Category Archives: Country News – ABC Audio
Luke Bryan, Ashley McBryde + more join the lineup for 'New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash'
ABCAnother round of performers has been announced for New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash. Luke Bryan, Ashley McBryde, Dierks Bentley and Darius Rucker are all among the acts set to ...
Dec 15, 2022
Trevor Noah to return as host for 2023 Grammy Awards
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty ImagesTrevor Noah is pulling a hat trick and will return to the Grammy's stage as host. This will mark his third consecutive hosting stint. Noah will act as master of ce...
Dec 15, 2022
It'll be "Officially Christmas" when Dan + Shay finally deliver their holiday album
ABC/Larry McCormackThis year, Dan + Shay threw a "Holiday Party," but only after they'd taken time to "Pick Out a Christmas Tree." Those are just the two latest holiday tunes ...
Dec 15, 2022
Nashville notes: Kane Brown stops by 'The Voice,' Lily Rose hits the road with Shania Twain + more
Kane Brown stopped by the finale episode of The Voice to perform “Different Man” with Blake Shelton. You can watch the performance now. Lily Rose has joined the star-studded lineup of...
Dec 14, 2022
Zac Brown Band to headline the Concert for Legends during the 2023 Hall of Fame Enshrinement Week
Cooper Neill/Zuffa LLCThe worlds of country music and pro football will collide once again next year as Zac Brown Band headlines the Concert For Legends during the 2023 Hall of Fame Enshrinement Week....
Dec 14, 2022
Blake Shelton would be “honored” to return to 'The Voice' to be a mentor for Team Gwen
Trae Patton/NBCBlake Shelton is set to exit NBC's The Voice after next season, but that doesn’t mean he won’t make a return visit or two. The show wrapped its 22nd season Tuesday night, wi...
Dec 14, 2022
Eric Church + more stars featured in 'Homeward Bound: A GRAMMY Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon'
Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesEric Church, Little Big Town, and Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood are among the country stars who performed in a new tribute show to Paul Simon. Called Homeward Bound: A...
Dec 14, 2022
Naomi Judd’s widower, Larry Strickland, remembers the star’s “chaotic” final days
Jason Kempin/Getty ImagesThe country world was left reeling when, in late April — just one day before The Judds were scheduled to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame &mdash...
Dec 14, 2022
Lee Brice is hitching rides with Santa, planning on a Christmas album
Jason Kempin/Getty ImagesLee Brice's latest contribution to the Christmas canon is the unexpected "Santa Claus Was My Uber Driver," which happens to be based on real life. And the "Memory I ...
Dec 14, 2022
Nashville notes: Morgan Evans joins forces with Mitchell Tenpenny + more
Morgan Evans and Mitchell Tenpenny are joining forces next March for their co-headlining European Day Drunk Me Tour in Germany and the Netherlands. The tour’s name is a combination of Morgan&rsq...
Dec 13, 2022
