Country star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/morgan-wallen">Morgan Wallen</a> finally addressed being arrested for reckless endangerment after throwing a chair off the roof of a bar in downtown Nashville.
In a post on <a href="https://twitter.com/MorganWallen/status/1781473070936478003">X</a>, the 30-year-old singer talked about his latest trouble and made it clear he wasn’t “proud” of what happened outside Chiefs Bar on April 7.
“I didn’t feel right publicly checking in until I made amends with some folks,” Wallen wrote. “I’ve touched base with Nashville law enforcement, my family, and the good people at Chief’s. I’m not proud of my behavior, and I accept responsibility.”
“I have the utmost respect for the officers working every day to keep us all safe,” he added. “Regarding my tour, there will be no change.”
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I didn&#8217;t feel right publicly checking in until I made amends with some folks. I’ve touched base with Nashville law enforcement, my family, and the good people at Chief’s. I&#8217;m not proud of my behavior, and I accept responsibility.
— morgan wallen (@MorganWallen) <a href="https://twitter.com/MorganWallen/status/1781473070936478003?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 20, 2024</a></blockquote>
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/morgan-wallen">Wallen</a> was recently charged with three counts of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/crime">reckless endangerment</a> and disorderly conduct. He was booked at Metro Jail and later released, according to <a href="https://www.wkrn.com/news/local-news/nashville/country-singer-morgan-wallen-arrested-in-nashville-after-throwing-chair-from-bar-rooftop-docs/">WKRN</a>. 
Police officers were reportedly standing in front of Chiefs Bar on Broadway at around 10:53 p.m. Sunday night when the chair crashed to the ground in front of them. The officers went inside to investigate, eventually determining that Wallen had thrown the chair, the outlet noted.
Wallen’s attorney, Worrick G. Robinson, issued a statement later confirming the incident.
“At 10:53 p.m. Sunday evening, Morgan Wallen was arrested in downtown Nashville for reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct,” the <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/morgan-wallen-nashville-arrest-1235868536/">statement </a>at the time read. “He is cooperating fully with authorities.”
Wallen is currently on his “One Night at a Time Tour 2024,” which kicked off at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on April 4.
After the success of the tour in 2023, Wallen extended his touring schedule to include multiple U.S. stops throughout 2024. “Thank y’all for an insanely fun and fulfilling 2023 tour,” Wallen <a href="https://www.billboard.com/music/country/morgan-wallen-adds-2024-stadium-tour-dates-1235420868/">said</a> in a statement last September.
“It was impossible for me to hit every stadium that I wanted to in 2023, so we’re gonna keep this tour going in 2024,” he added. “See y’all out there!”
In 2021, the country singer made headlines after he was caught on <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2021/02/02/morgan-wallen-n-word-nashville-neighbors/">video</a> using the N-word after a drunken night. The music industry immediately slammed him and said it was removing his music from numerous platforms, as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/siriusxm-pandora-cmt-iheartradio-pull-morgan-wallen-music-following-n-word-video-recorded-by-neighbor?_gl=1*zjhs9y*_ga*MTU4MTc0NjgwOS4xNjU2MzQ3MjY4*_ga_CZKR9ZYKJP*MTY2MzY5MDk1MC42NTIuMS4xNjYzNjkwOTY2LjQ0LjAuMA..">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported.
The singer apologized and said he was both “embarrassed and sorry.”
“I used an unacceptable and inappropriate racial slur that I wish I could take back,” Wallen <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-morgan-wallen-posts-apology-video-talks-sobriety-following-n-word-video-deplatforming">shared at the time.</a> “There are no excuses to use this type of language, ever. I want to sincerely apologize for using the word. I promise to do better.”
Amanda Harding contributed to this piece.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kick-this-stupid-motherfer-outta-here-country-star-morgan-wallen-stops-concert-after-seeing-fight-in-crowd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8216;Kick This Stupid Motherf***er Outta Here&#8217;: Country Star Morgan Wallen Stops Concert After Seeing Fight In Crowd</a>

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Country star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/blake-shelton">Blake Shelton</a> talked about his relationship with wife, singer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gwen-stefani-has-something-to-say-about-those-blake-shelton-divorce-rumors">Gwen Stefani</a>, and getting to be a stepdad to her three sons, saying it changed him in “every possible way.”
Speaking to <a href="https://www.etonline.com/blake-shelton-reflects-on-10th-anniversary-of-meeting-gwen-stefani-and-the-joy-of-being-a-stepdad?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0HwOaqIBRF1hHbIKBgWQi8AmwpnXhs1SQmjZcNZns-nT1evA09wq2WenE_aem_AdNXwG511oYXWlSVIauhcYeHf38mDDUErtNeM5s1qccbAcus1-Pj0Tk30gL5CumG7In0AC7DiBNtk09XNGcmTsmu">Entertainment Tonight</a>, the 47-year-old country singer recalled meeting Stefani on the reality competition series “The Voice” in 2014 and getting to be a stepfather to her three boys now &#8212; Kingston, 17, Zuma, 15, and Apollo, 10 &#8212; whom she shares with her ex-husband Gavin Rossdale.
“You would see her out at the red chairs if there was a production meeting or whatever and I feel like I got to know Pharrell [Williams] more that year than I did Gwen,&#8221; Shelton said of her first year on the show. &#8220;It wasn&#8217;t until the season she came back, the next one, that the pieces were falling together.”
When asked what he would like the future to look like, he said a “repeat of these past 10 years” would be “perfect.”
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Blake Shelton Says Being Stepdad to Gwen Stefani&#8217;s Three Sons Has Changed Him in &#8216;Every Possible Way&#8217; <a href="https://t.co/Pg1YCsDVjM">https://t.co/Pg1YCsDVjM</a>
— People (@people) <a href="https://twitter.com/people/status/1780977621020402068?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 18, 2024</a></blockquote>
&#8220;Next month, we&#8217;ve got an 18-year-old, which it blows my mind that already happened,” Shelton said. “And in a couple of years, we&#8217;ll have another 18-year-old. And that&#8217;s &#8230; it&#8217;s gonna be I guess a lot more alone time, which I&#8217;m not mad about that either.&#8221;
“But we still have Apollo, so we have another almost 10 years before we can kick him out, so it should be a lot of fun,” he added.
The “Boys &#8216;Round Here” hitmaker said getting to be a stepdad to Stefani’s three boys has made him a better person.
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&#8220;I learned quickly, not because anything happened, but just, you know, reading the room, you’ve really got [to think], &#8216;I have to take a step back,'&#8221; Shelton said of the role of stepdad. &#8220;When people say it&#8217;s not about you anymore when you have a kid. &#8230; I think, if you&#8217;re doing it right, it&#8217;s not about you anymore. That&#8217;s true.&#8221;
In an interview in <a href="https://www.news24.com/you/celebs/international/blake-shelton-on-being-a-stepdad-to-gwen-stefanis-three-sons-ive-fallen-in-love-with-them-20220302">2022</a>, Shelton reflected on how his own late father raised his brother, when his dad married Blake’s mom Dorothy, who had Richie from a prior relationship.
“He [Shelton’s father] took Richie on and raised him from the time he was 1 year old, and my brother never thought of my dad as anything other than his dad,&#8221; Shelton said at the time.
&#8220;The example that my dad set for me was that [child] was not even a consideration [in a romantic partnership],” he added. “You got three boys? Awesome! My dad did it. My dad raised me. I could do this. I didn&#8217;t know what I was signing up for, but I was all about signing up for it. And every day I&#8217;ve fallen in love with the boys as much as I do with Gwen.&#8221;
The superstar couple started dating in 2015 and finally made their relationship official when they tied the knot at an intimate ceremony at Shelton’s ranch in Oklahoma on July 3, 2021.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gwen-stefani-has-something-to-say-about-those-blake-shelton-divorce-rumors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gwen Stefani Has Something To Say About Those Blake Shelton Divorce Rumors</a>

The Voice – Season 17

Blake Shelton Talks Relationship With Gwen Stefani And Being A Stepdad to Her Sons

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Emmy Russell, the granddaughter of the late Country Music Hall of Famer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/country-singer">Loretta Lynn</a>, got emotional while performing on the reality singing competition show “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/american-idol">American Idol</a>” on Monday night.
The 25-year-old singer took the stage barefoot to <a href="https://youtu.be/FR8goWJ4TMo">perform</a> an original song called “Skinny.” 
“I just feel like I’m who God made me to be when I sing that song,” she told host Ryan Seacrest.
Russell was named as one of the current season&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">top 20</a> during Sunday night’s episode, when she impressed the panel of judges by singing the original song, “Want You.”
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“Miss Emmy, that was one of my favorite original songs that you’ve sang,” Katy Perry <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2024/04/15/american-idol-loretta-lynn-granddaughter-emmy-russell-wows-judges/73326348007/">said</a> of the performance. “I know that you were just a little nervous. I just want more breath, more long notes. Girl, like go swimming, learn how to hold your breath more. We need longer notes from Emmy, and I know that you have them. We need power. C’mon, let’s go. The time is now!”
“That was so you,” country artist Luke Bryan told Russell. “I loved it because it was so real, and I think you could really feel the emotion in that. That is what your artistry is about and don’t lose that. But listen, that thing that you did with that song really is your signature. It was very emotional and probably my favorite performance you’ve done.”
Lionel Richie echoed the other judges, telling her the song was a &#8220;hit&#8221; in the making.
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“First of all, before we go any further, that’s a hit record,” Richie said. “I don’t care. We can talk about the future, but that is a hit record, and my dear you are an incredible songwriter. Incredible performance.”
Russell is also the great-niece of country star Crystal Gayle. The singer began her career in Nashville with the release of music in 2023 and a debut at the Grand Ole Opry the same year. She was nominated for Performance of the Year at the 2023 CMT Music Awards after taking the stage at her grandmother&#8217;s CMT broadcast memorial.
During a recent appearance on the &#8220;Biscuits &amp; Jam&#8221; podcast, she said, &#8220;Memaw [Lynn] passed down her guitar to me when I was 15 at the Ryman Auditorium. She said, ‘You’re the one that can do it.&#8217; She always thought I had this spark about me, ever since I was a little kid. She felt she needed to give me the guitar as the torch in a way.&#8221;
Russell added, &#8220;Lord knows it if I can&#8217;t hold that. That&#8217;s too much.&#8221;

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Loretta Lynn’s Granddaughter Performs Barefoot, Gets Emotional On ‘American Idol’

Loretta Lynn's Granddaughter Performs Barefoot, Gets Emotional On 'American Idol'

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Liberal country star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/so-tennessee-fing-arrest-me-maren-morris-tells-crowd-she-introduced-her-2-year-old-son-to-drag-queens-in-their-dressing-rooms" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Maren Morris</a> defended taking her toddler to a drag show last year calling it “completely harmless” and labeling it “family-friendly.”
During the 34-year-old singer’s recent appearance on “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH8mMRT-vVk">The Kelly Clarkson Show</a>,” Morris talked about the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tennessee-gov-signs-bills-protecting-children-from-sex-change-procedures-drag-shows">Tennessee law</a> that bans drag shows from spaces where children can see them.
“We were doing a benefit at Bridgestone last year when they were doing the drag ban in Tennessee,&#8221; Morris told the host. &#8220;There were drag queens like throughout, entertaining as well, and one actually danced with me when I was singing my song, ‘The Middle.’ And it was just amazing and fun.&#8221;
&#8220;My son loves watching me, like sit in the makeup chair and just is like fascinated with the colors … it was just like completely harmless,&#8221; she added.
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&#8220;But I think it&#8217;s just such an amazing expression of artistry, and so I just think like normalizing it and making it seem like these are just people that love dressing up too, is an amazing thing,&#8221; the country singer continued. &#8220;It was an all-ages show so, it was completely family-friendly.&#8221;
Morris told the host she decided to be an activist when she became a mother.
&#8220;I never set out to be this activist or advocate,&#8221; Morris said, noting the early criticism in 2016 of her debut single, &#8220;<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/entertainment/genres/country">My Church</a>,&#8221; which she said was labeled “blasphemous.”
&#8220;It crystallized when I became a mother &#8230; I want to be able to do music forever, but I want to do it on my terms,” Morris said. “And if it costs me fans by standing up for people that truly need all of the megaphoning, I am okay with you, like, not being at the show.”
Last year, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/so-tennessee-fing-arrest-me-maren-morris-tells-crowd-she-introduced-her-2-year-old-son-to-drag-queens-in-their-dressing-rooms">Morris</a> made headlines when she dared authorities in Tennessee to arrest her after telling the crowd at the “Love Rising” concert she had introduced her son to Drag Queens at the event.
Morris joined a host of other performers at the LGBTQ+ benefits concert held at the Nashville arena. Various stars sang and raised money to fight legislation banning transgender procedures for minors and drag shows in the presence of children, <a href="https://www.billboard.com/culture/pride/love-rising-concert-maren-morris-hayley-williams-top-moments-1235290536/">Billboard</a> magazine noted.
When it was Morris’ turn to perform, she told the audience that earlier in the day she had introduced her toddler son to several drag queens in their dressing rooms.
Morris said her son was “delighted” to watch the drag queens work on their hair and makeup while preparing for the show.
“Yes, I introduced my son to some drag queens today, so Tennessee, f***ing arrest me,” Morris told the audience.
Morris shares her four-year-old son, Hayes, with ex-husband Ryan Hurd.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/so-tennessee-fing-arrest-me-maren-morris-tells-crowd-she-introduced-her-2-year-old-son-to-drag-queens-in-their-dressing-rooms" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8216;So Tennessee, F***ing Arrest Me&#8217;: Maren Morris Tells Crowd She Introduced Her 2-Year-Old Son To Drag Queens In Their Dressing Rooms</a>

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‘Completely Harmless’: Maren Morris Defends Taking Her Toddler To Drag Show

'Completely Harmless': Maren Morris Defends Taking Her Toddler To Drag Show

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/country-singer">Country music</a> artist Jelly Roll said he lost a significant amount of weight as he prepares to participate in a 5K run.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">award winning</a> recording artist, whose real name is Jason Bradley DeFord, announced his intention to be in the 2 Bears 5K with Bert Kreischer and Tom Segura at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California on May 7.
&#8220;I&#8217;m probably down 70-something pounds,&#8221; Jelly Roll told <a href="https://people.com/jelly-roll-lost-70-something-pounds-5k-training-exclusive-8631050">People</a> in an interview published Saturday. &#8220;I&#8217;ve been really kicking ass, man. I&#8217;m doing two to three miles a day, four to six days a week. I&#8217;m doing 20 to 30 minutes in the sauna, six minutes in a cold plunge every day. I&#8217;m eating healthy right now.&#8221;
&#8220;I feel really good,&#8221; the 39-year-old singer added. &#8220;I was thinking, I plan on losing another 100, 100-and-something [pounds]. If I feel this good down this weight, man, I can only imagine what I&#8217;m going to feel like by the time I go on tour.&#8221;
In 2018, Jelly Roll <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BmbiI3_HG-S/?hl=en">said</a> he weighed more than 500 pounds at his heaviest and was told by a doctor that he should “go to a meat processor or truck stop” to learn his actual weight. The singer called it, “one of the most embarrassing days of my life.” He went on to describe a cycle of weight loss and gain over the following years.
Jelly Roll made headlines earlier this year after winning three iHeartRadio Music Awards and two CMT Music Awards. He was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 2023.
Jelly Roll will begin his “Beautifully Broken Tour” this August. The singer has been making music since 2003, but only recently found mainstream success with hit singles &#8220;Need a Favor&#8221; (2023) and &#8220;Son of a Sinner&#8221; (2021).
&#8220;I&#8217;ve always said this and I mean it, man, I know my music touches people different. My songs aren&#8217;t something you listen to by the pool on a Saturday,&#8221; he told the outlet. &#8220;My music&#8217;s something you listen to that really gets you through something, and it means so much to stand in front of them and meet as many them as I can every night. I wish I could have lunch with anybody my song&#8217;s ever helped.&#8221;

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Country Star Jelly Roll Said He Lost Around 70 Pounds Training For 5K: ‘I Feel Really Good’

Country Star Jelly Roll Said He Lost Around 70 Pounds Training For 5K: 'I Feel Really Good'

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/megyn-kelly-calls-beyonces-jolene-anything-but-empowering" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Beyonce</a> topped Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart with “Cowboy Carter,” which also debuted in the number one spot on the Billboard 200 country music chart and has sold more albums in 2024 than any others.
The 42-year-old pop singer’s foray into country music was released on March 29 debuting with 407,000 equivalent album units, as of the week ending April 4, <a href="https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/beyonce-cowboy-carter-number-one-billboard-200-country-albums-chart-1235650662/">Billboard</a> magazine reported.
The singer also topped the Americana/Folk Albums and Top Album Sales charts with &#8220;Cowboy Carter,&#8221;  that brings her version of such famed songs as Dolly Parton’s “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/megyn-kelly-calls-beyonces-jolene-anything-but-empowering">Jolene</a>” and Paul McCartney’s “Blackbird,” the outlet noted.
“Cowboy Carter” gave Beyonce her biggest week, by units, since the release of her “Lemonade” album in 2016, which debuted in No. 1 with 653,000 units (mostly from traditional album sales). Her latest, has also given the pop star her biggest streaming week ever and she became the first black woman ever to lead the Top Country Albums list, dating back to January 1964, when it launched.
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With ‘Cowboy Carter,’ <a href="https://twitter.com/Beyonce?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Beyonce</a> Becomes First Black Woman to Lead Top Country Albums Chart <a href="https://t.co/Tb8Y8SqtEq">https://t.co/Tb8Y8SqtEq</a>
— billboard (@billboard) <a href="https://twitter.com/billboard/status/1777430085248684381?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 8, 2024</a></blockquote>
“Cowboy Carter” claimed the biggest week for a country album, by units, since <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/taylor-swift-fans-cause-earthquake-during-la-concert-seismologists-find" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Taylor Swift’</a>s release of “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version),&#8221; which opened in July last year with 716,000 units.
The new album became Beyonce’s eighth No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, breaking her out of a tie with Janet Jackson now with the fourth-most toppers among women. It brings her closer to beating Madonna with nine, Barbra Streisand&#8217;s 11, and Swift who leads with 12, <a href="https://variety.com/2024/music/news/beyonces-cowboy-carter-number-one-album-sold-1235963405/">Variety magazine</a> noted.
Beyonce’s country album includes songs like “Texas Hold’ Em,” “16 Carriages,” and the remake of Parton’s 1973 hit “Jolene.” However, it is Beyonce’s cover of Parton&#8217;s song that has generated more <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/beyonce-misses-the-point-with-forgettable-jolene-cover">headlines</a> than any of her other new songs on the album.
Daily Wire podcast host Matt Walsh <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-1337-the-most-anti-christian-president-in-history-declares-easter-transgender-day-of-visibility-1">said</a> on his April 1 show, “What makes this song unique and interesting, which has caused it to resonate over the five decades since it’s been made, is the vulnerability, and the heartbreak, and the longing in the lyrics and the performance.” Walsh said the insecurity of the main character in Parton’s song is what makes her so relatable. The fact that Beyoncé chose to strip it away made the song demonstrably worse.
Daily Wire host Michael Knowles went even deeper, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-1458-the-trans-day-of-visibility1">saying</a> that Beyoncé’s “Jolene” was a statement on how modern society views marriage, divorce, and starting over after two decades of marriage.
“Women have a special power,” Knowles says. “They have a seductive power to them. That’s real. You gotta be on guard, if you’re the wife, if you’re Dolly Parton, or if you’re the husband. We deny all this though. We deny it at our peril. Is it any wonder that the thing that’s supposed to be protected, the marriage, the family, is falling apart?”
Amanda Harding contributed to this piece.
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2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards – Show

Beyonce Tops Country Chart With ‘Cowboy Carter’

Beyonce Tops Country Chart With 'Cowboy Carter'

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Country singer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/morgan-wallen">Morgan Wallen</a> was taken into custody on felony charges Sunday night, per local police records.
The 30-year-old was arrested after allegedly throwing a chair off the roof of a bar in downtown <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nashville">Nashville</a>, according to <a href="https://www.wkrn.com/news/local-news/nashville/country-singer-morgan-wallen-arrested-in-nashville-after-throwing-chair-from-bar-rooftop-docs/">WKRN</a>. Police officers were reportedly standing in front of Chiefs Bar on Broadway at around 10:53 p.m. when the chair crashed to the ground in front of them. The officers went inside to investigate, eventually determining that Wallen had thrown the chair.
Witnesses reportedly described seeing Wallen “pick up the chair, throw it over him, laughing afterward.”
The “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/country-music">Last Night</a>” singer was charged with three counts of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/crime">reckless endangerment</a> and disorderly conduct. He was booked at Metro Jail early Monday morning and released, the report said.
Wallen’s attorney issued a short statement confirming the incident.
Wallen is currently on his “One Night at a Time Tour 2024,” which kicked off at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on April 4. He made headlines last week for joking about Taylor Swift at that show.
&#8220;This is the single most attended concert in the history of this building, and we’re the first to do it for two nights in a row,” Wallen told the assembled crowd. &#8220;I’m going to say that until Taylor Swift comes to town in the fall,&#8221; he added.
This quip was met with a chorus of booing from many concert attendees.
&#8220;We ain’t gotta boo, we ain’t gotta boo,&#8221; Wallen <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/morgan-wallen-fans-boo-taylor-swift-after-he-makes-joke-about-attendance-records-we-aint-gotta-boo">said</a>.
He continued, &#8220;I appreciate that. I know ya’ll got my back,&#8221; before starting to play his song, &#8220;One Thing at a Time.&#8221;
After the success of the tour in 2023, Wallen extended his touring schedule to include multiple U.S. stops throughout 2024. “Thank y’all for an insanely fun and fulfilling 2023 tour,” Wallen <a href="https://www.billboard.com/music/country/morgan-wallen-adds-2024-stadium-tour-dates-1235420868/">said</a> in a statement last September.  “It was impossible for me to hit every stadium that I wanted to in 2023, so we’re gonna keep this tour going in 2024. See y’all out there!”
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Each stop will include three opening acts from different country stars, including Jelly Roll, Lainey Wilson, Bailey Zimmerman, Jon Pardi, Nate Smith, Bryan Martin, Lauren Watkins, and Ella Langley. 
The singer’s next scheduled performance date is April 20 in Oxford, Mississippi.

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Despite many <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/music">music</a> fans weighing in on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/beyonce">Beyoncé&#8217;s</a> cover of the classic 1973 Dolly Parton single “Jolene,” one country star is opting to stay out of it.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/reba-mcentire">Reba McEntire</a> had a short and definitive response when asked by a <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2024/04/04/reba-mcentire-laugh-joy-behar-dolly-parton-jolene-anti-feminist-beyonce/">TMZ</a> interviewer, &#8220;Do you prefer one [version] over the other?&#8221;
&#8220;Nope [&#8230;] bye!&#8221; McEntire replied.
The interviewer asked during the same conversation what the “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/country-music">Queen of Country</a>” thinks about Beyoncé experimenting with the genre on her latest album release, Act II: Cowboy Carter.
“Oh, lots of great things,” McEntire said. “I think she is wonderful and am glad to have her in country.”
Reviews of the song have been mixed so far, with critics questioning Beyoncé’s decision to drastically change the lyrics and overall tone of the song. While Parton’s “Jolene” presents an insecure and vulnerable narrator afraid of losing her man, Beyoncé’s version is full of threats and posturing. 
Parton seemed to appreciate the new spin, however, sharing her support via Instagram on the day of the new song’s release. “Wow, I just heard Jolene. Beyoncé is giving that girl some trouble and she deserves it!” the country music legend <a href="https://twitter.com/DollyParton/status/1773785045230030897">wrote</a>.
Beyoncé previously said her decision to dabble in the country genre was inspired in part by negative experiences she previously had with that audience. The Grammy Award winner said she faced backlash after performing alongside The Chicks at the 2016 CMA’s. 
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She also claimed the new release wasn’t really country. “This ain’t a Country album. This is a ‘Beyoncé’ album,” she wrote on Instagram when announcing the new album. 
“Jolene” wasn’t the only cover featured on the new album. Former Beatles band member Paul McCartney had words of praise for Beyoncé’s version of the song, “Blackbird.”
“I am so happy with @beyonce’s version of my song ‘Blackbird.’ I think she does a magnificent version of it and it reinforces the civil rights message that inspired me to write the song in the first place,” McCartney said in an Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C5WHmjnNPZj/">post</a>. “I think Beyoncé has done a fab version and would urge anyone who has not heard it yet to check it out. You are going to love it!”
“I spoke to her on FaceTime and she thanked me for writing it and letting her do it,” he continued. “I told her the pleasure was all mine and I thought she had done a killer version of the song. When I saw the footage on the television in the early 60s of the black girls being turned away from school, I found it shocking and I can’t believe that still in these days there are places where this kind of thing is happening right now. Anything my song and Beyoncé’s fabulous version can do to ease racial tension would be a great thing and makes me very proud.”

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Reba McEntire Gives Two-Word Response When Asked To Weigh In On Beyoncé’s And Dolly Parton’s Versions Of ‘Jolene’

Reba McEntire Gives Two-Word Response When Asked To Weigh In On Beyoncé's And Dolly Parton's Versions Of 'Jolene'

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A lot has been said about Beyoncé’s new Cowboy Carter album, and even more about her decision to put her own spin on the classic Dolly Parton single, “Jolene.”
It’s not the first time a modern artist has covered the song and it likely won’t be the last. The controversy, then, lies in how the Grammy Award-winning singer chose to change the meaning. 
Fans call it a triumph, insisting it’s an example of Beyoncé refusing to play the victim to a would-be man stealer. Others claim the vulnerability was the point of the song. These critics can’t help but question: if Beyonce didn’t agree with the central message in “Jolene,” why didn’t she just write a new song?
This seems like a silly question in today’s era of remakes, reboots, and never-ending franchises. True originality is a rare commodity in the music industry, but for someone with as many accolades and devotees as Beyoncé, one could argue that there isn’t a better place for it to come from. The “Single Ladies” singer didn’t have to worry about dealing with a woman with “flaming locks of auburn hair” when fans have been talking about “<a href="https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/beyonce-and-becky-with-the-good-hair-what-to-know/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Becky with the good hair</a>” since 2016.
The original “Jolene” was written and recorded by Parton in 1973. It was named Rolling Stone magazine’s 500 greatest songs of all time and has been covered by many artists over the years with varying degrees of success. The single was nominated for the Grammy Awards for Best Female Country Vocal Performance in both 1975 and 1976.
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Parton said the song was <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/glastonbury-2014-so-whos-jolene-9574451.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">inspired by</a> a red-headed bank employee who flirted with her husband, Carl Dean, when they were first married. She took the name “Jolene” from a fan encounter. Throughout the lyrics, Parton pleads with a beautiful woman not to “steal her man” just because “she can.”
“You could have your choice of men/but I will never love again,” Parton pleads. 
The main criticism with Beyoncé’s cover is how she changes the entire meaning from vulnerability to aggression. The newest version’s main character doesn’t plead with Jolene, but rather threatens her with harm if she tried to steal away the man in question.
&#8220;Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene/I’m warning you, don’t come for my man/Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene/Don’t take the chance because you think you can,&#8221; Beyoncé sings in the intro.
And while the “Crazy In Love” singer concedes that her competition has “beauty beyond compare,” she still claims that’s not enough to persuade her man away. “Takes more than beauty and seductive stares/To come between a family and a happy man,&#8221; Beyoncé’s lyrics say. &#8220;Jolene, I’m a woman too/Thе games you play are nothing new/So you don’t want no hеat with me, Jolene.&#8221;
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Meanwhile, Parton admits in her version that her man is being tempted to stray. &#8220;He talks about you in his sleep/And there&#8217;s nothin&#8217; I can do to keep/From cryin&#8217; when he calls your name, Jolene,&#8221; Parton’s version says. &#8220;And I can easily understand/How you could easily take my man/But you don&#8217;t know what he means to me, Jolene.&#8221;
Beyoncé tells her rival things aren’t so simple. &#8220;We’ve been deep in love for 20 years/I raised that man, I raised his kids/I know my man better than he knows himself (what),&#8221; she sings. &#8220;I can easily understand why you’re attracted to my man/But you don’t want this smoke, so shoot your shot with someone else (you heard me).&#8221;
Later, Beyoncé calls herself a “queen” and issues her final warning. &#8220;I’m still a Creole banjee b*tch from Louisianne (don’t try me)/There’s a thousand girls in every room/That act as desperate as you do/You a bird, go on and sing your tune, Jolene (what),&#8221; she sings. &#8220;I had to have this talk with you/‘Cause I hate to have to act a fool/Your peace depends on how you move, Jolene.&#8221;
Even though the whole meaning of the song is changed with Beyoncé’s version, Parton has been publicly supportive. She said as much on <a href="https://twitter.com/DollyParton/status/1773785045230030897" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a> on March 29, the same day as “Cowboy Carter” was released. &#8220;Wow, I just heard Jolene. Beyoncé is giving that girl some trouble and she deserves it!” the country music legend wrote.
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Mainstream critics mostly saw the “Jolene” cover as harmless but forgettable. The Washington Post reviewer <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/2024/03/30/beyonce-cowboy-carter-review/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">described</a> the single as a “lower-hanging tribute” while Rolling Stone <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/beyonce-cowboy-carter-review-1234996919/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> it was “cheeky and humorous … even if it doesn’t add much.”
Slate critic Carl Wilson addressed the most obvious criticism, <a href="https://slate.com/culture/2024/03/beyonce-cowboy-carter-album-review-country.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a> that removing the pleading and insecurity kills the essence of the message.
“Why do ‘Jolene’ if you’re going to remove the most unique and powerful element of the song, that the narrator is baring her vulnerability and asking the mercy of her rival? That’s something that a post-Lemonade Beyoncé could never do, so she reduces it to a generic boast track about the greatness of her own marriage,” he wrote.
Daily Wire podcast hosts had similar problems with Beyoncé’s version of “Jolene.” As Matt Walsh <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-1337-the-most-anti-christian-president-in-history-declares-easter-transgender-day-of-visibility-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on his April 1 show, “What makes this song unique and interesting, which has caused it to resonate over the five decades since it’s been made, is the vulnerability, and the heartbreak, and the longing in the lyrics and the performance.”
He described the woman in Parton’s song as “insecure, fearful” and “desperately in love with a man who she believes she cannot afford to lose.”
Walsh said the insecurity of the main character in Parton’s song is what makes her so relatable. The fact that Beyoncé chose to strip it away made the song demonstrably worse.
“Just when you think that Beyoncé might be growing ever so slightly as an artist and a person, she proves you wrong,” the podcast host added. “It turns out she has taken this song full of pain and yearning and emotional honesty and turned it into yet another mediocre girl boss anthem. She has, in other words, taken everything that makes the song great and replaced it with everything that makes modern pop music terrible.”
Walsh goes on to argue that if the beautiful woman in the song isn’t a worry because Beyoncé is such a perfect, incomparable queen, then the tension and longing in the song is gone, rendering the whole message emotionless and pointless.
Daily Wire host Michael Knowles went even deeper, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-1458-the-trans-day-of-visibility1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a> that Beyoncé’s “Jolene” was a statement on how modern society views marriage, divorce, and starting over after two decades of marriage.
“Women have a special power,” Knowles says. “They have a seductive power to them. That’s real. You gotta be on guard, if you’re the wife, if you’re Dolly Parton, or if you’re the husband. We deny all this though. We deny it at our peril. Is it any wonder that the thing that’s supposed to be protected, the marriage, the family, is falling apart?”

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Beyoncé Misses The Point With Forgettable 'Jolene' Cover

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Country superstar <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/toby-keith-breaks-record-on-music-chart-following-his-death">Toby Keith&#8217;s</a> final recording dropped on Friday more than a month after his death at age 62 following a battle with stomach cancer.
Keith ended up recording a cover of the classic Joe Diffie song, &#8220;Ships That Don&#8217;t Come In,&#8221; for country singer Hardy&#8217;s mixtape Hixtape, <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/toby-keith-final-recording-ships-that-dont-come-in-1234996520/">Rolling Stone</a> magazine reported.
For Keith&#8217;s cover, he was joined by singer Luke Combs as the two take turns with the poignant lines of the popular 1992 song. Given Keith&#8217;s recent passing, hearing his final studio performance hits different in the song that includes lyrics about life&#8217;s unexpected twists, the opportunities that are missed, and those that never come.
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The chorus reads, &#8220;So here&#8217;s to all the soldiers/Who have ever died in vain/The insane locked up in themselves /The homeless down on Main/To those who stand on empty shores/And spit against the wind/And those who wait forever/For ships that don&#8217;t come in.&#8221;
It&#8217;s clear that no matter how much time has passed since Keith was performing in those big arenas, the late country singer still sounded incredible. The Hixtape is Hardy&#8217;s third one and is completely Diffie-themed. It includes a host of cameos from such country stars as Clint Black, Blake Shelton, Chris Young, Darius Rucker, and more. Keith&#8217;s recording is truly a beautiful tribute to the late singer’s legacy.
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The &#8220;Red Solo Cup&#8221; hitmaker was recently announced as one of the new inductees into the Country Hall of Fame, the outlet noted. He died the day before he would&#8217;ve learned about his inclusion in the hall.
Shortly after Keith&#8217;s death, the late singer broke a record and made history after beating out music giants like Kenny Rogers and Taylor Swift to dominate 90 percent of the top 10 songs on the Country Digital Song Sales chart at one time.
After his death, the &#8220;Should&#8217;ve Been A Cowboy&#8221; hitmaker’s catalog of music filled the country charts. He is now the first artist ever to claim nine spaces in the top 10 songs on the Billboard chart, <a href="https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/toby-keith-makes-history-country-digital-song-sales-chart-1235606479/">Billboard</a> reported.
Following <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cancers-a-rollercoaster-toby-keith-said-faith-got-him-through-health-battle-in-intv-before-his-death">Keith&#8217;</a>s diagnosis in 2021, he talked about his incredible country singing career.
&#8220;Just seeing how enormous the career I amassed over 30 years when they show the video,&#8221; he told <a href="https://people.com/toby-keith-reflected-on-30-year-career-in-final-people-interview-exclusive-8559418">People magazine</a> at the time. &#8220;You know where you were when you wrote all those songs, you hear those numbers and you&#8217;re just like, you looked up one day and all of a sudden 30 years went by.&#8221;

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/beyonce">Beyoncé</a> rewrote the lyrics to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/dolly-parton">Dolly Parton</a>’s classic country song, “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/music">Jolene</a>,” giving the single a more confrontational tone compared to the original.
The singer released her new album &#8220;Cowboy Carter&#8221; on Friday, including the previously released single “Texas Hold ‘Em.” Parton alluded to the news earlier this month after telling Knox News, “I think she&#8217;s recorded ‘Jolene’ and I think it&#8217;s probably gonna be on her country album, which I&#8217;m very excited about that.” 
It turns out Parton is a collaborator on the single and speaks during the interlude. “Hey miss Honey B, it&#8217;s Dolly P. You know that hussy with the good hair you sing about?,” she says, recalling the line “Becky with the good hair” from Beyoncé’s 2016 album “Lemonade.”
Parton continued, “Reminded me of someone I knew back when. Except she has flamin&#8217; locks of auburn hair. Bless her heart. Just a hair of a different color but it hurts just the same.”
Overall, the entire tone of Beyoncé’s song is very different. In Parton’s 1973 version, a woman begs a beautiful stranger not to “steal her man” just because she can. While Parton pleaded with the woman, whose &#8220;beauty is beyond compare&#8221; and whose &#8220;smile is like a breath of spring,” Beyoncé issues threats to her.
“Jolene, I&#8217;m a woman too/ Thе games you play are nothing new/ So you don&#8217;t want no hеat with me, Jolene,” the R&amp;B star sings in the first verse.
&#8220;Jolene, Jolene, I&#8217;m warning you, don&#8217;t come for my man,&#8221; Beyoncé threatens during the cover of the song. &#8220;You&#8217;re beautiful beyond compare,&#8221; she admits, but then adds how it &#8220;takes more than beauty and seductive stares&#8221; to break up her relationship.
“I&#8217;m warnin&#8217; you, woman, find you your own man” Beyoncé sings in the chorus, “I’m still a Creole banjee b**ch from Louisianne (Don&#8217;t try me).&#8221;
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Previously, the singer said she decided to make the album after feeling excluded from the country genre. 
“This album has been over five years in the making,” she wrote in part in a social media post. 
“It was born out of an experience that I had years ago where I did not feel welcomed … and it was very clear that I wasn’t. But, because of that experience, I did a deeper dive into the history of Country music and studied our rich musical archive. It feels good to see how music can unite so many people around the world, while also amplifying the voices of some of the people who have dedicated so much of their lives educating on our musical history.”

Beyoncé Rewrites Lyrics Of Dolly Parton Classic ‘Jolene’ For New Country Album

Beyoncé Rewrites Lyrics Of Dolly Parton Classic 'Jolene' For New Country Album

Country music stars Luke Bryan and Chris Janson celebrated a move by Tennessee after it passed a law protecting musicians against works of music using their voice created by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/maybe-we-really-should-be-scared-to-death-of-artificial-intelligence" target="_blank" rel="noopener">artificial intelligence</a>.
On Thursday, Bryan and Janson were among those who joined <a href="https://x.com/USATODAY/status/1771214471798624639?s=20">Tennessee Governor Bill</a> Lee who signed the ELVIS Act &#8212; Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security Act &#8212; which protects artists from the unauthorized use of their voice, name, image, and likeness.
&#8220;What an amazing stance or precedent to set for the state of Tennessee to get in front of this, to be the leaders of this,&#8221; Bryan told the crowd at the Nashville honky tonk. &#8220;And to show artists like myself &#8230; that our state protects us and what we are about, and what we work so hard for.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;ve just gotten to where stuff comes in of my voice on my phone, and I can&#8217;t tell it&#8217;s not me,&#8221; the country singer added, per the <a href="https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/03/21/elvis-act-tennessee-gov-lee-signs-act-musicians-ai/73019388007/">Tennessean</a>.
Janson told the crowd that AI is a serious thing and can effect whether an artist is able to make a living.
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Tennessee is now the first state to enact AI protections for musicians after Gov. Bill Lee signed the ELVIS Act, or the Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security Act into law with Luke Bryan and Chris Janson by his side. <a href="https://t.co/pabwyTBrbc">pic.twitter.com/pabwyTBrbc</a>
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&#8220;People can&#8217;t come to shows and hear live music if we don&#8217;t put a stop to the fakeness,&#8221; Janson said. &#8220;We came to a real city to make real music for real people.&#8221;
&#8220;The darkness in the AI world always comes to light with realness and reality,&#8221; he added. &#8220;What do they say in this town? The best song always wins.&#8221;
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In a <a href="https://www.tn.gov/governor/news/2024/3/21/photos--gov--lee-signs-elvis-act-into-law.html">press release</a>, Lee reflected on how the old law only dealt with name, image, and likeness, but this new one &#8220;specifically address new, personalized generative AI cloning models and services that enable human impersonation and allow users to make unauthorized fake works in the image and voice of others.&#8221;
Speaking at the bill signing, Mitch Glazier, Chairman and CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), praised the bill.
&#8220;I thought that this bill did a great job of giving guidance about what those First Amendment protections are, but very importantly, it said if it&#8217;s protected by the First Amendment, that&#8217;s fine,&#8221; Glazier said. &#8220;But if it&#8217;s not protected by the First Amendment, Tennessee is going to act to protect artists. I thought that was a great line.&#8221;
The law, which becomes the first one of its kind in the country, will allow artists and license holders to sue for damages, USA Today noted. And those who are violation of the law can be charged with a Class A misdemeanor.

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