Hillbilly Live!

Garth Brooks’ “Blame It All On My Roots Arena Tour” officially kicks off in Indianapolis, IN, at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse on August 21, 2026. And that was only city on the calendar when the tour was first announced.

Now Garth has two more cities on the calendar for tour stops. Which are Denver and Chicago now. He announced Denver and then a third city (Chicago) on his “Blame It All on My Roots Arena Tour”.  So, he’s stopping in Indianapolis, Denver and now Chicago. Tickets will go on sale Friday (8/7/26), and yes, they’ll all be the same price, which is $153 after fees.

The upcoming arena run brings back his iconic 1990s spinning gyroscopic drum pod and serves as a return to the intimate arena settings from his earlier career. Garth is also planing to use this tour run to record his new live project, “Killer Live”. And it’s in no relation to the conspiracy theory that he’s possibly a serial killer. At least from what we know. 

For everything Garth, please visit garthbrooks.com.

View this post on Instagram

Fame and divorce are a bitch. And this man is prime example of that. His show in Colorado was on Thursday (7/30/26), so he’s officially on hiatus now.

Jelly Roll just finished touring and is stepping away for a while amid his public divorce. During his stop in Salt Lake City last week, he told the crowd, “this has truly been a lifetime experience for me. 

And in a couple of nights, I go to Colorado Springs and do my last show for a year or two. I’m fixing to take some time off and heal. Thank you for the opportunity.”

There’s no denying country music’s popularity. And this is absolutely worth drinking to celebrate too.

For the first time in Billboard history, country has taken over the Top 5 on the Hot 100. Ella Langley’s“Choosin’ Texas” is at #1 for a 16th week. Here’s the Top 5:

1. “Choosin’ Texas”, Ella Langley

2. “Been by Now”, Morgan Wallen

3. “I Knew It, I Knew You”, Taylor Swift

4. “I Can’t Love You Anymore”, Ella Langley and Morgan Wallen

5. “Boston”, Stella Lefty

View this post on Instagram

“Choosin’ Texas” is now only one of seven songs to spend 16 or more weeks on the Hot 100.  Here’s that updated ranking:

1. 22 weeks: “All I Want for Christmas Is You” by Mariah Carey

2. TIE: 19 weeks: “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” by Shaboozey and “Old Town Road” by Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus: 

4. TIE: 16 weeks: “Choosin’ Texas” by Ella Langley . . . “Last Night” by Morgan Wallen…“Despacito” by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee (feat. Justin Bieber)…and “One Sweet Day” by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men:  16 weeks

In more Ella news, she’s partnered with Shiner Bock for her own beer called Dandelion Honey Kolsch.

Oprah ain’t got shit on this!

Zac Brown Band had a great night in Boston and they extended their record by performing their 15th consecutive sold-out show at Fenway Park. Which is the most consecutive sellouts for an artist in the iconic ballpark’s history.

And wait…there’s more. To celebrate the special occasion, Zac had a big surprise for everybody in attendance. As in everyone got a free cruise.

This song was the perfect song to go into as they gave everyone a free cruise too. Right before performing “Same Boat”, Zac Brown Band’s 2021 collaboration with the late great Jimmy Buffett, Zac made the announcement that everybody in attendance would be getting a free Margaritaville at Sea cruise for two.

He said…

“We’ve got a new music venue that’s on one of their cruise ships. … Tonight we’re going to do something that even Jimmy would say is crazy. I’m buying every single person here a cruise for two people on the boat. Every single person here gets a cruise for themselves and a loved one to go on the boat. This is the biggest giveaway in history ladies and gentlemen, right here tonight at Fenway Park.”

View this post on Instagram

Jason Aldean was recently asked what he wishes he could get rid of in country music, and his response applies to society as a whole. 

He said, “social media, across the board, get rid of it…I just think social media, when used in the right way, is great, but like anything, people take advantage of stuff, and they turn it into something that it wasn’t intended to be.

You see people, they can’t get out of their phones now, and they’re so oblivious to what’s going on in the outside world. It drives me crazy.”

Jason has a solid point. Social media was originally invented to help college students friend one another and keep in touch and up to date on their lives. And it’s a far different from what it was. It shows how dumb people have always really been and that can be pretty damn entertaining.

This man is proving that you can throw chairs off of a roof top bar in Nashville, almost get a felony conviction and still have an amazing career in country music.

Morgan Wallen now has the most #1 hits on the radio from a single album, excluding deluxe editions, on any of Billboard’s airplay charts. He has a total of seven from “I’m the Problem”.

If you include deluxe editions, then he ties with Luke Combs’ “What You See Ain’t Always What You Get” and Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream: The Complete Collection”.

In other Morgan news, over 600 people in Michigan got scammed out of thousands of dollars for fake meet and greet and tailgate packages. Be careful out there y’all. Scams are real.

View this post on Instagram

Zach Top has confirmed that his new song, “Good Girls & Cowgirls”, will be released on August 21, 2026.

He even first performed the song for a packed crowd at Montana’s Under the Big Sky Festival before sharing the news with fans online. So, they got a real nice sneak listen to that song live.

Zach said in the caption, “thanks for being our guinea pigs, Montana! New song ‘Good Girls & Cowgirls’ is out August 21.”

View this post on Instagram

Then two days after the first announcement of some new music, Zach revealed that the “Other Side of Hurtin'” will be released alongside “Good Girls & Cowgirls” in the form of a 7 inch vinyl.

“Make it a double! 2 songs are dropping next month and I’m excited for you all to hear them.”

View this post on Instagram

Now this past week…Zach went ahead and dropped the acoustic version of “Good Girls & Cowgirls” and I can’t stop listening to it. It’s solid country gold from Mr. Country himself…and I’m here for it all day…and every day.

Parker McCollum took two shows off his calendar this weekend for a very beautiful reason. It was for the arrival of his second baby boy.

On Wednesday night, Parker was performing at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado and he was pretty damn excited about his second baby boy coming. He also shared the news in an Instagram Stories post on Wednesday night (July 29), saying that he and his wife Hallie Ray Light are expecting their baby to be born on Thursday (July 30).

Parker wrote, “my beautiful wife is blessing our family with our second baby and it’s looking like he’ll be here tomorrow! I couldn’t be more excited to become a dad for the second time.”

And congratulations to the McCollum’s on welcoming their second baby boy too! Rocker Tommy Light McCollum officially arrived on Thursday July 30, 2026 weighing in at 8lbs and 7oz! Momma is great too.

Parker and Haillie shared some pictures on their Instagram with the caption that reads, “thank you Jesus for another healthy baby boy! We are so in love with our little family! Mom and dad x 2 here we gooooooo!”

View this post on Instagram

A resurfaced TikTok of Ella Langley shows how far she’s come in her music career. 

She used to sing in local bars and would make her money through the tip jar. Which is how a lot of new artists make their money performing too. Ella always kept the last $100 she’s made.

She said, “this is the last $100 I made in my tip jar that I pretty much started this whole thing from…you don’t know the amount of times I wanted to spend this $100 and needed to spend this $100, and did not do it, because I had faith in myself.

It paid off. I’m really happy I still have this.”

This is an amazing country music feud, and as a girl dad myself I’m still team Gavin Adcock.

Now in case you’re unaware of the fight that Zach Bryan started…let me fill you in. It all started in the summer of 2025 when Zach ran his mouth in the wrong direction. He responded to a comment from a 14-year-old  fan saying “GOMD” (get off my d*ck) after failing to meet with fans after his second of three nights at MetLife Stadium.

That’s Gavin joined in on the conversation, and he isn’t afraid to make his opinions known. So, he fired back at ZB over the comment and he questioned why fans idolize the country star in a social media post that set the feud up perfectly well.

If you can’t handle the criticism of a 14 year old why do people idolize you?

That kid was head over heels to meet you and spent/ parents spent a ton of money to see you. He’s got feeling too and a you’re a “grown man” nearly 30

They’re the only reason you are around.

— Gavin Adcock Music (@GavinAdcock) July 22, 2025

Then a couple months later, during the Born & Raised Fest in Oklahoma, Zach made a surprise appearance alongside Gabriella Rose to perform their single, “Madeline”. Zach apparently thought that was the appropriate time to talk shit about Gavin from the stage, who was also headlining that festival. And shortly after the performance, Zach saw Adcock through a fence as he was leaving and stopped to confront him.

When we say confront….we mean Zach climbed the fence like a deranged animal to try and fight Gavin. Of Gavin wanted no part of that and walked away laughing at Zach as he was being held back by the security at the festival.

The public feud kind of started dying off after that Oklahoma fence climbing incident and Zach apparently got married and sober now. It seems that Gavin’s fans are still perfectly happy to fan the flames though.

During a show at Gesa Pavilion in Spokane, Washington, one fan gave Gavin a custom-made vest with a special message for Zach on the back of it saying, “Zac Bryan isn’t worth the scum on the bottom of my boot.”