Category Archives: NCD News

Today (Nov. 20), Garth Brooks trickled out two more dates and venues for his 2019 Stadium Tour:April 20Gainesville, Fla.Ben Hill Griffin StadiumMay 18Pittsburgh, Pa.Heinz FieldThe NEXT stops on The Ga...

Heather Morgan has been a songwriting staple in Nashville for the better part of this decade, having penned songs for Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban, Maddie & Tae, Cole Swindell and Brett Eldredge, in...

Jimmie Allen’s debut single, “Best Shot,” reached No. 1 on both the Billboard Country Airplay and Mediabase charts this week.Jimmie joins Darius Rucker as the only African-American c...

Kane Brown joined Jason Aldean and Carrie Underwood as the only country artists in 2018 to have an album debut at No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart.Kane’s sophomore album, Experiment, r...

If you didn’t make it to Nashville in September for the 17th annual AmericanaFest, you can still catch some of the action thanks to CMT.CMT will air the 2018 AmericanaFest TV special on Dec. 6 a...

Reba McEntire returned for a second year to host the ninth annual CMA Country Christmas, a two-hour music celebration that airs on ABC on Dec. 10.CMA Country Christmas was taped on Sept. 27 at Belmont...

Thomas Rhett announced he will heat things up in 2019 with his Very Hot Summer Tour.Kicking off on May 17 in Spokane, Wash., the 39-date tour will make stops in Dallas, Atlanta, Chicago, New York, Nas...

After Kenny Chesney’s 2018 Trip Around the Sun Tour hit more than a dozen major stadiums and more than 20 amphitheaters, the Tennessee native is scaling back his 2019 tour, which he has dubbed t...

Broadcast Music Inc. held its 66th annual BMI Country Awards on Nov. 13 at its Nashville office to celebrate the songwriters and publishers of the most-performed country songs of the past year.Award r...

Good Morning America hosts Lara Spencer and Adam Rippon had the honor of announcing the winners in two CMA Awards categories Wednesday (Nov. 14) morning as they broadcast live from Dierks Bentley̵...