Author: Brennen Kelly

It’s that time of year again. Some of the biggest stars in the genre along with a few of the hottest acts in the indie scene will be hitting the beaches of Florida this April to play the 12th annual Tortuga Music Festival on April 4-6, 2025 in Ft. Lauderdale Beach, Florida. After a year that included the likes of Lainey Wilson, HARDY, Jason Aldean, Koe Wetzel, Turnpike Troubadours and Bailey Zimmerman, Tortuga will be featuring Jelly Roll, Keith Urban and Luke Combs as headliners in 2025 across the festival’s three days. Along with Jelly Roll, Urban and Combs, Parker…

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Back in September, Morgan Wallen broke the record for attendance at Neyland Stadium with a staggering 156,161 concert-goers across the two-night run. The record was previously held for 40 years by none other than the Jackson 5 with 148,407 people across their three shows in August of 1984. Wallen truly brought out all the stops during his record-breaking two nights in Neyland, performing with Miranda Lambert, Eric Church, Darius Rucker, HARDY and ERNEST. Along with the performances, the “Last Night” singer also did his famous walkout with the 2024 National Champion Tennessee Volunteers baseball team and their coach Tony Vitello on night…

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There’s no denying that Luke Bryan has become a bit of a punching bag in country music today. Between his tight jeans, his affinity for twerking on stage and some questionable song choices over the better part of the last decade, the “Play It Again” singer has become the poster boy for what’s wrong with modern country music for many country purists. Typically being labeled as one of the co-creators of “bro country” back in the early 2010s along with Florida Georgia Line, Cole Swindell and Jason Aldean (though he finds the term “ridiculous”), Bryan has carried the title as…

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After swirling rumors of a potential split between the Grammy-winning singer/songwriter and podcast host, Zach Bryan officially took to Instagram minutes ago to announce the breakup with his girlfriend, Brianna LaPaglia, better known as Brianna Chickenfry. The couple have been dating since July 2023 after meeting at the ACM Awards in May of the same year. Since then, they have been extremely public with their relationship with LaPagila making multiple appearances at Bryan’s shows both on-stage and in the crowd. Additionally, she famously went to bat for Bryan after he was accused of backing out of an appearance at Noah…

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Last night, the Country Music Hall of Fame posthumously inducted Toby Keith along with John Anderson and James Burton into their ring of honor. Keith, who tragically passed away due to a long battle with cancer in February, was first announced as an inductee on March 18th. However, it was revealed that he was supposed to learn about his induction just one day after he passed. Though Anderson and Burton got their flowers with Burton, in particular, receiving a star-studded tribute that included the likes of Brad Paisley, Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris and Kieth Richards, the highlight of the night…

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After a year that included a record-breaking show in the U.K., his second straight Billboard Song of the Summer and a slew of sold-out stadium shows, Morgan Wallen announced last Thursday that he would be producing his own music festival, the Sand In My Boots Fest. Announcing it, Wallen said, “Me and my team have been working on this for a while, and we’re gonna be heading south to the beaches. And I’m bringing some of my friends with me.” Just minutes ago, he finally dropped the entire lineup for the three-day event. As promised, Sand In My Boots Fest is multi-genre including everyone from Riley Green,…

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