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Eric Church gave the live debut of his new single “Hands of Time” at the 2025 ACM Awards, delivering a performance that included a pair of horn players, five back-up vocalists, and his own band. Church kept it cool in his signature sunglasses on the ACM stage. He performed in …

The 60th Academy of Country Music Awards kicked off tonight in Texas with a massive multi-generational medley, but one of the advertised acts was noticeably missing: Sugarland. During the performance, a range of previous ACM winners took the stage to perform their signature hits, with host Reba McEntire, Wynonna Judd, …

Chris Stapleton’s “It Takes a Woman,” off last year’s ACM Album of the Year winner Higher, is a solemn, honky-tonk-on-Prozac song of devotion that digs deep into male vulnerability. While it’s never been released as a single, its momentum has only built since Higher dropped more than a year and …

Shaboozey and Jelly Roll took the 2025 ACM Awards to church tonight with a stirring performance of their collaboration “Amen.” Jelly Roll preceded the collab with a version of his song “Heart of Stone.” Jelly Roll took the stage first for a rousing solo performance with his band. As “Heart …

Three Keith Urban classics got a tribute twist at the 2025 ACM Awards in celebration of the country singer-guitarist receiving the ACM Triple Crown Award. The honor recognizes artists who have completed the award trifecta of New Artist of the Year, Artist of the Year, and Entertainer of the Year. …

Three generations of musicians took hold of the 2025 ACM Awards stage as Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert, and Lainey Wilson delivered the debut live performance of their collaboration “Trailblazer.” The three artists took the stage in matching brown suede and turquoise, with an open road behind them. They harmonized their …

Backstreet Boys and Rascal Flatts united as a singular country-pop supergroup to close out the 2025 ACM Awards. The two bands took the stage for a medley that included their new rendition of Rascal Flatts’ 2006 hit, “What Hurts the Most,” which will appear on the country group’s upcoming project, …

The 60th ACM Awards are officially underway in Frisco, Texas, at the Ford Center at the Star, and the Academy of Country Music has already announced some winners. Trad-country revivalist Zach Top was awarded the trophy for New Male Artist of the Year, Ella Langley —the top nominee —was named …

The 151st running of the Kentucky Derby had at least two direct connections to music: Render Judgment was co-owned by late country singer Toby Keith and Sandman was named by a pair of Metallica superfans, who welcomed “Enter Sandman” howler James Hetfield to Churchill Downs to meet the Thoroughbred on …

Last year in Nashville, over 23 performances, Eric Church used the then-unreleased song “Johnny” as the climax of his one-man show To Beat the Devil, pairing it with one of the most viscerally moving and well-kept live surprises ever seen in Music City. We’re still hesitant to spoil it here, …