Gwen Stefani took the stage at the Hollywood Bowl on Friday night to perform with the Los Angeles Philharmonic for opening night of the iconic amphitheater’s 100th season. And she had a little surprise in store for the audience … a duet with her husband Blake Shelton.

Stefani brought Shelton on stage to perform their 2020 song “Nobody But You.” And the couple shared a hug and a kiss afterwards.

In addition to the duet with her hubby, Stefani performed some of her classic hits, including “Don’t Speak,” “Spiderwebs” and “Just A Girl.” For the finale, she did “Hollaback Girl” accompanied by the LA Philharmonic and the UCLA Bruin and USC Trojan marching bands and cheer squads. The crowd joined in to help her spell out “B-A-N-A-N-A-S” while fireworks went off behind the Hollywood Bowl’s band shell.

Source: Daily Mail

Carrie Underwood is celebrating the release of her album “Denim & Rhinestones” with the help of Amazon. She’ll be doing an exclusive live Amazon Music performance on June 9th from downtown Nashville’s Bell Tower.

Carrie’s very excited and shares “This album (out June 10) is so much fun and I’ve been looking forward to playing these songs live. I love that we’ll get to do it with a global audience from such a cool setting.”

You can catch the performance on Twitch, Amazon Music, and Amazon Prime Video. It kicks off at 9 pm Eastern.

It sounds like we’re in for a treat since the singer says the album doesn’t sound like anything she’s done before.

Source: USA Today

With the “Yellowstone” universe expanding to “1932,” Tim McGraw is reflecting on his time as James Dutton in “1883.” He tells “CMT,” “I learned that you can work through being really tired, cause it beat us up pretty good. It was a lot of hard work, but it was such a gratifying experience.”

The “Humble and Kind” singer adds, “I think more than anything, the hard work from the crew, the hard work from the actors, I learned that it’s one of those things that you can’t show up and expect to be good. You have to put the work in, and you have to put your heart and soul into something like that.”

There’s no word on whether McGraw and Faith Hill will return to the small screen or not.

Source: CMT

AARP is celebrating Country Music in their June/July magazine issue. The over 50 organization’s “For Love of Country” cover and article feature Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, WIllie Nelson, Vince Gill, plus more…. and even Kane Brown!

They each write about what makes America great, but it’s Kane’s job to lead the conversation about the changing landscape of Country music and Nashville. Brown shares “I hope that by the time my daughter is a little older, she sees herself when she looks at all areas of entertainment, including country music.”

Included in the issue is a Country playlist put together by historian Peter Cooper and even a quiz to see how well you know the genre.

Source: AARP

Country music has always lifted up the military and several stars took the time to reflect about Memorial Day on socials.

Brantley Gilbert: “I went through a phase where I was really weird about celebratin’ Memorial Day, just because I felt weird if I just went and got on a boat somewhere and just partied. I always felt like I was bein’ disrespectful. But I had a conversation with a buddy of mine, Tig.” Tig told him “We want people to have a good time. I can’t speak for everybody, but speaking for me, that’s what we fought for.”

Brett Young: “We need to remember soldiers and people that have gone to war to protect our country and sacrificed of themselves to protect our lives here.”

Carly Pearce: “To me, this weekend and Memorial Day itself, is all about commemorating their selfless sacrifices. What they do for us, is just an unbelievable example of love.”

Chris Young: “I think it’s just a time that we should take and take a moment to remember all of the American heroes. I mean, I think it’s something that we will all definitely keep in our minds.”

Jordan Davis: “Both my grandparents were in the service; my cousin was also a Marine, so the military hits close to home. We live in the best country in the world, and it’s because of those guys. I can’t thank ’em enough. I wish we had Memorial Day every day.”

Source: The Country Daily