20 August 2019

Tenille Townes has unveiled another new song from her upcoming debut album, with Jersey on the Wall being released for public consumption. You can listen to the song here. Townes has already shared White Horse, I Kept the Roses and Somebody’s Daughter from the album, which has been produced by Jay Joyce and is to be released via Columbia Nashville at some point in the near future. The latter stages of 2019 are shaping up to be very busy for Townes, who is scheduled to perform at the 2019 ACM Honors ceremony at the Ryman in Nashville, while she is also pencilled in to support Miranda Lambert this autumn and Maren Morris in November. Currently, she is supporting Dierks Bentley on his ‘Burning Man Tour’. In addition, Townes will heading to the UK in late October for a five-date spell with Striking Matches, including a headline date in London. Tenille Townes will be playing: October 21 – Thekla, Bristol, England* October 22 – O2 Academy Oxford, Oxford, England* October 23 – Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen, London, England October 27 – Arts Club Loft, Liverpool, England* October 28 – Stereo, Glasgow, Scotland* *supporting Striking Matches

CJ Solar will be making one of his dreams come true very soon as he has been invited to play the Grand Ole Opry for the first time on September 7. Solar has released two EPs so far in his career and is gearing up to release his third, with his upcoming single Coming My Way to be released on Country radio as of August 27. In addition, Solar has also been operating as a songwriter in Nashville and recently celebrated his first No. 1 Country single as Up Down by Morgan Wallen featuring Florida Georgia Line topped the charts. Speaking about the news, Solar said that he is in disbelief that he is getting the opportunity to perform at the Opry and that seeing a show there when he was 12 made him want to move to the city. “It’s been a dream of mine to stand on the circle, since I attended my first Opry performance with my parents on a trip to Nashville when I was 12…it inspired me to move to Nashville and want to make Country music,” said Solar. “Always said this was the biggest bucket list moment for me in Nashville and I can’t believe it’s happening!”

After a record 19 weeks as US No. 1 on the Billboard 100, Old Town Road by Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus has lost its place to Billie Eilish. Eilish, still only 17 (December 18 2001), becomes the first artist born after 2000 to claim the No. 1 spot, with bad guy now sitting at the top of the charts having been sat at No. 2 for a record nine weeks. bad guy is also the first song to be both No. 1 on the Billboard 100 and Alternative Songs chart since Lorde’s Royals back in 2016. Both Lil Nas X and Cyrus – who famously agreed to appear on the remix version of Old Town Road that dominated the charts following outrage that Billboard removed it from the US Country Charts, with many citing racism as a reason for the removal – offered their congratulations to Eilish on Twitter in the immediate aftermath. “Congratulations Billie Eilish, well deserved,” Cyrus said. “Your persistence paid off. Thanks everybody. It was a hell of a ride.” Since Old Town Road gained major traction, the song was performed at the Nissan Stadium for CMA Fest, with Keith Urban joining Cyrus and Lil Nas X, while on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury, Miley Cyrus brought the pair out for a rendition of the track.