You can check out Ashley McBryde's performance of her latest hit, "What If We Don't," from Wednesday's The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on YouTube.
The new album from CMA vocal group of the year The Red Clay Strays, titled Grateful, will arrive June 5. You can check out the music video for the opening track, "Demons in Your Choir," now.
Thursday is the 50th anniversary of Don Williams becoming a member of the Grand Ole Opry. He played his first single that night, "The Shelter of Your Eyes," plus his #1 from 1975, "You're My Best Friend."
To pay tribute to the late Country Music Hall of Famer, Keith Urban and Trisha Yearwood are set to play Opry 100 Honors Don Williams June 10 at the Opry House.
The Aussie superstar counts Don among his greatest influences, remembering his father playing his music from childhood. Keith would go on to duet with Don on "Imagine That" from 2012's And So It Goes.
Trisha and the "I Believe in You" hitmaker shared the same longtime producer, Garth Fundis. She also recorded his 1984 hit "Maggie's Dream" for 2017's Gentle Giants: The Songs of Don Williams tribute album.
The Opry show will follow the May 29 release of a collection of recently discovered never-before-released recordings titled Epilogue: The Cellar Tapes.
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How does a $30 ticket to see Riley Green, Luke Bryan or Parker McCollum sound?
Live Nation is once again giving fans a chance to enjoy live music this summer without breaking the bank.
The concert promoter is set to launch what it is calling the Summer of Live, offering $30 all-in concert tickets to over 4,000 shows.
The promotion includes tickets for country artists like Thomas Rhett, HARDY, Jason Aldean, Tim McGraw, Dierks Bentley and Hank Williams Jr.
James Taylor, The Black Crowes and Whiskey Myers, Chicago & Styx, Guns N' Roses, John Fogerty, John Mellencamp, Lynyrd Skynyrd & Foreigner and Motley Crue are also on the list.
The promotion runs from April 29 to May 5 at LiveNation.com/SummerofLive. After picking a show, there will be the option for tickets labeled "Summer of Live Promotion" to add to your cart.
There’s also an option for early access for Live Nation All Access members starting Thursday, April 23, and T-Mobile members starting Tuesday, April 28, at 10 a.m. local time.
You'll get a glimpse of the next generation of Lee Brice's family in the video for his new song.
"This one hits a little harder with our son Takoda playing the main character in the video," Lee posted on his socials, along with a preview.
In the clip, we see the teen, who was born in 2008, doing manual labor to earn cash to buy a truck.
“‘Truck Bed Mixtape’ is one of my favorite songs on this whole record," his dad says. "We had great day creating it and then recording it couldn’t have been more fun."
“Of all the songs over these years, shooting this video was extra special for me," Lee continues. "I got to co-direct this one and had my oldest son Takoda step in as the main character. I swear, he was such a natural and acted better in front of those cameras than I ever have. So excited for y’all to see him in action and to hear this song. It still gets me every time!”
"Truck Bed Mixtape" arrives May 1, ahead of Lee's Sunriser and Sunriser (All Nighter) albums on Oct. 2.
Old Crow Medicine Show's 'Union Made' (Hartland Records via Firebird Music)
Luke Combs leans into his roots in a new song he co-wrote for Old Crow Medicine Show, the band who gave us "Wagon Wheel."
"Molly Tuttle and I got together with Luke Combs to write this song," bandleader Ketch Secor says. "Both Luke and I owe a lot to the scenic town of Boone, high in the hills of westernmost North Carolina where the song is set."
"Another musician with deep roots in the area is Bluegrass legend Del McCoury," he continues. "'My Side of the Mountain' celebrates the distinct culture and sound of the Appalachian people of [Western North Carolina], some of our country’s most self-reliant folk. This song is for them."
Both Del McCoury and Ronnie McCoury are featured on the track, which is the lead single from Old Crow's Union Made album, which comes out June 5.
The band's 2004 version of "Wagon Wheel" is triple Platinum, while Darius Rucker's 2013 cover is 11-times Platinum.
Carly Pearce (Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images for ABA)
Carly Pearce is celebrating her 36th birthday on Friday by giving her fans a present.
"surprise… for my birthday this year, I wanted to give y’all a little something early," she wrote on Instagram Thursday. "'You Can Have Him' song and music video out at 11pm ct!"
"If he's looking at you that way with a look on his face that says I can whisk you away, go get him/ If you can take him, you can have him," she sings in the sassy performance video. "If you make him want to flirt in your denim mini-skirt and he's working up the nerve/ If it's looking like he loves you, you should ask him/ If you can take him, you can have him."
"You Can Have Him" is the latest preview of Carly's upcoming fifth studio album, following "If I Don't Leave I'm Gonna Stay" with Riley Green, "Church Girl" and "Dream Come True."
Thomas Rhett & Niall Horan perform on stage on day one of the C2C Country To Country 2023 Festival at The O2 Arena on March 10, 2023 in London. (Joseph Okpako/WireImage)
Thomas Rhett kicked off his 2026 concerts supporting Morgan Wallen on his Still the Problem Tour April 10 in Minneapolis.
TR has a couple more stadium dates with Morgan in May, but in July, he sets his Soundtrack to Life trek in motion with a stadium show of his own, this time at Nashville's Geodis Park.
"I can only imagine how awesome it's gonna be to play a concert here," he told reporters during a news conference at the venue. "We get to kick off our tour here, which is awesome. Hometown shows are always amazing and full of pressure because every cousin that you've ever known — or did not know — shows up and is in [the] meet and greet."
He's not a cousin, but a longtime pal — this one of One Direction fame — will join him to co-headline the night.
"My buddy Niall Horan, who I've been buddies with for a decade now — I think a lot of people thought, 'That's so interesting. Why would they tour together?'" TR said. "We've been friends for a while and been talking about touring together for a minute."
"And so to be able to kick our tour off here in Nashville, getting to co-headline this spot is gonna be just such a blast," he continues. "So I'd encourage anybody who wants to come to a show, come on out July 9. It's gonna be a blast. "
TR and Niall previously collaborated on "Old Tricks" for TR's About a Woman (Deluxe) album.
They're also set to play July 18 at Pennsylvania's Hersheypark Stadium, with Kashus Culpepper and Emily Ann Roberts opening both nights.
Ashley McBryde's set to play her latest hit, "What If We Don't," Wednesday on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. You can tune in to watch at 11:35 p.m. ET on NBC.
ERNEST's new track, "Time Is a Thief," features Lukas Nelson. It's from the singer/songwriter's third studio album, Deep Blue, which arrives May 1.
Jessie Murph has been added to the Thursday, May 28, lineup at the 14th annual Gulf Coast Jam. She'll take the stage in Panama City Beach, Florida, just before headliner Keith Urban.
Ella Langley's "Choosin' Texas" is proving to have incredible staying power, hanging on atop the Billboard Hot 100 for its seventh week.
At the same time, her follow-up radio single, "Be Her," is coming on strong, checking in at #4 on the all-genre tally, making the Alabama native the first female country artist ever to have two songs in the top five simultaneously.
Ella's finding similar success on Billboard's Country Airplay chart, with "Texas" at #3 and "Her" at #10. That makes her the first woman ever to have two solo songs in the top 10 at the same time.
Make no mistake, Ella's done it before, she just had some help from Riley Green. Starting in December, their duet "Don't Mind If I Do" spent five weeks together with "Texas" in the top 10.
Lainey Wilson's also had two songs in the top 10 twice before, but each time one was a duet. First was "Heart Like a Truck" and "wait in the truck" with HARDY, followed by "Watermelon Moonshine" and "Save Me" with Jelly Roll, all in 2023.
CMA Fest will take a trip back to the '90s, as Clay Walker, Jo Dee Messina, Rhett Akins and Sara Evans open the nightly concerts June 4-7 at Nashville's Nissan Stadium.
Rising stars Vincent Mason, Zach John King, Emily Ann Roberts, The Jack Wharff Band, Kaitlin Butts, Kat Luna, Laci Kaye Booth, Maggie Antone, Scoot Teasley and Willow Avalon will also get the chance to play the Platform Stage at the home of the Tennessee Titans.
Caylee Hammack is set to sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" on Thursday night.
Christian singer and country collaborator Brandon Lake is also confirmed to lead Cowboy Church on Sunday morning on the Riverfront Stage.
You can access complete info about the lineup and tickets at CMAFest.com.
Kenny Chesney is about to "Carry On" with his first new music in more than two years, as his new track arrives May 8.
“It felt great in the studio,” he says of the song he co-produced with longtime collaborator Buddy Cannon. “Sometimes when you’re running down a song, it all just falls into place because it just feels good."
"‘Carry On’ was fun," he continues, "because of all the different genres we drew from. Plus, I love a chorus that throws life wide open – and reminds you how to find the light no matter what’s happening.”
“Carry on karaoke, it don’t matter if you can’t carry a tune in a bucket anyways," Kenny sings. "Carry on, who cares what the naysayers say. If it’s Saturday night get carried away. Carry on, carry on, you can’t carry nothing with you and it won’t be long 'til it’s six carrying you home. 'Til then you gotta carry on."
Described as reminiscent of hits like “American Kids,” “Save It for a Rainy Day” and “Get Along,” "Carry On" is the first taste of the new studio album Kenny's busy mixing now.
Lee Brice's new album, Sunriser, won't come out June 5 as planned, he explains in a statement.
“Y’all, I’ve got some good news and some bad news," he says. "The good news is, even after finishing Sunriser, I just kept writing and now I’ve got a whole lot more songs I can’t wait to share with you. The bad news is, we’re gonna have to push the album release back so we can finish it the right way including a Sunriser (All Nighter) deluxe."
"New date for both albums is October 2nd," he continues. "I appreciate y’all being patient with me and we’re not gonna leave you hanging - more new music is coming your way this summer! Can’t wait for y’all to hear all these songs!”
Lee's next piece of new music, "Truck Bed Mixtape," will arrive May 1.
The regular edition of Sunriser features 16 tracks, while Sunriser (All Nighter) doubles that number to a mammoth 32 songs.
Shania Twain will host the upcoming Academy of Country Music Awards, as the show returns to MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 17.
“I’m thrilled to be hosting the 61st ACM Awards in Las Vegas, a place that feels like home," Shania says. “It’s such an honor to be part of this incredible night celebrating country music’s biggest stars, especially with so many talented women leading nominations this year. I can’t wait to welcome all of the fans and artists out for this unforgettable night.”
The Canadian pop/country superstar took home the coveted entertainer of the year trophy at the 35th ACMs, later picking up the ACM poet's award for her songwriting, as well.
Cody Johnson, Kacey Musgraves, Lainey Wilson, Little Big Town, Miranda Lambert and Riley Green are already set to perform on the show, which will stream live on Prime Video.
Look for more performers to be added in the days to come.
George Birge (Scott Dudelson/Getty Images for Stagecoach)
As country fans count down to the kickoff of Stagecoach Friday in Indio, California, George Birge can't help but remember his surprise main stage debut during the 2025 festival.
"One of the crazier things that I've ever gotten to do was playing 'Cowboy Songs' with Lana Del Rey at Stagecoach," he tells ABC Audio. "I got an email from her asking me if I would come play and feature in her set and [it was] just the wildest series of events."
"But that's as big and as insane of a crowd as I've ever played for and it was definitely a like, 'How did we get here?' moment," he recalls.
Though a surprise appearance by the "Ride Ride Ride" hitmaker seems unlikely this year since George is set to play shows in Ohio and Michigan Friday and Saturday, he does seem to be open on Sunday.
Cody Johnson, Lainey Wilson and Post Malone are the 2026 Stagecoach headliners. You'll be able to stream the performances live via Amazon Music.
You can check out the music video for Kip Moore's new track, "Faith in the Wind," on YouTube. It follows "Levee," the first release from his new album, Reason to Believe, which drops May 29.
Ingrid Andress drops her new track, "Tattoos," on Friday, ahead of the launch of her six-stop Low-Key Sessions tour, which kicks off May 8 in the Cincinnati area.
Ethan Calway is the first-ever recipient of the Keith Urban Rising Star Scholarship, a partnership with the Tamworth Country Music Festival to help break an up-and-coming Australian artist internationally. As part of the prize, Calway will come to Nashville to record in Keith's studio, The Sound. You can watch the superstar surprise him with the news on Instagram.
Midland's "Drinkin' Dark Whiskey" (Blue Highway Records)
You can find out what it sounds like when Midland covers Chris Stapleton on their latest track, one the ACM male artist of the year co-wrote with his SteelDrivers bandmate Mike Henderson.
“‘Drinkin’ Dark Whiskey’ is a seminal honky tonk up tempo classic that Stapleton wrote and fine artists like Gary Allan and The SteelDrivers have cut and performed,” lead singer Mark Wystrach says. “We liked the song as it provided us with an opportunity to do a bluegrass arrangement on the chorus that really soars!"
"It’s catchy as hell, up tempo and a lot of fun to play and sing," he adds.
"Drinkin' Dark Whiskey" follows "Marlboro Man," which came out in January.
Look for Midland to sing both when they play the American Championship Rodeo Weekend May 22 at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, ahead of their European tour in June.
Megan Moroney slides into Dolly Parton's 1974 cover of the Jolene album for PEOPLE's new World's Most Beautiful Issue.
Sporting a blue-striped pajama-esque outfit with white sleeves, Megan steps into the graphics for the classic album and assumes the same position as Dolly in a moment you can only see on the PEOPLE website.
The "Beautiful" hitmaker can't remember a time the global superstar wasn't part of her life.
“I must have learned the songs in the womb,” she told PEOPLE. “I don't remember an age where I learned these songs; I feel like I was born and I knew them. So I blame my mom for playing a lot of Dolly Parton in the car. I grew up in a household where it was like, ‘In this house, we respect Dolly Parton.’”
Beyond smashes like "I Will Always Love You," which appears on the Jolene album, Megan's influenced by Dolly's fashion.
“I think Dolly has inspired my style because she's always thought more is more, and I'm right there with you, girl — I love dressing up,” Megan says. “She's always been super confident, knows exactly who she is; she's kind and gracious, talented, over-the-top in some ways, but she really embraces it, so that's always been inspiring to me.”
While Megan often wears hair extensions, she admits it took multiple wigs pinned and braided together to achieve Dolly's mega-hairstyle from the mid-'70s.
Cody Johnson & Jay Buchanan's "Rabbit Gets the Gun" (Amazon)
Cody Johnson is ready to rock ahead of his headlining set Friday at Stagecoach.
His new Amazon Music Original, "Rabbit Gets the Gun," features Jay Buchanan, lead singer of Rival Sons.
“Rival Sons has always been my favorite rock band,” Cody says. “I loved the chance to write with Jay, and being in the studio with him was an out-of-this-world experience."
"He has so much soul and grit, and an unmistakable voice," Cody continues. "We are so excited about our recording and want to get it out as soon as possible. Maybe I’ll add it to my Stagecoach set list.”
If you want to check out Cody's set, you can watch via Amazon Music, the exclusive livestream destination for Stagecoach.
You can access the feed starting at 3 p.m. PT Friday through Sunday via Prime Video, Twitch or the Amazon Music app.
Morgan Wallen (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for SiriusXM)
Morgan Wallen's planning to give $1.2 million to his alma mater to revamp its baseball field, according to ABC's Knoxville affiliate, WATE.
The 2011 graduate of Gibbs High School in Corryton, Tennessee, was on the baseball team when it made it to the national championship in 2010. In 2025, the school renamed the field after the "Don't We" hitmaker.
The money would be used to transform Morgan Wallen Field into a "versatile, state-of-the-art multi-use athletic field," with plans to build a softball hitting and pitching facility on campus, as well.
Morgan's previously made donations to the band program, basketball, Gibbs Youth Sports and Jefferson City Little League.
Next up, the Knox County Commission just needs to approve the donation from the Morgan Wallen Foundation at its upcoming April meeting.
Dylan Scott secures the seventh #1 of his career, as "What He'll Never Have" tops the Mediabase country airplay chart.
This is the first one co-written by his brother, Logan Robinson, alongside Ricky Rowton and Robbie Gatlin.
“Grateful to notch another No. 1 in the belt," Dylan says. "Country radio and the country music fans have been too good to me. To the kid who grew up in Bastrop, Louisiana that dreamed of having a No. 1 plaque on his wall, we got seven now buddy!”
Dylan grabbed his first #1 with "My Girl" in July 2017, followed by "Nobody," "New Truck," "Can't Have Mine (Find You a Girl)," "Boys Back Home" with Dylan Marlowe and "This Town's Been Too Good to Us," which made it to the top in April 2025.
On Friday, he'll release his first new music of 2026 with "Slow Down Ol' Son," a song inspired by something his mom used to say to him.
Currently on his Till I Can't I Will Tour, Dylan will hit Chicago, Fort Worth and Las Vegas before he wraps May 30 in Texas.
Wrangler Day 2026 - Kaden sat down with Cisco College's Colton and Helen to talk about Wrangler Day 2026 happening Wednesday. April 22nd, from 10a-2pm at the Cisco College campus, located at 717 E. Industrial Blvd! Tune in to hear about all the fun that will be going on!
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Bilbo Golf Classic - Kaden chatted with Ken Walker and Lance Burleson about the Bilbo Golf Classic going on Friday, May 1st, and Saturday, May 2nd, at Maxwell Golf Course! This event is benefitting Camp Able! Friday will be a sponsor two-man scramble, and Saturday will be a four person scramble ABCD! Tune in to hear all about it!
