Country Jam® has announced country music superstars Dan + Shay, Kane Brown and Toby Keith to headline the four-day festival, with an additional headline artist and two incredible supporting acts to be announced early January. The multistage event surrounded by Colorado’s awe-inspiring red rock landscape will feature more than 15 top country artists and is set for June 18-21, 2020 at the Jam […]
The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum has set its 2020 roster of new exhibitions, aimed at entertaining and enlightening country music audiences and interpreting the ever-evolving story of the music and the people who make it. The annual exhibition American Currents: State of the Music will return in 2020, to offer insight into the latest […]
Entertainment icon and country music legend Dwight Yoakam’s Wynn Las Vegas residency has opened to great fanfare. “An Evening with Dwight Yoakam and the Bakersfield Beat” will see five more shows this December 6, 7, 10, 12 and 14, and return for a second run with select dates this March. More info/tickets HERE. Yoakam describes the show as a “musical excursion” to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, going on […]
MDL Beast, the largest music, arts and culture festival the Kingdom has ever hosted was awarded a Guinness World Record certificate for the world’s tallest temporary stage MDL Beast Festival has launched Saudi Arabia onto the international festival scene in spectacular style, with over 400,000 flocking to the site to be entertained across five unique stages […]
StubHub, the world’s most trusted ticket marketplace, today released its fifth annual Year in Live Experiences report, highlighting the best-selling events of the year. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: #1 Live US Event/Series In 2019: World Series (Nationals vs. Astros) #1 Live US Touring Artist: Elton John #1 Broadway Show: Hamilton “Every year brings a remarkable number of new […]
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Today, the Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation awarded $500,000 in matching grants to 20 nonprofits serving small to mid-sized towns and cities across America to produce free outdoor concerts as part of the sixth annual Levitt AMP [Your City] Grant Awards. Reflecting the Levitt Foundation’s commitment to creative placemaking projects generating community support, the Levitt Foundation once […]
Legendary country music venue Billy Bob’s Texas has announced AXS as its official ticketing partner, with the establishment moving all future onsales to the AXS digital ticketing system. Billy Bob’s hosts some of the biggest names in country music and the new partnership with AXS provides a mobile-first and customer-friendly platform that will streamline the ticketing experience— making ticket buying […]
GRAMMY Award-winning global superstar Kelly Clarkson has announced that she will be headlining a brand-new Las Vegas residency, Kelly Clarkson: Invincible, opening on Wednesday, April 1 at Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino. To celebrate the announcement of her Las Vegas residency, Clarkson performs a very special Kellyoke medley. Tune in to today’s show to see the performance and stay tuned to “The Kelly […]
The Black Crowes’ Chris and Rich Robinson will herald the thirty-year anniversary of their landmark quintuple platinum debut album Shake Your Money Maker with a world tour beginning June 17 in Austin, Texas. Tickets and VIP packages are on sale now. To celebrate the announce, the band will play two intimate shows, first at the Bowery Ballroom in New […]
In 2017 The Washington Post noted Ashley McBryde’s “blue-collar storytelling and straightforward singing set her apart” and NPR’s World Cafe opined, “after a decade of being the best unknown performer in those dive bars, it’s all paying off.” Fast-forward to March 2018, The New York Times dubbed Girl Going Nowhere a “vivid and accomplished major-label debut,” later including it on the year’s ‘best of,’ and […]