Taylor Swift leads the nominees for the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards with EIGHT.
Brett Young is opening on Sam Hunt’s current tour . . . and I think it’s safe to say they’re NOT partying like crazy. Unless the parties feature balloons, cake, and Squishmallows. Brett and Sam are both girl dads, and “ET Canada” asked if they’ve bonded over that. He said, quote, “Yeah. It’s funny, we’ve talked about it. And also our wives have seen each other on tour. “I mean, I think it really softens you as a dude, you know, you kind of think when you’re doing well in life, you think you’re all that. That’s the cliché expression, but you have little girls, and they remind you that you’re not.”
Zach Bryan is set to drop a new album on August 19th, and it features a song with The Lumineers called “Spotless”. They’re both playing the Pilgrimage festival near Nashville next month. The Lumineers are headlining Day 1, and Zach’s Day 2.
Miranda Lambert collaborated with Gibson to create a custom version of their Hummingbird acoustic guitar. Her model is called the Miranda Lambert Bluebird, and it features a cool, “bluebonnet lacquer finish,” and a bluebird pickguard. You can find them at Gibson.com for just under $5,000.
Jake Owen shared a video of himself and his daughter Pearl seeing a couple of baseball games. He wrote, “Thanks to the Chicago White Sox and Kansas City Royals for having us. I grew up loving the game of baseball and still feel like a kid when I’m at the ballpark. The difference is, now I bring MY kid.”
Blake Shelton announced he’s going to do an impromptu performance at his local Ole Red in Tishomingo, Oklahoma later this week. He says, quote, “Not a big deal at all but just maybe play a few songs,” and that he’ll post an update today or tomorrow.
Ashley McBryde’s new album “The Devil I Know” drops September 8th . . . and she’ll be promoting it with a TOUR of the same name. It kicks off in October and runs into early next year. Dec 10 Glenside, PA Dec 16 Baltimore
DJ Casper, the creator of “The Cha Cha Slide”, passed away Monday after a battle with cancer. He was 58.
The microphone that Cardi B threw at a fan sold for $99,900 on eBay.
Anna Kendrick is 38.
Ashley Johnson is 40. Little Chrissy Seaver on “Growing Pains”.
Jessica Capshaw is 47. Dr. Arizona Robbins on “Grey’s Anatomy”.
Kevin McKidd is 50. Dr. Owen Hunt on “Grey’s Anatomy”.
Gillian Anderson is 55. Special Agent Dana Scully on the “X-Files”.
Deion Sanders is 56. He’s still the only man to have ever played in a World Series AND a Super Bowl.
Hoda Kotb is 59.
Melanie Griffith is 66. Dakota Johnson’s mom.
Sam Elliott is 79.
