Alan Jackson is holding, “Where I Come From,” a concert in his hometown of Newman, GA to benefit tornado relief efforts in the area on June 26.

Three months ago, an EF-4 tornado tore through his hometown and destroyed 70 homes and damaged many others. The concert will benefit “The Coweta Community Foundation” which is working towards the cleanup and rebuilding efforts.

Jackson stated, “After the tornadoes came through Newman, I knew that I wanted to do what I could to help my hometown. I started working on an idea to do some kind of benefit in Nashville to help those affected in Newnan, but then heard from a group of leaders in Newnan. I’m glad we came up with a way to bring this show to my hometown … and I’m happy to be helping the people who need it most.”

Source: Taste of Country

Keith Urban is showing that he’s just like the rest of us — all he wanted to do during the beginning of the COVID-19 lockdown was “sit on the couch and eat chips.”

Urban was the first-ever guest on “Britain’s Absolute Radio Country” (“formerly known as Country Hits Radio”) where he went on to say, “At the beginning of the whole lockdown I was a bit frozen honestly… I was working on my album The Speed of Now and it’s like you know when the power goes off, and you’re like how long is this going to be like this? My plan was I was just going to put my comfy pants on and sit on the couch and eat chips until the whole thing blew over, that was my plan. Suddenly I went, this is a big thing and it’s going to take a while. I had to figure out how to get on track again, just pivot and rethink everything and become adaptable to this new environment.”

On “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” Jack Ingram, Jon Randall, and Miranda Lambert performed “In His Arms.” This song was released in March as a prelude to their new collaborative album, “The Marfa Tapes.”

This song, just like the rest of the album, is raw and stripped-back songs that were all recorded in Marfa, Texas. This is the same place that the trio wrote “Tequila Does” and “Tin Man.”

Lambert described The Marfa Tapes on her Instagram page by saying, “They’re raw. You can hear the wind blowing, the cows mooing… We wanted you to feel like you were right there with us, sitting around the campfire, escaping the world, disappearing into the music.”

Source: The Late Show With Stephen Colbert

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Nominees for the 2021 CMT Music Awards are out, with Miranda Lambert and Maren Morris leading this year’s pack with four nods a piece, with Kane Brown, Kelsea Ballerini, Little Big Town and Mickey Guyton close behind with three.

Interestingly, Maren and Miranda are basically nominated in all the same categories. Both are up for Female Video of the Year, they each have two nods in the Video of the Year category, and both are also nominated for Collaborative Video of the Year.

The Video of the Year category currently has 14 nominees, but it will be narrowed down to five on June 1st with voting open now.

The 2021 CMT Music Awards, hosted by Kelsea Ballerini and Kane Brown, airs June 9th at 8 pm.

Check out this year’s nominees below. Voting is open here.

VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Carrie Underwood with John Legend – “Hallelujah”
Dierks Bentley – “Gone”
Elle King and Miranda Lambert – “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)”
Ingrid Andress – “Lady Like”
Kane Brown – “Worldwide Beautiful”
Keith Urban with P!nk – “One Too Many”
Kelsea Ballerini – “hole in the bottle”
Kenny Chesney – “Knowing You”
Maren Morris – “Better Than We Found It”
Mickey Guyton – “Heaven Down Here”
Miranda Lambert – “Settling Down”
Ryan Hurd with Maren Morris – “Chasing After You”
Sam Hunt – “Breaking Up Was Easy In The 90’s”
Willie Jones – “American Dream”

FEMALE VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Carly Pearce – “Next Girl”
Gabby Barrett – “The Good Ones”
Kelsea Ballerini – “hole in the bottle”
Maren Morris – “To Hell & Back”
Mickey Guyton – “Heaven Down Here”
Miranda Lambert – “Settling Down”

MALE VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Chris Stapleton – “Starting Over”
Darius Rucker – “Beers and Sunshine”
Kane Brown – “Worship You”
Luke Bryan – “Down To One”
Luke Combs – “Lovin’ On You”
Thomas Rhett – “What’s Your Country Song”

DUO/GROUP VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Brothers Osborne – “All Night”
Lady A – “Like A Lady”
Little Big Town – “Wine, Beer, Whiskey”
Old Dominion – “Never Be Sorry”
Parmalee and Blanco Brown – “Just The Way”
Runaway June – “We Were Rich”

BREAKTHROUGH VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Dylan Scott – “Nobody”
Hailey Whitters feat. Little Big Town – “Fillin’ My Cup”
HARDY – “Give Heaven Some Hell”
Lainey Wilson – “Things a Man Oughta Know”
Mickey Guyton – “Black Like Me”
Niko Moon – “GOOD TIME (Ride Along Video)”

COLLABORATIVE VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Carrie Underwood with John Legend – “Hallelujah”
Chris Young and Kane Brown – “Famous Friends”
Elle King and Miranda Lambert – “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)”
Keith Urban with P!nk – “One Too Many”
Ryan Hurd with Maren Morris – “Chasing After You”
Tim McGraw and Tyler Hubbard – “Undivided”

CMT PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR

From the 2020 CMT Music Awards – Brooks & Dunn and Luke Combs “1, 2 Many”
From the 2020 CMT Music Awards – Dan + Shay “I Should Probably Go To Bed”
From the 2020 CMT Music Awards – Jimmie Allen and Noah Cyrus “This Is Us”
From the 2020 CMT Music Awards – Kelsea Ballerini and Halsey “The Other Girl”
From the 2020 CMT Music Awards – Little Big Town “Wine, Beer, Whiskey”
From CMT Crossroads – Nathaniel Rateliff and Margo Price “Twinkle Twinkle”

Source: CMT

Florida Georgia Line is set to headline the next Encore Drive In Nights Concert. The duo’s pre-recorded concert will feature guest appearances by Nelly, Chase Rice and Rachel Wammack.

“We’re so excited to start playing shows again and can’t wait to bring this special one to all of our fans around the world,” the duo share. “The night will be full of hits, good vibes, and a few surprises. Everybody come on out June 12!”

The never-before-seen concert will air June 12th at drive-ins and theaters across the country. Tickets are on sale now, with prices starting at $68 per car, with a max capacity of six people per vehicle.

Source: Florida Georgia Line