Eric Church, Zach Bryan & More — The Biggest Country Music Tours Of 2026

Eric Church, Zach Bryan & More — The Biggest Country Music Tours Of 2026

Won’t want to miss these. As country music continues to grow seemingly exponentially both here in the United States and worldwide, highlighted by the massive increase of international shows from the likes of superstars, Morgan Wallen, Zach Bryan and Luke Combs, to independent and alt. country staples such as 49 Winchester, Dylan Gossett and Wyatt Flores, it’s becoming harder and harder to keep track of just who’s going where. With the year coming to a close in less than two […]

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Tyler Hubbard Shares Why Florida Georgia Line Really Broke Up

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – NOVEMBER 19: EDITORIAL USE ONLY Tyler Hubbard attends the 59th Annual CMA Awards at Music City Center on November 19, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Tibrina Hobson/FilmMagic)
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If you want to know why hip-hop and country music blend so well together, look toward Florida Georgia Line.  The duo of Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley crossed over into pop music with the 2012 song “Cruise,” which was later remixed with rapper Nelly. The two then dominated radio with sun-splashed party favorites that expanded […]

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Tennessee Governor Bill Lee Grants Country Music Star Jelly Roll Full Pardon For Past Crimes

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee Grants Country Music Star Jelly Roll Full Pardon For Past Crimes

No longer a convicted felon. Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced today that he’s granting a full pardon to Jason DeFord, better known as country music star Jelly Roll, after a recommendation for a pardon was supported by the Tennessee Board of Parole. Jelly has been open about his troubled past: He grew up in Antioch, Tennessee, just outside of Nashville, and through his own estimation has been arrested around 40 times in his life, though the large majority of those […]

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Retired NASCAR Driver, Wife, 2 Children Die in Plane Crash: Report

PEVELY, MO – JULY 16: Greg Biffle, driver of the #69, looks on from the front stretch before a heat race at a Camping World Superstar Racing Experience at I-55 Raceway on July 9, 2022 in Pevely, Missouri. (Photo by Jeff Curry/SRX/Getty Images)
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Greg Biffle has died. The 55-year-old retired NASCAR driver was the registered owner of the private plane that crashed this morning, Dec. 18, at Statesville Regional Airport, located in North Carolina.  “At approximately 10:15 am, an aircraft crashed while landing,” said airport officials, according to the Charlotte Observer. “Multiple agencies are responding … including HazMat, EMS, […]

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Country Stars Send Well-Wishes to Tennessee Teen Paralyzed in Trampoline Accident

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – NOVEMBER 19: EDITORIAL USE ONLY Luke Combs performs onstage during the 59th Annual CMA Awards at Bridgestone Arena on November 19, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Astrida Valigorsky/WireImage)
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Luke Combs and Scotty McCreery are helping a teenage girl fight the odds.  While playing with her siblings at a nearby trampoline park, Maggie Isble, a student at Liberty Creek High School in Gallatin, Tennessee, suffered a tragic accident when attempting a backflip off a trapeze bar.  “Mid-flip, she landed headfirst into the foam pit […]

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