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December 20, 2024

Carrie Underwood Duets With Darius Rucker On Nate Bargatze’s Christmas Special

CBS aired “Nate Bargatze’s Nashville Christmas” special last night and it’s now streaming on Paramount+. Carrie Underwood sang “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town“ with Darius Rucker. Other guests included Jelly Roll , Noah Kahan, Martina McBride, and Mikey Day from “SNL”. PHOTO CREDIT: Nate Bargatze’s Nashville Christmas

December 20, 2024

2024 Top 10 Grossing Country Tours- Strange That Morgan Wallen Is Not Included

Top 10 highest grossing country music tours in 2024: 1. Zach Bryan’s Quittin’ Time Tour. It sold 1.6 million tickets and made over $321 million. 2. Luke Combs’ Growin’ Up and Gettin’ Old Tour. It sold 1.4 million tickets and made over $173 million. 3. Kenny Chesney’s Sun Goes Down Tour. It sold 1.3 million tickets and made […]

December 19, 2024

Morgan Wallen Finally Gets Bar Sign Approved

The Nashville Metro Council finally approved Morgan Wallen’s 20-foot outdoor sign that will go above his bar. Back in May, city officials denied Morgan’s “This Bar and Tennessee Kitchen” a permit application for the overhead sign. At the time, several councilmembers spoke out against Morgan, citing his chair-throwing escapade and his previous use of a racial slur. But […]

December 19, 2024

Jelly Roll, Post Malone, Morgan Wallen & More- The Biggest Country Cross-Over Albums Of 2024

Here are the five country albums that fully crossed-over into the mainstream and became #1 on the Billboard 200. 1. “One Thing at a Time” by Morgan Wallen. His album was #1 for three weeks. One week in January, one in February, and one in March. 2. “35 Biggest Hits” by Toby Keith. After he passed away in February, Toby reached […]

December 19, 2024

Meeker Co Crash/Driver Arrested for Suspected DUI

A driver suffered minor injuries and was arrested for DUI after a single-vehicle crash in Meeker County after his vehicle left the road and hit a tree. The Sheriff’s Office says the 24-year-old Litchfield man was driving north on CSAH 2 south of Watkins when the vehicle left the roadway and struck a tree just […]

December 18, 2024

New Country Albums Confirmed For 2025 Release- Including Ringo Starr

Here are the country albums that are confirmed so far for 2025: January 10th: “Look Up” by Ringo Starr January 17th: “We’re Gonna Make It“ by Lanco January 24th: “The High Road“ by Kane Brown January 24th: “The Select“ by Ty Myers January 31st: “Good Years“ by Neon Union February 14th: “Plus One“ by The War and Treaty PHOTO CREDIT: Music – Ringo Starr

December 18, 2024

Garth Brooks Lawsuit Update

A judge has denied Garth Brooks’ request to dismiss the sexual assault case against him. Garth’s former hair and makeup artist filed the sexual assault and battery suit against him in October. Garth filed a separate preemptive lawsuit against the female referred to as “Jane Joe” for extortion and defamation saying her accusations were “false” […]

December 16, 2024

Montevideo School Bus Driver Charged with Possession/Disseminating Child Pornography

A now former Montevideo school bus driver has been charged with felony counts of possession of child pornographic work and dissemination of child pornographic work. The West Central Tribune reports 49-year-old Paul James Norton of Montevideo was arrested last Monday (Dec 9) after meeting with authorities. The Montevideo School District sent letters to parents informing […]

December 13, 2024

Shaboozey, Zach Bryan, Morgan Wallen, Taylor Swift among big Billboard Music Award Winners

Shaboozey, Zach Bryan, & Morgan Wallen were big winners at last night’s 2024 Billboard Music Awards. However, Taylor Swift cleaned house taking home a ton of awards including: Top Artist, Top Female Artist, and Top Billboard 200 Artist, plus many more including Top Hot 100 Artist, Top Hot 100 Songwriter, Top Streaming Songs Artist, Top Radio Songs Artist, Top […]

December 13, 2024

Morgan Wallen’s Attorney Explains His Plea Deal

Morgan Wallen’s attorney explains the plea agreement stemming from his Nashville chair throwing incident in April. The lawyre is speaking out after the country star pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 7 days incarceration and two years probation for allegedly tossing a chair from the roof of a Nashville bar. Attorney Worrick Robinson IV, who […]