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Dierks Bentley’s Seven Peaks Music Festival has been canceled due to capacity restrictions. “Seven Peaks Music Festival is being cancelled for 2021 due to current capacity restrictions in place by local health officials,” Seven Peaks organizers said in an announcement on Friday. “We are already planning for 2022, and a new location will be announced…

Chris Young released his new single “One of Them Nights” on Friday, July 9, with the country star urging listeners to get ready for some fun summertime parties. “Hay field lookin’ like a runway / Blow them speakers on some country,” Young sings on the new track. “Yeah, you know what I’m talkin’ ’bout, y’all…

Country star Eric Church has shared the story behind his new single “Heart on Fire.” “Heart on Fire” is a track from Church’s triple album Heart & Soul, which dropped in April. “‘Heart on Fire’ was the first song we recorded when we got to North Carolina,” Church explained in an interview with his record…

Kelly Clarkson covered The Cars’ classic “Drive” during the Kellyoke segment of her talk show on Wednesday, July 7. “You can’t go on/ Thinking nothing’s wrong, oh no/ Who’s gonna drive you home/ Tonight?” Clarkson crooned on a stage lighted with blue and green light. “Drive” is a song from the American rock band’s fifth…

Zac Brown Band shared two new songs – “Out in the Middle” and “Old Love Song” – on Friday. Both songs were co-written by Zac Brown Band lead singer Zac Brown, Luke Combs, Ben Simonetti and Jonathan Singleton. Speaking about the songs, Brown said, “‘Out In The Middle’ is southern rock storytelling about being proud…

Morgan Wallen has returned to Billboard’s Country Airplay chart for the first time since his “N-word” controversy. Wallen’s “Sand in My Boots” debuted at No. 56 on the Country Airplay chart with 699,000 audience impressions, up 105%, in the week ending July 4, according to MRC Data. This is for the first time Wallen has…

CBS announced Thursday that it will present its inaugural broadcast of the CMT Music Awards live from Nashville on April 3, 2022. CMT will kick off the company’s first ever Country Music Week by hosting week-long special programming and events capped by exclusive director’s cut airings of the CMT Music Awards later on CMT and…

George Strait and Metallica are set headline the second annual ATLive festival in Atlanta later this year. Country music stars Strait, Eric Church and Caitlyn Smith will be kicking off ATLive 2021 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 5. Metallica will be headlining the second night, hitting the stage along with special guests…

Florida Georgia Line, Thomas Rhett and Maren Morris are set to headline the upcoming Come Together: Feeding Nashville Benefit concert organized by FGL’s Tyler Hubbard and his wife Hayley. The concert, which aims to create awareness and raise funds to combat hunger in and around Nashville, is scheduled to take place on August 3 at…

Kelly Clarkson covered Starship’s 1987 Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 single “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” during the Kellyoke segment of her talk show on Tuesday, July 6. “And we can build this dream together/ Standing strong forever/ Nothing’s gonna stop us now,” Clarkson sang on a purple-lighted stage. “And if this world runs out…