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Rising country star Travis Denning is set to release his forthcoming EP, Dirt Road Down, on August 6. The singer announced the news this morning with “Jack and Coke,” a brand new break-up track from his six-song collection.  Of his upcoming EP, Denning says, “Dirt Road Anthem was about going, ‘What’s the next step? It’s

R. Kelly is facing new allegations in his criminal case out of Chicago — which is about to go to trial next month — including claims that he sexually abused a male minor … whom he’s said to have met at a McDonald’s. Prosecutors in Kelly’s federal sex trafficking case filed the bombshell Friday, seeking

Laine Hardy celebrates the wild side of his country upbringing in the new track, “Authentic,” dropping the hard-driving country rock anthem today (July 23). Highlighting the former winner of American Idol’s rowdy side, with crunchy guitars and mandolin joined by pounding drums and a devil-may-care vocal, the track is full of a party-starting potential. It

Morgan Wallen explaining on ‘GMA’ his rationale behind using the n-word is gibberish … so says the NAACP Nashville chapter president. Sheryl Guinn tells TMZ … she believes Morgan’s sit-down with Michael Strahan is the result of Morgan being sorry not for what he said but for getting caught using the racial slur. She says

Nashville’s resident reggae star, Gramps Morgan, is back with a blast of summertime love, dropping his new album, Positive Vibration, today (July 23). Marking the Grammy winner’s first album in nine years and featuring collaborations with Shaggy, India.Arie and more, the album mixes the all-good vibes of Caribbean soul with a dash of Nashville relatability,

Justin Bieber and Conor McGregor — “The Biebs” and “The Notorious” — are just a couple of bros having a “proper” breakfast together … shirtless, of course. JB and the MMA star were hanging out in Bev Hills Friday, as McGregor continues to recover from his gnarly leg injury suffered at UFC 264 in his

Dolly Parton collected two more Emmy nominations for her Netflix Christmas movie this year, but there was a time when she was totally unproven in the film business. Doing what Dolly does, she absolutely crushed her debut role in 9 to 5 — and never looked back — but she was apparently nervous going in.

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are going through a divorce, but they’re still celebrating each other’s milestones as a family … including the release of his 10th studio album. Kim and all 4 of their kids — North, Saint, Chicago and Psalm — are part of the large crowd Thursday night at Atlanta’s Mercedez-Benz Stadium

Kane Brown was joined by his wife Katelyn and their 1-year-old daughter Kingsley on the road last weekend, and Katelyn shared some family photos from their time together. The family was able to have their photos snapped by Brown’s photographer, who captured sweet pictures of Kane, Katelyn and Kingsley at the concerts venues. Katelyn shared

Scooter Braun and his wife, Yael, have done all they can to try saving their marriage … but now Scooter is throwing in the towel. The uber-Hollywood manager for the likes of Justin Bieber, Demi Lovato, J Balvin and Ariana Grande filed for divorce Wednesday in Los Angeles. According to the filing, Scooter is asking

Country newcomer Niko Moon is toasting a big career milestone, as the release date for his debut album gets revealed. The talented singer-songwriter will drop Good Time on August 27, and he’s sharing a new track to get fans excited. Co-produced by the talented tunesmith with frequent collaborator Joshua Murty, the album will feature 14

UFC star Sean O’Malley and 6ix9ine made their bromance permanent this week … ’cause Suga let the controversial rapper tattoo his ’69’ logo on him!! The duo had a helluva weekend together in Miami … clubbing, playing softball and eating expensive ass meals out in South Beach. But, while the good times may fade away,

TikTok has a way of finding the best talent and that is certainly true in the case of James “Bear” Bailey, a man who has recently gone viral for singing in gas stations. In the videos, Bailey, who can be found @bearbailey1, walks nonchalantly up to the gas station cashier and starts belting out a

Play video content TMZ.com Music legend Nile Rodgers is giddy talking about his roller disco event, which is truly on a roll ’cause Madonna‘s playing host for his grand opening event. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee joined “TMZ Live” Wednesday and told us about the awesome vibes going down at his new

The newly-married Bobby Bones was recently joined by John and TJ Osborne of Brothers Osborne on episode #306 of his podcast, the BobbyCast. On the episode, the duo and Bones went into a deep conversation about Brothers Osborne’s origin as two brothers from Maryland to their current success. John and TJ also touched on more

Play video content @dollyparton / Instagram You can bet Dolly Parton‘s getting a big O-vation tonight for the surprise she put together for her husband’s 79th birthday. The legendary country singer got dolled up in an iconic Playboy Bunny suit Tuesday to give Carl — her husband of 55 years — a special 79th birthday

Walker Hayes celebrated his wife Laney’s birthday with his six children this week. On Monday, the “Fancy Like” singer posted a smiling photo of himself, his children, his wife, and a cookie cake from the birthday celebration. Hayes also wished his spouse a happy birthday in the caption. “Happy birthday to the queen,” wrote the

Play video content BACKGRID Paris Hilton wants Britney Spears‘ father to start listening to the chorus of voices demanding he let her out of the conservatorship pronto … and she’s sending her friend lotsa love. Paris was heading into Fia Restaurant Monday night in Santa Monica with her sister, Nicky — who was hosting the

Charlie Worsham has been dubbed as “Nashville’s best-kept secret” for years. A celebrated multi-instrumentalist, he has played on records for Eric Church, Luke Combs, Carrie Underwood, Dierks Bentley, Hailey Whitters, actor/comedian Leslie Jordan and more. As an artist himself, Worsham is known for writing songs from the recesses of his heart and emoting them flawlessly

Biz Markie had a partner in rhyme pulling for him and his family up to the very end — it was none other than Fat Joe, who provided emotional support like you wouldn’t believe … TMZ has learned. The recently deceased MC’s wife, Tara Hall, tells us that out of all the scores of people