Chris Stapleton says that his 2023 national anthem performance at the Super Bowl was probably the last time he will perform the anthem. During a recent interview, Chris said that it is a performance that carries a lot of extra pressure, enough to give him stage jitters. "I would have people ask me to sing the national anthem for various things," Chris explains. "I jokingly always said, 'No, I'll just do it at the Super Bowl.' I'd just turn it down a lot. And I do say now that I have officially retired from it as well." His version of the national anthem will go down in Super Bowl history as one of the best performances of that song.
Kameron Marlowe stumbled across a TikTok account that reminded him of his childhood and he couldn't help but contribute to the GoFundMe. Last March, a group of friends who go by the user name "rory.wes.jacob.michael" started a TikTok account to showcase their outdoor adventures. They quickly gained a large following of people who are inspired by them. Their latest project is a large fort in the woods, with plans to add a shooting range and a mini dirt bike track. The boys, who all have jobs, decided to start the GoFundMe so that people could help contribute to the building of the fort. Kameron was inspired by the story and decided to donate $200 to help out. "I don't know, it just kind of came up on my for you page. And so they were wanting to build a fort and it just kind of reminds me of my childhood and the stuff that I used to do with my friends and I was like, man, I feel like I grew up so fast. Time has flown and I missed those years. So yes, I guess I donated a little bit to help them build that fort," says Kameron.
Kenny Chesney is documenting his journey through life and music in a new book called Heart Life Music. "This is not my memoir," says Kenny. "But something far better. It is almost a love letter to people who shaped and inspired me, the fans who've been there from tiny bars, radio stations who believed when no one else did, a team who just kept coming back, legends who gave me wisdom and opportunities and all the friends who've been there along the way." He wrote the book with Holly Gleason, a music critic and longtime industry insider who once worked as his publicist and co-wrote his song "Better As a Memory." Heartfelt Life Music will arrive on November 4th.
Jelly Roll will be joining American Idol for Season 23 as their first-ever "Artist in Residence." Jelly Roll and Ryan Seacrest made the announcement in a YouTube video. When Ryan asked how he felt about his new role, Jelly replied that "it feels good." Carrie Underwood will also be a new judge this season. She'll be the first former contestant to join the judges panel. The show premieres March 9th.
During a recent tour stop in Nashville, Kelsea Ballerini had to stop her show to deal with a problem with her wardrobe. It was actually an issue with one of her boots. After she finished one of her songs, Kelsea sat down on the stage and pulled off her boot to find tissue paper in the toe. She removed it and held it up for the audience to see. Kelsea then apologized and told them to talk amongst themselves while she put the boot back on.
Shania Twain stars in a new commercial for Coffee-Mate, which will air during the Super Bowl on Sunday. She plays a singing version of a tongue. During the commercial, a man takes a sip from his coffee and wipes away some of the foamy creamer from his lip with his tongue, which then sticks out of his mouth says, "Let's go tongues!" The song is called "Gimme Cold Foam," a new track that Shania crafted for her collaboration with Coffee-Mate.
Jelly Roll and Bunnie Xo's donkey, Donkey, has a new friend. The couple welcomed a female donkey named Nova Spell to their farm. Their first donkey was struggling to adapt to his new life for the first couple of weeks after his arrival. In a video that Bunnie shared, Nova appears a bit cautious at first, but soon makes her way out into the pasture where she and Donkey immediately hit it off. "He instantly came out of his shell," Bunnie writes in the caption of her post. "I'm so excited to hang with them tomorrow!"
Jelly Roll is going to make his acting debut on an upcoming episode of "Fire Country." He will play a hospital orderly named Noah in the April 11th episode of the show. Kane Brown made his acting debut on that same show in 2023. Jelly Roll previously appeared as himself on an episode of Tulsa King.