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Tanya Tucker performs at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in Golden Gate Park. San Francisco^ CA/USA - 10/4/19

Cattle Country Festival announces 2025 lineup

November 22, 2024 @ 4:40 am

The Cattle Country Music Festival announced its lineup of performers with Parker McCollum set to headline the 2025 edition taking place on The Boot Ranch on April 10-12, 2025 in Gonzales, Texas. The festival posted on social...

Morgan Wallen attends the 2019 CMT Music Awards at the Bridgestone Arena on June 5^ 2019 in Nashville^ Tennessee.

Morgan Wallen’s sold-out ‘Sand in My Boots Fes...

November 22, 2024 @ 4:40 am

Morgan Wallen’s sold-out Sand In My Boot Festival is set to take place on the Hangout Festival site on the Gulf Shores, Alabama, May 16-18, 2025. The new three-day music festival and beach vacation curated by Wallen...

Lainey Wilson at the premiere for Twisters at the Regency Village Theatre. LOS ANGELES^ USA. July 11^ 2024

58th Annual CMA Awards: See the full list of winne...

November 21, 2024 @ 5:25 am

The 58th Annual CMA Awards was held live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, co-hosted by Luke Bryan, Peyton Manning and Lainey Wilson. Morgan Wallen won the coveted CMA Entertainer of the Year award for the first...

Young woman with guitar on the road and her vintage baggage

Megan Moroney shares video for ‘Am I Okay?’

November 21, 2024 @ 4:40 am

Megan Moroney shared the video for her hit single “Am I Okay?” The video, co-directed by Moroney and Alexandra Gavillet and filmed in Nashville, marks the first visual from her widely acclaimed sophomore album of the same...

Justin Moore performs onstage at the 2015 FarmBorough Festival - Day 2 at Randall's Island on June 27^ 2015 in New York City.

Justin Moore earns 13th No 1 with “This Is My Di...

November 20, 2024 @ 4:40 am

Justin Moore earned his 13th No. 1 single on the Country Mediabase chart with his latest album’s title track, “This Is My Dirt,” which also topped the Country Aircheck Charts. Moore co-wrote “This Is My Dirt” with...

Jelly Roll at the Global Citizen Festival 2024. New York^ USA - September 28^ 2024

Jelly Roll earns first-ever No. 1 Album on Billboa...

November 20, 2024 @ 4:30 am

Jelly Roll’s new album, Beautifully Broken, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, marking his first No. 1. The rap/rock/country star also dropped a 27-song deluxe version entitled Beautifully Broken (Pickin’ Up The Pieces) (Deluxe Edition)....

BEYONCE in concert. Rio de Janeiro-Brazil. 10/2011

Beyoncé to perform at halftime show for Netfix’...

November 19, 2024 @ 4:10 am

Beyoncé and the NFL announced that she will be performing the halftime show for the Houston Texans-Baltimore Ravens game taking place on Christmas Day in her hometown of Houston, and set to stream on Netflix. Beyoncé...

Ringo Starr performs on stage at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood^ Florida. HOLLYWOOD^ FLORIDA - SEPTEMBER 17^ 2022

Ringo Starr to release first country album in 50 y...

November 19, 2024 @ 3:30 am

Ringo Starr will release his next project, a country album titled ‘Look Up’, due out January 10, 2025. Look Up, produced and co-written by T Bone Burnett, features 11 original songs and is Starr’s first new LP...

George Strait at the 2014 Academy of Country Music Awards - Arrivals at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 6^ 2014 in Las Vegas^ NV

George Strait to receive ‘Willie Nelson Lifetime...

November 18, 2024 @ 4:30 am

The Country Music Association has announced that the legendary George Strait — “The King of Country” — has been named as the recipient of the 2024 CMA Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award, which will be presented to...

Kelsea Ballerini at the 2022 Academy of Country Music Awards Arrivals at Allegient Stadium on March 7^ 2022 in Las Vegas^ NV

Additional performers join lineup for 58th CMA Awa...

November 18, 2024 @ 4:30 am

Te Country Music Association revealed that Kelsea Ballerini, Eric Church, Luke Combs and more artists have joined the star-studded lineup of performers at the 58th CMA Awards, hosted by Luke Bryan, Peyton Manning and Lainey Wilson and...

Collection of four Cy Young Awards won by Sandy Koufax and Clayton Kershaw of Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers^ on display at Dodger Stadium. November 3^ 2015 - Los Angeles^ California - Collection of four Cy Young Awards won by Sandy Koufax and Clayton Kershaw of Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers^ on display at Dodger Stadium.

Braves’ Chris Sale and Tigers’ Tarik Skubal wi...

November 22, 2024 @ 4:55 am

Southpaw pitchers Chris Sale (Atlanta Braves) and Tarik Skubal (Detroit Tigers) have become first-time Cy Young Award recipients in 2024. The awards for the triple Crown winners – and former Tommy John surgery patients — mark only...

Luka Doncic. The basketball match of Eurobasket 2022 France vs Slovenia. COLOGNE^ GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 7^ 2022

Mavericks’ Luka Dončić to miss at least one we...

November 22, 2024 @ 4:50 am

The Dallas Mavericks announced on Thursday that star Luka Dončić will miss at least one week with a right wrist sprain. Doncic will miss games against the Denver Nuggets, Miami Heat, Atlanta Hawks and New York Knicks....

Cleveland to bid for WNBA expansion franchise back...

November 21, 2024 @ 4:55 am

A group led by Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert plans to submit a proposal for a WNBA expansion team. This would be the second WNBA franchise to play in Cleveland following the Rockers, who were an original...

Philadelphia Eagles DE Bryce Huff to miss time aft...

November 21, 2024 @ 4:50 am

Philadelphia Eagles edge rusher Bryce Huff will miss play time after undergoing left wrist surgery Thursday, Head coach Nick Sirianni confirmed that the surgery will sideline Huff for a period of time, saying: “he’s really done a good...

New York Jets fire general manager Joe Douglas fol...

November 20, 2024 @ 4:55 am

The New York Jets are parting ways with their general manager Joe Douglas, following the team’s disappointing 3-8 start. The move comes 2 days after the Jets 28-27 loss to the Indianapolis Colts, and shorty after firing...

Colman Domingo at the 29th Annual Critics Choice Awards at Barker Hangar. SANTA MONICA^ USA. January 14^ 2024

Colman Domingo stars in trailer for Netflix’s �...

November 22, 2024 @ 4:20 am

Netflix is teasing the new series The Madness, which stars Colman Domingo as a media pundit who finds himself in the heart of a dangerous conspiracy. Marsha Stephanie Blake, Gabrielle Graham, John Ortiz, Tasmin Topolski and Thaddeus J....

MIchael Fassbender arrives for the 'Dark Phoenix' Global Premiere on June 04^ 2019 in Hollywood^ CA

See the trailer for Showtime’s ‘The Agency’ ...

November 22, 2024 @ 4:20 am

Showtime released the trailer for its new series The Agency, premiering Nov. 29 on Paramount+ with Showtime before airing on Showtime. The Agency, based on the French series ‘Le Bureau des Legendes’, stars Michael Fassbender as a...

58th Annual CMA Awards: See the full list of winne...

November 21, 2024 @ 5:25 am

Lady Gaga performs at Brian Newman's residency "Brian Newman After Dark" at the Nomad Las Vegas. Las Vegas^ NV^ USA - November 10^ 2019

Post Malone, Lady Gaga and Green Day to headline C...

November 21, 2024 @ 4:10 am

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival have revealed the headliners for the 2025 edition of the yearly festival, with Lady Gaga, Green Day and Post Malone set to take the stage across two weekends — April...

Jamie Foxx at the premiere of the "Day Shift" at the Regal LA Live. LOS ANGELES^ USA. August 10^ 2022

Jamie Foxx returns to standup in Netflix special a...

November 21, 2024 @ 4:10 am

Netflix released the teaser for Jamie Foxx’s upcoming standup special titled ‘Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was…’ set to premiere on the streaming service Dec. 10. The special will find Jamie opening up about the medical scare...