Garth Brooks News

Dance to Unite presents the 5th Annual Benefit: Lead the Way today, May 15, 2018 at 6:30pm, featuring a dance performance from Peridance Contemporary Dance Company, at the Manny Cantor Center, 197 East Broadway, NYC.

Tune in Friday, May 11 at 9:00 pm ET/PT to watch the broadcast premiere of the concert special “Mat Kearney” on AT&T* AUDIENCE Network via DIRECTV Ch 239, AT&T U-verse Ch 1114 and streaming on-demand through DIRECTV NOW. 

Jacob Bryant's Pour Whiskey Tour launches tomorrow in Alabama and continues with shows in Georgia, Mississippi, Texas, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania and Connecticut through September.  Along the way, this full throttle Outlaw Country/Southern Rocker with the commanding stage presence will strut the boards at festivals with Peter Frampton and Jamey Johnson plus shows with Brantley Gilbert, Cody Johnson, Colt Ford and other stars.

Tune in Friday, May 4 at 9:00 pm ET/PT to watch the broadcast premiere of the concert special 'Vance Joy' on AT&T* AUDIENCE Network via DIRECTV Ch 239, AT&T U-verse Ch 1114 and streaming on-demand through DIRECTV NOW.

Today at noon ET, Dwight Yoakam's exclusive SiriusXM channel, Dwight Yoakam and The Bakersfield Beat “Where Country Went Mod,” launches on channel 349. The channel, curated by Yoakam, will feature music from his extensive career as well as his musical friends. 

BØRNS live at AT&T AUDIENCE Network. Tune in Friday, April 27 at 9:00 pm ET/PT to watch the broadcast premiere of the concert special "BØRNS" on AT&T* AUDIENCE Network via DIRECTV Ch 239, AT&T U-verse Ch 1114 and streaming on-demand through DIRECTV NOW.  The concert special highlights singer/songwriter BØRNS, aka Garrett Borns' original mix of sublime melodies, dreamlike pop and shimmying grooves. Watch a preview of the show HERE.

AUDIENCE Network's music slate continues to deliver groundbreaking concerts, unique stories and exclusive performances across all genres, plus select programming in ultra high-definition/4K1, to audiences nationwide. Recent concert specials include: Taylor Swift, Garth Brooks, Keith Urban, Eric Church, Darius Rucker, Lady Antebellum, Sheryl Crow, CeeLo Green, Prophets of Rage, Hank Williams Jr., Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco, 2 Chainz, The Lumineers, Cole Swindell, Kelsea Ballerini, Dan + Shay, Andra Day, Melissa Etheridge, Mac Miller, Brett Eldredge, Lukas Graham, Tinashe, JoJo, Bebe Rexha, Brandy Clark, Chris Janson, Daya, Machine Gun Kelly, Trey Songz, Lauren Alaina, Rae Sremmurd, William Michael Morgan, X Ambassadors, Sam Hunt, The Head and the Heart, Chris Lane, Andy Grammer, Rachel Platten, Charlie Worsham, 311, Bea Miller, All Time Low, Hanson, Neon Trees, Vic Mensa and others. New shows premiere via national broadcast Friday at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT on DIRECTV Ch 239/AT&T U-verse Ch 1114, as well as streaming on-demand at DIRECTV NOW, directv.com, uverse.com and on smartphones and tablets, via the DIRECTV and U-verse apps.2

Dance to Unite presents the 5th Annual Benefit: Lead the Way on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at 6:30pm, featuring a dance performance from Peridance Contemporary Dance Company, at the Manny Cantor Center, 197 East Broadway, NYC.

HBarC Ranchwear has created a custom western shirt line in honor of Country Music Hall of Fame and Grand Ole Opry member, Bobby Bare. The Bobby Bare 60th Anniversary Signature Series is the first shirt being offered and exclusively designed for the original “Outlaw” of country music who is celebrating his 60-year career as an award-winning musician. The shirts are available for pre-order online atwww.hbarc.com.

BWW:UK caught up with Luke Thomas, musical director of new theatre show Nashville Live to chat about the upcoming tour.

Dance to Unite presents the 5th Annual Benefit: Lead the Way on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at 6:30pm, featuring a dance performance from Peridance Contemporary Dance Company, at the Manny Cantor Center, 197 East Broadway, NYC. 

Tune-in to AUDIENCE Network to watch "DIRECTV NOW Super Saturday Night featuring Jennifer Lopez" a once-in-a-lifetime concert from the global music superstar. The performance, filmed in 4K Ultra HD during Super Week in Minneapolis, MN the night before the Big Game, will air Friday, April 13 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT via DIRECTV Ch 239, AT&T U-verse Ch 1114 and on-demand through DIRECTV NOW for fans to watch over and over again. Fans can stick around for a behind-the-scenes with Jennifer as she prepped and rehearsed for the show, which will air immediately following the concert at 9:30 p.m. ET/PT. Watch the trailer for "DIRECTV NOW Super SaturdayNight featuring Jennifer Lopez" HERE.

Direct from Music City, U.S.A, American country music spectacular Nashville Live is to get its UK premiere in June.

The Grand Ole Opry welcomed home Bobby Bare as an official Opry member tonight, on this, the Country Music Hall of Famer's 83rd birthday. Bare had been a member of the Opry cast in the 1960s and 70s, after which his official Opry membership lapsed. The evening was documented in The Tennessean.

No Kid Hungry and Core Partner Citi® are proud to announce the 2018 musical lineup for the annual Taste of the Nation series in five cities, which brings together acclaimed chefs, sommeliers and mixologists to support No Kid Hungry, Share Our Strength's campaign to end childhood hunger in America.

Flat Rock Playhouse presents a Music on the Rock concert celebrating two giants of classic country and rock and roll music. These two American singer-songwriters, known for flawlessly blending traditional honky tonk tunes and rock and roll riffs, will have audiences singing along to classic hits such as "Chatahoochie," "Thunder Rolls," "Don't Rock the Jukebox," and "Friends in Low Places." Featuring the music of these two Grammy award winners, The Music of Garth Brooks and Alan Jackson will run at the Playhouse Downtown from April 19 to April 29.

The Country Music Association hosted a press conference in the famed Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum Rotunda earlier today to announce the 2018 class of Country Music Hall of Fame inductees. Ricky Skaggs and the families of Johnny Gimble and Dottie West were on hand to accept the honor. Watch the livestream at CMA's YouTube Channel.

The Country Music Association held a press conference this morning to announce the 2018 inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame-Johnny Gimble, Ricky Skaggs and Dottie West.

SiriusXM announced today that entertainment icon LL COOL J will launch his new SiriusXM classic Hip-Hop channel on March 28 entitled LL COOL J's 'Rock the Bells Radio.'  

ASCAP (the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) will present Grammy Award winner and Songwriters Hall of Fame Inductee Desmond Child with its prestigious ASCAP Founders Award at the 35th annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards in Los Angeles onApril 23, 2018.  From Aerosmith to Zedd, Child's genre-defying collaborations include some of pop's biggest hits over the last five decades including classics like “Livin' On A Prayer,” “You Give Love A Bad Name,” “I Was Made For Lovin' You,” “Dude (Looks Like A Lady),” “Livin' La Vida Loca,” “I Hate Myself For Loving You,” “Poison,” “Waking Up In Vegas” and “Beautiful Now.”