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• The “New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash” was a showstopper for the year 2023 on CBS, but one performance is catching some heat
• Blake Shelton and Trace Adkins reunited on the show and performed some of their classics like “Hillbilly Bone,” but actually took the stage live in Oklahoma just a few minutes later
• Social media lit up with people calling Shelton out, with one person posting on X, “He must have one fast a** tour bus”
• Source: TMZ

Study: 81% Of Retailers Now Charge For Returns: Shoppers have gotten used to free returns on items that didn’t fit or they didn’t want, but they may find it’s not an option anymore at many merchants anymore.

• Scotty McCreery Gives Fans Sneak Peek Of New Tune
• Warren Zeiders Asks For Fan Input On Unfinished Song

Your 20s are all about growing and evolving. You may not even realize you’re doing it, but you are! Personal growth can be difficult to recognize, especially as it happens in ways that aren’t always super obvious.

• In an interview with "Taste Of Country Nights," Craig Campbell covered a wide arrray of subjects, including his own mental health struggles, where his career is now, and, interestingly, his take on Oliver Anthony
• When asked whether he ever had to make tough choices based on his ethical and moral beliefs, with the example of Anthony reportedly turning down an $8-million offer from a major label so he could continue to control his own fate, Campbell admitted he was envious
• Not of the offer itself, but that Anthony had the belief in himself that enabled him to turn it down and seek his own path. "I've done a lot of things that..hinged on 'If you don't do this, you won't be successful," Campbell admitted
• Source: TasteOfCountry

• A TikToker says she got rid of her Amazon Alexa after the device would talk to her husband in the middle of the night
• The woman named Jess, who goes by @cozylifewithbless, even says, “I also caught my Alexa at 3 a.m. whispering to my dogs in the kitchen"
• Source: NY Post

• As we told you yesterday, the New Year's Eve programming across the board seemed to experience big year-to-year increases
• One of the best performances on NYE was by CBS' "New Year's Eve Live: Nashville's Big Bash" which experienced a 75-percent increase in viewership over last year
• On top of that, the broadcast proved to be the biggest country music program ratings-wise over the entire year
• Source: TheMusicUniverse

Minute Maid Gets Boozy With New Spiked Line: Minute Maid is getting into the alcohol biz with a new line of pre-made cocktails.

So you’ve struck up a conversation with your crush, congrats! That’s great! The first step is done.

• The story has been told many times, in film and interviews, but now June Carter Cash is getting her very own documentary
• "June" will feature rare and never-before-seen footage the country legend, and concentrate on her life and legacy as well as her relationship with husband Johnny Cash
• The doc will feature interviews with Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Kacey Musgraves and Reese Witherspoon and premiers on Paramount+ January 16
• Source: Billboard