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The National Hockey League and Rogers have announced plans for the Rogers Festival at the Final concert series to celebrate the 2024 Stanley Cup Final between the Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers. Five-time Grammy winner Shania Twain and four-time JUNO Award-winning rock band Our Lady Peace will headline free musical performances outside Rogers Place in…

The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach features on a new Johnny Cash song, “Spotlight,” that has been unearthed for the late musician’s forthcoming posthumous album, Songwriter. Cash wrote and recorded “Spotlight” for a demo session in 1993. Cash’s son, John Carter Cash, resurrected his vocals and arrangement for the new album. “Spotlight” is the second preview…

Maren Morris has publicly come out as bisexual in a post on social media in honor of Pride Month. After a sold-out performance in Phoenix on Sunday, Morris rushed to social media to share the news. “Happy to be the B in LGBTQ+, happy pride,” she captioned a series of images from her “RSVP Redux”…

Taylor Swift’s new album, The Tortured Poets Department, has earned a seventh straight week atop the Billboard 200. The surprise double album earned 148,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the May 31-June 6 tracking week, according to Luminate. Among Swift’s albums, TTPD surpasses Folklore for spending the most weeks atop the list from…

Carrie Underwood and Missy Elliot will be among the presenters and performers at the upcoming 2024 Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Dinner. They will be joined by Trey Anastasio, Kevin Bacon and Michael Bacon, Cary Barlowe, Andra Day, El Debarge, Jason Isbell, Nile Rodgers, Keith Urban, Deniece Williams and Paul Williams at the…

Dolly Parton announced during her appearance at CMA Fest in Nashville that she will release a new autobiographical Broadway musical, “Hello, I’m Dolly.” Parton also took to social media to share the news. “Hello, I’m Dolly! I’ve been writing my life story as a Broadway musical for several years and I’m proud to announce we…

Little Big Town have announced their first-ever career-spanning Greatest Hits album will be released on August 9 via Capitol Records Nashville. The album collects more than two decades of chart-busting country smashes by the multi-platinum four-piece band, ranging from the Grammy Award-winning “Pontoon,” “Boondocks” and “Better Man” to massively influential anthems such as “Girl Crush.”…

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss recently shared a new version of “When The Levee Breaks.” The new version of “When the Levee Breaks” is the first release from Plant and Krauss since their 2021 album Raise the Roof. “When the Levee Breaks” is a country blues song written and first recorded by Memphis Minnie and…

Multi-Platinum country rocker Brantley Gilbert has announced the latest single from his upcoming album. The track is an enticing duet with Ashley Cooke, titled “Over When We’re Sober.” Fans can presave/pre-add the single at https://brantley.lnk.to/OverWhenWereSoberPR ahead of its June 21 release via The Valory Music Co. “I loved the song from the minute we wrote…

Jelly Roll has revealed he is having trouble booking an international tour due to his past felonies. In a new interview with Jon Bon Jovi for Interview magazine, the country artist confirmed that his legal record has prevented his team from being able to book international shows. During the chat, Bon Jovi asked Jelly Roll…