13 March 2020

Margo Price has revealed that she will be releasing her much anticipated third studio album titled ‘That’s How Rumors Get Started’ on May 8. You can pre-order the album here. Produced by Sturgill Simpson and with Price and David Ferguson co-producing, the album will feature her recent single Twinkle Twinkle as well as nine other tracks and was largely recorded in EastWest Studios in Los Angeles. Simpson built up a band of Matt Sweeney (Adele, Iggy Pop) on guitar, Pino Palladino (D’Angelo, John Mayer) on bass, James Gadson (Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye) on drums and Benmont Tench (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers) on keys. The Nashville Friends Gospel Choir were also used in recording, as they feature on Hey Child. ‘That’s How Rumors Get Started’ follows in the footsteps of ‘All American Made’, which was nominated for a Grammy Award and was hailed as one of the best albums of the 2010s by the likes of Billboard and Pitchfork. The tracklisting for ‘That’s How Rumors Get Started’ by Margo Price is: 1. That’s How Rumors Get Started 2. Letting Me Down 3. Twinkle Twinkle 4. Stone Me 5. Hey Child 6. Heartless Mind 7. What Happened to Our Love? 8. Gone to Stay 9. Prisoner of the Highway 10. I’d Die For You

Kacey Musgraves will be returning to the UK in June as part of the 50th edition of Glastonbury Festival, with the event continuing to book top country artists.  Musgraves, who won four Grammys at the 2019 awards – including Album of the Year, which made her the first country act in nine years to win the non-genre specific award – has previously played at Worthy Farm, with the ‘Golden Hour’ star performing in 2014. The festival has a history of booking some of the best in the business when it comes to country music, with Dolly Parton, Carrie Underwood and Kris Kristofferson appearing in the last few years, while top UK acts such as The Shires, Ward Thomas, Catherine McGrath and Yola have also performed recently. It isn’t yet known exactly what slot Musgraves will have at Glastonbury, though it is very likely that she will be on the Pyramid Stage. The headliners for this year’s event are Kendrick Lemar, Paul McCartney and Taylor Swift, while Diana Ross is the Sunday legend act. The last few years have been extremely successful for Kacey Musgraves, with the Texas born artist winning awards left, right and centre, while her international presence has also grown as she headlined Wembley Arena in October 2018.

C2C 2020 has been postponed following a mixture of the ever-growing nature of the COVID-19 pandemic and President Donald Trump’s recently imposed travel ban. President Trump made the decision late on March 11 to ban all travel from Europe apart from the UK in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in America, which sent artists into mass panic as they – and those touring in Europe – had until midnight US time on March 13 to return home. As such, artists such as Brett Young (via his drummer), Gabby Barrett, Kassi Ashton, Willie Jones, Kylie Morgan and others announced on their social media that they would either be immediately returning to the US or had already gone home and as such, would not be performing at C2C. The mass uncertainty created by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is also something that played a part, as the possibility of a ban on mass gatherings as a result of COVID-19 would have also been considered – though in the end, the Prime Minister stated that UK citizens should merely avoid mass gatherings, rather than ban them outright. As such – and with many of the artists on their way home or home already – C2C 2020 had little choice but to postpone or cancel and ended up opting for the former, with news of rescheduled dates to come in due course. Speaking in a statement, the C2C 2020 organisers explained their stance and offered their apologies, while also stating that ticket holders should keep hold of their tickets for the foreseeable future. “Due to the global pandemic of COVID-19 and the changing nature of travel policies in other countries alongside possible extended future restrictions, it is with regret that Country to Country Festival 2020 – London, Dublin and Glasgow – is being postponed,” the statement read. “Ticket holders are advised to hold onto their tickets. More information will be announced in the coming days on the rescheduled event. “Thank you all for your understanding and patience at this very difficult time. C2C and its organisers apologise wholeheartedly for the time to work through the issues to get this statement out.”