With Luke Combs’ ‘Fast Car’ Cruising Up Behind Morgan Wallen, Country Owns Nos. 1-2 Spots on Hot 100 for First Time Since 1981

:Last night, Morgan Wallen celebrated the Chapin family. The "One Night At A Time World Tour" made its way to the West Coast Friday for the first of a two-night stint in San Diego at Petco Park.

Country Thunder in Shaunavon, SK, CA.That includes icons like Tim McGraw, Keith Urban, Jon Pardi, Carly Pearce and Midland.They’ll be joined by fellow big names Parmalee, Hailey Whitters, Brett Kissel, Bailey Zimmerman and Chase Matthew.And if you haven’t yet grabbed your last-minute passes yet, you better hurry.At the time of publication, we found three-day general admission passes going for as low as $118 USD before fees on Vivid Seats.Single-day passes start at $87 before fees.Sound like the country fest of your dreams?Here’s everything you need to know about Country Thunder in Saskatchewan.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete breakdown of all the best prices on single and multi-day passes for the 2023 Country Thunder in Saskatchewan can be found below.(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The Global Citizen Festival will return to Central Park Sept. 23 for another ticketed-but-free concert, with the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Ms. Lauryn Hill set as the day’s headliners. Megan Thee Stallion, Conan Gray and Stray Kids are also on the day’s bill.  As always, tickets to the show on the Great Lawn are free, but require fulfilling a task as part of the international advocacy organization Global Citizen’s initiative to raise awareness about hunger, poverty, climate change and inequities facing women around the world, among pressing related concerns. The broadcast component will be produced by Done and Dusted; broadcast partners have not yet been announced. The show is being presented by  by Citi and Cisco. 

Faster Horses Festival is racing to Brooklyn, MI’s festival grounds for three huge days of country music, line dancing, camping, shopping, food and drink.Best of all, some of the biggest names in country will be gracing the stages at the annual extravaganza.We’re talking Luke Bryan, Shania Twain, Zac Brown Band, Dwight Yoakam and Dustin Lynch.Billy Currington, Dylan Scott, Blanco Brown, Warren Zeiders and Hailey Whitters are set to perform as well.Plus, Tenille Townes will be there too.And if you need last-minute tickets, you’re in the right place.Our team found three-day general admission passes going for $205 before fees on Vivid Seats.Considering all the country star power on hand, we reckon that’s a steal.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic A lot of people who go back in country music, be it the fans or even some who work in the industry in Nashville, refuse to call the CMA Music Festival anything other than “Fan Fair,” the name the annual event had in the far more humble ’70s, ’80s and ’90s. That’s the era when it took place out amid the pungent aromas of Nashville’s fairgrounds, not in and around a downtown stadium. Rather than resist that nostalgia for a quainter era, the CMA indulged it this year by selling vintage-looking T-shirts at merch booths — which, by the way, Country Music Association CEO Sarah Trahern says sold quite well. The festival is definitely embracing its past by including that former moniker in the title of a new documentary, “CMA Fest: 50 Years of Fan Fair,” premiering on Hulu today.

Thania Garcia Morgan Wallen’s “One Thing at a Time,” and its lead single “Last Night,” have now spent 11 weeks simultaneously topping the albums and songs chart. The 36-song set has logged a total of 15 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 while the buzzy “Last Night” spends a 13th at the peak, surpassing Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” as the third-ever album to have ruled over Billboard 200 for at least 11 weeks while one of its songs leads on the Hot 100. “One Thing at a Time’s” 110,500 album units managed to ward off Young Thug’s surprise debut of “Business Is Business,” which entered the chart at No. 2 with 89,000 units and 106 million streams. In the past few months, Wallen has also been challenged by K-pop champions (Twice, Jimin, Agust D, Seventeen) and stars ranging from Ed Sheeran to Melanie Martinez, Niall Horan and others. To this day, Wallen’s 2021 album “Dangerous: The Double Album” also remains in the top 10 of the chart (this week it’s at No. 7).

Country music stars Morgan Wallen and Luke Combs simultaneously hold the top two spots on the coveted Billboard Hot 100, marking the first time the genre has sat in those positions in a long time.

The Hot 100 chart is seeing a country music comeback.For the first time in 42 years, country music stars simultaneously hold the top two spots on the coveted music list. Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” remains atop the chart, with Luke Combs’ “Fast Car” coming in a close second. The last time country musicians were on top of the all-genre chart was in 1981.

Morgan Wallen is back in the saddle and taking his sold-out stage by storm, following a dramatic six-week hiatus from his One Night At A Time world tour. The country star made his return in Chicago on Thursday, playing to a crowd of over 40,000 fans at the renowned Wrigley Field.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic When Bobbie Nelson, longtime pianist for her brother, Willie Nelson, died in March 2022 at age 91, she left behind a recently completed posthumous album, recorded collaboratively with singer Amanda Shires. That record, “Loving You,” is finally seeing the light of day and shedding additional daylight on Nelson’s supreme talent as a player, which wasn’t always the main point of focus in the Nelsons’ family band, for obvious reasons. As a happy byproduct, this beautiful labor of love also casting sunshine on Shires’ skills as a vocal interpreter, as they both take on Willie songs, standards (“Over the Rainbow” and “Summertime,” the latter with a guest vocal from Bobbie’s brother) and other shared favorites.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Kesha and producer Dr. Luke have settled a defamation dispute out of court, both parties announced Thursday, with each releasing a quote related to the settlement that indicated they mutually see this as the end of the road for their lengthy legal disputes. Dr. Luke said in his statement that he “wish(es) Kesha well,” while the singer said that she wishes “nothing but peace to all parties involved” as the court dramas apparently draw to a close. “Only God knows what happened that night,” wrote Kesha. “As I always said, I cannot recount everything that happened. I am looking forward to closing the door on this chapter of my life and beginning a new one. I wish nothing but peace to all parties involved.”

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Singer-songwriter Brandy Clark has enjoyed triumphs recently on two fronts. Ten years of work on the score for her first Broadway musical, “Shucked,” paid off with a Tony nomination and a Drama Desk Award win for her and score co-writer Shane McAnally. And the Nashville resident’s self-titled fourth album, which found her friend Brandi Carlile moving into the producer’s chair, got the kind of great reviews that augur for more Grammy nominations (on top of the 10 nods she’s already picked up over the years). While she was making one of her many visits to New York, Variety caught up with her for a Facetime feature to discuss both her new Warner Records album, one of the year’s best, and the hit musical, which has a cast album of its own. The joint timing is coincidental, of course (“Shucked” was originally tagged for a 2020 opening, with an out-of-town run in D.C. that was just about to begin when the pandemic kicked in). That she gets to talk about two home runs at once makes her career seem far from anything that ends in “-ucked,” unless lucked applies.

Thania Garcia Morgan Wallen’s “One Thing at a Time” returns to No. 1 for the 13th non-consecutive week after spending the last two weeks in second place for the first time since its March debut. The album was only temporarily removed by Taylor Swift’s re-issued edition of “Midnights” and the monumental sales boost of K-pop group Stray Kids. The album returns to the summit with 111,500 equivalent album units sold in the United States, according to data collected by Luminate. That figure includes nearly 41 million on-demand streams and album sales tallied 4,500. With 13 weeks at No. 1, the 36-song set meets the mark set by Bad Bunny’s “Un Verano Sin Ti,” the biggest album to come out of 2022, and before that, Drake’s “Views” met the metric in 2106.

Morgan Wallen’s controversies have made as many headlines as his country career, but elsewhere in his personal life, the “Last Night” artist is the father of son Indigo Wilder.

Morgan Wallen‘s son Indigo was bitten on the face by his mother’s dog — and now, the pooch is being rehomed elsewhere.

Morgan Wallen's 2-year-old son, Indigo, is on the mend after a scary incident with a family pet. The «Last Night» singer's ex-girlfriend and Indigo's mom, KT Smith, took to her Instagram Story on Monday to tearfully share that her beloved dog had «bit Indigo in the face» as she was seeking a new home for the animal. «We spent yesterday morning at the emergency room and since then we have been looking for options,» Smith said, insisting that the dog «does not deserve» to be put down. «Indigo is OK. His scar will be minimum,» she said of her child, who turns three in July.

Morgan Wallen’s son, Indigo, is recovering after being bitten in the face by his mother KT Smith’s dog.

Morgan Wallen’s 2-year-old son was immediately taken to the hospital Sunday after suffering from a dog bite on his face.  Indigo, Wallen’s son whom he shares with ex-fiancée KT Smith, sustained injuries and received stitches after the brutal attack from Smith's dog. On Monday, Smith shared on her Instagram Stories a series of emotional videos and described what happened to their son.

Morgan Wallen’s family is going through a difficult episode.

Morgan Wallen‘s son Indigo was taken to the emergency room over the weekend after he was bitten by a rescue dog that his mother KT Smith owned.