Like most artists, Garth Brooks can’t really tour right now, but he’s found a way to bring music to fans. During an appearance on “Good Morning America” Garth announced he’ll headline a very special drive-in concert. “Encore Live Presents a Garth Brooks Drive In Concert Experience” will take place June 27th, airing at 300 drive-ins across North America.

“They’re going to run it just like a regular concert, but this is going to be all over North America, one night only,” Garth told “GMA.” “We are excited because this is a reason to get out of the house, but at the same time you get to follow all the COVID rules from every individual state and you get to have fun and stay within the guidelines of social distancing … we’re calling it ‘social distancing partying.’”

Tickets for the concert go on sale June 19th, at a cost of $100 per vehicle. About 250-300 tickets are expected to be sold per drive-in, which would make Garth’s audience about 360,000. Click here for info on tickets.

ONE MORE THING! Garth was honored this week with the Icon award by the National Music Publishers Association. In a pre-taped acceptance speech, Garth played excerpts from James Taylor’s “Fire and Rain” and his hit “The River.” “Thank you for being so sweet to think about somebody in country music — I love this format,” Garth said. “And I love what you guys are doing to fight for every songwriter up in DC, including myself. … You stand up for songwriters, and 99.9% of us can’t stand up for ourselves.”

Source: Good Morning America

It looks like Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton are ready to make things legal. A source tells “Us Weekly” that they want to get married but they are waiting for the coronavirus social distancing requirements to end.

“COVID-19 has turned their world upside down, as it has with so many families,” a source says. “Gwen knows she is blessed and wants to have the wedding as soon as social distancing guidelines are lifted.”

Previous reports claimed Gwen was waiting until she was able to get her first marriage to Gavin Rossdale annulled but the source says now the coronavirus has “changed Gwen’s feelings about getting the annulment and getting married.”

“Gwen wants to have a ceremony and reception with their family and friends. She didn’t wait this long to get married with family watching on Zoom,” the source shares. “It has made her realize that waiting for the annulment at this point is just futile because it could take years for the church tribunal to issue the decision.”

Source: Us Weekly

Morgan Wallen has given fans an update on his upcoming sophomore album. In a post on his Instagram Story, Morgan reveals that he is hard at work on the record.

“In the studio working on my album,” he shares. “I’m really excited. I hope you guys are gonna be excited too. I don’t have any date or anything like that yet for when it comes out, but I’m working hard.”

Morgan says the coronavirus lockdown did delay work on the record, but notes, “we’re here now,” adding that he’s “trying to decide…what all I’m gonna put on there.”

Finally Morgan offers, “I miss ya’ll and I love y’all and I appreciate you letting me do this,” adding, “I’m gonna try my best to make album two as good, if not better than, album one.”

ONE MORE THING! Morgan continues to give as a taste of what songs may make it on the record. As we told you, he recently teased the tune “Wasted On You,” and in case you missed it, he also shared a song called “Dangerous.”

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Brad Paisley has treated two friends whose recent social media post went viral to quite a huge surprise.

Amid the protests over racial injustice and the George Floyd killing, the two buddies, Benjamin Smith, a white man, and Marcus Ellis, a black man, recently shared a photo of them chilling in the driveway of Smith’s Rochester home, with a message of peace that simply read, “black or white, relax and have a beer.”

The photo soon went viral, thanks to a report on the local CBS affiliate, which is how Brad got wind of it and he decided to reach out to the pair. He had hundreds of dollars worth of beer from AJ’s Beer Warehouse sent to them this weekend, and then got on a virtual call with the pair. Brad also performed his latest single for them, the very appropriate “There’s No I In Beer.”

“Man, I am so thrilled to meet you, face to face like this,” Brad said. “I’m so inspired by you, and we thought we should deliver more beer than you could possibly drink. This is going to be a popular destination on this street.”

Today, I had a chance to catch up with two great guys, Benjamin Smith and Marcus Ellis. These two best friends have set up camp at Smith's house in Pittsford on Jeff. Road, saying "Black or white, relax and have a beer." #ROC @News_8 pic.twitter.com/N5fP2qtxWH

— Dan Gross (@DJG_Music) June 3, 2020

Several artists have just released new tunes:

Brantley Gilbert dropped the new single “Hard Days,” which he says “is about finding and acknowledging hope in the midst of turmoil and taking the good with the bad.” He adds, “I look back on some of the harder times in my life and think about where things are now, and I’m thankful for the bad that led to the good.”

Canaan Smith just released the new tune “Colder Than You,” his first new single since 2017. He co-produced the tune with Florida Georgia Line’s Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley, who are the heads of his new label, Round Here Records.

Trace Adkins just dropped the new single “Mind on Fishin,” sharing a video featuring his friend, country star T. Graham Brown.