March 10, 2022
“Half Of My Hometown” has Kelsea Ballerini at number one on the Billboard Country Airplay chart this week with her East Tennessee buddy, Kenny Chesney: “To be able have a song about my experience in my hometown, and then share with my hometown hero, and then be able to call him a friend, and then call it a number one song. It’s one of those things that I wish I could go back and tell my twelve-year-old self, you know, I just don’t know if I would believe me. It’s a big deal (laughs)”
Blake Shelton shared on social media that he and his wife Gwen Stefani will play the INDYCar race July 24 at the Iowa Speedway in Newton, IA. Gwen will play a concert Sunday before the race, and Blake will close out the night after the last checkered flag flies. Race weekend will also feature country music shows on Saturday, too. July 23rd Tim McGraw will perform before the race with Florida Georgia Line closing things out post-race Saturday.
Parker McCollum and his fiancée Hallie have set a date, and it’s right around the corner. They’re getting married March 21st. And their “first dance” song is already picked out too. It’s George Strait’s “I Cross My Heart”.
Celebrating a birthday today: Carrie Underwood is 39…Brett Warren of the Warren Brothers is 51