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Late-Night Jams Singer goes from daytime to late-night to talk about "Piece by Piece" and accidentally turning down chance to collaborate with Mariah Carey Kelly Clarkson took a break from singing Kellyoke in the daytime hours to visit The Tonight Show, where she performed “Lighthouse,” played a game of “Back That Track Up,” and sat down with Jimmy Fallon for an interview. As musical guest, Clarkson took the stage to deliver her Chemistry ballad “Lighthouse,” with the singer accompanied only by a pianist, cellist and backup vocalist. Clarkson also joined...

The country music collaboration we didn't know we needed is on the horizon: It's an amazing matchup of Jon Pardi and Luke Bryan, "Cowboys and Plowboys".The song was written by Rhett Akins, Cole Taylor and Jacob Rice. I recently sat down with Pardi, and he leaked a bit of information to me about the song, which will arrive at country radio on Oct. 16."Me and Luke agree, it was meant for me and Luke to sing together," Pardi says. "Ya know, it's about cowboys and farmers."Pardi explains how the collaboration came to fruition, "......

Ready to Rock Thirty Seconds to Mars, Sum 41, Bush, Yellowcard are also on the concert bill The alternative rock girlies are about to have a night to remember. iHeartRadio announced the return of ALTer EGO for 2024 with Paramore, the 1975, and Thirty Seconds to Mars among the biggest performers. The concert will take place on Jan. 13 at Anaheim’s Honda Center. Also performing at the concert are bands such as the Black Keys, Sum 41, Bush, Yellowcard, Lovelytheband, and the Last Dinner Party. “Another year, another dope lineup,...

Caitlin Quisenberry captivated The Voice viewers on Tuesday (Oct. 10) with a stunning cover of Kacey Musgraves' "Rainbow."Although she started off a little shaky, according to coach John Legend, she finished the song very strong.Before her performance, viewers learned that the Denver native has been singing since she was three years old in her Papaw's baptist church. Opting for a more stable career, Quisenberry was pursuing a her law degree when her grandmother fell ill. Spending those last days with her reignited her passion for music, and she packed up and...

“Ask God why, I didn’t get an answer/Why I lose my brother to bullets/Why I lose my grandma to cancer,” Offset harmonizes on “Say My Grace.” Few could have imagined that the Atlanta artist who emerged as one-third of Migos a decade ago with “Versace,” reintroducing the concept of a rap group to the Zoomer generation, would settle uncomfortably into the role of husband to pop icon Cardi B, and become a target of internet gossip so pernicious that the phrase “Offset cheating” elicits thousands of Google search results dating...

Country music instrumentalist Buck Trent has died. The banjo player passed on Monday, Oct. 9, in Branson, Mo., at the age of 85.Details surrounding his death have yet to be revealed.Before lending his musical talent to countless songs, Trent was a prominent member of several national television programs, like Hee Haw, The Porter Wagoner Show and The Marty Stuart Show.The gifted musician was known for being an expert on his instrument — he would go on to invent the electric banjo.Trent was born Charles Wilburn Trent on Feb. 17, 1938, in...

Taylor Swift is jetsetting for her alleged man, Travis Kelce. On Thursday evening, just hours after attending the premiere of her Eras Tour concert film, the singer was spotted in the stands of the Chiefs versus Broncos game at Kansas City’s Arrowhead Stadium. Swift was seen chatting in one of the suites with Kelce’s mother Donna, and in some photos, the superstar could be seen whispering in her ear as she smiled. Before the game, Amazon Prime captured Swift walking into the stadium wearing a Kansas City Chiefs jacket while...

Thirteen years ago today, on Oct. 12, 2010, the Band Perry released their eponymous freshman album, on Republic Nashville.The debut single from The Band Perry, "Hip to My Heart," peaked at No. 20 on the charts, but the follow-up single from the sibling trio, "If I Die Young," shot straight to the top. It has sold more than 5 million copies to date.The Band Perry debut album coverRepublic Nashvilleloading...""If I Die Young" is actually the first song that we had penned for the album," Kimberly Perry tells The Boot of the tune....

Jack Antonoff has fielded the same question for most of his career as a producer and songwriter for some of pop’s biggest stars: “Why do women like working with you so much?” He couldn’t come up with a calculated answer if he tried because there’s nothing predictable about it. It always just sort of happens — just like the bridge in “Getaway Car” just sort of happened to him and Taylor Swift in the studio one night. “That was the only time in my life — million hours I’ve spent...

Garth Brooks is ready to open his downtown Nashville bar and honky-tonk. The singer has announced a grand opening date and concert, with information on how you can get tickets.The good news is, you won't have to wait long. The bad news is, tickets won't hit the open marketplace.Garth Brooks' Friends in Low Places Bar and Honky-Tonk will open on Nov. 24, Black Friday.A "dive bar" concert will serve as the grand opening for Nashville's newest celebrity bar on Lower Broadway.The only way to get tickets is to win them by...

Destiny Rogers is celebrating her identity as a queer Latina by reimagining a Selena Quintanilla classic. On Wednesday, to celebrate National Coming Out Day, a year after revealing her bisexual identity in an interview with Rolling Stone, Rogers released a snippet of a queer-coded version of Quintanilla’s “I Could Fall in Love.” Rogers shared a clip of herself singing along to the song, in which she tweaks Quintanilla’s chorus from “I could fall in love with you” to “I could fall in love with her.” “I could lose my heart...

Zach Bryan his expanding his already-massive the Quittin Time Tour in 2024.Just weeks after the initial slate of concerts were announced, the bulk of the shows Bryan had planned for 2024 are sold out, and he's responding to that fan demand with 19 new dates.Newly-announced shows will take place in cities like Los Angeles, Houston and New York City, featuring an array of opening acts including the War and Treaty, Turnpike Troubadours, Mt. Joy and SunDown47."I do feel like the ticketing issues are insane, I am sorry and in that we added...

Ed Sheeran made a surprise appearance at London’s O2 to join Busted for a performance of their 2004 hit “Who’s David.” The English pop-punk group, who is currently on their 20th anniversary tour with Hanson as support, invited Sheeran onstage midway through their set, where he joined in on vocals and guitar. Busted also joined forces with Hanson for “MMMBop” and “Sleeping With The Light On” during the show. Earlier this year the two bands released a new version of “MMMBop,” Hanson’s ’90s single, titled “MMMBop 2.0.” Sheeran has been...

Reba McEntire bares her heart in the music video for "Seven Minutes in Heaven," the only brand-new song included in the track list of her recently-released acoustic project Not That Fancy."Seven Minutes in Heaven" is McEntire's imagination of what she would do if she could make a quick trip to the afterlife."I wouldn't ask Cash why he wore all-black / Or have Elvis sing me a song / I wouldn't ask why Kennedy died / 'Cause I know that I wouldn't have long," the first verse begins, as McEntire makes...