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Tonight, live from the Moody Center in Austin, Texas, singer Kelsea Ballerini hosts the CMT Music Awards for the fourth consecutive year.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Luke Combs leads the nominees for the 2024 Academy of Country Music Awards with eight nods, followed by Megan Moroney and Morgan Wallen, who are tied with six each. Following behind with five nominations apiece are Lainey Wilson, Cody Johnson and Chris Stapleton. Although the results aren’t a surprise for most of the multiply nominated artists, they provide a particularly big look for Moroney, a critical favorite who is still promoting her debut album, which produced a No.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Kelsea Ballerini has been the hostess with the mostest, as far as the CMT Music Awards, but it will soon be time to slap an “emeritus” on that. She hosts the awards show, now seen on CBS, tonight for a fourth and last time. Ballerini is revealing she will be relinquishing the role after handling emcee duties since 2021; Kane Brown was her partner in co-hosting previous telecasts, leading up to her solo reign over the ceremony this time.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic CMA Fest has announced its lineup for the festival’s 2024 edition, taking place in Nashville June 6-9, and as usual, the roster for the nightly stadium shows is a who’s who of recent country charttoppers and awards contenders, with Jelly Roll and Lainey Wilson foremost among the newer crop of headliners. The names gracing the Nissan Stadium main stage lineup aren’t entirely that fresh.

Pharrell Williams ended his set at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 15 minutes early due to dangerous crowd activity.Per Music News, the iconic producer and singer addressed the crowd at the Grand Prix 15 – which took place at the Saudi Corniche Circuit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Saturday (March 9). He informed them that throwing their light-up wristbands towards the stage was dangerous and unsafe, and quit his set earlier than anticipated after attendees refused to listen to him.“This is the liveliest city right now on the planet but we have also got to be the safest.

social media post released last Thursday, Mac, a native of Russellville, Kentucky, explained why he had canceled his gig at the Logan County Tobacco and Heritage Festival, where he was scheduled to headline the festival’s finale concert on October 14.In the video, Mac explained that a member of the Logan County Chamber of Commerce, which organizes the festival, had called him to inform him that “questions” had been raised about his performance, as reported by Entertainment Weekly.“She explained to me that there were some board members and some people in town who had questions about what kind of performance I would be putting on at the Tobacco Festival, and wanted to ensure that I would not be promoting homosexuality or ‘sexuality’ in a family-friendly environment,” he said. “I don’t really know what they expected I was gonna do other than just come and put on a hell of a show like we do.”Mac said he was warned that some people were “very upset” that an openly gay artist would be headlining the festival, and had informed members of the Chamber of Commerce that they intended to protest the concert as a result — a development he called “disheartening.”He defended the right of local residents to “not listen” to his music or “not come to the show,” but said he was disturbed that his mere presence at the festival would lead people to threaten to boycott or protest the festival.“I went back and forth all night long about, what is the right thing to do?” Mac said.

new relationship with actor Chase Stokes.Country singer Ballerini, 30, celebrated her boyfriend Stokes’ birthday by revealing the first message she ever sent the “Outer Banks” actor.Her message might not win points for originality, but you can’t say it didn’t work. She messaged Stokes on Instagram at 1 a.m.

Kelsea Ballerini is going back to the beginning.

Chase Stokes is celebrating Kelsea Ballerini.

2023 MTV Video Music Awards appeared to momentarily confuse the star-studded audience — including Selena Gomez, Kelsea Ballerini and Chase Stokes.At the top of Tuesday’s show, the 20-year-old belted out some of her latest hits from her sophomore album, “Guts.” Even more, she recreated parts of her music video “Vampire,” which consisted of blazing sparklers, the background going black and a security guard rushing the singer off the stage.The audience got noticeably quiet during the awkward moment as the camera panned toward Gomez, 31, Ballerini, 30, and Stokes, 30, looking confused.Rodrigo’s song “Good for You” then briefly played and she returned to the stage to sing “Get Him Back.”“Selena’s face while Olivia’s performance says it all,” one person on X, formerly known as Twitter, shared.Rodrigo was one of many performers to hit the stage at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. While Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion, Lil Wayne, Doja Cat, Anitta and Demi Lovato performed, presenters included Charli D’Amelio, Dixie D’Amelio, Emily Ratajkowski, Rita Ora, Jared Leto and Sabrina Carpenter.

Kelsea Ballerini and Chase Stokes are a color-coordinating couple at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards!

Ellise Shafer The stars were out in Venice for Variety and the Golden Globe Awards’ party on Thursday night, featuring Chase Stokes, Kelsea Ballerini, Lukas Gage and Pablo Larraín. Presented by Iervolino and Lady Bacardi Entertainment, the event celebrated breakthrough talent and excellence in Italian filmmaking, handing out several awards under the moonlight.

Kelsea Ballerini.The 29-year-old «Miss Me More» singer on Saturday posted a TikTok video she filmed about six months ago and ahead of her first date with star Chase Stokes. Kelsea shared in her caption that the video is what she sent to her best friend before meeting up for sushi with the 30-year-old actor.The video, set to her track «How Do I Do This,» is pretty adorable, given Kelsea's dressed to the nines and looks super excited about her big night.

Kelsea Ballerini.The 29-year-old «Miss Me More» singer on Saturday posted a TikTok video she filmed about six months ago and ahead of her first date with star Chase Stokes. Kelsea shared in her caption that the video is what she sent to her best friend before meeting up for sushi with the 30-year-old actor.The video, set to her track «How Do I Do This,» is pretty adorable, given Kelsea's dressed to the nines and looks super excited about her big night.

Back in February, recording artist Kelsea Ballerini quietly released an EP of strikingly intimate and vulnerable songs about her recent divorce from Australian musician Morgan Evans, with no expectation of performing or promoting them in the way she would a traditional album. But after receiving an overwhelmingly positive response from fans, the pop country singer-songwriter is re-releasing “Rolling Up the Welcome Mat” on Friday with some updated lyrics and a previously unreleased track.

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with various objects while on stage may have been cast as the hot new way everyone is behaving terribly — but at least one veteran musician is throwing cold water on the concept.“I’ve been getting hit on stage with things for like, literally, six years, I don’t know why this is like new,” Eilish told the Hollywood Reporter on the ‘Barbie’ red carpet this week. “People just get excited and it can be dangerous.”“We get it, but don’t do it,” the “Your Power” singer said, admitting that it’s “absolutely infuriating” for an artist standing in front of blinding lights to have a foreign object come flying at them from out of nowhere.

Harry Styles was hit in the face by a thrown object as he performed on stage in Vienna. Videos shared online from the gig at the Ernst Happel Stadium in Austria on Saturday showed the pop megastar walking across the stage before an item flies through the air and strikes him near his eye.

Drake is the latest celebrity victim to be pelted with a flying object while performing for adoring fans. On Wednesday night, the rapper took the stage in Chicago for the opening night of his "It's All a Blur" tour.  During his rendition of Ginuwine's "So Anxious," a fan threw their phone at the musician, hitting him on the arm. Drake looked down at his arm after he was hit and continued on with his performance, without saying anything to the crowd.

Noel Gallagher has reflected on the time in which he and his brother Liam planned to “annihilate” a fan who threw a shoe at them on stage.Amid a bizarre increase in flying objects being propelled at artists onstage, the former Oasis guitarist and main songwriter revealed that he and his estranged brother were once waiting to find the person who would walk out of the venue with one shoe missing after the gig to take their revenge.Speaking to Dermot O’Leary on BBC’s Reel Stories’, Gallagher shared: “I remember one gig when somebody hit Liam in the head with a shoe. Liam had the shoe, and I remember we’d come off stage, just waiting at the front door for this guy to walk past with one shoe.

pic.twitter.com/vy680y8ekm— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) July 4, 2023 She then went on to deliver a strong message to everyone present. “I fucking dare you, dare you to throw something at me,” Adele commented, accompanied by a smile on her face.

Adele has some strong words for fans who are thinking of throwing things at artists onstage. Don’t do it. Armed with a t-shirt cannon, the Grammy-winning singer shot out t-shirts to concertgoers in the audience at a recent “Weekends with Adele” concert in Las Vegas, and railed against those who may be tempted to throw something at performers.

Adele told the crowd at a Las Vegas show to “stop throwing” things at artists on stage following a spate of recent incidents.Several artists have had things thrown at them while they have been performing in recent weeks, including Bebe Rexha, who was hit in the head by a fan’s phone and required stitches. Meanwhile, Pink was left stunned by a fan throwing their mother’s ashes on stage at BST Hyde Park, and Lil Nas X had to pause a show at the weekend when a fan threw a sex toy on stage.Elsewhere, US country-pop artist Kelsea Ballerini was struck in the face by an item thrown at her from the crowd (via Variety).

captured in an Instagram Reel. “Have you seen that? I f – – king dare you, I dare you to throw something at me.

Lil Nas X paused a live show in Sweden last Saturday (July 1) after a fan threw a sex toy on stage – check out the footage below.The ‘Montero’ star was performing on the final day of Lollapalooza Stockholm when the incident occurred, according to The Independent. After pausing the set to retrieve the item, X asked the crowd: “Who threw their pussy on stage?”He added: “What’s wrong with y’all? Let’s go – start the music.” The 24-year-old artist has since changed his Twitter name to “pussy” and retweeted a clip of the moment, seemingly seeing the funny side of the disruption.However, it comes amid a bizarre, growing trend of concertgoers throwing items onstage at gigs.Last month Pink was left stunned after someone in the audience at BST Hyde Park in London threw a bag of their mother’s ashes.

Kelsea Ballerini is the latest celebrity victim of a fan-thrown object striking a performer while onstage. The country music star was performing in Boise, Idaho, last week when she was hit directly in the face by what people online are speculating to be a bracelet. Ballerini turned away from the crowd to assess her face before walking directly offstage.

Kelsea Ballerini had the support of her man while she was on the road!On Saturday, the «Blindsided» songstress took to Instagram to celebrate the end of her HeartFirst tour with a photo dump of moments from her last stop — including one with her boyfriend, Chase Stokes. «last show of my favorite tour i’ve ever done tonight.

struck in the eye by a fan who hurled a cell phone at her. Rexha, 33, donned the shades and sparkly blue top while performing her hit song “I’m Good.” Prior to wearing the superhero-esq shades, the “Say my name” singer told audience members she only had two rules for the night: Don’t throw phones and have fun. The high-energy show featured several of Rexha’s hits including “I’m Not High, I’m in Love,” “Miracle Man,” and “I’m a Mess and Sacrifice.” A clip of the singer wearing the goggles was posted on social media where several of the singer’s fans appeared delighted at the singer’s new accessory.

hit in the face by a bracelet during a performance in Idaho this week. The singer posted an Instagram story assuring fans that she is alright and recovering. “Hi.

Kelsea Ballerini has a message for her fans. After the 29-year-old singerwas pelted in the face with an object while performing at Idaho's Outlaw Field on Wednesday, she spoke out on Instagram.«Hi. I'm fine.

Sophia Scorziello editor A strange — and dangerous — trend is taking over concerts. On Wednesday, American country-pop singer Kelsea Ballerini was hit in the face during a performance in Boise, Idaho, when an object from the crowd was thrown at her onstage. Before returning to her set, the “Love Me Like You Mean It” singer addressed the crowd, saying: “Can we just talk about what happened? All I care about is keeping everyone safe. If you ever don’t feel safe, please let someone around you know. If anyone’s pushing too much or you just have that gut feeling, just always flag it. Don’t throw things. You know?”

Kelsea Ballerini is the latest musician to be struck in the face during a performance after a string of similar incidents at concerts.

Kelsea Ballerini was forced to stop her concert in Boise, Idaho, on Wednesday after getting hit in the face with an object thrown by someone in the audience.The artist was performing at Outlaw Field at the Idaho Botanical Garden Wednesday evening when someone hurled something onto stage, and struck the singer in the face mid-song.The moment was recorded and posted online by several concertgoers, who suggested that Ballerini was hit in the eye by the object, and many believe the object in question was a bracelet of some sort.The official fan account for Ballerini shared a video of the incident, and pleaded with fans to stop throwing things on stage during performances — which has long been a concern for musicians over the decades but recently the number of artist injuries seems to have notably increased.«Guys. I know we all mean well. We all want to show Kelsea love the best way we know how, and shower her with all the gifts,» the fan account wrote.

While some men might not love the term “golden retriever boyfriend,” Chase Stokes is fine with the label given to him by his girlfriend Kelsea Ballerini’s fans.

Country singer Kelsea Ballerini and her  star boyfriend, Chase Stokes, have been a fan-favorite couple over the last few months. Stokes has been spotted at several stops on Ballerini's  tour and went viral for filming her performance at the CMT Awards — leading online commentators to dub him the ultimate «golden retriever» boyfriend. More than just his shaggy, sandy-blonde hair and upbeat attitude,  defines a golden retriever boyfriend as “a significant other that is easygoing and makes it fairly simple to maintain a happy and fulfilling relationship.«Stokes walked the red carpet at Netflix's Tudum: A Global Fan Event, held in São Paulo, Brazil, where he spoke with ET's Denny Directo about his new title. »I'll take the job, I'll take it," Stokes said. He even shared how the nickname is especially fitting because his dog, Milo, is a golden retriever and German shepherd mix. When asked about supporting Ballerini, Stokes gushed over his «talented» girlfriend, saying, «Oh my gosh, she seriously is the best human being on planet Earth and she's so damn talented.» Stokes noted that even while he's down in Brazil, he has managed to watch parts of her recent concert.

Kelsea Ballerini is bringing it on home with Chase Stokes. The "If You Go Down (I'm Goin' Down Too)" singer shared a glimpse into her recent hometown visit to Knoxville, Tennessee, with boyfriend Stokes joining her for the ride. In a series of photos posted to her Instagram Story, Ballerini shared images of a famed Dolly Parton mural, a menu from Litton's Market Restaurant and Bakery, and herself riding shotgun while putting on a pair of pink socks. «A heart fillin 24 hours at home,» she wrote over one image. Ballerini teased her beau with a selfie on the track at her alma mater, Central High School, with a reference to his viral -inspired meme.