What frightens TIM MCGRAW? Here’s what he said, “My wife always says, ‘You’re not scared of anything.’ I say, ‘Ehhh, one thing. I’m looking at it right now.” He’s kinda joking, but Faith is THE major force in his life. He might not even be here if she didn’t help him get sober back in 2008. “I remember a moment when I was getting out of bed and going to the liquor cabinet and taking a big shot at eight in the morning and thinking, ‘I have to wake the kids up.’ I went straight to my wife and said, ‘This is where I’m at.’ I was scared. “She grabbed me, hugged me, and changed my life.” Their relationship isn’t all roses. That’s impossible. But they do what it takes to keep it strong. “Love is being angry. Love is not talking for a day. Love is getting in each other’s face. Love is accepting that I’m wrong. Love is a 360 degree thing. It’s not linear.”
KACEY MUSGRAVES met her boyfriend Cole Schafer when they “locked eyes” in a crowded restaurant. And it wasn’t a fan boy thing either. She said, “He did not know who I was, which I loved.” By the way, Kacey will perform her new song “Star-Crossed” on the “MTV Video Music Awards”.
CHASE RICE will visit six cities on his Bud Light Seltzer Sessions tour, which kicks off September 8th in Columbus, Ohio. “We’re bringing the energy of our full live show back to some of our favorite small stages.”
If you haven’t seen “CMT Giants: Charley Pride” . . . or even if you have, check it out again. It’s Luke Combs, Robert Randolph, and Reyna Roberts doing Charley’s biggest hit, “Kiss an Angel Good Morning”.
You never know when inspiration will strike. JON PARDI remembers a writing session where everyone was staring at each other trying to squeeze out an idea. “Then all of a sudden, Rhett Akins said, ‘Tequila little time with you.’ And I was like, ‘Yes!'” An hour later they finished . . . “Tequila Little Time”.
KRISTEN STEWART as PRINCESS DIANA in the first trailer for “Spencer”
While Paramount is about to release a “Mission: Impossible” film, and Tom Cruise spent the pandemic riding a motorcyle off a giant cliff in Norway to prepare. Cruise did a year of base jump and motocross training for the stunt, with the director building a track just for him to get the hang of the bike. “I have to get so good at this that there’s no way I will miss my marks,” he said. “Don’t be careful, be confident!” The team had Cruise jump the bike off a cliff into a foam pit while testing state-of-the-art drones. And then, when it came time to go to the massive cliff to film the scene, Cruise performed the death-defying stunt six times, having to memorize how fast to launch the bike and at what point in his descent into the rocky cliffside to deploy his chute.
STEVE HARVEY is getting his own courtroom show, where he’ll preside over real disputes.
ABBA will be making some kind of announcement next Thursday. Probably their hologram tour . . . and maybe some new music?
“Heartland”, Nelly. This is a country-inspired EP. His guests are Florida Georgia Line on “Lil Bit” . . . Blanco Brown and Breland on the song “High Horse” . . . Kane Brown on “Grits & Glamour” . . . Darius Rucker and City Spud on the track “Ms. Drive Me Crazy” . . . and Jimmie Allen on “Good Times Roll”.
“The Way I Wanna Go”, Trace Adkins. This is his 13th album. It’s a 25-song set celebrating the 25th anniversary of his debut album, “Dreamin’ Out Loud”. It has Luke Bryan and Pitbull on “Where the Country Girls At”. His other guests include Blake Shelton on “If I Was a Woman” . . . Melissa Etheridge on the track “Love Walks Through the Rain” . . . and Snoop Dogg on “So Do the Neighbors”. Also, the song “Memory to Memphis” features Keb’ Mo’, plus Stevie Wonder on harmonica.
“Higher Education”, Michael Ray. This is his third album. The title track features Kid Rock, Lee Brice, and ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons.
“Good Time”, Niko Moon. This is his debut album. He a member of Zac Brown’s side band, Sir Rosevelt.
Pee-Wee Herman, a.k.a. Paul Reubens, is 69.
Jeff Cook from Alabama is 72.
Barbara Bach is 74. Wife of Ringo Starr. James Bond fans know her as the Bond girl from “The Spy Who Loved Me”,
