Ella Langley just won seven ACM Awards in May of 2026, but she says she’s nowhere close to slowing down. During a new interview with Billboard, Ella shared five goals she still wants to accomplish.
Here’s what’s on Ella’s bucket list:
1. Be the musical guest on “Saturday Night Live”…and then eventually host.
2. Sell out multiple stadiums.
3. Start acting within the next year.
4. Headline Red Rocks Amphitheatre. She’s already opened there, but now she wants to headline.
Smokey Bear and this man have always been the same person to me.
Some people are just now realizing that Sam Elliott voiced Smokey Bear from 2008 to 2023. In a recent interview, he shared some fun trivia about him and Smokey too. Sam was basically meant to voice Smokey.
He said, “but we were born, I was born on the same day and year that that campaign began. On the exact same day. August 9th, 1944.”
As I also learned growing up. We are all Smokey Bear…because “only you can prevent wildfires.”
If you haven’t heard Riley Green’s new song, “Think As You Drunk“, it samplesBig DogToby Keith’s“As Good As I Once Was” at the end. And it’s all thanks to Toby’s family.
Riley’s team played the song for them, and they wanted to have Toby’s vocals on it. Riley said, “they completely thought it was a tip of the cap to Toby…It’s really a full-circle moment for me to have Toby’s vocal on that song.”
He also thinks the best compliment that can be given to a song is if it feels like a Toby song. He said, “especially as a songwriter, I don’t know if there was a bigger influence on me.”
Riley also announced that his fourth album, “That’s Just Me”, will come out September 18th.
This is some straight up bullshit. So, celebrating America’s 250 birthday is considered to be partisan now?
Martina McBride is the latest artist to drop out of the Great American State Fair at the National Mall for America’s 250th birthday. She said, “I was presented with an opportunity to perform at a nonpartisan event…
But that turned out to be misleading…I’ve spent my entire career singing songs about real people with real issues. It greatly upsets me that any fan may now feel like I’m abandoning the meaning behind those songs.”
It greatly upsets me that Martina believes that celebrating our country’s 250 birthday is one sided. She lost some of my respect for wanting to do this for our country. Celebrating our country shouldn’t have anything to do with being Democrat or Republican. Mainly because both parties are trash. And if people on one side of the political aisle intimidated her into making her decision to drop out of this performance…they’re pieces of shit to me.
Other performers who also dropped out include The Commodores, Young MC, and Milli Vanilli.
Welcome to the last Friday in May…as it’s May 29, 2026.
Now be sure to do your part in visiting your neighbor liquor store to pair your favorite alcohol with your new favorite country music, because it’s how country music is supposed be enjoyed. Don’t let anyone judge you for it neither.
Josh Ross – “Wanted Me To Be” Colin Lynch – “Mary Jane” Max McNown – “Something to Someone” Noah Hicks – “Chevy Again” The Band Perry – “Kill It” Parker Graye – “One Way” David Nail – “She Knows” Lauren Gottshall – “Camouflage” Sela Campbell – “Cowboy A Try” Eli Adams – “If I Tried” Sam Sample (feat. Cam Harper) – “7 (Americana Version)” Austin Michael – “Nothing But A Hangover” Cole Goodwin – “Girl That’s How” Matt Stell, Ne-Yo – “Better Angles” Thomas Edwards – “High Times” Bryan Ruby – “Bonfire” Hayley Payne – “Split Ends” Zoe Jean Flower – “Fireflies”
This is a completely different level of judgement no one needs.
Someone was obviously trying to enjoy their night by stopping off at the liquor store and be they could even get into the store they made eye contact with Jesus in dog form. I mean possibly.
This dog who looked perfectly healthy was sitting in a wheelchair staring people down. The dog was more perched on that wheelchair to be honest.
If you were a child in the ’80s or ’90s who spent any time with their grandparents, you’re familiar with Fresca, the old-person soda. You may not have had it since then . . . but now, maybe you should.
An alcoholic version of Fresca…”Fresca Hard”…has hit stores. It’s 4.6% ABV, with only 99 calories per can, and zero sugar.
It’s available in several flavors too. Classic Grapefruit Citrus…Pineapple Citrus…Peach Citrus…and Watermelon Citrus. And it costs around $18 per 12-pack. Unless “dynamic pricing” sees your gray hairs and jacks up the price!
This is a malt beverage, which is different than the vodka-based Fresca Mix canned cocktails they released a few years ago.
So how do they taste? Someone at a website called “The Takeout” reviewed it, and said it could be “the new seltzer of the summer.” They say the grapefruit one does taste like classic Fresca, but the best flavor is Peach Citrus.
Zac Brown and jewelry designer Kendra Scott are officially married.
They had a small private ceremony on Monday (5/25/26) at a resort in Santorini, Greece. As of last night, there haven’t been any photos posted from the ceremony.
Between Zac and Kendra, they have eight kids too. Zac shares four daughters and a son with his ex-wife. Kendra has two sons with her first husband and one son with her second husband. I mean this almost like a real life country version of “The Brady Bunch”. Maybe we’ll even get a reality show out this too. I mean I’d watch it.
I will always believe Natalie Maines is reason The “Dixie” Chicks had their career ruined, and mainly because of her mouth.
With that being said. Their first two albums, “Wide Open Spaces” and “Fly”, were flawless country albums. Then after the dust settled from country music fans who turned their backs on these women for hating on our country at a time when our country was a little pissed off due the horrific attacks of 9/11. The “Dixie” Chicks dropped their album, “Taking the Long Way” in 2006. Which had the song “Not Ready To Make Nice” as they were doubling down on their opinions of hating on people who said “f*ck you” to their career in country music.
Regardless of how you feel about Natalie and girls…The Chicks found their audience of haters and they are celebrating the 20th anniversary of their album, “Taking the Long Way”, with a 16-date tour this fall. They said they’re, “still not ready to make nice” too.
The Chicks will perform the album in its entirety, as well as some of their other hits. Pre-sale tickets went on sale Wednesday (5/27/26)
