Little Big Town will spread festive cheer with a new NBC special, Little Big Town’s Christmas at the Opry.
The two-hour television event will be filmed at the historic Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. It'll feature performances from the group's Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman, Phillip Sweet and Jimi Westbrook, as well as as-yet-unannounced special guests.
A press release also teases that more exciting Little Big Town news is on the way.
In the meantime, you can catch the Group of the Year nominee presenting at the 2024 ACM Awards, which streams live Thursday, May 16, at 8 p.m. ET on Prime Video.
Tickets to Little Big Town's upcoming Take Me Home Tour with Sugarland are also available now at littlebigtown.com.
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Toby Keith will be honored with a special tribute at the ACM Awards, courtesy of Jason Aldean.
Jason will perform his rendition of the late icon's 1993 hit, "Should've Been a Cowboy."
"Honored to pay tribute to my friend, the one and only @tobykeith with a special performance of 'Should've Been A Cowboy' at the @ACMawards. Join me as we celebrate his legacy and the mark he left on country music," Jason shares on X, formerly known as Twitter.
During his multidecade career, Toby scored 14 ACM Award trophies, including two for the coveted Entertainer of the Year in 2002 and 2004.
Other country stars on the performance bill include Kane Brown, Jelly Roll, Cody Johnson, Miranda Lambert, Post Malone, Parker McCollum, Thomas Rhett, Chris Stapleton, Lainey Wilson, Reba McEntire, Kelsea Ballerini, Blake Shelton and Nate Smith.
The 59th Academy of Country Music Awards, hosted by Reba, will stream live Thursday at 8 p.m. ET on Prime Video.
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Jordan Davis has scored his seventh #1 hit with "Tucson Too Late."
"Thank you to everyone at country radio, my team, and thank you to the songwriters," shares Jordan, who co-wrote the song with Matt Jenkins, Josh Jenkins and Jacob Davis. "I will never take for granted the support you’ve all shown over and over again, especially across this latest album."
"The risks it's allowed me to take in my writing and music, and the creative space that freedom has kept me in, is invaluable, and I cannot thank you all enough," he adds. "Simply put, you all have changed my life, and I can’t wait to share more music with everyone soon."
"Tucson Too Late" is the fourth single off Jordan's latest album, Bluebird Days, and was preceded by the Luke Bryan-assisted "Buy Dirt," "Next Thing You Know" and "What My World Spins Around."
Jordan's set to take the stage as a presenter at the upcoming ACM Awards. His smash hit "Next Thing You Know" is also up for four nominations, including Single of the Year and Song of the Year.
The 59th Academy of Country Music Awards, hosted by Reba McEntire, will stream live May 16 at 8 p.m. ET on Prime Video.
Meanwhile, to see Jordan on his ongoing Damn Good Time Tour and Luke Combs' Growin' Up and Gettin' Old Tour, visit jordandavisofficial.com.
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Country music's about real-life situations and people, and that's exactly the story foundation for Matt Stell's latest single, "Breakin' in Boots."
In a recent interview with ABC Audio, Matt recounted how a chance run-in, well, sort of, with an attractive girl inspired the heartbreak number.
"I wrote it because I was sitting in a bar here in Nashville, and I was watching the game, and I went to tab out, and I looked across the bar and I saw this girl that was really, really hot," Matt recalls. "I was like, 'OK, I got to say something. I got to at least hear a 'no, thank you.' I looked and she had some boots on."
"It took a little while and I tabbed out, walked to where she was over by the TouchTunes and couldn't find her," he shares. "I never saw her again."
That missed opportunity catalyzed the writing of "Breakin' in Boots."
"The next day I went to write some songs with my buddies and my buddy Ben [Stennis] goes, 'Hey, I got this song. It's like, she'll leave your heart breaking in boots, like breaking in your boots.' He was like, 'I'm not sure what that title means.' I was like, 'Bro, I know exactly what it means,'" Matt recalls.
"It's everything I love about a country song. It's true. It's about aggressive heartbreak, which is my favorite kind of country music," he says of "Breakin' in Boots." "We've been playing it live and, man, it's been going over great, so I'm excited about it."
"Breakin' in Boots" is currently in the top 40 of the country charts. You can find it on Matt's debut album, Born Lonely, arriving June 7.
Here's the track list for Born Lonely:
"Built by Broken Hearts"
"Breakin’ in Boots"
"Born Lonely"
"Girl Gets Gone"
"Into the Sunrise"
"Smooth"
"The Hard Stuff"
"What We Do Best"
"Take the Girl"
"One Cold Beer at a Time"
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Wynonna Judd has announced the second leg of her Back to Wy Tour, which will run from September 5 to October 5. "Thank you for being the heartbeat of this tour, for allowing us a second chance to connect with you over these 2 albums, and for making every moment on stage feel like coming home...Back To Wy," Wynonna shares in a press release. The general sale begins Friday, May 17, at 10 a.m. local time at Wynonna.com.
Billy Currington has announced the forthcoming release of his greatest hits project, #1's Volume 1. Arriving July 5, the 11-track collection will include "People Are Crazy," "Good Directions," "That's How Country Boys Roll" and "Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right." You can preorder a physical copy now at UMG Nashville's merch store.
Maddie & Tae have dropped a new acoustic performance video for their song "Every Night Every Morning." You can watch it now on YouTube.
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Conner Smith has announced his headlining The Storyteller Tour.
The 18-date trek kicks off October 6 in Salt Lake City, Utah, and will wrap up in Montreal, Quebec, on December 7.
Up-and-comers Jonathan Hutcherson and Zach John King are slated to open select shows.
"THE STORYTELLER TOUR - THIS FALL. This show will be like nothing we have ever done before. My best music yet is coming this year, and this show is gonna get to the heart of it all," Conner shares on Instagram.
Presale begins Tuesday at 10 a.m. CT, ahead of the general sale on Friday at 10 a.m. CT.
For a full list of dates and ticket information, visit Conner's website.
Conner's making his way up the country charts with the Hailey Whitters-assisted "Roulette on the Heart," the latest single from his debut album, Smoky Mountains.
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Morgan Wallen is returning to Europe this fall for an expanded leg of his One Night at a Time tour.
The additional six shows will take Morgan to Stockholm, Sweden; Oslo, Norway; Copenhagen, Denmark; Amsterdam, Netherlands; Glasgow, Scotland; and Dublin, Ireland, from August 28 to September 7.
"Where I Find God" singer Larry Fleet and country newcomer Lauren Watkins will open for Morgan.
Tickets go on sale Thursday, May 16, on Ticketmaster's website.
Coming up, Morgan will perform in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on May 17 and May 18 for the ongoing U.S. trek of his One Night at a Time tour. For the full schedule, head to morganwallen.com.
On the music front, Morgan's currently #13 and #18 on the country charts with his new collab with Post Malone, "I Had Some Help," and the ERNEST-assisted "Cowgirls."
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When Reba McEntire steps onto the stage as host of the 2024 Academy of Country Music Awards on May 16, she looks forward to hearing the "roar of the crowd."
The country music superstar isn't just emceeing the awards show for the 17th time — more than any other artist — she's doing so nearly 30 years after she took home the top prize of Entertainer of the Year in 1995.
"It was a wonderful night," Reba reminisced in a new interview with Good Morning America ahead of her hosting gig at the 59th ACM Awards. "I was shocked. Thrilled."
"You work so hard to put on the best show possible, and when I won that, it just gave [me] the enthusiasm and the [positivity to say], 'They like what I'm doing, so let's continue on and do more,'" she added.
The crowd will certainly be on its feet when the Grammy winner takes to the ACM Awards stage to perform her new single, "I Can't," which she teased as "a big production."
"I just saw my outfit yesterday. It's absolutely gorgeous. I can't wait to [wear] it," she said. "So, I'm really excited about it."
Reba described "I Can't" as "a very strong woman song" that has a lot of the "swampy-type minors" she loves to sing.
"It's a little different from anything I've done in a while," she said. "So I hope everybody enjoys it."
As for what she looks for when releasing new music, Reba said it's always "something different that will grab my heart, because if I love it and it touches my heart when I sing it and I do my job right, it'll touch your heart."
The 59th ACM Awards will stream live on Prime Video Thursday, May 16, at 8 p.m. ET.
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The Academy of Country Music has unveiled its star-studded presenters list for the 2024 ACM Awards.
The lineup includes country stars, icons and rising artists, as well as television actors and hosts.
Here's the list of presenters: Little Big Town, Jordan Davis, Ashley McBryde, Alabama, Sara Evans, Randy Travis, Clay Walker, BRELAND, Carin León, the late Charley Pride's son Dion and wife Rozene Pride, The Bachelorette's Tyler Cameron, Schitt's Creek's Noah Reid, Thursday Night Football host Charissa Thompson and Super Bowl XLVIII champion and Thursday Night Football analyst Richard Sherman.
They'll be joined onstage by previously announced performers Jason Aldean, Kane Brown, Jelly Roll, Cody Johnson, Miranda Lambert, Post Malone, Parker McCollum, Thomas Rhett, Chris Stapleton, Lainey Wilson and Reba McEntire.
Viewers will also be treated to collabs from Kelsea Ballerini and Noah Kahan; Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani; and Nate Smith and Avril Lavigne.
The 59th Academy of Country Music Awards, hosted by Reba McEntire, will stream live May 16 at 8 p.m. ET on Prime Video.
Ahead of that, you can watch the Official ACM Awards Red Carpet Show beginning at 7 p.m. ET on Prime Video and the Amazon Music channel on Twitch.
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