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In a career that has encompassed performing, songwriting, acting and activism, there are so many highlights to consider when looking back at Willie Nelson's life. Here are 25 of our favorite things you might not know about the American icon.1. Willie Hugh Nelson was born April 29, 1933, in Abbott, Texas. Also born in Texas that same month were future TV stars Carol Burnett and Carolyn Jones (The Addams Family).2. Because he was born close to midnight, some sources list Nelson's birth date as April 30.3. Nelson's sister Bobbie, who...

Across his two blockbuster albums, Jack Harlow had all the elements of pop-rap superstardom on full display — the chameleonic swagger, the everydude sincerity evidenced by his affinity for namechecking chain restaurants, the puppydog hearththrob confessions, and the phone numbers of the most famous guest rappers in existence. He had enough skills to get the co-sign from Kanye West and Drake, and the pop acumen to land a Number One Billboard single. However, if you could level one criticism of the Jack Harlow catalog, it is that, conceptually, he could...

Cole Swindell punctuated his Stereotype Broken deluxe with the release of the project's final new track, "Sad Ass Country Song." Officially released Friday (April 28), the song puts a twist on the classic heartbreak song as it finds the singer living inside of a sad country tune.Written by Swindell, Josh Miller, Matt Dragstrem and Joel Hutsell, "Sad Ass Country Song" references classic country songs, phrases and legends while poignantly explaining Swindell's heartbreak.The singer describes his current downcast situation, singing, "I'm just three chords, but I can't take the truth" and "I'm bluer than that...

Court Musical The singer played a chord progression from “Thinking Out Loud” on Thursday, hoping to distinguish his song from Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On" Ed Sheeran played his guitar and sang on the witness stand in Manhattan federal court on Thursday. The singer sought to prove he did not dupe Marvin Gaye’s soul classic “Let’s Get It On” during the copyright infringement trial. The British singer-songwriter strummed the four-chord progression at the core of his hit song “Thinking Out Loud,” which he said he wrote with longtime collaborator Amy Wadge within...

Twenty-three years ago today (April 28, 2000) is a day that Rascal Flatts will likely never forget. It was on that date that the trio, made up of Gary LeVox, Joe Don Rooney and Jay DeMarcus, made their debut on the Grand Ole Opry.At the time of their Opry debut, Rascal Flatts' debut single, "Prayin' for Daylight," from their eponymous freshman album, was climbing the charts, and the record itself was still two months away from its release date. The three guys made sure to soak in their first performance on the...

Content Soundtrack Hosted during the summer for the first time, the ceremony will return in August and present the first award recognizing the songs that are dominating social media The Streamy Awards are heating up. The ceremony will trade in its usual winter time slot for a summer event in Los Angeles on Aug. 27. The 2023 Streamy Awards will also feature the inaugural presentation of the Rolling Stone Sound of the Year award, which recognizes the top songs that have dominated content creation across platforms on social media. “Summer...

Dolly Parton managed to book an impressive list of musical legends to duet with her on her upcoming rock album, but Mick Jagger's still her white whale."I never got him!" the singer tells ET Online, while promoting her new children's book, Billy the Kid Makes it Big."But I love Mick Jagger no matter what," Parton goes on to say. "I'll still be runnin' after him all through the years. Because I've always had a crush on ."There are still plenty of legendary rock stars who will appear on the album,...

It was a busy day for the live music industry in Washington today as senators introduced multiple pieces of legislation aimed at improving transparency and competition in ticketing. One of the most common complaints among music fans in a long list of gripes about the modern ticketing industry is the hidden fees that get tacked on at the very end of a purchase, adding a deceptive extra costs customers won’t even see until they’ve already selected their seats based on a different price. The Transparency in Charges for Key Events...

Kelsea Ballerini's Heartfirst Tour — and the song it's named after — is a celebration of openheartedness, and the singer says that's true to her personality in real life."The whole point of life is love, and I'm a heart first girly, we all know this," the singer explains in an interview for People's 2023 Beautiful Issue."I've written about blissfully and blindly following my heart into the abyss my whole career," she adds. "And I will continue to do that, hopefully, 'til the day I die."But that willingness to follow her...

The Fugees’ Pras Michel was convicted on federal charges of conspiracy and falsifying records for his role in a multimillion-dollar government influence campaign that involved both the Obama and Trump administrations.  Michel was convicted of all 10 counts against him, as The Washington Post reports. Those charges included money laundering, illegal lobbying, witness tampering, and campaign finance violations.  As Rolling Stone outlined in a recent feature, the charges against Michel were tied to his relationship with Malaysian financier Jho Low. Low is accused of stealing $4.5 billion from Malaysia’s 1MDB...

Miranda Lambert's new cookbook, Y'all Eat Yet? Welcome to the Pretty B*tchin' Kitchen, is full of personal recipes paired with family stories and memories — and the singer says there's one dish that just might have sealed the deal between her and her husband, Brendan McLoughlin.That's her mom Beverly's famous meatloaf recipe, which Lambert says is a staple for women in the family hoping to show their love for a prospective romantic mate. The loaf was a dish she made early on when she was dating McLoughlin, she reveals in...

Court Outcome "Way held the gun to Ms. Myers' head and told her she was going to die that night and she would not make it home," read the original complaint Soulja Boy is being ordered to pay nearly a quarter million dollars after being sued by his ex-girlfriend for abuse and kidnapping in 2019. The rapper, born DeAndre Way, was ordered by a jury to pay Kayla Myers $235,900 due to an incident from February 2019 where he was accused of striking her with a gun and threatening to...

Billy Currington is one of country music's most consistent hitmakers, but he was a young artist looking for a shot when he made his Grand Ole Opry debut 20 years ago, on April 25, 2003.Currington had released his debut single, "Walk a Little Straighter," to country radio just days before, on April 21, and he performed the emotional, traditional-leaning song during his Opry debut. Currington teamed with Carson Chamberlain and Casey Beathard to write "Walk a Little Straighter," which Chamberlain produced. The song tells the story of a young man...