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Lynyrd Skynyrd co-founder Gary Rossington has undergone emergency heart surgery and is now recovering. This news was broken by Lynyrd Skynyrd frontman Johnny Van Zant during the southern rock band’s concert at the Twin Cities Summer Jam in Shakopee, Minnesota, on July 22. He explained that Rossington, who was subjected to multiple procedures in recent…

Taylor Swift has shared an alternate, “original” version of “The Lakes” marking the first anniversary of her Grammy-winning album, Folklore. “It’s been 1 year since we escaped the real world together and imagined ourselves someplace simpler. With tall trees & salt air. Where you can wear lace nightgowns that make you look like a Victorian…

Jason Aldean and Carrie Underwood have teamed up for a new duet “If I Didn’t Love You.” “If I didn’t love you, I’d be good by now / I’d better than barely gettin’ by somehow,” Aldean and Underwood sing in harmony in the chorus. “Yeah, it would be easy not to miss you / Wonder…

J Balvin and Jon Pardi have covered Metallica’s “Wherever I May Roam” for the upcoming covers compilation The Metallica Blacklist. Metallica released three versions of “Wherever I May Roam,” with two being covers by Balvin and Pardi, while the third was a previously unreleased live recording performed at Day On The Green in Oakland, California,…

Luke Combs has paid the funeral costs for three young men who died in suspected carbon monoxide poisoning on the campgrounds at Michigan’s Faster Horses Festival last week. The victims, Dawson Brown, 20; Richie Mays, 20; and Kole Sova, 19; were found dead inside a travel trailer parked at the campgrounds of the country music…

Scotty McCreery has announced that he will release his highly anticipated fifth studio album, Same Truck, on September 17. The album, produced by Frank Rogers, Derek Wells and Aaron Eshuis, features his current Top 15 single “You Time” and his recently released song “Why You Gotta Be Like That.” Immediately after its release, “Why You…

Brandi Carlile announced on Wednesday (July 21) that she will release her seventh studio album, In These Silent Days, on October 1 via Low Country Sound/Elektra Records. Along with the announcement about the new record, Carlile also shared a music video for the album’s lead single, “Right On Time.” The 10-track In These Silent Days…

Dolly Parton celebrated her husband Carl Dean’s birthday on Tuesday (July 20) by recreating the iconic Playboy cover shoot she did for the magazine in 1978. Addressing her fans on social media, Parton, wearing a black teddy, a pink bow tie and the trademark Playboy Bunny ears, said, “Today is July 20, it’s my husband…

Eddie Vedder recently announced that Pearl Jam, Beck, Brandi Carlile and several other artists, including Sleater-Kinney, will perform at the upcoming Ohana Festival’s Encore Weekend on October 1 and 2. The festival is scheduled to take place at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point, California. Pearl Jam will be headlining the shows on both dates.…

Margo Price has shared a music video for her recently released cover of The Beatles’ “Help!” a track from her live album Live From The Other Side, which arrived on July 16. Vocalists Adia Victoria, Allison Russel, Kam Franklin and Kyshona Armstrong teamed up with Price for the piano-led cover of “Help.” Live From The…