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Alabama Shakes drummer Steve Johnson was arrested on child abuse charges on Wednesday in Limestone County, Alabama. Johnson faces charges of willful torture, willful abuse and cruelly beating or otherwise willfully maltreating a child under the age of 18, the Associated Press reports. No other details regarding the alleged abuse were provided. The Limestone County Sheriff’s Office confirms that Johnson was arrested March 24th and taken to Limestone County Jail with bail set at $21,500. The drummer is set to be arraigned on the charges on April 7th. Steven William...

During the first round of auditions in this season of American Idol, 17-year-old Hannah Everhart from Canton, Miss. caught the judges' attention not only for her Southern drawl and powerful vocal skills: She also bears an uncanny resemblance to Idol judge Katy Perry.On Sunday night (March 28), Everhart took the stage again for the Showstoppers round, delivering a full-band performance as she vied for her spot in the show's Top 24. "Come on, sister from another mister," Perry joked as the Idol hopeful launched into a moody performance of Miley Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball."Everhart has proved her country...

Jack Harlow brought out Adam Levine to perform the single “Same Guy” during the Louisville rapper’s Saturday Night Live musical guest debut on the latest episode. The Maroon 5 singer, who features on the version from Harlow’s 2020 LP That’s What They All Say, emerged from the riser behind Harlow to make an unannounced cameo during the performance, with the singer lending his falsetto to the track. The rapper opened his SNL musical guest spot with a medley of his singles “Tyler Herro,” named after the Miami Heat basketball player,...

She's been a country mainstream artist for more than 40 years, and is a vivid storyteller and, like many beloved country stars, a chronic over-sharer, so it's easy enough to assume that even casual fans know just about everything there is to know about recording artist and actor Reba McEntire. We, however, beg to differ.There's plenty of forgotten facts and overlooked trivia from McEntire's life, which spans from working on her family's cattle ranch as a child to recent developments both celebratory (receiving a Kennedy Center Honor in 2018) and surreal...

TikTok star-turned-pop singer Addison Rae made her late-night TV debut Friday to perform her first single “Obsessed” live on The Tonight Show. Rae, who accumulated millions of followers on TikTok thanks to her viral dance videos, presented a movement-heavy virtual performance on the episode, which also marked the first time the singer had delivered the song live. Also during the episode, Rae taught host Jimmy Fallon some of her viral dance moves, and later discussed her social media fame and shift into pop music. Earlier this month, in tandem with...

Chris Young and Kane Brown celebrate their "Famous Friends" in the music video for the collaborative track.The video opens with Young picking Brown up in his truck so they can travel around town to greet their friends on the street, each buddy getting a moment to shine on their own personal red carpet under flashing lights. Along the way, the country duo spot Meagan as she walks her dog, while another friend strikes a pose on the red carpet with a red Solo cup in hand.We also meet firefighter Davis, who struts on the carpet in front...

The Weather Station performed three tracks off their acclaimed new album Ignorance for CBS This Morning’s latest “Saturday Sessions.” For the virtual performance, Toronto singer-songwriter Tamara Lindeman — who has recorded under the Weather Station moniker for over a decade — and her well-dressed, masked band delivered “Parking Lot,” “Loss” and “Tried to Tell You” from Ignorance, which was informed largely by Lindeman’s concerns about climate change; the latter track hones in on global warming. Lindeman previously said in a statement, “I feel like I spend half my life working...

Thomas Rhett is going big to celebrate the release of his new album, Country Again, Side A. On the record's release day, April 30, the country star has planned a livestreaming, full-band concert.Thomas Rhett: One Night Only From Nashville will begin at 7PM CT, via Veeps. Fans from around the world will be able to tune in via the livestreaming platform, and just as there are for traditional live shows, VIP packages — which include a post-show Q&A — will be available. More information is available at Veeps.com.Multiple times throughout the COVID-19 pandemic,...

It’s been quite a week for Nineties nostalgia. Following Beabadoobee’s throwback video for “Last Day on Earth,” Princess Nokia pays homage to Jennifer Lopez in “It’s Not My Fault.” The video is a direct nod to Lopez’s 1999 video for “If You Had My Love,” where Mid90s actor Olan Prenatt watches the rapper on surveillance. The new track is an ode to OnlyFans, a subscription platform used by sex workers. “My video symbolizes my mainstream coming of age, just as it did Jennifer’s,” Nokia said in a statement. “It symbolizes...

The Oak Ridge Boys are heading to the Front Porch with their new album. The Country Music Hall of Fame group of Duane Allen, Joe Bonsall, William Lee Golden and Richard Sterban have announced the Summer 2021 release of Front Porch Singin'.The 11-song project was recorded in 2020 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, during socially distanced studio sessions at historic RCA Studio A in Nashville. The Oaks are introducing the new project via its lead single, "Love, Light and Healing," an acoustic song that highlights their deep, harmonic voices while offering a sense of comfort:"We wish you love,...

Neil Young’s January 22nd, 1971 concert at the Shakespeare Theater in Stratford, Connecticut, has been released as a live album and concert film. It’s a solo acoustic gig from the After the Gold Rush period, just three days after his famous show at Toronto’s Massey Hall. The Shakespeare Theater show was filmed by a German television crew, but their footage sat in the vault for the past five decades. It will finally be released as part of this package. Young has released a trailer that shows bits of “Tell Me...

Sara Watkins' new album, Under the Pepper Tree, would not exist if not for 2020."Definitely not. Definitely not," she tells The Boot a few weeks before the record's Friday (March 26) release. At home after the cancellation of a tour due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the singer-songwriter "experienced a different rhythm of life.""It was different for me, anyway, and I realized the value of the rhythm of a day at home in a way that I hadn't before, because I was home for longer, but also because I have this new...

24kGoldn appeared on The Tonight Show to perform his track “3, 2, 1.” Appearing in a trippy fun house-themed set, the TikTok rapper gave a dynamic rendition of the song, which comes off his debut album El Dorado. El Dorado, out March 26, features appearances from Future,  Dababy,  Swae Lee and Iann Dior. It includes 24kGoldn’s hit single “Mood,” which which became one of the biggest hits of 2020, spending numerous weeks on Rolling Stone’s 100 Songs Chart and hitting Number One on two non-consecutive weeks. The rapper spoke with Rolling...

Brett Young and his wife Taylor are going to be parents to two girls. The country star revealed the sex of his second child, due this summer, on The Kelly Clarkson Show on Thursday (March 25).Young shared the news through a photo of his first child, daughter Presley, in a tub of pink, gray, white and clear plastic balls. It was an adorable, low-key way to offer up the details."We got baby girl number two on the way," Young shares, joking, "so I need to get boy dogs or something."The Youngs first...