Pulse – Country Music News

BRELAND's new project, BRELAND & Friends: Amazon Music Live (Breakthrough Live), features six songs, including collaborations with Thomas Rhett, Sam Hunt, Dierks Bentley, Charles Kelley, Nelly and Seaforth. The collection, which is available now, was recorded live at the inaugural Amazon Music Breakthrough Spotlight Artist charity concert "BRELAND & Friends" held on April 12th at the Ryman Auditorium to benefit the Oasis Center.

BRELAND said, "BRELAND & Friends was the most special night of my year for several reasons. First, we were able to raise $140,000 for the Oasis Center in Nashville, an organization that helps teens in crisis in the greater Nashville community. Second, it was my first time headlining the Ryman, which is one of my favorite and one of the most historic venues in America. Lastly, I was able to bring out so many of my friends and collaborators in Country music, and for a great cause. To be able to package those unforgettable moments and release them on Amazon Music is incredible, and I'm hoping listeners feel the same magic I did on that stage."

The event raised $140,000 for Oasis Center, which helps young people and their families navigate the complex challenges of today with over 20 programs and services responding to the area's diverse needs.

Carly Pearce will appear on tonight's (Tuesday, December 6th) The Voice during the semi-finals results show. She will perform her current single, "What He Didn't Do."

While thrilled to be featured on The Voice, Carly admits she's pretty nervous about those famous Voice coaches who will be watching her sing. "I am so excited to be performing on The Voice. I am not performing with any of the contestants, although I totally would. And yes, this show makes me very nervous because I have to sing in front of people like Camila Cabello and John Legend and Gwen Stefani, and my tourmate, Blake Shelton. So, I might throw up."

The Voice airs tonight on NBC at 8 p.m. ET.

Eric Church alongside real estate and hospitality entrepreneur partner Ben Weprin have shared the first detailed rendering of their upcoming bar, restaurant and live music venue called Chief's. Construction of the six-story establishment is still underway on Lower Broadway in Nashville's downtown area. Chief's is scheduled to open sometime next year.

Chief's will feature a ticketed music venue plus additional live entertainment throughout the building and unique decor elements such as more than 3,000 concert posters from throughout Eric's career papering the ground floor. Chief's will also house a studio for live broadcasting, inclusive of Eric's Outsiders Radio SiriusXM channel, with the capability of hosting broadcasts by various media partners.

The venue also reflects Eric's North Carolina roots in partnership with James Beard Award Winning Pitmaster Rodney Scott. His restaurant, Rodney Scott's Whole Hog BBQ, will overlook downtown with its rooftop offering.

Eric said, "I've had a blast working with Ben on the design of Chief's. Like everything we do with our music, the same care and consideration has gone into every detail of this place. It will be unrivaled downtown. I can't wait to play here."

Ashley McBryde and John Osborne will bring music from their shared Grammy nominated album, Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville, to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon tonight (Tuesday, December 6th). They will join forces to perform "Gospel Night At The Strip Club."

John tells us that getting to produce helps his artistry in every way, especially when it involves working alongside Ashley. "To get work with people and to make art in any capacity is always a blessing and it's certainly something that I want to do. I know that too much of one thing becomes overabundant and being able to do production for me makes my performances better and us performing makes that better, and if it's the last time I ever get asked to produce a record I'll be happy with that as well because that was an amazing opportunity for me. Ashley knocked it out of the park. I was just the lucky fly on the wall."

The Tonight Show airs on NBC at 11:35 p.m. ET.

Parker McCollum recently announced his upcoming 2023 tour dates and he has already sold-out his first headlining show at the iconic 9,500-seat Red Rocks Ampitheatre in Morrison, CO on August 10th. Tickets to the remaining shows on the tour are available at livenation.com.

Parker said, "It is such an honor to sell out Red Rocks as my first headline show there the day it went on sale. It's such a bucket list venue and so many greats have performed on that stage. Really looking forward to this one and can't wait to put our mark on Red Rocks."

Parker just released his latest track, "Stoned." His current single, "Handle on You," is climbing the charts at country radio.

Dolly Parton's upcoming rock album, titled Rock Star, will include such famous cover songs as "Purple Rain," "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," "Stairway to Heaven," and "Free Bird," she revealed during a recent appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Rock Star is scheduled for release sometime next year. Dolly was recently inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame.

Trace Adkins has teamed up with Melissa Etheridge for the music video of their collaboration, "Love Walks Through The Rain," set to premiere today (Tuesday, December 6th). CMT will reveal an exclusive first look at the video across CMT, CMT Music, CMT.com, and the Paramount Times Square Billboard in New York City. The clip will then debut on YouTube at 7pm ET at https://ffm.to/lovewalksthroughtherainomv. "Love Walks Through The Rain" is included on Trace's latest album, The Way I Wanna Go.

Parmalee earned the #1 spot on Billboard's Year-End Country Airplay Chart with their single "Take My Name." Over the past year, it stayed in the Top 10 for 21 weeks.

Co-written by lead singer, Matt Thomas, the song has 259 million on-demand streams and is currently in the top 25 on Mediabase Hot AC Chart and Billboard's Adult Pop Airplay Chart.

"Take My Name" proceeds the band's current single "Girl In Mine," which is now in the Top 40.

Shay Mooney of Dan + Shay shared a montage of photos on Instagram over the weekend as a reminder of how far he's come with his weight loss. Seen in before and after shots, shirtless in the mirror, he posted that it's "weird not recognizing yourself." He revealed in October that he lost nearly 50 pounds in 5 months.

At a concert in Australia, Keith Urban shared a tribute to Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie who passed away last week. He shared with the audience that he grew up listening to the band. Then with a photo of her on the screen behind him, he sang parts of "Say You Love Me," "Everywhere," and "Songbird."

After touring 10 countries this past summer with Brad Paisley, Morgan Evans is set to hit the road with Brett Young next year. The 17-date run will begin in Columbus, Ohio in March and will wrap in Los Angeles in May. Tickets are on sale now.

Parker McCollum, is closing out 2022 with a new single called "Stoned." Through a press released he said, "This song says so much while saying so little, which is exactly how I like it to be" Parker had planned to wait and save the song until after his album came out, but said the fans "demanded" it to be released sooner.

Darius Rucker is set to headline the inaugural Showdown Lex, a festival that pairs college football and live music.

The October 2023 event will precedes the game between UK and Mizzou in Lexington, Ky. Halfway to Hazard will open and a special guest will be announced later.

Tickets are on sale now and two dollars from each one sold will be donated to the Kentucky Children's Hospital.

Luke Bryan has only a hand full of dates left to his Las Vegas residency at Resorts World Theatre. The last one for this year will be December 10. The five-time Entertainer of the Year says he loves every single aspect of playing to that audience. Luke tells us more: "Well, Vegas is just fun. I mean, everybody that's in Vegas, they're there to have a good time. They're there to make the most of their good time. When I'm out on stage, you can see people partying and you can see people just out there enjoying Vegas. And with me, that room is a little more intimate and I can sit at the piano and really connect with the fans and make the show, it can be big at times, and it can be really intimate and very like, almost like you're in my living room. I mean, I love every aspect of playing for the fans in Vegas." :31 (OC: fans in Vegas)

On Friday (12-2) Adam Doleac married his longtime girlfriend Mackinnon Morrisey in Rosa Beach, Florida.

For the big day, Doleac wore a custom blue suit that was lined with the Miller High Life (girl in the moon) logo, and Miller High Life cuff links. His pocket square was made from his mom's wedding dress. His bride wore a traditional, sleeveless wedding dress along with her mother's pearl bracelet.

Adam's brother and best man, Alex married the couple, who wrote their own vows. The couple will honeymoon in Hawaii.

Kip Moore has announced a string of headlining shows in The U.K. and Europe for next year. He'll make stops in cities such as Amsterdam and Manchester.

In a press release, Kip said, "We feel a very genuine connection with the fans there and I'm looking forward to playing some new cities for the first time too."

The tour kicks off in Hamburg on May 13 and one of the stops will include a concert at the iconic Royal Albert Hall in London. The show will be the first ever Country and Americana festival called Highways. Tickets go on sale Friday, December 9.

Morgan Wallen is taking his tour around the globe in 2023. His headlining One Night At A Time World Tour is scheduled to kick off overseas March 15-24 with shows in New Zealand and Australia with HARDY before returning stateside on April 15th at Milwaukee's American Family Field with HARDY. He'll play New Jersey's MetLife Stadium, Chicago's Wrigley Field and Boston's Fenway Park with Parker McCollum before wrapping on October 7th at Tacoma Dome in Washington. ERNEST and Bailey Zimmerman will support across all dates, U.S. and internationally. The 39-date trek includes 17 stadiums, in addition to amphitheaters and arenas. Tickets go on sale on Friday, December 9th at MorganWallen.com.

Morgan said, "Man, what a year 2022 has been with the Dangerous Tour. I had the time of my life, and I cannot begin to express how grateful I am that my fans connected with the Dangerous album the way they did. I've had so many people ask me if I wanted to take some time off; but the truth is - I have been writing and making so much music in my off-time because I feel as inspired as I ever have. It feels like new songs are pouring out of me, and I love that feeling. We are going to run it back next year with the One Night At A Time World Tour. Bigger venues. New countries. Bigger memories. See y'all there."

Morgan named his tour after one of the three new songs that dropped last night at midnight on his One Thing At A Time – Sampler: "One Thing At A Time"; "Tennessee Fan," and "Days That End In Why." These three songs serve as the first taste of what's to come on his upcoming studio album. It arrives on the heels of the release of his new single at Country radio, "Thought You Should Know," which was co-written with Miranda Lambert and Nicolle Galyon. The song is a current Top 20 hit and climbing.

Morgan's Dangerous album continues to make history as Billboard's longest running Top 10 album ever for a solo artist, besting Adele's 21 and Bruce Springsteen's Born In The USA. Fans will have to wait a little longer for Morgan's next project. He explained, "I'm not quite done making this new album, so I'm going to keep making it through the holiday break and early January to chase this inspiration. I promise I won't wait too long to reveal the album details. To hold you over, I'm dropping three new songs . . . as a sampler of what I've been working on. Can't wait to take it one night at a time in 2023."

Carrie Underwood has added 18 more dates to her REFLECTION: The Las Vegas Residency at Resorts World Theatre. She is now set to return to Vegas on June 21, 2023, with tickets going on sale to the public beginning Friday, December 9th at 10 a.m. PT. The run was originally scheduled to wrap in March.

Carrie said, "I'm thrilled to be returning to Resorts World Las Vegas next summer. REFLECTION is a show I'm so proud of and have so much fun performing. I love being out on the road with The Denim & Rhinestones Tour and look forward to returning to Vegas once that wraps, as it has become our home away from home where we get to play to audiences from all over the world."

Carrie was the first artist to grace the Resorts World Theatre stage, opening the doors of the 5,000-capacity theatre with a sold-out premiere on December 1, 2021.

Garth Brooks' Plus ONE Vegas residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace has been extended through 2024 due to the overwhelming demand for tickets to his first 27 shows. The new shows will be announced in May of 2023 around the opening of the residency. The Plus ONE residency at Caesar's Palace opens on May 18th.

Garth tells us that continuing into 2024 was a no-brainer. "You're scared to death, you know, when they tell you that they're going to put on a whole year of shows. And then the first day of on-sale they call you and tell you that the whole year is gone. That's an amazing feeling, as you can imagine. And all of a sudden it hits you – ‘They want to extend this!' Well, (laughs) the only thing better than one year at Caesars Palace in Vegas would be two years, right?!! So I'm there!!"

Fans who signed up for the Verified Fan Presale who were unable to purchase tickets for the 2023 dates will be given priority access to purchase tickets to the 2024 dates. To sign up for all Garth Brooks/Plus ONE residency announcements including information on the new dates, fans are encouraged to visit Ticketmaster.com/GarthVegas.

Miranda Lambert will continue her Velvet Rodeo residency in Las Vegas at Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino through the end of 2023. She made the announcement while performing her show in Sin City on Wednesday (November 30th) night. Sixteen new shows have been added to the schedule in July, November and December 2023.

Tickets for the new shows go on sale to the public Friday, December 9th at 10 a.m. PT.

The Velvet Rodeo residency was originally scheduled to wrap in April of next year.

Scotty McCreery will be the spotlight performer at this weekend's Opry Country Christmas at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville on Sunday (December 4th). He tells us this event combines all of his favorite things. "Opry Country Christmas to me is like just the best. I love Christmas music, I love Christmas season, I love country music and I love the Grand Ole Opry, so it's like all my favorite things wrapped into one so I'll be having a lot of fun that night. I'm not sure what we'll be singing yet. A lot of times we just kind of pick a song off the Christmas record. We did that back 10 years ago now, 2012, so (I) still sing those and it'll be a lot of fun."

Opry Country Christmas is hosted by Opry member Larry Gatlin and showcases songs of the holiday season through December 22nd featuring several artists including Chris Janson, Josh Turner and Chris Young.

At this point in his career, Luke Combs has pretty much crossed off everything on his list of goals. So what's his motivation to continue writing, recording and performing night after night? He tells us it only comes down to one thing -- his fans. "There was a little girl in the audience and she said, 'Will you sing "Even Though I'm Leaving" for my daddy in heaven?' And I remember reading that sign and being a dad now myself and just going, 'This is why I step out here.' It's not for me, it's not for the money, it's not for the awards. It's for the people that spend their hard-earned money to come and spend maybe the only Saturday night they go out for the whole year to come and see me, and I never want that to be forgotten because without everybody that's in the audience there is no show."

Luke wraps up his tour dates for the year on December 10th in Oklahoma City.

His 2023 World Tour launches on March 25th at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas and concludes in London, England at The O2 Arena on October 19th, stopping at 16 stadiums along the way.

Luke will be joined by Riley Green, Lainey Wilson, Flatland Cavalry and Brent Cobb for the North American dates, while Cody Johnson and Lane Pittman will be the special guests on the Australian and New Zealand dates.

The set list for ABC's upcoming CMA Country Christmas special has been released ahead of the show's air date of Thursday, December 8th at 9 p.m. ET. Carly Pearce hosts and performs ("Here Comes Santa Claus" and "Man With The Bag") during the show. In addition to Carly, the lineup includes Steven Curtis Chapman ("Precious Promise"), Dan + Shay ("Officially Christmas" and "Holiday Party"), Scotty McCreery ("Holly Jolly Christmas"), Maren Morris ("Merry Christmas Baby"), Old Dominion ("What Christmas Means To Me"), Molly Tuttle and Carly (Bluegrass Medley – "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas," "Let It Snow," "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen," "Winter Wonderland," and "Christmas Time's A-Comin'"), and The War And Treaty ("O Holy Night").

CMA Country Christmas is available for viewing on Hulu and Disney+ on Friday, December 9th.

Kane Brown will be part of the lineup for the 2023 Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest taking place at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, AZ February 9-11. He will take the stage on Saturday, February 11th along with rock act Imagine Dragons.

The Super Bowl Music Fest will feature three days of performances beginning with rock act Paramore on February 9th followed by Dave Matthews Band with an opening DJ set from Anderson .Paak, AKA DJ Pee .Wee on February 10th.

Tickets to the Super Bowl Music Fest go on sale on Friday (December 2nd) at 10 a.m. local time. Super Bowl LVII will be played on Sunday, February 12th.

The New England Patriots will play in back-to-back games today (Thursday, December 1st) for the first time in team history and LoCash is set to take the field during Amazon's Thursday Night Football with a live performance, accompanied by the Patriots Cheerleaders. Appearing during the New England Patriots vs. Buffalo Bills game at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, MA, the Lite Brite Halftime Show is the NFL's first ever smartphone light show.

The Thursday Night Football halftime show will air a portion of the live performance on Prime Video. Fans can also follow along online, as LoCash takes over the Gillette Stadium account's Instagram Stories.

The duo returns to the road in support of Kane Brown's Drunk or Dreaming Tour next spring.

Jelly Roll has released a new track called "she." He refers to the emotional ballad as "therapeutic music" as it offers a look into the life of a person struggling with addiction as well as those who love them.

Jelly Roll said, "‘she' is about the struggle of addiction. ‘she' is about talking about the elephant in the room and addressing head on the heroin and fentanyl epidemic that is sweeping the nation; the pharmaceutical pill problem that is sweeping the nation, and has been for a long time, nd I feel like it's an artist's responsibility to speak for those who sometimes can't always speak for themselves."

For the release of "she," Jelly has partnered with Shatterproof, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to ending the addiction crisis and the devastation caused by the disease of addiction. Eleven people die every hour from a drug overdose. Jelly Roll's song will increase awareness of addiction prevention, treatment and recovery resources provided by Shatterproof and help save lives.

The video for "she" features actress Danielle Macdonald and is set to premiere on December 2nd at 7 p.m. ET, following Jelly Roll's livestream on YouTube Rodeo at 6:30 pm ET. Fans can also catch a glimpse of Jelly at his post-release party taking place on TikTok live on December 6th at 6 p.m. EST.

Jason Aldean, Brooks & Dunn and Thomas Rhett are set to headline the TidalWave Music Festival at Atlantic City Beach in New Jersey August 11-13. The main stage will feature performances by Priscilla Block, Lindsay Ell, Randy Houser, Dustin Lynch, Jo Dee Messina, Jelly Roll, Cole Swindell, and Mitchell Tenpenny. Three-day passes will go on sale beginning Friday, December 16th at 10 a.m. ET at tidalwavefest.com.

Newcomers set to play the stage in 2023 include George Birge, Ben Burgess, Mackenzie Carpenter, Madeline Edwards, Dylan Marlowe, Chase McDaniel, John Morgan, Megan Moroney, Pillbox Patti, MacKenzie Porter, Peytan Porter, Aaron Raitiere, Lauren Watkins, Jake Worthington, plus a special performance by Ray Wylie Hubbard.

Mitchell Tenpenny and Meghan Patrick tied the knot just over a month ago -- on October 23rd -- in Nashville, and while they haven't gotten to spend a ton of time together, they're enjoying their newlywed status. Mitchell tells us: "It's almost been a month and I think we've seen each other probably a total of a week or so. But those days have been really special. We've had some great talks and it's really cool to see a ring on my hand. It's kind of messing with me a little bit, but I love it. I love looking at it. And I've seen Megan looking at it and smile and it's always really cool. And the other day someone called us The Tenpenny's and that just kind of threw us both off and we were like, Oh my gosh, that's special. That's pretty awesome. It's really cool to hear someone say that because that's you know, that's a family and that's really special to me."

Mitchell's new single is called "We Got History." It's the followup to his chart-topping hit "Truth About You." His latest album, This Is The Heavy, was released in September.