Nashville notes: Megan Moroney’s ‘Traitor’ + Chris Janson’s musical cameo

Nashville notes: Megan Moroney’s ‘Traitor’ + Chris Janson’s musical cameo
Nashville notes: Megan Moroney’s ‘Traitor’ + Chris Janson’s musical cameo

The title track of Chris Janson’s latest album, Wild Horses, will be featured in Sunday’s episode of Marshals on CBS and Paramount+.

“Traitor (Roles Reversed),” previously available only as the bonus track from the Target edition of Megan Moroney’s third album, Cloud 9, has now made its way to streaming services.  

Keith Urban’s cover of Robbie Dupree’s 1980 hit, “Steal Away,” is available now. It’s the latest preview of the Aussie superstar’s yacht rock covers album, Flow State, due June 12. He’ll present the album of the year trophy at Sunday’s 61st ACM Awards in Vegas. 



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Luke Bryan plants a new crop of Farm Tour dates for fall

Luke Bryan plants a new crop of Farm Tour dates for fall
Luke Bryan plants a new crop of Farm Tour dates for fall
Luke Bryan (Disney/Eric McCandless)

Luke Bryan is midway through the three-night kickoff of his 2026 Farm Tour in Clovis, California, but he’s already looking ahead to three more dates in the fall.

“‘Bout time we told y’all in the Midwest when we’re comin to town,” he posted on his socials Friday afternoon. “#FarmTour2026 is heading back to Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana this September. Tickets go on sale 5/21 at 9am EST. Nut House, y’all get first access on 5/19 at 9am EST.”

Luke will play 1846 Farms in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 17, followed by Miller Family Farm in Millersport, Ohio, on Sept. 18. On Sept. 19, he’s due in Brookston, Indiana, at Prairie Views Farms. 

Luke wraps up the first leg of the 2026 Farm Tour Saturday in Elk Grove, California. He kicks off his Word on the Street Tour May 29 in Gilford, New Hampshire. 

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New Music Friday: Mýa, GIVĒON and more

New Music Friday: Mýa, GIVĒON and more
New Music Friday: Mýa, GIVĒON and more

GIVĒON has released the deluxe edition of his 2025 album, Beloved. Beloved: Act II features the 19 original tracks plus five new ones. Kehlani, Teddy Swims, Leon Thomas and Sasha Keable appear on the album.  “if you thought the story was over… listen again,” GIVĒON writes on Instagram while announcing the album’s release. The video for “Jezebel” is now available to watch on YouTube.

After months of teasing, Mýa is back with Retrospect, a tribute to the ’70s and ’80s. “We created this project with the intention to transport us back to a special time in music and culture that brought so much love, laughter, joy and reflection to our lives,” she said in a statement. “The days of cassette tapes, vinyl, the most amazing gatherings, concerts, house parties, skate nights and date nights. A good time was certainly had & will forever be a part of me. Who’s ready to go back?!” 21 Savage, Snoop Dogg, Too $hort, D-Nice, Joyner Lucas, Dizzy Wright and Phil Adé are featured on the album.

Other releases:

Kevin Gates, Lost Files – The Collection

Paul Wall, “Elbow Room

Shaggy, “Lottery

BNYX, GENESIS FM

Steve Aoki, Destroy Lonely and BIA, “Young

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Kelsea Ballerini’s fans are ‘Legends’ on her new app

Kelsea Ballerini’s fans are ‘Legends’ on her new app
Kelsea Ballerini’s fans are ‘Legends’ on her new app
Kelsea Ballerini is seen in Midtown on April 15, 2026 in New York City. (TheStewartofNY/GC Images)

Kelsea Ballerini’s Legends fan club will now make its home in her new app.

The “Love Me Like You Mean It” hitmaker announced the Kelsea Ballerini app Friday in a video message posted to her socials

“I really love seeing what you guys are saying, whether it’s about shows or what to wear to shows or what your favorite lyric is or what you think is about to drop and when and what merch you want, what merch you like,” she said. “And so we wanted to curate this really fun, safe atmosphere for all of us to just kinda kiki together whenever we want.”

“And it’s gonna be where I show you things first, where I announce things first,” she added. “There’s gonna a forum where we can all talk. I will be lurking. It’s gonna be a really safe, fun spot to move into this next chapter and season of music together. See you there.”

If you’re not a Legend, you can become one by downloading the app, creating an account and buying a membership. 

The group, of course, is named after “Legends,” Kelsea’s #1 from 2018.

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The Beach Boys’ ‘Pet Sounds’ certified double Platinum ahead of 60th anniversary

The Beach Boys’ ‘Pet Sounds’ certified double Platinum ahead of 60th anniversary
The Beach Boys’ ‘Pet Sounds’ certified double Platinum ahead of 60th anniversary
Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Resnikoff and Bruce Johnston attend the Beach Boys 60th Anniversary of ‘Pet Sounds’ at Capitol Records Building on May 11, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images for UMe)

Saturday marks the 60th anniversary of The Beach Boys’ iconic album Pet Sounds, and ahead of the milestone, the album has ben certified double Platinum by the RIAA.

Not only that, the album’s hit singles received new certifications: “Wouldn’t It Be Nice” has now been certified four-times Platinum, while “God Only Knows” is now two-times Platinum and “Sloop John B” has gone Platinum.

Beach Boys founding members Mike Love and Al Jardine, as well as Bruce Johnston and the families of the late Brian Wilson, Dennis Wilson and Carl Wilson, were on hand for a special ceremony at Capitol Records in Hollywood, California, on Monday, where they received plaques celebrating the new certifications. Capitol Records is also flying a Pet Sounds flag on its tower to mark the anniversary.

Another way the anniversary is being celebrated is with the just-released The Pet Sounds Sessions Highlights, featuring material from the 1997 four-CD box set The Pet Sounds Sessions. The set contains 25 alternate takes, a cappella versions and tracking sessions, all of which are making their vinyl debut.

Released May 16, 1966, Pet Sounds is often considered one of the best albums of all time. Recorded a year after Brian Wilson quit touring and suffered a breakdown in 1964, the album peaked at #10 on the Billboard Albums chart. In 2004 it was chosen by the Library of Congress for inclusion in the National Recording Registry.

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Schoolboy Q explains why he quit smoking weed

Schoolboy Q explains why he quit smoking weed
Schoolboy Q explains why he quit smoking weed
ScHoolboy Q performs on stage at Spilt Milk on December 7, 2025, in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Matt Jelonek/Getty Images)

Schoolboy Q said he quit smoking weed because he wanted to lead by example. While explaining his decision on the Par 3 Podcast with J.R. Smith & Stephen Malbon, he credited his kids for the decision.

“Me, personally, I feel like I got everything I got out of it,” he said. “I’ve been smoking so much, and smoking, like, 20 times a day. At some point, it ain’t really doing nothing. You just got this oral [fixation]. You’re just constantly doing it. … But it was mainly for my daughters, my kids. Just to let them know you can do anything.”

He said he’s been preaching messages of resilience to his oldest daughter, who is almost 17 and has been dealing with challenges in her life. 

“It was just, like, me constantly telling her you can do anything. Like, don’t even trip.”

Quitting was his way of backing his words with action and serving as living proof that she can do anything.

“Now it’s like, ‘Now what you got? Give me something back,'” he continued. “I’m doing it. We gon’ do this s*** together.”

Schoolboy Q said he hasn’t gone back since.

In a 2016 Coveteur interview, he said weed helped him cope and kept him from trouble in the streets.

“I’d probably be dead if I didn’t pick up weed. I come from a life of gang bangin’,” he said. “Being out a lot gets you crossed up in the wrong mix and … [b]ecause I’m a big weed head, I’m not even trying to go nowhere else outside my vicinity. I’m high and feeling good and I’m not even gonna get into any trouble.”

The full podcast interview is available to watch on YouTube.

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If you’re betting on Blake Shelton’s ACM performance, ‘Gamble’ on this one

If you’re betting on Blake Shelton’s ACM performance, ‘Gamble’ on this one
If you’re betting on Blake Shelton’s ACM performance, ‘Gamble’ on this one
Blake Shelton’s “The Gambler” (Amazon Music)

What could be more appropriate for a performance in Las Vegas than “know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em”?

Well, Blake Shelton’s done his version of a Kenny Rogers classic, and it could very well be what he’s performing during Sunday’s Academy of Country Music Awards. 

“I recorded a cover of ‘The Gambler’ to honor the great Don Schlitz,” Blake wrote on his socials Friday. “It’s out now only on @amazonmusic.”

“Check it out and be sure to tune into the @acmawards this Sunday!” he added. 

Noted songwriter Schlitz passed away April 16 in Nashville after a sudden illness at the age of 73. The Country Music Hall of Famer also wrote classics like Randy Travis’ “On the Other Hand” and “Forever and Ever, Amen,” as well as “When You Say Nothing at All,” recorded by Keith Whitley and Alison Krauss. 

Of course, it would also make sense if Blake sang his current hit, “Let Him In Anyway.”

Tune in Sunday at 8 p.m. ET to find out which song he chooses when the 61st ACMs stream live on Prime Video from MGM Grand Garden Arena. 

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Definitely wealthy: Gallagher brothers make UK’s ‘Sunday Times’ Rich List after Oasis reunion

Definitely wealthy: Gallagher brothers make UK’s ‘Sunday Times’ Rich List after Oasis reunion
Definitely wealthy: Gallagher brothers make UK’s ‘Sunday Times’ Rich List after Oasis reunion
Liam Gallagher and guitarist Noel Gallagher of Oasis at Soldier Field on August 28, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. (Natasha Moustache/Getty Images)

As it turns out, making up with your long-estranged brother and reuniting your massively popular band to headline sold-out stadiums around the world is in fact a lucrative business venture.

So much so that Liam Gallagher and Noel Gallagher have made their debut on the U.K.’s Sunday Times Rich List following Oasis’ reunion tour in 2025.

The Rich List, as you might’ve guessed, ranks the wealthiest people in the United Kingdom. According to the Sunday Times, the Gallagher brothers have amassed a combined net worth of 375 million British pounds, which is about $500 million.

The Gallaghers rank at #11 among the richest U.K. musicians and sit at #325 on the overall Rich List.

Oasis’ reunion tour marked the first time Noel and Liam had shared the live stage in 16 years, officially ending their long and very public feud. A documentary about the tour will premiere in theaters in September before coming to Hulu and Disney+ later in 2026.

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Bruce Springsteen, David Byrne booked for ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’s’ final week

Bruce Springsteen, David Byrne booked for ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’s’ final week
Bruce Springsteen, David Byrne booked for ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’s’ final week
‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ art (CBS)

Bruce Springsteen and Talking Heads frontman David Byrne are among the famous names confirmed to appear on the final week of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

Byrne will appear on the show Tuesday, where he’s booked for what’s described as a “special performance” with Colbert. Springsteen is set to perform Wednesday night, which is the same night Colbert will take The Colbert Questionert, with the help of special guests.

Jon Stewart and Steven Spielberg are also booked for Tuesday’s show, while Monday’s is described as “The Worst of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” although it’s not a clip show.

Colbert will sign off The Late Show on Thursday, and so far no guests for the finale have been revealed.

CBS announced in July 2025 that it was canceling The Late Show, noting the decision to end the late-night talker was a financial one. David Letterman launched The Late Show in 1993, and Colbert took over when Letterman left in 2015.

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Rihanna, Chance the Rapper, Idris Elba make ‘TIME’100 Philanthropy list

Rihanna, Chance the Rapper, Idris Elba make ‘TIME’100 Philanthropy list
Rihanna, Chance the Rapper, Idris Elba make ‘TIME’100 Philanthropy list
Rihanna attends the 2026 Met Gala Celebrating Costume Art at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 04, 2026, in New York City. (Photo by TheStewartofNY/Getty Images)

Rihanna has landed on the TIME100 Philanthropy list honoring the “world’s most influential givers, leaders, advocates, and thinkers.” She made the cut thanks to her Clara Lionel Foundation, founded in 2012 after her grandmother’s death and named after her grandparents.

The foundation has donated over $100 million to support climate resilience, women’s entrepreneurship, arts and culture, education and healthcare across the Caribbean, the U.S. and East Africa.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, it distributed $33 million in a single year. Most recently, after Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica in October 2025, the foundation launched a fund to restore healthcare services and improve access to clean water and education.

Chance is included for his nonprofit SocialWorks, which has supported Chicago Public Schools. The organization has contributed $5.6 million, helping renovate classrooms, getting new equipment and funding arts education programs, among other things. Chance has even performed at benefit concerts and meet-and-greets.

“I had teachers that I felt like were antagonistic towards me, and a lot of that gets vented on in my first project,” Chance tells TIME. “But I also had a lot of teachers that were big advocates for me and kept me from getting kicked out. And those are the ones that organized the teachers’ labor union and mobilized the teachers to strike for better facilities and more resources.”

Idris Elba and his wife, Sabrina Dowhre, are recognized for their Elba Hope Foundation, which focuses on food security, sustainability, youth advocacy and support for smallholder farmers. Their initiatives include the Rice for Life program, which has provided food to millions of people, and the Creative Futures Program, which gives youth in underserved communities access to careers in music, film, theater and media.

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