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The Teddy Swims Australian tour is getting bigger. Frontier Touring has added third dates to both Melbourne and Sydney.

LeAnn Rimes is coming back to Australia for what will be her first tour in 22 years and only second ever Aussie tour.

Zac Brown Band, John Williamson, Kasey Chambers and Troy Cassar-Daley after a few of the names announced for the first round of Deni Ute Muster artists for 2025.

Zac Brown Band will return to Australia in October for dates in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane as well as the Deni Ute Muster in Deniliquin.

Kenny Chesney, the late June Carter Cash and more will be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

The Teddy Swims tour has expanded with new shows for Sydney and Melbourne.

Chris Stapleton, fresh back in the USA from his first ever Australian tour, will perform two fundraisers for Marty Stuart’s Congress of Country Music in Philadelphia, Mississippi in April.

Luke Combs has opened up about his “particularly wicked” battle with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).

Dolly Parton has paid tribute to her husband Carl Dean by releasing a new song days after his death.

Dolly Parton’s has shared memories of her late husband Carl Dean on her socials.

Carl Dean, Dolly Parton’s husband for 58 years, has passed away at the age of 82.

Neil Young has a new live album ‘Coastal’ on the way being released as a soundtrack companion to a film by Darryl Hannah about Neil’s 2023 Coastal tour.

Chris Stapleton’s 25 February 2025 at Rod Laver Arena Melbourne was the first time Chris has ever played in Australia. When he asked the audience if anyone had seen him before there were a rare few who put their hands up.

In 2019 Lee Kernaghan and his wife recorded the song ‘Where I Wanna Be’ for his album ‘Backroad Nation’. The song has become popular for people to propose to at Lee’s concerts.

Dolly Parton has spoken out about proposed funding cuts to her Imagination Library.

Slim Dusty’s grandson Jim Arneman and partner Flora Smith have taken the Kirkpatrick family business into a third generation.

The two historic live Slim Dusty recordings from 1996 now on streaming services will be available as a limited edition CD from May.

The 53rd Country Music Awards of Australia were announced in Tamworth on Saturday 25 January 2025. Troy Cassar-Daley was the big winner for the night.

Ringo Starr inadvertently has his late Beatles bandmate George Harrison to thank for his new country album.

Melbourne country duo Patsy and Dave have won two People’s Choice awards in Tamworth including best song for ‘The Willow’ co-written and recorded with Russell Morris.

Keith Urban will be inducted into the Roll of Renown at the 2025 Tamworth Golden Guitar Awards.

Ringo Starr has played his first ever show at Nashville’s historic Ryman Theater with the announcement that proceeds from the show will go to the Red Cross for those effected by the California wildfires.

‘The Slim Dusty Family Show Live at Tamworth 1996’ and ‘The Slim Dusty Travelling Country Band Reunion Show live from Tamworth in 1996’ are the next Australian Road Crew Association’s (ARCA) Desk Tape Series releases.

Dolly Parton is set to appear on The Wiggles’ new country album.

Just months after releasing what we thought was the unreleased Neil Young album ‘Oceanside/Countryside’ Neil has announced a new version with a completely different tracklisting.

Chad Morgan, aka The Sheik of Scrubby Creek, has died at the age of 91.

The former Beatles drummer, 84, has followed in the footsteps of Beyoncé and her ‘Cowboy Carter’ record by finishing a country music album titled ‘Look Up’, which is due out on 10 January.