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Devastating wildfires have ravaged thousands of acres in and around Los Angeles over the past few days, burning homes and businesses and devastating communities including Pacific Palisades, Pasadena and Altadena. The wildfires also claimed a home in Pacific Palisades that at one time belonged to country singer Brad Paisley and his wife, actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley. […]
Two of country music’s most unfiltered, visionary artists —Jelly Roll and Eric Church — will close out 2025’s annual Country Radio Seminar in Nashville by teaming up for an unscripted, intimate conversation.
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The event will take place on Friday, Feb. 21, as the two CMA Award-winning artists close out this year’s radio-focused seminar, which runs Feb. 19-21 at the Omni Hotel in Nashville. The annual seminar features a mix of radio and music industry-focused panels, networking events, concert, label luncheons and the annual New Faces of Country Music Showcase. (Jelly Roll was a featured performer in the New Faces of Country Music showcase in 2023, while Church was part of the showcase in 2007.)
Last year’s Country Radio Seminar featured conversations from artists including Lainey Wilson, Trisha Yearwood and Megan Moroney.
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“We are thrilled to have Eric Church and Jelly Roll close out CRS 2025,” RJ Curtis, Executive Director of CRS, said in a statement. “Their ability to connect with fans and push the boundaries of the genre makes this session a perfect culmination of this year’s seminar.”
Jelly Roll recently earned his first all-genre Billboard 200 chart-topping album with Beautifully Broken, and was nominated for entertainer of the year at the 2024 CMA Awards. Last year also saw the Antioch, Tenn., native launch his Beautifully Broken headlining arena tour and play his first international tour dates. He appeared at the Kids’ Choice Awards and on WWE, and teamed with MGK for the collaboration “Lonely Road,” as well as with Post Malone for the song “Losers” as part of Posty’s F-1 Trillion album.
Earlier this year, following the devastation of Hurricane Helene, which impacted Church’s home state of North Carolina, he released the song “Darkest Hour (Helene Edit)” and teamed with Luke Combs, Billy Strings and more to hold Concert for Carolina, a benefit concert that raised more than $24 million for hurricane relief efforts.
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The upcoming Field & Stream Music Fest has revealed its slate of performers for the Oct. 3-5 event set for Winnsboro, S.C. Eric Church, Miranda Lambert, Riley Green, Bailey Zimmerman, Lynyrd Skynyrd and ZZ Top have top billing at the festival, which is co-produced by Field & Stream alongside key investors Church, Morgan Wallen and Southern Entertainment.
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The three-day festival will feature more than 40 artists performing on multiple stages. Alongside the headliners, the fest will feature performances from artists including Shane Smith & The Saints, Kameron Marlowe, Boy Named Banjo, Ashland Craft, David Lee Murphy, Taylor Richardson, Maddie Rean, Whey Jennings, Larry Fleet and more.
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One of the key differentiators for this upcoming fest is the number of activities it offers beyond hearing musical sets. The fest offers themed “villages,” such as the Ugly Stik Fish on America Village, which gives fishing tips and casting competitions, while the OnX Hunt Village showcases various outdoor gear and gives expert-led demonstrations. The GameWatch Football Showdown Village delivers a place for sports fans to watch games on massive screen and offers a fully stocked bar and various activities. The fest also offers excursions such as trophy fishing, archery, mountain biking and off-road tours, while the At the Field & Stream Expo will highlight interactive exhibits and showcase new outdoor innovation from top brands.
The 2025 Field & Stream lineup comes after last year’s festival (which was to be its inaugural year) was postponed due to the destruction Hurricane Helene brought to the Carolinas and other states. Last year, Church and Wallen teamed up to acquire the iconic Field & Stream brand. In addition to announcing the music festival, the acquisition also included reviving Field & Stream in print, starting the Field & Stream 1871 Club and more.
Pre-sales for the 2025 Field & Stream Music Fest launch Thursday, Jan. 9, for Field & Stream 1871 Club Members, with tickets on sale to the general public Friday, Jan. 10.
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Multi-faceted musician Billy Strings is bolstering his 2025 touring schedule with a slate of added headlining concerts throughout the spring and summer.
The nearly 20 newly-added dates begin April 3 with three concerts in St. Augustine, Fla. at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre, with more shows set for states including Georgia, Michigan, Missouri and Illinois. The trek winds down with two shows at Lexington, Ky.’s Rupp Arena on June 20-21.
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Pre-sale for all of his April through June shows launch Jan. 8, and general on-sale begins Jan. 10. These shows follow several of Strings’s show which are slated for January, February and March, including six sold-out shows in Asheville, N.C. in February, and a trio of shows in Nashville, Tenn. in February and March.
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Beyond touring, Strings has issued a pair of collaborations in recent months, appearing on Post Malone’s F-1 Trillion album on the song “M-E-X-I-C-O,” and teaming with Zach Top on the Apple Music Sessions Nashville EP, where they revisited two of Top’s own songs, as well as a cover of Ricky Skaggs’s “Don’t Cheat in Our Hometown.”
In October, Strings’s album Highway Prayers became the first bluegrass album to reach No. 1 on Top Album Sales chart since 2002. Strings’s album Live: Vol. 1 is also up for best bluegrass album at the 2025 Grammy Awards, which return to Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena on Sunday, Feb. 2.
See the list of added shows for Strings’s 2025 Spring tour dates below:
April 3: St. Augustine, Fla. (St. Augustine Amphitheatre)April 4: St. Augustine, Fla. (St. Augustine Amphitheatre)April 5: St. Augustine, Fla. (St. Augustine Amphitheatre)April 9: Tampa, Fla. (Yuengling Center)April 11: Savannah, Ga. (Enmarket Arena)April 12: Savannah, Ga. (Enmarket Arena)April 15: Charlottesville, Va. (John Paul Jones Arena)April 17: Cary, N.C. (Koka Booth Amphitheatre)April 18: Cary, N.C. (Koka Booth Amphitheatre)April 19: Cary, N.C. (Koka Booth Amphitheatre)May 30: Grand Rapids, Mich. (Van Andel Arena)May 31: Grand Rapids, Mich. (Van Andel Arena)June 6: Rosemont, Ill. (Allstate Arena)June 7: Rosemont, Ill. (Allstate Arena)June 11: Kansas City, Mo. (T-Mobile Center)June 13: St. Louis (Chaifetz Arena)June 14: St. Louis (Chaifetz Arena)June 20: Lexington, Ky. (Rupp Arena)June 21: Lexington, Ky. (Rupp Arena)
Country Music Hall of Famer Reba McEntire is set to star in and co-produce the upcoming film The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion, an adaptation of the 2013 novel of the same name by Fannie Flagg, Deadline reports. The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion follows an Alabama family whose legacy and bonds are tested when […]
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Three-time ACM entertainer of the year winner Jason Aldean and reigning 15-time CMA vocal duo of the year winners Brooks & Dunn are teaming up to co-headline a concert at Boston’s iconic ballpark Fenway Park on May 30. “Whiskey on You” hitmaker Nate Smith and “God Made Girls” singer RaeLynn will open the show, which will […]
Since notching his first Billboard Country Airplay chart-topping hit in 2022 with “Fall in Love,” Bailey Zimmerman has ascended to headliner status and amassed a total of four Country Airplay No. 1s along the way.
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He’ll bring his arsenal of hits and energetic headlining stage show to 16 amphitheaters across the country this summer when his Live Nation-promoted New to Country Summer Tour launches June 6 in Indianapolis, with opening support from “Boys Back Home” hitmaker Dylan Marlowe and “She’s Somebody’s Daughter” hitmaker Drew Baldridge.
Following the tour’s Indianapolis launch, the trek will hit cities including Alpharetta, Ga., Richmond, Va., St. Louis and Denver, before wrapping Sept. 13 in Laughlin, Nev.
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Tickets for the New to Country Tour will go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. local time at baileyzimmermanmusic.com. Fans can sign up for the artist presale until Wednesday at 8 a.m. CT. Presale access begins Thursday from 10 a.m.-10 p.m. local time.
Zimmerman has steadily built his career to towering heights over the past few years. Zimmerman’s Religiously. The Album. entered the all-genre Billboard 200 at No. 7 and reached No. 3 on the Top Country Albums chart. In 2024, he sold out his first international headlining tour and earned his first CMA Award nomination, for new artist of the year. He was featured on the all-star soundtrack to Twisters: The Movie with the song “Hell or High Water” and just released his new song “Holy Smokes.”
See the full slate of Zimmerman’s New to Country summer tour dates below:
June 6: Indianapolis (Everwise Amphitheater at White River State Park) *June 7: Sterling Heights, Mich. (Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre) *June 13: St Louis (St. Louis Music Park) *June 14: Rogers, Ark. (Walmart AMP) *June 19: St. Augustine, Fla. (St. Augustine Amphitheatre) *June 21: Alpharetta, Ga. (Ameris Bank Amphitheatre) *July 27: Corning, Ca. (Obsidian Spirits Amphitheater at Rolling Hills Casino) *July 29: Denver (Red Rocks Amphitheatre) *Aug. 9: Canandaigua, N.Y. (CMAC)*Aug. 14: Gilford, N.H. (BankNH Pavilion) *Aug. 22: Bridgeport, Conn. (Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater) *Aug. 23: Richmond, Va. (Allianz Amphitheater at Riverfront) *Aug. 29: Durant, Okla. (Choctaw Grand Theater)Sept. 4: Council Bluffs, Ia. (Harrah’s Stir Cove)*Sept. 12: Reno, Nev. (Grand Theatre at Grand Sierra Resorts) **Sept. 13: Laughlin, Nev. (Rio Vista Outdoor Amp) **
*with support from Dylan Marlowe & Drew Baldridge** with support from Dylan Marlowe
Pamela Anderson is flying high at the moment thanks to the most glowing notices of her career in The Last Showgirl. But the actress and former Baywatch star revealed on the Happy Sad Confused podcast this week that years ago a man threatened to kill her on a plane when he mistook her for a […]