Dierks Bentley is used to writing songs for his many albums, but the “Drunk on a Plane” singer has never written a song for a feature film . . . until now. Dierks’ “Days of Dark” is featured on the soundtrack of the new movie The Shack. “I couldn’t be more humbled, honored, excited, proud…
Dierks Bentley’s third Whiskey Row restaurant is up and running. The new location in Gilbert, Ariz., joins previous ventures in Tempe and Scottsdale, Ariz. The new Gilbert bar and grill includes a 4,600-square-foot outdoor patio with space for cornhole and table tennis as well as a large indoor dance floor and stage. The venue, which…
The Academy of Country Music has announced the first round of performers for the 52nd annual ACM Awards on Sunday, April 2. The initial list of performers—all nominated for ACM Awards—include Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town and Maren Morris. In addition, the Backstreet Boys,…
In honor of college basketball’s craziest month, I created a bracket with 16 of the hottest acts in country music. I seeded them based on the strength of their current “season,” which ran from the ACM Awards in April 2016 to the Grammy Awards in February 2017. Now they are pitted against each other in…
Thomas Rhett and wife Lauren dropped a double-baby bombshell on February 15 when they announced on social media that Lauren was pregnant . . . and they are in the process of adopting a baby from Africa. Soon after, the couple revealed that their birth child is a baby girl. Yesterday (March 1) during Thomas…
More than a dozen stars—and more to be announced soon—will come together at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on April 6 for a Merle Haggard tribute concert. Dubbed Sing Me Back Home: The Music of Merle Haggard, the concert will feature performances from Willie Nelson, Kenny Chesney, Miranda Lambert, John Mellencamp, Dierks Bentley, Loretta Lynn, Hank Williams…
This was an announcement that some of us may have missed last night during the Grammy Awards. The ACM Awards announced that Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley will be returning as hosts for the show set to air on CBS, live from Las Vegas on April 2nd. Check out the commercial here, in case you missed…
It was a night to celebrate the best in music at the Staples Center in Los Angeles for the 2017 Grammy Awards on Sunday night (Feb. 12). While the star-studded show was filled with all genres of music, it was the country acts that stood out to us. Brothers Osborne, Chris Young, Cassadee Pope, Carrie…
With his wife, Cassidy, and director Wes Edwards, Dierks Bentley trekked across Iceland for four days to complete the scenically stunning music video for “Black,” which he released in January. Today (Feb. 10), Amazon released an in-depth look at the epic four-day filming process of the “Black” video. “We’ve been talking about Iceland as a…
Don Williams may have announced his retirement from performing last year at the age of 76, but that won’t stop more than a dozen country superstars from paying tribute to the 50-year career of the legendary artist. Dierks Bentley, Brandy Clark, Garth Brooks, Chris Stapleton, Jason Isbell and Lady Antebellum are just some of the…