Nashville Tourist Bars, Including Tootsie’s and Kid Rock’s, Defy City Edict to Close

Old Crow Medicine Show just dropped their new song “Nashville Rising”.

A Nashville Federal judge has denied Spotify’s request to move the copyright infringement case brought by Eminem’s publisher, Eight Mile Style, to their home turf of New York.

It's pretty great to see celebrities step up to support others during the coronavirus pandemic, isn't it? One such example: Taylor Swift, who's quietly supporting a beloved Nashville record store. As Rolling Stone reports, Grimey’s New & Preloved Music was recently forced to close its doors and send staff home—so Swift decided to help out.

Taylor Swift is helping one small record store in Nashville stay afloat amid economic struggles caused by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Taylor Swift is helping out a small business and its workers amid the current health crisis.

"I didn’t even know we were on her radar"

Taylor Swift hasn’t been spotted casually browsing in record stores over the years quite as often as LP shop-aholic Elton John, but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t have an equal interest in keeping them open and thriving. Grimey’s, an independent store in her hometown of Nashville, confirmed Thursday that Swift had quietly made a contribution to help out employees during the shop’s coronavirus-related closure.

Taylor Swift is a life preserver for the Nashville record store Grimey’s.

The CMA Festival, the world’s largest country music gathering, has been canceled for 2020, rather than trying to push the mass gathering set for June in Nashville to a later date in the year.

The coronavirus hit the Nashville music industry hard this weekend, taking the life of country singer Joe Diffie and sending Americana singer-songwriter John Prine into critical care.It escalated what might be viewed as typical loss-of-life cycles: Jan Howard, 91, died March 28, the day after her 47th anniversary as a member of the Grand Ole Opry. Her death wasn't related to the virus.The news about Diffie and Prine was particularly jarring, with announcements coming two hours apart.

Scott Borchetta is fighting the coronavirus one bottle of hand sanitizer at a time.The Big Machine Label Group president/CEO recently spoke about how his company's Nashville-based liquor business, Big Machine Distillery, which produces premium vodka, is using its facilities to produce donated bottles of hand sanitizer for local first responders."We feel fortunate to be in a position to serve our community during these challenging times," Borchetta tweeted.

The coronavirus has officially hit Nashville's music community.CMT closed its offices March 10 to thoroughly sanitize the premises after an artist manager who had attended the network's tornado relief telethon, held in conjunction with WSMV-TV Nashville on March 5, tested positive for COVID-19.

The US star owns Kid Rock's Big Ass Honky Tonk & Rock & Roll Steakhouse

The Warner Music Nashville roster has joined forces to release the digital compilation Nashville Strong.

Kid Rock, 49, is not ready to close his popular bar Big Ass Honky Tonk & Steakhouse, which he opened in Oct. 2018, in Nashville, TN despite the city’s coronavirus concerns and plans to keep it open until there’s a “statewide mandate.” The singer’s business partner, Steve Smith, put out an official statement about the bar’s plans on Mar.

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Kid Rock is keeping his Nashville bar open despite the growing concerns of COVID-19.