Country Daypop Archives

Darius Rucker announced he will perform live on the season finale of American Idol on May 21. The two-night finale, which begins on May 20, will also feature performances by judges Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie, as well as Bebe Rexha, Gary Clark Jr., Nick Jonas + Mustard, Patti LaBelle, Yolanda Adams, Kermit the Frog and the Top 10 Idol finalists. Gabby Barrett, Caleb Lee Hutchinson and Maddie Poppe will compete for the Idol crown during the two-part finale, airing on ABC on May 20 at 7 p.m, and May 21 at 8 p.m.

Midland filmed the music video for “Burn Out” and in doing so they also paid tribute to one of the most memorable cowboy movies of the past 35 years: Urban Cowboy. The video will officially drop today, but the trio shared via Facebook a behind-the-scenes look at the shoot.  The 1980 film starred John Travolta and Debra Winger, who meet at a local honky-tonk called Gilley’s. “Burn Out” was shot at Billy Bob’s in Fort Worth, Texas, and directed by TK McKamy,. “Burn Out” is Midland’s third single following their No. 1 hit, “Drinkin’ Problem” and Top 15 song “Make a Little,” both off their 2017 debut album On the Rocks.

Chase Rice is doing well following successful surgery on his pectorial muscle, after he injured it while shooting a new music video.  Rice shared a video on his Instagram with the following: “I showed you a couple weeks ago I was in Mammoth Lakes, California and we shot a music video for ‘Eyes On You.” I said it was going to be epic and then I showed later in the day that it was. I had ice on my chest. So, I tore my pec and today I just got surgery for that.”  Rice was in good spirits, however, as he shared that doctors told him that he couldn’t eat his favorite food. “The biggest thing I’m upset about is I’m going to Whole Foods right now because they said I couldn’t have pizza,” he added. “A little bit of bullsh*t but ya know, whatever.”

On Florida Georgia Line’s Instagram page, FGL’s Brian Kelley dropped a video that may have teased the opening of a new restaurant — FGL Boat House. FGL’s Instagram Story showed a new restaurant with the question, “Anyone think ya boys need to open FGL Boathouse,” before Brian appears on screen, saying, in part: “I guess maybe BK had a couple drinks at lunch and decided to maybe spill some beans about, you know, FGL Boat House, maybe that happens . . . but for real, if y’all want it to happen, it will happen. Let us know.” The video suggests the new restaurant is located on the Choctawhatchee Bay,  in the Emerald Coast region of the Florida Panhandle. Check out the video FGL posted below!

Country singer Sam Hunt announced via Instagram on Tuesday, May 15 that he plans to release a brand-new single, “Downtown’s Dead,” on May 16. It will be his first single since the February 2017 release of “Body Like a Back Road,” a song that sat at the top of the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart for 25 consecutive weeks — a new record. Hunt stepped away from his musical career in 2017, and had focused heavily on winning back his on-again, off-again girlfriend (and now wife), Hannah Lee Fowler. To announce the new single, he wiped clean his Instagram account, and posted a photo of himself staring into the distance, with the caption, “New single tomorrow….’Downtown’s Dead.'”  Hunt is also planning some stadium tour dates with Luke Bryan in 2018 as well as headlining the 2018 Taste of Country Music Festival in June.