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Goo Goo Dolls share video for ‘Nothing Lasts Forever’, debut new song ‘Not Goodbye (Close My Eyes)’

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The Goo Goo Dolls have shared the video for “Nothing Lasts Forever,” written by vocalist/guitarist John Rzeznik and produced by Gregg Wattenberg and Grant Michaels.

The visual was directed by Kat White and filmed in Los Angeles, featuring strangers passing by each other in a subway station while Rzeznik and bassist/vocalist Robby Takac perform. See the video for ‘Nothing Lasts Forever’ – HERE.

Says Rzeznik: “It always feels good to share new music, and ‘Nothing Lasts Forever’ came from a place of accepting change and letting go. The song is a reminder that everything moves, everything shifts, and that’s part of life. We’re also grateful to put this out ahead of our Summer Anthem Tour so fans can experience it with us live.”

The Goo Goo Dolls will release their new EP, Summer Anthem, on August 22nd.  To preview the EP, Goo Goo Dolls have shared the track “Not Goodbye (Close My Eyes)” alongside an accompanying lyric video. Written by John Rzeznik and produced by Gregg Wattenberg and Grant Michaels, the song reflects on the fading nature of life and the quiet clarity that comes with letting go.  Rzeznik shares: “‘Not Goodbye (Close My Eyes)’ is a song about accepting the inevitability of mortality and how life is constantly in flux”

See the lyric video for Not Goodbye (Close My Eyes) – HERE.

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Go Country 105

Nashville notes: Charles Kelley plays with John Mayer + Cody Johnson’s RodeoHouston return

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Toby Keith: American Icon will air again on NBC Aug. 27. After its premiere in 2024, the two-hour concert became the network’s most-watched non-holiday special of the year.

Lady A‘s Charles Kelley will play Y Live at Wean Park in Youngstown, Ohio, on Sept. 26 alongside John Mayer and The Clarks. 

Tickets for Cody Johnson‘s March 22, 2026, concert-only performance at RodeoHouston go on sale Thursday at 10 a.m. ET, with the online waiting room opening half an hour earlier. 

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Ashley McBryde’s ‘keeping the highway hot again this fall’

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Ashley McBryde is adding more than half a dozen dates to her fall tour.

“What part of the year do you tour? Me: the entire part. The whole year. Every week. For as long as I can remember and for as long as my body is able,” she shared on her socials and in a newsletter to her fans. “No rest for the weary, we're keeping the highway hot again this fall. And as always I will be beaming when I see you there.”

The new dates include October stops in Kentucky, Alabama, Illinois and Wisconsin, with November dates in Virginia, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. 

Presales are underway now, before tickets go on sale to the public Friday. You can find complete info on Ashley’s website. 

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Go Country 105

As Chris Stapleton headlines Healing Appalachia, the Matthew Perry Foundation helps out

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The Matthew Perry Foundation is pitching in to help the Healing Appalachia festival.

Chris Stapleton and Tyler Childers are set to headline the Sept. 19-20 musical extravaganza that also features Molly Tuttle, Lukas Nelson, Blackberry Smoke, The Infamous Stringdusters and many more. 

Put on by the West Virginia-based nonprofit Hope in the Hills, the sixth annual festival works to further addiction recovery in the region. As part of this year’s festival, the foundation honoring the Friends star will provide housing and amenities for more than 400 volunteers camping on-site, as well as 500 more day volunteers.

Tickets for the Healing Appalachia festival are on sale now.

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Go Country 105

Old Dominion says ‘Goodbye Music City’ as they close out ‘Barbara’

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Old Dominion‘s saying “Goodnight Music City” to close out their upcoming album, Barbara, but it’s hardly a goodbye.

The band calls the sweet, lullaby-like tune “our love letter to Nashville” in a new Instagram preview.

“Goodnight Broadway, goodnight boots/ Goodnight six-string honky-tonk grooves/ Turn the stools over, give the floor a sweep/ And rock yourself to sleep,” lead singer Matthew Ramsey sings in the accompanying studio video. “Singing goodnight tip jar troubadours/ Spinning the truth with the same three chords/ Hang up your rhinestones and finish your whiskey/ And goodnight Music City.”

OD’s 13-track Barbara arrives Friday.

One song it doesn’t include, however, is the band’s cover of Tom Petty‘s “It’s Good to Be King” from their recent stop by Howard Stern‘s studio. You can check it out on YouTube now.

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Get the extra Jordan Davis track ‘Like God Intended’

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You may not realize it, but even if you’ve been streaming Jordan Davis‘ new Learn the Hard Way album, you’re probably missing a track. 

Jordan revealed the extra tune – and how to get it – on his socials. 

“I wrote a song called ‘Like God Intended’ that didn't make it on the record,” Jordan said. “I played it during my album listening party and it sounds like you all want this one to come out. To get this track, download the album from my website before Thursday at midnight ET, you can get it as a bonus track!”

Adding an extra track you can only get from the artist’s website seems to be a trend, as Jordan’s label mate Parker McCollum did the same thing when his fifth album came out in June.

If you listen closely, you’ll also hear the Learn the Hard Way cut “Ain’t Enough Road” in Jordan’s new commercial for Cracker Barrel. 

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Go Country 105

Your chance to ‘Slow Down’ and enjoy Cam’s ‘All Things Light’

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Cam‘s setting out on The Slow Down Tour to promote her new record, All Things Light. 

“Alright sweet friends, I'm traveling through the US and Europe to bring you this beautiful and raw album along with the hits to dance and cry to,” Cam announced. “And as always there will be some belly laughs in between because in my family, we heal by making a punchline out of everything.”

The “Burning House” hitmaker kicks off the run Oct. 20 in New York City with seven U.S. dates, including a stop at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium. 

Seven more European shows follow in 2026, starting Feb. 17 in Glasgow, Scotland, and wrapping Feb. 28 in Cologne, Germany.

Presales are underway now, before tickets become available to the public Friday.

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North Carolina declares State of Emergency as Hurricane Erin approaches east coast with threat of dangerous rip currents

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Hurricane Erin has prompted a state of emergency in North Carolina, as it travels towards the east coast. Erin, now a Category 2 hurricane, is expected to bring dangerous waves and rip currents to beaches along the East Coast. The hurricane’s tropical force winds are expected to reach North Carolina’s coast on Wednesday and Thursday, with most impacts felt on the Outer Banks – which is expected to get heavy rain, winds over 40 mph and a storm surge of 2 to 4 feet this week.

A Category 2 hurricane is defined as “having maximum sustained winds from 96 mph to 110 mph.” Erin is capable of causing devastating damage with maximum sustained winds of at least 111 mph, and forecasters said fluctuations in Erin’s strength were possible over the next few days. The center of the storm was expected to pass east of the Bahamas and move between Bermuda and the U.S. East Coast Wednesday and Thursday, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein declared a state of emergency on Tuesday as Hurricane Erin makes its way towards the eastern coast. Stein said on Tuesday: “To folks on the coast, now is the time to prepare. Hurricane Erin will bring threats of coastal flooding, beach erosion and dangerous surf conditions. North Carolinians along the coast should get prepared now, ensure their emergency kit is ready, and listen to local emergency guidelines and alerts in the event they need to evacuate.”

The governor’s office said that resources and personnel have been mobilized to provide assistance along the coast while the state prepares for the hurricane’s impacts. During the next 48 hours, Erin is expected to increase in size and strength, and is forecasted to cause beach erosion from 15-to-20 20-foot waves, coastal flooding and life-threatening rip currents this week. Prior to the governor’s state of emergency, local states of emergency were declared in Dare and Hyde counties, with mandatory evacuations set in place for Ocracoke and Hatteras islands. Warren County Emergency Management’s State Operated Disaster Shelter on 113 Wilcox Street in Warrenton will provide shelter to residents evacuated from the coast, and will also allow pets.

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White House expands 50% steel and aluminum tariffs to hundreds of additional product categories

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The Trump administration has significantly widened the scope of its 50% tariffs on steel and aluminum, discreetly adding more than 400 new product categories to the list. The expanded duties, which took effect Monday, mark a major escalation in the administration’s trade policy.

The tariffs, originally aimed at core steel and aluminum imports, now apply to a broad range of goods that either contain those metals or are made from them. Newly affected items include machinery, building materials, specialty chemicals, and even fire extinguishers.

Brian Baldwin, vice president of customs at Kuehne + Nagel International AG, wrote in a LinkedIn post: “Auto parts, chemicals, plastics, furniture components—essentially anything with a metallic element or connection to aluminum and steel is likely included. This isn’t just a tariff adjustment—it represents a fundamental change in how steel and aluminum-based products are regulated.”

According to the Commerce Department, the expansion covers 407 new product groups. In a statement, Jeffrey Kessler, Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security, said the move was designed to close loopholes that allowed companies to sidestep earlier tariffs. “Today’s action broadens the scope of the steel and aluminum duties and prevents circumvention—further supporting the recovery of the U.S. metals industry,” Kessler said.

The official tariff list is presented using only the detailed customs codes that classify imported goods. For instance, fire extinguishers are identified simply as “8424.10.0000,” making it difficult for the public to clearly identify the full range of products now subject to the higher duties.

Trade experts say the expansion represents a substantial increase in the economic impact of the tariffs. Jason Miller, a supply chain management professor at Michigan State University, estimated the duties now cover at least $320 billion worth of imports, based on 2024 customs data. “This is going to intensify inflationary pressures by driving up costs on top of the already rising prices domestic producers are charging, as shown in July’s Producer Price Index,” Miller noted on LinkedIn.

President Trump has leaned heavily on targeted tariffs to advance his broader trade agenda. In June, he announced that steel and aluminum tariffs would double to 50% for most foreign suppliers, a move that rattled U.S. businesses and trading partners alike. The latest expansion underscores the administration’s intent to keep tightening restrictions on products tied to the steel and aluminum industries.

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‘Darlin” is the gamble that paid off for Chase Matthew

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With time to kill at a casino, some artists might indulge in some gambling, but not Chase Matthew. 

Instead, Chase played the odds and ended up with his top-15 hit “Darlin’.”

“We ended up in the Midwest where we couldn’t really justify going home, just to have to turn back around and come back. So we ended staying there at the hotel,” he tells ABC Audio. “And so I brought the studio [equipment] in my hotel room and started writing this song.”

After finishing it back in Nashville, it was time to test it out on the road.

“It’s gone on to be the crowd favorite, like everyone at shows is just like chanting for that song,” he says. “They buy the big ‘Darlin” hats and … they’re excited about that one.”  

Chase is currently Down Under touring Australia with Keith Urban on his High & Alive World Tour. If you can’t make it there to pick up your own “Darlin'” hat, you get one on Chase’s website, of course. 

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