Reba McEntire and her boyfriend Rex Linn were among seven people rescued by firefighters from a historic site in Oklahoma on Tuesday. TMZ reported that crumbling stairs left the couple stranded on the building’s second floor, and that the building’s “dilapidated stairs” were already set to be replaced before the incident.
Jason Isbell and his band The 400 Unit will release a covers album titled ‘Georgia Blue,’ a 13-track album that includes covers of Georgia natives R.E.M., Cat Power, Otis Redding, The Allman Brothers Band, Vic Chesnutt, James Brown, Gladys Knight & The Pips, The Black Crowes, Indio Girls, and more. Isbell and the 400 Unit are also joined on Georgia Blue by a number of guest collaborators, including Isbell’s wife Amanda Shires, Brandi Carlile, Julien Baker, Béla Fleck, Brittney Spencer, and Adia Victoria. In anticipation of Georgia Blue’s release, Isbell and the 400 Unit have shared their version of R.E.M.’s “Driver 8” featuring John Paul White. Take a listen here.
Eric Church is sharing a behind the scenes video for his first in-the-round tour, titled ‘The Gather Again’ Tour. Church is hitting the road this week to support his triple album, “Heart & Soul,” which features the CMA nominated Single of the Year and Song of the Year, “Hell Of A View”. ‘The Gather Again’ Tour kicks-off this Friday, September 17th in Lexington, KY at the Rupp Arena and will wrap up on May 20th of next year at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Thomas Rhett has earned his 18th No. 1 single with “Country Again” on both the Billboard Country and Mediabase/Country Aircheck Charts. The song also marks the superstar’s 12th consecutive No. 1 hit, making it the longest current active streak on the Mediabase/Country Aircheck Chart.
Organizers of the ‘C2C: Country to Country Festival’ have announced their 2022 lineup. The annual event is set for Friday, March 11th through Sunday, March 13, 2022 in London, Glasgow and Dublin. Miranda Lambert, Kip Moore, Darius Rucker, Brett Young, Luke Combs, Ashley McBryde and more are set to perform at the three day festival.
