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Twenty-seven years ago today (Jan. 28), Alan Jackson had plenty to celebrate: It was on this day in 1995 that the singer scored his 10th No. 1 hit with the song "Gone Country," from his multi-platinum-selling Who I Am album.Veteran tunesmith Bob McDill penned "Gone Country," which tells the stories of three different styles of singers -- a lounge singer, a folk singer and a classically trained singer -- who each find their niche in country music. Jackson calls McDill "one of my favorite writers of all time."Alan Jackson Who...

Classics For U2 "The essence of those songs is still in us," said The Edge on reimagining their Songs of Surrender hits U2 is going back to the eighties — and bringing their most iconic songs into 2023. On Friday, the band released a reimagined version of their 1987 hit “With or Without You,” the group’s first No. 1 hit in America. The song is set to be featured on the group’s upcoming LP Songs of Surrender, where they’ll rework several of their songs for today. The upcoming album is...

Attention all Jo Dee Messina fans: you'll soon be able to enjoy some of her biggest hits in a brand new way.Set for release on March 10 via Curb Records, Heads Carolina, Tails California: The Best of Jo Dee Messina features 11 of the country star's most beloved tracks from throughout her accomplished career. The limited-edition, 180-gram clear vinyl with blue and orange flecks includes early No. 1 hits "Bye, Bye" and "Stand Beside Me," alongside 2000s cuts like "My Give a Damn's Busted.""It's amazing to look back over a catalog and...

'You Know the Rules' Astley accused the rapper of impersonating his voice from his 1987 hit "Never Gonna Give You Up" Rick Astley, whose 1987 hit song “Never Gonna Give You Up” is embedded in Americana and meme history, is suing rapper Yung Gravy for impersonating his voice, Billboard reports. Astley alleges that Gravy’s 2022 breakout hit, “Betty (Get Money),” imitated his voice without legal authorization. The lawsuit was filed Thursday in Los Angeles, and claims that “Betty (Get Money)” imitated Astley’s distinct voice in his eighties classic. “In an...

Lauren Alaina was just 15 years old when she sang her first notes on the American Idol stage. The country star's audition for the TV singing competition's 10th season aired 12 years ago, on Jan. 27, 2011.Alaina auditioned for Idol in Nashville, Tenn., in late 2010. The Rossville, Ga., native turned 16 that November, but was still one of the youngest finalists during that season of the show, which aired in the first months of 2011. She'd previously performed in church and with a children's choir, and won the Southern Stars Pageant at...

¿Quieren Perreo? The collaboration replaces the mysterious "loading" track on Alejandro's 2022 LP Saturno Rauw Alejandro is not done sharing music from his album Saturno quite yet. On Thursday, the Puerto Rican star dropped “Panties y Brasieres,” a new collaboration with reggaeton legend Daddy Yankee that replaces the mysterious “Track 7” from his LP. The song is a reference to the bras and panties that fans send flying onstage at Rauw’s shows. A lot of listeners have wondered about the track since it was originally released on Saturno as a...

Over the past several months, The Judds Final Tour has provided an unforgettable, cathartic outlet for singer Wynonna Judd, her fans and fellow artists to celebrate the music of the Judds as well as the life and legacy of her late mother and bandmate, Naomi Judd.But now, she says that time is coming to an end."There are no plans for going past February," the singer tells Billboard. Judd's tour calendar shows the Judds Final Tour concluding Feb. 25 in Hollywood, Fla."It's a chapter of finding meaning in the grieving process, so I think it is...

Float, Don't Walk The sunny clip featured a montage video of the singer blissfully poolside on her birthday Janelle Monáe shared a teaser of her upcoming single “Float” on social media on Wednesday.  The clip features a montage video of the singer blissfully poolside with floaties, drinks and balloons, with the majority of the video appearing to be from her recent birthday celebration in December. In the 30-second snippet, the award-winning artist and author sings, “No I’m not the same, I think I done changed/ See something not the same/...

Reba McEntire will officially open her brand-new restaurant and bar, Reba's Place, in Atoka, Okla., on Thursday (Jan. 26), and she'll give a very special performance to commemorate the occasion.The singer announced Wednesday (Jan. 25) that she will perform at the grand opening event, and although it is closed to the public, the performance will stream live on her Facebook page beginning at 6:45PM CT.The opening of Reba's Place comes more than a year after she announced the new restaurant, bar and music venue at a show at the Choctaw Grand...

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has built a reputation as a tough-on-crime prosecutor eager to fill Atlanta prisons through sweeping indictments. But YSL Mondo, who co-founded the Young Stoner Life music crew with Young Thug in the early 2010s, tells Rolling Stone that the Fani Willis he sees on TV isn’t the same woman who served as his defense attorney in 2019 during an aggravated assault case.  “This is not her character, this is not who she is,” he says during a phone call. “I done had auntie-to-nephew, mother-to-son...

Little Big Town will hit the road in 2023. The country quartet announced 10 new dates across spring and summer, billed as the Friends of Mine Tour.The tour kicks off April 13 with a stop in Birmingham, Ala., and features a batch of dates concentrated on spring, with one stop in June and two more in July."Been dying to share this news," the band wrote on social media when they announced their new tour stops. "Beyond excited to bring our 'Friends of Mine Tour' to a city near you."The tour...

Actress Esmé Bianco and Marilyn Manson have reached an out-of-court settlement for the sexual assault lawsuit she filed against him and his business, Marilyn Manson Records, Inc., in 2021. The actress, who appeared on Game of Thrones, alleged the singer, whose real name is Brian Warner, had raped and battered her sexually; she also claimed he had violated California human trafficking laws. The terms of the agreement are unknown. “Ms. Bianco has agreed to resolve her claims against Brian Warner and Marilyn Manson Records, Inc. in order to move on...

Singer-songwriter Ruston Kelly will embark on a lengthy headlining tour this spring in support of his upcoming third studio album, The Weakness, out April 7.The 34-year-old talent will visit cities across the U.S. beginning April 12 with a performance at Mercury Ballroom in Louisville, Ky. The 30-date trek includes stops in New York City, Seattle, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and Houston before wrapping up with a special set at Nashville's Ascend Amphitheater on June 2.Kelly has tapped an eclectic mix of talent for support on the tour, including a set from Jenny Lewis at his...

Lil Peep’s mom is “hopefully” close to settling her multimillion-dollar legal war stemming from her son’s 2017 fatal overdose on a tour bus, her lawyer said Tuesday, but a Los Angeles judge refused to postpone a March 8 trial date in the complicated case. “Have you wrapped up the settlement here?” Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Teresa Beaudet asked the parties at the first hearing in the case since both sides announced they’d reached a deal “in principle” last October. “Unfortunately, we don’t have that type of news to...