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Luke Combs' “She Got The Best of Me” tops the Mediabase Country chart this week and returns to #1 on Billboard's Country Airplay chart for the second straight week. Moreover, Combs' Platinum-certified debut album, This One's For You, is back at #1 on the BillboardCountry Albums chart this week. Since its release June 2, 2017—73 weeks ago—the album has spent a total of sixteen non-consecutive weeks at #1, including twelve weeks in 2018—the most of any album this year.

Luke Combs' “She Got the Best of Me” is #1 this week on Billboard's Country Airplaychart. This is Combs fourth-consecutive #1 single—following 3x platinum “Hurricane,” 2x platinum “When It Rains It Pours” and platinum “One Number Away”—which all appear onthe deluxe version of his platinum-certified debut album, This One's For You, released onRiver House Artists/Columbia Nashville. The acclaimed album has spent fifteen non-consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard Country chart, including 11 weeks in 2018—the most of any album this year. This One's For You is also currently the most-streamed country album of 2018, achieving over one billion streams.

Bay Area Musicals (Matthew McCoy, Founder & Artistic Director, and AeJay Mitchell, Managing Director) has announced the full cast and creative team for the first production of the Company' 2018-2019 season, CRAZY FOR YOU. Winner of the Tony and the Olivier Awards for Best Musical, CRAZY FOR YOU has wowed audiences on Broadway, the West End and around the world, reimagining classic Gershwin songs into a hilarious new book musical.  The show-stopping production will be an intimate version of the large-scale musical featuring the original Tony Award-winning choreography of Susan Stroman, recreated by Director/Choreographer Matthew McCoy.  

Bay Area Musicals (Matthew McCoy, Founder & Artistic Director, and AeJay Mitchell, Managing Director) has announced the full cast and creative team for the first production of the Company' 2018-2019 season, CRAZY FOR YOU. Winner of the Tony and the Olivier Awards for Best Musical, CRAZY FOR YOU has wowed audiences on Broadway, the West End and around the world, reimagining classic Gershwin songs into a hilarious new book musical. The show-stopping production will be an intimate version of the large-scale musical featuring the original Tony Award-winning choreography of Susan Stroman, recreated by Director/Choreographer Matthew McCoy.

Mumford & Sons will embark on an extensive 60-date worldwide arena tour this fall featuring a groundbreaking new in-the-round stage design. Kicking off November 16 in Dublin, the tour will span throughout next spring and includes fall North American stops at Philadelphia's Wells Fargo Center, Boston's TD Garden, New York's Madison Square Garden, DC's Capital One Arena and Toronto's Scotiabank Arena. Special guest Maggie Rogers will join as support.

Bay Area Musicals (Matthew McCoy, Founder & Artistic Director, and AeJay Mitchell, Managing Director) has announced the full cast and creative team for the first production of the Company' 2018-2019 season, CRAZY FOR YOU.

Dave Matthews Band have announced a 10-city arena tour kicking off on November 27 at Schottenstein Center in Columbus, OH.  The east coast trek will include a two-night stand at New York's famed Madison Square Garden on November 29 and November 30 as well as two hometown shows in Charlottesville, VA at John Paul Jones Arena on December 14 and December 15.  A portion of proceeds from the John Paul Jones shows will go to support the redevelopment of public housing in Charlottesville.   

In yet another unprecedented milestone, Luke Combs sold out venues in 23 out of the 28 cities on his “Beer Never Broke My Heart Tour” since tickets went on sale this past Friday. Sold out venues include Greensboro, NC's Greensboro Coliseum, Greenville, SC's Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Columbus, OH's Schottenstein Center, Charlottesville, VA's John Paul Jones Arena, Omaha, NE's CHI Health Center and Morrison, CO's Red Rocks Amphitheatre among many others.

Luke Combs will kick off his “Beer Never Broke My Heart Tour” in 2019—his first ever headline arena tour, marking another major career milestone for the breakthrough musician. The extensive tour—which will feature special guests LANCO and Jameson Rodgers—will commence January 31 at Birmingham's Legacy Arena at the BJCC and will span through the spring featuring stops at legendary venues across the country including New York'sHammerstein Ballroom and Colorado's Red Rocks Amphitheater, among many others.

Chris Stapleton leads nominees at the 2018 CMA Awards with five nominations:Entertainer of the Year, Album of the Year (From A Room: Volume 2), Male Vocalist of the Year, Single of the Year (“Broken Halos”) and Song of the Year (“Broken Halos”). The awards ceremony will be broadcast on ABC live from Nashville's Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, November 14 at 8:00pm ET/7:00pm CT.

Grammy-nominated band Panic! At The Disco will kick off the first leg of their massive Pray For The Wicked Tour tonight in Minneapolis, MN at Target Center. To celebrate the release of their critically acclaimed new album, the band will visit major markets throughout the summer before concluding in their hometown of Las Vegas on August 18th. A R I Z O N A and Hayley Kiyoko will provide support for the 28 city tour, which was produced by AEG Presents. Numerous arenas on the run have already sold out, including Madison Square Garden in New York City and STAPLES Center in Los Angeles. Tickets for leg one are on sale now HERE and a complete list of upcoming dates for the Pray For The Wicked Tour can be found below.

“I Feel Like I'm Drowning,” the smash single from rising star Two Feet, is currently #1 onAlternative radio. Streamed more than 50 million times to date, Two Feet recently performed the track on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” watch it here.

Grammy-nominated band Panic! At The Disco have earned their  second consecutive No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart with their critically acclaimed sixth album, Pray For The Wicked.  Debuting at No. 1 on iTunes in 22 countries, the album launched with 180,000 equivalent album units earned, 151,000 of which were traditional album sales. Both figures represent the biggest week for an alternative rock album in 2018, according to Billboard. According to Nielsen Music, the album saw the fifth-largest week for a vinyl effort since the company began tracking sales in 1991. Lead single 'Say Amen (Saturday Night) is also currently No. 1 on Billboard's Alternative Songs Chart and current single 'High Hopes' is exploding at streaming services. Pray For The Wicked is available digitally HERE and physically HERE via Fueled By Ramen/DCD2 Records.

Grammy-nominated band Panic! At The Disco today released their anxiously awaited sixth studio album Pray For The Wicked via Fueled By Ramen/DCD2 Records. The album is available digitally HERE and physically HERE. The band also released a new music video for track 'Hey Look Ma, I Made It'. Watch a puppet Brendon Urie navigate music industry success in the video HERE.

Led Zeppelin Masters, the all-Australian production featuring Adelaide's Zep Boys and the 36 piece The Black Dog Orchestra, have announced a major European tour for 2019. The Tour includes for the first time 8 dates in mainland Europe in March ahead of 10 April dates in the UK commencing in Liverpool's Philharmonic on 2 April 2019, and concluding at London's Eventim Apollo on 14 April. The tour marks 50 years since the release of Led Zeppelin's self-titled debut album and its follow-up, Led Zeppelin II.

Grammy-nominated band Panic! At The Disco today announced a second leg of their upcoming Pray For The Wicked North American arena tour that will kick off on January 10, 2019 in Buffalo, NY, and wrap on February 20, 2019 in Sacramento, CA. Produced by AEG Presents, the 28-city leg will feature support from Two Feet and an opener is to be announced.

Chris Stapleton's acclaimed 2017 albums-From A Room: Volume 1 and From A Room: Volume 2-are now certified RIAA platinum and gold respectively, while his 2015 debut solo album, Traveller, is now certified triple platinum.

Chris Stapleton won Male Vocalist of the Year and Album of the Year (From A Room: Volume 1 as both artist and producer) at last night's 53rd Academy of Country Music Awards.

Singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Caroline Jones is earning her place atop Billboard's “15 Country Artists to Watch in 2018” list as she joins iconic songwriter Jimmy Buffett on tour and will partner with his Mailboat Records to release her full length album, Bare Feet, on March 30, 2018. Bare Feet is available for pre-order now at http://smarturl.it/BareFeetLP as Jones' stunning and serene album cover is revealed.

Chris Stapleton leads nominees at the 53rd Academy of Country Music Awards with eight nominations in five categories: Entertainer of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year,Album of the Year (From A Room: Volume 1 as both artist and producer), Single Record of the Year (“Broken Halos” as both artist and producer) and Song of The Year (“Whiskey and You” as both artist and songwriter).