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The inaugural “Boots on the Bend” country music festival is set for August 14–15, 2026. It’s going to happen at the St. Joseph County 4-H Fairgrounds in South Bend, Indiana, headlined by Eric Church, HARDY and Brandon Lake.

The two-day event will actually feature a 14-act lineup including Ashley McBryde, Chase Rice, and Flatland Cavalry to name a few. And they’re aiming to create a major country music destination in South Bend, Indiana. So, this a damn good start too.

All tickets include admission to both days of the festival and go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, March 13.

Price levels are as follows:

● General admission: $220.99-$99.99

● Weekend VIP: $406.99-$344.99

● Weekend Super VIP: $653.99

Parking passes start at $75. And RV and tent camping packages are available as well…but they do not include festival tickets.

For more information and for access to the ticket pre-sale happening March 11th and 12th…and the general ticket sale that begins Friday March 13, 2026, please visit bootsonthebend.com.

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Who’s your go-to country singer? Mine King George Strait by the way. Mainly because any song sang by George Strait is country at it’s best to me.

Now according to Chart Masters, here are the Top 10 country artists with the most monthly listeners:

1. Morgan Wallen…32.3 million

2. Chris Stapleton…26.2 million

3. Luke Combs…26.1 million

4. Zach Bryan…25.9 million

5. Jelly Roll…21.9 million

6. Ella Langley…20.8 million

7. Shaboozey…18.3 million

8. Kacey Musgraves…15.9 million

9. Dolly Parton…15.8 million

10. Shania Twain…15.8 million.

In case you were wondering, Johnny Cash was #14 with 12.2 million…Carrie Underwood was #31 with 9.7 million…and King George Strait was #41 with 8.6 million.

This is what being an idiot looks like in real time.

A fisherman was charged with a felony after getting caught stuffing his bass with three different weights. Organizers of the North Texas fishing tournament were suspicious that the fish weighed over 10 pounds, so they used a metal detector.

After using that metal detector…they found the weights. And since the prize money was more than $10,000, the fisherman was charged with a third-degree felony.

Lainey Wilson will in fact be making her feature film debut this Friday on March 13, 2026 in the movie called “Reminders of Him”. 

“Reminders of Him” is a film adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s novel. It stars Maika Monroe and Tyriq Withers, and it’s directed by Vanessa Caswill.

At the premiere Monday night, Lainey shared her favorite part of about the movie was getting to work with everyone. And she looks like a natural when it comes to acting too.

Lainey said, “good people on the set, and it’s cool to know people like that exist everywhere, and are in charge of making all this movie magic. It’s good to know that good things happen to good people.”

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This man is about to receive another award this coming April.

Kenny Chesney will receive the Ocean Conservancy Award at Rock the Ocean’s Tortuga Festival on April 12th. He’s is set to headline that night, which will be his sixth appearance at the festival too.

He said, “to me, when people can come together to learn about the ocean, how to treat it and have a great time with their friends, that’s a total win…I’m honored if I could be part of bringing how we treat the ocean into focus.”

Since 2013, Tortuga and Rock the Ocean have raised over $6 million for ocean conservation.

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I’m well aware that starting a new business is hard.

Starting a new business can be financially difficult and sometimes it’s easy to cut corners to save a little money. This one Mexican restaurant obviously did what they had to do when they took over this old KFC building.

They literally made the KFC Colonel a little Mexican. And I think he makes a hell of a face for this establishment too.

This karaoke bar was lit…and so were the patrons from the looks of it.

Dolly Parton’s music has been known to bring out the best in people. Especially “9 to 5”. It inspires people to stand up to their sh*tty bosses.

On this particular night though, that song inspired some drunks to get on stage together and sing their hearts out. The only problem is…one of them fell off the damn stage. The way they keep the performance going was pure professionalism though.

If you’re going to ask someone to marry you in public, at a concert and on stage…you might want to make sure they’ll say yes.

At a recent Easton Corbin show in Colorado Springs, Colorado was the scene of marriage proposal gone completely wrong. Of course the guy did his part.

The man looked like a gentleman, got down on one knee and proceeded to ask the biggest question of his life. He asked this woman if she’d marry him. She apparently wasn’t having it, said no and stormed off the stage.

Easton was a good host though. He told the guy and the audience how he was once married and divorced. Then offered the guy a chance to hang out with him and the crew to party the night away…in hopes he can forget being embarrassed on stage by some woman who could’ve said no in a private manner after the fact.

Blake Shelton is leaning into ranch life with Gwen Stefani.  

He shared a video update from their property in Tishomingo, Oklahoma, showing fans the big plans they have for the land this spring. Here’s what he said, “hey guys, it’s Blake Shelton coming at you from Oklahoma. Getting close to springtime…Me and my wife, her name’s Gwen, we were out here putting this plastic out here yesterday. Just she and I, nobody else.”

And then he shows a garden with strips of tarp where they’re planning to grow tomatoes, peppers, squash, cucumbers, and even a sweet corn patch.

Then Blake said, “I don’t eat any vegetables in the first place, but it’s fine.”

But either way he seems fired up. In the caption, Blake said, “we’re doing it…we’re really doing it this year.”

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Kacey Musgraves has a new song called “Dry Spell”…and fans online are going wild for it.

She shared a preview of a new song online…and the video is zoomed in on her butt walking down the street. Which is very fitting considering how she’s been teasing this new music of hers too.

In the clip, Kacey sings, “Ain’t nobody’s tool up in my shed…Ain’t nobody’s boots under my bed…Ain’t nobody’s truck in my drive…For a late-night call for a real good time.”

And she posted the video with a simple caption, “You up?”

And fans were definitely up. Kelsea Ballerini commented, “I’m indeed awake.”  Then Lainey Wilson jumped in with, “Lawd help us.” 

It now looks like Kacey’s new album will be called “Middle Of Nowhere”, which is due to her Instagram post that taking up her Instagram account. The buckle says everything.