Billboard recently released their Country Update for this past year, a compilation of all of Billboard’s data regarding country music for 2023. In it, they released the statistics on the biggest tours of the year, and it’s no surprise who was on top. Morgan Wallen’s One Thing At A Time tour was the top grossing country tour of the year, bringing in a whopping $260 million dollars in gross revenue across 44 stops. Over 1.3 million people attended a Wallen show in 2023, coming out to an average of over 30,000 per show. Interestingly, Wallen didn’t have the highest total…
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On Tuesday Hardy took to Instagram to make some announcements regarding his upcoming music. He revealed that he will be releasing a new single this Friday titled “Rockstar,” as well as dropping a full rock album sometime before his “QUIT!!” tour kicks off in May. Hardy also confirmed that “Rockstar” will be on the new record, which feels fitting given the apparent subject matter. The new single comes less than a month after his previous surprise release “QUIT!!” earlier this year. Along with the announcement, Hardy shared what appears to be the album art for the new single, which features…
What happens in Mexico stays in Mexico. Luke Combs’ appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience Podcast last year gave the world a glimpse into the life of one of country music’s biggest stars, and led to several memorable stories form the Gettin’ Old singer. One of the wildest tales came when Combs shared his experience of one crazy night in Cabo, Mexico. Luke was invited by Columbia Sportswear to shoot some promotional material while fishing for marlin with a few buddies. In Luke’s words: “I’m getting paid to go fish for marlin, in Mexico? That’s awesome.” This all sounded great…
Every campfire needs a guitar. Riley Green recently added his edition to CMT’s ongoing series of acoustic Campfire Sessions. Among the songs played was a new cut of one of his most popular tracks, “Different ‘Round Here.” One of the coolest parts of the Campfire Sessions is seeing artists put new spins on some of their biggest hits, and Green does exactly that here. He dropped the original instrumental intro and added an acapella chorus instead. For a song with such an iconic first line of the chorus (“Brave is 18 wearing army green”), this was a great choice. This…
A little west coast country. On Monday Koe Wetzel announced four new tour dates for this spring featuring support from up and coming artist Tanner Usrey. Wetzel announced the dates with an Instagram post that featured some interesting futuristic artwork: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Koe Wetzel Music (@koewetzelmusic) All four dates are in California across just a couple days in mid April. Koe and Tanner will hit Los Angeles, Bakersfield, Paso Robles, and San Diego between April 17th and 20th. Of note is that the San Diego show will be held on 4/20, which is…
Earlier this week Trace Adkins went on political commenter and comedian Bill Maher’s Club Random Podcast. Among the many topics discussed was the debate around country singers Morgan Wallen and Jason Aldean and their recent controversies surrounding race. Much of Maher’s content is politically based, so it is no surprise that with a country singer like Adkins on he would ask about some of the hot button issues surrounding the genre. Adkins and Maher found themselves in agreement on the topic, with both men denying that either Wallen or Aldean are racist. Aldean’s controversy, the more recent of the two,…