Back in September, rumors began swirling after Rascal Flatts subtly made changes to their social media bios with the bio reading, “What are we doing these days?” This bio change coupled with an increasing amount of posts had fans clamoring for an explanation. Was it a new album? A new tour? Today, it has been confirmed that the band was gearing up for a brand new reunion tour in 2025 celebrating their 25th anniversary, aptly titled the Life is a Highway Tour, which will mark the first time they went out on the road since they went on hiatus in…
Author: Brennen Kelly
Brennen Kelly
Hailing from the Chicagoland area, Brennen graduated from Valparaiso University with a BA in Communication and a minor in Cinema and Media Studies. After covering Arts & Entertainment at his university's newspaper, he began writing for Country Chord in March of 2023. Known for his love of independent country and authentic songwriters, Brennen has a long-history of championing the likes of Zach Bryan, Jason Isbell, Tyler Childers and many others.
On the seventh anniversary of the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, many in the country music world and at large are grieving the losses of the 60 victims shot and killed at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Route 91 Harvest Festival famously featured headlining performances from Eric Church, Sam Hunt and finally Jason Aldean, who was performing on stage during the shooting, which lasted for 11 minutes and injured over 850 people. Last month, Aldean opened up about his experience being on stage during the tragedy during an interview with former Fox News anchor,…
Fresh off of the release of his duet with Carrie Underwood, “I’m Gonna Love You” and the announcement of the deluxe version of his 2023 album, Leather, Cody Johnson is back with yet another announcement: a brand new tour. Minutes ago, Johnson took to social media to announce his 2025 Leather Deluxe Tour which spans from January 17th to August 9th. Accompanying Johnson throughout the North American leg of the tour are Grammy-winner, Ashley McBryde, as well as Drew Baldridge. Walker Montgomery will also join Johnson and McBryde on May 2nd and 3rd in Charlotte, North Carolina and Charleston, South…
After an incredible 12 months that included the 2023 Country Music Association (CMA) Entertainer of the Year award along with a recently announced Nashville bar and a Top 10 all-genre album with Whirlwind, Lainey Wilson continues her hot streak, joining Luke Bryan and 5x NFL MVP, Peyton Manning, as co-host for this year’s CMA Awards. This morning, as reported by Variety, Wilson, who’s up for four awards including Entertainer of the Year, will join Bryan and Manning, who’ve hosted the awards show for the past two years, as the first female co-host of the show since Carrie Underwood ended her…
With the entire country music world mourning the loss of Kris Kristofferson, who died yesterday at the age of 88 years old, it seemed right to unearth some of the best performances of his legendary, sprawling career. Of course, you have his legendary collaborations with Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash on “Why Me Lord” and “Sunday Morning Coming Down,” but there’s one performance from 2003 that remains one of his best collaborative efforts. That performance is none other than his tribute to fellow Highwayman, Johnny Cash, shortly after his passing at the 37th annual Country Music Awards in which he,…
After sending the country world into a frenzy with the announcement and release of his brand new duet with Carrie Underwood, “I’m Gonna Love You,” Cody Johnson dropped another surprise tonight with the announcement of the deluxe edition to his 2023 album, Leather, simply titled Leather Deluxe Edition which releases on November 1st. Minutes ago, Johnson took to Instagram to announce the deluxe album’s release with the caption, “Surprise! I love making music for y’all so much, and I’m stoked to announce that I’m releasing the #LeatherDeluxeEdition, with 13 new tracks, out November 1st.” Johnson indicated that the deluxe version of…