When Kelsea Ballerini released Rolling Up The Welcome Mat earlier this year, she had no idea how much the entire project would resonate with her fans. The reaction to the six songs, which Ballerini wrote as a reflection of her divorce from Morgan Evans after five years of marriage, was immediate, and unexpected. Ballerini penned the songs with Alysa…
Kenny Chesney‘s I Go Back Tour, which included Kelsea Ballerini as his opening act, is officially history. The country music superstar ended the tour with two back-to-back shows in Orange Beach, Alabama on May 26 and 27, adding the May 26 date after the tour had already been booked. “We usually close it down with a double,” Chesney says. “You…
Kelsea Ballerini was devastated when the coronavirus pandemic shut the world down in March of 2020, and with good reason. The Tennessee native released her third studio album, Kelsea, on March 20 of that year, with plans of embarking on what was supposed to be her biggest tour to date, when all of those plans, as well as promotion…
Kelsea Ballerini never imagined that people would still be talking about Rolling Up The Welcome Mat more than six weeks after it was released. The Tennessee native wrote all six songs on the EP as a way to cope with her mixed emotions about the end of her marriage to Morgan Evans, unaware that the entire project would gain a…
Kenny Chesney‘s I Go Back Tour kicks off on Thursday, March 23. The tour, which begins in Charlottesville, Virginia, is Chesney’s follow-up to his massive Here and Now Tour, which took place in 2022. “It always feels good when we have our road family back together,” Chesney says. “A lot happens over the winter, so we’re catching up. But…
Kelsea Ballerini might be one of country music’s leading hitmakers, but she isn’t about to limit herself to one genre. The Tennessee native, who famously recently interrupted her own concert to inquire about a song on Taylor Swift’s set list, has big goals and ambitions for herself, ones that extend far behind the boundary lines of country music. “I…
Kelsea Ballerini made her Saturday Night Live debut on March 4, performing two songs from her just-released Rolling Up The Welcome Mat EP. The 29-year-old performed “Blindsided” and “Penthouse,” both songs written about the end of her marriage to Morgan Evans. Ballerini first performed “Blindsided,” in front of a white screen that showed off her moving shadows as she…
Kelsea Ballerini is letting the world know her deepest thoughts about the end of her almost five-year marriage to Morgan Evans. The 29-year-old just released a surprise six-song EP and short film, Rolling Up The Welcome Mat, beginning with “Mountain With A View,” and ending with “Leave Me Again.” In all of the half-dozen tracks, Ballerini boldly — and…
Kelsea Ballerini and Kenny Chesney knew they struck musical gold when they collaborated on “half of my hometown,” from Ballerini’s 2020 Kelsea album. The song, which already earned the pair two CMA Awards in 2021, both for Musical Event of the Year and Video of the Year, is nominated for two iHeartRadio Music Awards, both in the all-genre category,…
We now know which star-studded duets will be taking place for New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash. The five-hour event, airing on CBS on December 31, will feature multiple artists collaborating together. Jimmie Allen will sing with Flo Rida, while Kelsea Ballerini will sing with Wynonna Judd. Sheryl Crow and Ashley McBryde will perform together, as will Steve Miller…
