Country Music News

Legendary singer Mavis Staples is set to celebrate her 85th birthday on Thursday, April 18, with a concert featuring performances by Chris Stapleton, Black Pumas and several other top acts. Blackbird Presents will produce the star-studded celebration that will take place at YouTube Theater in Inglewood, California. Grace Potter, The War and Treaty and Keb’…

Toby Keith’s 35 Biggest Hits has re-entered the Billboard 200 albums chart at No. 1. The record rose to the spot after the country superstar’s death on February 5. It is Keith’s fifth chart-topper on the all-genre chart, and first since 2010. The greatest hit collection earned 66,000 equivalent album units in the tracking week…

County superstar Dierks Bentley has announced dates for his Gravel & Gold Tour this summer. The 30-date trek kicks off on June 7th in Fort Worth with stops in Cincinnati, St. Louis, and more before wrapping in Milwaukee on September 21st. Chase Rice and Lee Brice will provide direct support, while up-and-coming singers like Kaitlin…

Dolly Parton has urged her fans to forgive and forget Elle King’s drunken tribute to her at the Grande Ole Opry. The incident took place during a concert honoring Parton’s 78th birthday at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville last month. While playing a cover of Parton’s 2001 song “Marry Me,” the singer-songwriter and actress admitted…

Scotty McCreery recently released a new track, “Love Like This,” as a tribute to his 1-year-old son, Avery, and wife, Gabi. McCreery, Frank Rogers and Aaron Eshuis co-wrote “Love Like This,” which is an ode to first-time fatherhood. Rogers, Derek Wells and Eshuis produced the song, which captures the love new parents feel for their…

Gwen Stefani and her husband Blake Shelton recently shared their new duet, “Purple Irises,” via Warner Music Nashville/Interscope Records. The introspective and nostalgic track is about how time tests and strengthens the bond between people. “Wonder why you took a risk/On a broken heart you cannot fix,” the couple duets, referencing how they met on…

Song Suffragettes have announced they will honor country music icon Wynonna Judd at the upcoming tenth edition of their all-female singer/songwriter show to be held on Wednesday, March 27th at Belmont University’s The Fisher Center. Wynonna will also be conferred the Song Suffragettes’ 2024 Yellow Rose of Inspiration Award that is presented to a woman…

Recent Grammy winner Lainey Wilson has announced a new single “Country’s Cool Again,” due out Friday, February 16th. The new track seems to be the first single from her next studio album. Lainey had previously teased an acoustic version of the song on Instagram, and she says it’s an ode to her upbringing and how…

Shania Twain has been announced as a headliner at this year’s British Summer Time festival. The country-pop queen is the latest addition to the lineup of the summer shows held at Hyde Park in London, along with her special guests, Irish pop band The Corrs. Twain will headline on Sunday, July 7. “I’ve seen so…

Kylie Minogue and Lainey Wilson are set to perform at the 2024 People’s Choice Awards. The 2024 People’s Choice Awards hosted by Simu Liu will air live on Sunday, February 18th at 8 pm ET/5 pm PT on NBC, Peacock and E! from the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California. As previously announced, Lenny Kravitz…