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Beloved actor and Golden Girls star Betty White died on New Year's Eve (Dec. 31), just days shy of her 100th birthday. But fans are going ahead with celebrations for the big mile milestone birthday, and among them is country superstar Trisha Yearwood.Yearwood's jumping aboard the Betty White Challenge, which calls on fans to donate to animal shelters or animal rights charities on Jan. 17, which would have been White's birthday. Throughout her life, White was a champion for animal rights, and she spent five decades working with the Greater...

For the first Saturday Night Live musical performance of 2022, Jack Antonoff’s Bleachers hit the stage for an energetic, jazz-tinged performance of “How Dare You Want More.” During the track, which is the second single from Bleachers’ 2021 album Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night, Antonoff was joined by singer-songwriter Blu DeTiger on bass, indie-rocker Claud on keys and his dad Rick on guitar. Later, the super-producer returned to the stage for a moving performance of the nostalgic anthemic “Chinatown,” which features Bruce Springsteen. Antonoff stepped in to join...

Sara Evans' husband, Jay Barker, was arrested in Nashville on Saturday morning (Jan. 15) and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. As of late Saturday afternoon, he was being held on a 12-hour domestic violence hold.The 49-year-old former college football player is currently the host of a mid-day show on Tide 100.9, a Townsquare Media Station. The Tide station reports that his bond was set at $10,000. Attempts to reach him were unsuccessful.Per the Davidson County Sheriff's Office, Barker was booked just after 4AM on Saturday morning. He's listed...

Celine Dion has canceled her upcoming North American tour due to continued recovery from recent health issues, the singer announced Saturday. The North American leg of the Courage World Tour was scheduled to begin March 9 in Denver and run through April 22. However, Dion has “recently has been treated for severe and persistent muscle spasms which are preventing her from performing, and her recovery is taking longer than she hoped,” her site said Saturday. Dion said in a statement, “I was really hoping that I’d be good to go...

Ralph Emery, a legendary country music broadcast personality and member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, has died. Nashville's Tennessean newspaper reports that Emery died in Nashville on Saturday morning (Jan. 15). He was 88 years old.According to a statement from his family, the broadcasting legend "passed away peacefully" at Tristar Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, surrounded by his loved ones."Ralph had a deep love for his family, his friends and his fans," the statement reads.This is a developing story and will be updated.Remembering the Country Stars Who've Died...

Thirty years ago today (Jan. 15, 1992) was an unforgettable day for Johnny Cash: It was on that date that Cash was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, proving that his music defies genre limits.Lyle Lovett inducted Cash during 1992's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, explaining that the country icon "helped show the world what happens when rural sensibilities and values mix with an urban environment.""Over the years," Lovett continued, "he has demonstrated a broad musical perspective, never being afraid to record songs of social...

Kanye West has released the new song “Eazy” featuring The Game. The rapper legally known as Ye has been in the studio working on the follow-up to Donda. On the new track, Ye throws shade at soon-to-be ex-wife Kim Kardashian and makes multiple allusions to their high-profile divorce. “‘Mr. Narcissist,’ tell me ’bout my arrogance/ No more counselin’, I don’t negotiate with therapists,” he boasts, later claiming the couple is “havin’ the best divorce ever.” Kardashian’s family is also seemingly put on blast, with Ye calling the famous reality TV...

Hailey Whitters is returning to her roots. The Iowa native has announced the release of her third album Raised, due out March 18, which was inspired by her Midwestern hometown and the formative years she spent there.“It’s been 14 years since I’ve lived in Iowa, but more and more I’ve been going back there mentally, and being pulled to the people and the places that raised me," Whitters explains in a press release.The 17-song record features a collaboration with American Aquarium called "Middle of America," as well as co-writes with some of Nashville's...

Farina‘s addiction to perreo is contagious on her new single “Adicta al Perreo.” On Friday, the Colombian rapper released the track and its accompanying music video as she paid tribute to street culture, namedropped Jennifer Lopez and Rick Ross, and declared herself the “queen of TikTok.” “I’m really excited to start the new year off releasing new music that brings back the old-school reggaetón vibes,” Farina tells Rolling Stone. “I’ve been working on this song for some time and it has a super fun and upbeat melody that I hope...

By the time "She Let Herself Go" ascended to the top of the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart dated Jan. 14, 2006, George Strait was plenty familiar with the feeling of having a No. 1 song on that chart: He'd done it 39 times before, after all. This time, though, was different.With "She Let Herself Go," Strait's 40th career No. 1 Hot Country Songs song, the country legend tied the record for most No. 1s on that chart, held by Conway Twitty, who had set the record two decades earlier with his 1986...

The Lumineers appeared on The Tonight Show to perform two tracks, “Where We Are” and “A.M. Radio.” The Colorado band gave an intimate, emotional performance, backed by soft, glowing lights on the late night show’s stage. Both songs come off the Lumineers new album, Brightside, out Jan. 14 via Dualtone. The album, which marks the band’s fourth full-length release, was produced by Simone Felice and produced, mixed, and engineered by David Baron over two sessions in winter and spring 2021 at Baron’s Sun Mountain Studios in Boiceville, N.Y. The Lumineers debuted...

Luke Bryan went a little too hard cheering for his favorite college football team on Monday (Jan. 10), and as a result, he has to keep quiet for awhile. The singer is on vocal rest ahead of four played shows at Crash My Playa next week.On Instagram, Bryan's wife Caroline Bryan shared a photo that shows her putting painter's tape over her husband's mouth. His sad eyes contradict his "rock on" hand gesture. Bryan is on vocal rest after "his EXCESSIVE screaming at National Championship game," Caroline writes. "Can't say I'm...

Ronnie Spector’s acclaimed 1990 memoir Be My Baby: How I Survived Mascara, Miniskirts, and Madness has long been out of print — but the legendary singer was revising the book in the weeks before her death due to cancer at age 78 on Jan. 12, according to publisher Henry Holt, which plans to release a new edition of Be My Baby on May 3. “She knew that she was sick and I knew that she was sick, but she was being discreet about it,” says Henry Holt’s editor-in-chief, Sarah Crichton....

Thirty-two years ago today (Jan. 13, 1990) was a bittersweet day for friends, family and fans of Keith Whitley: It was on that date that Whitley's song "It Ain't Nothin'" landed at the top of the charts, more than eight months after his death."It Ain't Nothin'" was the second single and second No. 1 hit from Whitley's I Wonder Do You Think of Me record, which was the first album released after his death. Written by Tony Haselden and featuring lines such as, "It ain't nothin' a little bit of...