Industry Ink: Ashley Cooke, The MLC, CMA

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Ashley Cooke Joins Forces With Busch Light To Surprise Fans

Ashley Cooke surprising fans on Nashville’s Broadway. Photo: Busch Light

Ashley Cooke joined forces with Busch Light to surprise fans on Nashville’s Broadway on Monday (July 8).

She performed her first-ever US country radio No. 1, “Your Place,” as well as “I Almost Do” and unreleased song “Twenty Six,” which hasn’t been recorded yet. The beer brand will continue to be pop up in bars across Broadway all summer long with surprise performances by artists from its Busch Country roster.

 

The MLC Hosts David Hodges

Pictured (L–R): The MLC’s Ellen Truley, David Hodges and The MLC’s Kris Ahrend

The Mechanical Licensing Collective (The MLC) recently hosted singer-songwriter and producer David Hodges at their Nashville office, where he treated the team to an acoustic performance

The two-time Grammy winner and former member of Evanescence has written numerous chart-toppers, including Christina Perri’s “A Thousand Years,” Kelly Clarkson’s “Because of You,” Ed Sheeran’s “2 Step” and “Afterglow” and Carrie Underwood’s “See You Again,” among others.

 

CMA & Morgan Wallen Recognize AEG’s Jim King & Live Nation’s Anna Sophie-Mertens

Pictured (L–R): Anna Sophie-Mertens, Morgan Wallen, Milly Olykan and Jim King. Photo: David Lehr

The Country Music Association and Morgan Wallen presented Jim King, AEG’s Chief Executive Officer, European Festival Division, and Anna Sophie-Mertens, Live Nation Vice President, Touring, with a token of appreciation commemorating contemporary country music on a mainstream music stage outside of North America last Thursday (July 4) at London’s Hyde Park.

Wallen then took the stage for the largest country concert in the U.K. to date.

“This is a milestone for the country genre and it’s important that we acknowledge the promoters who are supporting country music’s rapidly growing and mainstream appeal in the U.K.,” says Milly Olykan, CMA Vice President, International Relations & Development. “As the fastest-growing genre in the U.K., thanks to countless artists who are focused on building a global audience, we are grateful for the foundation that has been laid that has led to opportunities like BST Hyde Park, and we are more excited than ever to see what’s to come.”

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