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Lonestar, the highly acclaimed and multi-award-winning country group, have released the reimagined version of "I'm Already There" in honor of Memorial Day. The track marks the third single off their forthcoming album, TEN to 1 (due June 2), which features invigorating re-recordings of 10 of their #1 hits.

The band spoke with PEOPLE's Tricia Despres in an exclusive interview who underscored the song's cultural importance as "the blockbuster hit that Lonestar took to No. 1 on the country charts back in 2001," adding, "'I'm Already There' has long pulled on the heartstrings...an unofficial anthem of the U.S. military." (continue)

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Ian Flanigan was Blake Shelton's 2020 finalist on The Voice, where Shelton dubbed him a "once-in-a-lifetime vocalist." On Tuesday, May 23rd, Ian returned to the stage that made him a star to honor Shelton's tenure, and to share in an emotional tribute send-off. Joined by other finalists from all the past seasons, Ian said goodbye in the only appropriate way, serenading Shelton with Green Day's iconic anthem, "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)".

Since wrapping his season, Ian has consistently released fan-favorite singles such as "Grow Up" featuring Blake Shelton, "Last Name On It," "Devil In My Hands," and "Under A Southern Sky," showing not only his versatility as a singer but also as a songwriter. Recently featured by American Songwriter, Cowboys & Indians, Fox News, KTLA, Music Mayhem, Sounds Like Nashville, The Music Universe, and more, Flanigan continues to relate to everyone he encounters, one listener at a time. (continue)

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Zach Bryan celebrates the one-year anniversary of his critically acclaimed, chart-topping album American Heartbreak. The album has yet to leave the Billboard 200 Chart since its release, topping the Billboard Country Albums Chart at #1 and emerging as the Most Streamed Country Album on Spotify in 2022.

Recently, Bryan received the award for New Male Artist of the Year at the 58th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards. To date, the Oklahoma native has accrued over 5.3 billion streams and earned 3 Gold-certified singles in addition to the now 4x Platinum "Something in the Orange." The latter also secured him a 2023 GRAMMY Award nomination for Best Country Solo Performance. (continue)

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Southern Indiana-born, Nashville-based artist Stephen Wilson Jr. released an acoustic performance video of "American Gothic," his duet with country star Hailey Whitters.

The track is from his critically-acclaimed debut EP bon aqua, released earlier this year on Big Loud Records. Interspersing warm scenes of Wilson and Whitters performing the song inside Nashville's famed Welcome to 1979 Studio with shots of the two exploring and inspecting the oddities found inside the former record pressing plant, the video reflects the vintage, guttural sound of the track. (continue)

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Pennsylvania-based, raucous and rowdy indie southern rock band, Six Gun Sally, has released its eighteenth studio recording titled "Let's Take A Ride."

Written by Jeff "Ford" Thurston, Chase Bryant, Adam Box (Brothers Osborne) and Six Gun Sally drummer, Dave Barbe, the single is AVAILABLE NOW via all digital retail outlets and streaming platforms. (continue)

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Multi-Award-winning country music superstar Blake Shelton and acclaimed showrunner Lee Metzger proudly announce the formation of their new production company, Lucky Horseshoe Productions. Following the tremendous success of their collaboration on the hit television series BARMAGEDDON, the duo aims to bring their creative vision to a wider range of projects across various genres. The announcement follows Shelton's departure from The Voice, a show he helped launch in 2011 and remained on for 23 seasons, establishing it as a ratings mega-hit and fan-favorite, Emmy Award-winning singing competition show.

With Lucky Horseshoe Productions, Shelton and Metzger begin a new chapter on an already successful business relationship, with them meeting on The Voice where Metzger was an executive producer for 13 seasons. Each, a powerhouse in their respective industries, Shelton, being one of the premiere Country Stars of the past two decades, and Metzger, an experienced and four-time Emmy Award-winning showrunner, last collaborated on creating hit competition series BARMAGEDDON. Recently nominated for a Critics' Choice Award, the show is set in Shelton's bar Ole Red, and hosted by Shelton, Carson Daly and WWE Superstar Nikki Garcia. The series was the network's most-viewed premiere in nearly three years with 1.2M total viewers. They have recently completed production on the second season. (continue)

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BBR Music Group/Wheelhouse Records singer/songwriter Elvie Shane shares his new song "Baptized" today, co-written by Shane with Dan Couch, Luke Preston, and Oscar Charles.

Shane finds salvation in the here and now, feeling like a gritty blast of Gospel pop which features a shadowy, electro-soul thump with an eclectic influence ranging from Steve Earle and The Who, to Mac Miller. Shane also released a visual component to the track, co-starring his wife Mandi (continue)

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