For many years, Willie Nelson worried that he wasn’t a great father. “I’ve been gone most of the time,” he admits of his grueling lifelong touring schedule. “They had their mother there, and I wasn’t there. So there were those situations, but that’s just the way it is.” But Willie’s sons Lukas and Micah – plus their…… MORE
Keith Urban has been invited to speak at the 2018 South by Southwest music conference in Austin, Texas. The country singer will appear under the festival’s Music Culture and Stories banner. The long-running South by Southwest event gathers influencers from music, film, technology and more and is scheduled March 9-18. 2018. Find more information about…… MORE
Jason Aldean was three songs into his October 12th tour stop at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, when the house lights came up. It was his first full concert since the deadly mass shooting October 1 at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas and his first opportunity to directly address the tragedy with…… MORE
An executive with the NFL said earlier this week that the 2018 Super Bowl will be the “most complicated event” in the history of the league. Factors include the weather and small size of the stadium where the game will be played. Find the complete story here.… MORE
Shania Twain’s return from a 15-year hiatus went straight to Number One on the Billboard 200 as the country singer’s comeback LP Now sold 137,000 total copies in its first week of release. Twain last topped the Billboard 200 in 2002 with Up!, her last studio album before her decade-and-a-half break between LPs, according to Billboard. Read more…… MORE
A week after a crazed gunman opened fire on the Route 91 Harvest Festival during Jason Aldean’s headlining set, the country star and his wife, Brittany, flew back to Las Vegas to visit with some survivors of the attack that killed 58 and injured more than 500. “Feels surreal being back in Vegas today. Visiting some of the…… MORE
An out-of-town wife and 3-year-old daughter forced Adam Steck to cancel plans to attend the Route 91 Harvest music festival October 1 with his cousin. No big deal, thought the veteran Las Vegas show producer, until his phone lit up just after 10pm. “I got a text from my company manager at Thunder From Down Under,…… MORE
For the past decade, the National Rifle Association has had a close, codependent relationship with the country music industry, from partnering with artists such as Florida Georgia Line and Lee Brice for cross-promotional campaigns to throwing annual celebrity skeet shoots hosted by Blake Shelton. “It’s no secret,” the Director of NRA Country said in 2015.…… MORE
Now more than ever Wichita Falls four-legged friends are hoping to find a forever home. October is National Adopt A Shelter Dog Month. Cheryl Miller, Director of the Wichita County Humane Society, said adopting a dog is a life saver. “I always try to get the word out. Our community should adopt instead of going…… MORE
Yahoo has tripled down on what was already the largest data breach in history, saying it affected all 3 billion accounts on its service, not the 1 billion it revealed late last year. The company announced Tuesday that it has sent emails providing notice to additional user accounts affected by the August 2013 data theft.…… MORE
