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December 4, 2023 - Cole Swindell will launch his 2024 headlining Win The Night Tour on May 16 in Canada. Joining the four-time ACM Award winner will be Dylan Scott as well as Jon Langston, Lily Rose, Mackenzie Carpenter, Meghan Patrick and Restless Road who will be on various dates throughout the tour. ...
December 4, 2023 - Brett Young will head overseas in May for his third European concert tour. The shows kick off in Oslo, Norway on May 8 and end May 24 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Young will make stops in Sweden, Germany, Netherlands and seven dates in the United Kingdom, including headlining the second night of ...
December 4, 2023 - Scotty McCreery was invited to become a member of the Grand Ole Opry tonight by Opry member Garth Brooks. McCreery was surprised onstage during his spotlight artist performance at tonight's Opry Country Christmas show. "Merry Christmas," Brooks said walking onto the stage handing McCreery a wrapped gift. ...
December 1, 2023 - Canadian singer Brett Kissel unveiled the fourth and final album from "The Compass Project," titled "North Album." The disc is a collection of Kissel's greatest hits from the past decade performed live in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada. The release includes "Started With A Song," ...
December 1, 2023 - Niko Moon has left RCA Nashville and is going the independent route. Moon, who released an album and two EPs, announced that his second album, "Better Days," will be out Jan. 19, 2024. He released the song "Falling For You" in advance of the CD. Moon also will hit the road, playing ...
December 1, 2023 - Texas-based country singer Tanner Usrey has announced plans for headlining tour, The Crossing Lines Tour. Usery hits the road Jan. 5 at Colorado Springs, Col.'s Boot Barn Hill and then plays Nashville's Basement East on March 14. Highlights include stops at Athens, Ga.'s 40 Watt Club (Feb. ...
December 1, 2023 - Oklahoma native/Texas-based troubadour Corey Kent will release a nine-song project, "'23," a one-take, stripped-back recording on Dec. 28. Kent recorded the disc solo just down the road from his home in Texas. Kent also released "Southeast Oklahoma Pines," a love letter that pays homage to his ...
November 30, 2023 - The Black Opry will the road starting in January on The Black Opry Revue tour. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased at BlackOpryRevue.com. The Black Opry is an organization that seeks to create equity and opportunities for Black artists working in the country, Americana, folk and roots music industries. ...
November 29, 2023 - Ian Munsick announced today he will the Boots, Buckles & Bolos tour this coming spring, hitting 27 cities. The tour kicks off Jan. 19 in Grant, Okla. Munsick will be joined by a rotating lineup of guests including Ben Chapman, Ryan Charles, William Clark Green, Tyler Halverson, Meghan Patrick, Peytan ...
November 28, 2023 - Lukas Nelson and his longtime band, POTR, added 19 confirmed headline shows for 2024, he announced today. Among the shows are Seattle's Showbox, Portland, Ore's Crystal Ballroom, San Francisco's The Fillmore (two nights), San Diego's The Sound, Los Angeles' The Bellwether and Las Vegas' Brooklyn Bowl. ...
November 28, 2023 - Kenny Chesney is adding three soccer stadiums to the U.S. for his Sun Goes Down 2024 tour. The shows will be at Major League Soccer stadiums in Cincinnati at TQL Stadium on June 29, Salt Lake City at America First Field on July 16 and Columbus, Ohio's Historic Crew Stadium where Chesney has ...
November 28, 2023 - Brothers Osborne announce their 35-date "Might As Well Be Us Tour" with dates throughout 2024. The duo will hit Atlanta, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Las Vegas, Chicago and Boston with support from Stephen Wilson Jr., The Cadillac Three, Zach Top, Jackson Dean, Madeline Edwards and Caylee Hammack. ...
November 27, 2023 - Jason Aldean today announced that after 40-plus sold-out headlining shows in 2023, he'll be hitting the road again in 2024, extending his Highway Desperado Tour. The new tour starts May 18 at WinStar World Casino and Resort in Thackerville, Okla. The 24-city extension includes his original hometown of Macon, Ga. ...
November 27, 2023 - The eighth annual All for the Hall benefit concert for the Country Music Hall of Fame will feature Brooks & Dunn, Trisha Yearwood, Patty Loveless, HARDY, Kelsea Ballerini. The War and Treaty, Riley Green, Mickey Guyton and Stewarts Creek High School Senior Abigail Sowards also will perform at the annual event on Dec. ...
November 27, 2023 - Jimbo Hart, a founding member of Jason Isbell's backing band, The 400 Unit, announced today that he was leaving the group. "I'm no longer a member of the 400 Unit," he posted on X. "I'm grateful for all the years, all the faces I've played for in the course of the band's history and ...
November 27, 2023 - Alabama will host June Jam XVIII in Fort Payne, Ala. on June 1, 2024 the band announced today. The line-up has yet to be announced. Tickets for the festival, benefiting charitable causes throughout the state ama, go on-sale this Friday at 11 a.m. eastern time via Ticketmaster. ...
November 22, 2023 - Yep Roc Records will release "Watchhouse: Austin City Limits Live at the Moody Theater" on Jan. 12, 2024. Originally released in 2020 as a Bandcamp exclusive, the album will now be widely available on CD, digital, and limited edition LP. On Jan. 23, 2020, North Carolina-based Watchhouse ...
November 21, 2023 - Wynonna is out with a new version of "Beautiful Star of Bethlehem" on Anti-. Wynonna said the song "is one of the first Christmas songs I ever remember singing with mom. We recorded it in 1987 for the 'Christmas Time with The Judds' album, and I still sing it to this day! Getting to re-record it ...
November 21, 2023 - Tim McGraw dropped a surprise – a six-song EP, "Poet's Resumé," on Big Machine Records. McGraw also dropped a video track for the first song on the release, "Runnin' Outta Love." This follows the release of his 17th studio album, "Standing Room Only. ...
November 20, 2023 - Chase Rice now brings his album "I Hate Cowboys & All Dogs Go To Hell" to Canada with the Get Western 2024 Tour. Kicking off in Vancouver, the run will visit 11 Canadian cities including Calgary, Edmonton and Montreal and more throughout February. Rice will also preface the run with a headlining show ...


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