Jelly Roll Opens Up About Becoming a Father While in Prison and How Daughter Bailee Inspired His New Album

Taylor Swift fans were left delighted after the American singer-songwriter revealed she would be adding Scottish dates to her The Eras Tour.

Scots modern country star Kevin McGuire and dance icon George Bowie have teamed up again to celebrate their first collaboration Wagon Wheel topping 500k streams, 100k YouTube views and much more.

Some of country music's biggest crooners also hold the title of devoting dad. To mark the holiday, some posted to their social media about being proud papas, while others got some love from their partners with sweet family photos.  Many stars were recently gathered in Nashville for CMA Fest, where Jason Aldean and Keith Urban told Fox News Digital about their unique Father's Day plans, emphasizing how much they just wanted to be with their family. "My Father's Day plans are always the same man - I want to wake up, hangout with my kids, maybe grill out, watch them swim in the pool, and watch some baseball.

Luke Bryan got real about his work-life balance struggles — and pressures — after finishing season 21 of American Idol ahead of his nationwide tour.

Garth Brooks is slamming those who are critical of inclusivity! Good for him!

Miranda Lambert was joined by Avril Lavigne for a rendition of ‘Sk8er Boi’ at her Nashville show this weekend – see the performance below.The performance on Friday (June 9) came at CMA Fest, the festival from the The Country Music Association, who also organise the CMA Awards.

Country superstar Garth Brooks has stated that his new Nashville bar will sell Bud Light, and that the establishment will not tolerate transphobia.

Luke Bryan to leave the studio and return to venues all over North America.From June through October, the “Play It Again” singer is hitting 54 stadiums, arenas, festivals, amphitheaters, stages and pavilions in the U.S. and Canada as part of his ‘Country On’ and ‘Farm’ tours this summer.The country star will be making quite a few stops in New York and New Jersey along the way too.First, he’ll hit Syracuse’s St.

Mark Guarino Chicago’s Bloodshot Records was a powerful and pioneering force in the alt-country movement of the 1990s and beyond, defining the genre with a roster of breakthrough artists including the Robbie Fulks, Old 97s, Alejandro Escovedo, the Waco Brothers, Neko Case, Justin Townes Earle, and the Bottle Rockets. In 2021, 27 years after its first release, label co-founders Nan Warshaw and Rob Miller sold Bloodshot to Exceleration Music, a global investment group that either owns the catalogs of or has strategic partnerships with other legacy labels like Alligator Records and Kill Rock Stars. At the time, Exceleration said it planned to largely manage and monetize Bloodshot’s back catalog. But this month it is releasing “Music Man,” a new album by Layng Martine Jr., a veteran Nashville songwriter who has written hits for legends like Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Trisha Yearwood, Reba McEntire, and the Pointer Sisters, among many others. It is one of five new albums Bloodshot is set to release this year, said Dave Hansen, an Exeleration principal.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Days before he’ll attend the Tony Awards as an original score nominee for “Shucked,” country music hitmaker Shane McAnally has announced that rights to much of his songwriting and producing catalog have been acquired by CTM Outlander, a company that has moved aggressively into publishing deals with a particular eye toward investing in renowned Nashville tunesmiths. Also being picked up by CTM Outlander are songs by four writers in McAnally’s SMACKsongs stable: Josh Osbourne, Matt McGinn and Old Dominion members Matthew Ramsey and Trevor Rosen. Additionally, the company will handle global administration for SMACKsongs and SMACKBlue publishing.

Jelly Roll, music has been an ever-present source of comfort. With his music — especially his latest album — he's looking to be that comfort in the lives of others.The 38-year-old singer spoke to ET's Kevin Frazier and Rachel Smith at Topgolf in Nashville and opened up about his debut country album, , and his emotional, raw Hulu documentary, .For the celebrated, burgeoning artist, music has been his lifeline and close friend during some of the tremendous trials and challenges in his life.«I think at some point in life, everything in life has let me down. But music was always my constant,» he shared.

Chrissy Metz is keeping hope alive for a This Is Us reunion movie!

Chrissy Metz is keeping hope alive for a reunion movie!The singer-actress joined ET's Kevin Frazier, Nischelle Turner and Rachel Smith for Day 2 of Nashville Week at the legendary Bluebird Cafe, where the 42-year-old — who is performing at Ty Herndon's Concert for Love & Acceptance on Wednesday and the CMA Fest on Sunday — opened up about recently reuniting with co-stars Mandy Moore and Susan Kelechi Watson, and what a follow-up film might look like for the beloved Pearson family.«I would [be down],» Metz said when asked about a possible reunion down the line. «I'm like, where would it be set?»Just recently, Metz posted a sweet family photo with a smiling Moore and Watson in Los Angeles to her Instagram, writing in the caption, «Sing it with me…reunited and it feels so good!»«That was really cute to get together with my girls,» she noted of their mini get-together at the end of May.A post shared by Chrissy Metz (@chrissymetz)But back to that possible reunion movie.«I mean, anything's possible,» Metz shared.

Matt Rife is responding to fans complaining about ticket prices for his upcoming comedy tour and he’s warning fans to only buy tickets from the official source.

EXCLUSIVE: Rising comedian, actor and TikTok sensation Matt Rife is set to launch his first world tour. Rife’s ProbleMATTic World Tour, produced by Live Nation, will hit cities across North America, Australia and Europe throughout 2023 and 2024.

Thania Garcia These days, Raye is spending time in hotel rooms, tour busses and on stages more than anywhere else. “Nothing makes sense until I’m on the stage,” the British Ghanaian singer-songwriter tells Variety. “I really feel at home up there, I’m just very grateful for every little moment.” Today, Raye announces the addition of North American dates and Australian dates to her headlining “My 21st Century Blues World Tour,” which also spans stops in Europe and the UK in support of her recent album, “My 21st Century Blues.” Released in February, the LP marked Raye’s long-awaited and hard-earned debut after years of co-writing hits for various stars including Beyoncé, Ellie Goulding, Charli XCX, John Legend and Rita Ora. In her own album, Raye rejoices in artistic freedom as a standalone, independent artist — having left the confines of her former label and signed a new deal with the Orchard’s Human Re Sources.

A version of this story about “Jason Isbell: Running With Our Eyes Closed” first appeared in the Race Begins issue of TheWrap’s Emmy magazine.The latest installment in the HBO Max Music Box series created by Bill Simmons, “Jason Isbell: Running With Our Eyes Closed” finds director Sam Jones (“Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off,” “I Am Trying to Break Your Heart: A Film About Wilco”) following the writing and recording of singer Jason Isbell’s 2020 album “Reunions.” But the film is about far more than one of the gifted musician and writer’s best albums, delving into his self-destructive days with drugs and alcohol and his marriage to fellow singer Amanda Shires, a charged creative and personal partnership that nearly fell apart while Jones’ cameras were rolling.Sam, why a film about Jason Isbell?Sam Jones: He was on my interview show (“Off Camera With Sam Jones”), and once I chatted with him, I felt like not only did he have an interesting story, but he was good at telling it. So I flew to Nashville and I asked him a couple hours before he went on stage at the Ryman.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Singer-actor Janelle Monáe will be bringing her “Age of Pleasure” principle to North American theaters and amphitheaters this late summer and fall, with a nearly two-month tour that begins Aug. 30 in Seattle and wraps Oct. 18 at the L.A. area’s YouTube Theater. The Live Nation-backed 26-city tour will follow a couple of months on the heels of Monáe’s first album in five years, “The Age of Pleasure,” which comes out June 9. It’s been preceded by a new single and music video, “Lipstick Lover.” A Verizon presale begins Thursday at 10 a.m. local time, with other targeted presales happening throughout the next week before a general ticket sale one week from today, June 7, also at 10 a.m. local time.

Taylor Swift is already halfway through her U.S. leg of The Eras Tour and she just performed three sold-out shows in New Jersey.

Taylor Swift was joined by Ice Spice and Jack Antonoff last night (May 26) as the ‘Eras’ tour hit New Jersey – see what went down below.Friday also saw Swift drop a new deluxe version of her 10th album ‘Midnights‘, titled ‘Midnights (Til Dawn Edition)’, featuring an Ice Spice remix of ‘Karma’ among other tracks.To close out the first of multiple nights at East Rutherford’s MetLife Stadium, Swift was joined by the New York rapper to give a live debut of the new version of the song.Earlier in the show, the ‘surprise’ segment of the set saw Antonoff join Swift for a tour debut of ‘Getaway Car’.See footage of both performances below.Fans attending the East Rutherford shows on Swift’s ‘Eras‘ tour will be able to purchase a special edition CD which includes a never before heard ‘Midnights’ vault track called ‘You’re Losing Me’.Elsewhere in recent days on the ‘Eras’ tour, Swift appeared to defend a fan from a security guard during her Philadelphia show last weekend.During Swift’s performance of her 2014 hit ‘Bad Blood’ the singer paused mid-song to address a security guard.“She’s fine! She wasn’t doing anything!” she said, before yelling “Hey, stop!” two more times while simultaneously continuing to sing the lyrics.Meanwhile at an earlier ‘Eras’ tour show in Nashville, a Taylor Swift fan who failed to get a ticket for her show has revealed he became a security guard to get into one of her concerts.