We’re COUNTRY and NEVER apologize for it
If you have the kind of money this woman has…you might as well have a four day. I damn sure would.
Reba McEntire says her wedding to fiancé Rex Linn won’t be just one day…it’ll be three or four days long.
She said, “well, see, not only do we have granddogs, we have long-horned steers. We have donkeys. We have horses. And dogs. So it’s going to be a very unusual wedding on the farm.”
This what Army strong looks like y’all.
Craig Morgan actually served 17 years on active duty and in the U.S. Army Reserve with the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions before launching his music career. Then at age 59, he re-enlisted in the Army Reserve on stage at the Grand Ole Opry in July 2023, later rising to the rank of Chief Warrant Officer 2.
Craig is showing no signs of slowing down at 62. At the Neon Nights Country Music Festival in Ohio, he scaled a truss next to the stage while performing “International Harvester”. That song still fills my soul every time I hear it. Mainly because I’ve been team farmer.
He did the impressive climb all without a harness too, as he hung on with one hand and one foot above the crowd.
Fan participation is important at every show.
Carly Pearce brought a fan onstage for a duet at her show on Friday (8/14/26) in New Hampshire. She spotted him holding a sign calling her “Carly Fierce”, and called him up to sing “My Place”.
She shared a clip of the performance and said, “well…the bar has officially been set.”
I really hate seeing her cancel appearances due to her health.
Dolly Parton canceled her appearance at Dollywood on Friday (8/14/26) due to ongoing health issues. She was supposed to attend the opening of the NightFlight Expedition ride.
The president of Dollywood shared a pre-recorded video from Dolly. And in the video message she said, “sometimes, I get a little dizzy and I get dehydrated…so, my Nashville doctor has kinda clipped my wings, saying, ‘You ain’t traveling this week’…but I like to keep all of you in the loop, like I said I would, on everything. You have fun, and I’m gonna see you down the road.”
The Grand Ole Opry needed this man on their stage.
Texas singer-songwriter Josh Weathers made his official Grand Ole Opry debut on August 15, 2026, at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee. He celebrated the milestone after 23 long years of performing across bar, patio, and festival stages.
I mean the Opry was missing this kind of talent and it was deserved to have Josh stand in that legendary circle. His talent needs to be seen, heard and known. He didn’t win the 2025 Entertainer of the Year award at the Texas Country Music Awards for nothing.
Josh showed up at the Opry and gave them a cover of Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You”, which was absolutely flawless.
TasteofCountry.com ranked the Top 13 country songs of the year so far. Here they are:
1. “Choosin’ Texas”, Ella Langley
2. “Be Her”, Ella Langley
3. “Be by You”, Luke Combs
4. “I Can’t Love You Anymore”, Ella Langley and Morgan Wallen
5. “Say So”, Dan + Shay
6. “Dry Spell”, Kacey Musgraves
7. “Phone, Keys, Wallet”, Lainey Wilson and John Mayer
8. “If I Don’t Leave, I’m Gonna Stay”, Carly Pearce featuring Riley Green
9. “Boston”, Stella Lefty
10. “McArthur”, Hardy, Eric Church, Morgan Wallen, and Tim McGraw
11. “Keeps Me Sane”, Tyler Nance
12. “Killin’ Me”, Parker McCollum
13. “All My Exes”, Lauren Alaina featuring Chase Matthew
It’s been awhile since we’ve had a great country music parody from this man…but he’s finally delivered a damn good one.
If you haven’t heard of Cledus T. Judd before, he’s been called the “Weird Al” Yankovic of country music. And he just released a parody of Ella Langley’s “Be Her” called “Meet Her”.
He said, “Dearest Ella. My friend Shania Twain changed my life in 1997 when my video ‘If Shania Was Mine’ was one of the most successful videos in CMT history.
Now 29 years later and over 40 music videos later I’m asking ya to help change my life again so I can catch up on my child support and pay off my vet bill from 2003…love you and hope to ‘Meet You’ someday soon.”
This man has literally gone through at least five of his nine lives.
God definitely loves this man. Especially considering everything he’s been through. Colt Ford is now on the mend after he and his crew were involved in a tour bus crash on their way to a show in Germany. He broke his shoulder and had to be rescued through a broken windshield.
He posted a photo of the scene and said, “the crew is a little banged up but we’re all still here.”
Colt’s team posted an update saying he had shoulder surgery and is focusing on his recovery now.
This is the perfect example of how to ruin your night and waste good money.
Zach Bryan wrapped up his two-night “With Heaven On Tour” stop in Denver. He rolled into Denver on Thursday for night one on August 13th and night two was obviously Friday August 14th, at Empower Field at Mile High. Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen and Fey Fili were there as well to help open the shows too.
Luckily the weather wasn’t terrible for it…but some drunks definitely showed up for the show. @hopejunkey got a first hand look at one drunk who couldn’t even last long enough to actually see Zach Bryan onstage.
The video they posted from Thursday night’s show was priceless. And the caption reads, “it’s a bad day when you puke all over your friends, pass out and need EMTs to carry you out before Zach Bryan even begins!!!”
Mutts have a friend in Miranda Lambert and Tractor Supply.
Miranda’s MuttNation Foundation teamed up with Tractor Supply and donated $255,000 to animal shelters all over the country. The program is called Mutts Across America. One shelter in every state was chosen, plus one “Wildcard” pick, in recognition of her album of the same name. They each received a $5,000 grant, and didn’t find out about it until it was announced.
Miranda said, “Mutts Across America is one of my favorite MuttNation programs because it lets us show our appreciation to the people at the shelters who are doing the hard work every day.
And to make it even more special, the grants are always a surprise, there’s no way to apply or be nominated.”
MuttNation has been partnering with Tractor Supply since 2021.
In other Miranda news, she surprised fans at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota by bringing out Gretchen Wilson and Lainey Wilson for a few songs like “Redneck Woman” and “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)”.