We’re COUNTRY and NEVER apologize for it
“Yellowstone” creator Taylor Sheridan and his Texas-based ranch partnered with the MGM Grand in Las Vegas to open a restaurant. It’s called Four Sixes Ranch Steakhouse and it’s expected to open early next year.
Taylor said, “ever dish will tell a story of the American West, and we can’t wait to share it with everyone who walks through our doors.”
The steaks will come from his Four Sixes Ranch, and the production designer for “Landman” will design the dining room.
The rumors were true…and now it’s official…Jay-Z will headline the Super Bowl 61 Halftime Show.
He said, “from Reasonable Doubt to standing on the Super Bowl Halftime stage, this has been a journey. Thirty years of music, work, and culture on the world’s biggest stage. This run continues to be a dream come true.”
And NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said, “when we first reached an agreement with Roc Nation to produce the show, I had just one request: that Jay-Z take the stage himself one day, whenever the moment felt right to him.”
The game goes down February 14th…yes, Valentine’s Day…at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. It’ll air on ESPN, ABC, and Disney+. So, Valentine’s Day will literally be ruined this year because of football. And please direct all of your hate emails to Roger and Jay-Z.
Jay played two shows at SoFi over the weekend, and people were expecting him to announce it there. But instead, the reveal happened on “Monday Night Football”. The timing also coincides with milestone celebrations for his career, including the 30th anniversary of his debut album “Reasonable Doubt” and the 25th anniversary of “The Blueprin”.
Now I get celebrating the anniversary of you’re work from your music career, but why pick yourself as the entertainment for the NFL’s biggest game of the year when you can pick anyone else? It’s because you obviously think highly of yourself and you could care less that there are other genres of music out there.
Country music alone is having a moment. As in it’s bigger than it’s ever been in 2026. Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” has proven that as it’s now the longest running #1 song on Billboard’s HOT 100 chart to date.
Morgan Wallen, Luke Combs and Zach Bryan can also fill up a stadium just fine too. And their digital and sales numbers are massive as well. But…yeah…let’s pick yourself to entertain people for the biggest halftime show of the year.
She’s going to be exactly where she’s supposed to be on Thanksgiving Day.
Miranda Lambert is going to be home in Texas. She will perform at the Dallas Cowboys Thanksgiving Day game against the Philadelphia Eagles on November 26th.
Miranda said, “the Salvation Army and the Dallas Cowboys have built an incredible tradition with the Red Kettle Kickoff..and I can’t wait to be back home in Texas this Thanksgiving to help carry it forward.”
It’ll also be the 30th consecutive Salvation Army Red Kettle Kickoff halftime show. Of course as a Green Bay Packers fan here, I’m hoping the Cowboys and Eagles both lose.
Taylor Swift is officially the youngest person to ever be inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Lainey Wilson performed an acoustic cover of “Love Story” and Brad Paisley inducted her.
Taylor joked that she was surprised to see Brad because they’ve been estranged since 2007 when he took a tour prank too far. She was nice enough even go into details about that prank during her speech too.
She said, “we’ve been estranged since 2007. I think you know why. He took a tour prank too far, filled my entire tour bus with live crickets, thousands of them. For months I couldn’t sleep. All night I considered buying a pet lizard to eradicate the problem.”
She couldn’t sleep for months because of the chirping, but that they’re all good now because of his introduction. So, at her cricket ptsd is finally under control.
Elsewhere in Taylor’s acceptance speech, she called Nashville the place that she went to in her middle school daydreams. She was 14 when she moved there from Pennsylvania.
She also said, “it’s not lost on me how crazy this is. I will cherish it forever because Nashville is the place that honed and polished the thing about myself and the thing about my life that I am the most proud of and the most passionate about.”
You can read Taylor’s full speech here.
Country Thunder Arizona 2027 is officially locked in for April 8–11, 2027, returning to its longtime desert home at AZ Talio Ranch (formerly Canyon Moon Ranch) in Florence, Arizona.
The festival just unveiled its massive full main stage roster as of Monday (10/26/26) morning.. The four-day lineup features a heavy-hitting mix of country superstars, a massive reunion tour, and fast-rising breakout talent.
The 2027 daily headliners are as follows…
Supporting artists include Carly Pearce, Josh Ross, ERNEST, The Band Perry, Ashley Cooke, Shenandoah, Zach John King, Mae Estes, Colton Dawson, Kaitlin Butt and more.
For tickets and more, please visit countrythunder.com/az
He’s not happy about fake ticket buyers.
Garth Brooks is actually fighting against Ticketmaster bots. His team shut down ticket sales on Friday for his third show in Kansas City due to “excessive bot activity.”
Garth said, “the bot situation is out of hand.
It’s been progressively getting worse on this tour. With that said, my concern is for the people who managed to buy tickets today before the bots crashed the on sale. I will personally look into what can be done.”
Garth also said at a show over the weekend, “f@ck the robots let’s get real people down here.”
Someone has to fight the bots…and it might as well be Garth.
John and T.J. of Brothers Osborne have a very generous mom.
They’ve previously shared that she will give away tickets to their shows to random people she meets. Well, her latest stunt was giving away 400 copies of their new album, “Watertown”, before it was even released last Friday. It’s what proud moms are supposed to do.
T.J. said they did an unboxing to see the CDs for the first time, and they took all of them home because they figured their mom had people she wanted to give them to. What they didn’t predict is she’d give them all away.
He joked that they’re going to have to work harder to keep up with her giveaway habits. He said, “we got to make up for lost time here.”
This would’ve made her so happy and it’s going to help make sure more books are available for some kids to read.
Did you have a chance to catch last week’s special “CMA Presents I Will Always Love You: A Celebration of Dolly Parton”? It’s available on Disney+ and Hulu. Well, it raised $1 million for Dolly’s Imagination Library.
Belmont University, the Walt Disney Company and the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp. all contributed to a combined $1 million for the nonprofit. Which is the best news ever.
In 2011, we all fell in love with the red solo cup thanks to this man.
Back in 2023 Big Dog Toby Keith revealed that the Solo Cup Company once reached out to him with some playful “beef” or a complaint after his 2011 hit song “Red Solo Cup” skyrocketed in popularity. As in they weren’t happy with the success of that song and the problem it was causing within their company.
According to the late great Toby, the company contacted him to share that the massive success of the song caused an imbalance. It literally caused people to buy the red cups in droves while ignoring all the other colors the company produced.
Rather than apologizing or taking it too seriously, Big Toby gave a blunt, characteristic reply by saying, “well, quit making the other colors then.”
To be honest. They actually should’ve thanked him and The Warren Brothers for helping their company sell a massive amount of red solo cups.
Meanwhile in Spacey Kacey News.
Kacey Musgraves announced a 16-song follow-up called “Middle of Nowhere Volume 2: Tex Mex Tapes”. Four of the songs are entirely in Spanish, including a new version of “Uncertain, TX” featuring Intocable.
It comes out January 15th. And two of the songs are out now, “Weekend in Texas” and her rendition of “Mi Tesoro”.