The celebrated and affable musician, producer and songwriter Mac McAnally continues to enchant audiences across the United States with his 2024 tour. Known for his masterful storytelling and engaging performances, McAnally shows no signs of slowing down!

The 10-time CMA Musician of the Year will bring his unforgettable live show to new cities through 2024 and into 2025. Upcoming highlights include performances at the famed Caverns in Pelham, Tenn. on August 31, the prestigious Lexington Opera House in Lexington, Ky. on Sept. 5 and additional stops in Charleston, S.C., Tupelo, Miss., Boston, Mass. and New York, N.Y. He will close the year with a special performance alongside the Shoals Symphony in Florence, Ala.

“My charmed musical life has taken me most of the way around this big blue ball we ride together. Never would have dreamed this up, but since I’m still here, I’m gonna try and make it ‘All the Way Around’! Thanks to everyone for getting me this far. I hope to be worthy of the support,” McAnally said.

McAnally recently announced he will make his headline debut at the legendary Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn. on January 31, 2025. Don’t miss your chance to experience the magic of Mac McAnally on tour—get your tickets here.

In addition to his thriving tour, McAnally has seen success with two new songs, “Oysters and Pearls” and “All The Way Around.” He has a pivotal role in the revamped Country Bear Musical Jamboree at Walt Disney World, which premiered this summer. Beyond his solo endeavors, he is collaborating on new projects for Sawyer Brown, Ned LeDoux and other notable artists. As a member and band leader of Jimmy Buffett’s Coral Reefer Band for over 3 decades, McAnally continues to tour with sold-out shows across the country entertaining his fans and Parrotheads, keeping the spirit of his longtime friend and collaborator Buffett alive.

2024 All The Way Around Tour Dates 
Aug. 31 – Pelham, Tenn. – The Caverns
Sept. 1 – Beaver Dam, Ky. – Beaver Dam Amphitheatre
Sept. 5 – Lexington, Ky. – Lexington Opera House
Sept. 6 – Cleveland, Ohio – Music Box Supper Club
Sept. 12-13 – Charleston, S.C. – Charleston Music Hall
Sept. 15 – Evans, Ga. – Columbia County Performing Arts Center
Oct. 4 – Loudon, Tenn. – Tennessee National Marina
Oct. 10 – Port Neches, Texas – Neches River Wheelhouse
Oct. 25-26 – Gulf Shores, Ala. – Meeting of the Minds
Nov. 1-2 – Newberry, S.C. – Newberry Opera House
Nov. 3 – Durham, N.C. – Carolina Theatre
Nov. 7 – Tupelo, Miss. – Lyric Theater
Nov. 9 – Meridian, Miss. – MSU Riley Center
Nov. 14 – Alexandria, Va. – The Birchmere
Nov. 15 – Boston, Mass. – City Winery Boston
Nov. 16 – Manchester, Tenn. – The Dana Center
Nov. 18 – New York, N.Y. – Sony Hall
Nov. 22 – Florence, Ala. – Norton Auditorium
Nov. 24 – Immokalee, Fla. – Harvest Nights Music Festival*
*on-sale September 5

2025 All The Way Around Tour Dates
Jan. 9 – Fort Wayne, Ind. – The Clyde Theatre
Jan. 10 – Carmel, Ind. – The Palladium
Jan. 11 – Evansville, Ind. – Victory Theatre
Jan. 31 – Nashville, Tenn. – Ryman Auditorium

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This Date in Country Music History

• 2021 – Today’s New Music – July 16th, 2021
• 2021 – HCM Daily News – July 16th, 2021
• 2020 – HCM Daily News – July 16th, 2020
• 2019 – Luke Combs became a member of the Grand Ole Opry
• 2018 – Country Music Videos – July 16th, 2018
• 2015 – Country Music Videos – Thursday, July 16th, 2015
• 2015 – HCM Daily Country Music News Update – Thursday, July 16th, 2015
• 2014 – Brett Eldredge went diving with sharks to celebrate his #1 hit “Beat of the Music”
• 2013 – Cassadee Pope made her Grand Ole Opry debut
• 2012 – Jason Aldean released his single “Take A Little Ride”
• 2012 – Eric Church released his single “Creepin'”
• 2012 – Florida Georgia Line signed a record deal with Republic Nashville
• 2012 – Country Music Hall of Famer Kitty Wells passed away after suffering a stroke
• 2002 – Darryl Worley released his album I Miss My Friend
• 1984 – Alabama released their single “If You’re Gonna Play In Texas (You Gotta Have A Fiddle In The Band)”
• 1983 – Alabama scored a #1 hit with “The Closer You Get”
• 1977 – Ronnie Milsap scored a #1 hit with “It Was Almost Like A Song”

Today’s Birthdays

• Keni Thomas

Today’s New Albums

• None Today

Today’s New Singles

• Sign of the Cross – Joe Allen Christi

Today’s Photo Flashback

• Chris Young – 7/16/11 – Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, FL
• Jason Aldean – 7/16/11 – Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, FL
• Shania Twain – 7/16/15 – American Airlines Arena in Miami, FL

This Week’s Notable Events

• Country Thunder Wisconsin – Twin Lakes, WI – Jul 18, 2024
• Rock the South – Cullman, AL – Jul 18, 2024
• Country Thunder Wisconsin – Twin Lakes, WI – Jul 19, 2024
• Faster Horses Festival – Brooklyn, MI – Jul 19, 2024
• Rock the South – Cullman, AL – Jul 19, 2024
• Country Thunder Wisconsin – Twin Lakes, WI – Jul 20, 2024
• Faster Horses Festival – Brooklyn, MI – Jul 20, 2024
• Rock the South – Cullman, AL – Jul 20, 2024
• Country Thunder Wisconsin – Twin Lakes, WI – Jul 21, 2024
• Faster Horses Festival – Brooklyn, MI – Jul 21, 2024

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Country Music News and Videos

• Music Video: “Whatcha See is Whatcha Get” by Chris Janson
• Lyric Video:  “Get to Movin’ Again” by Brothers Osborne
• Music Video:  “Country Back” by Randy Houser
• Music Video:  “Forever to Me” by Cole Swindell
• Lyric Video:  “Pirates & Parrots” by Zac Brown Band & Mac McAnally
• Lyric Video:  “Younger and Wiser” by Danielle Bradbery
• Music Video:  “Hometown Home” by LOCASH
• Lyric Video:  “Have Your Beer” by MacKenzie Porter

This Date in Country Music History

• 2023 – HCM Daily Country Music News – April 19th, 2023
• 2022 – HCM Daily News – April 19th, 2022
• 2021 – Today’s New Music – April 19th, 2021
• 2020 – HCM Daily News – April 19th, 2020
• 2016 – Brothers Osborne made their Grand Ole Opry debut
• 2014 – Kevin Sharp passed away in California
• 2004 – Terri Clark released her single “Girls Lie Too”
• 2002 – Kellie Coffey made her Grand Ole Opry debut
• 1980 – Crystal Gayle topped the charts with “It’s Like We Never Said Goodbye”
• 1963 – Johnny Cash released his single “Ring of Fire”

Today’s Birthdays

• Tenille Arts

Today’s New Albums

• Anne Wilson – Rebel
• Chris Blevins – Mercury
• Craig Campbell – Class of ’89 (EP)
• Eli Young Band – 10,000 Towns (Deluxe)
• Elvie Shane – Damascus
• Emily Ann Roberts – Can’t Hide Country (Deluxe)
• Glen Campbell – Duets:  Ghost on the Canvas
• Miko Marks – Feel Like Going Home
• Southpaw – Drugstore Candy

Today’s New Singles

• Bigger in Texas – Bri Fletcher
• City Lights – Squeezebox Bandits
• Country Back – Randy Houser
• Country Outcast – Brian Callihan
• Cowboy Moon – Zack McGinn
• Elvis in Memphis – Pat Green
• Everything Between – Tyler Conti
• Good Day to Get Gone – Boomtown Saints
• (Ghost) Riders in the Sky – Jarrod Morris
• Guiding Light (Acoustic) – Jordan Davis & Sam Hunt
• Makes Two of Us – Colin Stough
• Mary Jane – Wade Bowen
• Pirates and Parrots – Zac Brown Band w/ Mac McAnally
• Somebody Like You – Presley Tennant
• Someone – Brooke Ashton
• Too Good to Leave – JR Charron
• Tractor Time – Darryl Worley w/ Justin Moore & Chris Janson
• Tryin’ to Save the Honky Tonks – Jarrod Sterrett & The Hired Guns
• Uh-Huh (Aja) – Frank Ray
• Whiskey With You – Shane Profitt
• Younger and Wiser – Danielle Bradbery

Today’s Photo Flashback

• Chris Cagle – 4/19/12 – Cowboys Saloon in Davie, FL
• Mark Burke – 4/19/12 – Cowboys Saloon in Davie, FL

This Week’s Notable Events

• Lyle Lovett, Michael Martin Murphey – Amarillo, TX – Apr 21, 2024 – 6:30 pm

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• This morning, the first two CMA Awards were given out pre-show.  The Hardy & Lainey Wilson duet “Wait in the Truck” took home honors for Music Video of the Year and Musical Event of the Year!
• The show started with Jelly Roll performing “I Need a Favor.”  Wynonna then came out to join him mid-song!
• Luke Bryan and Peyton Manning came out to begin their hosting duties, with Luke Bryan joking that “Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce were unavailable.”  They had some other good zingers while they highlighted some of the nominees.
• Brian Kelley, Parker McCollum and Corey Seager came out to present the first on-air award of the night, for Single of the Year:
  • “Fast Car” by Luke Combs – WINNER
  • “Heart Like a Truck” by Lainey Wilson
  • “Need a Favor” by Jelly Roll
  • “Next Thing You Know” by Jordan Davis
  • “Wait in the Truck” by Hardy & Lainey Wilson
• We come back from commercial with Manning introducing Bill Anderson and Sara Evans to present the next award.  Evans spoke about how honored she was to become a member of the Grand Ole Opry.  The award for Song of the Year:
  • “Fast Car” by Luke Combs – WINNER
  • “Heart Like a Truck” by Lainey Wilson
  • “Next Thing You Know” by Jordan Davis
  • “Tennessee Orange” by Megan Moroney
  • “Wait in the Truck” by Hardy & Lainey Wilson
• Peyton Manning brought out Craig Morgan, thanking him for re-enlisting in the Army.  They then introduced Luke Bryan who came out to perform a medley of hits including “Huntin’, Fishin’ and Lovin’ Every Day,” “One Margarita,” “That’s My Kind of Night,” “Play It Again,” and “Country Girl (Shake It For Me).”  He ended the performance by thanking the fans for 30 career #1 hits.
• We come back from commercial with Manning introducing Ashley McBryde who performed her current hit single “Light On In The Kitchen”
• The faceless announcer then introduced Cody Johnson who came out to perform his new single “The Painter”
• We come back from commercial with Hailey Whitters and Kevin Cahoon to give out the award for Duo of the Year:
  • Brooks & Dunn
  • Brothers Osborne – WINNER
  • Dan + Shay
  • Maddie & Tae
  • The War & Treaty
• Luke and Peyton introduced Morgan Wallen and Eric Church who performed “Man Made a Bar”
• The announcer introduced Chris Young, who came out to share a video where he surprised his former music teacher with a new Chevy SUV.   She was on stage when the video ended
• We come back from commercial to kick off hour two with Luke and Peyton introducing Luke Combs who came out to perform his new single “Where the Wild Things Are”
• Luke Bryan introduced Chris Stapleton who performed “White Horse”
• We come back from commercial with Luke Bryan giving a shout out to a behind-the-scenes woman working her 50th CMA Awards.  He then introduced Jordan Davis who performed “Next Thing You Know”
• The announcer introduced Cynthia Erivo to give out the award for Vocal Group of the Year:
  • Lady A
  • Little Big Town
  • Midland
  • Old Dominion – WINNER
  • Zac Brown Band
• Peyton Manning introduced Lainey Wilson who performed her new single “Wildflowers and Wild Horses”
• We return from commercial with Luke and Peyton highlighting a couple of the new Country Music Hall of Fame inductees before introducing Dan + Shay who performed “Save Me the Trouble”
• Luke then introduced Kelsea Ballerini who performed “Leave Me Again”
• We come back from commercial to Peyton giving a shoutout to the Musician of the Year winner before introducing The War & Treaty who performed “That’s How Love Is Made”
• The announcer introduced Gerry Turner and Lady A who came out to present the award for New Artist of the Year:
  • Zach Bryan
  • Jelly Roll – WINNER
  • Parker McCollum
  • Megan Moroney
  • Hailey Whitters
• We come back from commercial to Kenny Chesney and Mac McAnally performing a tribute to Jimmy Buffett with “A Pirate Looks at Forty.”  This was followed up by Alan Jackson and Zac Brown Band performing “Margaritaville.”  Alan was rocking some shades while Zac Brown was in shorts.  This was the performance of the night so far.
• We come back from another commercial with Luke Bryan introducing Megan Moroney and Old Dominion who performed their new single “Can’t Break Up Now”
• The announcer introduced Paula Abdul and Darius Rucker who were out to give out the award for Album of the Year:
  • Ashley McBryde Presents:  Lindeville by Ashley McBryde
  • Bell Bottom Country by Lainey Wilson – WINNER
  • Gettin’ Old by Luke Combs
  • One Thing at a Time by Morgan Wallen
  • Rolling Up the Welcome Mat by Kelsea Ballerini
• The announcer then introduced Jordan Davis, who introduced a video about Crown Royale and how they support and honor veterans.  He then gave an award to a veteran from Crown Royale.
• We come back from commercial with Luke and Peyton introducing Carly Pearce and Chris Stapleton who performed “We Don’t Fight Anymore”
• The announcer introduced Martina McBride, who came out to present the award for Female Vocalist of the Year:
  • Kelsea Ballerini
  • Miranda Lambert
  • Ashley McBryde
  • Carly Pearce
  • Lainey Wilson – WINNER
• Luke Bryan joined Parker Diffie, son of Joe Diffie, to present the next performance – Hardy and Morgan Wallen to perform Diffie’s “John Deere Green.”  Then, they brought out Post Malone to perform “Pickup Man”
• We come back from commercial to a video of Johnny Cash talking about Tanya Tucker.  Then, Little Big Town took the stage to pay tribute to Tucker, with the opening chorus of “Delta Dawn” before Tucker came out to perform with them!
• The announcer introduced Nate Bargatze, who was there to present the award for Male Vocalist of the Year:
  • Luke Combs
  • Jelly Roll
  • Cody Johnson
  • Chris Stapleton – WINNER
  • Morgan Wallen
• Keith Urban was introduced by the announcer to present the award for Entertainer of the Year:
  • Luke Combs
  • Chris Stapleton
  • Carrie Underwood
  • Morgan Wallen
  • Lainey Wilson – WINNER
• Luke and Peyton introduce the final performance of the night as Jelly Roll is joined by K. Michelle to perform The Judds’ “Love Can Build a Bridge” to close the show.

Mac McAnally

Happy Birthday to today’s country music birthdays!

• Cowboy Copas (d)
• Linda Ronstadt
• Lucas Hoge
• Mac McAnally
• Zach Beeken (Restless Road)