Sheryl Crow Performs, First Lady Jill Biden Attends Vigil for Nashville School Shooting Victims

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor Emmylou Harris, Sheryl Crow, Amy Grant, Kacey Musgraves, Jason Isbell, Maren Morris, Margo Price, Mickey Guyton, Kelsea Ballerini and dozens of other top Nashville musicians are calling for the Tennessee General Assembly to pass “common sense gun safety legislation” before lawmakers end their session a few days from now, according to a report in the Tennessean. (A complete list of signees is below.) The letter calls for extreme risk protection laws and legislation strengthening requirements around secure storage of firearms. The letter was drafted after of the deadly Covenant School shooting last month, in which three adults and three nine-year-old children were killed. It was the 19 th shooting at a school or university in 2023 alone — one of hundreds of mass shootings in a country with a government that, largely due to Republican obstruction, refuses to pass more-thorough gun-control laws.

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Lucinda Williams has shared details of a new album and released its first single – listen to new Bruce Springsteen collaboration ‘New York Comeback’ below.The new single, which also features Springsteen’s wife Patti Scialfa on backing vocals, is the first preview of new LP ‘Stories From A Rock n Roll Heart’, which is due out on June 30 via Highway 20 Records/Thirty Tigers.The album comes after Williams had to re-learn to play guitar and to walk again after a severe stroke, while her house in Nashville was also damaged by a hurricane just before the start of the COVID lockdown.On April 25, Williams will also release a new memoir titled Don’t Tell Anybody The Secrets I Told You.‘Stories From A Rock n Roll Heart’ also features contributions from a host of artists including Angel Olsen and Margo Price.See its full tracklist and listen to ‘New York Comeback’ below.Last year, Angel Olsen – one of the new album’s collaborators – shared a cover of Williams‘ track ‘Greenville’ as part of the Amazon Originals series.“There is no one like her out there,” Olsen said of the country folk singer. “It’s clear to me that her songs come from a very real place, and that’s the only kind of writing I like.”Discussing her 2021 stroke in an interview with Rolling Stone, Williams said: “An ambulance came and got me and we told them not to put the big siren on.

Jill Biden will be in attendance for King Charles III's coronation next month. On Tuesday, the White House announced that Jill will be traveling to London for the highly anticipated event on May 6.Per the White House, President Joe Biden spoke by phone Tuesday with King Charles and offered his congratulations to the monarch.«The President congratulated the King on his upcoming Coronation and informed him that First Lady Jill Biden looks forward to attending on behalf of the United States,» a White House readout of the call said.Word of the first lady's attendance comes just days after it was reported that the president will not be among the throng of dignitaries and world leaders descending upon London for the lavish affair.According to The UK Telegraph, Biden will be missing the coronation due to prior commitments.

First Lady Jill Biden will be in attendance at King Charles III‘s coronation ceremony.

U.S. president Joe Biden may not be attending King Charles III’s upcoming coronation on May 6, but his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, is.

Music City is coming together for a benefit concert to honour the victims of the horrific school shooting at Nashville’s Covenant School, where six people — three children and three school employees — were killed last week.

Kelsea Ballerini kicked off the 2023 CMT Music Awards with a dedication to the victims of the Nashville school shooting. The country music star, 29, said, "On March 27, 2023, three nine-year-olds Evelyn Dieckhaus, William Kinney, and Hallie Scruggs along with Dr.

the mass school shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville at the 2023 CMT Music Awards.On Sunday, several stars in attendance at the awards show wore black ribbons to honor the victims from Monday's mass shooting at the Nashville, Tennessee private school. The shooting, which marked Tennessee's deadliest mass shooting in history, left three children and three adults dead, in addition to the shooter.«You know why it is important? Today is Psalm Sunday and I'm a very religious person and what better way to honor them and support them,» Lynyrd Skynyrd's Johnny Van Zant tells ET about the band's decision to wear ribbons on the red carpet. «Everybody say prayers for the family.

Kelsea Ballerini opened the 2023 CMT Music Awards with a call to action regarding last week's shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, also telling audiences she is the survivor of a 2008 school shooting in the same state. «On March 27, 2023, three 9-year-olds -- Evelyn Dieckhaus, William Kinney and Hallie Scruggs -- along with Dr. Katherine Koonce, Cynthia Peak and Mike Hill walked into Covenant School and didn't walk out,» Ballerini began the CMT broadcast.«The community of sorrow over this and the 130 mass shootings in the U.S.

Country music’s biggest stars are honouring those affected by the mass school shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville at the 2023 CMT Music Awards.

Paying tribute. Kelsea Ballerini honored victims of the Nashville, Tennessee, Covenant School shooting at the start of the 2023 CMT Awards on Sunday, April 2.

Neil Pond A candlelight vigil in Nashville Wednesday night drew hundreds to grieve the victims of the mass school shooting which claimed six lives earlier this week, with local residents Sheryl Crow and Margo Price among those offering performances as part of the public grieving. The event was relatively brief — only about half an hour — but powerful and moving, attended by First Lady Jill Biden, a host of local and state elected officials, police officers, and clergy, along with the musicians who performed songs obviously chosen with great care for the somber occasion. Sheryl Crow, who has spent more than 15 years as a Nashville-area resident, accompanied herself at a piano to sing “I Shall Believe,” a hymn-like track from her breakthrough album “Tuesday Night Music Club.” The crowd soaked up the hopeful balm of the spiritually tinged ballad in the wake of the shooting at Nashville’s Covenant School, the small Christian elementary academy where three children and three adults were killed by a 28-year-old assailant carrying two assault weapons and a pistol.

Melissa Joan Hart shared a heartbreaking story about the shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, this week.

A heartbreaking story. Melissa Joan Hart revealed that she and husband Mark Wilkerson were in the area after the recent Nashville school shooting and helped a group of kindergarteners evacuate to safety.

Melissa Joan Hart posted a raw video of her experience being nearby the Nashville school shooting.

Melissa Joan Hart believes “enough is enough.”

The official trailer for Dead Ringers, Prime Video’s upcoming psychological thriller limited series starring Rachel Weisz, has been delayed for a day due to the Nashville school shooting which left three children and three adults dead.

Jana Kramer‘s family has close ties to the area of the Nashville school shooting.

Madonna has added a Nashville date to her upcoming 2023 ‘Celebration’ world tour, with proceeds benefiting trans rights organisations.The concert is due to take place on Friday, December 22 at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, with Madonna adding a further seven dates to the US leg of the tour.Tickets for the newly announced dates go on sale at 10am local time this Friday, March 31. You can see full dates below and find tickets here.In a statement addressing recent anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, Madonna said: “The oppression of the LGBTQ+ is not only unacceptable and inhumane; it’s creating an unsafe environment; it makes America a dangerous place for our most vulnerable citizens, especially trans women of color.“Also, these so-called laws to protect our children are unfounded and pathetic.