Yearly Archives: 2025

A complete guide. If you thought that there were more country festivals now more than ever, you would be correct. With new festivals seemingly popping up each and every week, you’d be hard-pressed not to find one near you at some point throughout the year. Of course, you have your mainstay events every year, such as Stagecoach, Two Step Inn and the nationwide Country Thunder series, all of which are returning in 2026 along with some killer lineups. With that […]

The post The Biggest Country Music Festivals Set For 2026 first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Lukas Nelson made some major changes in his life. He conquered his fear of flying by learning how to pilot a plane. And that’s not all.

The post Lukas Nelson Earns His Pilot License, Says He Used To Be Terrified To Fly appeared first on Wide Open Country.

The Christmas gift that tops all other Christmas gifts. Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas. I don’t know about you, but it seems like we wait all year long for this time of the year – and the big day – to roll around, only for it to fly by once it gets here. The longest I sat down on Christmas Day was for the family dinner… everything else was an absolute blur. Though I no longer start my Christmas […]

The post Someone Woke Up On Christmas Morning & Was Gifted This Legendary Dale Earnhardt Vending Machine first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Imani Dia Smith has passed away at the age of 25. She previously held the role of Young Nala in the Broadway rendition of ‘The Lion King’.

The post Child Actor From Hit Broadway Show Dead at 25, Potential Homicide Under Investigation appeared first on Wide Open Country.

A huge Christmas surprise. It looks like Riley Green’s parents will be joining him on the road in 2026, but this time, not in his tour bus… in a camper of their own. Riley’s mom, Karen, shared photos from the reveal, where she and Riley’s dad were dressed as the parents from A Christmas Story, at his Christmas costume party. They won the “grand prize” according to her post on Instagram, where you can see them in their new ride, […]

The post “Definitely One Way To Get Us Off Of Your Bus” — Riley Green Gifted His Parents A New Camper For Christmas first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

With Single of the Year, we’re simply looking for the toe tappers and boot scooters—the songs that unlock the joy in music. That doesn’t mean that a Single of the Year cannot be meaningful or momentous though.

The post The Saving Country Music 2025 Single of the Year first appeared on Saving Country Music.

The country star’s family had a “chaotic” Christmas when they welcomed two new adorable additions to their Tennessee home.

The post This Country Star Is Celebrating Two New Additions to His Family appeared first on Wide Open Country.

After suffering a series of cardiac arrests earlier this week, this star from the 27th season of ‘Big Brother’ has died.

The post ‘Big Brother’ Star Dead at 35 Following Multiple Cardiac Arrests appeared first on Wide Open Country.

The news comes after a star of Nickelodeon’s ‘Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide’ was discovered to be homeless.

The post Former Nickelodeon Child Star Recieves Help, Rehab During Homelessness Struggle appeared first on Wide Open Country.

Afraid of “gatekeeping” accusations, Billboard seems content with AI encroaching onto its charts without the company in any way addressing it directly at the moment.

The post Billboard Must Address AI on the Charts NOW first appeared on Saving Country Music.