Willie Nelson Cuts Short Salt Lake City Show Due to Respiratory Issues

Willie Nelson Cuts Short Salt Lake City Show Due to Respiratory Issues

Posted on August 14, 2017

Willie Nelson was forced to cut short his concert in Salt Lake City last night (Aug. 13) due to respiratory issues caused by elevation.

The 84-year-old county music icon was performing at USANA Amphitheatre, which has an elevation of 4,300 feet, when he began to experience breathing problems and exited the stage. A bandmate told the crowd that Willie needed a break, before the show was ultimately canceled.

Willie posted a message on Twitter this monring (Aug. 14) to let everyone know he was feeling better, stating, “This is Willie, I am sorry to have to cut the SLC show short tonight. The altitude got to me. I am feeling better now & headed for lower ground.

Willie was forced to cancel a handful of shows in January and February due to an undisclosed illness, but has been touring steadily since then. Willie is slated to perform in Saratoga, Calif., on Aug. 15.

photo by James Minchin/Shock Ink

Kelsea Ballerini Reveals Track Listing & Songwriters for Upcoming Album, “Unapologetically”

Kelsea Ballerini Reveals Track Listing & Songwriters for Upcoming Album, “Unapologetically”

Posted on August 14, 2017

Kelsea Ballerini announced the track listing and songwriters for her upcoming sophomore album, Unapologetically, which drops on Nov. 3.

The new 12-song offering features tunes from songwriters Shane McAnally, Ross Copperman, Hillary Lindsey, Ashley Gorley and more. Kelsea had a hand writing or co-writing all 12 songs.

“[Unapologetically] is about years 21 through 23,” says Kelsea to Nash Country Daily. It really is. It starts with a gross breakup that I had. It talks about the darkness of that. I haven’t really . . . ‘Peter Pan’ is like as much of a breakup as I went into on the first record, because that’s really the only feeling of a breakup that I’d had at that point. This one definitely gets darker than that. But then it takes you through the darkness of that, the bounce back from that, into just growing up and finding who I am as a young girl. New insecurities that I have, all of that, into meeting [fiancé] Morgan [Evans] and getting engaged. It talks about all of it.”

Unapologetically Track Listing & Songwriters

  1. “Graveyard” (Ballerini, Forest Glen Whitehead, Shane McAnally)
  2. “Miss Me More” (Ballerini, David Hodges, Brett McLaughlin)
  3. “Get Over Yourself” (Ballerini, Ross Copperman, Shane McAnally)
  4. “Roses” (Ballerini, Zach Crowell, Ashley Gorley)
  5. “Machine Heart” (Ballerini, Greg Wells, James Abrahart)
  6. “In Between” (Ballerini, Jimmy Robbins, McAnally)
  7. “High School” (Ballerini)
  8. “End Of The World” (Ballerini, Hillary Lindsey, Lindsay Rimes)
  9. “I Hate Love Songs” (Ballerini, Trevor Rosen, McAnally)
  10. “Unapologetically” (Ballerini, Whitehead, Hillary Lindsey)
  11. “Music” (Ballerini, Robbins, Nicolle Galyon, Jennifer Denmark)
  12. “Legends” (Ballerini, Whitehead, Lindsey)
Carrie Underwood and Sam Hunt Take Home Teen Choice Awards

Carrie Underwood and Sam Hunt Take Home Teen Choice Awards

Posted on August 14, 2017

Carrie Underwood and Sam Hunt won trophies at the Teen Choice Awards last night (Aug. 13).

Carrie copped the top prize in the Choice Country Artist category, while Sam earned the nod for Choice Country Song with “Body Like a Back Road.”

Sam (2), Florida Georgia Line (2), Blake Shelton (2) and Brett Eldredge (1) earned nominations in a combined seven all-genre categories, but they were bested each time.

Check out all of the country-centric nominations below with the winners.

Choice Country Artist

Carrie Underwood WINNER
Blake Shelton
Florida Georgia Line
Kelsea Ballerini
Luke Bryan
Sam Hunt

Choice Country Song

“Body Like a Back Road” – Sam Hunt WINNER
“Craving You” – Thomas Rhett (feat. Maren Morris)
“Every Time I Hear That Song” – Blake Shelton
“The Fighter” – Keith Urban (feat. Carrie Underwood)
“God, Your Mama, and Me” – Florida Georgia Line (feat. Backstreet Boys)
“In Case You Didn’t Know” – Brett Young

Choice Song: Male Artist

Ed Sheeran – “Shape of You” WINNER
Sam Hunt – “Body Like a Back Road”
Bruno Mars – “That’s What I Like”
Harry Styles – “Sign of the Times”
Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee (feat. Justin Bieber) – “Despacito”
Niall Horan – “Slow Hands”

Choice Collaboration

Steve Aoki & Louis Tomlinson – “Just Hold On” WINNER
Florida Georgia Line (feat. Backstreet Boys) – “God, Your Mama, And Me”
Cheat Codes (feat. Demi Lovato) – “No Promises”
Kygo & Selena Gomez – “It Ain’t Me”
ZAYN & Taylor Swift – “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever”
Zedd & Alessia Cara – “Stay”

Choice Summer Group

Fifth Harmony WINNER
Florida Georgia Line
Imagine Dragons
Little Mix
The Chainsmokers
Coldplay

Choice Summer Tour

Ariana Grande – Dangerous Woman Tour WINNER
Sam Hunt – 15 in a 30 Tour
Bruno Mars – 24K Magic World Tour
Ed Sheeran – Divide Tour
Kendrick Lamar – The DAMN. Tour
Shawn Mendes – Illuminate World Tour

Choice Twit

Ellen DeGeneres WINNER
Blake Shelton
Anna Kendrick
Chrissy Teigen
Justin Timberlake
Zendaya

Choice Snapchatter

Ariana Grande WINNER
Brett Eldredge
Bella Thorne
DJ Khaled
Kylie Jenner
Selena Gomez

Choice TV Personality

Ellen DeGeneres – The Ellen DeGeneres Show WINNER
Blake Shelton – The Voice
Anthony Anderson – To Tell the Truth
Tyra Banks – America’s Got Talent
James Corden – The Late Late Show with James Corden
Jimmy Fallon – The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

photo by Jason Simanek

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