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CMT announced on Thursday (April 29) that this year’s CMT Music Awards show will air from Nashville on June 9 at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT. According to the channel, the CMT Music Awards, billed as “Country Music’s only entirely fan-voted award show,” will run for two-and-a-half hours, providing performances and unique collaborations, in addition…

Kelly Clarkson covered Coldplay’s hit “Yellow” on Friday, April 30, for the “Kellyoke” segment on her talk show “The Kelly Clarkson Show.” The singer, accompanied by her Y’all band members, delivered a soaring cover of “Yellow” by giving the song her own spin. “Yellow” was a song from Coldplay’s debut album Parachutes. “Yellow” reached No.…

Trisha Yearwood is in all praise for her husband Garth Brooks for refusing to leave her side when she contracted COVID-19 in February. “He was really wonderful … He was really great,” Yearwood said while making a guest appearance on “The Kelly Clarkson Show” recently. Recalling her battle with the coronavirus, losing her senses of…

The video for Lauren Alaina’s “Getting Over Him,” the title track from her most recent album, sees Alaina and her collaborator Jon Pardi running away from the law after robbing a barbecue joint. The visual, directed by Alexa and Stephen Kinigopoulos, shows Alaina and Pardi escaping down a back road in a sports car, with…

Dolly Parton joined Rory Feek on a new version of his “One Angel,” a song he had released as a solo in March as part of his upcoming Gentle Man album. The new version sees Parton backing Feek with her ethereal vocals, helping to bring out the song’s complex and deeply personal emotions. “One Angel,”…

Miranda Lambert dropped a new song, “Geraldene,” featuring Jack Ingram and Jon Randall, from their upcoming The Marfa Tapes album on Wednesday (April 28). The trio also performed the track during an appearance on “The Ellen Degeneres Show.” “Geraldene, Geraldene / Why you gotta be so mean? / Don’t make me cause a scene now,…

The organizers of The Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival have revealed a star-studded lineup for the event that will take place on September 25 and 26 at The Park at Harlinsdale Farm in Franklin, Tennessee. According to the list released by the festival organizers on Wednesday (April 28), Maren Morris, Dave Matthews Band, The Black…

Rising country star Gabby Barrett earned nine nominations at this year’s Billboard Music Awards, which makes her most-nominated country musician at the event. Barrett has been nominated for Top Country Artist, Top Country Female Artist, Top Country Album, Top Country Song and five other categories, which also makes her the most-nominated woman at the awards…

Despite being a finalist in six categories, Morgan Wallen will not be included in the 2021 Billboard Music Awards show. Dick Clark Productions said Wallen’s recent conduct does not align with its core values, referring to an incident in January in which he used the N-word with friends as they were entering his Nashville home.…

Eric Church, Brad Paisley, Lucinda Williams and Travis Tritt have been confirmed to perform at an upcoming tribute concert for ZZ Top founder and guitarist Billy Gibbons. “A Tribute to Billy Gibbons” is scheduled to take place on May 16 at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry House. The concert will also feature performances from Ronnie Milsap,…