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Lainey Wilson and Eric Church to headline inaugural Field & Stream Music Festival

Lainey Wilson at the 2024 MusiCares Person of the Year Honoring Jon Bon Jovi at the Convention Center on February 2^ 2024 in Los Angeles^ CA

The inaugural three-day Field & Stream Fest 2024 will take place on Friday, October 4-Sunday, October 6 in Winnsboro, South Carolina near Arrowhead Pavilion. Tickets for the festival are available via eTix.

Eric Church will serve as headliner of the three-day music festival along with Lainey Wilson, with an additional 30+ artists to be announced. Church recently purchased Field & Stream Magazine along with fellow country star Morgan Wallen, sharing in an announcement: “I can remember my grandfather kept a few of his favorite Field & Stream magazines on the dash of his truck. That truck took us on hundreds of outdoor adventures and I all but memorized every story and every picture on every page. They were my Bible. It is the honor of my life to make sure that legacy carries on.”

For more information on the festival, head here.   You can also follow the Field & Stream Music Festival’s official Instagram page for updates and information.

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Take a look at Chris Young’s video for ‘What She Sees In Me’

Chris Young performs in concert at the Best Buy Theater on November 14^ 2014 in New York City.

Chris Young has shared the video for “What She Sees In Me,” off his ninth studio album,  Young Love & Saturday Nights.  The song was produced by Young and written by Young with Christian Davis Stalnecker, Kyle Fishman, Ray Fulcher and Josh Hoge.  The video, directed by Running Bear’s Alexia Stone and Stephen Kinigopoulos, sees Young as the main character in a set of black and white footage (per CountryNow).

The 18-track Young Love & Saturday Nights is Young’s first new album since 2021’s Famous Friends and also includes the tracks “Right Now,” “Double Down,” “Looking For You” and “All Dogs Go To Heaven.”  To stream Young Love & Saturday Nights, head HERE.

Take a look at the video for ‘What She Sees In Me’ – here.

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Production on ‘Euphoria’ Season 3 delayed as creator Sam Levinson works on script

Cast at the LA Premiere Of HBO's "Euphoria" at the Cinerama Dome on June 4^ 2019 in Los Angeles^ CA

The filming of the third season of HBO’s Euphoria has been delayed, as creator Sam Levinson continues to write the upcoming installment’s script. HBO said in a statement to Deadline. ““HBO and Sam Levinson remain committed to making an exceptional third season. In the interim, we are allowing our in-demand cast to pursue other opportunities.”

Per the outlet’s sources, the shoot was expected to begin in the next few months, with HBO and Max Content CE Casey Bloys stating in November that Euphoria S3 would premiere in 2025. However despite news of the delay, the network is still aiming to release the forthcoming season next year.

Season 2 of Euphoria premiered in January 2022, marking a minimum three-year gap between where the show left off and when Season 3 finally debuts.

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‘The Bear’ renewed for Season 4, will film directly after Season 3

Jeremy Allen White attends the GQ Men Of The Year Awards 2023 at The Royal Opera House. London^ England^ UK - November 15^ 2023

FX’s ‘The Bear’ will return for a fourth season on Hulu, with the comedy-drama series quietly renewed for Season 4 following its Season 3 renewal last year. The Hollywood Reporter confirms that Seasons 3 and 4 will film back-to-back.

Created by Christopher Storer, The Bear follows Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White), a talented young chef who inherits his family’s Chicago sandwich shop and transforms it into his own restaurant. Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Ayo Edebiri, Lionel Boyce, Liza Colón-Zayas, Abby Elliott and Matty Matheson also star.

Season 2 of the series was released in June 2023 and won several awards, including Best Comedy at the Primetime Emmy Awards, Best Television Series (Musical or Comedy) at the Golden Globe Awards and Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble (Comedy Series) at the SAG Awards.

The Bear was officially renewed for Season 3 in November 2023; and according to Variety, is currently in production.

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Arizona Supreme Court upholds 1864 law, making near-total ban on abortion

Supreme Court of Arizona State logo; Phoenix^ Arizona^ USA^ March 6^ 2023

The Arizona Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that a 160-year-old law is still enforceable, making abortion a felony. The 4-2 court ruling upholds the 1864 law still on the books in the state, in a decision that effectively bans abortion. The Arizona Supreme Court’s new decision effectively undoes a lower court’s ruling that stated that a more recent 15-week ban from March 2022 superseded the 1864 law. The Arizona Supreme Court said it would put its decision on hold for 14 days, saying it would send the case back to a lower court so that court could consider “additional constitutional challenges” that haven’t yet been cleared up.

The 1864 law in Arizona – which was codified in 1901, and again in 1913 — includes an exception to save the woman’s life, but makes abortion a felony punishable by two to five years in prison for anyone who performs one or helps a woman obtain one. Per NBC News, this Civil War-era law, which was enacted a half-century before Arizona gained statehood, was never repealed and an appellate court ruled last year that it could remain on the books as long as it was “harmonized” with a 2022 law, leading to substantial confusion in Arizona regarding exactly when during a pregnancy abortion was outlawed.

President Joe Biden blasted the ruling in a statement from the White House: “Millions of Arizonans will soon live under an even more extreme and dangerous abortion ban, which fails to protect women even when their health is at risk or in tragic cases of rape or incest.” Biden called the ban “cruel” and “a result of the extreme agenda of Republican elected officials who are committed to ripping away women’s freedom,” while promising to “continue to fight to protect reproductive rights.”

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Parents of Oxford High School shooter are each sentenced 10-15 years for involuntary manslaughter

Judge's gavel on book background. Justice concept.

Jennifer and James Crumbley, the parents of Oxford High School shooter Ethan Crumbley, each will spend the next 10-15 years in prison in Tuesday’s first-of-its-kind penalty. Per NPR, both parents were found guilty in separate trials on four counts of involuntary manslaughter; each of those charges carried a maximum penalty of 15 years, and the sentences are to be served concurrently.

James Crumbley, 47, and wife Jennifer, 46, are the nation’s first parents to be convicted and sentenced on charges arising from a shooting carried out by their child. They will each receive credit for 858 days already served. They each received the maximum sentences sought by prosecutors after they were found guilty of four counts of involuntary manslaughter in separate trials in February and March for the killing of Tate Myre, 16; Madisyn Baldwin, 17; Hana St. Juliana, 14; and Justin Shilling, 17, in the school shooting carried out by their son, Ethan Crumbley, who was 15 at the time the shooting happened on Nov. 30, 2021.

Ethan Crumbley used a semi-automatic pistol to open fire on his classmates in 2022; Ethan, now 17, pleaded guilty as an adult to the four murders, terrorism and related charges in the 2021 shooting at Oxford High School in suburban Detroit, and was sentenced in December to life in prison without parole. Jennifer and James Crumbley had bought the firearm for him for target shooting.

As Judge Cheryl Matthews handed down the ruling in Pontiac, Mich., she noted to the courtroom the warning signs about Ethan Crumbley, adding that “parents are not expected to be psychic …But these convictions are not about poor parenting. These convictions confirm repeated acts, or lack of acts, that could’ve halted an oncoming runaway train .. Opportunity knocked over and over again and was ignored. No one answered.”

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Luke Combs, Morgan Wallen & Megan Moroney lead nominations for 2024 ACM Awards

Luke Combs at the Academy of Country Music Awards 2017 at T-Mobile Arena on April 2^ 2017 in Las Vegas^ NV

The Academy of Country Music and Dick Clark Productions announced the nominations for the 2024 ACM Awards, with Luke Combs leading the pack with eight nods, followed by Megan Moroney and Morgan Wallen, who are tied with six each. Lainey Wilson, Cody Johnson and Chris Stapleton each earned five nominations apiece, followed by Jelly Roll and Jordan Davis with four nominations..

Combs’ nominations include entertainer of the year, male artist of the year, album of the year, song of the year, single of the year and music event of the year (alongside Riley Green for “Different ‘Round Here).”  Moroney ‘s six nods is the most for a female artist, with nominations including female artist of the year, new female artist of the year, song of the year, visual media of the year and music event of the year (alongside Old Dominion for “Can’t Break Up Now).”

The 59th annual awards ceremony will air live on Amazon Prime Video on Thursday, May 16 from the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. Coverage of the official ACM Red Carpet will begin at 7 p.m. on Prime Video, the Amazon Music channel on Twitch and Amazon Live.

Tickets to attend the ACM Awards are also available for purchase on SeatGeek.

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Beyoncé becomes 1st black woman to top Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart with ‘Cowboy Carter’

Beyoncé at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City^ New York; May 04^ 2015

Billboard revealed that Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ has reached No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart, making her the first-ever Black female artist to achieve the feat since the chart’s launch in January 1964. In February, Beyoncé became the first-ever Black female artist to top the Hot Country Songs chart with the album’s lead single, “Texas Hold ‘Em.”

Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé’s eighth album, also reached the top spot on the Billboard 200, Americana/Folk Albums and Top Album Sales charts, having sold 407,000 equivalent album units in its first week of chart eligibility. Cowboy Carter claims the biggest week of 2024 and the largest since Taylor Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version), with 1.653 million units on the Nov. 11, 2023-dated list. The feat also marks Beyoncé’s biggest week by units, since her Lemonade album debuted at No. 1 with 653,000 units (mostly from traditional album sales) on the May 14, 2016, chart. The new effort also lands Beyoncé her biggest streaming week ever.

Cowboy Carter was released on March 29, and features “vocalists, musicians, and orators” including Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Linda Martell, Stevie Wonder, Chuck Berry, Miley Cyrus, Post Malone, Jon Batiste, Rhiannon Giddens, Nile Rodgers, Robert Randolph, Gary Clark, Jr., Willie Jones, Brittney Spencer, Shaboozey, Reyna Roberts, Tanner Adell and Tiera Kennedy. Additional collaborators on the project include The-Dream, Pharrell Williams, NO I.D., Raphael Saadiq, Ryan Tedder, Ryan Beatty, Swizz Beatz, Khirye Tyler, Derek Dixie, Ink, Nova Wav, Mamii, Cam, Tyler Johnson, Dave Hamelin and Shawn “JAY-Z” Carter.

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Beyoncé becomes 1st black woman to top Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart with ‘Cowboy Carter’

Beyoncé at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City^ New York; May 04^ 2015

Billboard revealed that Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ has reached No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart, making her the first-ever Black female artist to achieve the feat since the chart’s launch in January 1964. In February, Beyoncé became the first-ever Black female artist to top the Hot Country Songs chart with the album’s lead single, “Texas Hold ‘Em.”

Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé’s eighth album, also reached the top spot on the Billboard 200, Americana/Folk Albums and Top Album Sales charts, having sold 407,000 equivalent album units in its first week of chart eligibility. Cowboy Carter claims the biggest week of 2024 and the largest since Taylor Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version), with 1.653 million units on the Nov. 11, 2023-dated list. The feat also marks Beyoncé’s biggest week by units, since her Lemonade album debuted at No. 1 with 653,000 units (mostly from traditional album sales) on the May 14, 2016, chart. The new effort also lands Beyoncé her biggest streaming week ever.

Cowboy Carter was released on March 29, and features “vocalists, musicians, and orators” including Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Linda Martell, Stevie Wonder, Chuck Berry, Miley Cyrus, Post Malone, Jon Batiste, Rhiannon Giddens, Nile Rodgers, Robert Randolph, Gary Clark, Jr., Willie Jones, Brittney Spencer, Shaboozey, Reyna Roberts, Tanner Adell and Tiera Kennedy. Additional collaborators on the project include The-Dream, Pharrell Williams, NO I.D., Raphael Saadiq, Ryan Tedder, Ryan Beatty, Swizz Beatz, Khirye Tyler, Derek Dixie, Ink, Nova Wav, Mamii, Cam, Tyler Johnson, Dave Hamelin and Shawn “JAY-Z” Carter.

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‘Barbie The Movie: In Concert™’ North American Tour kicks off this summer

Barbie movie in the cinema. July 2^ 2023.

“Barbie The Movie: In Concert™” will hit the road this summer, featuring a live orchestra performing alongside a screening of the film.

Macy Schmidt and the Barbie Land Sinfonietta, an all-women and majority women-of-color orchestra, will perform the Barbie score live at each stop of the 37-city tour, which kicks off on July 2nd in Tampa, Florida. The North American trek will also feature concerts in St. Louis, Denver, Nashville, Toronto, and a previously announced date in Los Angeles.

According to a press release, “the record-smashing film will be projected onto a giant LED screen above The Barbie Land Sinfonietta as they perform the film’s award-winning score. Music lends so much heart and excitement to the Barbie film; between the stunning and clever orchestral score and the upbeat iconic pop soundtrack, music is carrying us through the story. On top of getting to experience the film unlike ever before, Barbie The Movie: In Concert audiences will have the privilege of watching some of the world’s best musicians come together and do what they do best.”

Schmidt said: “Throughout this entire process, I’ve been so inspired by Mattel’s genuine commitment to everything this film stands for. I am particularly excited to be partnering with Mattel as I have long been inspired by Barbie’s purpose statement: ‘To inspire the limitless potential in every girl.’ It couldn’t be more aligned to have an all-women orchestra performing this film, bringing its message to life onstage.”

Tickets are on sale now via Ticketmaster.

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