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Dierks Bentley is taking on new role, that of executive producer. Bentley will serve as the executive producer of a new comedy on Fox, according to Variety. The currently untitled series will be set in a Nashville bar. Jack Burditt, whose credits include Modern Family, Last Man Standing and The Mindy Project, will serve as the writer and executive producer, and Bentley will serve as the executive producer alongside Mary Hilliard Harrington, founder of GreenRoom PR and a current executive at Red Light Management, which reps Bentley.  Bentley recently wrapped up his summer tour, and his album, The Mountain, debuted at No. 1 earlier this year.

Florida Georgia Line is releasing their new single, “Talk You Out of It,” to country radio on Nov. 5. The tune was written by Michael Hardy, Hunter Phelps, Jameson Rogers and Alysa Vanderheym, and is the duo’s second single from their upcoming fourth studio album. “‘Talk You Out of It’ has a very different feel for us,” says FGL’s Tyler Hubbard. Florida Georgia Line is fresh off of scoring their 16th No. 1 hit with “Simple” earlier this month. You can listen to “Talk You Out of It” in the link below.

Singer/songwriter Luke Combs just scored his fourth consecutive No. 1 single on the Billboard Country Airplay chart with “She Got the Best of Me,” following his previous No. 1 tunes “Hurricane,” “When It Rains It Pours” and “One Number Away.” The four consecutive No. 1 singles are featured on Luke’s 2017 debut album, This One’s For You, and the 2018 deluxe follow-up, This One’s For You Too. Combs now becomes the only solo country artist in history to score four consecutive No. 1 singles on the Billboard Country Airplay chart with his first four singles. Next up for Combs will be his largest North American headlining tour in 2019, titled the “Beer Never Broke My Heart Tour.”

Tim McGraw dropped a new lyric video for his current single, “Neon Church.” The visually stunning clip was created by light-painting artist Patrick Rochon, who utilized a photographic technique of moving a light source while taking a long-exposure photograph. “Neon Church” is currently No. 27 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart after two weeks. Take a look at the new lyric video in the linked article below.

Dan + Shay announced they will be headlining a new tour in spring 2019. The duo of Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney announced that the 19-date tour will kick-off on Feb. 28 in New Orleans, making additional stops in Atlanta, Philadelphia, Chicago, Seattle and more. Morgan Evans will serve as the opener during the first nine shows, while Chris Lane will open the last 10 shows. Ticket pre-sale is available now (password: TEQUILA), and tickets for the general public go on sale on Oct. 26 at 10 a.m. local time.