KACEY MUSGRAVES has a great story about the time her grandpa played poker with WILLIE NELSON, and beat him. Four years ago when she was in Hawaii over the holidays, she got invited to one of Willie’s famous poker nights where she hung out with people like Owen Wilson, Woody Harrelson, and Paul Simon. When she heard there was another game the NEXT night she asked if she could bring her grandpa. “Willie said, ‘Sure, bring him down. But the buy-in is going to be $300 cash.’ So I went to an ATM, got out some money, and when I got home I handed Pop a wad of cash, and said, ‘Merry Christmas.'” Kacey’s gramps played poker all the time, so he had some skills. Here’s what happened. “They get going and [gramps] loses all of his money, and then he eventually wins it all back, and then he stood up and said, ‘Well, I got to go.'” He ended on a high note. He won his buy-in back. And then we left. [My] grandpa was the talk of their little Texas town. All of his friends were so jealous. It was really cute.”
Dustin Lynch and Mackenzie Porter are making history with their platinum-selling collaboration “Thinking ‘Bout You.” Their six-week, chart-topping hit is now the longest-running Top 10 single on the Billboard Country Airplay chart (27 weeks) since the chart launched in January 1990. It passed the Jason Aldean – Carrie Underwood hit “If I Didn’t Love You” . . . which was in the Top 10 for 26 weeks last year.
JAMEY JOHNSON and BLACKBERRY SMOKE are hitting the road together. The tour starts August 12th in Lincoln, Nebraska . . . and wraps September 11th. Pittsburgh – Sept 8
ERIC CHURCH released an acoustic version of “Heart on Fire”
T.J. OSBORNE will be one of the Grand Marshalls at this year’s Nashville Pride Parade. It’s happening June 25th in downtown Nashville.
LUKE COMBS revealed the cover and release date of his new album. It’s called “Growin’ Up”, and it’ll be out June 24th. Also . . . he’s releasing a brand new track TODAY, which is called “Tomorrow Me”.
JASON ALDEAN wouldn’t mind having the same kind of career as George Strait. And one of the ways he’s doing it is by NOT writing songs. “George Strait made a career on not writing anything. He’s really good at finding songs.” Jason has written tons of songs through the years, and will continue. But his problem is that he’s “his own worst critic” and ends up loving what other people send him. It worked for King George.
KRIS JENNER took the stand in BLAC CHYNA’s trial against the family, and said Chyna once threatened to kill KYLIE.
MIKE TYSON teed off on a guy who was harassing him on an airplane on Wednesday. Mike was on his way from San Francisco to Miami for a marijuana convention, when some guy started bothering him from the seat behind him. Video shows the guy and then cuts to Mike PUMMELING him. Then it shows the guy with some cuts on his face. It doesn’t look like he took too much damage. Mike was leaned over his own seatback punching down while another guy was trying to stop him, so it’s not like he was landing lethal bombs. Tyson’s rep says the guy actually threw a water bottle at him, but there’s no video of that. Police are looking into it. They say the so-called “victim” was treated for non-life-threatening injuries, and didn’t really cooperate with their investigation.
Sasha Obama’s boyfriend is Clifton Powell Jr. … a former college basketball player and the son of Clifton Sr., the actor. 20-year-old Sasha got together with 24-year-old Clifton Powell Jr. after she made the switch from the University of Michigan to USC. The former hoops star was awarded a four-year basketball scholarship at the University of California at Santa Barbara … he’s now jumped into the world of commercials … working with big brands like Peloton and Nike.
Justin Bieber and Dan + Shay are in the legal crosshairs of a group who says their smash hit “10,000 Hours” straight up jacked another artist’s work … and now, a lawsuit has been filed. They are being sued for copyright infringement by the people who say they own the rights to an old song they say was ripped off for “10,000 Hours.” According to the lawsuit, Justin and Dan + Shay stole the core portion of their collab from a song written way back in 1973 called, “First Time Baby Is a Holiday.”
81-year-old TOM JONES is still doing his thing. He’ll tour North America later this year. 09/13 – Hershey, PA @ Hershey Theatre
Machine Gun Kelly is 32.
Amber Heard is 36.
Peter Frampton is 72.
Jack Nicholson is 85.
