Gary Allan didn’t stick around to see what the United States was going to do about coronavirus. The 53-year-old lived on a yacht in the Dominican Republic during much of the pandemic, refusing to come back until there was a COVID-19 vaccine. “I told them, ‘I’ll come back from the Dominican when there’s a vaccine,’” Allan tells People. “I’m…
Luke Bryan is paying tribute to his late brother, Chris, with a song called “Songs You Never Heard.” The song, which begins with, “I heard ‘Run’ on the radio, yesterday / Got me thinking ’bout, how much you love George Strait / But by the time the airwaves ever played that song / You were already gone, you were…
When Martina McBride released “Independence Day” in 1994, it was the first hint that she wasn’t interested in bowing to acceptable topics. The Kansas native had already had a few hits at radio, including “My Baby Loves Me” and “Life #9,” but “Independence Day” marked the first song that showed McBride’s strong social compass, one that she would continue…
Reba McEntire is opening up about her battle with COVID-19. The singer reveals she and her boyfriend, CSI: Miami actor Rex Linn, were both diagnosed with the virus, in spite of being vaccinated. “I just want to say one thing: this has been a hard year and it’s getting rougher again,” McEntire revealed in a livestream on TikTok. “You…
Chris Young apparently has plenty of music friends. The Grand Ole Opry member released his eighth studio album, Famous Friends, on Friday, August 6, which landed in the No. 1 spot on the iTunes Albums Chart. Young shared a photo of the chart on social media of Famous Friends in the top spot. The record also landed at No….
Two of Nashville’s most popular restaurants are now requiring proof of vaccination in order to receive service. Both 5 Spot in East Nashville and City Winery in downtown Nashville announce that guests will have to prove that they have received their COVID-19 vaccine to eat in their establishments. 5 Spot announced their decision on social media. “To our 5…
Scotty McCreery just dropped the title track of his upcoming new album, Same Truck. The 27-year-old co-wrote the song with Ashley Gorley, Taylor Phillips, Zach Crowell, inspired by the wide variety of people he meets across the globe. “We’re all more alike than we are different,” McCreery says of the song. “I’ve witnessed that on almost a daily basis…
Trace Adkins will release his ambitious 25-track The Way I Wanna Go album on August 27. The record, which celebrates the 25th anniversary of Adkins’ debut Dreamin’ Out Loud record, was created by Adkins not for any other reason than it was because it was what he wanted to do to celebrate the milestone anniversary, a freedom that the…
Carly Pearce played the Grand Ole Opry more than 80 times before she was invited to become a member. After watching some of her peers, like Luke Combs and Kelsea Ballerini, achieve her career goal ahead of her, the Kentucky native says that the wait only instilled in her a desire to work harder than ever before. “I don’t…
31 years ago, on August 6, 1990, Garth Brooks released “Friends in Low Places,” never imagining that the song would become one of the most popular songs, of all genres, in the history of music. “Friends in Low Places” was Brooks’ fifth release, and his first from his sophomore No Fences album. Written by Bud Lee and Dewayne Blackwell,…
