Willie Nelson News

Summer might be winding down, but CMT is heating up September with a can't-miss lineup of music programming featuring new original specials, a documentary, once-in-a-lifetime artist collaborations, live performances, album premieres and more.

Sony/ATV Music Publishing has teamed up with artist manager Charles Chavez and his company Latium Entertainment to launch a music publishing joint venture.

Emily Blunt, Jake Gyllenhaal and more are among the guests set for the second week of LATE NIGHT WITH STEPHEN COLBERT.

EMI Production Music is taking the innovative step of declaring an amnesty of all sampling declarations (past and present) from its extensive back catalogue of some of the most iconic production music libraries of all time.

Great news! The Tony Award-winning new Broadway musical An American in Paris just announced it will perform on THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT on Friday, September 18 at 11:35pm ET/10:35pm CT on CBS, marking the first Broadway performance on the new late night show.

GRAMMY award-winner Kenny Rogers brings his Once Again It's Christmas Tour, featuring Linda Davis, to Valley Forge Casino Resort (1160 First Avenue) on Saturday, December 18, 2015. Nineteen years after performing the farewell concert for the original Valley Forge Music Fair, Rogers returns for the Fair's grand revival. Rogers will perform holiday favorites, plus many of the 24 number one singles the country-pop singer has recorded throughout his 50-plus-year career. Doors will open at 7:00pm, with the show starting at 8:00pm. Tickets are on sale now at Ticketmaster for $59.00 to $99.00 each.

Grammy® Award winning singer-songwriter Kenny Loggins has joined forces with Nashville songsmiths Gary Burr and Georgia Middleman to form a new band, Blue Sky Riders. Together, Blue Sky Riders craft tightly woven songs that combine dazzling harmonies with elements of country, pop and Americana for a sound Billboard Magazine says “defies genre classification.” Poway OnStage (formerly the Poway Center for the Peforming Arts Foundation) is pleased to feature Blue Sky Riders in a concert celebrating our 25th Anniversary Season.

On the LATE LATE SHOW, James asks Owen Wilson and Johnny Knoxville what it's like to hang out and smoke pot with the legendary Willie Nelson.

The Kenny Loggins, Georgia Middleman, and Gary Burr trio Blue Sky Riders make Nashville and modern pop music collide in Smothers Theatre at Pepperdine University on Saturday, September 19 at 8 p.m.

Ashley Raines & The New West Revue are set to release I'll Fight, a collection of cover songs, September 8th. 

"Johnny Cash: American Rebel" premieres on the 12thanniversary of his passing on Saturday, September 12 at 9 pm ET/PT. Get a sneak peek below!

Neil Young + Promise of the Realhave confirmed a second leg of the Rebel Content Tour which will resume Oct 1st , in Missoula, MT., and wind down in Berkeley, CA., on Oct 17. All tour dates are listed below.

Bergen Performing Arts Center located at 30 North Van Brunt Street in Englewood, New Jersey presents Rob Thomas with special guest Plain White T's, tonight, August 13th, 2015 at 8PM. Purchase tickets to see the Matchbox Twenty singer at www.ticketmaster.com or Box Office at 201.227.1030. 

Farm Aid today announced that Jamey Johnson, as well as Ian Mellencamp, will join the lineup for its annual concert for a cause, which will take place in Chicago at FirstMerit Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island on Sept. 19.

From his Urban Cowboy honky tonk days, to the largest honky tonk in the Lone Star State, Billy Bob's Texas, Charlie Daniels brings his career spanning over 50 years full circle and is set to release Live At Billy Bob's Texas CD and DVD on October 16, 2015.

The Smith Center for the Performing Arts has announced its fall (Sept-Oct 2015) performances. Scroll down for details!

Joe's Pub at The Public has announced its nightly performances, running tonight, August 5 - August 16, 2015.

Joe's Pub at The Public has announced its nightly performances, running August 5 - August 16, 2015.

The Number-One-Selling Duo in music history, Daryl Hall & John Oates will return to the Van Wezel on December 2 at 8pm! Tickets go on sale Friday, August 7 at 10am.