Pulse – Country Music News

Elle King says that Dierks Bentley took a chance and brought her into the country world. Since then, their song," Different For Girls," charted #1 and was Grammy nominated. Now, they've released a new single together. Elle tells us more: "The song Worth A Shot is about a relationship. And I think that maybe in the relationship, they know that it's worth working out. And so if they can go back to how it started, which most relationships in my life have started in bars, so if they kind of go back to where it began, which is probably meeting in a bar and having a drink and falling in love. Maybe if they do that again together, they could get back what they feel like they're missing." "27 (OC: feel like they're missing

Jordan Davis is releasing a new single that he co-wrote, called "What My World Spins Around." One listen and it's obvious that his wife, Kristen O'Connor was some of the inspiration behind the song. Here's what he told us bout the song and the writers: So, ‘What My World Spins Around,' that a song I wrote with Matt Dragstrem and Ryan Hurd. You know, as I've said before Ryan was one of the first guys I wrote with when I moved to town. He was my first co-write, and we've been writing ever since. So, it's really cool for us to have a song out now together. It only took us about nine years, but we're excited to have it out. You know, it's a song about, to me, it's about my wife; how much she means to me. It's a totally different feeling song than I've put out in the past, so I'm excited for the fans to hear it." :31 (OC: fans to hear it)

Kenny Chesney officially holds the record for the biggest concert crowd at Nashville's Nissan Stadium. He held the same top spot in 2018, surpassing One Direction's record. And then, Taylor Swift, followed by Eric Church claimed the biggest audience for a while.

Then Garth Brooks played for over 70,000 across two nights, but it's unclear what his one-night total is.

A press-release over the weekend stated that Kenny set a new record. He played to 57, 211 fans. Nissan Stadium is home of the NFL's Nashville Titans.

If you watched the Indy 500 over the weekend, you may have seen a bit of Blake Shelton's handy work. He helped Jimmie Johnson design his military-themed helmet for Sunday's (5-29) race.

When Blake got a call from the NASCAR champion-turned-Indy Car-driver, he immediately said yes to the challenge, but added: "I want it to look good! So, I'm not going to totally do it by myself. Most things that I draw are inappropriate. So we won't want that on his helmet. "

Blake was there to watch the race, it was his first time ever at the Indianapolis 500 event.

Memorial Day is to honor those who died while serving in the U.S. armed forces and Justin Moore has always been a huge supporter of the men and women our military. We asked Justin to share his thoughts and he told us that Memorial day helps him - keep things in perspective: "Well, it certainly takes a special person, that's for sure, and somebody who's better and more selfless than I am. It never ceases to amaze me the sacrifices that these men and women make. It just blows my mind. You know, I gripe and whine and moan about being gone for a week to the West Coast or somethin' and I'm going to see people who are paying to come see me and cheer for me. And so, I can't imagine going halfway across the world and be put in really dangerous situations and life-threatening situations, and they sign up for it and do it, and are away from their families for a year at a time in some cases. And oh, by the way, they don't do it for the money because they don't get paid that much. It really is mind blowing to me." :47 (OC: mind blowing to me)

Dierks Bentley and Elle King have expanded their duet partnership to primetime television. The two are set to co-host this year's three-hour concert special, called CMA Fest, set to air on Wednesday, August 3rd at 8 p.m. ET on ABC. Both Dierks and Elle will also be performers on the main stage at Nissan Stadium during the four-day CMA Fest event which runs from June 9-12 in downtown Nashville.

This marks both Dierks and Elle's first time to host CMA Fest. Both are set to hit the performance stage on Sunday, June 12th.

A limited number of four-day passes, plus recently announced single night tickets, for the Nissan Stadium nightly concerts are available at CMAfest.com or through the CMA Box Office at 1-800-CMA-FEST.

On this upcoming Memorial Day (Monday, May 30th), Tim McGraw tries to keep the men and women of our military top of mind. He tells us that as Americans, we owe them a big debt of gratitude. "We feel safe and secure with our family because of those guys. They put their life on the line. They put their families on the back burner because they have to be away while we sit in our comfortable homes and we take our kids to a great school and we drive in our cars to places and we feel safe. They provide that."

Tim continues climbing the charts with his latest hit "7500 OBO." The song is a Top Eight hit and climbing on the Mediabase chart.

Tim will make his only stop in Nashville during his 2022 North American tour when he performs as part of the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix weekend on the Nissan Stadium campus on Saturday, August 6th. The 90-minute show will be followed by fireworks on the city's Riverfront that can be viewed from the concert location. For ticket and event information, visit www.musiccitygp.com.

Dierks Bentley's dad served in WW2, so he grew up with a deep appreciation of military veterans. And although Memorial Day is set aside to honor fallen soldiers, it's also when a lot of people take time to thank those who serve. Dierks shared this: "On the most basic level, I think, for me on the road, I just think about being gone two, three days at a time, maybe a couple of weeks at a time, you know. That seems like a long time when you have kids and family, but these soldiers, they're gone for months and years at a time – they're doing 12 to 15 to 18 months — and they have family back home. That, is such a huge sacrifice, and that's just the beginning of it. That's just scratching the surface of what these guys (and gals) are doing every day – preparing for battle, actually being in battle, being wounded in battle, sometimes dying in battle. So, this country obviously, we would not exist without those courageous men and women, and our future depends upon them."

Dierks has teamed up with Elle King for her new single, "Worth A Shot."

They will also be co-hosting the CMA Fest primetime ABC special airing on August 3rd at 8 p.m. ET.

Craig Morgan surprised executives from Operation Finally Home on stage at the Grand Ole Opry on Tuesday (May 24th) night during its special Salute The Troops show, presenting a check for $100,000 to support the organization's work to provide mortgage-free homes and home modifications to wounded, ill and injured military veterans, first responders, and their families in honor of their service and sacrifice to our country and community. The donation includes Craig's entire $70,000 won on CBS's Beyond The Edge in addition to a $30,000 donation from Monster Energy Cares.

Eli Young Band will join the 2022 National Memorial Day Parade as it returns to Washington, D.C. for the first time since prior to the pandemic. The band will perform "Love Ain't" on the broadcast, and those watching in-person at 7th and Constitution Ave. will also get to hear Eli Young Band's latest single "Love Talking," which they'll perform at 1 p.m. ET. The parade will be live streamed on Monday (May 30th) on both YouTube and Facebook beginning at 1 p.m. ET.

The parade's television special will be hosted by Anthony Anderson (Black-ish) and Joe Buck (ESPN Monday Night Football), with veteran and celebrity Robert Irvine, with additional performances by Jimmie Allen and the United States Army Band "Pershing's Own."

The line-up of celebrities also includes Renee Elise Goldsberry, Jimmy Kimmel, Joe Mantegna, Chris Pratt, Glen Powell, Gary Sinise and Wilmer Valderama with veteran of the legendary Tuskegee Airman Lt. Col. James Harvey III chosen as the Grand Marshal of the parade.

The National Memorial Day Parade will be nationally syndicated on ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX and CW stations, airing throughout the month of June. In addition, it will be broadcast to U.S. troops serving around the world and on Navy ships at sea on American Forces Network.

EYB will release their full-length album Love Talking on June 3rd. Their tour of the same name brings them back to D.C. for a release day concert that day.

As someone who has relatives who are active in the military, Carly Pearce realizes that when you volunteer to serve our country, it's a decision that affects the entire family. As this Memorial Day weekend draws closer, Carly tells us she's very grateful for these brave men and women, as well as their families. "I feel like families who have someone or a loved one in the military it is a whole family sacrifice. You have to think about life with this person in a different city, in a different state, in a different country. You don't know when you're gonna be able to speak to them. They may be gone for a long periods of time, they may be gone suddenly. It takes a toll on a family and I think there has to be strength throughout the family, and it's just a really amazing thing that people are strong enough to handle those things and want to make that sacrifice all around for our country."

Carly is climbing the charts with her new single, "What He Didn't Do."

She continues on the Here And Now Tour with headliner Kenny Chesney tonight (Thursday, May 26th) in Huntsville, AL and on Saturday (May 28th) at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, TN.

Carrie Underwood celebrated the 17th anniversary of her American Idol win yesterday (Wednesday, May 25th) by sharing her journal entry from that day on social media. Carrie posted the handwritten memory writing, "Where does the time go? Please enjoy a page from the journal of a 22-year-old farm girl who just had the most incredible night! I still feel the excitement through the pages! Happy anniversary to me and a forever "thank you" to all who voted!"

Carrie recalled that after host Ryan Seacrest announced her as the winner, "The crowd went wild. I immediately started crying. It was a beautiful moment . . . Then I was asked to sing. I blubbered through 'Inside Your Heaven . . . '"

Carrie was scheduled to perform on the season finale of American Idol on Sunday (May 22nd) but had to bow out after an exposure to Covid within her team.

Kane Brown goes full country in the video for his latest single, "Like I Love Country Music." He swaps his usual baseball hat for a cowboy hat along with a button-down vest and leather jacket, paying homage to the music of the 90s and the many artists he mentions in the song including Alan Jackson, George Jones, Johnny Cash and June Carter.

"Like I Love Country Music" will be included on Kane's upcoming studio album. It's the followup to his 2018 album Experiment.

The public is invited to attend a memorial service for Mickey Gilley on June 9th at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, TX at 6:30 p.m. CT. He died on May 7th at the age of 86.

Maren Morris is hoping to be Broadway-bound! She is trying to secure the role of Elphaba Thropp in the musical Wicked. Maren shared the audition video of her singing "The Wizard And I" on social media recently writing, "Test shot for my self tape audition. The THEATRE dah-ling IS JUMPING OUT. Honestly, even if I don't get the part, this was so fun and I bought a freakin' backdrop off Amazon."

Later on in her Twitter thread Maren comments on the difficulty in such numbers as "I'm Not That Girl" and "No Good Deed" writing, "Prepping for this audition is harder than I thought. Elphaba hitting a full voice F5 but mostly being an alto the rest of act 1 is tough!"

The role of Elphaba was originally played by Idina Menzel.

Wicked is the prequel to The Wizard of Oz and is the fifth-longest running Broadway musical of all time.

If you're inviting Chris Young to any cookout this summer, much less Memorial Day weekend, we can tell you what dish he'll be bringing, and it's pretty much the star of the show. He tells us: "If you're asking me what am I bringing into a barbecue, it's ribs. They take a long time, but I do my own rub from scratch that I've adjusted over the years. Literally I have to go get all the ingredients and blend them all together and I've got a whole process with how I make ribs so my ribs are pretty kick ass."

Chris' Memorial Day weekend is full of concerts, including shows in East Providence, Rhode Island, Farmingville, New York and Big Flats, New York on Friday (May 27th), Saturday (May 28th) and Sunday (May 29th), respectively.

Parmalee have released the video for their current Top Five hit "Take My Name" on the heels of the release of "Take My Name (Wedding Version) on Friday (May 20th). The clip was filmed in Gallatin, TN and follows the love story of the protagonist, played by Parmalee front man Matt Thomas, starting in middle school all the way through adulthood. The video features kids from a local school, an original 1968 Mustang Shelby GT 350, and appearances from the band.

Matt said, "From the jump, the fans have really latched onto this song in such an amazing, lifechanging way—our fans have been the reason for so many of our own major milestones, so it means that much more to us that folks are our song for their proposals and weddings and allowing us to be a part of those major moments in their lives. We wanted to pay tribute to the fans who have been on this journey with us since the beginning so in the music video you'll see a story of love and loyalty unfold across the years—but don't expect to see any weddings or proposals—the fan created-videos far exceed anything we could depict. We love watching them."

He co-wrote the song along with Ashley Gorley, Ben Johnson, and the song's producer, David Fanning. "Take My Name" is included on Parmalee's latest album, For You.

Cole Swindell has released the video for his song "Down To The Bar" featuring HARDY, which was filmed in downtown Nashville. The song is the namesake of his headlining tour, Down To The Bar Tour, which he wrapped last month. In addition to HARDY, the clip features Cole's Down To The Bar tourmates Travis Denning and Ashley Cooke.

Cole said, "I had so much fun on my Down To The Bar Tour with Travis and Ashley out on the road with me this spring. We just carried that good time over to this video and I hope fans can see how much fun that tour was for all of us. This video would not have been the same without them and it's awesome to have HARDY be such a big part of the song/video as well. They added a lot to the tour and it just felt right to have them in the video that the tour was named after."

"Down To The Bar" (featuring HARDY) was written by Cole, Michael Hardy, Jordan Schmidt and Josh Thompson.

Niko Moon will release a five-song EP called Coastin' on June 10th. He co-wrote and co-produced all five songs, including his current single, "Easy Tonight."

Craig Morgan will be among the performers on this year's PBS National Memorial Day Concert, set to air live from Washington, D.C. on PBS and streamed on YouTube and www.pbs.org/national-memorial-day-concert on Sunday (May 29th) at 8 p.m. E.T. The 90-minute broadcast will be hosted by Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise.

Miranda Lambert made Time magazine's 2022 TIME100, the publication's annual list of the world's 100 most influential people. Her friend and recent duet partner Elle King wrote the entry for the "Innovators" category, describing Miranda as "a true country queen." The entire list is included in the June 6/June 13 double issue of Time, available on newsstands on Friday (May 27th).

Miranda said, "This is further proof that God dreams bigger than any of us ever do. I'm so honored to join this year's class of TIME100 as this recognizes that our team, our band, our crew, fellow songwriters, producers and collaborators are being acknowledged for shaking things up and coloring outside the lines to bring even more people under our Country music tent."

Miranda continues climbing the charts with her current Top 15 hit "If I Was A Cowboy."

She is set to appear on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on June 8th. Miranda will also join Mary J. Blige on ABC's broadcast of the TIME100 Gala on June 9th before rejoining her The Bandwagon Tour at Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater in New York that same night.

Carrie Underwood wrapped up her sold-out 2022 Reflection: The Las Vegas Residency at Resorts World Theatre over the weekend. The engagement kicked off in December of last year and continued with shows in March, April and May, marking a total of 18 capacity shows. She will return to Resorts World Theatre to resume her residency in 2023.

Carrie was scheduled to perform during Sunday (May 22nd) night's American Idol finale but had to bow out due to exposure to Covid "in her group," according to show host Ryan Seacrest.

Carrie's headlining 43-city The Denim & Rhinestones Tour is set to launch on October 15th in Greenville, SC with special guest Jimmie Allen.

Jason Aldean has made some revisions to the second half of his upcoming Rock N' Roll Cowboy Tour, which he announced via social media yesterday (Monday, May 23rd). Due to opening act Gabby Barrett's pregnancy, the second leg of the tour will feature Tracy Lawrence, Travis Tritt and Chase Rice in her place on select dates. Gabby will leave the tour after the August 27th stop in Darien Center, NY.

Jason shared the breakdown of artists by tour date on Instagram writing, "Excited to announce @RealTravisTritt, @TheRealTracyLawrence, and @ChaseRice will be joining us for the second half of the tour as @gabbybarrett_ will be having her baby boy. Congratulations to Gabby, and a big thank you to Travis, Tracy, and Chase for jumping in. Let's go!"

The Rock N' Roll Cowboy Tour kicks off on July 15th in Scranton, PA.

Jason sits at Number One on the country charts this week with "Trouble With A Heartbreak."

Jimmie Allen has revealed the 17-song tracklist for his upcoming album, Tulip Drive, due out June 24th. The album's pre-order and first instant grat track, called "on my way," is a duet with Jennifer Lopez and will be available on Friday (May 27th) at 12 a.m. ET. Another collaboration on Tulip Drive is a song called "pesos" featuring CeeLo Green & T-Pain.

Of the album, Jimmie says, "This is the first (album) where I chose to write songs about my own personal experiences, thoughts and hopes."

Tulip Drive is the name of the street Jimmie's late grandmother grew up on. His 2018 debut album, Mercury Lane, was named for the street Jimmie grew up on, and his 2020 & 2021 releases, Bettie James and Bettie James Gold Edition, were named for his grandmother Bettie Snead and father James "Big Jim" Allen, who passed away in 2014 and 2019, respectively.

Beginning this Fall and through Spring 2023,Jimmie will join headliner Carrie Underwood on her 43-arena The Denim & Rhinestones Tour.