Kane Brown has a new album called “The High Road” that’s out January 25th. And, he just announced a 2025 tour with the same name. Kane’s tour will kick off next year on March 13th and hit 23 cities in the U.S. and Canada. And he has an awesome lineup of supporting acts joining him, like: Scotty McCreery . . . Mitchell Tenpenny . . . Ashley Cooke . . . and Dasha. Here are some other festival announcements, too:
1. Jelly Roll and Kane will co-headline the Buckeye Country Superfest on Saturday, June 21st in Columbus, Ohio.
2. The Country Bay Music Festival, which is billed as “Miami’s largest Country music festival” just announced its lineup, Carrie Underwood . . . Zac Brown Band . . . Dustin Lynch . . . Chase Rice . . . Chris Janson, and more – November 9th and 10th.
3. And the Hoofbeat Festival June 26th to the 28th The Country’s Largest Party in a Hayfield.
The headliners are Riley Green . . . Lainey Wilson . . . and Brooks & Dunn. And they’ll be supported by acts like: Chris Young . . . Tyler Hubbard . . . Gretchen Wilson,
Luke Combs and Eric Church will headline “Concert for Carolina”, with all proceeds going directly to those impacted by Hurricane Helene. Billy Strings and James Taylor will also be there. More big stars have been added to the line-up – Keith Urban . . . Bailey Zimmerman . . . and Sheryl Crow. Eric said, “This is not a month’s-long rebuild there. It’s gonna be a years-long rebuild. So, the more light we can shine on that, the more awareness we can raise.” Luke talked about how much North Carolina means to him saying, “I grew up in Asheville, and went to college in Boone. These are the people I grew up around. They’re tough people, and I know that they’ll get through this, and I just want to be able to help. It takes months and months to make these kinda shows happen, and we were able to get it done in the matter of a week. “A lot of people stepped up to help, and for that I’m forever grateful.”
Lainey Wilson was on a podcast and had a conversation about how difficult it is to stay normal in this crazy business. Lainey said, “I love being around people . . . But when I really need to refill my cup, I need to be by myself. I just need to be sitting in my front yard with my feet in the grass, feeling the sun and wind on my face, then I feel like I can go back out and do it again. I’m realizing, the deeper I get into this job how important it truly is to make sure you fill your cup to the brim, so you can go out and keep pouring out, and pouring out. I love my job, but I always want to make sure that I’m the very best version of myself.”
The Wiggles just went Country. They replaced their “Big Red Car” with a big red truck. And they wrote a song about it called “Big Red Ute” (yoot) . . . Aussie slang for a utility vehicle. They look like a truck but usually have a shorter bed. The YouTube description calls it “an exciting country music journey” that your kid WILL want added to your road trip playlist.
Jelly Roll has a new song called “Winning Streak”, and it’s about “a man experiencing his first day sober.” Jelly saw someone holding up a sign at a recent show . . . saying that they were celebrating seven years of sobriety. So he decided to perform the song, and dedicate it to the fan.
Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds donated $1 million to hurricane relief. Tom Brady donated $100,000 to Hurricane victims.
John Mulaney will host a weekly live variety-talk show on Netflix.
Pharrell Williams says the song “Happy” was born out of sarcasm.
A Taylor Swift tribute band makes up to $18,000 a show.
Cardi B is 32.
Michelle Wie is 35. LPGA golfer who retired with $6.8 million in career earnings.
Michelle Trachtenberg is 39. Dawn on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”,
Emily Deschanel is 48. Dr. Temperance Brennan on “Bones”.
Jane Krakowski is 56. Jacqueline White on “The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”,
Joan Cusack is 62. Former “SNL” cast member,
Steve Young is 63. Retired 49ers quarterback, MVP of Super Bowl 29,
David Morse is 71. Dr. Jack Morrison on “St. Elsewhere”.
Daryl Hall is 78. Hall & Oates.
