The Grand Ole Opry’s 95th anniversary is being celebrated with a new NBC special airing next week, and now we know the talent that will be performing on the telecast.

“Grand Ole Opry: 95 Years of Country Music,” hosted by Blake Shelton and Brad Paisley, will feature performances by Kelsea Ballerini, Dierks Bentley, Garth Brooks, Kane Brown, Lady A, Little Big Town, Old Crow Medicine Show, Dolly Parton, Darius Rucker, Marty Stuart, Carrie Underwood and Trisha Yearwood.

The performances were recorded at the Grand Ole Opry House, and for Kane it will actually be his Grand Ole Opry debut.

It’s also been confirmed that Kelsea will sing Keith Whitley’s “When You Say Nothing At All,” Dierks and Marty will duet on Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson’s “Pancho & Lefty,” and Lady A will share their take on Randy Travis’ “Forever and Ever, Amen.”

“Grand Ole Opry: 95 Years of Country Music” airs February 14th at 9 pm.

Source: Music Row

Taylor Swift surprised everyone late last year with her second surprise album “Evermore,” but she may live to regret picking that name for the record.

TMZ reports that Taylor is being sued by the owners of the Utah-based park theme park Evermore, citing trademark infringement. They insist they own the trademark to the name and she doesn’t have the right to sell merch with the name on it.

The park owners say they’ve been selling “Evermore” branded merchandise since they first had the idea for the park in 2014, and when it opened in 2018, and now say they’ve been losing money ever since Taylor dropped her album last year, due to confusion in the marketplace.

The owners, who are seeking millions of dollars, insist Taylor’s people knew of their trademark but didn’t care, something Taylor’s team denies. They call the lawsuit “frivolous” and claim the park owners are just out for money especially since they owe millions in construction fees.

Source: TMZ

Kelsea Ballerini is a big fan of Miranda Lambert, and apparently she didn’t exactly make the best first impression when she met her.

In case you missed it, Kelsea revealed on “The Kelly Clarkson Show” that she was talking to some people, including Miranda and her manager, at a party following the 2020 CMA Awards, when she had an unfortunate, and embarrassing mishap.

Kelsa says she was drinking champagne when the glass shattered in her mouth. She explained, “[It] cut my lip, and I had to spit out bloody glass and, like, run to the bathroom in front of [Lambert], and I think everyone was like ‘Did she just eat glass? Is that a thing she does?’”

Kelsea was able to clean up and enjoy the party, but she didn’t really get to connect with Miranda again, admitting that “we still don’t know each other” very well.

Source: The Kelly Clarkson Show

While there may not be as many in-person parties as usual this Super Bowl Sunday, Verizon is still celebrating the Big Game, hosting “The Verizon Big Concert for Small Business,” a star-studded Super Bowl after-party.

The event, hosted by Tiffany Haddish, will feature performances from Luke Bryan, Eric Church and Brandi Carlile, as well as Alicia Keys, Miley Cyrus, Christina Aguilera, Jazmine Sullivan, H.E.R. and Brittany Howard.

The concert kicks off Sunday at 11 pm ET, and can be viewed in a variety of places, including YouTube, Twitter and TikTok, and will also be broadcast on BET, CBS Sports Network and more.

And Verizon will be helping small businesses as part of their Super Bowl festivities. They have pledge $10 million to help business owners in historically undeserved communities.

Source: MSN

Eric Church recently announced his a new project, “Heart & Soul,” a triple album, and now he’s giving fans another taste of what to expect.

Eric just dropped the new song “Heart On Fire,” which will be featured on the “Heart” album, which will be the first to be released on April 16th, followed by “&,” for his fan cub only on April 20th, and “Soul” on April 23rd.

“‘Heart On Fire’ is the first song on the ‘Heart’ album, and normally if we had four songs about heart, with the way we used to do this we would cut three of them out and we’d do one,” Eric shares. “It started to be cool that this time we could lean into that sameness and the themes where you can put the songs together and know we wrote these within this much time of each other.”

ONE MORE THING! Apparently Eric’s fans got a little anxious for informaton about his new albums, and actually went so far as to hack his website to get the info before the announcements. It seems before the official reveal, members of his Church Choir hacked the computer and found the plans about the albums. “We ended up getting hacked, which is pretty awesome when you think about it,” Church tells The Tennessean. “They ended up breaking the news, which is hilarious to me. It was one of those weird deals. But I love the passion.”

Source: Eric Church