Does Dolly Parton ever slow down? The answer is no. If you’re waiting on Dolly, you’re backing up. Not only did the petite songstress celebrated two milestones this year—she turned 70 years old and celebrated 50 years of marriage to husband Carl Dean—but she also embarked on her biggest tour in 25 years and released……
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Listen to 30 Country Stars Join Forces to Sing “Forever Country” in Honor of 50th CMA Awards
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Listen to 30 Country Stars Join Forces to Sing “Forever Country” in Honor of 50th CMA Awards
The CMA Awards are pulling out all of the stops for their 50th anniversary on Nov. 2. In a momentous move, 30 of country music’s biggest stars—both past and present—have come together to record a new song and video, “Forever Country,” for the CMA’s golden anniversary. The star-studded mashup features a fresh take on three……
Watch Ellen DeGeneres Give Carrie Underwood a Shocking Anniversary Gift
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Garth Brooks Teams With Target to Release 10-Disc Boxed Set, Including New Album
Since coming out of retirement in 2014, Garth Brooks has defeated the machines with his No. 1 album, Man Against Machine, and now he’s set his sights on becoming the ultimate badass, which if you’ve seen him in concert lately, you already know he is. OK, enough Garth gushing. Today, Garth announced he is collaborating……
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Kenny Chesney has debuted the new video for “Setting the World on Fire”—a duet with pop star P!nk—today (Sept. 15), but neither Kenny nor P!nk are present in the video other than passing billboards of their images. While the video would have been more powerful with the superstar couple in the leading roles, it features……
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