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Taylor Swift has earned a record-extending 95th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Artist 100 chart dated January 27. Swift continued her rule as the top musical act in the U.S. thanks to charting 10 albums on the Billboard 200 and two songs on the Billboard Hot 100. 1989 (Taylor’s Version) comes in at…

Dolly Parton will host a two-hour special featuring some of music’s biggest hitmakers performing iconic Parton songs alongside their pets on CBS. “Dolly Parton’s Pet Gala,” also featuring a runway revealing the best in doggy fashion, including from Parton’s Doggy Parton pet line, will air on February 21 from 9 to 11 pm ET/PT on…

Zach Bryan, Neil Young, Dave Mathews Band and Tyler Childers are set to headline the 2024 Bourbon & Beyond Festival. The four-day festival is scheduled to take place on September 19-22 at the Highland Festival Grounds at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville. The full lineup also features Beck, Matchbox Twenty, My Morning Jacket, The…

Elle King has postponed four more upcoming shows amidst the backlash she received for a recent performance at the Grand Ole Opry in honor of Dolly Parton. The singer announced the postponements via an Instagram Stories slide, providing makeup dates for all the concerts. “Your tickets will be valid for the new dates. If you…

Country superstar Thomas Rhett has been confirmed as the headliner of the Pendleton Whisky Music Fest. The Pendleton Whisky Music Fest is set to make a return to Pendleton, Oregon, on Saturday, July 13, 2024. Besides Rhett, the festival will feature also performances by Dustin Lynch, Jo Dee Messina and Thomas Mac. Meanwhile, 90s hitmakers…

Billboard has announced the star-studded lineup of artists who will be honored at the 2024 Billboard Women in Music Awards. This year’s event, hosted by actress Tracee Ellis Ross, will be held at Los Angeles’ YouTube Theater on March 6. The event will stream on March 7. The annual event features musical performances and honors…

Platinum artist Breland announced last week that the Breland & Friends benefit concert will take place at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on March 26th. The event, which is in its third year, will feature Breland’s collabs with several top stars. There will be guest appearances by Avery Anna, Caitlyn Smith, Chase Rice, Dalton Dover, Drake White,…

CMT recently celebrated country music’s newest and most talented female singers with a standing-room-only event at City Winery to reveal its highly anticipated 2024 class of the CMT Next Women of Country (NWOC) franchise. The 2024 CMT NWOC class consists of Anne Wilson, Denitia, Ella Langley, Emily Ann Roberts, HunterGirl, Karley Scott Collins, Kylie Frey,…

Grammy Award-winning rock band Greta Van Fleet and multi-platinum selling country star Kane Brown will serve as the headline performers at the inaugural Guy Fieri’s Flavortown Fest. Culinary superstar Guy Fieri announced that Guy Fieri’s Flavortown Fest, an action-packed weekend of food, flavor and fun in Fieri’s signature style and birthplace of Columbus, Ohio, will…

Megan Moroney has announced dates for her upcoming “The Lucky 2.0 Tour.” The headlining trek will see the rising country star perform seven headlining dates in 2024. The tour follows two consecutive sold-out headline runs in 2023, the Pistol Made of Roses Tour and The Lucky Tour. “The Lucky 2.0 Tour” kicks off on April…