Grand Ole Opry
Country music concert and radio and television program in Nashville
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| May 2025 | Announced return to The Voice for the 28th season after a one-season hiatus, premiering in late 2025. |
| 2025 | Kelsea Ballerini was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Country Duo/Group Performance category for her collaboration with Noah Kahan on the song 'Cowboys Cry Too' |
| 2025 | Initiated the Truck Still Works Tour. |
| 2025 | Trace Adkins stars in the film 'Day of Reckoning', portraying the character Big Buck |
| March 2025 | Joined Clay Walker onstage at the Grand Ole Opry to announce an upcoming biographical movie called Forever and Ever, Amen, to be written and directed by Andrew Hyatt. |
| 2025 |
June Carter Cash
June Carter Cash was posthumously inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, further cementing her legendary status in country music.
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| 2025 | Little Big Town appears as advisors on Season 27 of The Voice, supporting Team Kelsea |
| March 19 2025 | Featured in NBC's Opry 100: A Live Celebration, where Carrie Underwood paid tribute to Travis, singing his songs and allowing him to sing the ending 'amen', receiving a standing ovation. |
| 2025 | Planned release of 'For Recreational Use Only' studio album. |
| 2025 | Released 'Life Is a Highway: Refueled Duets' album and announced corresponding tour |
| 2025 | Ranked #48 on Billboard's Top 100 Artists of the 21st Century |
| February 2025 | Urban and Kidman's Beverly Hills home was burglarized while the family was away. |
| 2025 | Joins American Idol as a judge |
| 2025 | Carrie Underwood is confirmed to be a judge on 'American Idol'. |
| 2025 | Chance McCoy is noted to return to the band, suggesting a potential reunion or renewed involvement. |
| 2025 | Scheduled for Kelsea Ballerini - Live On Tour |
| February 2025 | Debuted as a coach on the twenty-seventh season of The Voice. |
| February 2025 | Rascal Flatts begins their 'Life Is A Highway Tour'. |
| January 31 2025 | Rascal Flatts releases a new single 'I Dare You' featuring the Jonas Brothers. |
| January 29 2025 | Rucker announced on Instagram his plans to relocate to London, England, to tour more frequently in the UK and work on new creative endeavors. |
| January 24 2025 | The band announces on social media that they are working on new music. |
| January 20 2025 | Rascal Flatts performs together for the first time in nearly five years at the Commander in Chief Ball during Donald Trump's second inauguration. |
| January 2025 | Travis released a second song 'Horses in Heaven', created using voice cloning technology. The song was dedicated to victims of the Potomac River mid-air collision. |
| January 2025 | Performed 'America the Beautiful' a capella at the second inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump, following mixed public reaction. |
| January 9 2025 | Performed the John Lennon song 'Imagine' with his wife Trisha Yearwood at the state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter at the Washington National Cathedral. |
| 2024 | Ben James officially becomes a full member of the Oak Ridge Boys as their tenor vocalist. |
| 2024 | Guest judge on RuPaul's Drag Race Vegas Live! Makeovers episode |
| 2024 | Co-hosted CMT Music Awards solo |
| 2024 | Acted in Doctor Odyssey, playing character Lisa in 'I Always Cry at Weddings' episode |
| 2024 | Reba McEntire stars in and serves as executive producer for 'Happy's Place', taking on the lead role of Bobbie |
| 2024 | Andrew Ishee joins the band as the keyboard player. |
| 2024 | Paisley sang the national anthem before Game 1 of the World Series between the Dodgers and the New York Yankees. |
| 2024 | Launched the Son of the Mountains World Tour. |
| 2024 | Released thirteenth studio album 'Song still sings'. |
| 2024 | Little Big Town will co-headline the Take Me Home Tour with Sugarland, further expanding their tour collaborations in the country music industry. |
| 2024 | Keith Urban is set to release his thirteenth studio album, 'High'. |
| 2024 | He is scheduled to perform in the 'High in Vegas' residency, which will continue through 2025. |
| 2024 | Rucker released his memoir 'Life's Too Short'. |
| 2024 | Carrie Underwood is set to appear in the 'Nate Bargatze's Nashville Christmas' special. |
| 2024 | The band was nominated for Best Folk Album at the Grammy Awards for 'Jubilee' |
| 2024 | Announced a $2 million donation for Hurricane Helene relief efforts, with $1 million from her personal funds and $1 million from her businesses and Dollywood Foundation. |
| 2024 | Nominated for Grammy Award for Best Country Album with 'Rolling Up the Welcome Mat' and pending nomination for Best Country Duo/Group Performance with 'Cowboys Cry Too' (with Noah Kahan) |
| 2024 | Willie Nelson was featured in the 'Smoke Hour ★ Willie Nelson' and 'Smoke Hour II' interludes of Beyoncé's 'Cowboy Carter' album. |
| 2024 | The sixth Ole Red location opened on the Las Vegas Strip. |
| 2024 | Sang the national anthem during Super Bowl LVIII, accompanied by deaf actor Daniel Durant in American Sign Language |
| December 31 2024 | Performs at Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve |
| November 15 2024 | Blake Shelton released a new single titled 'Texas' on November 15, 2024. |
| October 2024 | Released their 24th album 'Mama's Boys', which led to cancelling their retirement plans and continuing to tour into 2025 and beyond. |
| October 2024 | Brooks was sued by his former hairstylist and makeup artist for sexual harassment and rape allegations. He initially countersued under a pseudonym and later named his accuser in a countersuit, denying all allegations and claiming it was an extortion attempt. |
| October 2024 | Paisley performed Merle Haggard's 'Workin' Man Blues' at the Country Music Hall of Fame induction ceremony to celebrate his friend James Burton's induction. |
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