HCM Daily Country Music News – May 11th, 2023

 Posted by at 9:53 pm on May 11, 2023
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Today’s New Singles

  • Different ‘Round Here – Riley Green & Luke Combs
  • Goin’ Off Grid – Adam Wayne
  • Strait Shot – Jordan Rainer

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2023 ACM Awards Play-by-Play

 Posted by at 8:07 pm on May 11, 2023
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  • The 2023 ACM Awards, hosted by Garth Brooks & Dolly Parton, started with Bobby Bones doing a voice over announcing the night’s hosts and performers.
  • Keith Urban was the first performance of the night with “Texas Time” in honor of the show taking place in Texas
  • Keith Urban then introduced Garth Brooks who came out with a hearty “Hello Texas!”  Garth then talked about some of the greats of Country Music, trying to figure out who the GOAT is.  He then surmised that it very well could be Dolly Parton, who came out on stage with a living goat in a cart!  She then said someone needed to come out and take the goat baaaaaaaack.
  • Garth teased that we were going to get a preview of Dolly’s new rock album at the end of the show.
  • Dolly then joked that she had heard that she was Garth’s Hall Pass.  She then said that she heard she was also Trisha’s Hall Pass.  Dolly then asked if GOAT meant “Garth Organizing a Threesome.”  Yes, she went there!
  • The next performance started with Jo Dee Messina performing “Heads Carolina, Tails California” before Cole Swindell came out to perform his hit “She Had Me At Heads Carolina”
  • An unidentified female voice introduced Dallas Cowboys royalty…Dak Prescott and Emmitt Smith, both who came out in cowboy hats.  They were out to introduce the ACM Award for Song of the Year:
    • “Sand in My Boots” by Morgan Wallen
    • “She Had Me At Heads Carolina” by Cole Swindell – WINNER
    • “‘Til You Can’t” by Cody Johnson
    • “Wait in the Truck” by Hardy & Lainey Wilson
    • “You Should Probably Leave” by Chris Stapleton
  • Next up is a performance by Kane Brown, who performed his new single “Bury Me In Georgia”
  • Carly Pearce came out next with Trisha Yearwood to perform a medley of Trisha Yearwood songs including “Wrong Side of Memphis” and “She’s in Love With the Boy”
  • Dustin Lynch and MacKenzie Porter came out next to present the ACM Award for Duo of the Year
    • Brooks & Dunn
    • Brothers Osborne – WINNER
    • Dan + Shay
    • Maddie & Tae
    • The War and Treaty
  • Dolly Parton came back out to introduce Hardy, who performed his rockin’ new single “Truck Bed”
  • Mitchell Tenpenny and Chris Young came out next to present the ACM Award for Group of the Year
    • Lady A
    • Little Big Town
    • Midland
    • Old Dominion – WINNER
    • Zac Brown Band
  • 40 minutes in and we get our first short commercial break
  • As former winners, Gabby Barrett and Breland came out next to tease the ACM Award for Breakthrough Artist of the Year, which led to an intro video of Bailey Zimmerman who then came out to perform “Rock and a Hard Place”
  • Garth Brooks and Dolly Parton finally come back out on stage with a couple jokes before honoring Willie Nelson for his recent 90th birthday.  Willie then popped up on video via Facetime, who made a joke about receiving plants for his birthday.
  • Cody Johnson then came out to perform “Mama’s Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys.”  In the last verse, he changed the lyric to say “Mama’s don’t let your cowboys grow up to be babies.”
  • Miranda Lambert came out next to perform “Carousal”
  • Tanya Tucker was then introduced by the announcer who plugged her new single “When the Rodeo Is Over (Where Does the Cowboy Go)” before presenting the ACM Award for Single of the Year:
    • “Heart Like a Truck” by Lainey Wilson
    • “Never wanted to be That Girl” by Carly Pearce & Ashley McBryde
    • She Had Me at Heads Carolina” by Cole Swindell – WINNER
    • “Thank God” by Kane Brown & Katelyn Brown
    • “‘Til You Can’t” by Cody Johnson
  • Hailey Whitters was the next Breakthrough candidate to perform.  She played her catchy tune “Everything She Ain’t”
  • Next up was Mickey Guyton and Tyler Hubbard, who were out to present the ACM Award for Music Event of the Year
    • “At the End of a Bar” by Chris Young & Mitchell Tenpenny
    • “She Had Me at Heads Carolina (Remix)” by Cole Swindell & Jo Dee Messina
    • “Thank God” by Kane Brown & Katelyn Brown
    • “Thinking ‘Bout You” by Dustin Lynch & MacKenzie Porter
    • “Wait in the Truck” by Hardy & Lainey Wilson – WINNER
  • Luke Combs came out next to perform “Love You Anyway”
  • Combs then introduced pop star Ed Sheeran!  He performed “Life Goes On,” and Combs joined him for the 2nd verse.
  • Garth came out to talk to the duo briefly before kicking it backstage to Bobby Bones and Miranda Lambert, who pitched her MuttNation charity.
  • Another Entertainer of the Year nominee profile video aired for Morgan Wallen, who is unable to perform due to doctor-ordered vocal rest.
  • We had our second commercial of the night before Carly Pearce and TJ Osborne came out.  TJ was wearing a St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital T-shirt that says “This Shirt Saves Lives.”  You can donate to St. Jude by texting ACM to 626262.  They then introduced The War and Treaty who came out with a rousing performance of “Blank Page”
  • Garth and Dolly came out to honor those we lost in the past year, including Loretta Lynn and Naomi Judd.  Dolly then did an a cappalla performance of a song that we believe is “Precious Memories”
  • Garth then left the stage to allow Dolly Parton to present the ACM Award for Female Artist of the Year:
    • Kelsea Ballerini
    • Miranda Lambert
    • Ashley McBryde
    • Carly Pearce
    • Lainey Wilson – WINNER
  • Jason Aldean came out next to perform “Tough Crowd”
  • Dolly then introduced Ashley McBryde along with Caylee Hammack, Pillbox Patti, Brandy Clark and John Osborne for a performance of “Bonfire at Tina’s”
  • Next up is Bobby Bones interviewing Luke Combs backstage
  • The next Entertainer of the Year nominee video profile was for Chris Stapleton
  • We got our 3rd commercial of the night
  • Garth Brooks came back out as the announcer introduced him as an “Amazon exclusive streaming artist.”  He then saluted all of the radio award winners as the camera quickly panned the section where they were sitting.
  • He then presented the ACM Award for Male Artist of the Year:
    • Kane Brown
    • Luke Combs
    • Jordan Davis
    • Chris Stapleton
    • Morgan Wallen – WINNER
  • Brandy Clark and Jon Pardi came out next to talk about the ACM Lifting Lives charity, then introduced Jelly Roll who performed “Save Me.”  Lainey Wilson then came out to join him!
  • Lainey Wilson then shed a layer of clothing as she walked to the main stage to perform her song “Grease”
  • Bobby Bones then introduced the next Entertainer of the Year nominee video for Carrie Underwood
  • We get our 4th commercial (for the movie Air)
  • Keith Urban came out next to present the ACM Award for Album of the Year:
    • Ashley McBryde Presents Lindeville by Ashley McBryde
    • Bell Bottom Country by Lainey Wilson – WINNER
    • Growin’ Up by Luke Combs
    • Mr. Saturday Night by Jon Pardi
    • Palomino by Miranda Lambert
  • Dolly Parton introduced Jordan Davis who came out to perform “Next Thing You Know”
  • Trisha Yearwood came out to present the ACM Award for Entertainer of the Year:
    • Jason Aldean
    • Kane Brown
    • Luke Combs
    • Miranda Lambert
    • Chris Stapleton – WINNER
    • Carrie Underwood
    • Morgan Wallen
  • Garth Brooks introducing Dolly Parton who came out to debut her new rock single “World on Fire”
  • Garth came back to join Dolly to say goodnight to the crowd.  Tyler Hubbard’s “Dancing in the Country” played during the closing credits.
  • Other winners announced before the show aired:
    • Visual Media of the Year:  “Wait in the Truck” by Hardy & Lainey Wilson
    • Songwriter of the Year:  Ashley Gorley
    • New Female Artist of the Year:  Hailey Whitters
    • New Male Artist of the Year:  Zach Bryan
    • Artist-Songwriter of the Year:  Hardy

HCM Daily Country Music News – May 10th, 2023

 Posted by at 11:55 pm on May 10, 2023
May 102023
 

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HCM Daily Country Music News – May 9th, 2023

 Posted by at 5:02 pm on May 9, 2023
May 092023
 

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  • 2022 – HCM Daily Country Music News – May 9th, 2022
  • 2020 – HCM Daily News – May 9th, 2020
  • 2020 – Gwen Stefani made her Grand Ole Opry debut when she performed with Blake Shelton remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic
  • 2015 – Little Big Town’s “Girl Crush” topped the Billboard charts for the first of 13 weeks
  • 2012 – Tim McGraw signed a new record label deal with Big Machine Records
  • 2010 – Blake Shelton proposed to Miranda Lambert while out in the woods in Oklahoma
  • 2005 – Kenny Chesney married actress Renee Zellweger in the Virgin Islands
  • 2004 – Trick Pony signed a record label deal with Curb Records
  • 2001 – Lee Ann Womack won 3 ACM Awards for her smash hit “I Hope You Dance.”  Trophies were for Single, Song, and Vocal Event (w/ Sons of the Desert)
  • 1992 – Brooks & Dunn hit #1 on the charts with their single “Neon Moon”
  • 1989 – Keith Whitley died of alcohol poisoning
  • 1989 – Tim McGraw moved to Nashville to pursue a career in Country Music

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Morgan Wallen Vocal Rest Postpones 6 Weeks of Shows

 Posted by at 1:37 pm on May 9, 2023
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As shared direct to fans moments ago, Morgan Wallen has re-injured his vocal cords following three shows this week and is now under mandatory vocal rest for six weeks.

“I got some bad news from my doctors at the Vanderbilt Voice Center yesterday. After taking ten days of vocal rest, I performed three shows last weekend in Florida and by the third one I felt terrible. So I went in and got scoped yesterday, and they told me that I re-injured my vocal cords and that I have vocal fold trauma. Their advice is that I go on vocal rest for six weeks, so that’s what I’m going to do.

They want me not to talk at all, but they said if I need to, it’s okay to for something like this. I also tore my LAT while we were in Australia, I’ve been trying to work through that quietly, but this time off is going to help me get that back right as well.

We are working on rescheduling all the dates during this time-frame. We’ve almost got that done but some of them are pending, so I’ll keep you updated. I won’t be able to make these festivals that I have during this time-frame, but we are going to make those right next year.

I won’t be able to do the ACM [Academy of Country Music] Awards or Lifting Lives event, but y’all make sure you still go – it’s for a great cause.

They told me that if I do this the right way, I’ll get back to 100% and they also said that if I don’t listen and I keep singing, then I’ll permanently damage my voice.

So for the longevity of my career, this is just a choice I had to make.

I hate it. But I love you guys, and I appreciate all the support that you always give me.

I’ll see you soon and I’ll be back better than ever. God bless you.”

Tickets for the original dates will be honored for all rescheduled performances.

30-day refund window will open at point of purchase when new dates are announced imminently.

Wallen is working to reschedule any missed festival appearances to 2024.

Rescheduled dates to follow.

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