Month: December 2021

Maddie & Tae have postponed tour dates, including the dates on their upcoming CMT Next Women of Country Tour: All Song No Static run. Bandmate Taylor Kerr — who is pregnant — has been placed on doctor-ordered bedrest.

The duo broke the news on social media on Monday (Dec. 27), assuring fans that postponing their shows is a precaution to help Kerr and her unborn baby girl stay healthy. They said: “Tae and her baby are doing great, but the doctor has placed her on temporary bedrest. Out of precaution, we are postponing our upcoming tour dates…We appreciate your understanding and we’ll be back on tour with new music as soon as we can!”  Their headlining CMT Next Women of Country Tour was originally scheduled to launch on Jan. 6 in Oklahoma City, Okla., and run through mid-February.

Kerr shared the news of her pregnancy with fans in late November, indicating at the time that her baby girl is due in the spring of 2022. It’ll be the first child for Kerr and her husband, Josh, a Nashville songwriter. The couple tied the knot in February 2021.

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Kane Brown revealed the news of his new song “Whiskey Sour” on social media via a video, which he captioned, “I love getting to sing other people’s stories! This is my next song to release January 14th tag a friend.”  The caption also included the hashtag #WhiskeySour, and finds the country superstar in the kitchen of his Tennessee home singing along to the unreleased new song, which was playing through a speaker situated on the countertop beside him. Listen to the clip of “Whiskey Sour” – here.

Brown has been teasing fans with unreleased new music since the release of his EP, Mixtape Vol. 1.  Over the course of the last few months, Brown shared small clips of unreleased songs on social media including an untitled rap song, “Leave You Alone,” “I Can’t Love You Anymore,” “Something I’d Love To See,” “Riot,” “Nothing ‘Bout Loving You I’d Change” and “Drunk or Dreaming” and more.

Brown is also currently in the midst of his massive 35-date headlining ‘Blessed & Free Tour,’ The tour kicked off on October 1 in Sacramento and will visit all 29 NBA basketball arenas throughout 2021 and 2022.

“Whiskey Sour” will be available everywhere on January 14.

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Walker Hayes will appear on “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2022.” Hayes is set to perform his No. 1 hit, “Fancy Like,” and his new single, “AA,” on the show which airs live on ABC on Dec. 31st.  “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” will include celebrations in New York City, Los Angeles, New Orleans and Puerto Rico. Seacrest will oversee the proceedings from Times Square.

Hayes is on the “LA Party” lineup, along with OneRepublic, Ciara, D-Nice, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis with Windser, AJR and Daisy The Great, Avril Lavigne and Travis Barker, Big Boi with Sleepy Brown, Maneskin, Masked Wolf, French Montana and more.

The New York festivities will include performances by LL Cool J, Journey and Karol G. Billy Porter of “Pose” fame is set to perform in New Orleans, on the Louis Armstrong riverboat as it travels along the Mississippi River. Daddy Yankee is scheduled to perform in Puerto Rico.

Hayes recently dropped two more singles, “U Gurl” and “AA.” Monument Records also announced a release date for his “Country Stuff The Album,” due out Jan. 21, and including “Fancy Like,” the two new singles and 10 other tracks.

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Miranda Lambert revealed on Sunday (Dec. 26) that her new track, “Y’all Means All,” will debut on the Season 6 premiere episode of the hit reality TV series Queer Eye, airing Dec. 31 on Netflix.  This season of Queer Eye was filmed in Lambert’s home state of Texas, with the show’s ‘Fab 5’ heading to the streets of Austin, Texas for a new round of lifestyle and fashion makeovers.

Both Lambert and the show shared news of the song on social media. Queer Eye’s Twitter page read: “OMG. We partnered with THE country music queen,” which also added that fans can get a taste of “Y’all Means All” in the Season 6 trailer, dropping Monday, Dec. 27.  Lambert tweeted: Here’s one last surprise for y’all this year! A new song “Y’all Means All” will be out on 12/31 to celebrate the new season of @QueerEye that filmed all in Texas!

Lambert has been an ally for the LGBTQ+ community, thanks in part to help and advice from her brother, Luke Lambert, and his husband Marc. Lambert said: “Being in a family where I am surrounded by LGBTQ people, it has me learning and me figuring out how I can be a part of the change and be part of the community and still be the same person I have been as an artist for 20 years.” In the Telemitry Remix video of her “Tequila Does,” Lambert also invited Luke and Marc to co-star, along with a group of other members of the LGBTQ+ community.

You can pre-save “Y’all Means All” at the link – here.

Miranda Lambert Announces New Song, “Y’all Means All” In Collaboration With ‘Queer Eye’ Season Premiere

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