Coronavirus rocks country music with tour postponements

Ross Copperman hits No. 1 on Billboard's Country Songwriters chart (dated April 4), fueled by four songwriting credits on the Hot Country Songs chart.Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani's "Nobody But You," which Copperman co-wrote with Tommy Lee James, Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne, leads at No.

A few hours after Leslie Fram discussed how the COVID-19 outbreak might affect the entertainment industry — and talked about bringing DIY hand sanitizer to victims of the deadly March 3 tornado that devastated Middle Tennessee — the Nashville-based exec found out she had her own brush with the virus.

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Joe Diffie, an icon to many country fans for his string of No. 1 hits in the 1990s, has died from complications related to the coronavirus, a spokesperson revealed Sunday afternoon. He was 61.

The 73-year-old was nominated for a Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction last year

Longtime country music singer Joe Diffie has passed away due to complications related to the novel coronavirus.

The world of music and entertainment has lost a legend. Country music singer Joe Diffie is the latest celebrity to die due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

Joe Diffie, an icon to many country fans for his string of No. 1 hits in the 1990s, has died from complications related to the coronavirus, a spokesperson revealed Sunday afternoon. He was 61.

Shania Twain, Blake Shelton, and Carrie Underwood are among the stars confirmed to perform as part of the ACM Presents: Our Country TV special.

A new TV special is rounding up the biggest names in country music.

Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani's "Nobody but You" pushes 12-10 on Billboard's Country Airplay chart (dated March 28), gaining by 14% to 22.6 million in audience in the week ending March 22, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.Shelton scores his 34th Country Airplay top 10, a run that started in 2001 with his launch track "Austin," which dominated for five weeks, becoming his first of 26 No.

As Hollywood events, film premieres, festivals and award shows postpone and cancel in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, a bit of good news has surfaced today as the 55th Academy of Country Music Awards has set a new live air date of Sept. 16 at 8 p.m. ET.

Kenny Rogers‘ impact was clear to see on the morning of Mar. 21, when many fellow country singers took to Twitter to tweet positive things about the legend just hours after his passing of natural causes at the age of 81. Blake Shelton, LeAnn Rimes, Travis Tritt, and more popular singers were quick to post their touching memories and impressions of the late singer in posts that seemed to bring consolation in a time of unexpected grief.

The Music Business Association’s annual Music Biz conference, held in Nashville and scheduled for May, has been postponed until August, due to ongoing coronavirus concerns. The event is now scheduled to take place from Sunday, August 16 through Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at the JW Marriott Nashville. All conference registrations and hotel reservations will be honored and automatically transferred for the postponed dates.

Blake Shelton will be embracing a totally new look now thanks to the Coronavirus.

Blake Shelton is about to be all business in the front and all party in the back! On Tuesday, the 43-year-old country crooner announced that due to all his concerts and events being cancelled due to coronavirus concerns, he’s decided to bring back one of his more questionable hairstyles.

Blake Shelton is about to be all business in the front and all party in the back!