July 28, 2020 • No Comments • Country Music News

Katie Kauss Florida Georgia Line is using the gift of music to give back to our nation’s veterans.

The “I Love My Country” singers are set to headline an upcoming episode of the USO’s online series, Military Virtual Programming, on August 1. 

The pre-taped special, which also showcases pop stars The Chainsmokers and JoJo, was shot at The Anthem in Washington, D.C as part of the World’s Biggest USO Tour in 2018. FGL will perform such career-defining songs as “Cruise,” “H.O.L.Y.,” and their crossover smash hit with Bebe Rexha, “Meant to Be.” 

“So much love for our @theUSO fam. We had such a blast at @TheAnthemDC back in 2018 and are excited that the show is streaming this Saturday as part of their MVP Summer Series,” the duo writes on Instagram. 

The first episode of MVP took place on July 4, with a focus on continuing to bring entertaining and uplifting content to the military during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The new episode will be streamed on the USO website on Saturday at 12 p.m. ET.

By Cillea Houghton
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July 28, 2020 • No Comments • Country Music News

ABC/Eric GebhartJason Aldean is taking his new single to Late Night. 

The ACM Artist of the Decade will perform “Got What I Got” on Late Night with Seth Meyers tonight with a virtual performance outside of his Nashville-area home.

The track is featured on the hitmaker’s most recent album, 9, which became Jason’s sixth consecutive album to reach the number-one spot on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart following its 2019 release. 

Jason debuted the “Got What I Got” music video — which features his wife Brittany and the couple’s two young children, daughter Navy and son Memphis — during the online CMA Summer Stay-Cay event earlier this month.

“Got What I Got” is currently in the top 20 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart.  

Late Night with Seth Meyers airs at 12:35 p.m. ET on NBC.

By Cillea Houghton
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July 28, 2020 • No Comments • Country Music News

MCA NashvilleReba McEntire is setting the “rumor” straight with a re-release of her famed album, Rumor Has It. 

To celebrate its 30th anniversary, Reba is re-releasing the 1990 album that gave birth to her early signature song,  “Fancy,” a cover of Bobbie Gentry‘s 1969 classic, along with the number-one hit “You Lie,” “Fallin’ Out of Love,” which reached number two on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, and the title track, which was a top-10 hit.

Rumor Has It became the first of Reba’s 17 studio projects at the time to reach the top 40 on the Billboard 200, peaking at number 39. The album also hit number two on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and remained in the top 10 on that chart for 26 weeks.

In a statement, Reba notes that Rumor Has It is “very special” to her, as it marks the first time she recorded with producer Tony Brown, who helped her record “Fancy” and produced many of her subsequent chart-topping albums. Vince Gill also provided background vocals on the project.  

“I never imagined I’d get the chance to put out an album for a second time. It’s just so much fun to look back and remember where we were and what we were doing when they were originally released,” Reba says. 

The country icon is also releasing a special vinyl edition of Rumor Has It that will include a live acoustic version of “Fancy,” recorded at the Ryman Auditorium. Both the standard and vinyl editions will feature a bonus track. 

The re-issue of Rumor Has It will be released on September 11.

By Cillea Houghton
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July 28, 2020 • No Comments • Country Music News

ABC/Image Group LAGarth Brooks announced on the Monday night edition of his Facebook Live show, Inside Studio G, that he will be hosting a press conference Wednesday morning and is inviting fans to join in. 

Though he was coy on what exactly the announcement entails, Garth says this will be more “personal” than his last major press conference, announcing his legendary show at Notre Dame Stadium in which he was the first artist to perform at the venue since it opened in 1930. 

“The last big one you saw of ours was probably [former University of Notre Dame head football coach] Lou Holtz announcing the Stadium Tour at Notre Dame,” Garth said. “This one’s going to be…a lot more intimate and dealing with something not as ‘commercial’ as that, but something a little more along the personal lines meets career lines.”

Garth announced during last week’s show that his highly anticipated 14th studio album, FUN, is completed — he’s just waiting for the right time to release it. 

The press conference will be streamed live on Garth’s Facebook page on Wednesday morning at 11 a.m. ET.

By Cillea Houghton
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July 28, 2020 • No Comments • Country Music News

Brad Barket/Getty ImagesThe Chicks rise to the number one slot on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart this week with Gaslighter. 

The trailblazing trio of Natalie Maines, Martie Maguire and Emily Strayer have debuted in the top spot on the chart for the first time since 2006’s Taking the Long Way, which also served as their last studio album before Gaslighter‘s release. 

Billboard reports that in the week since its July 17 release, Gaslighter drew 84,000 equivalent album units, with 71,000 of them serving as pure album sales.

The project also debuted at number three on the all-genre Billboard 200 and marks the fifth time they’ve cracked the top 10 on the all-encompassing chart alongside Taking the Long Way, Home, Fly and their major label studio debut, Wide Open Spaces.

Gaslighter also sits at number one on the Album Sales chart as the best selling album of the week.  

The Chicks, who dropped the “Dixie” from their name in June amid national protests against racial injustice, co-wrote 10 of the album’s 12 songs alongside producer Jack Antonoff. 

The album’s content covers a lot of bases: The title track was inspired by Natalie’s divorce from former husband, actor Adrian Pasdar, while “March March” is a stark reflection on the current times and was written after the trio attended the March for Our Lives rally to end gun violence in 2018. 

“Gaslighter” and “March March” have peaked at number 20 and 32 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, respectively.

By Cillea Houghton
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