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• Some of us find our fingers automatically opening social media apps on our phones and creating “speed bumps” can help break the habit.
• You do this by rearranging your home screen and hiding apps in folders so it’s an extra step to get to them.
• It won’t help stop you from wasting more time scrolling than you want to admit, but it’s an easy way to reset this muscle memory.
• Source: Metro

• The Grand Ole Opry is getting ready to celebrate its 98th Anniversary with several days of incredible performances
• The celebration runs from October 4-7 and will include old school legends like Crystal Gayle as well as today's stars like Lauren Alaina and Lainey Wilson
• The four-day celebration wraps up with the the Grand Ole Opry induction of Sara Evans - and tickets are on sale now
• Source: TheMusicUniverse

• Old Dominion and Needtobreathe both teased a new collaboration on Instagram yesterday
• The rock band said of the song "Wasting Time," "'Wasting Time' was one of the first songs we wrote for the record. We teamed up with our friends Old Dominion on this track for our upcoming album, CAVES. We wanted to have a fun rock song that would be exciting to play live."
• "CAVES" comes out September 15 - and the single comes out tomorrow
• Source: Old Dominion/Instagram

• We told you last week that Big & Rich were leaving ESPN's "College Game Day" after 16 years of having their song "Comin' To Your City" as the opening theme for the Saturday morning program
• While some mourned the change and some were anxious about what would replace it, we now know what the new theme will be - and who will perform it
• Keeping it "all in the family," the new artists on the theme will be Darius Rucker, Lainey Wilson and The Cadillac Three - and the new theme song? "Comin' To Your City." The new/old theme song debuts this Saturday at 9am on ESPN
• Source: WhiskeyRiff

• There's a lot going on in the world - and Walker Hayes saw that as a personal challenge to him as a songwriter
• In his latest song, "Good With Me," which dropped Friday, Walker takes on all of it - conspiracy theories, social media dividing us on almost every topic, college athletes getting paid, beer brands being dragged into socio-political arguments - you name it
• All of it done in under three minutes - and with a smile, in an approach that begs people to just sit down, have a beer, and talk it out 
• Source: USAToday

• After a week of teasing, Dan + Shay dropped their brand new song Friday
• Titled "We Should Get Married," the video starts off with the short clip they posted last week where the wedding planner assumes they can't get people up and boogying since they're the "ballad band," and they decide to break out "the song" to prove everyone wrong
• The defiantly uptempo tune is their latest to be released from their upcoming "Bigger Houses" album
• Source: TasteOfCountry

• Jason Aldean announced Friday that his new album, which we already knew was titled "Highway Desperado," was coming this fall
• On top of that, the album will include his latest single, "Try That In A Small Town," "Tough Crowd" (which he dropped back in May), and a new song he just released, titled "Let Your Boys Be Country"
• The entire fourteen-track album drops November 3
• Source: TasteOfCountry

• Lainey Wilson is Louisiana born and raised, and as country as sweet tea, but apparently her stuff plays up north as well
• So well, in fact, that she just set a new attendance record at the New York State Fair Wednesday night
• Lainey drew 53K fans to see her play just outside Syracuse, New York - crushing the previous record of 43K held by hip hop star Nelly
• Source: WhiskeyRiff

• “Dawn dates” are exactly what they sound like - going on a date that happens in the morning.
• They help you connect with someone in a different way and with a clear time frame, while doing things that fit into your lifestyle without the pressure of a romantic setting.
• Instead of giving up a weekend night to someone you barely know, you could have a dawn date and meet for coffee, walk around the farmer’s market, play golf or take a fitness class with them.
• Source: Lifehacker

• Tim McGraw was talking to Apple1 Music this week about a variety of subjects, with one topic being how Tim learned that a little independence goes a long way
• Tim relayed the story that back in 1994, as he was recording his "Not A Moment Too Soon" album, he decided that he was going to stand or fall on doing things his way
• He recorded and mixed the entire album on his own - and it ended up making him a superstar
• Source: WhiskeyRiff

• Several studies have given us scientific reasons hairy men make better husbands and partners.
• More than half (54%) of women prefer a man with facial hair over a clean shaven man, according to one study.
• While manscaping is trendy these days, another study finds body hair is linked to intelligence.
• Source: Your Tango

• Not one to rest on his laurels, Oliver Anthony has released a second video to follow up his mammoth "Rich Men North Of Richmond"
• Titled "I Want To Go Home," the new video and recording is an update of his originally self-recorded and released song and plows similar musical territory as "Rich Men"
• Manager Draven Riffe says of Anthony, "God has chosen to speak through Oliver, and to speak to all Americans through his music, all around the world"
• Source: Billboard

• In the old days - you know, back in the early 2000's - an artist would have to hit the road, visit radio stations, do all manner of gigs to get their songs on the radio and in front of people
• While that still goes on, there are alternate routes. Take Dylan Scott, for example
• Dylan posted a new song to social media yesterday, where he asked fans what they thought of it. While the song plays, he stands in his kitchen, bobbing his head and eating a bowl of cereal. Nice work if you can get it
• The song is titled "I'll Be A Bartender," and now that it's finished, it may be an indication that a new Dylan Scott album could be on the horizon
• Source: Dylan Scott/Instagram

• Workers want flexibility, especially a four-day work week, according to a new survey from Bankrate.
• It finds that 81% of full-time employees and job seekers want a four-day work week and of those, 89% would be willing to make sacrifices to work one less day.
• Over half (54%) would be willing to work longer hours, 37% would be willing to change jobs or industries and 27% would be willing to come to the office more days or only work in person.
• Source: Bankrate

• Lainey Wilson Partners With Wrangler For Fall Line
• Dolly Parton Unveils Line Of Party Supplies
• Reba To Be Immortalized In Corn
• Elle King Details Postpartum Struggles And Huge Weight Loss In Instagram Post

• Everyone has their own rules they set for themselves to follow in the early stages of dating, but experts say they could be keeping you from finding a healthy romance.
• Relationship therapist Kimberly Moffit and dating expert Carmelia Ray share the common dating “don’ts” that singles may want to ditch.
• They include “don’t text back too soon” and “don’t date more than one person at a time.”
• Source: USA Today

• Charlie Worsham isn't a well-known name to most country fans; his own singing career amounts to two minor hits ten years ago. But he's had much more success as a songwriter for some of the biggest stars in Nashville
• Charlie's ready to make a bit of a comeback as a performer, and many of those stars that he's written for are joining him on his upcoming album
• Titled "Compadres," the project drops October 13 - and the guest list is a who's who of today's country stars, including Dierks Bentley, Miranda Lambert, Lainey Wilson and Kip Moore  
• And Luke Combs, who helps Charlie out on a song he did solo back in 2013, "How I Learned To Pray," which dropped yesterday
• Source: TasteOfCountry

• Chris Stapleton has already told us his new album "Higher" is on the way
• Thus far, we've only heard one track, "White Horse," but fans who attended his concerts over the last few days have been hearing another track from the not-yet-release project
• Titled "Mountains On My Mind," Chris wryly introduced it from the stage: "This one's a sad one...shocker"
• Source: WhiskeyRiff

• The incredible story of Oliver Anthony and "Rich Men North Of Richmond" gets more incredible by the day
• In a career barely two weeks old, the Virginia farmer and factory worker has gone from literal unknown to the biggest music story on the planet
• He's managed to do something no one has ever done - not the Beatles, Elvis, Taylor Swift or anyone. His very first single has hit the top of the Billboard Top 100 in its very first week
• Source: WhiskeyRiff