Category Archives: Country News – ABC Audio
Drew Baldridge takes Farm Faith Family on tour
Drew Baldridge's "Love Needs You" (BBR Music Group/BMG Nashville)Drew Baldridge will launch his Farm Faith Family Tour June 11 in Omaha, Nebraska. He'll play a total of 14 shows before he wr...
Apr 30, 2026
The Opry NextStage Class of 2026 will take center stage during CMA Fest
Opry NextStage Live (Grand Ole Opry)The Opry NextStage Class of 2026 will get its moment to shine the week of CMA Fest, as members play a special show Wednesday, June 3, at Category 10 in downtow...
Apr 30, 2026
Lainey Wilson hands Ella Langley 'Billboard''s Powerhouse Award
Ella Langley (Christopher Polk/Billboard)Lainey Wilson presented Ella Langley with the Powerhouse Award at Wednesday's Billboard 2026 Women in Music event at the Hollywood Palladium.“She co...
Apr 30, 2026
Country outlaw David Allan Coe dead at 86
1970 photo of David Allan Coe (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)Country rebel David Allan Coe passed away Wednesday at the age of 86, his booking agent David Wade confirmed to ABC Audio.“One o...
Apr 30, 2026
Luke Bryan and Jason Aldean are ready to Double Down on their stadium shows
Jason Aldean & Luke Bryan's Double Down Tour 2026 (Live Nation)It turns out Luke Bryan and Jason Aldean's sold-out show at the University of Georgia's Sanford Stadium last Saturday night was just ...
Apr 30, 2026
Jason Aldean's Peach State buddy Luke Bryan puts the 'we' in 'Songs About Us'
Luke Bryan & Jason Aldean (Jason Kempin/Getty Images for Does Entertainment/UGA)With songs like "She's Why," "Good Thing Going" and "Lovin' Me Too Long" — not to mention their duet "Easier G...
Apr 30, 2026
Nashville notes: Natalie Stovall's baby + Old Red to Indy
A new location of Blake Shelton's bar and restaurant, Ole Red, will open in Indianapolis in late 2027. The first opened in Nashville in 2018, beginning Blake's partnership with Opry Entertainment Grou...
Apr 29, 2026
Travel to the 'Middle of Nowhere' to see Kacey Musgraves on tour
Kacey Musgraves' Middle of Nowhere Tour (AEG Presents)Kacey Musgraves will be taking the Middle of Nowhere everywhere on tour. The Texas native launches the 29-date trek named for her new album i...
Apr 29, 2026
Bailey Zimmerman's Nashville shows mean dollars for dogs at Wags and Walks
Bailey Zimmerman's Different Night Same Rodeo Tour (Live Nation)Bailey Zimmerman's giving a dollar from every ticket sold to his upcoming Music City shows to the nonprofit dog rescue Wags and Walks.&n...
Apr 29, 2026
Lainey Wilson's live Stagecoach EP coming Friday
'Lainey Wilson (Amazon Music presents: Live from Stagecoach 2026)' (Amazon) Lainey Wilson's Saturday night headlining set at Stagecoach will live on as an EP available exclusively on Amazon.You'll be ...
Apr 29, 2026