Luke Combs and Eric Church just announced a benefit concert for the victims of Hurricane Helene. It’s called “Concert for Carolina” and it will take place Saturday, October 26th at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte. Billy Strings and James Taylor will also be performing. And all for a good cause. All proceeds from the concert will be split evenly between Luke and Eric. Luke’s funds are earmarked for groups like Samaritan’s Purse, Manna Food Bank, and Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina. And Eric’s money raised will go to his charity, Chief Cares, and it will also be distributed to organizations that directly help those impacted by the storm. Tickets go on sale Thursday morning at 10:00 a.m.
Who do you think the most in-demand Country artist right now is? Jelly Roll, Morgan Wallen, or Post Malone. Entertainment-Focus.com says it’s not a guy at all . . . It’s Lainey Wilson. She is the reigning CMA and ACM Entertainer of the Year . . . on the TV show “Yellowstone” . . . and since 2020, she has done 15 duets or collaborations with other artists.So, not only is she killing it all by herself, but a lot of other singers are wanting to duet with her, because she’s such a hot commodity. They do point out that Post Malone just made an album with all kinds of collaborations on it, but as far as who’s on the widest range of different albums . . . It’s Lainey winning by a mile.
Ever since Kris Kristofferson passed away on September 28th, the Country world has been sending their love. And it seems like the rest of the world has been falling in love with Kris’ music all over again, too. The week before his passing, Kris’ discography had a total of 79,000 streams. After his passing, it went up to nearly 1.9 MILLION streams. It’s always bittersweet that artists see a bump when they pass away, but what better tribute can you pay a singer than to listen to their music over and over again. Specifically, Kris’ song, “Why Me”, which saw a 1,442% increase. It featured backup vocals from his future wife, Rita Coolidge. And it was his only solo chart-topper, reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot Country chart in 1973.
The Dallas Cowboys beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 20 to 17 on Sunday. But there were no winners here . . .NBC got players from both teams to sing Carrie Underwood’s “Sunday Night Football” theme. Someone described it as “so bad, it’s good.”
“Taste of Country” recently asked Machine Gun Kelly to perform his best Jelly Roll impression, and they must have known he had one, because he had it ready to go. And there’s definitely some respect between them. MGK saod “He’s such a good bridge connector, and I’m really kind of silent. So, it’s nice to have a loud friend that can come in and make it less awkward for me.”
Whitney Houston’s mother Cissy died yesterday. She was 91.
Shaboozey is STILL on top of the Hot 100.
Angus T. Jones is 31. The half man on “Two and a Half Men”.
Molly Quinn is 31. Alexis Castle, Nathan Fillion’s daughter on “Castle”.
Bruno Mars is 39. “Grenade”, “Just the Way You Are”, and “Uptown Funk”.
Nick Cannon is 44. Host of “The Masked Singer”.
Matt Damon is 54. He IS Jason Bourne.
Emily Procter is 56. Calleigh on “CSI: Miami”.
Karyn Parsons is 58. Hilary Banks on “Fresh Prince of Bel Air”.
Stephanie Zimbalist is 68. Detective Laura Holt on “Remington Steele”.
Darrell Hammond is 69. “SNL” He took over announcing duties for the late Don Pardo.
Robert “Kool” Bell from Kool & The Gang is 74.
Sigourney Weaver is 75.
Chevy Chase is 81.
R.L. Stine is 81. Author of the “Goosebumps” series.
Jesse Jackson is 83.
Paul Hogan is 85. “Crocodile Dundee”.
Rona Barrett is 88. Former entertainment TV reporter.
