Luke Bryan, Darius Rucker To Play Opry Aug. 15

Luke Bryan and Darius Rucker are set to step into the circle together for the Grand Ole Opry’s 4,937th consecutive Saturday night broadcast on Saturday, Aug. 15. The Opry will air on Circle TV and SiriusXM as well as the Opry’s flagship home 650 WSM AM and wsmonline.com.

Bryan just celebrated the 25th No. 1 single of his career, “One Margarita,” from his upcoming seventh studio album Born Here Live Here Die Here, due out Aug. 7.

Rucker is also releasing new music on Aug. 7 with his single “Beers and Sunshine,” a feel-good summer tune relishing slowing down to enjoy the simple things in life when the world feels out of control. Tonight Rucker will hosts his 11^th annual “Darius & Friends” concert benefiting St. Jude Children’s Hospital at 7 p.m. CT. Pay-per-view tickets are on sale now at LivexLive.com/Darius.

This Saturday (Aug. 1), award-winning songwriter/multi-Grammy winner Rodney Crowell,  Opry and Country Music Hall of Fame member Vince Gill, and Opry and Country Music Hall of Fame member and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner Emmylou Harris will step onto the Grand Ole Opry stage at 7 p.m. CT.

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Lorie Hollabaugh

Hollabaugh, a staff writer at MusicRow magazine, has over 20 years of music business experience and has written for publications including American Profile, CMA Close Up, Nashville Arts And Entertainment, The Boot and Country Weekly. She has a Broadcast Journalism and Speech Communication degree from Texas Christian University, (go Horned Frogs), and welcomes your feedback or story ideas at lhollabaugh@musicrow.com.

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