of your story,” adding that they’ll be displayed at their upcoming venue.

Speaking with ABC Audio recently, Trevor said Oldie’s opening is “really close.”

“It’s even closer now. It’s even closer,” he said. “Maybe, I think, I’ve heard January or February.”

For all things Odie’s, visit odiesbar.com.

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Luke Bryan wraps 10th Crash My Playa: 'Was a blast'

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Post date January 23, 2025
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Luke Bryan recently wrapped his 10th Crash My Playa, and he’s grateful for the sold-out event.

“The 10th Anniversary of Crash My Playa was a blast. The fans keep showing up year after year and I can't thank them enough for the support,” Luke shares. “We could not have made 10 years of Playa possible without them.”

“I want to say a huge thank you to all of my artist friends who come and perform each year – they are what makes this event so fun and special for these fans,” he adds. “We might even just have more fun than the fans doing this. What a way to kick off 2025!”

Crash My Playa took place Jan. 15-18 in Riviera Maya, Mexico, and featured a star-studded lineup that included Luke, Jason Aldean, Lainey Wilson, Dustin Lynch, Dylan Scott, Bailey Zimmerman, Tucker Wetmore and Travis Denning.

Luke’s latest single, “Country Song Came On,” is currently in the top 40 and ascending the country charts.

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Tim McGraw says daughter Audrey's singing brings him + wife Faith Hill to tears

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Post date January 23, 2025
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Tim McGraw is proud of his youngest daughter’s musical talent.

On Tuesday, the country star shared a video of daughter Audrey McGraw, whom he shares with wife Faith Hill, on Instagram sitting on a stage performing a rendition of the Mexican folk song “Cucurrucucú Paloma.”

“Had to post this, our baby girl Audrey bringing mom and dad to tears!” he captioned the post.

His followers and celebrity friends flocked to the comment section to praise Audrey’s performance.

“Love her soprano!!! Effortless!” Kristin Chenoweth wrote. Grammy winner Richard Maxx added, “We have witnessed this live and felt the same and she’s not even ours!”

Octavia Spencer simply commented with a series of heart emojis.

Audrey also replied in the comments, writing, “Thank you Dad [heart emoji] Love y’all.”

This isn’t the first time Tim has shared his admiration for his daughter’s talent.

Last January he shared an Instagram video of himself reacting to Audrey belting out Tammy Wynette‘s “Stand By Your Man” on the piano.

“Our baby girl Audrey. Gosh, she’s so talented, man. I’ve said it a 100 times,” Tim said at the time. “All of our girls are so talented. They all sing great. Audrey is just so special. She’s such an incredible writer as well.”

“I mean we get to hear this whenever she’s home, she’ll sit on the piano,” he continued. “We can hear this all through the house, and we can hear the stuff that she’s writing. And I’m telling you, her voice and the things that she writes are just so mindblowing and so deep and so special.”

In the post, the singer also called his daughter a “true artist” and said that he and his wife will sometimes “sneak around” the house to listen to their daughter play.

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Kenny Chesney adds new dates to Sphere residency

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Post date January 23, 2025
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Kenny Chesney has announced three more dates for his upcoming Live at Sphere residency.

The now-15-date run kicks off May 22 and wraps with the newly added shows on June 18, June 20 and June 21.

Sphere boasts 17,600 seats and uses 4D technologies, 167,000 individual speakers, fully immersive visual capabilities and more, offering Kenny’s fans an elevated concert experience and something they’ve not seen at previous Chesney shows.

“We have been shooting all new footage, learning new technology, thinking about the songs in a whole new way. I'm glad No Shoes Nation is as excited as we are,” says Kenny. “And because this is such a beyond the imagination experience, we're all going there together for the very first time.”

Presale for the newly announced shows begins Friday at 10 a.m. PT. To register, visit kennychesney.com.

Tickets for all shows go on sale Jan. 31 starting at 10 a.m. PT. For additional presale information, visit Ticketmaster’s website.

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Trump administration orders all federal DEI employees placed on paid leave immediately

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Post date January 23, 2025
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Theodore Roosevelt Building - U.S Office of Personnel Management (OPM). Washington^ DC^ USA - April 25^ 2019

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) said in a memo that all federal DEI employees will be placed on leave as of Wednesday evening. The official move comes after President Trump signed executive orders upon his inauguration on Monday aiming to end diversity, equity and inclusion programs within the federal government. Mr. Trump said in his inauguration speech: “We will forge a society that is colorblind and merit-based.”

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed the move in a post on X, citing a report from CBS News that read: “All federal employees in DEI roles have to be placed on paid leave by 5pm Wednesday as those offices and programs are being ordered shut down, according to@USOPM. Levitt shared the report along with the caption: “To every reporter asking about this: I can gladly confirm!”

The memo from OPM directs the heads of all U.S. agencies to place all federal employees in diversity, equity and inclusion roles on leave by 5 p.m. Eastern Time Wednesday. Agencies must also “take down all outward facing media (websites, social media accounts, etc.) of DEIA offices,” cancel upcoming DEI trainings and terminate contracts with DEI-related contractors by the same time Wednesday. The agencies must also submit “a written plan for executing a reduction-in-force action regarding the employees who work in a DEIA office,” by 5 p.m. ET on Friday, Jan. 31.

President Trump has said he will direct the Office of Management and Budget to end all related mandates, policies and programs across agencies, including all initiatives that aim to promote diversity, equity and inclusion within departments. Trump’s aim is to restore what the administration considers to be a merit-based hiring system, according to officials, who also stated that the orders cut funding for so-called DEI initiatives across all agencies in order to “end DEI inside the federal government.”

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11 people detained by Turkish authorities involved in ski resort hotel fire that killed 79

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Post date January 23, 2025
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Kartalkaya ski resort^ Kartalkaya - Bolu - Turkey

Authorities in Turkey have detained 11 people they said are involved in the fire that killed 79 people and injured dozens at a ski resort in the Bolu mountains. The fire occurred at the Grand Kartal Hotel in the Kartalkaya ski resort, a 12-storey hotel which had 238 registered guests. The blaze started on the restaurant floor around 3:30 a.m. Several funerals were held on Wednesday for the victims of Tuesday’s blaze, after the fire forced panicked hotel guests to jump from windows in the middle of the night.

The Interior Minister of Turkey initially said on Tuesday that 76 people had been killed in the fire; however, the Bolu prosecutor’s office updated the death toll to 79 on Wednesday evening following forensic DNA tests. According to local media reports, at least 20 of the fire victims were children.

Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc said on social media Wednesday that as part of the investigation into the fire, a deputy mayor of the northwestern Bolu province, the head of the municipality’s fire department, the owner and the manager of the hotel were among those detained.

Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said at one funeral for eight victims in Bolu in western Turkey: “Our hearts and souls are hurting and we are currently trying to fulfill this duty. I pray for patience for the entire family and our nation.” The bodies of 45 victims were handed over to their families, while forensic DNA tests were being conducted to identify the others, the government said.

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Megan Moroney on her dream tour + lessons learned from Kenny Chesney

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Post date January 23, 2025
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Remember when Megan Moroney pranked Kenny Chesney and rode a mini John Deere tractor onstage during the final show of his Sun Goes Down Tour?

It was all fun and laughter, except Megan almost fell off that little bitty toy vehicle.

“Honestly, I don’t know if y’all saw, but it was in second gear when it should have been in first gear and I almost popped a wheelie and busted my butt,” Megans recalls in a press interview. “But that was so much fun.”

She continues, “That weekend was my favorite weekend of the tour, and that tour was my favorite tour of all time. I’ve been asked recently in interviews like, ‘OK, well what’s your dream tour?’ And I was like, ‘I think it would be to go back on the road with Kenny.’ Just learning so much from him as an artist, a performer, and then also becoming such good friends with him and he’s just a great person.”

“It’s cool to surround yourself with people like him,” the “Tennessee Orange” singer adds.

When asked about lessons she’s gleaned from touring with Kenny, Megan says “there’s probably a lot,” but underscores a standout.

“Just watching him and realizing that he plays for over 90 minutes every night, probably like 120 minutes or something, and he doesn’t even play all of his hits,” she says. “A big note that I took was, OK, you got to write a lot of good songs because it’s just incredible that he can play for that long and then doesn’t even play some of his most known hits because he doesn’t have time.”

Megan’s currently in the top 20 of the country charts with “Am I Okay?”