Miranda Lambert, Keith Urban, Tim McGraw Slated To Play Cheyenne Frontier Days

/by

Cheyenne Frontier Days, the 10-day, western-themed festival taking place from July 19-28 in downtown Cheyenne, Wyoming, will feature appearances from Miranda Lambert, Keith Urban, Tim McGraw, Lady Antebellum, Rascal Flatts, Josh Turner, Post Malone, Kelsea Ballerini, Tanya Tucker and more on the Frontier Nights stage.

The Cowboy Channel has also partnered with the festival to broadcast live all nine days of rodeo action and feature other Western lifestyle activities from their “World’s Largest Outdoor Rodeo & Western Celebration.” Broadcasting the event will help fill the need for more Western sports and Western lifestyle coverage and attract new fans to rodeo.

“The Cowboy Channel is proud to partner with Cheyenne Frontier Days as the first organization to agree to carry all nine days of action-packed rodeo,” said Patrick Gottsch, Founder and President of The Cowboy Channel.

Frontier Nights Concert Schedule:
July 19
Lady Antebellum with Kelsea Ballerini and Midland
7:00 pm @ Arena

July 20
Rascal Flatts with Clint Black
8:00 pm @ Arena

July 21
Josh Turner with Tanya Tucker
8:00 pm @ Arena

July 22
Miranda Lambert with Randy Houser
8:00 pm @ Arena

July 25
Post Malone (SOLD OUT)
8:00 pm @ Arena

July 26
Keith Urban with Walker Hayes
8:00 pm @ Arena

July 27
Tim McGraw with Devin Dawson
8:00 pm @ Arena

Tickets and information about Cheyenne Frontier Days is available here.

National Music Council To Honor Country Music Hall Of Fame And Museum

/by

The National Music Council will honor the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum at the 36th annual American Eagle Awards on Thursday, July 18 at the National Association of Music Merchants’ Summer NAMM Show in Nashville. Other previously announced honorees include iconic funk visionary George Clinton and the late beloved Peanuts composer and jazz piano giant Vince Guaraldi. Pianist George Winstonwill give a tribute in honor of Guaraldi while country singer/songwriter John Rich will perform in honor of Clinton, who will be on hand to receive the award.

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum will receive the American Eagle Award in honor of its commitment to the preservation of American musical heritage and culture and for the organization’s music education programs that serve both children and adults. Nashville singer-songwriter Liz Rose, an active participant in the museum’s educational programming, is expected to present the award to the organization.

In 2018, the museum welcomed more than 1.2 million guests presented 12 exhibitions, and guided 1,241 educational programs that provided music-related instruction for nearly 100,000 people.

Luke Combs Places Five Tracks In Billboard’s Hot Country Songs Top 25, First Artist Since Johnny Cash In 1959

/by

Luke Combs. Photo: David Bergman for Sony Records Nashville

Just a week after being invited to be the newest member of the Grand Ole Opry, Luke Combs continues to break records by charting five tracks from his new EP, The Prequel, on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs Top 25—a feat not accomplished by any artist in since Johnny Cash in 1959. The tracks are also in the Top 10 of Billboard’s Country Songs Sales chart.

Additionally, Combs has achieved the largest streaming week ever for a country artist and currently holds the top two spots on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart with The Prequel (No. 1) and his debut album, This One’s For You (No. 2).

Produced by Scott Moffatt, The Prequel features five songs co-written by Combs including lead single, “Beer Never Broke My Heart” which debuted at No. 2 on Billboard’s Country Streaming Songs chart with 11 million streams—setting the record for the best first week of streaming ever for a country song. It also recently set the record for most adds on the Mediabase/Country Aircheck chart with 149 adds and debuted at No. 15 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart—the top entrance by any artist since September 2012 and Combs’ highest debut to date.

Brett Eldredge Plots European Tour Dates For 2020

/by

Brett Eldredge just earned his seventh No. 1 country single with “Love Someone,” and will headline Nashville’s July 4 celebration next month. Next year, Eldredge will return to Europe for a run of headlining dates, including shows in Germany, Netherlands and several stops in the UK. He is also prepping for his upcoming project, the followup to his eponymous 2017 album, which also produced the hits “The Long Way” and “Somethin’ I’m Good At.”

These shows follow his appearance at the 2019 C2C Festival.

“Playing on tour in Europe this year was such a musical game changer for me that we decided to book my very own European tour in 2020,” Eldredge said. “I am already buzzin’ to get back over and see you all… I hope you are ready!”
Pre-sale tickets for the eight-date run will be available beginning June 19.
Brett Eldredge 2020 EUROPEAN TOUR
1/24 – Cologne, DE – Carlswerk (CEST)
1/25 – Hamburg, DE – Docks (CEST)
1/29 – Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso (CEST)
1/31 – Cambridge, UK – Junction (BST)
2/1 – Birmingham, ENG – Institute (BST)
2/3 – Manchester, ENG – Ritz (BST)
2/4 – Glasgow, SCT – Old Fruitmarket (BST)
2/7 – London, ENG – Shepherd’s Bush Empire (BST)

Kentucky Headhunters Celebrate ‘Pickin’ On Nashville’ Anniversary With Rare Music City Show

/by

The Kentucky Headhunters are celebrating the 30th anniversary of the release of their debut album, Pickin’ on Nashville, with a rare live performance in Music City, dubbed “The Kentucky Headhunters: Pickin’ on Nashville and Beyond.”  The concert is set for Friday, June 28 at 8 p.m. at The Basement East, and budding southern rock group The Georgia Thunderbolts will open the show.

Following its original release on Oct. 17, 1989 on Mercury Records, Pickin’ on Nashville went on to sell over two million copies, earning the band multi-platinum status. The album won a Grammy, three CMA awards, an American Music Award, and an ACM Award. It spawned four consecutive Top 40 country hits: “Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine,” “Dumas Walker,” “Oh Lonesome Me,” and “Rock ‘n’ Roll Angel.” The band has released 15 albums over the course of their career and sold over 11 million records worldwide.

“The Heads have traveled the universe musically, starting as Itchy Brother in 1968, on the family farm in the infamous Practice House, then morphing into The Kentucky Headhunters in 1986,” says founding member Richard Young. “We have lived a blessed and charmed life with family, friends and music. Please come be with us at this event to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Pickin’ on Nashville, the album that changed our lives many times over.”

Tickets are $24.00 in advance and $28.00 on the day of show, and can be purchased at thebasementnashville.com.

Universal Music Group Launches Nashville Career Jam Event

/by

Universal Music Group will launch the Nashville Career Jam, a networking event geared toward music industry members, on Thursday, June 20 at Marathon Music Works.

“The UMG Career Jam is a festival celebration of the expansive talent that encompasses the music industry. From digital marketing and streaming to copyright and royalties – there are so many facets that drive music to be what it is today.” the event program states.

The event will also spotlight performances from Capitol CMG artist Riley Clemmons, UMPG songwriter David Frank, and artist R.LUM.R.

Garth And Blake’s “Dive Bar” Lands At Radio Today

/by

Garth Brooks‘ new song featuring Blake Shelton, “Dive Bar,” is available exclusively at country radio today. Fans can check out the new tune on radio before it becomes available on Amazon Music as part of Amazon Prime Day. “Dive Bar” is taken from Brooks’ forthcoming studio album FUN, and marks Brooks’ first time collaborating with Shelton.

Brooks and Shelton are set to perform the song live for the first time in Boise, Idaho, on July 19 at a stop on the Brooks’ Stadium Tour. Since launching the tour, Brooks has broken attendance records in St. Louis at The Dome at America’s Center, in Glendale, Arizona at State Farm Stadium, in Gainesville, Florida at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, two sold-out nights at Minneapolis’ U.S. Bank Stadium and in Denver at Mile High Stadium. Additional upcoming shows are already sold-out in Eugene, Oregon at Autzen Stadium on June 29 with Regina, SK’s Mosaic Stadium show on Aug. 10 and Boise, Idaho’s Albertsons Stadium show on July 20, both selling out in under an hour, averaging just over 75,000 tickets in each city.

Morgan Wallen Raises His Whiskey Glass To Three-Week No. 1 Hit

/by

(L-R) — Back Row: Joey Moi (Partner) Kevin “Chief” Zaruk (Partner), Morgan Wallen, Seth England (Partner), Clay Hunnicutt (President, Big Loud Records), Patch Culbertson (Vp Of A&R)  Front Row: Lloyd Norman (Vp Of Special Projects & Strategic Management, Big Loud), Stacy Blythe (Vp Of Promotion, Big Loud Records), Craig Wiseman (Partner), Troy “Tracker” Johnson (Manager), Candice Watkins (Vp Of Marketing, Big Loud Records)

Morgan Wallen is celebrating his first multi-week No. 1 at country radio this week with his smash “Whiskey Glasses.” Holding atop Billboard’s Country Airplay chart for the third week in a row, the catchy track was written by Ben Burgess and Kevin Kadish. The third single from his Joey Moi-produced debut album, If I Know Me, the song follows the Platinum-certified, No. 1 “Up Down” featuring Florida Georgia Line.

“The power of this song, my fans, and Country radio continues to just blow me away,” said Wallen. “I can’t even express how grateful I am to everybody who made this all possible. Thank you for my first multi-week #1!”

Wallen will continue on FGL’s Can’t Say I Ain’t Country Tour, then will finish the year as direct support on Luke Combs’ Beer Never Broke My Heart Tour, kicking off in October. He surprised fans last Friday (6/14) with the release of another album cut clip, dropping a live video for the feel-good drinking anthem “Happy Hour” which was filmed at his sold-out Marathon Music Works tour stop in January in Nashville. Coming next to country radio will be Wallen’s fourth single, the fan-favorite “Chasin’ You,” with its accompanying video that has already racked up six million views on Youtube.

Hardy Passes Gorley For No. 1 Spot On MusicRow Top Songwriter Chart

/by

After Ashley Gorley‘s tenth week at No. 1, Michael Hardy has seized the top spot on the MusicRow Top Songwriter Chart. With five titles supporting him, including: “Rednecker” (HARDY), “God’s Country” (Blake Shelton), “Talk You Out Of It” (Florida Georgia Line), “I Don’t Know About You” (Chris Lane), and “One Big Country Song” (LOCASH), Hardy earns his spot.

Morgan Wallen’s “Whiskey Glasses” boosts co-writers Ben Burgess and Kevin Kadish to No. 3 and No. 4 this week. Hillary Lindsey rounds out the top five this week with Luke Bryan’s “Knockin’ Boots,” Runaway June’s “Buy My Own Drinks” and Carly Pearce’s “Closer To You.”

Thomas Rhett leaps from No. 44 to No. 13 this week, with six songs from his recently released Center Point Road charting, including: “Center Point Road,” “Beer Can’t Fix,” “Remember You Young,” “Notice,” “Blessed,” and “Look What God Gave Her.”

The weekly MusicRow Top Songwriter Chart, published every week, uses algorithms based upon song activity garnered from airplay, digital downloaded track sales and streams. This unique and exclusive addition to the MusicRow portfolio is the only songwriter chart of its kind.

Click here to view the full MusicRow Top Songwriter Chart.

Weekly Register: Luke Combs Debuts Atop Country Albums Chart With ‘The Prequel’

/by

Luke Combs. Photo: David Bergman for Sony Records Nashville

Luke Combs‘ new EP The Prequel continues his sales surge, as it tops the Nielsen Soundscan country albums rankings this week, with 48K in total consumption (25 million streams). Combs’ debut album, This One’s For You, is at No. 2 with 27K (28 million streams).

Following last week’s debut atop both Nielsen Soundscan’s Top 200 rankings and the country albums rankings, Thomas Rhett‘s Center Point Road falls to No. 3 this week, with 25.5K in total consumption (and 19.5 million streams).

Rounding out the Top 5 country albums this week are Dan + Shay‘s self titled album (18K total consumption/18 million streams) at No. 4, and Morgan Wallen‘s If I Know Me at No. 5 with 14.5K in total consumption.

Morgan Wallen takes over the top spot on the country on-demand streaming songs chart this week with “Whiskey Glasses.” The song earned 11 million streams this week, with an RTD total of 175 million.

Combs’ current single, “Beer Never Broke My Heart” has 10.5 million streams this week, with 94 million RTD total streams to land at No. 2. Blake Shelton‘s “God’s Country” is at No. 3 with 10.5 million streams this week (94 million RTD). Combs’ “Beautiful Crazy” is at No. 4 with 10 million streams (430 million RTD). Meanwhile, Blanco Brown‘s “The Git Up,” which currently sits atop the Spotify Viral 50 Chart, is at No. 5, with 8.8 million streams.