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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...

“My hope is that this will be a kind of quantum leap forward in the sense of what a concert can be,” U2 guitarist the Edge told Rolling Stone about their latest tour. U2 will kick off its U2:UV Achtung Baby Live Las Vegas residency on September 29, 2023 at the newly-built Sphere concert venue. Buy U2 Tickets Vivid Seats Sphere has been under construction for the past five years near the Venetian resort, with building costs reportedly topping $2 billion. Billing itself as the “world’s largest spherical structure,” Sphere is...

Dolly Parton shared some hints about her upcoming ACM Awards performance during an appearance on ABC's Good Morning America on Tuesday (April 25), while she was on the show to promote her new children's book, Billy the Kid Makes it Big.The 2023 ACMs will be a big night for Parton: She's co-hosting the awards show with Garth Brooks, marking the first time the two legends have ever worked together, and the first time Brooks has ever hosted an event of this kind.But that's not all: Parton is also scheduled to...

As soon as Taeyang dropped “Vibe,” his upbeat collaboration with Jimin of BTS, he left fans eagerly awaiting more. They got just what they wanted with Down to Earth, an action-packed, six-track EP that dropped Tuesday and has a little bit of everything: touches of R&B and soul, tons of Taeyang’s smooth vocals, and yes, more features — including one with Lisa from Blackpink. When we spoke to him back in January, he explained that his album titles are always tied to his name, which means “sun” in Korean. (His...

Blake Shelton used his final steal during Season 23 of The Voice on Monday night (April 24). The longtime country coach pressed his red button for Team Kelly Clarkson’s 22-year-old standout, Rachel Christine.The Wisconsin native delivered a dramatic cover of Stevie Nicks’ “Rhiannon" during the latest Knockout Round. She went up against a country singer named Holly Brand. Clarkson chose Brand as the winner of the round after she belted out an unforgettable cover of LeAnn Rimes’ version of “Blue Moon of Kentucky.”Brand swept the judges off their feet with...

Shake It Off "It was all very Mercury in retrograde coded," the singer wrote on Twitter after clearing up concerns about her cut hand Swifties need not worry — Taylor Swift is just fine. During her Eras tour performance in Houston, Texas, over the weekend, fans noticed she was bleeding from her hand during the Reputation segment of the show. She was already bandaged up by the time she reached 1989 later on and fittingly sang through “Shake It Off.” But that didn’t stop her fans from expressing their concerns...

Carrie Underwood is supplementing her Reflection: The Las Vegas Residency 2023 calendar with three new dates in December. The singer announced on Monday (April 24) that she's adding three shows on Dec. 13, 15 and 16.Those new dates join 18 Reflection dates already on Underwood's calendar for this year. The singer's 2023 Vegas run kicks off in June, and she's got two batches of dates planned for September and December, plus a one-off stop in late November.Underwood's Reflection residency has been running on and off since late 2021, and she...

Of all the BTS members, Suga is probably the one who is most familiar with the daunting feeling that comes before dropping a solo project — but he’d never released something the size and scale of D-DAY before.  The 30-year-old rapper/producer/songwriter born Min Yunki has two full-length mixtapes using his alter ego Agust D — his 2016 debut, named after his second alias, and 2020’s D-2, both which established him as a ferociously introspective artist. Through his emotionally wrenching raps, he’s also emerged as a bold K-pop star, unafraid to...

Colin Stough has made it to American Idol’s Top 20, and after learning the news, he took to the stage to perform his own version of Parker McCollum’s “Pretty Heart.”For his time on stage, the giant screens behind him showed a rural landscape bathed in the light of a colorful set complete with rolling clouds. Stough stood center stage and played his guitar, all while Luke Bryan sang along from the judge's desk.Fellow judge Katy Perry noted how Stough is always true to his roots and presents his authentic self...

Twenty-seven years ago, on April 23, 1996, George Strait released his 16th studio album, Blue Clear Sky. The multi-platinum-certified record includes three No. 1 singles, including its title track, which draws a bit of inspiration from an unlikely source.Strait released "Blue Clear Sky" as the album of the same name's first single in March of 1996. Written by Bob DiPiero, John Jarrard and Mark D. Sanders, the song first came to DiPiero while he was in a movie theater, watching Forrest Gump."He was talking about his girlfriend, Jenny, and how she would come...

When Leland set out to write the music for “WigLoose,” the drag queen musical version of Footloose featured in Season 15 of RuPaul’s Drag Race, he never imagined its storyline about a city trying to ban drag would actually reflect real life. During last week’s finale, as anti-drag legislation continues to affect red states, Leland tapped Orville Peck to join him for a rendition of “Built on Drag,” one of the songs featured in “WigLoose.” Together, they recreated “Built on Drag” as an acoustic, powerful track surrounded by all the...

Sixty-seven years ago today (April 23, 1956) might be a day that Elvis Presley would have rather forgotten. It was on that date that the King of Rock and Roll made his debut in Las Vegas -- and quickly learned that his superstardom didn't extend to Sin City.Presley, who had, at the time of his Vegas debut, just released his eponymous freshman album, took the stage, along with Freddy Martin and comedian Shecky Greene, for what was supposed to be the first night of a two-week residency at the New Frontier Hotel....

Lizzo said she was told to cancel her shows in Tennessee in light of the state’s anti-drag law, which bans “adult cabaret entertainment” in public spaces and where it might be seen by minors. Instead, she decided to invite drag performers, including RuPaul’s Drag Race alumni, to perform with her onstage at her Knoxville show. “In light of recent and tragic events and current events, I was told by people on the internet, ‘Cancel your shows in Tennessee,’ ‘Don’t go to Tennessee,’” Lizzo said during her set. “We don’t have...

Sam Hunt and his wife, Hannah Lee Fowler, are expecting their second child, according to a new report. Entertainment Tonight reports that Hunt announced the news on stage live during a concert in Las Vegas on Friday night (April 21).According to ET, Hunt told the crowd at Resorts World Theatre in Las Vegas that he and his wife are expecting their second child, adding that his wife and their 10-month-old daughter, Lucy Louise, were joining him in Sin City for his shows, which began Friday and conclude on Saturday night...