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Carrie Underwood Celebrates 50th Performance of ‘Reflection: The Las Vegas Residency’
Carrie Underwood celebrates her 50th performance of “Reflection: The Las Vegas Residency” with her band and cast of dancers and aerialists at Resorts World Theatre on June 1. Photo: Jeff Johnson
Carrie Underwood, Resorts World Theatre’s first-ever resident headliner, gave her 50th performance of her “Reflection: The Las Vegas Residency” on June 1 at Resorts World Las Vegas. Since first taking the stage in December of 2021, Underwood has performed for nearly 200,000 fans, continuously topping the Las Vegas residency charts.
Jelly Roll Rocks Gulf Coast Jam 2024
Pictured (L-R): Kylen Sharpe, CAA; Jelly Roll; Mark Sheldon, Gulf Coast Jam Presented By Jim Beam COO and Rendy Lovelady, Gulf Coast Jam Presented By Jim Beam Executive Producer
Jelly Roll headlined the sold-out 2024 Gulf Coast Jam Presented by Jim Beam Friday night (May 31). Other headliners for the festival included Cody Johnson, Morgan Wallen, and Parker McCollum.
Bryan Martin’s “We Ride” Goes Platinum
Bryan Martin. Photo: Julian Mendoza
Bryan Martin‘s top-10-and-climbing country radio single, “We Ride,” has gone Platinum.
“We Ride” marks his first career Platinum release. The Hot 100-charting tune has garnered over 212 million worldwide streams and currently sits at No. 9 on the Mediabase country chart. Martin’s new single, “Wishbone,” is due out on June 14 via Average Joes Entertainment and arrives just before he hits the road with Morgan Wallen for 10 dates on his “One Night At A Time Tour.”
Mark Guarino, Scott Bomar Receive Awards At 40th Annual International Country Music Conference
Scott Bomar, Don Cusic and Mark Guarino
The 40th Annual International Country Music Conference was held at Belmont University on May 30 through June 1.
Among the winners at the conference were Mark Guarino for Best Book on Country Music for his book, Country & Midwestern: Chicago in the History of Country Music and the Folk Revival, and Scott Bomar, who won the journalist award sponsored by Middle Tennessee State University, for his article on “Howdy Glenn: West Coast Country’s Forgotten Black Pioneer.”
Doug Mathis Download To Benefit Vanderbilt Kennedy Center
Pictured (L-R): Stuart Dill, SVP & Chief Marketing Officer at VUMC; Debbie Randle, Doug Mathis Music/D&D Promotions; Jeffrey Neul, VKC Director; Doug Mathis; Pablo Juárez, VKC TRIAD Co-Director and Alacia Stainbrook, VKC TRIAD Co-Director. Not Pictured: Heath Scott, Event Committee Member
Singer-songwriter Doug Mathis has pre-released his new song “How Many Days,” with all proceeds made over the next 30 days going to the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders (VKC TRIAD).
The song is about a young boy with autism, who has a special interest in numbers. It is available for download dougmathismusic.com. Mathis’ team reached out to VKC TRIAD with the idea to launch the song at a benefit honoring his friend’s son and raising funds for autism research, training and services. “An Acoustic Evening for Autism” took place on April 23 at The Troubadour Nashville.
“The performances were stellar, the crowd was incredible, and we were able to interact with and provide resources to many families with autistic loved ones,” says Pablo Juárez, Co-Director of VKC TRIAD. “We can’t thank Doug and Debbie [Randle] enough for their generosity, coordination, and recognition of the importance of the work TRIAD does with families. And I can’t wait to download Doug’s song!”
