Country Daypop Archives

Country music legend Roy Clark died Nov. 15 at the age of 85 due to complications from pneumonia at his home in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

The 2018 CMA Awards aired live from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville Wednesday night, hosted for the 11th year by Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley.  The evening opened with Garth Brooks dedicating the show to the 12 victims of the shootings in Thousand Oaks, California.

Chris Young scored the 11th No. 1 single of his career earlier this week with “Hangin’ On,” the second single from Chris’ 2017 album, Losing Sleep, to hit No. 1. Now Young has treated his fans via Twitter to a sample of a new tune, “Raised On Country,” that name-drops some of his country heroes, including George Strait and Willie Nelson. Said Chris in a Twitter post: “What’s up guys, I’ve been hanging out in the studio. I’ve been talking a lot about new music. I never ever play anything early, at all, but I’m gonna break tradition a little bit because I’m so pumped about this one.”  You can listen to the new single in the link below!

Walker Hayes will be touring in 2019 for his headlining “Dream On It” Tour, which was names after a fan-driven contest on social media. The “Dream On It” tour will kick off in Houston, Texas on Jan. 31, and the 27-date trek will make additional stops in Nashville, Atlanta, Boston, Denver, Seattle and more. Serving as support on the tour will be  Filmore, for most of the dates. Tickets go on sale on Nov. 16 at 10 a.m. CT. Additional information and details can be found in the link below.

Luke Combs’ is #1 again on the Billboard Country Airplay chart with his hit single “She Got the Best of Me.”  This is the 4th week that Combs has topped the charts, which hasn’t been done since Dustin Lynch’s “Small Town Boy” back in September/October 2017.