CMT announced an additional round of artists scheduled to perform at the CMT Awards on June 5: Jimmie Allen, Jordan Davis, Mitchell Tenpenny, Morgan Wallen, Runaway June and Tenille Townes. The aforementioned names are all nominated for Breakthrough Video of the Year and will perform on the Ram Truck Side Stage. Previously announced performers include…
After 38 weeks at country radio, Morgan Wallen’s single, “Whiskey Glasses,” is wobbling up the charts. The tune, which was penned by Ben Burgess and Kevin Kadish, is currently No. 3 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart. “Lyrically, ‘Whiskey Glasses’ is a heartbreak song, but I didn’t want it to feel like that so we…
Blake Shelton’s Ole Red Nashville is once again teaming with Spotify to host more than 50 artists during CMA Fest on June 6–9. Ole Red’s “Spotify House” will include an A-list group of performers throughout the week, including Midland, Old Dominion, Lauren Alaina, Hunter Hayes, Lil Nas X, Brantley Gilbert, Maddie & Tae, Scotty McCreery,…
Luke Combs is extending his headlining Beer Never Broke My Heart Tour with 29 dates this fall and winter. New stops on the tour include Indianapolis, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Nashville and more, as well as multiple dates in Canada. Special guests throughout the tour include Morgan Wallen, The Cadillac Three and Jameson Rodgers. Ticket pre-sale…
Florida Georgia Line will embark on a 36-city Can’t Say I Ain’t Country Tour this summer. The tour takes its moniker from the duo’s upcoming fourth studio album, which is slated to drop on Feb. 15. Kicking off on June 12 in Rogers, Ark., the tour will make additional stops in Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Atlanta,…
Morgan Wallen will kick off 2019 by embarking on his headlining If I Know Me Tour, which takes its moniker from the title of his debut album. The 26-date tour starts on Jan. 5 in Milwaukee and makes additional stops in Atlanta, Nashville, Boston, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and more through March. Michael Hardy will…
Jake Owen announced the second leg of his Life’s Whatcha Make It Tour, which kicked off in May with support from Chris Janson and Jordan Davis. Jake added 13 dates to the current tour, including stops in Indianapolis, St. Louis, Atlanta and more. For the new dates, David Lee Murphy and Morgan Wallen will serve…
Summer 2018 is in full swing in Nashville as Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI) held its fifth Rooftop on the Row concert on July 17. Kalie Shorr kicked off the night’s festivities atop the BMI building by performing “Awake,” “Fight Like a Girl” and her current single, “Candy,” before Morgan Wallen took the stage. In addition…
Sneedville, Tenn., native Morgan Wallen got his first taste of the spotlight as a 3-year-old when he sang during church services for his father’s congregation. Now the 25-year-old has a much larger congregation: country radio. Morgan’s single, “Up Down,” which features Florida Georgia Line, topped both the Mediabase chart and Billboard Country Airplay chart. The…
Jim Casey talks with Morgan Wallen about: his whirlwind week, including an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live growing up in the small town of Sneedville, Tenn. dreaming big as a kid getting his start singing in church shifting his interest to baseball in high school how an arm injury led him back to music getting…
