The Dollywood Foundation’s My People Fund continues to provide for the local community with Dolly Parton most recently presenting $200,000 to the fire chiefs of the eight volunteer fire departments located in Sevier County.
The Academy of Country Music announced today that Dierks Bentley, new Country Music Hall of Fame inductees Brooks & Dunn, Brandi Carlile, Eric Church, Kelly Clarkson, Luke Combs, Dan + Shay, Florida Georgia Line and Ashley McBryde have been added to the lineup of performers for the 54th Academy of Country Music Awards.
Every artist in country music has VIP meet-and-greet sessions before their shows with fans. Kane Brown, however, reserves his meet and greets for members of the Boys and Girls Clubs across America.
Carly Pearce and her fiancé Michael Ray have been hopping the globe together; they recently played Europe and are now playing shows in Australia and posting photos of the fun spots they hit along the way.
Brad Paisley played Rodeo Houston this week and it tugged at his heart because he missed two very special people he saw while there each year, former President George H.W. Bush and former First Lady Barbara Bush who both passed away in 2018.
Maren Morris’s new album, Girl, has shattered the record for the largest streaming week ever for a country studio album by a woman, with 24 million streams in its first week. The album debuts this week at number four on the Billboard 200 and number one on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.
