Mickey Gilley, country music legend, dead at 86

Joe Biden opened his remarks from the White House Tuesday night with a deep sigh, after a shooter killed at least 18 children and two adults at an elementary school in Texas. It was a sigh indicative of a fresh horror and yet, an all-too familiar one. «I had hoped when I became president, I would not have to do this — again,» the president said, with longtime teacher first lady Jill Biden at his side. «Another massacre.

Fourteen children and one teacher have been killed in a shooting at a school in Texas and the 18-year-old gunman is dead, state governor Greg Abbott said. Mr Abbott said a local man opened fire at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, about 85 miles west of San Antonio.

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A family outing. Kylie Jenner and Stormi Webster supported Travis Scott during his first appearance following the Astroworld tragedy at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards.

Billboard Music Awards are bringing some big names to the stage to present the show's top honors.On Friday, Billboard announced a slew of celeb presenters who've been tapped to grace this year's star-studded awards show, which takes place at Las Vegas' MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 15.The list includes some celebrated musical stars and entertainers, including Michael Bublé, Chloe Bailey and Giveon, Dixie D’Amelio, Liza Koshy, Heidi Klum and Dove Cameron.Also set to present is the young singer, and inaugural winner of the series AleXa.This year's Billboard Music Awards, hosted by Sean “Diddy'' Combs, will also feature some epic performances for a night of unforgettable music. Becky G will make her BBMAs performance debut, as will Megan Thee Stallion and Rauw AlejandroTop Country Female Artist nominee Miranda Lambert and fellow country star Elle King will also take the stage for a rollicking performance of their collab, «Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home),» a finalist for Top Rock Song.Travis Scott will also perform at this year's awards, marking his first awards show performance since the Astroworld tragedy six months ago in Houston, Texas. The full list of 2022 BBMAs finalists was announced last month, with The Weeknd landing nominations in 17 categories. It was also later announced that Mary J.

NEW YORK -- “Her Country: How the Women of Country Music Became the Success They Were Never Supposed to Be,” by Marissa R. Moss (Henry Holt & Co.)Women have always played a major part of country music, from the Carter Family to Dolly Parton, but in recent years you’d be hard pressed to hear that on country music radio.

John Travolta took to social media to reveal that he was grieving the loss of someone he considered a friend and many considered a legend.MORE: John Travolta's daughter Ella sparks huge reaction with heartbreaking new postALSO: HELLO! launches Jubilee T-shirt collection to celebrate Queen Elizabeth in styleThe actor shared that he was mourning the death of country star Mickey Gilley, who passed away the previous weekend at the age of 86.VIDEO: John Travolta's incredible show of support for EllaHe shared a snapshot of the two from the 1980 flick Urban Cowboy, which saw John's character frequent a club named Gilley's, Mickey's real life Texas nightclub, and was inspired by the country music scene at the time.The film not only proved to be a success for the star, but also revitalized Mickey's career, with the soundtrack kicking off a movement in soft-core country music in the 80s.MORE: John Travolta shares never-before-seen family photographs of late wife Kelly Preston for Mother's DayJohn penned: "'Mickey Gilley, the ultimate urban cowboy'. I was so sorry to see Mickey go.

Thania Garcia Just days after the release of his sophomore studio album, Jack Harlow has announced he’s ready to hit the road for his “Come Home the Kids Miss You Tour,” with the Miami hip-hop duo City Girls in support.Following a hit 2020 major-label debut and after picking up a slew of crowning titles (including Variety‘s Hitmaker of the Year award), Harlow’s highly anticipated “Come Home the Kids Miss You” sees the rapper-songwriter “building upon his bedrock strengths and finds a heady musical elixir for his new album, a vibe more potent, direct and swaggering than on his first major label outing,” writes A.D. Amorosi in Variety‘s review.

Kanye West is paying tribute to his late mother Donda with his new music video for “Life of the Party”.

Chris Morris Music ReporterLooking back on the life of Mickey Gilley, who died May 7 in Branson, Mo., at the age of 86, one must consider the musician and the country music era that he helped to define.The singer-pianist was a versatile stylist, an outstanding instrumentalist and one of country music’s most prolific hitmakers. He notched his first No. 1 country single, a version of George Morgan’s “Room Full of Roses,” in 1974 on Playboy Records.

Mickey Gilley has sadly died.

rock legend Jerry Lee Lewis, had performed as recently as last month but had been in declining health in the past week.He opened Gilley’s, “the world’s largest honky tonk,” in the early 1970s in Pasadena, Texas. Several years later he hit the charts with “Room Full of Roses” and enjoyed follow-up success with a string of hits like “Don’t the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time” and “She’s Pulling Me Back Again.”Gilley had 39 Top 10 country hits over the course of his career, including 17 No.

Mickey Gilley has died at the age of 86. The singer, who helped launch the Urban Cowboy genre of the early 1980s, died at home in Missouri.MORE: Country superstar Naomi Judd has died at age 76Born in 1936, his death was shared by the mayor of Pasadena Texas, writing: "It was my great honor to know this man most of my life.

J. Kim Murphy Mickey Gilley, the country singer-songwriter who crossed over into mainstream pop culture after his club was featured as the backdrop of 1980’s “Urban Cowboy,” died in Branson, Mo.

Mickey Gilley, a country singer and actor who was featured in the 1980 John Travolta film “Urban Cowboy,” has died. He was 86.