Mar. 16, 2025
Chase Rice is the latest country crooner to be tapped for an appearance onThe Bachelor.Speaking with PEOPLE on the red carpet at theCMA Awardson Wednesday night in Nashville, the musician revealed that he said yes to performing a few songs on season 24 after consulting fellow musiciansDan + Shay, who previously sang during a date on the ABC reality series.“It was interesting. You’ll have to wait and see,” Rice, 34, said about the experience.
Mar. 16, 2025
Chris Lanehas found his forever “Take Back Home Girl” — and it’sBacheloralum Lauren Bushnell.
The country singer, 34, proposed to Bushnell, 29, on Sunday in the backyard of her family’s Oregon home, PEOPLE confirms exclusively.
“I knew she wouldn’t want some elaborate crazy proposal,” Lane tells PEOPLE. “So, I decided to keep it pretty casual. I asked her parents for different places in Portland I could potentially take her to, but after a lot of thought I decided doing it at the family cookout would be the most laid-back setting and that she’d appreciate the simplicity of me proposing to her in her parents’ backyard.
Mar. 16, 2025
Like father — like daughters!Cody Johnsonmay have to spend a lot of time on the road, but most of the time the country star gets to bring his wife Brandi and their two daughters — 3-year-old Clara Mae and 18-month-old Cori — along.“We’re very fortunate — my wife and my two girls get to come with me a lot on the bus. We got our own bus just for that,” the frontman of the Cody Johnson Band tellsPEOPLE Now.
Mar. 16, 2025
“I checked out,” Johnson said. “Literally, I’m calling you in my truck right now because I just left my buddy’s house paying for some roping steers.”
The disconnect is critical to the prolific artist because it keeps him grounded and his inspiration flowing. By the end of the year, Johnson will have releasedhis feature-length documentaryDear Rodeo: The Cody Johnson Story, Human and his first holiday album —A Cody Johnson Christmasout Nov.
Mar. 16, 2025
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Country singer Drake White was hospitalized on Friday night after he nearly collapsed on stage during a performance.
White was approximately 15 minutes into his set at Elmwood Park’s amphitheater in Roanoke, Virginia when the incident happened, a source tells PEOPLE.
White is currently on tour and was the opening act on Friday forAmerican Idolalum and fellow country singer Scotty McCreery.
The singer has show dates scheduled across the United States in South Carolina, Kansas, Texas, California, Massachusetts, and Kentucky before he is expected to travel to Australia for five performances.