Dierks Bentley Named Spokesperson For “Heal The Music Day”

Dierks Bentley has been named the spokesperson for Music Health Alliance’s “Heal The Music Day,” and is set to spearhead the music community’s efforts to offer financial support for the non-profit’s free services during the third annual fundraiser on Oct. 18. Among the recently-added supporters for Heal The Music Day are ASCAP, organization Heaven’s Door, Miranda Lambert, Pinnacle Bank, and Red Light Management.

Music Health Alliance’s free services range from access to doctors and hospitals, medicine, health insurance and finding financial assistance during times of illness. Members of the music community—including artists, songwriters, producers, publishers, publicists, promoters, business managers, record label executives, booking agents, attorneys, venues, stylists and more—can pledge a percentage of their single day earnings to support the lifesaving services provided by Music Health Alliance.

Trisha Yearwood Performs First of Three Headlining Nashville Shows

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Trisha Yearwood launched the first of three shows at Nashville’s Schermerhorn Symphony Center on Thursday (Oct. 3). Yearwood offered tracks from the two albums she released this year, including the Frank Sinatra tribute album Let’s Be Frank, as well as Every Girl, her first country album in more than a decade. Backed by a 70-piece orchestra conducted by Enrico Lopez-Yanez, Yearwood offered songs including Sinatra’s “Come Fly With Me,” and “Witchcraft,” alongside her own hits such as “Walkaway Joe” and songs from her new album.

Her 22-city tour continues with stops in New York, Boston, Atlanta, Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Fort Worth, Minneapolis and Jacksonville.

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Midland To Revive Hollywood Honky-Tonk The Palomino

Midland is set to perform at historic honky-tonk The Palomino on Oct. 15. The North Hollywood venue, which closed as a music hall in 1995, once featured headliners such as Merle Haggard, Charlie Rich, Emmylou Harris and Jerry Lee Lewis, and served as a launching pad for artists including Buddy Miller, Jim Lauderdale, and Dwight Yoakam. The Palomino did re-open as a concert venue for one night in 2018 as part of a fundraiser concert to benefit the Valley Relics Museum.

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Dan + Shay have teamed up with Justin Bieber for their latest single: “10,000 Hours.” The duo’s Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney co-wrote the song with Bieber alongside Jessie Jo Dillon, Jordan Reynolds and Jason “Poo Bear” Boyd, and the track was also produced by Smyers.

The new tune follows up several hits for the duo including the smash, Tequila,” which was the most-streamed country song in 2018 with 250 million on-demand streams, won the pair a GRAMMY, was a multi-week No. 1, and is now approaching one billion global on-demand streams to date. In the seven years since they formed, Dan + Shay have spent 10 weeks atop the country airplay charts and amassed more than 3 billion on-demand streams globally. They’ve accumulated 17 total RIAA Platinum and Gold certifications, and six No. 1 singles at country radio.

Their latest release, Dan + Shay, has held strong in the Top 5 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart all year, spawning three No. 1 singles including their most recent, “All To Myself.” Smyers is credited as a songwriter on nine of the 11 tracks on their self-titled album, also serving as co-producer with Scott Hendricks. Racking up over 30 million global on-demand streams per week, the duo will head to Australia this fall as part of superstar Shawn Mendes’ self-titled tour.

Keith Urban announced last night (Oct. 3) that the All for the Hall benefit returns to Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Feb. 10, 2020. Blake Shelton, Luke Combs, Lauren Daigle, Brothers Osborne, Chris Stapleton, Ingrid Andress, Tenille Townes and Tanya Tucker will all join Urban for his seventh All For The Hall benefit concert, which to date has raised $3.4 million in support of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s education programs. Additional artists are expected to be named at a later date. Urban made the announcement when he took to the ice to perform between periods of the Nashville Predators’ nationally-televised home opener against the Minnesota Wild Thursday night.

For this year’s special Under The Influence-themed show, Urban and friends will perform a song recorded by an artist who strongly influences them, in addition to one of their own hits. Tickets go on sale Friday, Oct. 18 at 10 a.m. CT for the City National Bank-presented show, and can be purchased at LiveNation.com and the Bridgestone Arena box office. VIP ticketing packages, which include premium seating, meet-and-greet opportunities and more, will also be made available.

“Ken Burns’ documentary has shown us that we are all very much influenced by our heroes,” said Urban. “So this year’s All for the Hall benefit is our chance to acknowledge those that have been an influence on us and helped shape the artists that we are today. Somehow these shows always seem to take on a life of their own. They’re incredibly fun to do, and you never quite really know what’s gonna happen. So we’ll roll with it and turn Bridgestone (Arena) into one huge club!”