Tim McGraw never forgets the men and women of our military who risk their lives to keep us safe. “We feel safe and secure with our family because of those guys,” Tim shares. “They put their life on the line.”

Tim adds that these brave men and women put their own families “on the back burner” in order to keep us protected, noting it’s because of them we “sit in our comfortable homes and we take our kids to a great school and we drive in our cars to places and we feel safe.”

Source: Tim McGraw

Blake Shelton knows that when it comes to wedding planning, the smart thing is to let fiancée Gwen Stefani handle all the details.

“If I was picking our meal, it would just literally be everything fried,” he shared in an interview with “USA Today.” “French fries, chicken tenders, you know, all of that stuff,” adding, “I think [Gwen] knows that it would be a pretty classless wedding if I was in control.”

Blake says Gwen is “having a blast” with the planning, but she’s “always mindful” of him, concerned that she’s taking over everything. But it sounds like Blake wouldn’t have it any other way, sharing, “I want her to do all of that stuff and handle it because it’s going to be great.”

Source: People

Eric Church has a new number one. The singer’s latest release, “Hell Of A View,” tops the “Billboard” Country Airplay chart, making it his 10th number one single.

“This is my favorite project of my career,” Eric tells “Billboard” of his triple album “Heart & Soul.” “I really appreciate radio’s support to bring attention to it. I can’t wait to see where we go next.”

Elsewhere on the chart…

Alan Jackson’s new album, “Where Have You Gone” debuts at two on the “Billboard” Top Country Albums chart, moving 32,000 equivalent album units. It is 28th Top 10 album.

Luke Combs’ “Forever After All” tops the Hot Country Songs chart for a fourth week.

Chris Young and Kane Brown’s “Famous Friends” jumps to five on the Hot Country Songs chart, Chris’ 15th Top 10 single, and Kane’s eighth.

Jordan Davis has his fourth Top 10 single, with “Almost Maybes,” which is now at nine on the Hot Country Songs chart.

Source: Billboard

Garth Brooks is excited — he was honored at the “Kennedy Center Honors” on May 21! He was honored alongside Dick Van Dyke, Debbie Allen, Joan Baez, and Midori. This ceremony had been delayed from December 2020 due to COVID-19.

Brooks shared a picture to Instagram with his new medallion and with wife Trisha Yearwood, both of them all smiles. He captioned it by writing, “To loosely quote Maya Angelou, I stand here as one but I stand here for the people who have carried me to this point. Grateful!

Yearwood is also opening up in this week’s “PEOPLE” about figuring out how she would fit into the lives of Brooks’ three daughters after they got married.

“I had a dog before I married Garth but no children of my own. I never even really babysat! So I didn’t know what to do with three young girls. Garth was such a wonderful mentor to me as to how to be a parent, and he told me, ‘You’ll find your way with each of them. Don’t try to be their best friend, and don’t try to be their mom…..’ They let me learn my way and allowed me to be that third parent in their lives. They were a gift that I didn’t know I needed. I didn’t know how much children brought into your life until I got a chance to be a part of their lives.”

Source: Garth Brooks