Jordan Davis and rock group NEEDTOBREATHE teamed up in April for a taping of CMT Crossroads, and now we have an official air date.
Their episode will premiere June 13 at 8 p.m. ET on CMT and be available to watch the next day on CMT VOD, with subsequent encores on CMT MUSIC and MTV LIVE.
CMT Crossroads: NEEDTOBREATHE & Jordan Davis will feature joint performances from the singers as they offer duet renditions of their hit songs.
Fans can expect collaborations on Jordan's #1 hits "Buy Dirt" and "Tucson Too Late," as well as NEEDTOBREATHE's "Banks."
Their special was taped in front of a live audience at the University of Texas at Austin during CMT Music Awards Week in April.
While you wait for CMT Crossroads: NEEDTOBREATHE & Jordan Davis to air, you can preview their performance of "Buy Dirt" now on YouTube.
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Michael Ray is heading out on his headlining Drink With Our Friends Tour.
The trek kicks off June 14 in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, and will hit Albuquerque, Nashville, Denver and more before wrapping in Binghamton, New York, on October 26.
Michael's tour is named after his new song, "Drink With Our Friends," an uptempo ode to hard workers and their well-deserved weekend breaks.
"'Drink with Our Friends' is for all y'all hard-working people who put in the overtime all week so you can cut loose with your friends on the weekend," says Michael. "I can’t wait to take it on the road and feel the energy of the crowds singing it back to us."
For Michael's full tour schedule, visit michaelraymusic.com.
If you're going to be in Nashville for CMA Fest, you can meet Michael at Warner Music Nashville's Fan Fair X booth inside Music City Center. More information can be found at cmafest.com.
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It's album release week for Carly Pearce, and she's giving fans more sneak peeks of hummingbird before it's out.
Carly took to social platform X recently to share a snippet of "Truck on Fire," a song about a cheating old flame.
"Liar liar, truck on fire/ Flames rolling off your Goodyear tires/ Burn burn, you're gonna learn/ Never should have put your lips on her," Carly sings in the sassy track.
Hummingbird arrives Friday and is available for preorder and presave now. Its Chris Stapleton-assisted lead single, "We Don't Fight Anymore," is currently #13 and ascending the country charts.
If you're going to be in Nashville for CMA Fest, you can catch her live at the CMA Close Up Stage and Nissan Stadium on Sunday. For more information, visit cmafest.com.
Here's the full track list for hummingbird:
"Country Music Made Me Do It"
"Truck on Fire"
"Still Blue"
"Heels Over Head"
"We Don’t Fight Anymore" featuring Chris Stapleton
"Rock Paper Scissors"
"Oklahoma"
"My Place"
"Things I Don't Chase"
"Woman to Woman"
"Fault Line"
"Pretty Please"
"Trust Issues"
"Hummingbird"
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Can't make it to Nashville for this year's CMA Fest? Fret not, ABC is bringing it to you with its annual CMA Fest television special.
Airing June 25 at 8 p.m. ET, the three-hour concert event will be hosted by first-time hosting pair Jelly Roll and Ashley McBryde.
A press release teases that viewers can expect "never-before-seen performances and surprise collaborations from Country Music’s most exciting acts."
The full performance lineup will be revealed soon.
In the meantime, for more information on the upcoming CMA Fest happening in Nashville June 6-9, head to cmafest.com.
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With nine albums and 13 #1 hits notched, Chris Young knows he can't please fans with an all-encompassing set list at shows.
But he's thankful for how far he's come, especially when the days of not having enough songs to fill a set are still vivid in his mind.
"I remember, you know, when I started and I was playing like my very first single at the beginning, middle and end of the show it felt like," Chris recalls to ABC Audio with a laugh. "I've been very lucky to have been around long enough where this is my ninth studio release, then lucky enough where a lot of them have been very, very successful and people want to hear a lot of stuff."
However, Chris knows he has to strike a balance between the old, new and big-time hits at shows.
"Even when we were in Australia leading up to the album launch for Young Love & Saturday Nights — I don't want to put too much new stuff in and there's 18 songs on this record, but it's like, people leave after 90 minutes or two hours and they're still like, 'Well, you didn't play this,'" shares Chris.
"And I'm like, 'I can't play them all,'" he laughs. "So it's fun for me to change the set list up a little bit every now and then."
Chris' current single, "Young Love & Saturday Nights," is approaching the top 10 of the country charts.
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Kassi Ashton has released a new track, "I Don't Wanna Dance." Of the song, Kassi says, "It doesn't matter how good the band is, how long the bartender has been perfecting her margarita recipe, or how hot the cowboy is who's offering, I don't wanna dance if I ain't dancing with you." Kassi's current single, "Called Crazy," is now in the top 50 of the country charts.
Dylan Marlowe's tapped rapper Yung Gravy for a fresh version of his single "Boys Back Home." The original version, featuring Dylan Scott, is currently in the top 40 and ascending the country charts.
Annie Bosko has teamed with country icon Dwight Yoakam for a new duet, "Heart Burn." "Dwight is not only my musical hero but an icon, from his music to his sense of style, and we both share Bakersfield roots," says Annie. "I love that he effortlessly crosses genres, blending everything from country, Americana, rock and latin influences, and it feels like we were able to capture that in this song."
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Don't be deceived by the title of Maddie & Tae's new song, "Sad Girl Summer" — it's not actually a sad tune.
Instead, it's a vibrant, uptempo track that's all about celebrating one's newfound freedom following a breakup.
"This ain't no sad girl summer, girl, we're sayin' goodbye/ To that bummer of a boy who'd been makin' you cry/ There's a good time waitin', quit wastin' your time/ Let's get somethin' new cookin', ooh, 'cause you lookin'/ Hot, hot, hotter than a hundred degrees/ Think of the shots, shots, shots you could be gettin' for free/ I know that a broken heart hurts like a mother/ But this ain't no sad girl summer," the duo's Maddie Font and Taylor Kerr sing in the triumphant chorus.
"'Sad Girl Summer' was such a blast to write. We co-wrote this with Tae’s husband, Josh Kerr, wanting to create an empowering summertime anthem for our fans to jam to this year!" Maddie & Tae share. "This song is the first look at the bold, confident songwriting you’ll hear woven through this upcoming chapter of music for us."
Maddie & Tae's latest projects are 2022's Through The Madness Vol. 1 and Through The Madness Vol. 2, which followed their 2020 full-length album, The Way It Feels.
Maddie & Tae are currently on their headlining Here's To Friends Tour. On June 8, they'll celebrate CMA Fest with appearances at the UMG Nashville Takeover at Skydeck on Broadway and the sold-out Tracy Lawrence and Friends concert at Ascend Amphitheater.
For tickets and more information, head to maddieandtae.com.
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Morgan Wallen and TC Restaurant Group's This Bar & Tennessee Kitchen is set to open on Saturday.
"We’re thrilled to welcome our first guests on Saturday, June 1, to This Bar leading into CMA Fest," shares Grant Burlingame, vice president of operations at TC Restaurant Group. "This venue has been a labor of love for us and Morgan. His fans and music lovers alike will love the experiences they will find at This Bar. We’re proud to open its doors."
The six-story live music venue, restaurant and bar was initially slated to open during Memorial Day weekend before being delayed.
This Bar & Tennessee Kitchen will offer visitors Southern delectables, bar bites and some of Morgan's mother's recipes. It'll also have a gift shop stocked with merch from the "More Than My Hometown" hitmaker.
Opening hours for the venue will be updated on its socials and website.
For more information, head to mwthisbar.com.
Morgan's currently #4 and #13 on the country charts with his Post Malone collab, "I Had Some Help," and ERNEST-assisted "Cowgirls."
To see Morgan on his ongoing One Night at a Time Tour, visit morganwallen.com.
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Jackson Dean's paying tribute to his late childhood dog in his new song, "Big Blue Sky."
"He got that big blue sky on his mind/ Running like he's still got time on his side/ Dying just to see it/ Living just to breathe it/ Has he just been dreaming/ Or is it somewhere somewhere underneath that big blue sky," Jackson sings in the chorus as he imagines meeting his remarkable pup, Carl, as a human living life to the fullest.
"We had Carl since he could fit in the palm of my hand and I was thinking about him, all of the adventures we went on together and all the times he’d been there for me—he was just a damn good dog, and I wanted to write a song with a really big sound to really do his personality justice," shares Jackson.
"The inspiration may be a little bittersweet but there is a real joy to 'Big Blue Sky' and it fills my cup to watch the boys in the band absolutely tear it up on stage as a tip of the hat to Carl," he adds.
"Big Blue Sky" previews Jackson's follow-up to his 2022 debut album, Greenbroke, which spawned the chart-topping "Don't Come Lookin'."
For tickets to see Jackson open for Lainey Wilson on her Country's Cool Again Tour, visit jacksondeanmusic.com.
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