Chris Young‘s performance on Independence Day in Nashville, headlining the Let Freedom Sing! Music City July 4th celebration, made history. The Tennessee native performed in front of 355,000 people, making it the largest crowd ever to attend the event. Young, who was joined by Mitchell Tenpenny to sing their No. 1 hit, “At The End Of A Bar,” shared clips…
With the weather getting hotter and hotter, there’s never been a better time to enjoy a delicious ice cream concoction. Fortunately, Nashville has plenty of unique options to indulge, in while also cooling off amid the summer heat. Keep reading to find five of our favorites. 1. The Nashville Sundae Club What could be better than ice cream and…
We now know what Carly Pearce‘s second single will be. The Grand Ole Opry member announces that “Truck on Fire” will hit radio, as her second single from hummingbird. The song, written by Pearce, along with Charles Kelley and Justin Ebach, will officially be released on July 29. “No one wants to be cheated on, but everyone wants to…
Carrie Underwood‘s debut single from her freshman Some Hearts album is still one of her favorite songs, even after all these years. Underwood released “Jesus, Take the Wheel” in 2005, fresh off of her American Idol win. Although at the very beginning of her now-legendary career, Underwood had a feeling, even then, that the song would change everything for…
Martina McBride had a big hit in 1994 with “Independence Day,” her sixth single, third Top 20 hit, and first song to sell more than a million copies. The song, from McBride’s sophomore 1993 The Way That I Am album, was written by Gretchen Peters, who had no idea that the song, about domestic violence, would become an anthem…
Keith Urban recently reprised one of his earlier hits, joined by one of country music’s most promising rising stars. The New Zealand native sang “We Were Us,” a duet with Miranda Lambert released in 2013, joined this time by Alana Springsteen. The two sang together while both performing at Summerfest in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. “The cheeseheads always know how to…
Kenny Chesney loves music, but he also loves sports. Much of the 56-year-old’s childhood centered around sports, even during the summer holiday. “I was usually playing Little League baseball on the Fourth of July,” Chesney recalls. “I was big into sports, and the summertime in East Tennessee consisted of playing baseball, and that’s what I did on the Fourth…
Happy anniversary to Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani! The country and rock music superstars were married three years ago today, on July 3, 2021. The couple began dating in 2015, after meeting on The Voice. When they first met, Shelton was still married to Miranda Lambert, while Stefani was married to Gavin Rossdale, so they had very little time…
Blake Shelton loves everything about Independence Day. The 48-year-old has fond memories of celebrating the holiday as a child in Oklahoma, which in some ways was the end of his multi-week birthday celebration. “Fourth of July when I was a kid was extremely important, big deal to me because the fireworks stands, or we called them firecracker, they always…
Rusty Golden, son of William Lee Golden, has passed away. Rusy was 65 when he died on July 1 at his home in Hendersonville, Tennessee. “This is the hardest thing ever for a father to have to face,” The Oak Ridge Boys‘ member William Lee says. “I love my family more than anything. Rusty was a great musician, a…
