{"id":1309679,"date":"2019-04-30T15:50:26","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T21:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1805972"},"modified":"2019-04-30T15:50:26","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T21:50:26","slug":"five-at-five-cma-fest-adds-billy-currington-and-more-florida-georgia-line-to-headline-the-ryman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/five-at-five-cma-fest-adds-billy-currington-and-more-florida-georgia-line-to-headline-the-ryman\/","title":{"rendered":"Five at Five: CMA Fest Adds Billy Currington and More + Florida Georgia Line to Headline the Ryman"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:349005?width=1200&amp;height=675&amp;.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"byline\">by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/tinglel\/\" title=\"Posts by Lauren Tingle\" rel=\"author\">Lauren Tingle<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\">22m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Give us a minute, and we\u2019ll give you five things you need to know in country music. It\u2019s your new fix for all the latest headlines in one place. Here\u2019s what you need to know for Tuesday (April 30):<\/p>\n<ul class=\"listicle-container\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Woodstock 50 Canceled<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1804121\/woodstock-50-brandi-carlile-sturgill-simpson-margo-price-to-perform\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Woodstock 50<\/a> has been canceled after encountering series of drawbacks. Tickets for the anniversary event featuring performances by Jade Bird, Brandi Carlile, Anderson East, Amy Helm, the Lumineers, Nathanial Rateliff and the Night Sweats, Sturgill Simpson, Margo Price and more were originally set to go on sale April 22, but the on-sale date was postponed. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/news\/festivals\/8509091\/woodstock-50-festival-cancelled\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Billboard<\/a>, a major investor, Dentsu Aegis Network\u2019s Amplifi Live, pulled out on Monday (April 29) after an alleged $30 million was already spent on the 2019 lineup.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">CMA Fest Adds More Free Music, Billy Currington, Randy Houser and Pam Tillis<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>The NFL Draft was just practice for the 2019 CMA Fest, which will take over downtown Nashville June 6-9. The complete lineups for three of CMA Fest\u2019s five free outdoor daytime stages were announced Tuesday (April 30). Currington will perform at the Chevy Riverfront Stage (June 6), Houser has been added to at Firestone Country Roads Stage at Ascend Amphitheater Presented by BBR Music Group (June 6) and Tillis will perform at the Budweiser Forever Country Stage (June 9). A limited number of four-day passes for the nightly concerts at Nissan Stadium are still available through <a href=\"https:\/\/cmafest.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">CMA Fest<\/a>\u2019s website or by phone at 1-800-CMA-FEST. Single and three-day tickets for Firestone Country Roads Stage at Ascend Amphitheater, in addition to single and four-day tickets for Xfinity Fan Fair X, are also available.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Florida Georgia Line to Headline the Mother Church<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>Florida Georgia Line\u2019s Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley have played in every performance room imaginable in Nashville, but May 29 will be the first time the duo headlines the revered Ryman Auditorium. The special invitation-only concert will stream live on SiriusXM, which was the first outlet to play their breakout hit, \u201cCruise.\u201d \u201cThere is a magical feeling when you walk into the Ryman, and this is a place that has always been on our bucket list to play,\u201d Kelley says in a release. \u201cWe are so excited for this show and can\u2019t wait to bring our FGL vibes to the Mother Church!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"heading-container\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Chris Young Celebrates \u201cHangin\u2019 On\u201d in Nashville<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"description-container\">\n<p>Before heading overseas for a series of concerts in the UK, Young paused Monday (April 29) to take over Nashville\u2019s BMI headquarters to celebrate his latest hit \u201cHangin\u2019 On\u201d with co-writers Corey Crowder and Josh Hoge. The song peaked at No. 2 on Billboard\u2019s country airplay chart and No. 1 on the Mediabase chart in November. Young\u2019s Raised On Country Tour launches May 16-18 in Alpharetta, Ga., Charlotte, N.C. and Bristow, Va.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"author\">\n<div class=\"description\">Lauren Tingle is a Tennessean and storyteller who eats music for breakfast, lunch and dinner. When she\u2019s not writing or rocking out, she enjoys yoga and getting lost in the great outdoors.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1805972\/five-at-five-cma-fest-adds-billy-currington-and-more-florida-georgia-line-to-headline-the-ryman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Lauren Tingle 22m ago Give us a minute, and we\u2019ll give you five things you need to know in country music. It\u2019s your new fix for all the latest headlines in one place. Here\u2019s what you need to know for Tuesday (April 30): Woodstock 50 Canceled Woodstock 50 has been canceled after encountering series [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1309679","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 09:34:19","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1309679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1309679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1309679\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1309679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1309679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1309679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}