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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…

• Thursday, April 8: Stella Lefty — The breakout newcomer behind the chart-topping hit “Boston” gets things started by headlining the Thursday Kickoff.
• Friday, April 9: Jordan Davis — Making his highly anticipated Country Thunder headlining debut.
• Saturday, April 10: Florida Georgia Line — Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley are officially back together on stage for a limited festival-run titled the Anything Goes Again tour.
• Sunday, April 11: Megan Moroney — Closing out the festival in style following her massive chart-topping successes.

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

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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.”

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 for the third show in Kansas City before the bots crashed the on sale. I will personally look into what can be done.…

— Garth Brooks (@garthbrooks) October 23, 2026

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.”

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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.

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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”.

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Have you ever wondered who is the highest-selling country artist of all time? Well…me neither.

Since we’re here though…we might as well see who has the numbers for bragging rights. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), here are the Top 10, and how many units they’ve sold:

1. Morgan Wallen: 242 million

2. Garth Brooks: 200.5 million

3. Luke Combs: 163.5 million

4. Luke Bryan: 126 million

5. Zach Bryan: 125 million

6. George Strait: 116.5 million

7. Kenny Chesney: 100.5 million

8. Chris Stapleton: 100 million

9. Tim McGraw: 95 million

10. Carrie Underwood: 85.5 million

Garth Brooks recently added a third show to his “Blame It All On My Roots Arena Tour” stops in Kansas City, Missouri and Seattle, Washington.

Of course the ticket sales for the newly added Kansas City matinee were temporarily halted due to excessive bot activity. Garth wasn’t having that. He even said at a show, “f@ck the robots let’s get real people down here.”

Kansas City and Seattle were originally slated for two Garth Brooks shows each…but that clearly wasn’t enough. Now, both cities are getting a triple dose of Garth.

Garth added a third show in both locations on his “Blame It All On My Roots Arena Tour”, with new weekend matinees joining the previously announced evening concerts. I mean why not.

The “Blame It All On My Roots Arena Tour”2026 are as follows…

• Indianapolis, IN: (Gainbridge Fieldhouse): August 20, 21, 22, and 23, 2026
• Denver, CO: (Ball Arena): September 4, 5, and 6, 2026
• Rosemont/Chicago, IL: (Allstate Arena): September 10, 11, and 12, 2026
• Washington, D.C. : September 18 and 19, 2026
• Orlando, FL: September 25 and 26, 2026
• Salt Lake City, Utah: October 9 and 10, 2026
• Tulsa, OK: October 23, 24 and 25, 2026
• Kansas City, MO: November 6 and 7 (matinee and evening show), 2026
• Seattle, WA: November 13, 14, and 15, 2026

For everything Garth, please visit garthbrooks.com.

If you’re not familiar with Chancey Williams yet…you’re a a bad country music fan.

He’s a Wyoming native and a rodeo cowboy turned country artist. Chancey is also one of only two artists to both compete at Cheyenne Frontier Days and also perform on the main stage. The other was Chris LeDoux, if that tells you anything.

Now Chancey definitely leans into his western roots on songs like “Town Broke”, “Rodeo In the Rain” and “Things A Cowboy Ain’t Ever Gonna Say”. which also features Ned LeDoux, and as he should. He does it in a way that makes the west accessible to fans of country and western music despite not always living the lifestyle.

Chancey dropped his new album, “Thirsty and Blue”, on Friday (10/23/26)) and he also released a cinematic music video for the title track. And it was actually filmed on the same set of some of the most iconic westerns in history.

The video for “Thirsty and Blue” was filmed at the Mezcal Movie Set in Arizona. It’s an historic set that was constructed back in 1968 and has served as the set for westerns like Tombstone, The Quick and the Dead, The Gambler, and television shows like Gunsmoke and Bonanza.

I personally thought she did fine, but that’s just me.

Ella Langley’s take on Dolly Parton classic is drawing criticism from some viewers.

She delivered one of the key musical tributes to Dolly on a televised tribute to the Queen of Country…CMA Presents I Will Always Love You: A Celebration of Dolly Parton,” on October 21, 2026 in Nashville.

Ella stepped onstage in a flowing gown with glittering sleeves, and she performed “Jolene” with a unique twist. She stood alone in the spotlight at center stage, backed by a full band and singers. Her tribute of course prompted some viewers to share their disappointment online, with many commentators criticizing her rendition for not doing justice to one of Dolly’s signature songs.

X user @IDanishCamille wrote, “I love Ella but [in my opinion] she did a HORRIBLE job with Jolene, horrible performance. Saying she stole the show is the words of a tunnel vision fan.”

X user @mercurywilde wrote, “like ok you’re singing the lyrics and (barely) hitting the notes but that’s kinda all there is to it. give it some yearning, put some drama into it, make ONE facial expression.”

And X account @countryL1imits prompted a little debate with some country music fans by asking, “is she just paying respects to Dolly, or did she butcher this?”

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