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Priscilla Block is keeping the party going. 

The “Just About Over You” singer will set off on the second part of her first headlining trek, the Welcome to the Block Party Tour. The viral TikTok star will play 16 cities across the U.S., beginning on October 13 in Liberty Township, Ohio and continuing on to Chicago, Nashville and Columbus, Ohio before wrapping at the Music Farm in Charleston, South Carolina on November 19.

“SURPRISE SURPRISE. This spring was absolutely wild- so it only makes sense to go back out!” Priscilla writes on Instagram, adding in a statement that “fans absolutely blew me away earlier this year.” “There were so many places that we didn't get to the first time around, so I can't wait to give the fans this second round of shows! See y'all on the road.”

The first leg of the trek took place from February through April. The tour is named after her debut album, Welcome to the Block Party. The project was released in February and featured her debut single, “Just About Over You,” which reached the top 20 on country radio. 

Tickets go on sale to the public on July 15. 

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Reba McEntire is hitting the road. 

This fall, the country legend will embark on the second leg of her arena tour, Reba: Live in Concert, with 17 dates across the country.

Kicking off on October 13 at the Cajundome in Louisiana, Reba and opening act Terri Clark will also visit Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, the Moody Center in Austin, the Paycome Center in Reba’s native Oklahoma and more. The trek wraps on November 19 in Wichita, Kansas at INTRUST Bank Arena.

“I’m so excited to be headed back out on tour this fall. We had so much fun in the spring, we just had to get back out there and do it again,” the “Fancy” singer professes in an Instagram video. 

Reba kicked off 2022 with a series of Reba: Live in Concert that featured an all-female lineup, including Tenille Townes, Caitlyn Smith, Reyna Roberts, Brandy Clark and more. 

Tickets for the new string of shows go on sale to the public on July 15 at 10 a.m. local time. See the full list of dates on Reba’s website. 

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Dylan Scott's newest single, “New Truck,” is about getting rid of an otherwise-great vehicle because it holds too many memories of a lost love. In real life, though, he'd be much more likely to part ways with a truck because his mischievous young kids did something to ruin it.

“The kids are bad in a good way,” the singer laughs to ABC Audio, speaking of his two-year-old daughter Finley and four-year-old son Beckett. “They're just all over the place getting into everything. So, makes my life fun.”

It might sound counterintuitive, but the chaos is actually good for his career. “It gets my mind off music here and there, so I don't have to sit here and just think about music 24/7,” Dylan explains. “Thank God for kids and wives. It's good.”

Of course, sometimes the two worlds intersect: For example, Beckett is a bit of a budding musician, and his favorite artist to cover is his country star dad.

“I got him a drum set. He wants me to play guitar with him so he can sing,” Dylan continues. “He sings all my music. Hooked' and My Girl' and Nobody' and all that stuff. So it's cool to see that.”

As for the real-life inspiration behind “New Truck”? That just might be the first new truck the singer ever bought.

“My first brand-new truck was a Ford F-250. It was a few years ago,” he details. “Man, that was an awesome truck. I'm a Ford guy. I don't have it anymore, though. I wish I did.”

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Travis Denning has a new EP on the way called Might As Well Be Me. The six-song collection is due out August 5, but you can listen to one new track, “Buy a Girl a Drink,” right now.

Zac Brown Band have announced the next duet to come off the deluxe version of their The Comeback album. The track is a version of “Wild Palomino” that features Cody Johnson. It'll be out next Friday, July 15.

Jelly Roll joined Craig Morgan on the Grand Ole Opry stage on Thursday night, and the pair gave an emotional performance of Craig's “Almost Home.” It was a full-circle moment for the rising star, who cites Craig as one of his musical heroes.

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Jason Aldean keeps the moody, broody themes going with his next single, “That's What Tequila Does.”

The song, which comes off the Macon half of his Macon, Georgia double album, is an angsty, heartache anthem that keeps searching for one more night with the one he loves — with a little help from a shot of tequila.

Jason's new single follows another heartache banger, “Trouble With a Heartbreak,” which recently became his 27th career number-one hit. Prior to releasing “Tequila,” both of the singles off Macon, Georgia — including “If I Didn't Love You,” his duet with Carrie Underwood — hit the top of the country charts.

The singer says that he decided to make “Tequila” a single after seeing fans’ reactions to the song.

“We had a chance to play this song at CMA Fest a couple weeks ago, and the crowd's reaction helped solidify this as the next single,” he explains. “I'm looking forward to kicking things off on the road next week, and I feel like this song is going to have a big moment during our set.”

Jason's Rock N' Roll Cowboy Tour launches July 15 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It'll keep the star busy through late October.

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Carrie Underwood's Denim & Rhinestones album has been out for under a month, but it's already getting a makeover: She's releasing the record on special purple vinyl.

Along with the new vinyl, signed CD and vinyl box sets of Denim & Rhinestones are also available. Those include a number of extra perks like an exclusive t-shirt, rhinestone pack, denim tote and more. Only a limited amount of special package sets are available.

This August, Carrie will complete the throwback feel of the Denim & Rhinestone album cycle, releasing a cassette version of the project.

The new merch comes on the heels of Carrie's promo week in the U.K., where she also joined legendary rock outfit Guns N' Roses for two shows at their Tottenham Hotspur Stadium performances.

It marked something of a reunion for the unlikely pair: Carrie, a longtime rock fan, brought GN’R's Axl Rose on stage during her Stagecoach set back in April.

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Jimmie Allen's Tulip Drive is his most personal album to date, and there's no song on the track list more personal than “Settle On Back.” With lyrics that speak to his career as a busy touring artist, it stresses the importance of taking breaks from the road to spend time with the ones that know him best.

For Jimmie, there's no one that knew him better than his late father, James “Big Jim” Allen.

“Settle on Back' is a song I actually wrote about my bipolar disorder,” Jimmie reveals in a conversation with Today's Country Radio With Kelleigh Bannen on Apple Music. “When my dad was alive, he was the person that could always pull me back.”

When Jimmie was in a bad mental place, his dad would take him hunting or fishing, he continues. “A lot of people with mental issues has one person in their life that they have the strong connection with,” Jimmie goes on to say.

“…So when that person's gone, I'm kind of stuck,” he adds. Jimmie's dad died in fall 2019 at the age of 65. “So for me now, that song, I wrote it about what I do now when I feel frustrated or the entertainment business is too much,” said Jimmie.

Tulip Drive came out late last month.

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Keith Urban is back with new music this week. On Friday, he dropped his newest song, “Brown Eyes Baby,” a mid-tempo burner that follows a girl who's still hurting from a breakup, but just might be able to patch up her heartbreak with a little help from someone new.

“I can put the sun right back in your sunshine / Bring a little love into your late night / Ain't gotta be nothin' but one more drink and maybe / I can take the blue out of your brown eyes, baby,” Keith sings in the song's chorus.

The song's subject matter has some common DNA with one of Keith's previous hits, “Blue Ain't Your Color,” but its melody features a smooth, sway-a-long groove that's a perfect fit for a live show. Keith's already been trying it out at some of the stops on his The Speed of Now Tour, and now that it's officially out, the singer says he can't wait to keep performing it live.

“We'll be bringing this one to life every single night with all of YOU out on tour!” the singer said on social media when he announced his song's release.

“Brown Eyes Baby” is Keith's new single. It doesn't appear on the track list of his latest album, The Speed of Now Part I, meaning that a new batch of music just might be on the way.

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Luke Combs and his wife Nicole are proud new parents to a baby boy, Tex Lawrence, who joined the family on Father's Day, June 19. Like any other parents to a newborn, they're figuring it out as they go, with help from lots of advice from their friends, family and fellow country artists. But there's one piece of advice Luke's received that he says he's taking with a grain of salt.

“The number-one thing I've heard is — gosh, what do they call it, a night nurse? That's a thing I've heard about,” he recalls. “That's a thing that I've heard about, which I was just completely unaware of that existing.”

According to WhatToExpect.com, a night nurse is a newborn care expert who helps with in-home care during the first few weeks of a baby's life, specifically at night, so that exhausted new parents can get some much-needed rest. But Luke says he and Nicole haven't hired one — at least, not yet.

“You know, I think we're gonna give it a run for a while and just kind of do it on our own,” Luke explains.

“This child didn't have a choice to be born. You know, it was our choice to bring him into the world,” the singer reasons. “So I think it would be super selfish of me to go, Oh, now I don't have time to do this thing.' And I think trying to do that on our own is something that we're looking forward to.”

Still, Luke admits that the tough realities of caring for a newborn might change his mind. “Maybe a month of no sleep will change my outlook on that. Who knows,” he admits.

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Kelsea Ballerini returns today with the whimsical, pastel-themed music video for her single, “Heartfirst.”

The clip kicks off with a meet-cute, as Kelsea bumps into a handsome stranger while carrying bags of groceries. The two lock eyes, and the song's first bars kick off as shots show Kelsea careening through the clouds on a roller coaster and singing along to the bubble melody of “Heartfirst.”

The surreal, fun-loving theme continues through the second verse, as Kelsea plays the part of a craps dealer to a group of bachelorettes. In another scene, she sits strumming an acoustic guitar in the desert, a tiger sitting beside her.

At the culmination of the video, Kelsea climbs up a ladder through the clouds until she makes it to the top of a high dive, taking a breath before she plummets off the edge and free-falls through the sky.

“Heartfirst” is the first single off of a forthcoming new album from Kelsea, which has not yet been officially announced.

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