CMT News

• Five at Five: George Strait’s Stadium Gig with Blake Shelton, Cody Johnson and Caitlyn Smith March 19, 2019
  George Strait to Headline the Home of the New England Patriots; Jason Isbell Launches ShoalsFest; Jerry Lee Lewis Concerts Canceled; Kane Brown’s Legal Filing Against Former Producer; Dolly Parton Donates $200,000 to Volunteer Fire Departments in East Tennessee
  Lauren Tingle
• Keith Urban and Post Malone Connect Over Elvis March 19, 2019
  “I love him because he’s such a unique fusion,” Urban said of the rapper-singer in a new Hot 20 Countdown interview. “He’s got a lot of country in him. He knows so much about country music, hip hop, rap, soul, blues, just everything. It’s incredible.”
  Lauren Tingle
• ACM Awards: Adds Brooks & Dunn, Brandi Carlile, Kelly Clarkson March 19, 2019
  Performers Dierks Bentley, Brooks & Dunn, Brandi Carlile, Eric Church, Kelly Clarkson, Luke Combs, Dan + Shay, Florida Georgia Line and Ashley McBryde join the 54th annual ACM Awards airing live from Las Vegas on April 7 at 8 p.m. ET on CBS.
  Lauren Tingle
• Carrie Underwood’s Post-Baby Reality, Explained March 19, 2019
  A complete breakdown of the most honest Instagram confession country music fans have ever heard. All about Carrie Underwood's inability to be back in her skinny jeans eight weeks after giving birth to her second son Jacob.
  Alison Bonaguro
• Maren Morris’ Girl Debuts as Top Country Album March 19, 2019
  Women may be scarce on Billboard’s country charts, but this week one of them boasts the genre’s bestselling album. And it’s about damn time.
  Edward Morris