by CMT.com Staff 2m ago With a groove that would make the original Outlaws of country music proud, legendary Texas songwriter Ray Wylie Hubbard returns with “Outlaw Blood,” an ode to renegade women featuring Ashley McBryde. A role model in roots music due to his long career and singular songwriting, Hubbard has been performing his...
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Keith Urban Plays First Live Show in More Than Two Months
by Alison Bonaguro 26m ago For the first time in two months, there was a live country concert last night. Not a live stream you watch on your laptop at home on your couch during a quarantine. But an actual living, breathing, playing kind of thing. Keith Urban was moved to plan the Nashville show...
“With Great Respect and Love,” Runaway June Member Departs
by Craig Shelburne 52m ago Hannah Mulholland (pictured above, left) has announced on social media that she’s exited Runaway June. The band is known for their Top 10 hit, “Buy My Own Drinks,” as well as their opening slot on Carrie Underwood’s Cry Pretty 360 Tour. “It’s with great respect and love that I must...
Maren Morris Shifts RSVP: The Tour Until Spring 2021
by Craig Shelburne 22m ago Hold on to those RSVPs because Maren Morris is postponing her headlining tour until next spring. She made the announcement via social media. She stated, “In tears writing this but given these unprecedented circumstances, I’ve decided to postpone RSVP: The Tour to 2021.” The tour will now begin on April...
Kenny Chesney Delays Touring Until Next Year
by Craig Shelburne 44m ago Kenny Chesney and his fans will have to wait another year for the full Chillaxification effect, as he postpones the 2020 Chillaxification Tour until 2021. The tour was intended to coincide with his brand new album, Here and Now, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 this month....
Kristian Bush on the New Pull of Southern Gravity
by Alison Bonaguro 1m ago It’s possible that the inklings for the brand new songs on Kristian Bush’s latest re-issue started forming at some point in the early 70s. Because that’s right around the time when his ear for music started working overtime. Bush has just re-issued his first solo album Southern Gravity (The Complete...
CMT, Feed the Front Line Reveal Virtual Benefit Concert
by CMT.com Staff 34m ago CMT and Feed the Front Line have enlisted country superstars and up-and-coming artists alike for a virtual benefit concert series that will stream on Wednesday, May 20. Feed the Front Line LIVE, Presented By CMT is a multi-hour, star-studded virtual benefit concert in support of Feed the Front Line’s mission...
George Strait Moves Stadium Shows to 2021
by Craig Shelburne 51m ago George Strait is delaying two stadium shows with Chris Stapleton until 2021. A press release indicates that Strait “prioritizes fans’ safety during the ongoing pandemic.” The “Strait to South Bend” show at Notre Dame Stadium in Indiana, initially set to take place on Saturday, August 15, 2020, will move to...
WATCH: Toby Keith’s Quarantine Elvis Cover from 1959
by Alison Bonaguro 32m ago Embedded from www.youtube.com. [embedded content] There is an old Elvis Presley song called “(Now and Then There’s) A Fool Such as I.” Because Elvis was Elvis, he gave it a rock & roll spin. And yet, while Toby Keith is quarantining down in Mexico, he made it a little more...
The Shires Want You to Hear “About Last Night”
by CMT.com Staff 1m ago When you hear the vocal blend on “About Last Night,” it’s easy to understand why the Shires have set a new benchmark for British country music. The term “shire” brings to mind a rural era of England, thus giving the duo a way of staying connected to home while cultivating...