Eric Church Announces Two Solo Shows at Red Rocks Amphitheatre

Eric Church has built a reputation for making every live show special with one-night-only set lists, unique arrangements, and stripped solo shows. Now “our greatest working rock star” (Stereogum) is pushing the envelope even further with a not to be missed two-night solo stand at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Tuesday, Aug. 9 and Wednesday, Aug. 10.

Fan club members will have the first chance to purchase tickets and travel packages during the fan club pre-sale, starting March 4, on ericchurch.com.  The one or two night travel packages include lodging at Denver’s Hotel Monaco, transportation to and from the venue, and tickets in the first 20 rows. This package and tickets will also be offered to the public beginning at 10 a.m. MT on March 11 by visiting www.axs.com or by phone at (888) 929-7849.

The performances offer fans one of the few chances this year to see the Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year nominee. Church, who’s up for six awards at the April 3 CBS-broadcast award show, has mostly laid low since The Outsiders World Tour’s two-year run concluded and the surprise release of new album Mr. Misunderstood last November. He’s only scheduled a few shows so far in 2016, and with an album’s worth of new music to debut you can bet every single show will be special.

A four-time ACM Awards winner, in addition to the top honor Entertainer of the Year, Church is also up for Album of the Year for Mr. Misunderstood, Male Vocalist of the Year, Video of the Year for Top 15 single “Mr. Misunderstood,” Vocal Event and Song of the Year for “Raise ‘Em Up” with Keith Urban.

Church recently released “Record Year,” the second single from Mr. Misunderstood. The song, which namechecks Stevie Wonder’s Songs In The Key of Life, Willie Nelson’s Red Headed Stranger, John Lee Hooker’s One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer among others from Church’s stack of vinyl, was dubbed the “most moving moment” on the new album by Rolling Stone.

Keith Urban Scores 20th No.1 Single with “Break On Me”

Keith Urban scores his 20th No. 1 single as “Break on Me,” leaps to the top of both the Billboard and Country Aircheck country singles charts. The song, written by Ross Copperman and Jon Nite, is a feeling Keith can relate to from both sides.

“‘Break On Me’ is just one of those songs that I, the first time I heard it, it hit me in all the right ways, because having been in that place where I’ve needed someone to ‘break on,’ but also of course being someone who could be strong for somebody else,” says Keith. “I’d gotten the song and not long after that was when [my wife] Nic lost her dad, and I found myself living out that song.”

“Break on Me” is the second the second single from his upcoming album, Ripcord, and the follow-up to his previous No. 1, “John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16.”

CMR Exclusive: In-Depth Interview with The Cadillac Three

2016 is off to a busy start for Big Machine Records’ The Cadillac Three. Comprised of Jaren Johnston, Kelby Ray and Neil Mason, the southern-rock trio have been on the road almost non-stop since the beginning of the year, and the momentum is set to continue throughout 2016. The southern-rock trio just wrapped up a string of sold-out shows in the UK, as well as released their new single, “Graffiti.”

The Cadillac Three’s Jaren Johnston and Neil Mason sat down with us for an in-depth interview. We chatted with them about their time spent in the Europe, touring, new single “Graffiti” and more! They even shared songs they wished they held on to and released for The Cadillac Three! Check out the interview here, or watch below.

The Cadillac Three deliver an energetic show like no other. Their southern roots radiate on stage, and everyone is all about “the south” throughout their entire set. If TC3 come to an area near you, their show is a must-see!!! For a list of tour dates, visit: thecadillacthree.com/tour

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Maren Morris’ “My Church” Continues To Make A HUGE Impact

Maren Morris continues to turn heads today with her debut single “My Church” which The Guardian exclaims is “destined to make Morris the genre’s next female superstar” zipping to No. 1 on the Billboard Country Digital Songs and Shazam Country Charts and remains No. 1 on the iTunes Country Songs chart.

Morris’ “My Church” entered the Country music format like a lion when it made Country radio history when it hit the airwaves setting the record for the most first week stations at the single impact date on the Billboard Country Airplay chart and Country Aircheck’s Mediabase Chart with 107 first week Country radio chart reporting stations spinning the song. The previous record for a debut single was 99.

Now after only 9 weeks at Country radio, the single boasts 179,857 digital downloads, over 7.4 million streams and is currently positioned at No. 16 on the Billboard Country Airplay and No. 15 on Country Aircheck’s Mediabase charts. “My Church,” the first single off the Texas singer/songwriter’s forthcoming album due later this year, was co-written and co-produced by Morris along with songwriter and producer Busbee and appeared on Morris’ self-titled EP, Maren Morris, which released in November reaching the top position on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums Chart.

Morris has appeared on multiple 2016 Watch Lists including USA Today (5 Musicians To Watch Out For in 2016), SiriusXM (Artists to Watch in 2016), Huffington Post (#1 on their Country Artist’s to Watch in 2016), Boston Globe (16 Artists To Look Forward to Hearing in 2016) and Billboard, where Morris was featured as one of seven artists across all genres in the January 16 “Predictions Issue.”

She’s expected to release her debut full length album this summer.

Chris Stapleton Releases Poignant Music Video With “Fire Away”

Chris Stapleton has released a music video for “Fire Away,” a song from his award-winning album, Traveller. The concept of the clip, which features Ben Foster (Lone Survivor, X-Men) and Margarita Levieva (The Black List, Revenge) and directed by Tim Mattia, was conceived by Chris.

The clip, which takes you through a young married couple’s first happy moments that quickly turn tragic, is helping to bring awareness to mental health issues, specifically through the Campaign to Change Direction. The organization was introduced to Chris through Foster and hopes to begin conversations about the five signs of mental illness, which are featured in the video. Nearly one in five people have a diagnosable health condition and most of them do not speak up.