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The fifth annual “Dance Party to End ALZ” is going down November 13^th at Nashville’s Wildhorse Saloon and the entertainment is pretty stellar.

The 15th annual ACM Honors, hosted by Carly Pearce, went down last month at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium and last night fans got to see what they missed. Fox aired a two-hour special of the event, and honors handed out include: 

• ACM TRIPLE CROWN AWARD – Miranda Lambert
• ACM ICON AWARD – Connie Bradley
• ACM MILESTONE AWARD – Morgan Wallen
• ACM SPIRIT AWARD – Chris Stapleton
• ACM POET’S AWARD – Sonny Throckmorton and Shania Twain
• ACM FILM AWARD – “Yellowstone”
• ACM SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD –  HARDY

Ashley McbBryde seemed to be teasing something on social media this week, and now she’s confirmed what it is. The singer announced she’ll be releasing the new album “Lindeville” on September 30^th.

They’ve been married for over a year but it seems Blake Shelton still has trouble realizing that Gwen Stefani is his wife. In an interview with “Today,” Blake admits Gwen is “still in [his] phone, literally, as ‘My Girlfriend.'" 

Reba McEntire is giving fans an early holiday gift. Reba: The Ultimate Christmas Collection, a collection of previously released songs, will drop Friday, October 14th. It includes “I Needed Christmas,” featured in the Lifetime movie “Reba McEntire’s Christmas In Tune.”

Some of today’s biggest country stars came out to celebrate the Vince Gill for the special “CMT GIANTS: Vince Gill,” with the show jam-packed with great performances.

As we told you, despite her mother Naomi’s death in April, Wynonna Judd decided to go on with the already-announced final The Judds tour, with a variety of special guests, and now the lineup for each show has been announced. 

Kacey Musgraves Shares Short Film To Mark “Star-Crossed” One-Year Anniversary: This weekend marked the one-year anniversary of Kacey Musgraves releasing her latest album “Star Crossed,” and she marked the occasion by sharing a short film on the making of the release.

Kelsea Ballerini’s new album “Subject To Change” drops in two weeks (September 23^rd), and she just shared the track list for the record with fans. The album features 15 songs, including the star-studded collaboration “You’re Drunk, Go Home,” featuring Kelly Clarkson and Carly Pearce, which Kelsea teased in a video on Instagram Friday.

NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” kicked off last night, and for the 10^th year Carrie Underwood helped usher in the new season with her classic “Waiting All Day For Sunday Night” opening.

• Maddie and Tae are out with a new video for their latest single “Spring Cleaning,” which has them going all Marie Condo and getting rid of anything that no longer brings them joy. 
• Also dropping a new video is Tyler Hubbard, sharing a clip for his solo track “Everybody Needs A Bar,” which was filmed in Nashville.

Kane Brown’s new album “Different Man” is out now, featuring his first-ever collaboration with his wife Katelyn on the song “Thank God,” and now they’ve dropped a video for the track. 

Luke Bryan is headed back to Mexico. The singer just announced the lineup for this year’s "Crash My Playa Festival," set for January 19^th to 22^nd, 2023 at the AAA Four Diamond Awarded Moon Palace Cancún.

As we told you, Britain's Queen Elizabeth, the longest serving monarch of modern times and the second longest serving in history behind Louis IX, passed away yesterday at Balmoral Castle at the age of 96.

As we told you, Luke Combs was teasing a world tour, and now we know exactly where he’s going. 

Luke Combs is known for always treating his fans well, and that was on display this weekend at his concert in Maine, when he refunded his entire audience because his voice wasn't up to par, but played his show anyway.

Morgan Wallen Breaks Another Chart Record: Morgan Wallen’s “Dangerous: The Double Album” has broken another chart record.

Gwen Stefani Makes Grand Ole Opry Debut: Gwen Stefani checked off another milestone this weekend. The singer made her Grand Ole Opry debut.

As we told you, nominees for the 56^th Annual CMA Awards were just announced with newcomer Lainey Wilson leading the pack of this year’s nominees with six, followed by Ashley McBryde, Carly Pearce, and Chris Stapleton, with five each.