The ACM Awards aired live from Texas on Thursday night in the Dallas suburb of Frisco —located just 12 miles from Allen, Texas, where a gunman killed eight people last weekend at a shopping mall. It was the U.S.’s 199th mass shooting of 2023 and the second-deadliest of the year. …
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Hardy brought an intense performance of “Truck Bed” to the 2023 ACM Awards in Frisco, Texas, where he was one of the evening’s top nominees. The song appears on Hardy’s album The Mockingbird & The Crow, which also features his recent hit duet “Wait in the Truck” featuring Lainey Wilson. …
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Dolly Parton closed out the 2023 ACM Awards with the live debut of her new song “World on Fire.” Parton also co-hosted the two-hour show alongside Garth Brooks. Performing with a line of backup dancers that doubled as a choir, Parton sang a cautionary tale about the state of affairs. …
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Ed Sheeran made his ACM Awards debut on Thursday night, but he didn’t go it alone: The English pop star was joined by Luke Combs to perform Sheeran’s song “Life Goes On,” off his album – (Subtract). A studio version of the collab was released after the show. Standing on …
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Margo Cilker is keeping an eye out for an easier patch of ground in “Lowland Trail,” the first offering from her new album Valley of Heart’s Delight. The follow-up to Cilker’s acclaimed 2021 album Pohorylle, the new project will be released Sept. 15. “Lowland Trail” has a breezy feel with …
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“Hit it, quit it, live it, spit it….get nasty,” Paul Cauthen croons in his new song “Hometeam.” Like the tracks on his 2022 album Country Coming Down, the song leans hard into funk sounds and swaggering attitude. In fact, it’s so over-the-top that it’s easy to wonder if Cauthen is …
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Ed Sheeran is in Frisco, Texas, for Thursday night’s 58th Academy of Country Music Awards, where he’ll perform “Life Goes On,” from his latest album – (Subtract), and with a surprise country guest. The real news, however, is that Sheeran is open to a future working in the country music …
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Jimmie Allen has been accused of sexual battery, assault, and false imprisonment in a lawsuit filed against the country singer by one of his former managers. The lawsuit, filed in a Tennessee district court Thursday and obtained by Rolling Stone, details a series of alleged sexual assaults and other misconduct …
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The 58th Academy of Country Music Awards streamed live from Frisco, Texas, on Prime Video on Thursday, awarding trophies to nominees like Hardy, Brothers Osborne, and the night’s big winner, Lainey Wilson, who took home the award for Album of the Year for Bell Bottom Country. Chris Stapleton won the …
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An extremely good dog with extremely good floppy ears — who just happens to be co-owned by Tim McGraw — won Best of Breed at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show Tuesday, May 9. Lepshi (pronounced “LEEP’-she”) bested the competition in the Bracco Italiano breed, which was just added to …
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