Dierks Bentley’s Seven Peaks Music Festival will return this August and the stacked lineup of performers has expanded. The second-annual festival held in Buena Vista, Colorado, will include the Whiskey Row Stage, for which Billboard exclusively reveals the lineup today […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Zac Brown Band added a very special gig to their 2019 tour roster on Wednesday (Feb. 20) when it was announced that they would open for the Rolling Stones. Brown and company have been added to the bill for the Stones’ Apr. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Eric Church is usually more likely to “Pledge Allegiance to the Hag” than to bust into Motown songs, but on Friday night (Feb. 15) in Detroit the country star paid some homage to the heritage of his destination. Finishing his Double Down […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As an artist/entrepreneur whose culinary skills are nearly as well-known as her Grammy-winning voice, it’s fitting that Trisha Yearwood would debut her new album, Let’s Be Frank, at Williams Sonoma. The tribute to Frank Sinatra, Yearwood’s first full-length solo record in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Taylor Swift closed out her Reputation Stadium Tour in spectacular fashion, breaking the record for the highest-grossing U.S. tour since Billboard Boxscore began tracking touring data in 1990. Domestically, the tour grossed $266.1 million and sold 2,068,399 tickets, besting The Rolling Stones‘ […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Billboard Country Update editor Tom Roland was the recipient of the 2018 CMA Media Achievement Award presented during the 52nd annual CMA Awards at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. Country Music Hall of Fame member and three-time CMA Awards winner Bill Anderson surprised […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Garth Brooks has added two tour dates to The Garth Brooks Stadium Tour, bringing the current total to four. In 2019, Brooks will be performing in Gainesville, Fla. (April 20) and Pittsburgh, Pa. (May 18) in addition to the previously-announced stops in St. Louis, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Luke Combs spoke with Billboard’s Taylor Weatherby backstage at the 2018 CMA Awards, chatting about winning new artist of the year on the night. “It’s been surprising, for sure,” Combs said of his win. “I did not expect to come home with […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Everyone in Lady Antebellum lives in Nashville. But they are about to take on a second home: Las Vegas. Early on Wednesday morning (Oct. 24), Lady Antebellum announced their first-ever residency. Beginning in early February, the band will headline a series of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Eighty-Four Thousand Fans Ignore All the Weather Woes at Brooks’ Show. Brooks’ fans packed into the stadium in South Bend, Indiana for the first concert ever held in the home of the Fighting Irish. And after a one-hour weather delay, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…