Pulse – Country Music News

Jimmie Allen is packing up his family and heading out of Nashville. Over the weekend, Jimmie surprised fans by tweeting, "Dear Nashville, I came to you in 2007 chasing this music dream. Thank you for the memories we made over the years. It's time to move on now but I'll be back to visit for sure. Take care."

When one fan suggested he was "pulling a taylor swift move" and leaving country music behind, Jimmie replied that he is "never leaving country music," adding, "Just moving to FL somewhere warmer with a beach haha."

Jimmie continues on the Denim & Rhinestones Tour with headliner Carrie Underwood. They bring the show to Nashville's Bridgestone Arena tomorrow (Wednesday, March 1st).

Miranda Lambert is celebrating Morgan Wallen's latest Number One hit, "Thought You Should Know," which tops the charts this week. She is a co-writer on the song, and this marks her very first chart-topper as a songwriter. She shared the news on social media yesterday (Monday, February 27th) by posting a picture of herself with co-writers Morgan and Nicolle Galyon writing, Congrats @morganwallen on your number 1 song "Thought You Should Know". Proud to be a writer on a song about your mama! This is the first number 1 song I've ever had as a writer. We did good that day y'all. Cheers friends."

So far, Morgan has yet to comment on the feat.

Miranda continues climbing the charts with her latest single, "Strange."

Jackson Dean earned his first Number One hit late last year with his debut single, "Don't Come Lookin'." He recently celebrated the feat, and he says that this achievement has given him a desire for more. "It does make me want to go and get more of it. It's a pretty crazy high. It's a very intoxicating feeling, you know, and especially to have gotten to do it so much live and play with the people that I have and be playing the stages that I am and be making music with the people that I am. It really makes me feel grateful for every minute of it."

Jackson's current single is called "Fearless (The Echo)."

He is currently on tour with Blake Shelton. They play in Jacksonville, FL on Thursday (March 2nd).

Jake Owen is mourning the loss of his English bulldog, named Merle, who died over the weekend. On Sunday (February 26th), Jake shared a video of Merle on Instagram writing, "Weird time for me these days. Lost another best friend. We shared almost 14 years together. He went more places than most people ever will, and slept thru most of it. He was with me thru the best of the best and worst moments of my life. Love ya Merle. You were my dawg."

Taste of Country reports that Jake unexpectedly lost another beloved pet, his German Shepherd named Slash, in 2021.

Blake Shelton and Tim McGraw have been tapped to headline the Coastal Country Jam festival taking place on September 16th and 17th in Long Beach, California. The event will also feature performances by Maren Morris, Dustin Lynch, Tyler Hubbard, Scotty McCreery, Flo Rida, and MacKenzie Porter, to name a few. Tickets go on sale to the public on Friday (March 3rd) at 10 a.m. PT.

Coastal Country Jam will be held at the festival's new location at Long Beach's Marina Green Park.

Additional performers will be announced at a later date.

Brad Paisley is set to release a new album later this year, titled, Son Of The Mountains. And on Friday (2-24) he dropped a new single called, "Same Here," which features a special appearance by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

About that, he said, "This song is something that I hope resonates not only with my fans and people in America, but people anywhere that feel a similar desire to be free and safe and happy. Because I really do believe that as human beings when you take away the banners that determine what country we all live in, we all want the same things."

Just last week, Brad revealed that he signed with a different record label, so this will be his debut on Universal Music Group Nashville.

Proceeds from the song will go to UNITED24, a program launched by President Zelenskyy to help rebuild Ukraine.

A woman charged in connection with the theft of Lady Gaga's dogs is now suing the singer for not paying her the promised reward for their safe return.

According to TMZ, Jennifer McBride claims that the House of Gucci star said she would pay $500,000, "no questions asked" if her French bulldogs were returned unharmed.

McBride says she brought the stolen pups, Koji and Gustav, to the LAPD Olympic Community station just two days after they were stolen from a dog walker at gunpoint. She was later charged in connection to the theft and allegedly dated the father of one of the men responsible for assaulting Gaga's dog walker, Ryan Fischer.

Harry Styles joins the growing list of pop stars who are either unwilling or unable to perform at King Charles' Coronation concert on May 7th.

Radar reports that his reps turned down the royal gig because he's too busy with the Love on Tour schedule.

Elton John, The Spice Girls, Adele and Ed Sheeran have also turned down the opportunity to perform for the King due to their various schedules.

Jon Pardi has released a music video for his single, "Your Heart Or Mine." A mixture of performance and story, it features Paula Montes, 2021's Miss World Peru. She plays Jon's love interest.

Through a press release, Jon commented, "It was a fun adventure filming this video in the city of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. The town is full of color and life and I think the video really captures that.

The song already has more than 50 million streams.

Chris Young is one of the co-writers on his new song, "Looking For You." It seems so personal, you have to wonder, who he's singing about. Here's what he told us: "I didn't write this about anybody. That being said, I've been in this situation before where I was just like, I'm just gonna be single. And then somebody walks in with like a friend of a friend and I'm just like, holy crap. Who is that? Who is she? Like that 1,000% has happened to me before. I can remember one specific instance, in my brain." :19 (OC: in my brain)

Ingrid Andress has released a new song that she co-produced called, "Treated Me Good."

It's the first of three new original songs featured on Good Person (Deluxe) which is due for release on Friday, March 3.

Over the weekend, the 4X Grammy nominee, kicked off her tour of over 20 cities that will wrap in Norway in late May. She'll also join Walker Hayes on tour in April.

Kip Moore's has released the title track to his upcoming fifth studio album, Damn Love. He co-produced the 13 new songs alongside The Cadillac Three's, Jaren Johnston.

Through a press release, Kip said, "I've always had a nomadic spirit, at the core of me that's what I am, and it's a beautiful life I lead. I don't take that for granted. But I still crave that companionship down deep in my DNA, and that's where ‘Damn Love' comes from."

Ashley McBryde lends her vocals to one of the cuts, a song called "One Heartbeat." The new album will be out on April 28.

Brantley Gilbert will release his, So Help Me God Deluxe Edition on April 21. A press release describes the project as showcasing his "vast medley of influences alongside a wide cast of collaborators."

Brantley commented, "We've always been a little outside of the box when it comes to writing and recording. It's not necessarily something we've done on purpose, but it tends to happen because we always try to serve the song as it takes shape rather than shaping the song to serve us."

Five new songs have been added to the deluxe album, 10 others were previously released.

Brantley co-wrote all 15 tracks on the project, including his current single "Heaven By Then" which features Blake Shelton and Vince Gill.

Tim McGraw has been dropping vague teases about possible new music. In one post on Instagram, he told fans that he made a playlist and said there's just a little "more to it, than just a playlist." He followed by saying "Pay attention and check it out on March 10. I think you'll be surprised."

Tyler Farr has teamed up with Jelly Roll for a new single called "Country As Sh*t." It was co-produced by Jason Aldean. On Twitter, Tyler wrote: "Real Happy with what we threw down in the studio. Hope y'all dig it too."

Tenille Townes has collaborated with rock legend, Bryan Adams for a new single called, "The Thing That Wrecks You." The two met last summer when she was in Vancouver, recording a song for a Hallmark movie and was working out of a studio that he owned. The song is included on her most recent album, Masquerades

Ashley McBryde has released her new single, "Light On In The Kitchen." As one of three co-writers she explained what the title represents to her: "It means you're thinking of them, even if they're not coming home that night." Over the weekend, Ashley kicked off her own headlining tour and she also has opening dates this year with Eric Church and Jelly Roll.

Dierks Bentley's career 10th studio album, Gravel & Gold, is available everywhere today (Friday, February 24th). The 14-track collection represents years of work, something Dierks started during Covid and recorded three different times before feeling it was "right."

It was after his second time in the studio with a different producer that he knew what he wanted to accomplish with this album. Dierks tells us: "I started realizing at that point that what this whole idea of a 10th album meant to me is like I wanted it to be a collection of everything I've done, for some reason. I just thought the 10th album should have like the bluegrass and the 90s and the traditional, and the only person that was gonna be able to do that was me, so I waited like another six months, and I also needed some more songs, I felt like, and I went back and kind of did the whole production thing on my own and ended up bringing more producers in to kind of help me complete the vision but music in the studio, you just know when it's right, and that third time around I was like . . . it just kind of all came together."

Last night (Thursday, February 23rd), Dierks celebrated the release with a livestreamed performance from Nashville's CMA Theater at the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Dierks sits inside the Top 12 at country radio with his latest single, "Gold."

Kane Brown has been announced to co-host the CMT Music Awards alongside previously announced host Kelsea Ballerini. In addition, Kane and his wife, Katelyn Brown, are scheduled to perform their chart-topping hit single "Thank God" for the first time on national television. The fan-voted CMT Music Awards will air live from Moody Center in Austin, Texas on April 2nd on CBS at 8 p.m. ET.

The CMT Music Awards will be also available to stream live and on-demand on Paramount+.

Kane Brown has talked about his desire to build an acting career and it looks like he's on his way. He has landed a guest starring role on the new CBS series called Fire Country, according to Billboard, which is scheduled to debut on April 7th.

Kane's character, Robin, is described as "an outlaw on the run who helps injured patients at a train crash."

The series premiere comes on the heels of Kane's fourth year in a row hosting the CMT Music Awards on CBS, which will air live from Austin, Texas on April 2nd.

Jordan Davis and his wife, Kristen, are expecting their third child! Jordan revealed the exciting news on social media yesterday (Thursday, February 23rd) with a video showing off his wife's belly along with the caption, "Next Thing You Know…," while his song with the same title plays.

Jordan said that the new addition is due in June.

The baby will join 17-month-old big brother Locklan and three-year-old big sister Eloise.

Jordan just released his new album, Bluebird Days, last week.

Chase Rice has partnered with Weiss Watch Company to create the Limited Edition 42mm Standard Issue Field Watch: Chase Rice Edition timepiece. The timepiece is specially designed to commemorate Chase's time playing college football as a linebacker at the University of North Carolina with a "Carolina blue" face.

Chase said, "When I first discovered Weiss watches, I was really impressed by the quality and especially the fact that they are American made. As a fan of the brand, it was an honor to partner with them on this limited-edition version and it was fun getting to be creative in a new way. I'm proud to wear this watch every day and I hope fans of my music, UNC football, or just all-around great craftsmanship love it, too."

Only 50 of the Chase Rice Edition watches are available. It retails for $2100 online at weisswatchcompany.com.

Dustin Lynch will perform "Stars Like Confetti" on NBC's Today 3rd Hour on March 6th at 9 a.m. ET. The song is included on his 2022 album Blue In The Sky.

Kelsea Ballerini admitted in yesterday's (Wednesday, February 22nd) episode of the podcast Call Her Daddy that she is not single, further confirming her romance with Outer Banks actor Chase Stokes. She also went so far as to say that she made the first move by sliding into his DMs.

Kelsea explained, "I've never seen the show, but I just knew of him, and yeah. So I followed him (on Instagram) and he followed me, and I just swan dove right on in."

People.com reports that Kelsea gave credit for bringing Chase to her attention to her manager who lives in Charleston, S.C., the same city where Outer Banks is filmed.

Reba McEntire will join the upcoming Season 23 of NBC's The Voice as "Mega Mentor," according to a release. She joins coaches Chance the Rapper, Kelly Clarkson, Niall Horan and Blake Shelton to mentor the remaining artists who have made it through the Battle Rounds as each team prepares for the Knockouts that begin on April 17th. The new season of The Voice premieres on Monday, March 6th at 8 p.m. ET.

Reba previously served as Battle Advisor to Team Blake during the show's first season. This is Blake's last season on the show.

The Reba: Live In Concert Tour kicks off on March 9th in Jacksonville, FL with special guests Terri Clark and The Isaacs.

Lainey Wilson's live performances have been earning rave reviews, and she says that thanks in no small part to Hannah Montana, the Disney Channel TV character famously played by Miley Cyrus over a decade ago. Lainey tells us: "You know what? I think I got a lot of practice with stage presence when I was impersonating Hannah Montana for five years. I did that as my high school job. I would do three or four birthday parties a weekend, and I did it for five years straight. I mean, I was playing at a nursing home one day and I was playing at a three-year-old's birthday party the next, and sometimes both in the same day, so I really had to learn how to adjust to my surroundings and learn my crowd, but I think I found my stage presence along the way. I knew what made me feel alive."

Lainey is in the midst of her Country With A Flare Tour which plays in Columbia, MO on Friday (February 24th) followed by Springfield, MO on Saturday (February 25th).

Her latest single, "Heart Like A Truck," is a Top Five hit and climbing on the Mediabase chart.

Lee Brice has broken his silence on the devastating death of his longtime co-writer and producer, Kyle Jacobs, who reportedly took his own life at his Nashville home on Friday (February 17th). Lee posted a picture of the two together in the recording studio on Instagram yesterday (Wednesday, February 22nd) writing in part, "He was, without a doubt, one of the best people anyone could ever hope to have in their corner…I am eternally grateful for having him in mine."

Lee began his post writing, "These past few days have truly been some of the hardest of my life. At times, I feel lost and buried under this deep sadness. Other times, I sit and remember all the times with Kyle that bring me comfort and make me smile."

He added, "I'll keep Kellie, his family and everyone who was touched by him close to my heart. I'll miss you til we meet again..I love you, brother."

Kellie is Kyle's wife, Kellie Pickler.

Kyle's last social media post was made the day before he died (Thursday, February 16th) and it celebrated Lee's 2020 album, Hey World, going platinum. Kyle wrote, "Platinum?! SWEEEET!!! An amazing crew of incredibly talented peeps put this one together…Deeply honored to be a creative part of it…Thank you Jesus!!!"