Happy Monday! Here is the best new music recently released:
1. “Lies, Lies, Lies” by Morgan Wallen
2. “4x4xU” by Lainey Wilson
3. “Sandpaper” by Zach Bryan featuring Bruce Springsteen
4. “Better Days” by Zach Bryan featuring John Mayer
5. “Feelin’ Country” by Thomas Rhett: This is on the “Twisters” soundtrack.
How are y’all feeling after the long holiday weekend? Besides sunburned and hungover . . . Hopefully, everyone had fun and didn’t accidentally light anything on fire.
Here’s what our favorite country stars were up to on the Fourth of July:
1. Willie Nelson is back! After missing a couple shows because of some health issues, Willie spent the Fourth of July performing on the Outlaw Music Festival tour.
2. Jelly Roll and Bunnie XO bought an insane amount of fireworks.
3. Lainey Wilson, Shaboozey, and The War and Treaty all played at the Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks show.
4. Carrie Underwood spent some time gardening.
5. Jake Owen and Keith Urban jammed out together.
6. Bailey Zimmerman hung out with his mom.
7. Luke Combs and his wife Nicole took in a beautiful sunset and called it “God’s fireworks”.
8. And Parker McCollum set off some fireworks of his own.
Morgan Wallen is unquestionably the biggest name in all of country music. It seems like every time he plays, he’s breaking a new record. Well Morgan just threw the biggest Country concert in the HISTORY of the U.K. Over 50,000 fans showed up at London’s Hyde Park to watch him play. Hyde Park is one of the most iconic venues in all of Europe. Here are some highlights from the show:
1. Celebrities were out in full force. Patrick Mahomes and his wife Brittany were seen enjoying the show . . . and Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis were being all cute, too.
2. Morgan sang his new song “Lies, Lies, Lies”, which was just released on Friday. He recorded the song at Abbey Road Studios in December.
3. At the end of his set, he teased a possible return in 2025. He said they have some future U.K. tour stops up their sleeve . . . And then ended it with, “We’ll see you next year!”
Happy Heavenly birthday to Toby Keith who would’ve been 63 today. To celebrate, his hometown of Moore, Oklahoma paid tribute to him on one of his favorite holidays: the Fourth of July. The city had a 25-minute fireworks show set to his music. The mayor said, quote, “He invited all of us to celebrate America’s independence and to remember the men and women who are serving and have served to keep America free. We miss you, Toby.”
Jason Aldean would love to work with Post Malone. He says, quote, “I kind of compare him to Kid Rock in the sense of, he came from more of that Pop world and I think he’s authentic to Country. I think Country music fans see that and they understand that he actually is a fan . . .”I think they’ll accept him for that. What he’s doin’ with bein’ involved in Nashville and the community and the music and everything here, I think Nashville will definitely accept him with open arms.” Posty will release his first country album, “F-1 Trillion”, on August 16th.
Justin Timberlake and Tiger Woods. . . two guys with DUIs . . . are opening a bar in Scotland.
“Despicable Me 4” cleaned up over the Fourth of July weekend.
The new “Jaws” Lego set will only set you back $150.
Jaden Smith is 26.
Sophia Bush is 42. Detective Erin Lindsay on “Chicago P.D.”,
Milo Ventimiglia is 47. Jack Pearson on “This Is Us”,
Kathleen Robertson is 51. Clare Arnold on “Beverly Hills 90210”
Beck is 54. Musical genius
Michael Weatherly is 56. Special agent Anthony DiNozzo on “NCIS”,
Joan Osborne is 62. Biggest hit: 1995’s “One of Us”.
Kevin Bacon is 66.
Anjelica Huston is 73.
