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That’s how you do it. It’s been a big weekend for Luke Combs: He kicked things off by dropping his sixth studio album, The Way I Am, and last night he opened his My Kinda Saturday Night Tour by setting the attendance record at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. By the time openers Thelma & James, Ty Myers and Dierks Bentley had finished their sets, 70,921 fans had packed into the home of the Las Vegas Raiders, breaking the attendance record previously set […]

The post Luke Combs Sets Attendance Record At Allegiant Stadium In Las Vegas On Opening Night Of ‘My Kinda Saturday Night’ Tour first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

It seems like a definite possibility. Continue reading…

I have no idea what’s happening here, but I like it. Kacey Musgraves surprised what I imagine were very unsuspecting fans who were out for a night on Broadway last night when she showed up to Robert’s Western World in Nashville dressed as Ronnie Dunn, of Brooks & Dunn, to sing “Neon Moon.” Kacey was of course featured on the duo’s first edition of their Reboot album which was released in 2019, and her version of with Kix and Ronnie […]

The post Kacey Musgraves Dresses Up As Ronnie Dunn For Surprise Performance Of “Neon Moon” At Robert’s Western World first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

In 1978, 11 years after psychological problems caused Brian Wilson to begin withdrawing from music-making, the Beach Boys recorded a Mike Love song called “Brian’s Back.”  The track didn’t surface until two decades later, but even if it had been released immediately, the message in its title would have come as old news to anyone […]

The post Music Reviews: The Beach Boys’ ‘We Gotta Groove,’ plus The Third Mind’s ‘Spellbinder!’ appeared first on Americana Highways.

As part of an ill-conceived marketing plan to promote the new venue and shows, Live Nation hired a company who went around Nashville stenciling graffiti-style advertisements for The Truth on sidewalks.

The post New Live Nation Venue ‘The Truth’ Targets Local Bars first appeared on Saving Country Music.

Some self-titled albums feel like a debut all over again. Others feel like a band planting a flag after years on the road. The Steel Wheels’ The Steel Wheels lands somewhere in between, sounding like a group confident enough to reintroduce itself without pretending it has become something entirely new. That makes The Jayhawks’ 1995 Tomorrow the Green Grass a useful “Then” match: another record by a roots-minded band that widened its reach without losing its center.

‘George [Strait] has been my friend for 43 years and I did it for George,’ Gill explains. Continue reading…

A large group of Todd Snider understudies, contemporaries, and fans assembled to remember Todd who passed away in November. Nothing about Todd Snider was ever “typical,” and neither could any tribute to Todd be.

The post Todd Snider Remembered in Big Luck, TX Tribute first appeared on Saving Country Music.

The viral TikTok video showed a woman acting out in a big way over a reclined seat. “Worst plane ride”, the caption read.

The post Passenger Has Unhinged Reaction to Reclining Seat appeared first on Wide Open Country.

The woman reported thinking it was a bear. Luckily for her, it wasn’t. But the incident still cost her thousands of dollars.

The post Woman Attacked by Wild Otter at Local Marathon in North Carolina appeared first on Wide Open Country.