CMAs Frontrunner Lainey Wilson Sets National Headlining Tour for Summer/Fall 2024

Post Malone carries a red Solo cup while posing on the red carpet with Morgan Allen at the 2023 CMA Awards held at Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday (November 8) in Nashville, Tenn.

Singer and Yellowstone TV star Lainey Wilson came into the 2023 Country Music Assn. Awards as the leading nominee, and she lived up to that advance billing by taking home five trophies Wednesday including the top honor Entertainer of the Year.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The winners of the 2023 CMA Awards are being announced from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. Luke Combs‘ cover of Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car” won the first two on-air awards, for single of the year and song of the year.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Many of the most beloved country musicians will gather in Nashville on Tuesday night for the CMA Awards. The ceremony will take place from the city’s Bridgstone Arena at 8 p.m.

Lainey Wilson is already making CMAs history as one of the most-nominated artists of all time and hopefully she’ll make more history with a bunch of wins during the show.

Country Music Association Awards — one of five awards he’s up for Wednesday night at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena — but he’s hardly fresh off the farm.In fact, the Antioch, Tennessee native, behind hits such as “Need a Favor” and current single “Save Me,” started his recording career as a rapper with the hip-hop group SNO, back in 2011 — long before making his country debut with the chart-topping “Son of a Sinner” in 2022.So really, the only thing “new” about the artist born Jason DeFord is his genre of choice.“There’s something poetic about a 39-year old man with a 300-song release catalog being nominated for the CMA New Artist award,” Jelly Roll told The Post on a break from award show rehearsals. “It encapsulates my feelings this week, whether I win it or not.”The music biz vet is the second most-nominated artist on Music City’s biggest night, trailing only Lainey Wilson — “My dance partner at country radio right now,” Jelly Roll points out — with whom he’s up for Musical Event of the Year, for “Save Me.” What’s more, the dude with the country music tradition-bucking tattooed face is also opening the festivities — singing Single of the Year nominee “Need a Favor.”“It’s the honor of all honors.

Country Bay Music Festival swoops into Key Biscayne, FL’s Miami Marine Stadium bringing with it one last hurrah of summer vibes.Just a few of the major headliners set to make you feel like it’s mid-July include Thomas Rhett, Sam Hunt, Lee Brice, Elle King and Chris Young.They’ll be joined by Lainey Wilson, Randy Houser, Chris Lane, Locash and Breland.In total, 22 acts will take the stage over the course of the two-day weekend.And if you want to get in on the action, it isn’t too late to scoop up your Country Bay tickets.At the time of publication, general admission passes start at $180 before fees on Vivid Seats.Sound like the fest for you?We’ve got all the information you’re looking for and more about Country Bay 2023 below.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.All the best prices on passes for the Country Bay Music Festival can be found here:Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are in US dollars, subject to fluctuation and include additional fees at checkout.)Vivid Seats is a verified secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Ashley Gorley is always the odds-on favorite to win the songwriter of the year award at the ASCAP Country Music Awards. With the wind of a healthy amount of fresh Morgan Wallen tracks at his back, he was again shooed in for the top honor as the winners were announced Monday night in Nashville.

Tickets are on sale now and can be found here.Jane’s Addiction are set to headline the event with a UK-exclusive performance. Also scheduled to appear are Future Islands, Amyl And The Sniffers, Sleaford Mods, Orbital, Dinosaur Jr (UK-exclusive) and Bob Vylan.Other confirmed acts include Wargasm, New Model Army, Gentleman’s Dub Club, Jane Weaver, Pip Blom, English Teacher, 808 State, Beans On Toast, Sonic Boom Six and many more across the weekend.According to organisers, “loads more” artists are to be announced across multiple stages in the coming months.

Blue have announced a career-spanning tour, which will take the boy band to venues across the UK throughout April and May of next year. Dubbed the ‘Greatest Hits Tour’, Blue’s 2024 jaunt spans 13 dates and kicks off at Liverpool’s Philharmonic on April 16.

Chris Stapleton can’t stay away from the stage.The eight-time Grammy winner — who’s also touring with George Strait next summer — just announced yet another leg of his ongoing ‘All-American Road Show Tour’ from March through August 2024 to promote his upcoming album “Higher.”Along the way, he’ll stop into Camden, NJ’s Freedom Mortgage Pavilion on Thursday, June 6 and Darien Center, NY’s Darien Lake Amphitheater on Thursday, July 11.He’s bringing some A-List talent along for the ride, too.Willie Nelson & Family, Sheryl Crow, Lainey Wilson, Elle King and Turnpike Troubadours are just a few of the special guests he tapped for the sprawling trek.Other big names set to join Stapleton include The War And Treaty, Marcus King, Nikki Lane, Marty Stuart, Allen Stone and Grace Potter.And if you need tickets to catch Chris and co. on the road next year, you can grab them right here, right now.Although inventory isn’t available on Ticketmaster until Friday, Nov.

The plan for a Judy Justice foray into broadcast syndication is coming into focus. According to sources, the Amazon Freevee court show, created by and starring Judy Sheindlin, is being taken out to stations by Scott Koondel’s Sox Entertainment, targeting a fall 2024 launch. As Deadline noted in May, when rumors about a potential Judy Justice syndication play first surfaced, the move would make the first original court show on streaming also the first streaming show to sell into broadcast syndication.

EXCLUSIVE: SAG-AFTRA’s chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland said it on the picket lines earlier today, and now it seems that “cautious optimism,” as an insider also stated, has become the takeaway term Thursday for the state of talks between the guild and the studios.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer Wanda Sykes will embark on her “Please & Thank You” comedy tour in 2024, the veteran stand-up comedian’s first major tour in six years, Variety can report exclusively. The first 29 dates of the tour will begin on March 1 in Concord, N.H., and carry through June 15 in Kansas City, Mo., with more dates to be added into the fall.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The Country Music Association and ABC have announced the first rollout of performers for the 2023 CMA Awards telecast, foremost among them the year’s two most nominated artists: Lainey Wilson, who goes into the ceremony with nine bids, and Jelly Roll, who’ll arrive with five nominations. Others named as singing on the Nov. 8 telecast include Chris Stapleton, Tanya Tucker, K.

Tenacious D have announced the acts who will be joining them as support for their upcoming UK and European tour.Comprised of Jack Black and Kyle Gass, the duo shared news of an upcoming 2024 tour across the UK and Europe at the start of the month – dubbed the ‘Spicy Meatball Tour’.Now, the band have announced the two special guests who will be joining them for the upcoming dates next spring – namely Crusade and Dave Hill.“Please welcome our friends, Mr Dave Hill and Crusade, on the Spicy Meatball tour as we roll through Europe and the UK this spring!” the rock duo said in a new update.Crusade – a progressive metal band from Tennessee – will be joining Black and Gass during their run of European shows, which will start at the end of April.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Aiming to grow its global direct-to-consumer distribution, Paramount+ has set the international rollout plans for its premium and ad tier subscriptions following a launch across more than 45 markets last year. The premium plan will launch in Australia, Brazil, Canada and Mexico on Nov.

Blink-182 will hit stadiums and arenas for the just-announced North American leg of its 2024 “One More Time” tour, with a stop in Los Angeles (at SoFi Stadium) set for July 6 and in New York on July 21 (at Citi Field).

Paddington in Peru will hit U.S. cinemas on Jan. 17, 2025 MLK Weekend, but will debut in the UK about two months prior on Nov. 8, 2024.

As if she needed any reason to be any hotter right now, Nashville sensation Lainey Wilson — who leads the nominees for the Nov. 8 Country Music Awards with nine nods — is getting ready to take her show on the road.The 31-year-old singer announced on Friday that she will launch her “Country’s Cool Again” Tour in 2024, beginning with a date at Nashville’s Ascend Amphitheater on May 31.The highly anticipated trek for the “Yellowstone” star will include a June 26 date at New York’s Radio City Music Hall.“Nothing gets me buzzin’ like putting on a show and singing along with the crowd,” Wilson told the Post.“I want to give a big thank you to all of the fans who have continuously showed up and showed out this year.