Brad Paisley headlined a unique three-day concert event in St. Louis, Nashville and Indianapolis on July 10, 11 and 12.
The shows, dubbed Live From the Drive-In, featured a varied lineup in each city consisting of Brad, Darius Rucker, Jon Pardi, El Monstero, Yacht Rock Revue and Nelly.
Brad’s Nashville performance from the Nissan Stadium parking lot on July 11 was live-streamed for free on his Facebook page. Viewers had the option of making a donation to The Store, which they did to the tune of $26,000.
“I’m told that those of you who hit the tip jar on our @facebook live broadcast from the Nashville show raised 26k for @thestore_nashville!!” said Brad on Instagram. “Thank you! I know these are trying times, thank you for helping to feed people. #liveatthedrivein”
Brad and wife Kimberly Williams-Paisley teamed with Belmont University and Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee to open The Store—a free grocery store that serves individuals and families experiencing food insecurities and financial hardship.
The Store, which opened in March 2020, operates as a year-round free grocery store that allows people to shop for their basic needs. Clients are given the opportunity to come to The Store for a one-year period. There is no charge to those referred or to the people and agencies that send them. They may shop for food to supplement their income during times of crisis and as they work toward self-sufficiency.
Brad and Kimberly were inspired to get involved in the Nashville project after volunteering at a similar organization, Unity Shoppe, in Santa Barbara, Calif.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Year two of the Kellie Harper era is fast-approaching, and Lady Vol basketball season tickets for the eagerly-awaited 2020-21 season are on sale now.
Excitement is high, as Tennessee returns three starters and eight total letterwinners from last season’s 21-10 squad. That nucleus helped UT tie for third in the SEC and put itself in position for an NCAA Tournament bid.
By visiting AllVols.com, Big Orange fans can select from a variety of season ticket options starting as low as $115. The popular Lady Vol Pass ticket option also returns this season at a rate of $125. Both the season ticket package and the Lady Vol Pass will include the highly-anticipated Revival Series match-up between Tennessee and UConn.
Our 2019-20 season ticket holders are able to renew their season tickets now by visiting AllVols.com or by clicking here. The deadline to renew season tickets for the 2020-21 season is Friday, July 31.
New this year is a benefit for fans who renew season tickets or make new ticket purchases and opt to pay via eCheck prior to the July 31 deadline. By paying via eCheck, purchasers will receive two complimentary tickets to one 2020-21 home game (excluding UConn). Fans who pay via eCheck will receive an email later this fall with information regarding how to redeem the complimentary ticket offer. For the first time, season ticket and Lady Vol Pass purchases prior to July 31 can also be made by utilizing a payment plan option.
Thus far, only the date for the home game with UConn has been announced. That contest is slated to take place on Jan. 21. The complete non-conference schedule and SEC slate will be released when all contests are confirmed.
The Lady Vols return a talented trio of starters in 6-2 All-SEC senior guard/forward Rennia Davis (18.0 ppg., 8.2 rpg., 2.5 apg.), 6-1 junior guard/forward Rae Burrell (10.5 ppg., 5.5 rpg., 21 3FGs) and 6-5 sophomore center Tamari Key (7.3 ppg., 4.7 rpg., 2.8 bpg.). Sophomore Jordan Horston, a 6-2 SEC All-Freshman guard (10.5 ppg., 5.5 rpg., 4.6 apg.) who started 22 contests a year ago, could be considered a fourth returning starter due to her extensive experience.
Also back are 6-4 senior center Kasiyahna Kushkituah (5.4 ppg., 4.4 rpg., 49% FG, 31 games played), 5-8 sophomore guard Jessie Rennie (2.7 ppg., 25 3FGs, 46% 3FG, 30 games played), 6-3 redshirt senior forward Jaiden McCoy (2.7 ppg., 1.8 rpg., 26 games played) and 6-5 sophomore center Emily Saunders (3.7 ppg., 2.2 rpg., 1.0 bpg., 71% FG, 10 games played).
The Lady Vols have at their ready five of their top six scorers and rebounders from 2019-20, including the top four in each category. The team welcomes back 80.8 percent of its scoring, 76.4 percent of rebounding, 78.6 percent of blocks, 71.0 percent of steals and 64.8 percent of assists from last year’s squad. The Big Orange women also retained 80.6 percent of their field goals, including 73.3 percent of their three-pointers, and 84.8 percent of free throws from a year ago.
The returning cast will be joined by Keyen Green (13.9 ppg., 7.5 rpg., 59% FG), a first-team All-ASUN graduate transfer forward/center from Liberty, who should bolster UT’s inside presence. The Lady Vols’ three-member rookie class includes 6-0 guard Destiny Salary (four-star prospect, #57 by espnW HoopGurlz), 6-1 guard/forward Tess Darby (#86 by Blue Star Media, four-star prospect by ProspectsNation.com, three-star prospect by espnW HoopGurlz) and 6-2 guard/forward Marta Suárez (a four-star prospect by Blue Star Europe).
Luke Bryan’s “One Margarita” is No. 1 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart for the second consecutive week. The spirited tune is Luke’s 25th No. 1 single.
“One Margarita,” which was penned by Michael Carter, Matt Dragstrem and Josh Thompson, is the third single from Luke’s upcoming seventh studio album, Born Here, Live Here, Die Here.
The new tune follows the album’s previous No. 1 hits “Knockin’ Boots” and “What She Wants Tonight.” Originally slated to drop on April 24, Born Here, Live Here, Die Here will now be released on Aug. 7 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“When I first heard ‘One Margarita,’ I really thought it was the perfect summer song,” says Luke. “It catchy and fun and right now people just need a moment to let go. It’s been fun watching my fans react on socials and it’s gonna be even more fun when I get to perform it for them at a live show!”
Craig Morgan, Brantley Gilbert, Jewel, Lee Greenwood and more are helping celebrate the 150,000 high school graduates who are enlisting in the U.S. Armed Services.
Our Community Salutes, a national nonprofit organization that supports high school seniors enlisting in the U.S. Armed Services after graduation, is hosting its inaugural America Salutes celebration: a one-hour, pre-recorded broadcast ceremony that will air multiple times in July and August.
Hosted by Terry Crews, the celebration features performances from Craig Morgan, Lee Greenwood, Jewel and Hannah Blaylock, with messages of support from Brantley Gilbert, Kurt Busch, Alice Cooper, Robert Irvine, Tom Izzo and more.
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Our Community Salutes created America Salutes as an alternative to the in-person events that recognize high school graduates who have decided to join the military.
Reba McEntire will re-launch her Reba Live concert special on YouTube on July 17.
Filmed in 1994 at the Omaha Civic Center, the special initially aired on NBC in November 1994. The hour-long special features Reba performing 12 songs, including “They Asked About You,” “Is There Life Out There,” “Walk On,” “Fancy” and more, as well as covers of Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5” and Aretha Franklin’s “Respect.”
“This was one of my first big tours with all the dancers and costume changes, and it was my very first network television special,” says Reba. “It’s so much fun to get to revisit it and share it with my fans all these years later! I hope they enjoy it and I can’t wait to share some stories from the behind the scenes during the chat.”
The show also features Reba as “Flucy” in a special Thanksgiving-themed I Love Lucy spoof. This is the first time the show has been streamed since its original 1994 airing on NBC and subsequent commercial VHS release.
Gabby Barrett released her debut album, Goldmine, on June 19.
Buoyed by No. 1 lead single, “I Hope,” which topped the Billboard Country Airplay chart in April, Goldmine features 13 songs, including current single, “The Good Ones.” Gabby co-penned 12 songs on the album with a bevy of top songwriters, including Josh Osborne, Emily Weisband, Ross Copperman, Josh Kear, Jon Nite and more.
The album’s title track—the only song Gabby didn’t write—was penned by Nicolle Galyon, Caitlyn Smith and Liz Rose.
Watch Gabby perform “Goldmine” from her live-stream album release party in June in Franklin, Tenn.
Alan Jackson has rescheduled a handful of tour dates for 2021, including stops in Nashville, Tulsa, Cleveland and more.
Tickets for the original dates will be honored at the new dates in 2021. Of course, the rescheduling is due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
Since dropping his debut studio album in 1990, Alan Jackson has been keeping it country—selling nearly 60 million albums worldwide and ranking as one of the 10 best-selling country artists of all-time. As you probably imagined, Alan will be keeping it country in 2021 during his 31st year in the biz.
Alan Jackson 2021 Tour
Feb. 5 | Springfield, MO | JQH Arena
Feb. 6 | Tulsa, OK | BOK Center
May 21 | Nashville, TN | Bridgestone Arena
July 9 | Ft. Loramie, OH | Country Concert
July 10 | Cleveland, OH | Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse
Burger King enlisted yodeling cowpoke Mason Ramsey, 13, to help spread the word about its plan to reduce cow flatulence. We ain’t pulling your leg—or finger—on this one.
Burger King is selling Whopper patties sourced from cows fed a diet designed to lower methane emissions. Burger King worked with scientists by adding a small amount of lemongrass to a cow’s diet, which cut the bovine’s methane emissions by 33 percent during the last three or four months of the cow’s life, according to preliminary tests.
Burger King will be offering Reduced Methane Emissions Beef Whopper sandwiches at select restaurant in Miami, New York, Austin, Portland and Los Angeles.
In a new two-minute clip, Mason sings about the perils of methane, including the opening line, “When cows fart and burp and splatter, well, it ain’t no laughing matter.”
Of course, we would be remiss not to mention the gold standard for all Burger King ad campaigns: 2005’s Tender Crisp Bacon Cheddar Ranch sandwich, which starred soon-to-be country star Darius Rucker of Hootie and the Blowfish fame.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The University of Tennessee placed 88 student-athletes on the 2019-20 First-Year Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll that was announced Tuesday by SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey.
That total was the most UT has ever had on the First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll. It marked an improvement of 29 over the 59 who made the list in 2018-19.
Furthermore, those numbers raised Tennessee’s total number of student-athletes recognized in 2019-20 to 315 combined on the Fall, Winter, Spring and First-Year SEC Academic Honor Rolls.
That sum of 315, which equates to 57 percent of student-athletes being honored during the past academic year, is the highest number ever recorded at UT, according to the Thornton Athletics Student Life Center. It also marks the fifth-consecutive year that Tennessee has seen an increased total number of student-athletes on SEC Honor Rolls.
On the 2019-20 First-Year SEC Honor Roll, the baseball team led the way for Tennessee with 17 student-athletes recognized, followed by women’s soccer with 12 and women’s swimming and diving with eight. Other programs with recipients include softball (7), men’s basketball (6), football (6), men’s track & field (6), women’s track & field (5), rowing (5), volleyball (4), women’s basketball (3), men’s swimming and diving (3), men’s tennis (3), men’s golf (2) and women’s golf (1).
A total of 1,252 student-athletes from around the league were named to the 2019-20 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll, which is based on grades from the 2019-20 academic calendar.
Any student‐athlete who participates in a Southeastern Conference championship sport or a student‐athlete who participates in a sport listed on his/her institution’s NCAA Sports Sponsorship Form is eligible for nomination to the Academic Honor Roll.
The following criteria will be followed:
(1) A student‐athlete must have a grade point average of 3.00 or above for either the preceding academic year (two semesters or three quarters) or have a cumulative grade point average of 3.00 or above at the nominating institution.
(2) If a student‐athlete attends summer school, his/her grade point average during the summer academic term must be included in the calculation used to determine eligibility for the Academic Honor Roll.
(3) Student‐athletes eligible for the Honor Roll include those receiving an athletics scholarship, recipients of an athletics award (i.e., letter winner), and non-scholarship student‐athletes who have been on a varsity team for two seasons.
(4) Prior to being nominated, a student‐athlete must have successfully completed 24 semester or 36 quarter hours of non‐remedial academic credit toward a baccalaureate degree at the nominating institution.
(5) The student‐athlete must have been a member of a varsity team for the sport’s entire NCAA Championship segment.
First-year student‐athletes in all sports may be named to the Honor Roll at the conclusion of their first full academic year in residence (spring, fall and summer terms).
2019-20 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll University of Tennessee
Maren Morris’ “The Bones” is No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the 19th week. Maren’s reign is the longest by a solo female artist in the history of the chart.
The longest run on the chart is Bebe Rexha’s “Meant to Be,” featuring Florida Georgia Line, which spent 50 weeks at No. 1 in 2017-2018.
Maren co-penned the tune, which is featured on her 2019 album, Girl, with Laura Veltz and Jimmy Robbins. “The Bones” also spent back-to-back weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart in February 2020.
“The Bones” follows Maren’s previous No. 1 hits, “I Could Use a Love Song” (January 2018) and “Girl” (July 2019), as well as Thomas Rhett’s “Craving You” (July 2017), which featured Maren.
![Mason Ramsey Uncorks New Video for Burger King’s Campaign to Reduce Cow Flatulence [Watch]](https://cdn.socast.io/6616/sites/602/2020/07/14161402/Mason-Ramsey-TA.jpg#aqua_resizer_image_not_local)
