Depending on who you ask, summer is already here. But according to the actual calendar, the first OFFICIAL day isn’t until Sunday the 21st, which is Father’s Day to by way. Don’t forget to buy something nice for your dad.
If you need help putting together a summer playlist, there’s a list of the 50 Best Country Summer Songs. Here are the Top 15:
1. “Chattahoochee”, Alan Jackson
2. M“Summertime”, Kenny Chesney
3. “All Summer Long”, Kid Rock
4. “Margaritaville”, Jimmy Buffett
5. “Buy Me a Boat”, Chris Janson
6. “Chicken Fried”, Zac Brown Band
7. “It’s 5 O’Clock Somewhere”, Alan Jackson featuring Jimmy Buffett
8. “Strawberry Wine”, Deana Carter
9. “No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems”, Kenny Chesney
I’m a sucker for any cover of “Amarillo by Morning”. Even if there’s no fiddle player available.
Zach Top kicked off his “Cold Beer & Country Music Tour” last Friday night in Durant, Oklahoma. And it included an acoustic cover of King George Strait’s“Amarillo by Morning”.
Fun fact here too. That song is also the first song Zach learned to play on guitar when he was five years old.
I hate seeing this…but it proves how we are human beings.
Justin Mooreannounced that he’s stepping away from touring for a short time to focus on his health. And that’s completely understandable.
He said, “I’ve made the decision to take some time to focus on my health. As a result, I’ll be stepping away from touring for short period and will be unable to perform some upcoming shows. This is the right decision for me and my family, and I appreciate everyone’s understanding and support. I look forward to getting back out there later this summer and doing what I love most.”
Anyone who needs time to focus on their health needs to take that time, because there is nothing more important than taking care of yourself for you…and your family. Take all of the time you need, Justin. God bless you sir.
Okay…when I said cancellations of a concert due to severe weather is out of the artist’s hands…I was wrong.
Morgan Wallen and his team made the decision to cancel Pittsburgh’s Saturday (6/6/26) night show all due to severe weather that cleared out by 4:30pm that day. Ultimately creating a beautiful night for a stadium show. Morgan and his team posted the upsetting news on Morgan’s socials to inform fans that night two in Pittsburgh wasn’t going to happen as scheduled.
The statement said…
“After talking with local officials and my team, there is no choice but to cancel tonight’s show due to severe adverse weather conditions expected throughout the rest of the day and night. Safety for my fans and crew is the highest priority. Refunds available at point of purchase.”
Of course that statement ruined a lot of concert goers plans that were going to Morgan’s night two of his “Still The Problem Tour” stop. Fans obviously voiced their opinions all over social media pointing out how the cancellation was bullshit. It was obviously a beautiful night at 8:38pm according to @Adiofreak on X.
Update on Morgan Wallen Pittsburgh:
It’s currently 8:38pm. The concert was cancelled out of “concern for fans due to inclement weather”
Pictured below is a photo I just took of where I should be listening to Ella Langley.
Morgan himself even posted a video on his Instagram story telling people it wasn’t his fault and it seemed sincere. And it’s looking like the country star might have to get another message ready now, because the Mayor of Pittsburgh, Corey O’Connor, spoke to KDKA Radio and told them that at no point did Morgan Wallen or his team reach out to the Public Safety division of the city.
The Mayor said his administration was never contacted…
“There was no contact to Public Safety or my administration so however the artist and his team picked to not have the show, that was on them, there was no consulting for Public Safety or the City of Pittsburgh. If you’re going to say that you consulted… that’s one story. We, again, had no record of that from public safety director, all the way down.”
So, according to the mayor the cancellation of Saturday night’s show was completely “on them”.
Have you listened to Taylor Swift’s new song for the “Toy Story 5”soundtrack called “I Knew It, I Knew You”? It came out Friday, and it’s categorized as “country”, but honestly, that’s pretty debatable.
Of course, in Taylor fashion, she obviously broke multiple streaming records:
On Spotify, it became the most-streamed country song in a single day by a female artist.
On Amazon Music, it had the largest 24-hour streaming debut for any song globally on the platform in 2026.
And then on Apple Music, it set the all-time record for the biggest soundtrack single by first-day streams and the biggest country single of 2026 so far.
He wants your help to stop an A.I. data center from being built right next to the Nashville Zoo. He’s not the only person wanting these data centers to not be built neither. Brad is just using his voice and platform to hopefully to get enough signatures and support to stop this data center from being built.
He posted a video on his Instagram saying, “let’s sign the petition, and let’s stop it. They don’t have to do this. They can build them somewhere else. Let’s keep Nashville beautiful.”
I’m not saying Morgan Wallen and his team called off his Pittsburgh concert a little too early? But…maybe they did.
I’ve been to a few concerts and sporting events that have been called off due to weather. And there’s nothing worse than a day-of cancellation. It sucks ass to have a date circled on the calendar for months, and then have Mother Nature get in the way of it. It happens though. If bad weather also hits in the middle of an event causing injuries it can cause a bigger issue along possible lawsuits too. Let’s all be real.
On Saturday (6/6/26), country music fans flocked to Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to see Morgan Wallen on his “Still The Problem Tour” (along with Zach John King, Gavin Adcock and Ella Langley). But they had their concert date that was circled on their calendar canceled when Morgan and his team decided to call off the concert because of forecasted severe weather.
“After talking with local officials and my team, there is no choice but to cancel tonight’s show due to severe adverse weather conditions expected throughout the rest of the day and night. Safety for my fans and crew is the highest priority. Refunds available at point of purchase.”
Here’s where things really went sideways. That projected severe weather hit the Pittsburgh area early in the day, and that severe weather literally cleared out by 4:30 P.M. local time. The concert was set to start at 5:30. So, when the weather cleared up it looked like it was going to be a beautiful night for a stadium show after all. That early cancellation didn’t sit well with fans at all though. That’s when fans took to social media and thought Morgan canceled for other reasons.
Update on Morgan Wallen Pittsburgh:
It’s currently 8:38pm. The concert was cancelled out of “concern for fans due to inclement weather”
Pictured below is a photo I just took of where I should be listening to Ella Langley.
Morgan Wallen cancelled in Pittsburgh tonight due to weather. In his defense, it is perhaps the most beautiful night I’ve ever seen pic.twitter.com/kKJsB4qLaJ
— Dustin Nickerson (@DustinNickerson) June 7, 2026
After seeing fans on socials voice their opinions about the cancellation of his show in Pittsburgh, Morgan took to his Instagram story to provide an update. Of course it was kind of an apology for canceling his show. He also somewhat cleared up any sort of confusion, and promised his fans that he would have never selfishly canceled his own show:
“This morning, my team walked on my bus and told me that they had been consulting with local officials and that I should cancel my show in Pittsburgh. I said, ‘Why?’ and they said there was going to be strong winds in the area, and I said, ‘Okay.’ So that’s what I did, and that was the information I had in the moment and I trusted my team.
I understand that wind and whatever else hasn’t gotten to Pittsburgh yet. I know it has touched some of Pennsylvania, so my heart goes out to all those affected by it. The truth of the matter is, I have a large stage that, in those conditions, could become fatal to a lot of folks around it. So I did the best I could with the information I had in the moment.
I’ve seen a lot a nonsense about me that is simply not true. I just wanted to clear the air, and I think my true fans know that that’s not how I operate in general. But I had to say it. Y’all take care.”
No matter what Morgan had to say would fix how people feel about a cancellation of a concert they were planning on attending for months. Especially considering how weather conditions cleared up.
The powers that be that run the stadium…or any stadium more than likely made the call and it was out of Morgan’s hands. Morgan…and or any artist is a guest in said stadium and has to go with what they ultimately want. The artist playing the venue is the face of the show though and will always get the backlash. Which also further proves that fame is always the bitch in most scenarios.
Randy Travis’ wife Mary announced that a new Randy album will come out by the end of the year.
She said, “we have a whole new album coming out of archived music. It’s stuff that he had sang before the stroke [in 2013]. It’s been mastered, mixed, and ready to go.”
This will be the first album with new and never-before-heard tracks from Randy since 2008 and his first full-length record since 2014.
In other news, this should make you feel like you’ve definitely aged, for the 40th anniversary of his debut album, “Storms of Life”, the front room at the Nashville Palace has been renamed after him. Before the fame, he worked there as a cook and dishwasher in the late ’70s and early ’80s.
Also, if you’re going to CMA Fest 2026 this weekend, he’ll be doing meet and greets in front of a set inspired by the cover of “Storms of Life”.
The Internet has been divided over Luke Bryan’s new song “Fish Hunt Golf Drink”, with some fans accusing him of using A.I. to write it, which he denies.
After Luke played a round of golf at Muirfield Village this past Wednesday (6/3/26) as part of the Memorial Pro-Am, his new single “Fish Hunt Golf Drink” came up. It has drawn both praise and criticism on social media. One TikTok user said, “does anyone else feel like Luke Bryan needs to go back to his old country days?”
Some people online have even gone as far as accusing Luke of using AI to write the song, pointing to the line in the beginning of the chorus that says “wake up, coffee. camo, climb tree.”
Luke said, “that song was designed for one thing. To have fun and to tell the world what I love to do and what I strive to do. When I get days off, I want to hunt fish golf and drink. And I might try to do them all on the same day.”
And I personally feel offended because I haven’t climbed a tree in well over twenty plus years and counting. I also feel Wheeler Walker Jr. wrote the best country song ever in response to Luke’s song, “Fish Hunt Golf Drink”.
Retro Revived made a very valid point. They posted this on their Facebook….
“Back in the 70/80s Waylon Jennings fans could see one of the biggest names in country music for an average of about $8 a ticket. About $25-$60 in 2026 money.
Today, seeing Morgan Wallen often costs $150–$500+, with some premium seats climbing much higher.
So now you’re paying 19 to 62 times more for worse music and that’s before you even buy a beer, parking, or a concert t-shirt.
Sure, today’s shows have giant video boards, pyrotechnics, and million-dollar productions. But Waylon walked on stage with a guitar, a band and played simple country music. The good stuff!”
Waylon was an absolute bad ass to say the least. I mean he’s the Godfather of Outlaw Country Music. And thanks to Shooter Jennings we’re getting new music from Waylon himself long after his passing.
Morgan is a bad ass in his own right and I don’t want to take anything away from him. But if artists truly care about their fans…why can’t we $25 to $60 ticket prices at stadium shows today? I’m talking about the cheap seat prices neither. Those should be a lot more affordable too.
