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HCM Daily Country Music News – January 17th, 2025

Posted by admin at 4:21 pm on January 17, 2025

Jan 172025

Country Music News and Videos

This Date in Country Music History

2020 – Vince Gill invited Gene Watson to be the newest member of the Grand Ole Opry
2020 – Thomas Rhett’s single “Sixteen” was certified Double Platinum
2020 – Little Big Town released their album Nightfall
2020 – Dustin Lynch released his album Tullahoma
2019 – Luke Combs’ single “She Got The Best Of Me” was certified Platinum for sales of over one million
2018 – Dierks Bentley released his single “Woman, Amen”
2013 – Cassadee Pope signed with Republic Nashville
2006 – Gary Allan released his single “Life Ain’t Always Beautiful”
2000 – Garth Brooks was named Artist of the Decade at the American Music Awards
1998 – Tim McGraw topped the charts for the first of 6 weeks with “Just To See You Smile”
1981 – Eddie Rabbitt scored a #1 hit with “I Love a Rainy Night”

Today’s Birthdays

Amanda Wilkinson (The Wilkinsons)
Kid Rock
Steve Earle

Today’s New Albums

Josh Ward – Same Ol’ Cowboy, Different Rodeo
LANCO – We’re Gonna Make It
Ryan Waters Band – All I’ve Ever Known

Today’s New Singles

Acres of Diamonds – Cyndi Thomson
Better Than You (After Hours) – Joe Nichols w/ Annie Bosko
Better with Time – Robert Ross
Buzzkill – Lanie Gardner
Casseroles – Hailey Whitters
Comin’ in Country – Drew Green
Country Couture – Cali Tucker
Destiny – Ron Barrett
Devil Woman – Caleb Shirley
Drink a Beer – Mitchell Ferguson
Easy Does It – Emily Ann Roberts
Fire & Water – Matt Oakley
Girl in Blue – Claudia Hoyser
He Ain’t Just a Cowboy – Lissa Dee
Old Guitar – Greg Strawn
Outside Looking In – Hannah Anders
Somewhere in Texas – Tristan Roberson
Soulmate – Barefoot Joe
The Devil Went Down to Georgia – Kin Faux
This Old Guitar – Wesley Hanna
Watching You Burn – Garrett Bradford
What Do Lonely People Do – Eli Young Band

Today’s Photo Flashback

None Today

This Week’s Notable Events

Luke Bryan’s Crash My Playa – Riviera Cancun, Mexico – Jan 17, 2025
Luke Bryan’s Crash My Playa – Riviera Cancun, Mexico – Jan 18, 2025
Nicolle Galyon & Friends: Firstborn Fundraiser – Hutchinson, KS – Jan 18, 2025 – 7:30 pm

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Gretchen Wilson Announces Still Here for the Party Tour

Posted by admin at 2:03 pm on January 17, 2025

Jan 172025

We have another tour announcement press release to share with you!

Gretchen Wilson spent last year touring with her buddies Big & Rich and their Muzik Mafia family celebrating the 20^th anniversary of her multi-week #1 single “Redneck Woman” and multi-platinum Here For The Party album. Tomorrow, January 18, 2025, she will embark on the Still Here For The Party Tour, her first headline tour in several years. Over 20 dates are on the books with more to be added.

“Seeing fans lose their minds at every tour stop and on the two performances at CMA Fest last year really gave me the spark I needed to get back out on the road,” said Gretchen. “My band and I have been rehearsing like crazy, and I can’t wait to share this music with old fans and make some new ones.”

Fans will be treated to Gretchen’s staple hits like “Redneck Woman,” “Here For The Party,” “When I Think About Cheatin’,” “Work Hard, Play Harder,” and more from her extensive body of work.

“I’m also digging deep in my catalog and playing songs from those early albums that I haven’t played in a while,” she added. “People ask me about songs like ‘Pocahontas Proud,’ ‘Trucker Man,’ and ‘All Jacked Up,’ so were breaking those out, too.”

Tour Dates:

Jan. 18 Lincoln City, OR
Feb. 10 Boots on the Water Cruise*
Feb. 15 Jackson, MS
Ap. 4 Quapaw, OK
Ap. 12 Gonzales, TX
May 10 Natchitoches, LA
May 23 Albuquerque, NM*
May 24 Laughlin, NV*
June 7 Valdosta, GA*
June 14 Martinsville, IN
June 26 Cadott, WI
June 27 Melvin, IL
July 11 Rhinelander, WI
July 12 Manistee, MI
July 26 Maquoketa, IA
Aug 2 Elkhorn, WI
Aug 9 Detroit Lakes, MN
Aug 15 Tulsa, OK
Aug 16 Ft. Worth, TX
Aug 30 Woodstock, CT

* With Big & Rich

HCM Daily Country Music News – January 16th, 2025

Posted by admin at 6:54 pm on January 16, 2025

Jan 162025

Country Music News and Videos

This Date in Country Music History

2020 – Aaron Watson was inducted into the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame
2020 – Scotty McCreery’s single “Five More Minutes” was certified Double Platinum
2020 – The Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber collaboration “10,000 Hours” was certified Platinum
2012 – The Zac Brown Band released their single “No Hurry”
2012 – Alan Jackson released his single “So You Don’t Have To Love Me Anymore”
2010 – Country Music Hall of Famer Carl Smith passed away in Franklin, TN
2007 – Bucky Covington released his single “A Different World”
1999 – Trisha Yearwood was invited to join the Grand Ole Opry by Ricky Skaggs
1999 – Alan Jackson topped the charts with his hit “Right on the Money”
1982 – Ronnie Milsap scored a #1 hit with “I Wouldn’t Have Missed It For The World”
1975 – B.J. Thomas released his single “(Hey Won’t You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song”
1943 – Ernest Tubb made his Grand Ole Opry debut

Today’s Birthdays

Adam Craig
James Young (Eli Young Band)
Ronnie Milsap
Sandy Pinkard

Today’s New Albums

None Today

Today’s New Singles

None Today

Today’s Photo Flashback

None Today

This Week’s Notable Events

Luke Bryan’s Crash My Playa – Riviera Cancun, Mexico – Jan 16, 2025
Luke Bryan’s Crash My Playa – Riviera Cancun, Mexico – Jan 17, 2025
Luke Bryan’s Crash My Playa – Riviera Cancun, Mexico – Jan 18, 2025
Nicolle Galyon & Friends: Firstborn Fundraiser – Hutchinson, KS – Jan 18, 2025 – 7:30 pm

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Kenny Chesney Announces Las Vegas Residency at The Sphere

Posted by admin at 1:50 pm on January 16, 2025

Jan 162025

Big news in this press release about Kenny Chesney heading to Las Vegas for a residency at The Sphere!

For Kenny Chesney, known for exhaustive live shows that are long on the euphoria that comes from embracing the world and living life completely, it was only a matter of time until he found a new dimension. That moment is 2025, when the songwriter/superstar brings his full-tilt brand of American music to Sphere in Las Vegas.

“I’m always looking for ways to deepen the way No Shoes Nation experiences this music,” Chesney says of his decision to make 2025’s tour a trip to the next-level venue. “Over the years, they have shown me through their own response to these songs how passionate they are about what they mean, how these songs are part of their lives. When people give you that much heart, I want to give them even more.

“When we started talking about all of the possibilities playing Sphere offered, I was all in. Just the idea of 4D technology and the impossibly dialed in sound raises the experience for No Shoes Nation, literally immersing them in music, visuals, sound and being together. To me, this is going to be a whole new way of rocking the fans, and I can’t wait.”

The only country artist to be in Billboard‘s Top 10 Touring Acts of the Last 25 Years for the last 15 years, Chesney joins the select cultural icons U2, Dead & Company, Eagles, Phish and Afterlife Presents Anyma to headline the 17,600-seat spherical venue that has redefined the live entertainment experience and employs next-generation technologies. Sphere is known for its 167,000 individual speakers, which can be dialed in to each section with dazzling specificity, and fully immersive visual capabilities that deliver over 171 million pixels across a 160,000 square foot screen wrapping up, over and around the audience, plus 4D technologies including haptic seats.

With technology so advanced, the video content had to be shot on a special camera developed specifically for Sphere’s configuration, these shows will deliver the eight-time Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year as he’s never been seen before. They will also heighten the sensation of the music as those speakers exist behind the 16K x 16K resolution wraparound screen, the world’s highest-resolution LED display.

So powerful was the technology that Chesney said “yes,” without ever attending a concert.

He explains, “When we started talking, I flew to Vegas with my key tour team. We stood on the floor as they ran the film of U2’s show and we were completely consumed. We could see the band, but it was so much more than that. It almost took what they were doing and multiplied it by another dimension.

“Knowing how much intensity our shows generate, my mind started thinking about all the things we could do. Once you see how the show wraps all the way around you, the dreaming begins.”

Kept under wraps for nearly a year, Chesney and his team, along with experts from Sphere Studios’ tech and creative teams, have been working to create what will be a whole new experience in the way his music is experienced. With a vast catalogue of songs to draw from, these landmark shows will deliver a fully immersive and completely unique experience.

To access the experience, there are several ways to find your dimension:

Vibee, the music-forward destination experience company, is the official VIP Concert & Hotel Package partner for Kenny Chesney’s Live at Sphere residency. Vibee is offering various package tiers, each which allow fans to exclusively get their hands on tickets ahead of the general public on-sale. All Vibee packages offer guests a choice of premium tickets including Sandbar (general admission floor) or reserved seating, a collectable laminate and lanyard and access to an immersive fan experience curated in partnership with Kenny Chesney himself. For more information and to get early access to tickets via packages on sale now, visit KennyChesney.Vibee.com.

Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, Jan. 31 starting at 10 a.m. PT via KennyChesney.com. Kenny Chesney Live at Sphere Las Vegas is presented by Blue Chair Bay® Rum.

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