All she wanted was to die at home. Chris Young and Justin Nunley made sure she did. Mariah was 33 years old, from Albertville, Alabama, and had been battling stage 4 colon cancer since 2023. She had been receiving experimental treatments in California, but the treatments didn’t work, and she was recently placed on hospice … Read more
Ricky Skaggs has been quiet for a long time. Not retired, not gone, just waiting. And the song he was waiting to release has been sitting in a vault for 15 years. “Say a Prayer” arrived on all digital platforms Thursday, June 26, via Skaggs Family Records, marking the 15-time Grammy winner’s first new release … Read more
The New York Times confirmed that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have booked Madison Square Garden for July 3. City officials revealed a permit for street closures around MSG from July 2 through July 4, including a canopy designed to shield arrivals from cameras. TMZ reported a “massive stage” is being commissioned, and Travis confirmed … Read more
Two women in all black riding quads down a stadium hallway at full speed while 50,000 people screamed. That’s how Gretchen Wilson and Ella Langley opened the CMA Fest broadcast on ABC Wednesday night, and that energy is exactly what their studio version sounds like. Wilson and Langley officially released their re-recorded “Here For The … Read more
The Grand Ole Opry turned 100 this year. And in the middle of its centennial celebration, the people who own it are looking for a buyer. Ryman Hospitality Properties confirmed Wednesday that it is exploring the sale of its 70% controlling stake in Opry Entertainment Group, the company that owns some of the most important … Read more
The hole in Indiana Feek’s heart is closed. Rory Feek shared on his Substack blog Thursday evening that 12-year-old Indiana’s open heart surgery was successful. “Dr. Frasier was sitting across a table from us telling us how well it went and how wonderful Indiana did,” Feek wrote. “The hole in her heart is closed, the … Read more
Lionel Richie tried to push through. His body told him no. About 55 minutes into his opening night set at Grand Casino Arena in St. Paul, Minnesota, the 77-year-old told the crowd of 10,000 that he was feeling dizzy and couldn’t stay on his feet. Fan-filmed footage shows Richie sitting down on a step mid-performance … Read more
It’s been six weeks since Hannah Harper won American Idol, and the 26-year-old mom from Willow Springs, Missouri, is moving like someone who knows exactly how rare this window is. Harper has signed with WME Group, one of the largest and most powerful talent agencies in the world. The deal comes on top of her … Read more
Bailey Zimmerman wrote the check, and the charges went away. The Bernalillo County District Attorney’s Office confirmed to KRQE News in Albuquerque that all charges against the country singer have been dropped and the case has been dismissed because Zimmerman paid full restitution to the hotel. His attorney told TMZ, “Bailey immediately took responsibility for … Read more
Fifty years ago, a teenage boy sat in a friend’s living room in Newnan, Georgia, and watched a cheerleader practice a dance routine to a song on the radio. On Thursday, that boy, now 67 and two days away from the last concert of his life, released his own version of that song for the … Read more
The Feek family spent Wednesday morning at the hospital getting Indiana ready for surgery. Then the plans changed. Rory Feek shared an update on social media saying that after several hours of preparation at Dell Children’s Medical Center in Austin, the surgeon was called away for an emergency case. Indiana’s open-heart surgery has been postponed … Read more
Somebody forgot to yell “fore,” and it cost Kane Brown 23 stitches and a night with Travis Kelce. Brown was hit in the head by a golf ball on Tuesday afternoon, June 23, sustaining a concussion and a nasty gash near his right ear that required 23 stitches. The injury forced him to miss the … Read more
Rory Feek is asking the country music community to pray for his little girl. Feek shared on his blog and Instagram that his 12-year-old daughter, Indiana, will undergo open heart surgery on Wednesday morning at Dell Children’s Medical Center in Austin, Texas. The surgery will repair a ventricular septal defect, a small hole in her … Read more
Seven years ago, Ella Langley was playing cover songs at bars around Auburn, Alabama, for four hours a night, trying to make strangers care. This fall, she’s heading back to Auburn to headline two sold-out nights at Neville Arena in front of thousands of people who already know every word. Langley announced today that she’s … Read more
When Bailey Zimmerman canceled his Albuquerque show on May 27, he told fans he wasn’t feeling well and needed to take care of himself. According to a New Mexico police affidavit, what actually happened that night involved a smashed guitar, a destroyed hotel room, a spit at a security guard, and $16,000 in damage. According … Read more
On night one, he brought in a Bears legend. Night two, he brought himself. And somehow, night two might have been louder. Morgan Wallen walked out solo for night two of his Still The Problem Tour at Soldier Field on Saturday, June 20, skipping the celebrity guest walkout entirely and strutting onto the stage by … Read more
Before Brad Paisley was co-hosting the CMAs in a blazer with rhinestones or shredding solos that made your uncle say, “Now that’s real music,” he was a kid from Glen Dale, West Virginia, with a Telecaster and a song about somebody else’s dad. “He Didn’t Have to Be” wasn’t flashy, and it wasn’t rowdy. It … Read more
Ella Langley had 10,000 fans on their feet at Zoo Amphitheatre in Oklahoma City on Thursday night. And instead of going straight into the next song, she stopped the show to talk about God. During a pause on her Dandelion Tour on June 18, the 27-year-old told the crowd she reads the Bible “almost every … Read more
Three words, all lowercase, and a wall of exclamation points. That’s all Keith Urban needed to break eight months of public silence with his ex-wife. On Saturday, June 20, Keith Urban posted to his Instagram Story a simple message: “happy birthday nicole mary” followed by a long string of exclamation points. It was Nicole Kidman’s … Read more
Bunnie XO finally talked. And the first thing she told the world is that the divorce didn’t stop the baby. On the June 18 episode of her D𝐮mb Blonde podcast, Bunnie addressed the split from Jelly Roll for the first time since TMZ broke the news three days earlier. “I am so relieved that the … Read more
Most people give their dad a card on Father’s Day. Morgan Wallen gave his a radio show. Tommy Wallen, Morgan’s father and a longtime Baptist pastor from Sneedville, Tennessee, is launching “Tommy’s Sunday Seven” on Morgan Wallen Radio (SiriusXM Channel 64) this Sunday, June 21. The show debuts on Father’s Day, because of course it … Read more
The woman who wrote “Man! I Feel Like a Woman!” doesn’t want to be called a feminist. And honestly, the way she explained it makes perfect sense. In an interview with The Sunday Times Magazine published Saturday, Shania Twain opened up about why she doesn’t use the label, even though she’s been called one for … Read more
Thirty years in country music, twelve USO tours, and over 65,000 service members visited overseas. If anyone has earned the right to release a song called “American Made,” it’s Trace Adkins. Adkins announced that his brand new single “American Made” drops June 26, and this one carries weight. It’s his first new single in five … Read more
Everybody had something to say about the Jelly Roll and Bunnie XO divorce. His 18-year-old daughter had two things to say, and both of them landed harder than anything the internet’s been throwing around. On June 16, one day after TMZ broke the divorce news, Bailee Ann DeFord posted on her TikTok Stories with a … Read more
Twenty-two years ago, Gretchen Wilson name-dropped Tanya Tucker in “Redneck Woman,” and Tucker showed up in the music video to prove it. Now Tucker is coming back to actually sing the song with her. That’s how you close a circle. Gretchen Wilson announced on Rolling Stone’s Nashville Now podcast that she’s re-recording her 2004 debut … Read more
If you’re going to pick one voice in country music to sing America into its 250th year, Chris Stapleton is the only right answer. America250 announced that Chris Stapleton and The Smashing Pumpkins will co-headline America’s Block Party at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on July 4, 2026, with Queen Latifah hosting. Additional performers will … Read more
The divorce documents said irreconcilable differences. Now two anonymous sources are filling in the blanks, and they’re telling very different stories. According to the Daily Mail, an insider claimed that Jelly Roll’s increasingly public Christian faith created an impossible gap between him and Bunnie XO. “There is just such a conflict in what’s going on. … Read more
The divorce news broke on Monday night. By Tuesday, movers were at the house. TMZ reported that movers were spotted at Jelly Roll and Bunnie XO‘s Nashville-area estate, with workers seen hauling items out of the property. Neighbors told TMZ it was the first time they had ever seen movers at the residence. It’s still … Read more
They met when he was broke, and she was surviving. They married before anyone thought it would last. They nearly destroyed it, rebuilt it from scratch, and made it all the way to the Grammy stage together. And then, 76 days after the best night of their lives, it was over. This is the full … Read more
Everyone wants to know why Jelly Roll and Bunnie XO are getting divorced. The court documents have an answer, but it’s not the one fans were hoping for. According to filings obtained by Taste of Country and confirmed by Fox News Digital, Jelly Roll cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split. No allegations, … Read more