Kelsea Ballerini is returning to host the CMT Music Awards for the fourth year, this time taking the helm solo. She will also perform during the live broadcast, taking place on April 7. “I couldn’t be more excited to be back for my 4th year with my CMT family to host this year’s CMT Music Awards in Austin, Texas,” Ballerini…
When Kelsea Ballerini wrote and recorded Rolling Up The Welcome Mat, it was her own way of coping with her divorce from fellow singer, Morgan Evans. At first, Ballerini wasn’t even sure she would release the collection of songs, never imagining that the six-song record would change the entire trajectory of her career. Instead, fans quickly latched onto the…
Talk about a hometown show Kelsea Ballerini will never forget. The East Tennessee native headlined a sold-out show at the Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center in Knoxville, Tennessee, where she was joined by Kenny Chesney, to perform their No. 1 single, “half of my hometown.” “I couldn’t wait for the day that I could play in Knoxville, Tennessee,”…
Kelsea Ballerini will headline a show next week at the Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center in Knoxville, Tennessee, her hometown. The 30-year-old grew up with the large venue as the backdrop to her childhood, never imagining that one day she would headline a show at the 21,600-seat venue, a show that would sell out in one hour. “It…
When Kelsea Ballerini released Rolling Up The Welcome Mat earlier this year, she had no idea how much the entire project would resonate with her fans. The reaction to the six songs, which Ballerini wrote as a reflection of her divorce from Morgan Evans after five years of marriage, was immediate, and unexpected. Ballerini penned the songs with Alysa…
Kenny Chesney‘s I Go Back Tour, which included Kelsea Ballerini as his opening act, is officially history. The country music superstar ended the tour with two back-to-back shows in Orange Beach, Alabama on May 26 and 27, adding the May 26 date after the tour had already been booked. “We usually close it down with a double,” Chesney says. “You…
Kelsea Ballerini was devastated when the coronavirus pandemic shut the world down in March of 2020, and with good reason. The Tennessee native released her third studio album, Kelsea, on March 20 of that year, with plans of embarking on what was supposed to be her biggest tour to date, when all of those plans, as well as promotion…
Kelsea Ballerini never imagined that people would still be talking about Rolling Up The Welcome Mat more than six weeks after it was released. The Tennessee native wrote all six songs on the EP as a way to cope with her mixed emotions about the end of her marriage to Morgan Evans, unaware that the entire project would gain a…
Kelsea Ballerini might be one of country music’s leading hitmakers, but she isn’t about to limit herself to one genre. The Tennessee native, who famously recently interrupted her own concert to inquire about a song on Taylor Swift’s set list, has big goals and ambitions for herself, ones that extend far behind the boundary lines of country music. “I…
Kelsea Ballerini made her Saturday Night Live debut on March 4, performing two songs from her just-released Rolling Up The Welcome Mat EP. The 29-year-old performed “Blindsided” and “Penthouse,” both songs written about the end of her marriage to Morgan Evans. Ballerini first performed “Blindsided,” in front of a white screen that showed off her moving shadows as she…
