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Michael Johnston, cofounder of Chicago-based label Audiotree and owner of venues Schubas and Lincoln Hall, has been accused of using hidden cameras in his home to videotape and photograph nude images of his children’s nanny, NBC 5 Chicago reports. The nanny and another woman have filed a civil suit against Johnston and his wife Kelly Halverson. The women — named as Jane Doe and Julie Doe in the court filing — are friends and recent graduates from DePaul University. Per the women’s lawyer Gail Eisenberg, Jane worked for the couple...

Cody Johnson has the rare ability to sing your hat off, but his new single "'Til You Can't" combines that power with a message that's just so on-the-nose for his hardcore fans.The Texan isn't singing to a younger, pop-hungry crowd on any songs from his new Human: The Double Album project, but this song in particular targets men and women who've lived a little. Only those who've wasted a few good opportunities will appreciate the devastating tag line that comes after each verse. Speaking of time spent with a grandfather,...

Lil Nas X is getting ready to dish on Maury this Wednesday about the love triangle inspiration behind “That’s What I Want” — and he’s dropped a trailer spilling the details. The new clip opens with footage from the song’s video, which depicts the backstory of a very real love triangle. The video depicts Lil Nas X and his boyfriend Yai Ariza’s steamy romance and then the rapper’s discovery that Ariza is actually married to a woman named Ashley who has a four-year-old child. Six weeks after dropping the visual,...

It's beginning to look a lot like ... well, you know. The CMA Country Christmas television special unwrapped its 2021 lineup on Monday (Nov. 15), with some of the genre's biggest stars gathering to spread holiday cheer.Carrie Underwood, Brett Eldredge, Lady A and Lainey Wilson are just some of the exciting acts scheduled to take the stage.Underwood and Eldredge have arguably become country's Queen and King of Christmas magic in recent years: Underwood's first holiday album, My Gift, arrived in 2020, and she followed it up with the festive "Stretchy...

In October, Adele performed her first concert in over four years at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles. It was filmed for Adele One Night Only, a two-hour concert and interview special with Oprah Winfrey that aired Sunday night on CBS. Though the audience was largely filled with famous friends like Drake, Lizzo, Leonardo DiCaprio and Ellen Degeneres, Adele invited a lucky couple to the intimate show as they took a huge step in their relationship. Adele began her show just as the sun setting, so once it was dark out...

Taylor Swift's Red (Taylor's Version) arrived last week, and with it came another batch of nine "From the Vault" tracks, including her latest submission to country radio: A Chris Stapleton duet called "I Bet You Think About Me."That's not the only song with a strong country connection on Swift's new project. She also included her version of "Babe," a song that she co-wrote with Pat Monahan during the Red era but didn't wind up including on the first version of the album. Six years later, in 2018, the song found...

While fans are still deciphering Taylor Swift’s epic All Too Well short film, the singer revealed Sunday that another video of her Red (Taylor’s Version) will arrive shortly. The visual for “I Bet You Think About Me” will premiere Monday at 10 a.m. EST, with actress and Swift’s friend Blake Lively making her directorial debut on a video featuring a story co-written by the Lively and Swift. “I finally got to work with the brilliant, brave, & wickedly funny @blakelively on her directorial debut,” Swift tweeted. “Join us as we...

Blake Shelton has some down-home fun with pyrotechnics in the music video for "Come Back As a Country Boy," the anthemic new single he released in early October.The song's lyrics proclaim Shelton's undying dedication to his lifestyle, saying that if he doesn't "Come Back As a Country Boy" in his next life, then he'd rather just not come back at all. The clip stays true to upholding the simple things in life, with footage filmed on Shelton's Oklahoma ranch and featuring his real-life dog, but there's a special-effects-filled twist.The video...

Taylor Swift paralyzed time with the live television debut of her expanded version of “All Too Well” on Saturday Night Live this week. Released on Nov. 12, the 10-minute track comes from Red (Taylor’s Version), her second re-recorded album from her catalog. Instead of performing two songs as musical guests typically do on SNL, Swift played just the one song from her latest LP during her fifth stint on the show. The backdrop of Swift’s heartwrenching live performance of “All Too Well” was its corresponding short film which the singer...

Vince Gill is one of the most important country artists of his generation, but he struggled during his early days trying to establish a solo career in Nashville. In a new interview, the country icon reveals that he received an offer to join Dire Straits during those lean times, and shares why he felt like he had to turn it down.Gill came to Nashville after a successful stint as the lead singer of the pop-country group Pure Prairie League, with which he scored his first hit, "Let Me Love You...

Angel Olsen performed an intimate, stripped-down mini-set as part of the virtual Adult Swim Festival this weekend. Accompanied only by electric guitar, Olsen — who performed live, and not prerecorded, for the livestream — played four tracks from her 2020 LP Whole New Mess, itself a bare bones version of 2019’s All Mirrors: “We Are All Mirrors,” “Chance (Forever Love),” “Whole New Mess” and “Tonight (Without You).” Earlier this year, Olsen released Song of the Lark and Other Far Memories —a box set featuring Whole New Mess, All Mirrors and...

Even Carrie Underwood eats too much at Christmas time. The famously fit country singer has dropped "Stretchy Pants," a comedic pop-country song that celebrates the realities of over-indulging around the holidays.A portion of proceeds from the song will go to the Store, Brad Paisley and his wife Kimberly Williams-Paisley's not-for-profit grocery store for families lacking money for adequate nutrition. Underwood says she immediately thought of them when looking to do some good with the proceeds because, "Everybody should be able to afford feasts for the holidays, and everybody should have...

Brace yourselves: Taylor Swift has dropped a dramatic and moving short film for the long-awaited 10-minute version of “All Too Well.” Swift wrote and directed the short film, which was shot on 35mm. Sadie Sink (Stranger Things) and Dylan O’Brien (Teen Wolf) star as two doomed lovers. The story opens with them in bed, Sink’s character mesmerized by her boyfriend. They end up in upstate New York, where she abandons a scarf. Their relationship takes a turn at a dinner party, where O’Brien’s character ignores his girlfriend as he impresses...

When Little Big Town recorded "Better Man" in 2016, they made clear that Taylor Swift didn't write the song for them. It was a song she had written and felt would be perfect for the quartet, and she was right.The group's version became a No. 1 hit and won a CMA Award and a Grammy. Karen Fairchild's voice told the story of a love gone wrong over a pop-acoustic track build by Jay Joyce. Her deeper delivery is more mature than Swift's natural singing voice, and the presence of three...