Billy Ray Cyrus and Lil Nas X’s Hit Single “Old Town Road” Featured In “Rambo: Last Blood” Movie Trailer

Lionsgate unleashed a new trailer featuring Billy Ray Cyrus and Lil Nas X‘s “Old Town Road“ to promote the September 20 release of “Rambo: Last Blood,” starring Sylvester Stallone. 

The trailer’s release coincides with the eighth consecutive week “Old Town Road” rules the No. 1 position on the Billboard Hot 100 and boasts the second-biggest streaming week ever following the May 17 premiere of the official video.

“Old Town Road” continues to shatter its own records and knocked itself out of the No. 2 streaming spot with 130.7 million last week.

Three years before “Old Town Road,” Cyrus began planning his passion project, The SnakeDoctor Circus, with his longtime musical soulmate, Don Von Tress. The concept album, which “employs some fanciful allegorical imagery to make a very serious real-life point” (Taste of Country),” is available now via BMG. 

Billboard compared Cyrus’ performance of “I’ve Been Around” on “The Late Late Show with James Corden” as a “powerful Johnny Cash-like ballad.” 
 
Be sure to follow Cyrus on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.  For more information on Billy Ray Cyrus and his upcoming projects, visit BillyRayCyrus.com.

Chase Rice Rocks NHL Stanley Cup Final + Announces UK 2020 Tour

Following a worldwide celebration of two-week No. 1 “Eyes On You” – his first chart-topper as an artist – Chase Rice brings the song to national television tonight as the lead in to Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final between the Boston Bruins and St. Louis Blues on NBCSN starting at 7:30 p.m. ET. 

As the teams hit the ice at TD Garden in Boston, the televised performance gives national audiences a glimpse into Rice’s live concert that took place at Boston’s City Hall Plaza on Monday evening, where he performed a show for fans ahead of Game 1 as part of the NHL’s 2019 Stanley Cup Final Party.

Rice also announced his much-anticipated return to the U.K. and Europe in January 2020 following a main stage performance at the C2C Festival earlier this year. His 12-date The Pint of Anything Tour includes his first full-band headlining U.K. shows with stops in London, Glasgow, Belfast, Manchester and others, as well as his first foray into Germany and the Netherlands for a series of acoustic shows. Tickets for all dates go on sale this Friday, May 31 at www.chaserice.com/events.

The Pint of Anything Tour:
January 11 – St. Luke’s, Glasgow, U.K.
January 12 – Empire Music Hall, Belfast, U.K.
January 14 – O2 Academy 2, Newcastle, U.K.
January 15 – Gorilla, Manchester, U.K.
January 17 – O2 Institute 2, Birmingham, U.K.
January 18 – O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, London, U.K.
January 19 – Thekla, Bristol, U.K.
January 22 – Luxor, Cologne, Germany
January 23 – Hansa 39, Munich, Germany
January 24 – Bi Nuu, Berlin, Germany
January 25 – Mojo, Hamburg, Germany
January 27 – TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands

For more information and all upcoming tour dates, visit www.chaserice.com. Follow on Twitter, Facebook and on Instagram.

Additional Performers Announced for the 2019 CMT Music Awards

CMT announced the latest round of performers for the “2019 CMT Music Awards,” featuring all-star acts and award nominees Keith Urban (nominated for “Video of the Year” and “Collaborative Video of the Year”); hosts Little Big Town (“Group Video of the Year”); Luke Combs (nominated for “Video of the Year” and “CMT Performance of the Year”); and Zac Brown Band (nominated for “Video of the Year,” “Group Video of the Year” and “CMT Performance of the Year”).

Additionally, Nashville’s biggest party will include dynamic collaborations by Brandi Carlile (nominated for “Female Video of the Year” and “CMT Performance of the Year”) + Tanya Tucker; Brett Young + Boyz II Men (nominated for “CMT Performance of the Year” for their memorable performance from CMT Crossroads); and Thomas Rhett (nominated for “Male Video of the Year”) + Little Big Town (“Group Video of the Year”) + Trombone Shorty. GRAMMY award-winning artist Sheryl Crow will perform with previously announced three-time nominee and performer Maren Morris (“Video of the Year,” “Female Video of the Year” and “CMT Performance of the Year”).

The show will air LIVE from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, June 5 at 8 pm ET / 7 pm CT.

Caylee Hammack Shares Brand New Track “Just Friends”

Capitol Records Nashville’s Caylee Hammack is sharing more music with fans, releasing the head-turning new track “Just Friends,” available to listen here. Co-written by Hammack with Mikey Reaves and Aaron Raitiere, the song manages to channel the tones of country icons Alison Krauss and Dolly Parton in the fluttery first 29 seconds.

Co-produced by Hammack, that open leads into a guitar-driven core that pays homage to ‘90s-era alternative tracks by Everclear and Weezer. In the end, Hammack moves in yet another direction, closing with rich piano chording that comes direct from a gospel playbook. “Just Friends” tells listeners much of what they need to know about Hammack. She is all of those things – the country expressionist, the grungy firebrand, the spiritual seeker – pulled together in an intoxicating, yet cohesive way.

“We sat in the studio that day, bouncing between two extremely different melodic ideas I had started about the same theme the day before; inspired by the aftermath of a breakup I had recently gone through,” explains Hammack. “We finally decided to attempt to tell both sides of the emotional rollercoaster I was on by intertwining the two melodies into one song. I loved the idea of the clear juxtaposition between the two and how this song gave us a moment to tip our hats to the older country that raised us and the 90’s alternative music we all found solace in when we were teenagers.”

“It’s one of my favorites to perform live,” says Hammack, “I love to start crooning the opening lines at shows and watching people start to slowly sway, then snap back into focus when the electric guitars start screaming on the second verse. It shows both sides of my personality in a few minutes, which is cathartic for me.”

Hammack is set to make her National TV debut on TODAY on May 29 where she will perform her “high-spirited” (Variety) single “Family Tree.” Also co-written and co-produced by Hammack, it was the most-added debut song by a female artist upon impact at Country radio in over three years.

Randy Travis Releases First New Song In Six Years with “One In A Row”

In the midst of promoting his memoir, Forever and Ever, Amen, Randy Travis gives fans a reason to celebrate with his first music release in six years. “One In A Row”, is a song about missing someone as much as the world has missed the Country Music Hall of Fame member’s one-of-a-kind baritone since a massive stroke in 2013 affected his ability to perform. Listen to One In A Row here.

The song, penned by Buddy Jewell and Thom McHugh, was recorded years before the stroke but never widely released to audiences. It showcases Travis’ deep, velvety smooth, signature tone with the traditional country sound that has been a cornerstone of his career since 1986 when he “turned [the country] format 180 degrees from where it’s heading, back and made it bigger than it ever was” [Garth Brooks to Rolling Stone Country].

“Traditional country music was all I wanted to do — it’s all I knew how to do.” – Randy Travis in his memoir, Forever and Ever, Amen: A Memoir of Music, Faith, and Braving the Storms of Life.

Randy’s memoir takes readers behind the music, with candid, never-before-told details, of his troubled youth full of drinking and stealing cars, a tense relationship with his father and the roller coaster ride of more than 40 years in the music and acting industry. With the help of New York Times Best-Selling Author, Ken Abraham, and Travis’ wife Mary, this memoir recounts the singer’s journey of perseverance and redemption from his early childhood memories up until the book was penned, recovering from a life-changing stroke and painful divorce, enjoying the life he was given and learning to “sing a new song.” The book can be purchased at various retailers as well as www.foreverandeveramenbook.com.

Travis will have a booth in Fan Fair X at Music City Center (Booth 142) with books for purchase and daily photo opportunities during the upcoming CMA Fest in Nashville, Tenn., as well as a book tour in select markets. For more information about Forever and Ever, Amen, the tour and Randy Travis, please visit www.RandyTravis.com.