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Black Shelton and showrunner Lee Metzger have launched a new production company Lucky Horseshoe Productions.

The announcement of the launch came a day after Shelton's final appearance on "The Voice."

Shelton and Metzger, who executive produced "The Voice" for 13 seasons, aim to bring their creative vision to a wider range of projects across various genres. The duo recently collaborated on hit competition series "Barmageddon," hosted by Shelton, Carson Daly and WWE's Nikki Garcia.

Lucky Horseshoe Productions will be "dedicated to creating captivating, innovative, and entertaining content that transcends genres and resonates with audiences worldwide," according to press materials. "It aims to push the boundaries of storytelling and deliver unforgettable experiences across various platforms."

"I'm excited to partner with my longtime friend and creative rainmaker Lee Metzger," said Shelton. "He was one of the first people I met at The Voice and working together currently on Barmageddon. We've always been in sync on ideas and projects that interest and excite us. So long as Lee doesn't screw this up, it's going to be great."

"Over the years of working with Blake, we've created some incredible TV moments, now with the success of Barmageddon, we've realized we have a creative point of view that an audience loves to watch," said Mezger.

He added, "I'm looking forward to producing our own brand of entertainment and years of success with Blake. Besides, now that he's left The Voice, it's not like he has anything better to do."

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Brandi Carlile recently shared a cover of Diana Ross' "Home," which features on the Season 3 soundtrack of "Ted Lasso."

"Home" is a song from the 1975 Broadway musical, The Wiz. It was written by Charlie Smalls and was performed by Stephanie Mills in the stage production and by Ross in the 1978 film adaptation and released on the soundtrack album in 1978.

Carlile's version of "Home" appears in the penultimate episode of Season 3 of "Ted Lasso."

Carlile also produced the track herself at ShangriLa Studios, with a backing band composed of Matt Chamberlain on drums, Sebastian Steinberg on bass, Dave Palmer on piano and organ, and Chauntee Ross and Monique Ross on strings.

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Country star and podcast host Jana Kramer announced during Thursday's episode of her iHeartRadio podcast "Whine Down with Jana Kramer" that she's engaged to former soccer player Allan Russel.

Kramer, for whom this will the fourth marriage, also posted a series of photos of Allan, her kids and her diamond ring on Instagram.

Kramer, who has been dating Russel for about six and a half months, said, "I've had a few things that I have not been talking about because, you know, just want to do it when I'm ready, and so I've got an announcement today," she said, adding that it was Russell, who popped the question.

Kramer said she and Russell had hosted a small pool party, and as it wrapped up, he suggested they go with her kids Jolie and Jace (her children with ex-husband Mike Caussin) for a walk up to the new house they're building.

"It was a really beautiful night, and me and the kids were all sitting. on the front porch of the steps, and just looking out at the view," she said. "And he said my name, and I got up or whatever and then he got down on one knee, and Jolie just started jumping up and down. It was the cutest thing ever, it's like she knew what was happening."

Kramer added that she sort of blacked out at that point although she remembers Russell saying, "You're the love of my life" and asking for her hand in marriage.

"It's a very respectful relationship," Kramer said of her bond with Allan. "And I don't think I've ever experienced something like that, where it's like he respects me so much and I respect him. There's so much love and respect. I'm like, 'Oh my God, what a concept!'"

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Halestorm have collaborated with Ashley McBryde for a new version of the hard rock band's song "Terrible Things."

The reimagined version features Halestorm lead singer Lzzy Hale and the country star.

"Terrible Things" is a song from Halestorm's 2022 studio album "Back From The Dead."

Halestorm also shared a music video for the new song, directed by Dustin Haney.

"'Terrible Things' is a song about hope and forgiveness of one's self, and this world we live in," said Hale. "To elevate the heart of this track, we asked the baddest woman in Nashville, Ashley McBryde, to lend her incredible voice. I'm so in awe of her power and am so grateful to have her join us!"

"I know the message will resonate and inspire you. We are imperfect beings, capable of so much evil. But I will not lose faith, because in my dreams I believe we are not these 'Terrible Things,'" she added.

"I've loved Halestorm for longer than I can remember," said McBryde. "I thought my team was messing with me when they said Lzzy asked if I wanted to sing on 'Terrible Things' with them. But it turns out they were being serious, so of course I said yes."

"I am so happy to be on this track with Lzzy. She's a phenomenal human being and someone I continue to look up to," she added.

Halestorm's Summer Tour is set to kick off in Nurnberg, Germany, on June 2.

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MTV has announced the 2023 Video Music Awards will return to New Jersey's Prudential Center on September 12th.

The show will air in 150 countries. Additional details will be announced closer to the show.

"We're thrilled to be returning to the Prudential Center in Newark for this year's VMAs!" shared Bruce Gillmer, President of Music, Music Talent, Programming & Events, Paramount and Chief Content Officer, Music, Paramount+.

He added, "Celebrating one of our biggest nights in music with the Garden State's incredible fans has been our goal since last year's highly successful event."

Last year's show was hosted by Nicki Minaj and featured performances from Bad Bunny, Anitta, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Eminem and Snoop Dogg, Nicki Minaj, Blackpink, J Balvin, Lizzo, Jack Harlow, and more.

"Awarding Newark as host city for the 2023 VMAs echoes not only our selection by MTV in 2022 and 2019, but also reverberates our city's historic vibe as a hotbed of musical genius," said Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka. "Starting with America's first known composer in 1759, through the jazz explosion in the 1920s, and up to today's full spectrum of genres from hip hop to opera, Newark has long served as America's turntable for harmonic expression."

He continued, "The relevance of the Video Music Awards rising up today from the same city that registered the film and video industry's first nitrocellulose patent is not lost on me as Newark continues to sit squarely at the crossroads of motion picture and music."

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Marking the 10th anniversary of his double Platinum-certified album True Believers, Darius Rucker will release the record on vinyl for the first time.

The standard black vinyl is available for preorder now at https://dariusrucker.store/collections/true-believers-vinyl-pre-order.

500 commemorative signed copies are also available for preorder via DariusRucker.com.

In addition to the title track and Top 10 hit "Radio," the album also features Rucker's Diamond-certified chart-topper "Wagon Wheel," one of the top five best-selling country songs of all time.

"This album changed so much for me musically and for our live show," says the three-time Grammy winner. "As a kid who worked as a clerk in a record store, there's a part of me that has always wanted this album to live on vinyl, so this is a great way to commemorate 10 years of Believers."

Rucker's studio album Carolyn's Boy is set for release later this year with the single "Fires Don't Start Themselves" impacting country radio now. Fans will hear the new music and his expansive catalog of hits on the road this summer during the Starting Fires Tour.

Rucker also returns to Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium on June 5 for his 14th Annual Darius and Friends concert.

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An original documentary film that tells the story of CMA Fest will debut on Hulu on July 5.

CMA Fest: 50 Years of Fan Fair marks CMA's first feature-length film, with CMA Chief Executive Officer Sarah Trahern and CMA Senior Vice President, Marketing, Content & Communications Strategy Kelly Striewski serving as the film's executive producers.

Told through exclusive one-on-one interviews, never-before-seen archival content and CMA Fest performances, CMA Fest: 50 Years of Fan Fair celebrates the festival's humble beginnings as Fan Fair in 1972, its move to the Tennessee State Fairgrounds in 1982 and then ultimately to downtown Nashville in 2001, which now draws 80,000 fans a day.

The 75-minute documentary features exclusive interviews with many of country music's most notable artists including Bill Anderson, Kelsea Ballerini, Dierks Bentley, BRELAND, Brooks & Dunn, Brothers Osborne, Luke Bryan, Luke Combs, Wynonna Judd, Miranda Lambert, Reba McEntire, Craig Morgan, Dolly Parton, Carly Pearce, Blake Shelton, Thomas Rhett, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Lainey Wilson, Trisha Yearwood and Chris Young.

CMA Fest will celebrate its milestone 50th anniversary June 8-11, 2023 in downtown Nashville.

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Taylor Swift has once again topped the Billboard Artist 100 chart, extending her record for the most weeks atop the tally to 66 weeks.

Swift reclaimed the top spot with the help of nine albums on the Billboard 200, all of which rank in the chart's top 40.

According to Billboard, Swift became the first artist to chart nine albums in the Billboard 200's top 40 simultaneously a week ago. Now, she has become the first artist to achieve the feat twice.

Swift also charts two songs on the Billboard Hot 100: "Anti-Hero," at No. 10, and her new radio single "Karma," which climbs 35-32.

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Morgan Wade has revealed that she plans to undergo a double mastectomy in November after testing positive for a cancerous gene.

The 28-year-old country star told Page Six that she had tested positive for the RAD51D gene - a mutation in one of the breast cancer genes.

The RAD51D gene typically helps prevent cancers, but a mutation in this gene causes it to stop working properly.

"I had the RAD51D gene, it's a breast cancer gene so I'm having a double mastectomy in November," she told Page Six at London's Highways Festival. "I'm going really hard up until November so then November and December I have off to rest."

"I'm feeling fine," Wade said, adding that the only thing that worries her is that she won't be able to work out, a routine that she really likes and follows "7 days a week."

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Jimmy Buffett, who was briefly hospitalized to address some issues that required immediate attention, recently took to social media last week to provide an update about his health.

"Thank you for the outpouring of support and well-wishes," Buffett wrote. "I head home tomorrow for a while, and then will go for a fishing trip with old friends, along with paddling and sailing and get(ting) myself back in good shape."

The musician also said that he's eager to perform again, saying, "Once I am in shape, we will look at the whens and wheres of shows. I think playing is as therapeutic for me as it is for fans to listen and sing along."

"Looking forward to announcing a new date for Charleston as well as some new shows! Fins up!" he added.

Buffett, who was in Boston when he was admitted to the hospital, hasn't shared the exact nature of the medical issue that required him to get hospitalized. "Growing old is not for sissies, I promise you," he wrote on Facebook.

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Brandi Carlile will receive the National Music Publishers' Association's (NMPA) Songwriter Icon Award at the 2023 annual meeting.

In a statement about Carlile, NMPA president/CEO David Israelite said the singer-songwriter is "in a class of her own. A critical success who has become a cultural and commercial force, she consistently has delivered stunning lyrics and vocals that cut to the heart of the human experience. We are thrilled to celebrate what she has given and continue to give to the craft of songwriting."

The NMPA annual meeting, which takes place at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall on June 14, will feature a keynote conversation with Warner Music Group CEO Robert Kyncl.

Additionally, NMPA will honor RIAA chairman/CEO Mitch Glazier with the NMPA Industry Legacy Award, Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois with the NMPA President's Award for his leadership on passing the Music Modernization Act and the CASE Act, and Ashley Gorley with the first-ever NMPA Non-Performing Songwriter Icon Award.

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Jake Owen has announced that his highly anticipated seventh studio album, Loose Cannon, will be released on June 23.

The country hit maker is dropping four new songs from the album - "On The Boat Again," "Solo, Solo," "Nothing," and "Hot Truck Beer" - on Friday.

The lyrics to the 16-track album were penned by some of Nashville's finest songwriters, including Ashley Gorley, Brent Cobb, Rodney Clawson, Jessie Jo Dillon and Luke Laird and a set of reputed artist-writers, including Jordan Davis, Devin Dawson, Walker Hayes, Jordan Fletcher and Hunter Phelps.

"I can't wait to share this new wave of music with my fans," said Owen. "This album is a long time coming and feels like the best version of me. Grab your buddies, put the boat in the water, pour a cold one out, and we'll catch y'all out on the lake. It's the best time of year and we're ready to celebrate."

A little over four years since his last full-length album, Greetings From.Jake, Loose Cannon showcases Owen's maturity as an artist in evolution, as he taps into his neo-traditional next wave.

Owen will perform "On The Boat Again" this Memorial Day on ABC's "Good Morning America." He will then host a special fan album preview pop-up show that evening at The Rockaway Hotel in New York City.

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Morgan Wallen's "Last Night" has retained its top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart.

This marks the seventh total week that the song from the album One Thing At A Time has come in at No. 1 on the chart.

Concurrently, One Thing At A Time also remains a Billboard 200 leader for an 11th straight week.

"Last Night" drew 33 million streams and 63.3 million radio airplay audience impressions and sold 9,000 downloads during the tracking week ending on May 18, according to Luminate.

The song, which was released on Big Loud/Mercury/Republic Records on February 6, also tops the Hot Country Songs chart, the Streaming Songs chart, and the Country Airplay chart.

"Last Night" is followed by Lil Durk's "All My Life," featuring J. Cole, at No. 2, Miley Cyrus' "Flowers" at No. 3, SZA's "Kill Bill" at No. 4, Eslabon Armado and Peso Pluma's "Ella Baila Sola" at No. 5, and Rema and Selena Gomez's "Calm Down" at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated May 27.

"Calm Down" is also ranked No. 1 on the Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs chart for a 38th week.

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data.

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Country singer Jelly Roll has revealed the tracklist for his upcoming debut project Whitsitt Chapel.

The 13-track album's co-writers include Miranda Lambert, Ashley McBryde, Hardy, Jesse Frasure, Hillary Lindsey, Matt Jenkins, Jessie Jo Dillon, Austin Nivarel, Hunter Phelps, Michael Whitworth, producer Zach Crowell, and more.

Roll performed two songs from Whitsitt Chapel on the finale of "American Idol" last week.

Whitsitt Chapel arrives on June 2. In late July, Jelly will kick off his 2023 Backroad Baptism Tour.

Whitsitt Chapel Track List:

1. "Halfway to Hell" (Jason DeFord, Jesse Frasure, Matt Jenkins, Jessie Jo Dillon)2. "Church" (Jason DeFord, Michael Hardy, David Garcia)3. "The Lost" (Jason DeFord, Jesse Frasure, Miranda Lambert)4. "Behind Bars" (with Brantley Gilbert and Struggle Jennings) (Jason DeFord, Brantley Gilbert, Michael Whitworth, Andrew Baylis, Brock Berryhill, Austin Nivarel)5. "Nail Me" (Jason DeFord, Kevin Gruft, Austin Nivarel)6. "Hold on Me" (Jason DeFord, Hillary Lindsey, Alysa Vanderheym, Michael Whitworth)7. "Kill a Man" (Jason DeFord, Riley Thomas, Andrew Baylis, Michael Whitworth)8. "Unlive" (with Yelawolf) (Jason DeFord, Ashley McBryde, Andrew Baylis, Zach Crowell, Michael Wayne Atha)9. "Save Me" (with Lainey Wilson) (Jason DeFord, David Ray Stevens)10. "She" (Jason DeFord, Austin Nivarel, Kevin "Thrasher" Gruft)11. "Need a Favor" (Jason DeFord, Austin Nivarel, Joe Ragosta, Rob Ragosta)12. "Dancing With the Devil" (Jason DeFord, Hunter Phelps, Zach Crowell)13. "Hungover in a Church Pew" (Jason DeFord, Hunter Phelps, Zach Crowell)

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Following his sold-out tour stop at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium last year, Craig Morgan has announced that his headlining tour will get on the road this fall.

With new music anticipated yet this year, the "God, Family, Country Tour 2023," in partnership with Operation Finally Home, will introduce new tunes to Morgan's set, in addition to hits like "Bonfire," "Almost Home," "Redneck Yacht Club," and "International Harvester."

The tour will begin at The Bergen Performing Arts Center in Englewood, New Jersey, on September 20.

"I cannot wait to bring the GFC tour back out again this year and share our music with the greatest fans in the world," says Morgan. "It was truly special performing in intimate venues last year and we just enjoyed it too much to not do another run."

On Monday, the Army veteran will perform during the National Memorial Day Parade in Washington, D.C.

Tour Dates:

9/20 - Englewood, NJ - Bergen PAC9/21 - Rutland, VT - Paramount Theatre9/22 - Concord, NH - Chubb Theatre9/23 - Tysons, VA - Capital One Hall9/24 - Lancaster, PA - American Music Theater10/12 - Tyler, TX - UT Tyler Cowan Fine & Performing Arts Center**10/15 - Orange, TX - Lutcher Theater**10/19 - Effingham, IL - Effingham Performance Center10/20 - Nashville, IN - Brown County Music Center10/21 - Shipshewana, IN - Blue Gate Theater10/22 - Ashland, KY - Paramount Arts Center10/26 - Auburn, AL - Jay and Susie Gogue Performing Arts Center**10/27 - Henderson, TN - Williams Auditorium

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Country trio Runaway June recently released a new single, "Make Me Wanna Smoke."

Co-written by Jason Sellers, Bobby Hamrick and Ella Langley, "Make Me Wanna Smoke" features rock elements along with the group's traditional country music. It was produced by Mickey Jack Cones.

The song is the trio's first release since signing with Quartz Hill Records.

"'Make Me Wanna Smoke' has immediately become our favorite song to play live," Runaway June said about the song. "It's slinky and fun and such an empowering way to embrace the back-and-forth nature of a relationship that may not be the best for you. We're so excited to share this one!"

"You make me wanna smoke / You make me wanna quit / You make me wanna drink 'til I'm sick of it / Make me wanna hide away my heart / You make me wanna let you take it way too far / 'Cause loving something bad for me is all that I know / I'm probably just pushing my luck (Uh) / There you go lighting me up / You make me wanna smoke (Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh) / Make me wanna, make me wanna smoke (Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh)," they sing in the chorus.

Runaway June is comprised of Stevie Woodward, Natalie Stovall and Jennifer Wayne.

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Morgan Wallen's latest album, One Thing At A Time, has topped the Billboard 200 albums chart for the 11th consecutive week.

The album, released on March 3, earned 134,500 equivalent album units in the United States in the May 11- 18 charting week, according to Luminate.

Since making its debut at No. 1 on the chart dated March 18, One Thing At A Time has continued to maintain its supremacy in the following weeks.

One Thing At A Time has now become the first album to spend its first 11 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 since Whitney Houston's Whitney.

The album now also has the most consecutive weeks at No. 1 since the Titanic soundtrack sailed at No. 1 for 16 weeks in a row during January-May 1998.

One Thing At A Time is followed by Taylor Swift's Midnights at No. 2, Jonas Brothers' The Album at No. 3, YoungBoy Never Broke Again's Richest Opp at No. 4, and SZA's SOS at No. 5 on the chart dated May 27.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate.

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Raelynn recently released "What's Wrong With That?" a song from her upcoming album.

RaeLynn wrote the lyrics relating to her personal experience.

The singer-songwriter married Joshua Davis in 2016, and gave birth to daughter Daisy Rae on September 8, 2021.

"What's wrong with letting a man do those things for you? / What's wrong if I let a big strong cowboy do what he's made to do? / What's wrong if I let him treat me like a lady if he wants to? / What's wrong with a six foot two little front porch view of him mowin' my grass? / It's old school so I'm told, but I just want to know, what's wrong with that?" she sings.

"I've always been a strong woman and very independent but I am not going to lie. I love being married," Raelynn said about her latest song. "I've been married eight years and it's nice being takin care of and treated like a lady so I wrote a song about that."

"I can do all the tasks that the song references, but it sure is better watching a man do it," she added.

The song was co-written by Raelynn, Zach Abend and Geoff Warburton.

Raelynn also shared a music video for "What's Wrong With That" on YouTube.

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Taylor Swift recently took to Twitter to reveal that she will be releasing a lilac marbled vinyl version of Speak Now on July 7.

Swift's official Taylor Nation Twitter page revealed that the vinyl for the upcoming re-recording of Swift's 2010 album is available for pre-order at Target.

Swift first revealed Speak Now (Taylor's Version) during her first of three shows at Nashville's Nissan Stadium on May 5.

"I first made Speak Now, completely self-written, between the ages of 18 and 20," Swift wrote on Twitter following the announcement. "The songs that came from this time in my life were marked by their brutal honesty, unfiltered diaristic confessions and wild wistfulness. I love this album because it tells a tale of growing up, flailing, flying and crashing. and living to speak about it."

Speak Now became the first Swift album to cross the 1 million sales mark in its debut week, launching at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 1.047 million copies sold.

Oh woooah, holding our breath. ????? The #SpeakNowTaylorsVersion Lilac Marbled Vinyl just dropped exclusively at @Target and WE JUST KNOW you're gonna love it. ???? Pre-order now, while supplies last. https://t.co/bPHJAG42Ea pic.twitter.com/ry8eIGHtId

— Taylor Nation (@taylornation13) May 18, 2023

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Kelly Clarkson recently released "Favorite Kind of High," the third single from her widely-anticipated comeback album, Chemistry.

The song reveals the "high" of meeting someone special. "You're my favorite kind of high / Rushing through me like a fire / And I need you to know / I say I won't but I do / When it comes to loving you / I have no control," Clarkson croons in the new song.

Clarkson also shared a live video for the track, which was recorded during a performance at Los Angeles' Belasco Theatre last month.

In the video, Clarkson explains to the crowd that while some of her upcoming album is about her 2020 divorce from Brandon Blackstock, "I wanted it to be about the whole relationship."

Clarkson had previously released two songs from her upcoming 10th album Chemistry, which is due out on June 23.

Chemistry is Clarkson's first album in six years and also the first album since her divorce from her ex-husband. Her previous album, the Grammy-nominated Meaning of Life, was released in 2017.

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