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'It's worldwide, man' "Everybody's having fun with it... I know I brought this to myself" While the media frenzy over the real-life, Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce sports rom com is in full swing, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end said that it won’t be affecting his performance on the field. “I’ve always been pretty good about compartmentalizing and being able to stay focused in this building,” Kelce said after the Chiefs wrapped Friday’s practice, per ESPN. “I think it’s always been that for me. No matter what’s going on in my life,...

Happy 27th wedding anniversary to Tim McGraw and Faith Hill! The couple wed on this day, Oct. 6, in 1996.McGraw and Hill began dating while Hill was an opening act on McGraw's Spontaneous Combustion Tour earlier that year. At the time, she was newly engaged to record producer Scott Hendricks, but it didn't take long for sparks to fly between the tourmates instead."When we started touring together, I wasn't involved with anyone, but she was," McGraw recalls to Country Weekly. "But you can't be around Faith and not fall in love with her. Things just...

Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, Drake and J. Cole team up for a rap “superbowl,” Nigerian pop star Tems returns with her first track in two years, and Megan thee Stallion shares a soundtrack cut. Plus, Jennie of Blackpink’s first solo single, Bizarrap enlists Milo J for his latest explosive session, and a cool B-side from Paramore. Drake feat. J. Cole, “First Person Shooter” (YouTube) Tems, “Me & U” (YouTube) Milo J, “Bzrp Music...

Twenty-nine years ago (Oct. 5, 1994) was a day of celebration for Vince Gill. It was on that date that the singer took home three CMA Awards, at the 28th annual ceremony.Gill won for Male Vocalist of the Year; Album of the Year, for his part in the tribute album Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles; and the night's highest honor, Entertainer of the Year, although he admits that he didn't think of the win as that big of a deal."To me, entertainment was always somebody who just stood there, sang...

Linkin Park frontman Mike Shinoda has released a new solo single, “Already Over.” Along with the track, the musician dropped a hand-painted visual for the guitar-driven song created by Dusty Deen and incorporating images by photographer Mike Miller. “‘Already Over’ came to me as I was sitting with my favorite guitar in my hands—the same guitar I used on songs from ‘What I’ve Done’ to ‘In My Head,’” Shinoda said in a statement. “There was a familiar DNA to the song that I think Linkin Park fans will recognize. For...

Twenty-two years ago today, on Oct. 5, 2001, the sitcom Reba debuted on the WB network.Reba, which starred Reba McEntire, Christopher Rich, Joanna Garcia and Melissa Peterman, centered around McEntire's character, Reba Nell Hart, who lived across the street from her ex-husband and his new wife. Her teenage daughter Cheyenne (played by Garcia) revealed in the debut episode that she was pregnant.The first episode of Reba was delayed twice due to the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001, but once the show hit the airwaves, it didn't take long for it to become a...

Hipgnosis Songs Group CEO Kenny MacPherson has been placed on leave, the company confirms to Rolling Stone, a day after the publishing executive was accused of sexually assaulting a former colleague nearly two decades ago when he was president of music publishing company Chrysalis. “Hipgnosis Songs Fund has a policy of zero-tolerance to harassment or abuse,” the company said in a statement. “While the company is not a defendant to these historic allegations which relate to a period 15 years before Hipgnosis was founded, Kenny MacPherson was placed on leave...

Toby Keith's cancer battle has been the focus of headlines about him over the past year, but his impassioned performance of "Don't Let the Old Man In" at the People's Choice Country Awards last month is a reminder of who he is as an artist.The superstar told NBC's Backstage Live on the red carpet that he chose to sing that song — which he wrote for the 2018 Clint Eastwood flick The Mule — because of his cancer fight."It’s really inspiring for a lot of people," Keith observes. He revealed his stomach cancer diagnosis in...

A art-themed video for the track features the rapper's son Adonis Drake has released a new single, “8 AM in Charlotte.” The rapper surprise dropped the song on social media along with a music video for the track, which features his son Adonis. The video opens with Adonis showcasing a piece of his artwork, which he explains to Drake, who replies, “It’s almost like a little story.” The drawing includes a goat with “Daddy” written alongside it, leading Drake to ask if that’s him. “It’s Daddy Goat,” Adonis replies. “That...

One year after her death, Loretta Lynn's family is still cherishing their memories with her and mourning her loss.In an anniversary statement posted to the country legend's website, Lynn's family recount the day she died as if it had happened only yesterday."It was just supposed to be another day," the statement begins, winding back the clock to the day the country legend died on Oct. 4, 2022, at 90 years old. "A day that we live life, run errands, figure out supper and — as always — talk to to...

With Brockhampton done, Kevin Abstract is ready for a new era. On Wednesday, the musician released the single “Blanket,” a rocky, ominous track that features just a few lyrics with repeating yelps backed by a rocky guitar and drums. Clocking in at less than 2 minutes long, “Blanket” seems to be the first taste of the new music from a rock album on the way. Abstract recently performed solo shows at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery’s Masonic Lodge and at Brooklyn’s Baby’s All Right, where he debuted the tracks on the...

Country music was well represented during Tuesday night's (Oct. 3) episode of The Voice. During the second night of this week’s Blind Auditions, one country hopeful brought the house down with a rocking version of "Here for the Party" by Gretchen Wilson.During her time on stage, Jacquie Roar demonstrated confident and powerful vocals that had the judges moving in their seats and pressing their voting buttons. All four judges slammed their buttons before the song came to a close, indicating their interest in Roar joining their teams. Press play below to...

Caught in Between The Tennessee singer lit up the late-night stage with a performance of his Whitsitt Chapel track Jelly Roll delivered his latest confessional to the late-night stage on Tuesday with “Halfway to Hell,” the first track from his new record Whitsitt Chapel. Backed by his band, the Tennessee singer performed the rocker about being caught between “a county jail revival” and “a bottle and a Bible,” as he asks himself (a familiar theme throughout his work) if he’s “worth savin’ if I’m always fadin’?” “This little light of mine...

Several country artists will be rocking around the Opry stage this Christmas as a part of the Christmas at the Opry special. Orchestrating this night like Santa himself will be Wynonna Judd, who is set to host the musical holiday event.Trace Adkins, Lauren Alaina, Mickey Guyton and Breland are set to perform in 2023, as well as Chris Janson, Mitchell Tenpenny, Meghan Patrick and Adam Doleac.The two-hour Christmas special will also feature songs from Kelly Clarkson, Brenda Lee and Chrissy Metz as they step into the circle at the heralded Grand...