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Additional artists in the lineup of performers for the 2022 Billboard Music Awards have been unveiled. They include Travis Scott, Ed Sheeran, Becky G and the collaboration of Elle King and Miranda Lambert. This will be Scott’s first awards show appearance since the Astroworld Music Festival tragedy, in which 10 people were killed and dozens…

Kane Brown recently dropped a new radio single, “Like I Love Country Music,” as a tribute to 90’s country music icons. Before the release, Kane had teased that the new song would feature a sample of Brooks & Dunn’s “Brand New Man.” However, the song also gives shout outs to Alan Jackson, Willie Nelson, George…

Record Store Day 2022 on Saturday, April 23 provided a major boost to a number of albums on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart dated May 7. Childish Gambino’s Kauai EP re-entered the Top Album Sales Chart at No. 1, benefiting from its first-ever release on vinyl for Record Store Day. Kauai, which was originally released…

Seventeen years after winning “American Idol,” Carrie Underwood is returning to the United States’ top music reality show as a mentor of the top 5 contestants. Underwood, who won season 4 of American Idol in 2005, will appear live on the May 15 episode on ABC to mentor the remaining five singers of season 20.…

Willie Nelson was forced to cancel his headlining gig at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on Sunday after an undisclosed member of his touring band tested positive for Covid-19. Nelson also postponed two other concerts. The show at FirstBank Amphitheater in Franklin, Tennessee, has been moved to June 19, while his concert in…

Country star Mickey Gilley passed away on Saturday, May 7. He was 86. Gilley died in Branson, Missouri, where he helped run the Mickey Gilley Grand Shanghai Theatre. “He passed peacefully with his family and close friends by his side,” according to a statement from Mickey Gilley Associates. Born on March 9, 1936, in Natchez,…

Taylor Swift released “This Love (Taylor’s Version)” at midnight on Friday (May 6), less than a day after teasing the re-recorded version through the trailer for the upcoming Amazon Prime Video series, “The Summer I Turned Pretty.” “Thank you @jennyhan for debuting my version of ‘This Love’ in the trailer for @thesummeriturnedpretty!! I’ve always been…

Gabby Barrett has shared a touching music video for “Pick Me Up,” her latest single. Directed by Alexa Campbell, the video features Barrett and husband Cade Foehner as a couple spending their life together, beginning from their teenage years. A child can be seen running around in the video, apparently representing their 1-year-old daughter Baylah.…

Kelly Clarkson performed a cover of British pop duo Go West’s classic hit “King Of Wishful Thinking” during the “Kellyoke” segment of a recent episode of “The Kelly Clarkson Show.” Clarkson and her band Y’all were joined by a trio of horn players, while the three-time Grammy winning-singer changed the lyrics to “queen” instead of…

Kane Brown has announced that he will launch a massive world tour on September 17 in Melbourne, Australia. Restless Road, Jessie James Decker, Blanco Brown and Chris Lane will join Brown as special guests on select dates for the “Drunk or Dreaming Tour.” Brown will cover 23 cities spread across Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the…