Live Nation Launching Drive-In Concert Series With Brad Paisley, Nelly, Darius Rucker

Darius Rucker and wife Beth are splitting up.

Darius Rucker and his wife of almost 20 years, Beth, have announced that they are separating.

Darius Rucker and his wife, Beth Leonard, are going their separate ways after 20 years of marriage. The country singer and Leonard announced that they have decided to «consciously uncouple» in a joint statement released on Rucker's Instagram on Saturday.«Beth and I would like to share that after much reflection we have made the decision to consciously uncouple,» the statement begins.

Darius Rucker is heading to the Grand Ole Opry stage with Clint Black and Tracy Lawrence for a virtual edition of his 11th annual "Darius & Friends" concert.The event, which raises money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, will air as a pay-per-view live stream event available on LiveXLive.com/Darius and on LiveXLive’s app.“Even though we can’t all get together for a normal concert right now, it’s important that we continue to support St.

Chris Willman Music WriterFor Burt Bacharach, what it’s all about is continuing to write and record music. Not many pop legends in their 90s are releasing new music this year instead of fondly gazing at their trophy shelves, but Bacharach, one of the most celebrated songwriters in pop history, has found a new partner and muse in Daniel Tashian, the Nashville-based singer, songwriter and producer.

Darius Rucker will honor his commitment to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital even amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Grammy-nominated guitarist Tommy Emmanuel has announced two live stream concerts in support of independent concert venues. On Aug. 15 and 29, Emmanuel will perform from live from Tunesmith Studio outside of Nashville with all proceeds benefitting The Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia and The Coach House in San Juan Capistrano, California respectively.

Nicole Kidman is now the proud mum of a 12-year-old! On Tuesday, the Big Little Lies star celebrated her daughter Sunday's birthday, and shared the sweetest photo of her and the pre-teen on Instagram to mark the special occasion. In the picture, which was taken at their home in Nashville, Nicole was seen embracing Sunday, whose face was covered to protect her privacy.

Country Music Hall of Fame member Charlie Daniels died this morning (July 6) of a stroke. Brad Paisley, who first shared a bill with Daniels when he was 15, remembered Daniels, his musicianship and their deep friendship.I opened for him at the Capitol Music Hall at the Wheeling Jamboree.

Charlie Daniels died Monday morning (July 6) from a hemorrhagic stroke, his publicist confirmed.

Chris Willman Music WriterThe storm may have been too strong for most music-biz awards events or conferences to go on in anything resembling their traditional form this year, but the Americana Music Association likes to think of itself as, well, more rooted than that.

A posthumous live album from the Man in Black is on the way, courtesy of Jack White’s Third Man Records.

cases of COVID-19. After he posted a video on his Instagram Story showing of hundreds of people singing along to his recent hit "Eyes On You," captioning it "We back" and adding a smiley face sunglasses emoji, fans, peers and other bold-faced Nashville names including Kelsea Ballerini, Bobby Bones, Maren Morris and Mickey Guyton publicly criticized Chase and the venue, the Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary in Petros, Tennessee, which is a former prison-turned-event center."Imagine being

Grammy and CMA Award-winning songwriter Hillary Lindsey has signed an exclusive, worldwide co-publishing deal with Concord Music Publishing.

Nashville’s Jesse Kramer hit the “America’s Got Talent” stage on Tuesday, bringing along an electric guitar and a whole lot of soul.

Country superstar Brad Paisley and rapper Nelly are returning to the stage to headline the world’s first large-scale drive-in concert series.

SXSW and Coachella canceled globally due to the coronavirus.  In March, Live Nation canceled all of its tours, including those from Billie Eilish, Post Malone, Madonna and Cher.“I wanted to make sure, if we were going to do anything like this, that they had the important stuff worked out,” Paisley said in an interview with the Associated Press on Monday. “My goal would be not to spread this virus to one person.

Tour promoter Live Nation has announced its first-ever drive-in concerts series in the U.S. for July, months after the live music industry has been on lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.