The 53rd Annual CMA Awards” has announced additional performers and presenters to its previously announced lineup. Joe Walsh joins Dierks Bentley alongside Sheryl Crow, Chris Janson and John Osborne for a special performance honoring Kris Kristofferson, the 2019 CMA Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. Additional presenters include Country artists …
Read More »ACM Honors Reveals First Round Of Talent
2019: The Academy of Country Music has revealed the first round of talent participating in the 13th ANNUAL ACM HONORS™, an evening dedicated to recognizing the special honorees and off-camera category winners from the 54th Academy of Country Music Awards™. Artists confirmed to appear include this year’s ACM Entertainer of …
Read More »Luke Combs Officially Inducted Into The Grand Ole Opry
Luke Combs was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry family tonight by Opry members Joe Diffie and Vince Gill in front of a sold-out Opry crowd. Combs grew up on Diffie’s hits like “Pick Up Man” and “John Deere Green,” and the first concert he ever attended was Gill’s. After …
Read More »Luke Combs Invited to Join the Grand Ole Opry
Luke Combs was surprised tonight by Opry members John Conlee, Chris Janson, and Craig Morgan with an invitation to become an official Grand Ole Opry member. As Combs wrapped his No. 1 hit “She Got The Best Of Me,” Conlee, Janson, and Morgan took the stage for the coveted invitation. …
Read More »CMA Fest Announces Eric Church as Additional Performer at Nissan Stadium
CMA Fest has just announced Eric Church as an additional performer at Nissan Stadium Friday, June 7. Church will take the stage at CMA Fest between shows on his highly successful Double Down Tour, where he made history Saturday night setting the new attendance record at Nissan Stadium with 56,521 people …
Read More »The Grand Ole Opry Offers Free “NextStage Plaza Party” To Kick Off CMA Fest Week
The Grand Ole Opry will showcase its Opry NextStage Class of 2019 during a free Opry NextStage Plaza Party to kick off CMA Fest week on Tuesday, June 4. NextStage artists Riley Green, Tegan Marie, Tenille Townes and Travis Denning are set to perform beginning at 4:45 p.m. Each artist will also …
Read More »Grand Ole Opry Celebrates Country Cares for St. Jude Kids
The Grand Ole Opry continued its birthday month celebration as it partnered once again with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital for a night in honor of Country Cares for St. Jude Kids featuring superstar group Alabama, John Berry, Chase Bryant, Mickey Guyton, Jackie Lee, Connie Smith and others. Throughout the …
Read More »Grand Ole Opry Celebrates 93rd Birthday
The Grand Ole Opry celebrated its 93rd birthday this weekend with two sold-out two-show nights at the Grand Ole Opry House. In an event-filled week celebrating the show’s nine-decade-plus history with shows featuring new stars, superstars, and legends, the show also cut the ribbon on a $12 million Opry House expansion. …
Read More »Opry Kicks Off Fanfest with Big Names and Prepares for First Bonnaroo Show
Grand Ole Opry members Bill Anderson, Terri Clark Chris Janson, Darius Rucker, Ricky Skaggs, and Carrie Underwood, along with newcomer Ashley McBryde hit the stage at the Grand Ole Opry House last night as the Opry kicked off its CMA Music Fest Week with two sold out shows The music …
Read More »Chris Janson Inducted into the Grand Ole Opry
Chris Janson was inducted as the newest and youngest living member of the Grand Ole Opry this evening by Garth Brooks, an Opry member since 1990. Addressing Janson on stage, Brooks said, “Driving in here tonight, I passed a billboard that says ‘Welcome To The Family.’ Family is a great …
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