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On Monday (November 24), Zach Bryan announced the dates and details of his largest international run of shows to date. The jaunt, dubbed With Heaven on Tour, features 34-dates in stadiums and amphitheaters across the U.S. and Europe throughout 2026, beginning in St. Louis on March 7, and concluding on October 10 in Auburn, Alabama,…

Miranda Lambert has shared the heartbreaking loss of two of her beloved miniature horses, Sugar Pie and Adrianna, who died on the same day after providing the country star 18 years of companionship. In a heartfelt Instagram tribute shared on Friday (November 21), Lambert shared photos and videos celebrating their joyful presence on her Nashville…

Keith Urban will host the 2025 CMA Touring Awards for the fourth consecutive year on January 27 in Nashville, honoring the top country music tours and touring professionals. Veteran artist manager Jim Halsey will receive the CMA Touring Lifetime Achievement Award for his six-decade career managing stars like Roy Clark, Reba McEntire, Merle Haggard, and…

Taylor Swift’s album The Life of a Showgirl tops the Billboard 200 chart for a seventh consecutive week (ending Nov. 20), earning 93,000 equivalent album units on the strength of 75,000 streaming equivalent albums, with nearly 98.5 million on-demand streams. It is the second album in 2025 to spend its first seven weeks at No.…

Taylor Swift’s “The Fate of Ophelia” leads the Billboard Hot 100 for a seventh consecutive week, becoming her third song to rule the chart for at least seven weeks, and the first track to spend its first seven weeks at No. 1 since BTS’ “Butter” in 2021. The single logged 23.4 million streams (down 11%),…

At the Grand Ole Opry’s 100th anniversary celebration on Thursday night (November 20), actress Gwyneth Paltrow surprised the Nashville crowd by joining country singer Holly Williams and her husband Chris Coleman on stage to perform two of Williams’ songs, “Drinkin’” and “Waiting on June.” Williams – the granddaughter of country music icon Hank Williams –…

HARDY has scored his fifth Top 10 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart, as “Favorite Country Song” rose five places to reach No. 7. The track garnered 20.5 million audience impressions for the week of Nov. 14–20, an increase of 17% over the previous span. The track, co-written by HARDY and Nate Smith among others, follows…

Jelly Roll finally revealed his clean-shaven look on Thursday (November 20) via an Instagram video, after the Grammy-nominated country superstar shaved his beard for the first time in over ten years. Jelly admitted that he originally kept his facial hair because of his previous weight, but now embraces the dramatic change with a self-deprecating sense…

Dolly Parton is expanding her empire into the truck stop business by partnering with Tennessean Travel Stop to rebrand their flagship location in Cornersville, Tennessee, as ‘Dolly’s Tennessean Travel Stop,’ set to open in early summer 2026. The collaboration aims to provide travelers and truck drivers with a welcoming, “home-like” rest stop infused with the…

The Mavericks will honor frontman Raul Malo with a special two-night tribute event, Dance the Night Away: A 35 Year Musical Legacy, at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on December 5 and 6. The shows will feature over 25 special guests including Patty Griffin, Jim Lauderdale, JD McPherson, Maggie Rose, Marty Stuart, Jamey Johnson, and Steve Earle,…