We’re COUNTRY and NEVER apologize for it
Clint Black canceled his show tomorrow (7/3/26) in Philadelphia because he had a medical emergency.
He was hospitalized on Sunday with infected tonsils and needed intravenous antibiotic treatment. Luckily that’s all it is and he’s good hands.
His team said in a post, “Clint is on the mend and will make a full recovery and is expected to be discharged from the hospital later this week.”
Here’s some damn news from Alan Jackson’s final show.
Alan Jackson shared his degenerative nerve condition back in 2021, which is the ultimate reason why he made the hard decision to retire from touring.
“It’s starting to affect my performance on stage a little bit, where I don’t feel comfortable and I just wanted the fans and the public to know, if they’ve come to see me in the last few years or if they come to see me in the future if I play anymore, what’s going on.”
The disease is called Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT). The CMT Research Foundation announced that Alan raised and donated over $2.25 million from his final show.
The disease is not fatal, but it affects Alan’s ability to stand, walk and sing. So, he had to call it quits. Hopefully we’ll see cure for soon…and mainly for Alan. He’s pretty loved by country music fans.
The head coach of the U.S. Men’s Soccer Team is inviting Luke Combs, Lainey Wilson, and Ella Langley to come to a World Cup game.
His name is Mauricio Pochettino and he says he and the other coaches are huge fans of country music.
He said, “the night before games, the coaching staff gets together and we play country music. Luke Combs, Lainey Wilson, Ella Langley. We need them to come, they are very welcome here, please, we need everyone’s energy.”
Speaking of Ella, “Choosin’ Texas” is back at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for an 11th week. The song set a new record for the longest-leading country song by a woman.
We already know his final concert will be seen on national tv….and now this will be very good for my playlist.
Alan Jackson’s final show from last weekend (6/27/26) will get a live album release. It’s already available for pre-order as a CD for $14.98. It ships New Year’s Eve.
And the TV special will now air sometime in December on NBC.
Jordan Davis is a wanted man.
Well, not the Jordan Davis we know in country music, but there’s Jordan Davis in Indiana who’s apparently in some sort of serious trouble. After performing a show in Canada, he was on his way to re-enter the states when he was detained by Canadian Border Patrol officers in a case of mistaken identity.
They’d mixed him up with a guy of the same name from Indiana who might want to turn himself in soon for public safety reasons. After Jordan was questioned for a few minutes, the officers realized who he was and luckily released him.
He posted a video on his Instagram where he talked about the interaction with his crew, with the caption, “keeping the borders safe…one Jordan Davis at a time. Much love Canada.”
I ain’t judging here in anyway…because I would’ve been drunk fangirling at this epic show too.
Alan Jackson’s massive, star-studded farewell concert, “Last Call: One More for the Road – The Finale” finally happened in Nashville on June 27, 2026, and I wish could’ve been there to say the least. The lineup included King George Strait, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Luke Combs, Riley Green, Cody Johnson, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Jake Owen, Jon Pardi, Thomas Rhett, Carrie Underwood, Lainey Wilson and Lee Ann Womack.
After performing their own tributes, Luke Bryan and Jon Pardi headed down into the crowd to catch Alan’s performance to fangirl. And they fangirled very well too.
Luke posted their moment on his socials showing them singing along Alan’s “Here In the Real World”, which is one the best country song written and released in 1990. Luke captioned his post saying, “had to be in the pit. Zero other options. What a night. Thank you Alan Jackson.”
All is right in the world of country music again.
Ella Langley added another milestone to her record-breaking year as her smash banger “Choosin’ Texas” returned to the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100, reclaiming the top spot from Taylor Swift’s “I Knew It, I Knew You.” The latest chart marks the song’s 11th non-consecutive week atop the all-genre ranking, further proving Ella’s star power.
After spending five weeks behind releases from Taylor Swift, Drake, and Ariana Grande, “Choosin’ Texas” climbed back to the top of that chart.
With its 11th week at #1, “Choosin’ Texas” is now the longest-leading Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper by a female country artist, surpassing Debby Boone’s 1977 classic “You Light Up My Life,” which spent 10 weeks atop the chart, per Billboard.
Ella’s “Be Her” is also currently sitting at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart as well. And that song fires me up every time I hear it too.
Live country music always makes the party better it literally bonds people together.
Vince Vaughn joined an artist named Annie Bosko onstage to sing the Dwight Yoakam and Buck Owens’ hit, “Streets of Bakersfield”. It’s a song that needs to be sung on a regular basis by the way. Mainly because it’s that damn good.
Annie said, “to be clear, I invited Vince to sit in after we bonded over our shared love of Bakersfield country, and the legend did not disappoint. What a kind man with an impressive knowledge of California country history.”
About damn time this happened for this man. Rhett Akins has officially been invited to become a member of the Grand Ole Opry.
Jon Pardi surprised him onstage at the Opry with the news, and Rhett’s family joined him too, including his son Thomas Rhett. And Thomas even brought the whole family too. Thomas of course shared a heartfelt message about the special occasion on his socials.
“I don’t have many words except for the fact that my dad has had a dream to be a member of the Grand Ole Opry since he was boy. He is a country music encyclopedia. There may be people out there that know it and have studied it extensively, but for people I know directly in my life, my dad knows it and loves it more that anyone I’ve ever known.
He’s such a purist with music. He misses the days that people listened to records all the way through and didn’t just listen to the 20 second tik tok clip. He lives and breathes Hank sr, Merle haggard, Waylon Jennings and all the above. Dad I’m so proud of you. I love you. You deserve this! Can’t wait to celebrate this huge accomplishment.”
Chase Rice left a comment saying what everyone was thinking too, “this got me emotional. Special stuff, love ya Rhett Akins.”
Rhett himself said, “all I do everyday is write words and I can’t think of any words right now other than, ‘Thank you Lord Jesus.'” It’s very well deserved too.
A mysterious countdown clock has popped up on Garth Brooks’ website. It says, “the future is about to become history.” It expires on Tuesday, July 7th at 7:00 a.m. eastern time.
Fans are assuming that it’s probably a new tour or an album announcement. But it’s more the likely another special edition box set. Garth loves selling special edition box sets. I mean he’s like the country music version of cheese and sausage in a box that sells during the holidays.
In case you didn’t know, Garth loves to mainly break news about himself or anything he’s planning…or doing through his official website, garthbrooks.com. He obviously likes to control the narrative, and Mr. Brooks has been doing that through posts on the “News/Headlines” tab of his personal website for some time now.
The story that was shared in January of 2026 through his site that first pointed towards a new tour was titled “New Year, New Music, New Tour. It’s All On The Table In 2026!” It opened with the cheesy line of “some artists make resolutions. Garth Brooks makes moves.” Now if you can sit through the cheesiness of it all, all signs are pointing towards Brooks releasing some new music and going on tour in 2026.
Back in January he shared this statement on his website…and now we’re getting to that “second half” of the year that Garth alluded to in it…
“I’m an artist, I HAVE to make music. And I’m an entertainer, so I HAVE to take the music to the people…My bride is touring through the first half of the year. Then we will see what may be waiting for us in the second half.’ With new music, new dates, and endless possibilities ahead, 2026 is already warming up — and nothing’s off the table.”
We haven’t seen any other news about Garth until this mysterious clock on his website. And it’s counting down as of now to what we’re all about find out.