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Jake Owen is vowing to return to the stage in the wake of the Las Vegas mass shooting that left more than 50 people dead and over 400 injured at a festival hours after he Read More

A dozen country artists plus their bands and crews were at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival when gunfire broke out. Most have let fans know they are safe after the Las Vegas attacks. Jason Aldean Read More

As news broke late Sunday night (Oct. 1) and early Monday morning (Oct. 2) that there had been a shooting at the 2017 Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas, Nev., members of the country music Read More

Drew Angerer, Getty Images Like many Americans, President Trump awoke Monday (Oct. 2) to news of a mass shooting that occurred at the 2017 Route 91 Festival in Las Vegas late Sunday/early Monday. More than 50 people were Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 2h ago Before Jason Aldean took the stage at the Route 91 Music Festival on Sunday night (Oct. 1), six other performers had a turn on that same Las Vegas stage to Read More

Rick Diamond, Getty Images Chris Young sent five tweets as the mass shooting at the 2017 Route 91 Harvest Festival unfolded late Sunday night (Oct. 1) and early Monday morning (Oct. 2). His tweets reveal his Read More

by Alison Bonaguro 2h ago Early on Monday morning (Oct. 2), just hours after a mass shooting during Jason Aldean‘s performance at the Route 91 Music Festival, he took to Instagram to let fans know Read More

Jason Aldean sat down for a live interview with PEOPLE Country shortly before his Las Vegas show on Sunday where a gunman opened fire, killing at least 50 people and injuring at least 200 in what is now Read More

Rick Diamond, Getty Images Jake Owen was side-stage as shots began to ring out during Jason Aldean‘s performance at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas on Sunday night (Oct. 1). The singer was able Read More

Jason Davis, Getty Images for Pandora Media Jake Owen was tweeting as shots rang out during the 2017 Route 91 Harvest Festival early Monday morning (Oct. 3). The country star’s messages are insight into the confusion Read More

Country star Jason Aldean says the Las Vegas shooting is “beyond horrific”. He was performing at the Route 91 Harvest festival when a gunman opened fire, killing at least 50 people. Videos posted online show Read More

Country star Jason Aldean says the Las Vegas shooting is “beyond horrific”. He was performing at the Route 91 Harvest festival when a gunman opened fire, killing at least 50 people. Videos posted online show Read More

Country star Jason Aldean says the Las Vegas shooting is “beyond horrific”. He was performing at the Route 91 Harvest festival when a gunman opened fire, killing at least 50 people. Videos posted online show Read More

Country star Jason Aldean says the Las Vegas shooting is “beyond horrific”. He was performing at the Route 91 Harvest festival when a gunman opened fire, killing at least 50 people. Videos posted online show Read More

CLOSE Raw video shows the confusion as shots rang out during Jason Aldean’s performance at the Route 91 Harvest music festival near Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. USA TODAY Jason Aldean awarded Read More

Premieres March 2018 LIONEL RICHIE and LUKE BRYAN are the latest additions to the rebooted “American Idol” on ABC-TV next year. The duo will join KATY PERRY as judges, with RYAN SEACREST returning as host.  Read More

Rick Diamond, Getty Images Jason Aldean, his wife Brittany and his crew are all safe following a mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas, Nev., on Monday morning (Oct. 2). Aldean Read More

At least fifty are dead and over 200 have been injured in what is now being called the largest mass shooting on U.S. soil. Last night, at approximately 10:08pm local time in Las Vegas, a Read More

Rick Diamond, Getty Images Chris Young was backstage at the sold-out Route 91 Festival in Las Vegas just after midnight Monday morning (Oct. 2) when a gunman opened fire. Young says he took cover from Read More

David Becker, Getty Images A shooting took place during the 2017 Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas early Monday morning (Oct. 2). At least 50 people are dead and more than 200 were injured. Read More

Mass shooting in Las Vegas: at least 50 dead Country music star Jason Aldean was on stage when a gunman attacked the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada late Sunday night. At least Read More

Mass shooting in Las Vegas: at least 50 dead Country music star Jason Aldean was on stage when a gunman attacked the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada late Sunday night. At least Read More

Shooting In Las Vegas More than 50 are reported dead and 200 injured when a gunman opened fire from a LAS VEGAS hotel on a huge concert festival outside. SWAT units found and killed the Read More

by Lauren Tingle 5h ago Updated: Monday, Oct. 2, 2017 — 9:06 a.m. ET More than 50 people were killed and 406 were injured in a mass shooting on Sunday (Oct. 1) at the Route Read More

by Lauren Tingle 2h ago Updated: Monday, Oct. 2, 2017 — 7:41 a.m. ET More than 50 people were killed and more than 200 were injured in a mass shooting on Sunday (Oct. 1) at Read More

Rick Diamond, Getty Images This is a developing story. Find updates here. Jason Aldean and pregnant wife Brittany have reported themselves safe after a mass deadly shooting in Las Vegas on Monday morning (Oct. 2). Read More

David Becker, Getty Images Update: Suspect has been identified as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock. The death toll has risen to more than 50 people. This is a developing story. At least twenty people are dead and more than Read More

By: Express Web Desk | Las Vegas | Updated: October 2, 2017 1:47 pm A police officer takes cover behind a police vehicle during a shooting near the Mandalay Bay resort and casino on the Read More

Rick Diamond, Getty Images On her new record, I Don’t Believe We’ve Met, Danielle Bradbery‘s ultimate goal is to have fans feel a deep connection to its songs. One track in particular that’s already resonating with Read More

by Lauren Tingle 15 mins ago Located 333 feet beneath the Earth, the Volcano Room in McMinnville, Tennessee’s Cumberland Caverns was transformed into a fiery honky-tonk on Friday (Sept. 29) night with live music by Read More

To celebrate the Friday (Sept. 29) release of her sixth full-length album Younger Now, Miley Cyrus didn’t choose to party it up in Los Angeles or New York City. The singer instead kept it close Read More

Taylor Hicks, Getty Images On Friday (Sept. 29), it was officially announced that Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie would join pop star Katy Perry as judges for American Idol‘s upcoming first season airing on ABC. Read More

Justin Moore has seven No. 1 singles under his belt…and, even better, 10 years of marriage to his wife, Kate! The “Kinda Don’t Care” singer took to Instagram on Saturday (Sept. 30) to commemorate this Read More

Rick Diamond, Getty Images Wynonna Judd reportedly suffered a medical emergency that led to the cancelation of her Saturday night (Sept. 30) concert. TMZ reports that just before Judd was due to take the stage at Aura Read More

[embedded content] October’s Guest Room Sessions begin with Louisiana-born singer-songwriter Shelly Waters performing her song “Evangeline,” in a South Carolina park. Readers can press play above to watch the acoustic al fresco performance. According to Waters, the inspiration Read More

Rick Diamond, Getty Images Twelve years ago today, on Oct. 1, 2005, Dierks Bentley became an official member of the Grand Ole Opry. The singer was inducted by Marty Stuart after singing his then-current hit, “Come a Little Read More

MCA Records Thirty-one years ago today, on Oct. 1, 1986, Patty Loveless kicked off her run as one of the leading ladies of country music with the release of her eponymous debut album on MCA Read More

After weeks of speculation, Luke Bryan has finally confirmed that he’s headed to the American Idol reboot as a judge! Standing in a sunny hay field in Kansas, the singer cheerfully announced in a video posted Read More

Is Franklin, Tennessee your dream town? It was for New Englander Jo Dee Messina before she moved to the area to make her musical dreams come true. If you know anything about Messina, it’s that Read More

Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani have been going strong since they began dating in November 2015, and apparently their romance has been hot and heavy since the beginning! The 41-year-old country singer was joined onstage by Stefani for an Read More

Rick Diamond, Getty Images The disadvantages that women face in country music has been a longstanding debate in the genre, and rising artist Carly Pearce is ready to blast through that glass ceiling. “I think we Read More

[embedded content]Subscribe to Taste of Country on Thomas Rhett admits he’s a big fan of Game of Thrones and the most famous contact he has in his phone during a segment of Internet Pop Quiz for The Tonight Read More

[embedded content]Subscribe to Taste of Country on Kane Brown has revealed a new track called “Found You,” which will appear on the upcoming deluxe version of his debut album. The song is a haunting ballad Read More

Separately, Dolly Parton‘s artistry, versatility, business sense and courage would earn her a high ranking on this list of country music’s all-time great female singers. Combined, these unique assets make her a no-doubt pick for the Read More

Mark your calendars y’all! Tortuga is bringing the party back to the beach April 6 – 8th, 2018! More info coming soon! Be the first to find out about the 2018 lineup and tickets by Read More

[embedded content]Subscribe to Taste of Country on Shania Twain made her first appearance on Ellen since the long-awaited release of new music, and she showed the audience she’s still got it. On Friday (Sept. 29) — Read More

Country superstar Jason Aldean may be the one who is always center stage — but behind the scenes, his wife Brittany Kerr Aldean is shining just as bright in her career as a makeup artist Read More

Kevin Winter, Getty Images Tim McGraw and Faith Hill are heading overseas for a huge gig! The superstar couple has been announced as the first headlining act for the 2018 C2C: Country to Country Festival in Read More

Getty Images The 2010s aren’t even over yet, but they’ve already given country music fans plenty of spectacular music to hear. The past several years have seen veteran artists such as Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood Read More