The Backstreet Boys are helping a litter of Nashville puppies get adopted

Country musician Blake Shelton has sold his rights in his recordings catalogue, covering releases from 2001 to 2019, to Influence Media Partners. As part of the deal, Shelton will set up a new joint venture with the company, which will allow him to continue to earn from those rights, which is nice.

died at age 90 on Tuesday at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tenn.“So sorry to hear about my sister, friend Loretta,” Parton wrote in a statement on Twitter. “We’ve been like sisters all the years we’ve been in Nashville and she was a wonderful human being, wonderful talent, had millions of fans and I’m one of them.

George Strait, LeAnn Rimes, Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire, Carrie Underwood and more celebrities are mourning the country music icon, Loretta Lynn, who died at 90. "Our precious mom, Loretta Lynn, passed away peacefully this morning, October 4th, in her sleep at home in her beloved ranch in Hurricane Mills," the family said in a statement shared with Fox News Digital.They asked for privacy as they grieve and said a memorial will be announced later. Throughout Lynn's career, which spanned 60 years, she won every music award known to musicians, and was inducted into the County Music Hall of Fame in 1988.

Wynonna Judd returned to stage for the first time as part of the 11-show stint with The Judds, a final tour which was initially scheduled as a series of reunion concerts including her mother and singing partner, Naomi Judd.  But weeks after the slate of programs was announced, Naomi died by suicide on April 30 at the age of 76. Wynonna enlisted the help of a few women in the industry to make sure the tour continued on as planned, only now more so to honor her mother for the trailblazing path she paved in the country community. "It’s devastatingly beautiful to go back to the past and relive some of these memories," Wynonna told the Associated Press said earlier this week after practicing on stage.

Country singer-songwriter Michael Wilson Hardy, who goes by his surname as a performer, is recovering from injuries suffered early Sunday when his tour bus crashed.

Hardy is recovering after being hospitalized following an accident involving his tour bus.The artist and some of his tour team were traveling to Nashville early Sunday morning, after performing at a show in Bristol, Tennessee, when the bus crashed, and all four people on the tour bus needed to be treated for «significant injuries.»The musician shared a statement on Twitter on Sunday, where he also asked for prayers for the bus's driver, who is still in the hospital and surrounded by his family as he undergoes treatment.«Following last night’s show, our tour bus was in an accident on our way home from Bristol. There were just four of us, including myself, on the bus, however we were all treated for significant injuries,» Hardy wrote in a statement posted to Twitter on Sunday.

Speaking her piece. Christina Hall (née Haack) has come to an agreement with ex-husband Ant Anstead amid their contentious custody battle over son Hudson — but not without giving her side of the story.

Lil Nas X paused his gig in Atlanta, Georgia this week in order to take what he described as a “mean shit” backstage.The rapper was playing at the Coca-Cola Roxy on Tuesday (September 27) as part of his ‘Long Live Montero’ tour, when a call from nature paused the gig.During one of three costume change interludes, Lil Nas X remained off stage for a few minutes, with his voice then coming through the venue speakers.He told the crowd: “I’m backstage and this is not a part of the show, but I’m taking a mean shit.“I’m gonna be, like, a minute or two, and I’ll be right back,” he added.See footage below.Lil Nas X temporarily stopped his show in Atlanta for a bathroom emergency he announced to concertgoers.

Ten-time Grammy-nominated singer Tauren Wells is heading out on tour next week and we caught up with him to learn some things that fans might not know about him!

Hayden Panettiere says she was given "happy pills" at the age of 16. The 33-year-old actress was starring in the NBC supernatural series 'Heroes' and had become so tired during a heavy promotional period for the show that she was handed a dose of stimulants by a member of her team but didn't realise it was a "bad thing" at the time.

Former New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning might have retired back in 2020, but he still has a huge presence at the team’s facility. The Giants play the Cowboys tonight in Monday Night Football!

Fully committed. Alan Rickman didn’t want to stop working on the Harry Potter franchise amid his battle with cancer, newly published journal entries reveal.

Dwight Howard is serious about joining the WWE.

Thania Garcia In spring 2020, the U.S. came to terms with its role in racial inequality on the heels of a tragedy: the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. That singular moment compelled many, including those in the music business, to pledge funds and action. It also gave birth to the Black Music Action Coalition, a collective of Black creators, activists and change-makers who have diligently kept the issue in the headlines and on the minds of corporate parents.  On Sept. 22, the organization — whose leadership includes industry veterans Damien Smith, Caron Veazey and Shawn Holiday, among others — celebrates its second annual Music in Action gala in Beverly Hills, where honorees include Lil Baby, Sony Music Publishing chairman Jon Platt, 300 Elektra Entertainment’s Kevin Liles and 1619 Project creator Nikole Hannah-Jones. It promises to be a gathering of heavies, as last year’s inaugural fete — Variety is a media sponsor — drew the Weeknd, Motown chairwoman Ethiopia Habtemariam and attorney Ben Crump. 

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic “I’ve never talked about this publicly before,” said Taylor Swift, teasing the audience as she accepted an award in Nashville Tuesday night, leading at least some of the attendees to be on the edge of their seats. And because it was an audience mostly of songwriters, they stayed there, even when the secret to be revealed turned out to have to with classifications of different types of lyrics she has kept in her head for years. She went on to say that “it’s dorky. But I also have, in my mind, secretly, established genres categories for lyrics I write. Three of them, to be exact: They are affectionately titled Quill Lyrics, Fountain Pen Lyrics and Glitter Gel Pen Lyrics. … I came up with these categories based on what writing tool I imagine having in my hand when I scribbled it down — figuratively. I don’t actually have a quill. Anymore. I broke it once when I was mad.”