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Gabby Barrett and her husband Cade Foehner welcomed a baby girl on Jan. 18, and they let the world know all about their new arrival a week later, on Monday evening (Jan. 25). The "I Hope" singer and her husband of one year are now parents to Baylah May Foehner."Gotten to spend a very sweet week with our newest addition," Barrett writes on Instagram underneath a bundled-up photo of the little one. "Meet our girl," she adds with a heart-infused emoji."What an honor to be your husband. Thank you for bearing me...

System of a Down will continue their mission to provide humanitarian aid to Armenians affected by the conflict over the disputed area known as Nagorno-Karabakh this weekend with a charity livestream that will also see the premiere of a new video for the song “Genocidal Humanoidz.” The event will take place on the group’s YouTube channel on Saturday at noon ET. All proceeds raised will go to aid Armenians. During the broadcast, the band will interview notable Armenians to discuss the cause. Maria Mehranian, a representative for Armenia Fund USA,...

CMT has named the 10 country singers comprising its Next Women of Country Class of 2021. The prestigious group of up-and-coming artists is the newest group in the brand's annual program.The 2021 class includes Reyna Roberts, Tenille Arts, Ashland Craft, Brittney Spencer, Chapel Hart, Hannah Dasher, Harper Grae, MacKenzie Porter, Priscilla Block and Sacha, several of whom are also The Boot 2021 Artists to Watch. As reported by Billboard, the fresh faces were revealed during a special CMT Hot 20 Countdown on Saturday (Jan. 23).During the three-hour program, the new class was welcomed by a number of...

A month after the Flaming Lips were forced to postpone their planned “Space Bubble Concerts,” the band played a pair of the gigs in their native Oklahoma City this weekend where both they and the audience were quarantined within individual inflatable bubbles. Frontman Wayne Coyne shared footage from Friday’s concert at Oklahoma City’s The Criterion on Instagram, with the band performing to the bubbled audience. At one point during the show, Coyne shed his own bubble to hold up a giant lettered balloon that read “Fuck COVID-19.” View this post...

Lady Gaga's glam team stepped up for Garth Brooks at Wednesday's (Jan. 20) presidential inauguration. On Twitter, the country superstar offered public thanks to the pop star and her crew after the big day.Both Brooks and Gaga were in Washington, D.C., for President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris' inauguration. Gaga sang the National Anthem during the event, while Brooks performed an a cappella rendition of "Amazing Grace." (Jennifer Lopez also performed.)"@ladygaga, You were fabulous today and everyday (sic). A national treasure," Brooks tweeted out Wednesday night, adding a special thanks to...

Miley Cyrus will headline the “TikTok Tailgate” prior to Super Bowl LV, set for Tampa Bay’s Raymond James Stadium on February 7th. Earlier this week, the NFL announced that the championship game will allow 22,000 people into the stadium, including free admission for 7,500 already-vaccinated health care workers. Those health care workers will also be invited to Cyrus’ pregame performance, the singer announced Sunday on social media. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Miley Cyrus (@mileycyrus) “I can’t wait to put on a show for the NFL’s...

No matter how you try, you can't pull one over on the people who know you best. Singer-songwriter Sam Williams sings about the times we try -- and fail -- to do so, and the desire to break away from those familiar patterns, in his new song, "Can't Fool Your Own Blood."Co-written by Williams with Mary Gauthier and Jaimee Harris, "Can't Fool Your Own Blood" "is about living with adversity ... being a pattern-breaker and taking control of your own life," the artist shares. Tommy Cecil produced the track, which speaks...

Hours after Amanda Shires debuted her all-star “Our Problem,” the singer performed the original rendition of the track — “The Problem” — alongside husband Jason Isbell on The Tonight Show Friday, a day that marked the 48th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. The acoustic track depicts a couple having an honest, difficult conversation about abortion; for the performance, Shires wore a “My Body, My Choice” sweatshirt. “The subject isn’t talked about enough,” Shires told Rolling Stone in September, when the track was released to coincide with International Safe Abortion Day....

Parker McCollum can't quite crack a cold, cold heart in "To Be Loved By You," his new radio single and a new way of looking at a man who played heartbreaker with his debut."Pretty Heart" found the Texan mourning a woman that he foolishly let slip away. If you like a narrative, you can call this Part 2 in his quest for true love and subtitle it "Karma." There's nothing to indicate the two mid-tempo rockers are connected ever, even if vocally McCollum delivers each in a similar range. His voice...

Ahead of Saturday’s UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor 2 event, Eminem has dropped his new video for “Higher,” a track off the rapper’s recent Music To Be Murdered By – Side B. In the “Higher” video, Eminem is cast as fighter preparing for battle against his own demons, with the world of UFC a backdrop for the action. The video also features cameos by UFC chief Dana White and ESPN’s Michael Eaves during a mock interview before Eminem’s big fight. The video premiered during ESPN’s pre-show for the mixed martial...

Thirty-one years ago today, on Jan. 23, 1990, Clint Black had one million reasons to celebrate: It was on that date that the singer-songwriter earned his first platinum album, with his Killin' Time record.RCA RecordsKillin' Time, which was released in 1989, was Black's very first album; Black wrote or co-wrote all 10 songs on the project. Four of Killin' Time's tracks became No. 1 hits, including the record's title track and Black's debut single, "A Better Man."Black ended 1990 on a high note as well: He met his now-wife, Lisa Hartman...

Elvis Costello, Sting and Billy Joel are among the stars lending their support to a campaign to save the fabled New York City jazz venue Birdland. The effort includes a virtual concert — which Costello will partake in — airing January 24th at 7 p.m. ET. Like so many venues across the country, Birdland was hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, which forced it to shut its doors. Despite the passage of the Save Our Stages Act in last year’s Covid-19 relief bill, which will provide targeted aid to the...

Garth Brooks drew some criticism after his performance at the inauguration of President Biden and Vice President Harris on Wednesday (Jan. 20), after he was filmed hugging all of the former presidents and first ladies in attendance, maskless, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. But a rep for the singer says he had taken every precaution in advance of the event.Brooks performed a stirring a cappella rendition of "Amazing Grace" after the incoming president and vice president were sworn into office during a ceremony at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. He offered...