December 8, 2020 • No Comments • Country Music News

ABC/Image Group LALuke Bryan is honoring his 14th wedding anniversary to wife Caroline with a sweet throwback photo. 

The country megastar shared a photo on Instagram Tuesday of the young couple that appears to have been taken on their wedding day, with Luke in a tux with a white rose pinned to his lapel, the two beaming at the camera. 

“Happy 14th anniversary my love. What a ride it has been. I love you so much. We be looking young in this one. I love you @linabryan3,” Luke penned alongside the snap. 

Meanwhile, Caroline celebrated the day by showing off her trademark sense of humor, sharing a gallery of funny photos of the couple from red carpet events and galas, to a photo of them flashing chocolate-covered smiles at the camera.

“Marriage….being with the one person you get to annoy for the rest of your life. Luke, you are one brave man! Happy 14th anniversary love bug!” Caroline quips in the caption.

The couple met as students at Georgia Southern in the late 90s and tied the knot in 2006. They share two sons, Bo and Tate, and adopted Luke’s nephew Til and nieces Jordan and Kris after his sister, Kelly, and her husband Ben passed away.

Luke revealed in a tweet that his current single, “Down to One,” is his wife’s favorite song off his latest album, Born Here Live Here Die Here.

By Cillea Houghton
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December 8, 2020 • No Comments • Country Music News

ABCKelsea Ballerini and Shania Twain‘s mutual senses of humor helped bring to life their remix of Kelsea’s hit, “hole in the bottle.” 

In an interview with Billboard, Kelsea reveals that the country icon reached out to her earlier this year when the COVID-19 pandemic began, asking to collaborate.

The two spent months trading ideas, but as Kelsea re-watched the video for her top-15 hit “hole in the bottle,” which includes a nod to a pair of outfits from Shania’s iconic videos for “Man! I Feel Like a Woman” and “That Don’t Impress Me Much,” she knew the song lent itself to the ideal collaboration. 

“She has this wonderful, witty sense of humor, and this banter that she’s known for in her music, that this song lends itself to,” Kelsea recalls of the exchange. “So I literally just asked her. I sent her the link to the video, and I was like, ‘I kind of play off of your leopard print and your ‘Man, I Feel Like a Woman’ video.” She was like, ‘I love the sense of humor.'”

Shania recorded her vocals in Switzerland, where she’s been quarantining during the pandemic. The Knoxville, Tennessee native notes that her favorite part of the remix is when her mentor ad-libs such lines as “look, it’s our prerogative” and “you go girl.”

“Growing up, whenever you would hear, ‘Oh, so you’re Brad Pitt?’ — that, to me, is Shania. It’s what she brings that no one else can bring. So for her to bring that to my song is just incredible,” Kelsea says, adding that it’s her “biggest goal” to perform the song live with Shania.

The original version of “hole in the bottle” is featured on the singer’s 2020 album, kelsea.

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December 8, 2020 • No Comments • Country Music News

ABCDarius Rucker is joining the effort to bring a Major League Baseball team to Nashville. 

The country superstar and avid sports fan is one of the latest investors in an effort led by Music City Baseball to make the city the new home for an MLB team. 

“I have always been a big fan of Major League Baseball so I’m excited about being part of bringing a team to Tennessee. Nashville is already a great home to several professional sports teams, and I believe baseball is the next step in continuing Nashville’s reputation as one of the greatest cities in the United States.” Darius says in a statement.

The “Beers and Sunshine” singer joins the advisory board alongside Luke Combs, Eric Church, Kane Brown and Justin Timberlake, the latter of whom is a native of Memphis, as a way to unite the music industry with the growing sports scene. 

The team would be named the Nashville Stars in honor of a former Negro League team that was in the city from the 1930s through the 50s.

Nashville is already home to NHL team the Nashville Predators and NFL team the Tennessee Titans.

By Cillea Houghton
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December 8, 2020 • No Comments • Country Music News

Curb RecordsLee Brice is heading to the beach to ring in the new year. 

The country star is headlining the Hilton Daytona Beach Oceanfront Resort’s New Year’s Eve Beach Bash in Florida on December 31, performing an outdoor vertical concert that invites four patrons per room to enjoy the show socially-distanced from the safety of their balconies. 

Following performances by opening acts Tyler Farr and Pryor & Lee, the “I Don’t Dance” hit maker will take the stage and ring in 2021 at midnight. The concert begins at 8 p.m. ET.

A portion of the proceeds from the event will go toward the Boys & Girls Clubs of Volusia/Flagler Counties. 

The concert comes at the end of a year when Lee topped the charts twice with his duet with Carly Pearce on “I Hope You’re Happy Now” and solo single, “One of Them Girls,” both featured on his new album Hey World. 

Lee also recently recovered from a bout with COVID-19.  

By Cillea Houghton
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December 8, 2020 • No Comments • Country Music News

ABCCarrie Underwood is helping to honor citizens around the world who are making a major impact. 

The music superstar will perform during the 2020 Global Citizen Prize Awards, which recognizes leaders and activists around the world who are “making extraordinary efforts for the world’s most vulnerable,” as defined on the Global Citizen website. Some of these noble acts include aiding vulnerable populations and standing for justice. 

Among the prizes are Global Citizen of the Year, Global Citizen Prize for World Leader and Global Citizen Artist of the Year. 

Carrie’s “Hallelujah” duet partner and songwriter John Legend will host and perform at the ceremony alongside Gwen Stefani, Common, Tori Kelly and others, with special appearances by John Oliver, Nick Jonas and more. 

The Global Citizen Prize Awards air on December 19 at 8 p.m. ET on NBC. 

By Cillea Houghton
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