On the heels of her recent appearance on the CMT Music Awards, performing with Paul Klein of LANY, Kelsea Ballerini has released the official music video for “I Quit Drinking.”
Watch it here…
Kelsea is also singing with Kenny Chesney on her current single at country radio, “Half Of My Hometown.”
Watch the very autobiographical video here…
Photo Courtesy of Kelsea Ballerini
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The centennial celebration of historic Neyland Stadium and the start of the Josh Heupel era will coincide with a return to normalcy to the game day and tailgating experience. The University of Tennessee announced Tuesday that Neyland Stadium will operate at full capacity this fall.
“I know our fans are eager to experience the rich pageantry of Tennessee football gamedays again, and they’re going to have an exciting brand of football to rally around,” Vice Chancellor/Director of Athletics Danny White said. “This will be my first football season at Tennessee, and after witnessing the power of Vol Nation during our recent baseball postseason run, I cannot wait to see the impact of our fans giving their all in a packed Neyland Stadium.”
One of college football’s top 10 winningest head coaches over the last three seasons, Heupel makes his debut when the Volunteers host Bowling Green in a Thursday primetime opener on Sept. 2. Kickoff is set for 8 p.m. ET on SEC Network.
“We can’t wait to experience the Vol Walk, running through the ‘T’ and everything that makes Neyland Stadium special,” Heupel said. “I get goosebumps just thinking about what it will be like that Thursday night. The passion of Vol Nation is unmatched, and we are grateful for their support.”
Ticket mini-plans for the 2021 season are on sale now at AllVols.com. Fans can customize their mini-plan by selecting any four games in a variety of sections for one price. Home games include Bowling Green (Sept. 2), Pittsburgh (Sept. 11), Tennessee Tech (Sept. 18), South Carolina (Oct. 9), Ole Miss (Oct. 16), Georgia (Nov. 13), South Alabama (Nov. 20) and Vanderbilt (Nov. 27).
Season tickets are also on sale for as low as $300 with the Vol Pass and payment plan options offered. Fans can experience the Neyland Stadium 3D map to select tickets based on preference. Fans with questions related to seats, views and options can utilize the live “CHAT” feature on AllVols.com.
The ninth-oldest stadium in the FBS, Neyland Stadium first opened as Shield-Watkins Field in 1921. Fans can join in the 100-year celebration by sharing their memories of one of college football’s grandest cathedrals at Neyland100.com. The centennial milestone comes during a fall in which Tennessee will play its 125th season of football. The Vols have won 849 games – 10th in FBS history – dating back to their first contest in 1891.
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Brett Eldredge is very happy to announce that he’s hitting the road!
He says, “The Good Day tour will by far be the most appreciative and grateful experience of my career because I miss playing music so much.”
Brett shares, “I miss the human connection, the fan to fan connection, the people out there singing their hearts out who travel from all over the place to come together as a group, and be there with each other to smile, laugh and sing. The Good Day Tour is going to bring a lot of joy to people and one of those especially being me, because I cannot wait.”
Brett’s tour starts here in the states this September, and as of now, will extend in 2022 with shows overseas.
GOOD DAY TOUR 2021 DATES:
Sept 16 – Cleveland, OH – Jacobs Pavilion
Sept 17 – Cincinnati, OH – The Andrew J Brady ICON Music Center
Sept 18 – Detroit, MI – Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill
Sept 23 – St. Louis, MO – Saint Louis Music Park
Sept 24 – Toledo, OH – Toledo Zoo Amphitheater
Sept 25 – Huber Heights, OH – Rose Music Center at The Heights
Sept 30 – Orlando, FL – Dr. Phillips Center
Oct 1 – Boca Raton, FL – Mizner Park Amphitheater
Oct 2 – Key West, FL – The Key West Amphitheater
Oct 14 – Wilmington, NC – Riverfront Park Amphitheater
Oct 15 – Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy
Oct 16 – Raleigh, NC – Red Hat Amphitheater
Oct 21 – Philadelphia, PA – The Met
Oct 22 – Buffalo, NY – Shea’s Buffalo Theater
Oct 23 – Pittsburgh, PA – UPMC Events Center
Oct 28 – Colorado Springs, CO – The Broadmoor World Arena
Oct 29 – Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium
Oct 30 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex
Nov 4 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena
Nov 5 – Reading, PA – Santander Arena
Nov 6 – Verona, NY – Turning Stone Resort Casino
GOOD DAY TOUR 2022 DATES:
May 2 – Glasgow, UK – Academy+
May 3 – Belfast, UK – Ulster Hall+
May 5 – Leeds, UK – Academy+
May 6 – Birmingham, UK – Institute+
May 8 – Manchester, UK – Ritz+
May 10 – London, UK – The Forum+
May 13 – Berlin, Germany – Metropol*+
May 14 – Munich, Germany – Backstage Werk*+
May 16 – Amsterdam, The Netherlands – Melkweg Max*+
*Not a Live Nation Date
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Heading out with Brett on the Good Day tour will be Morgan Evans.
Talking about Morgan, Brett says, “I’m bringing Morgan Evans on tour and I’ve been a big fan of his for a long time and he’s a crazy good talent and amazing guy. I just think he brings that mentality that I love, that positive energy and good heart and this tour is going to have a lot of heart,”
Brett adds, “We’re gonna show the world what it feels like to be alive again, and I’m gonna kiss that stage when I walk on it every night because there’s nothing like it and I’ll never let it go.”
Tickets go on sale beginning Friday, June 18th at 10AM local time at LiveNation.com.
Fans will definitely be catching the song that shares the name with the tour, Brett Eldredge’s “Good Day.”
Photo Credit: Greg Noire
Did you catch Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram and Jon Randall on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon?
The trio performed “Two-Step Down To Texas” from their album, The Marfa Tapes.
Check out their performance here…
Photo Courtesy of Sony Music Nashville
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Kellie Harper reconnected with a respected and trusted colleague for her latest hire at Tennessee, announcing Bryan Tatum as the director of basketball sports performance for the Lady Vols.
Tatum has spent the past seven years as an assistant athletic performance coach at Auburn, working with the Tiger football team. He replaces Tyler Watson, who departed UT to accept a sports performance position with the St. John’s University men’s basketball program.
Harper and Tatum worked together previously at two stops along her coaching path. He was on her staff from 2008-10 at Western Carolina and provided his expertise at NC State from 2011-13.
“I am very happy to welcome Bryan Tatum and his family to the Lady Vol program,” Harper said. “I know that Bryan will continue the strong culture in our weight room that Tyler built and push our players to be the best they can be and to compete for championships.
“Bryan is a passionate, hard-working and intelligent coach with high character who connects well with student-athletes. He is extremely competitive and is already asking where we will hang our next championship banner. I am excited for him to get started.”
Joining the Auburn football staff in 2014, Tatum possesses 15 years of collegiate coaching experience with a mindset of growth and development meshed with a slight-edge philosophy. That viewpoint, which holds that “consistently repeated daily actions, plus time, equal unconquerable results,” comes from the book “The Slight Edge” by Jeff Olson.
“I am really excited to be part of the incredible legacy of Lady Vol basketball,” Tatum said. “It doesn’t feel real yet. It gives me chills to think about having some part of building onto that tradition, adding to the culture and empowering young women to unlock their potential and to not only be successful on the court but in life as well.
“My first full-time job was working with Kellie and Jon, and I have so much respect for them. They are as good as it gets, and I look forward to working alongside them and Casi (Dailey) again, the entire staff and a terrific group of student-athletes.”
Tatum arrived at Auburn from NC State, where he was an assistant strength and conditioning coach for three years from 2011-14, working with women’s basketball, wrestling, men’s and women’s golf, and rifle.
Prior to his time in Raleigh, he was the assistant strength and conditioning coordinator at Western Carolina (2008-2010), assisting with football and coordinating women’s basketball, women’s soccer, softball, volleyball, women’s tennis, men’s and women’s cross country, track and field and cheerleading.
Tatum spent two years as a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coordinator at Western Kentucky (2006-2008), assisting with football while coordinating men’s and women’s soccer. He completed a master’s degree in exercise physiology from WKU in 2008.
He played football at West Liberty (W. Va.) State College and earned his bachelor’s degree in exercise physiology with a minor in physical therapy in 2005. A team captain as a junior and senior, he was part of the 2000 West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference champions. In 2002, he was an All-WVIAC selection at defensive back.
Following graduation, Tatum completed an internship at Notre Dame before returning to his alma mater as a strength and conditioning coach while also serving as an assistant football and co-head track and field coach.
Tatum holds a number of professional certifications, including RSCC, CSCS, USAW, USATF, ISSC, SAQ, FMS, CES, MAT, RPR-2, FRCMS and TPI. He is married to the former Alison Poe of Barboursville, West Virginia, and they have four children: Jaxson, Jett, Hensley and Jude.
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During an appearance on the Grand Ole Opry this past weekend Thomas Rhett debuted a new song that he and his dad, Rhett Akins, are going to be releasing this Wednesday – just in time for Father’s Day this upcoming Sunday.
Thomas posted, “Announced from the Grand Ole Opry stage tonight with my dad that I’ll be releasing a new one called ‘Things Dads Do’ on June 16th in honor of Father’s Day. More soon but get excited”
Of course Thomas making music with his dad is no surprise – several of Thomas’ songs include his dad as a co-writer…including his number-one hit “What’s Your Country Song,” where Thomas even went a step further, “I actually threw one of my dad’s song titles, ‘That Ain’t My Truck,’ in the second verse.”
Thomas continues, “As we started to kinda craft this song, we had the chorus first, and then we were trying to figure out where to take the verses. And we kinda thought, what if we could tell a story in the verses through using some of our favorite song titles, whether it’s from the 80s or from the 90s or now. I remember the first line that I spit out was, ‘Are you heart broke because you know that ain’t your truck in her drive,’ literally as a joke, just cause dad was sittin’ there. And as we started to write the song, it felt like it just fit. It was pretty funny, but I’m glad dad got a shout out in that song.”
Of course that hit is from Thomas’ album Country Again – Side A, which features the title track, “Country Again.”
Photo Courtesy of Thomas Rhett, Rhett Akins, and The Grand Ole Opry
Reba McEntire took to social media this weekend and shared with her fans an early Christmas present.
Turns out that she wrapped up filming a holiday movie for Lifetime TV.
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We’ll be looking for that later this year to make the holiday season a little bit jollier.
Reba’s music also had an appearance in a movie this year – her track “Somehow You Do” is featured in Four Good Days…
Photo Credit: Robby Klein
Last week the National Music Publishers’ Association honored Taylor Swift with the Songwriter Icon Award.
As a part of the presentation, Priscilla Block appeared in a video segment where she shared what Taylor and her music has meant to her career, and then sang a medley of some of Taylor’s hits.
The very next day after the event saluting Taylor Swift, Priscilla experience what every music artist dreams about – hearing their song on the radio for the very first time.
While driving in Nashville, that happened to Priscilla as her song “Just About Over You” came on the local country station, and she captured the moment…
“Just About Over You” is featured – along with 5 other tracks – on Priscilla’s recently released EP…
Photo Credit: Logen Christopher
Chris Young has announced that his next album, Famous Friends, will arrive August 6th.
Chris says, “I know I’ve said it before, but I honestly can’t say it enough – I am so excited to be releasing my new album.”
The title of his 8th studio album shares the same name as his hit song with Kane Brown, and it turns out there will be more famous friends on Famous Friends. The new project will include his collaborations with Kane, Lauren Alania, and Mitchell Tenpenny – as well as tracks featuring background vocals from Sarah Buxton, Hillary Lindsey and Dan + Shay‘s Shay Mooney.
Chris says it was working with all those stars that help solidify the album’s title, “There are so many incredibly talented artists, songwriters and producers – all friends of mine – who helped make this album possible. Having friends share their talents as collaborators, songwriters, producers and more, it’s only natural to call the album Famous Friends.”
Famous Friends will include, the title track, “Raised On Country,” “Drowning,” “Town Ain’t Big Enough” and 10 additional songs…
Famous Friends track list
01 – “Raised on Country”
02 – “Famous Friends” (with Kane Brown)
03 – “Town Ain’t Big Enough” (with Lauren Alaina)
04 – “Drowning”
05 – “Rescue Me”
06 – “Break Like You Do”
07 – “At the End of a Bar” (with Mitchell Tenpenny)
08 – “Love Looks Good on You”
09 – “One of Them Nights”
10 – “When You’re Drinking”
11 – “Cross Every Line”
12 – “Hold My Beer Watch This”
13 – “Best Seat in the House”
14 – “Tonight We’re Dancing”
Chris says “I want people to fall in love with it, blow their speakers listening to it, dance to it, party along with it, cry to it, just live it – and I can’t wait to start playing this new music on the road soon”
After announcing the album, fans were giving a new song to check out – “Rescue Me.”
Chris says, “I think ‘Rescue Me’ is such a cool twist on the typical love song concept. People were already falling in love with it just based off short social teases. It’s something special.”
And you can check out the music video for the title track with Kane Brown, right here…
Photo Credit: Jeff Johnson
Chase Martin‘s new song “Forever + 1” was inspired by her sister’s wedding.
Chase says “All of the songs I write are close to my heart, of course, but ‘Forever + 1’ is just beyond special to me.”
Chase walked in a writing session with Phil Barton and Joe Fox with the thought that she wanted to create a very personal song for her sister’s big day.
Chase shares the story, “When I went into my co-writing session in Nashville that day, I just wanted to write a song for my sister’s upcoming wedding that would leave her with lasting memories on her special day. Who knew it would become my next single?!”
She adds, “I wanted the video to be simple and just really showcase the song, so we had me sitting in a dive bar singing it, just me and a piano – the original way the song was written. The video crew made my exact vision happen and they were such a blast to work with.”
Check out the music video for Chase Martin’s “Forever + 1”
Photo Credit: Julia Cox
