Florida Georgia Line Premieres New Video

Florida Georgia Line premiered the video for their new single "May We All" in New York City last night.  Tyler and Brian play race car-driving brothers who come to blows before a big race.  And then during the race, Tyler's car crashes and Brian rushes in to pull him out of the fiery wreckage. Brian says that while he and Tyler did most of the acting, they used stunt doubles in the more dangerous scenes. The video, which co-stars Tim McGraw, plays like a mini-movie and gave the guys their first real taste of acting.

The premiere took place on Ellis Island, a perfect tie-in for the duo's new album, Dig Your Roots.

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Thomas Rhett Appreciates College Classes

Thomas Rhett spent a couple of years in college before pursuing music fulltime, and while he admits it wasn’t “technically” for him, he says he did learn some things that have helped him throughout his career.  He adds, “I feel like whatever I learned, I feel like is being translated to a crowd, rather than to a conference room."

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'Nashville' Has Premiere Date for New Season

It's true Nashville really is coming back to TV with a brand new season. The show has now moved from ABC over to CMT and will begin with the premiere of the new season on January 5th.

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Hear John Anderson's New Bluegrass Take on 'Seminole Wind'

It was back in 1992 when John Anderson released the album Seminole Wind which featured the title track hit, as well as others, like 'Straight Tequila Night."

I loved that album, so I was delighted when this little gem surfaced... John, along with Lorraine Jordan and Carolina Road created a new bluegrass take on the hit 'Seminole Wind.'

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iHeartRadio app surpasses 90 million registered users.

If you’ve downloaded the iHeart Radio app…you aren’t the only one!  iHeartRadio just surpassed 90 million registered users – that’s up five million from May.  Since its launch in 2011, the free iHeartRadio app has been downloaded more than one billion times.

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Luke Bryan covers Adele!

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Carrie celebrates her latest number ones!

Carrie Underwood recently celebrated her 23rd and 24th number one singles, “Heartbeat” and “Church Bells,” with a party at The Bell Tower Nashville. Fans were able to get a little behind-the-scenes footage of the event on Facebook.  In addition to performing her two new number ones, Carrie treated her guests to her 2005 debut single, “Jesus Take the Wheel.”

Blake Shelton Took To Twitter to Apologize

Blake Shelton is apologizing for racist and homophobic tweets. The Twitter messages were sent years ago, but recently resurfaced.

In a statement posted to his Twitter account on Wednesday, Shelton says, “Everyone knows comedy has been a major part of my career and it’s always been out there for anyone to see. That said anyone that knows me also knows I have no tolerance for hate of any kind or form. Can my humor at times be inappropriate and immature? Yes. Hateful? Never. That said I deeply apologize to anybody who may have been offended.”

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Brett Eldredge Puppy Training Is the Cutest

Everyone in country music is talking about Brett Eldredge and his puppy training... check out the video and more here: http://949thebull.iheart.com/articles/entertainment-news-104651/brett-eldredge-puppy-training-101-is-15009914/

Eric Church Announces Tour

Eric Church just announced his Holdin’ My Own Tour, which will hit 60 North American cities, starting in January.  And fans who come to the show will see Eric, and only Eric.  He has opted not to bring an opener on the tour.  Instead he will play two full sets with an intermission.  In addition, Eric is going out of his way to make sure his fans are the ones who actually get their hands on his tickets, as opposed to scalpers. Eric will introduce a new pre-sale system that will only be available to verified members of Eric’s Church Choir fan club. He will also continue to cancel any orders that are determined to be from scalpers.

Garth Brooks Leaving RCA... Going Solo

Garth Brooks is going out on his own. The singer has left his label RCA Nashville, and will release his upcoming solo record on his own Pearl Records. Garth adds that he’s negotiating a deal with a new streaming service, telling the paper it’s “neither of the two partners you think it’s going to be, but it’s one of the biggest partners in the world,” adding that his own service GhostTunes will likely be absorbed by a larger company. In addition, Garth says he’ll soon announce a significant retail deal with regards to his new album and is even working on a deal with television sports.

Florida Georgia Line: We've Evolved

Just as Florida Georgia Line’s music has evolved over the last couple of years, so has their personal style.  Tyler Hubbard jokes, “It’s ‘cause we got married. We don’t look like homeless scoundrels that wear thrift clothes anymore, right?”

Brian Kelley has a more pragmatic explanation for their evolving style.  He says, “It’s boys becoming men and crazy enough for us that it’s in front of a lot of people.”  And just as their styles are authentic to who they are now, Brian says their music is the same way.  “Every step of the way whether it’s ‘Cruisin’’ or ‘This Is How We Roll’, ‘Dirt’, ‘Sundays’, ‘Holy’. What we got comin’ down the pipeline, we’re gonna be honest and transparent with where we’re at. There’s no way around it for us. We gotta put out real music and music that we feel that we’ve lived.”

Florida Georgia Line’s new album, Dig Your Roots, featuring “H.O.L.Y.” is available for pre-order now and will be released on August 26th.

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FGL, Brothers Osborne, and Jake Owen in today's Music City Minute

Just as Florida Georgia Line’s music has evolved over the last couple of years, so has their personal style. Florida Georgia Line’s new album, Dig Your Roots, featuring “H.O.L.Y.” is available for pre-order now and will be released on August 26th.

Brothers Osborne will strike out on their first headlining tour this fall. The Dirt Rich tour will start in Rosemont, Illinois on September 22nd and hit 30 cities before wrapping in Orlando on January 14th. More dates will be added.

Jake Owen‘s 5th full length studio album called American Love is the top country album this week.  The first single is called “American Country Love Song” and Jake thinks it’s a great introduction to the album.

Chris Lane Has Fix for Number One Position

Chris Lane is busy celebrating, after "Fix" reached the top of the charts over the weekend.  This is the first single to hit number-one for Chris. "Fix" is the first single off Chris' debut album, Girl Problems, which he released last week.

Ronnie Dunn drops new single featuring Kix Brooks

Reunited and it feels so good.

Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn of legendary country duo Brooks & Dunn are collaborating together again on Ronnie’s latest single, “Damn Drunk.”

The country love ballad was produced by Rascal Flatts’ Jay DeMarcus.

“Jay and I took it into the studio and it went to another level. Witnessing a song do that is magic,” Ronnie says. “It is one of the most gratifying dynamics of music for me. Thanks to Kix, my long time compadre in crime for joining in on the fun.”

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The Band Perry Releases New Music, Kimberly Perry Changes Her Style

Kimberly Perry is certainly turning heads this week.  She’s no longer a blonde!  She’s a brunette now.  And it seems she dyed her hair to look more like her brothers Reid and Neil because of their new music. In the end it was either the two boys go blonde or Kimberly go dark, so she took the hit, but she adds, “I’m loving it.” The group's new song is called "Comeback Kid."

Eric Church is BACK on top!

Eric Church has the new number one in country this week knocking off FLorida-Georgia Line's "H.O.L.Y." Eric's song "Record Year" is his from his latest album "Mr. Misunderstood." No official word on what the singer's next single will be.