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Megan Moroney surprised fans at her Cloud 9 Tour stop in Arizona this week when Kameron Marlowe made an unexpected appearance onstage for a special performance of their collaboration, “Fix You Too.”
The country sensation set the moment up by reflecting on the song’s history before inviting him to join her onstage at the Desert Diamond Arena. She told the packed room of fans that when she first wrote “Fix You Too” with Becca Rae Greene and Adam Wheeler for her debut EP, Pistol Made of Roses, they had penned several different versions.
When it came time to select tracks for the deluxe version of her 2023 record Lucky, she opted to bring that song to life in a new way with the addition of Marlowe’s vocals and perspective.
As Marlowe made his way to the stage, Moroney went on to express her longtime admiration for his voice.
“I’m sure y’all are already very familiar with him but I’ve said for the past however many years he has one of the best voices in Nashville and as most of you know this song came out on my debut EP but when we wrote it we wrote like several versions,” she stated. “The only voice I heard on it was Kameron’s and he was nice enough to sing it.”
She explained how rare it is for artists to find themselves in the same place at the same time, so when she heard Marlowe was nearby, she told him he had to make a surprise appearance to deliver the track.
@angelg1214 Megan Moroney x Kameron Marlowe Fix you too 8/11 Glendale Az @Megan Moroney @MoroneyHQ @Kameron Marlowe #meganmoroney #f #concert #cloud9 #foryoupage ♬ original sound – Angel1214
Moroney kicked off the performance by taking the first verse while dressed in a sparkling pink ballgown and playing a matching guitar that reflected off the stage lights. Marlowe then joined her for the chorus with the two voices blending beautifully on the emotional track that centers around two people who are clearly drawn to each other but recognize that neither of them is quite ready to take on the responsibilities of a relationship.
Using the idea of a “fixer-upper” as a metaphor, the pair of artists come compare their emotional baggage and personal struggles to things around a house that need repairing, noting how they have enough on their hands and can’t handle having to fix each other too. So, they take the mature route and realize they need to go their separate ways for the time being.
They sing, “Maybe we could be somethin’, somewhere down the road/ And I know that a younger me couldn’t sit here now and tell those green eyes no/ But you’re a fixer-upper if there ever was/ And I need some work mysеlf to tell you the truth/ I don’t wanna have to fix you too.”
The crowd erupted when Marlowe took over the second verse, giving fans a chance to hear the powerhouse vocalist bring his own talent to the song. After the performance, Moroney encouraged the crowd to show Marlowe some love before she swapped out guitars and continued on with the show.
“Please make some noise for Kameron Marlowe,” she stated, causing another roar of cheers to erupt in the venue.
The memorable crowd-pleasing moment took place during Megan Moroney’s first-ever arena run. The Cloud 9 Continues this week with a sold-out show in Dallas, TX on August 14, followed by performances in Oklahoma and Missouri to cap off the weelend.
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Tucker Wetmore celebrated his third consecutive chart-topping single, “Brunette,” on Tuesday afternoon in Nashville, surrounded by the songwriters behind the hit.
Written by Chase McGill, Josh Miller, Blake Pendergrass and Chris LaCorte, who also produced the track, “Brunette” marks Wetmore’s third No. 1 at country radio, following “Wind Up Missin’ You” and “3,2,1.” LaCorte was unable to make it back to Nashville for the celebration due to travel issues, but he was there in spirit.
Ahead of the No. 1 celebration at BMI’s Nashville office, Wetmore opened up about his first reaction to “Brunette,” while the songwriters reflected on the track’s creation and how it ultimately made its way to Wetmore.
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“I love this song because it was weird, honestly. It was different. I’ve never heard anything like it. And right off the bat, I was like immediately I have to have this,” Wetmore shared.
“And I mean, I relate to it in a sense of the hair color thing,” he added with a laugh, “but I’ll let them talk about the creation process and where their minds were.”
McGill, Miller and Pendergrass explained that “Brunette” was born out of their desire to break the rules and experiment with something they hadn’t tried before. They challenged themselves to see if they could create a hit around a 220 BPM bluegrass-inspired sound, cycling through dozens of ideas before returning to the “Brunette” title. The song began to take shape when McGill played the distinctive riff that became a defining element of the track.
From there, the writers said the song came together quickly, becoming the fastest song they had ever written. While they had no idea what would ultimately happen with the song when they wrote it, they were thrilled to see it land with Wetmore.
As members of their teams, publishers, Wetmore’s record label, friends and family gathered inside for the official celebration and No.1 presentation, Wemore reflected on his journey in Nashville and thanked everyone for being with him on this ride.
“Music is a weird thing. It’s a crazy thing. It’s a beautiful thing,” he stated. “I think there should be no rules behind what we are able to create or what we think is good when we’re alone in our truck or what we get excited to share with our buddies. There should be no parameters on music. And I think this song is a huge testament of that exactly.”
Addressing the songwriters, Wetmore continued, “Y’all are so good. Some of the best in Nashville. I moved here in 2020. I didn’t know anybody. I didn’t know anything. And the fact that I’m sitting on the stage with this amount of talent… it’s just a blessing. You guys, not only are just good songwriters, great songwriters, but you guys are better humans…Thank you for trusting me with this song.”
Wetmore is in the midst of his Brunette World Tour and will return to the road on Aug. 13.
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Jason Aldean’s wife, Brittany Aldean, called it an “emotional Tuesday” as the couple experienced several major family milestones all in the same day.
In an Instagram post shared early Wednesday, Brittany recapped the eventful day with her followers, revealing that their children, Memphis and Navy, headed back to school. Photos showed the siblings dressed in their school uniforms and posing for pictures before starting second and third grade.
“Tears were flowing this morning,” Brittany wrote. “Can’t believe we have a 2nd and 3rd grader.”
The emotions continued as Brittany revealed they also “sent one off to college,” referring to Jason’s second-oldest daughter, Kendyl. She shared a photo of Kendyl driving away, along with a sweet moment that showed Navy running down the driveway after her older sister and photos capturing their final hugs before Kendyl began her college journey.
But the big moments didn’t stop there. Brittany and Jason also “checked on the new house,” sharing a glimpse of the property, which appeared to be an active construction site with dirt covering the land.
They wrapped up the busy day with a “brunch date,” where Brittany jokingly pointed out that Jason chose biscuits and gravy “over everything.”
Comments poured in on the post, with followers offering words of encouragement and support as Brittany navigates those bittersweet moments of watching her children grow up right before her eyes.
After the emotional day, things will quickly get back to business for the Aldean family, with Jason Aldean’s Songs About Us Tour resuming on August 14 in Wheatland, California. The platinum-selling star will then head to Fresno on August 15 before joining Luke Bryan for a show on their Double Down Tour in San Diego on August 16.
On the music front, Aldean recently followed his 32nd No. 1 at country radio with “Anytime Soon,” the latest single from his album Songs About Us. The song made an immediate impact at country radio, earning the most adds last week.
Additionally, Aldean is celebrating a new wave of RIAA certifications, including the 6X Platinum certification of his My Kinda Party album, further cementing his status as one of country music’s best-selling artists. The newly certified releases include My Kinda Party (6X Platinum), “My Kinda Party” (5X Platinum), “Fly Over States” (4X Platinum), “Any Ol’ Barstool” (3X Platinum), “Amarillo Sky” (3X Platinum), “Don’t You Wanna Stay” with Kelly Clarkson (2X Platinum), “Tattoos On This Town” (2X Platinum), “Hicktown” (2X Platinum), “Why” (2X Platinum), “Lights Come On” (2X Platinum), “Little More Summertime” (Platinum) and They Don’t Know (Platinum).
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Tyler Braden is entering an exciting new chapter in his career, and there’s no shortage of momentum behind him. With a new project on the horizon and a packed international touring schedule ahead, Braden is taking his music to audiences around the world while continuing to grow as an artist.
Speaking with Country Now, Braden opened up about preparing for his first-ever headline run across Canada, as well as upcoming shows in Australia, the UK and Europe. The singer will first head to Australia this fall for the Wild At Heart Tour before launching his seven-date The Days Of Gold Tour in Canada on October 27 in Toronto. He’ll then kick off 2027 with a run of shows across the UK and Europe beginning in February.
Braden reflected on some of his favorite moments on the road so far this year, including hearing thousands of fans sing his songs back to him, and shared how he approaches changing up his setlist as he prepares to bring his show to different audiences around the world.
Fans have already received three new songs from Braden in 2026: “Horseshoes & Hand Grenades, “My Americana” and “Dry County.” With another new release titled “Quick Fix” dropping August 21, he will be one step closer to sharing a bigger project. The rising country act teased what to expect from his next record and explained how he’s allowing the songs to naturally shape the direction of the music while continuing to build on the sound he’s developed over the years.
And, of course, he shared his excitement for his upcoming rooftop show at 27Live Powered by Country Now and what makes an intimate performance so special to him. The show will take place above downtown Nashville on August 18. RSVP for free HERE.
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We are so excited to have you perform at the rooftop of the Westin Nashville for 27Live Powered by Country Now. What do you enjoy most about performing in a more intimate setting where you can really interact with the fans?
I do love stuff like that when we can just kind of have this closed setting that doesn’t feel. ..It feels more approachable and it feels like they’re just there kind of hanging out with you. I think that’s really cool for the fans. And it’s definitely cool to be able to literally just talk, not just with the person right in front of you.
Can we expect to hear some new music from you that night?
We’ve got a lot of new stuff coming over the next six, eight months, so we’ll probably throw in a few of those unreleased songs. Obviously some stuff that’ll be new as of this year or the last couple months. And then we’ve got a song coming out that weekend on the 21st, so right after the show. So we’ll be playing that one for sure.
You have a busy second half of the year, starting with the Canadian leg of the Days of Gold Tour this October. How does it feel to be heading out in your first ever headline run across the country?
The tour we had this year was amazing with Devil And a Prayer Tour. That was our first time ever touring an album. As we go into these tours or we get to go into other countries and do those, it’s amazing and scary at the same time. We’re excited to see if people in another country are singing along to different songs or how it’s different and how they act because we played festivals a lot and we’ve done the odd headliner here and there, but just seeing how the whole experience goes is going to be really fun.
Fans can also catch you at shows across Australia, the UK and Europe. How does it feel to know that your music has reached a global audience?
I mean, it’s exciting. And it is cool because obviously the radio and the DSPs, the streaming networks and all, they push different songs. Different songs get big in different parts of the world. So that’s exciting to see the songs they’re excited for when I’m getting messages on social media. They’re asking for different songs than other areas of the world. That’s really cool to kind of just be able to take a different type of show there…It’s really exciting and you don’t know what to expect. Australia, they put us in rooms, pretty big rooms, that I was very nervous for. Brisbane, the city we’ve been to before for a festival, it sold out in like 48 hours, like 1500 people. It was pretty exciting. I know they’re going to go crazy. The festivals there are amazing. Same for the UK. We’ve had a lot of great ticket sales there and we’ve played a lot of festivals over there. It’s really fun to take our own show.
How often are you switching up your set list for these different audiences?
We build our set kind of in sections, maybe like two to four song sections and we’ll move sections around. It makes for a comfort on stage at the same time as being able to mix it up from time to time. And we’re definitely playing some new stuff probably starting in Australia, just when we’ve got a little bit of time off between now and then to try to change stuff up. That’s the hardest part is it takes time off to be able to change a lot of it. But it’s always fun to switch it up a little bit from time to time.
What would you say has been one of your favorites moments in the shows you’ve had so far this year?
Just hearing the singalongs. “God & Guns N’ Roses” has been a really big one for us for hearing the crowd sing back. Specifically in Australia, we played a festival in Australia in March. And so we got to play the main stage. But the night before we played main stage, we played an after party for the first day’s Main Stage. And it was around 4,000 people inside this big tent. And they were so loud singing the songs back. And obviously, like I said, you don’t know what to expect going that far from home. That’s a moment that’s lived with me for a long time.
You posted a cover of ROLE MODEL’s viral hit “Sally, When The Wine Runs Out” that really resonated with fans online. What was it like getting to put your own spin on it?
My wife listens to ROLE MODEL, so I got to hear that song a lot in the car and I really liked it. But as a songwriter, I’ve always loved the approach of taking sad lyrics and putting them to unhappy Sound Or vice versa. And that song really does that. I mean, you listen to that song, this guy’s nervous about rejection or like being led on. And putting that sound to a sound that actually fits it or fits the emotions of the lyrics was a fun process.
You’ve released several new songs this year already. Are these leading up to a bigger project?
It definitely is. That is the goal for sure. We’re hoping for something next year. Like I said, we’ve got another song called “Quick Fix” coming out August 21st. It’s actually been funny, you talk about going overseas and the new music, “Dry County” that came out in January, I’ve learned doing interviews for the shows overseas that obviously they don’t know what a county is for one thing. When we look at the county, they don’t know what a dry county is. So that’s confusing. And in Australia, the people that I interviewed with have never heard the term “horseshoes and hand grenades.” I put out three songs this year and two of them don’t make any sense, but it’s been funny just to just kind of be able to explain these things. Once you hear it, it’s like a light bulb moment.
What can you share your upcoming release “Quick Fix”?
It’s a subject matter that I haven’t done a whole lot of songs about, kind of like a bar meeting situation, which “God & Guns N’ Roses” kind of is, but just from a different angle. And it’s an approach that I’m excited to take. It’s like guy meets a girl in a bar, but it’s more of a self-aware thing. “If I’m bugging you, kind of let me know.” And you’ll hear that in the lyric side. But I think it’s a fun song. We’ve been playing it live all year long. So it’s been really fun live. It’s very upbeat. And so I’m excited for people to hear it.
Do you have a vision for this next project or are you letting the songs dictate the direction it will go in?
I have a sound that we’re always going for, like writing, it develops over the years and we definitely have a sound that we go for last couple years of writing. And some of it showed up on our last album, Devil And A Prayer. But as for subject matter and the album as a whole in that vein, that one kind of develops slowly. As you get more songs, you start to find where the connections are between the songs and lean into that. And just kind of allow it to develop organically. At least that’s the way I do it.
Fans can keep up with Tyler Braden on Instagram.
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Miranda Lambert turned up the energy at the Full Throttle Saloon on Tuesday night, August 11, when she surprised fans by bringing up two fellow country stars during the 86th annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota.
The Texas born country star headlined the iconic night, delivering a set filled with career-spanning hits before welcoming Gretchen Wilson and Lainey Wilson to the stage for a few special performances.
The trio teamed up for a rowdy rendition of Gretchen Wilson’s 2004 smash hit “Redneck Woman,” with Wilson taking the lead vocal while Lambert and Lainey joined in on the harmonies. During the performance, Gretchen even gave her fellow artist a special shoutout by changing one of the lyrics to, “I know all the words to every Lainey Wilson song.”
@shitmirandasays Miranda ‼️ Lainey ‼️Gretchen ‼️ #countrymusic #mirandalambert #laineywilson #gretchenwilson ♬ Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home) – Elle King & Miranda Lambert
The three singers later joined forces on Lambert’s popular anthem, “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home),” giving the crowd another unforgettable all-female moment to remember.
In addition to coming together as a trio, Gretchen Wilson had the chance to warm up the crowd with another early hit, “When It Rains,” while Lambert and Lainey Wilson performed their collaboration “Good Horses,” which appears on Wilson’s Whirlwind album. This wasn’t the first time the artists have come together to perform the track live for fans, but it’s safe to say that their Sturgis, SD reunion was a special one.
This star-powered night took place a few days after Lambert offered another look into her 10th studio album, Crisco, with the arrival of her new track, “Sunset Marquis.” The dreamy, retro track was inspired by the iconic West Hollywood hotel that has served as a longtime creative escape for the singer and countless other artists.
“I’ve been staying at the Sunset Marquis for close to 20 years,” shares Lambert. “Every time I’m there, you never know who you’re going to run into or what kind of memories you’re going to make. It has this timeless energy that feels like stepping into another era. When we wrote this song, I wanted listeners to be able to close their eyes and feel like they were there with us – to see it, smell it and experience the magic that’s made the Sunset Marquis such a special place for so many years.”
“Sunset Marquis” joins the album’s previously released title track, “Till The Going’s Gone” and the GRAMMY-nominated collaboration “A Song To Sing” with Chris Stapleton. Produced by Lambert and Frasure, Crisco will feature 12 tracks that explore the many sides of country music while blending its traditional roots with disco influences.
She will celebrate the new project’s October 2 release with a special home state album release show at Billy Bob’s on October 6.
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