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The police officer whom Blake Shelton chose to honor during a tour stop in Tulsa had a surprise for everyone around him. On Friday night (Sept. 24), the singer gave Officer Aurash Zarkeshan the VIP treatment, 15 months after he was shot during a routine traffic stop.Zarkeshan received front row tickets, and a local bank gave $5,000 to a charity of his choice. Then, as Shelton sang "Nobody But You," the Tulsa patrolman had a surprise for his girlfriend. See for yourself before learning more about his tragic story."A big congratulations to Officer...

Two songs into the launch of the Rolling Stones’ No Filter Tour 2021 at the Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis on Sunday, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards stepped to the front of the stage, clutched their hands together, and addressed the intense sorrow hanging over the event. “I just want to say that it’s quite emotional seeing those images of Charlie up on the screen,” Jagger said, referencing a video montage of the late drummer that had kicked off the evening. “This is our first tour that we’ve...

Mickey Guyton has been open about the struggles she’s faced in country music, often advocating for equality and representation within the genre and vulnerably sharing about the personal hardships she’s had to endure. However, she's not opened up about her husband Grant Savoy’s terrifying health scare and misdiagnosis, until now.Speaking to Today’s Country with Kelleigh Bannen about the inspiration behind her stirring new song “Lay It on Me,” Guyton revealed some shocking information she has kept private for a while."My husband was really sick. He had something going on with his health where...

Following a week of beefing with Slipknot, Machine Gun Kelly was greeted with a chorus of boos throughout the singer-rapper’s Saturday set at the metal-leaning Louder Than Life Festival. Last weekend, Machine Gun Kelly launched into a tirade at Chicago’s Riot Fest against Slipknot — who were playing at the same time on a neighboring stage — calling the group “old weird dudes with masks.” It was later revealed that there was some residual animosity over a nixed collaboration between MGK and Slipknot’s Corey Taylor. MGK — an artist who,...

Fall has only just begun, but that doesn't mean that Carrie Underwood is waiting to celebrate the Christmas season... and all of the things that come along with it.Underwood gave fans a taste of winter a little early with her release of the upbeat new song, "Favorite Time of Year." Throughout the holiday song, Underwood sings about the things that make the season so special, including decorations, sweet treats and wrapping up in a blanket to watch a classic movie.Of course, for Underwood, part of what makes Christmas so special is...

Fresh off their appearance before the United Nations General Assembly, BTS kicked off the 24-hour 2021 Global Citizen Festival with “Permission to Dance,” their track co-written with Ed Sheeran. The festival features hundreds of artists, activists and advocacy organizations working together this weekend to inspire awareness, seek unity and bring about global change. Sheeran, Billie Eilish, Stevie Wonder, Elton John and Shawn Mendes are among this year’s performers, with the event timed to the UN General Assembly and G20 climate meetings. The festival culminates in Global Citizen Live, a festival...

Summer may be officially over, but RaeLynn isn't ready for Sad Girl Fall just yet. Her new song "Get That All the Time" is a flirty and infectious collaboration with Mitchell Tenpenny.RaeLynn co-wrote "Get That All the Time" with Tyler Hubbard, Kane Brown and her Round Here Records labelmate Corey Crowder. The song finds RaeLynn and Tenpenny trading compliments and plying each other with an impressive array of pickup lines."I knew that you could have anyone in here tonight / But you'd be better off mine / I bet you get that all the time," RaeLynn sings in the...

Products featured are independently selected by our editorial team and we may earn a commission from purchases made from our links; the retailer may also receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. The 2021 Global Citizen Festival is upon us, with hundreds of artists, activists and advocacy organizations working together this weekend to inspire awareness, seek unity and bring about global change. Ed Sheeran, Elton John, Billie Eilish, Stevie Wonder, Shawn Mendes and BTS are among the performers donating their time for the event, which takes place over a 24-hour...

Kelly Clarkson has scored another victory in her ongoing divorce from her estranged husband, Brandon Blackstock. According to multiple reports, a judge in the case has declared Clarkson legally single amid the continuing divorce proceedings, which have dragged on for more than a year.Us Weekly and other news outlets have obtained legal documents pertaining to the divorce in news that broke on Friday (Sept. 24), showing that a judge declared both of the parties legally single in August of 2021. Clarkson filed a legal request with the court in July...

In the depths of her court-ordered conservatorship, while Britney Spears was performing hundreds of shows for her Vegas residency and raking in millions, the pop star was under a strict budget and intense, 24-hour surveillance that monitored her every move — including a wiretap in her bedroom. Those are some of the stunning claims in Controlling Britney Spears, the new documentary from The New York Times that premiered Friday night on FX and Hulu, just five days before a critical court hearing in the 13-year case. Related: How to Watch...

Tim McGraw will be the first to tell you that wife Faith Hill saved his life. His exact words were "I'd be dead," but the full story is deeper and much sweeter.It's also just one part of this week's trivia video. How well do you know Tim McGraw? Questions about his raising, his tattoos, why he wears a black cowboy hat and the moment he knew he needed to get sober are all part of this video. There are six questions — see how many you can get right:McGraw's next...

Hip-hop legend Rick Ross shares life lessons and secrets to success (many drawn from his new book, The Perfect Day to Boss Up: A Hustler’s Guide to Building Your Empire) in an interview with Jeff Ihaza on the latest episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast. “That, to me, is the definition of the boss mentality,” Ross says. “When you find yourself with downtime, and instead of just sitting around, you write a book.” Ross, who appears on Drake’s Certified Lover Boy, also talks about how Kanye West pushed him...

Walker Hayes’ infectious hit “Fancy Like” gets yet another boost with a feature from pop star Kesha on a remixed version of the song.The Billboard-charting song caught Kesha’s attention as a fun, relatable track. “This song speaks to me on a very deep level,” the singer shares on Twitter, describing herself as "a southern b---h who loves a Waffle House after a night at the dive bar n karaoke.”The remix, though sonically identical to the original, includes an injection of pop via a new verse from the “Tik Tok” singer. “Oh, I...

John Mayer appeared on The Late Show for the debut live performance of his song “Wild Blue,” off the singer’s new album Sob Rock. Mayer, performing with his live band, offered a soulful, intimate rendition of the song. Mayer released Sob Rock, his eighth album, in July. Sob Rock marks Mayer’s first studio album since 2017’s The Search for Everything. Since 2015, he has been performing as part of the Grateful Dead supergroup Dead & Company. “I’m only interested if I get to put new paints on the canvas. And if my...