June 8–11 – CMA Music Festival celebrates its milestone 50th anniversary in Nashville, revolving around the nightly concerts at Nissan Stadium.

May 15 – Reba McEntire is announced as Blake Shelton's replacement for the 24th season of The Voice, set to premiere in the fall of 2023.Allen was subsequently dropped from the label after a second accuser came forward. As a result, Allen's record label suspended him immediately and he was dropped from a planned performance slot at the 50th CMA Music Festival. May 11 – Jimmie Allen, his management company and record producer Ash Bowers have a lawsuit filed against them by an unnamed former manager who alleged that Allen repeatedly verbally and sexually assaulted her and that she was fired for disclosing this abuse.April 28 – While performing on stage at Stagecoach Festival, Alan Jackson appears via video link to invite Jon Pardi to become the newest member of the Grand Ole Opry.Morgan has since postponed the following weeks shows to be on vocal rest. Rumors quickly spread stating that he was drunk and had to go to the hospital to get his stomach pumped, however those rumors were debunked. The cancellation caused outrage in some fans including lawsuits being filed even though tickets were refunded. April 23 – Morgan Wallen cancels show at Vaught–Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi just minutes before taking the stage due to vocal problems.April 11 – Granger Smith announces that he will be leaving country music in order to focus on ministry at his local church outside of Austin, Texas.March 31 – 4 Runner reunites for the second time and releases their first studio album in 20 years.March 27 – The Band Perry officially announce that they are going on hiatus.March 23 – Record label Arista Nashville closes after 34 years in operation.March 20 – Several artists hold Love Rising, a charity concert at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, to raise awareness and funds for the LGBTQIA+ community of Tennessee.March 15 – Miranda Lambert announces that she is leaving Sony Music Nashville after 19 years.

February 11 – Kane Brown and his wife Katelyn Brown top the Country Airplay chart with ' Thank God', making it the second duet by a married couple to top that chart following Tim McGraw and Faith Hill's ' It's Your Love' in 1997.

This marks the first time since 2020 that three solo women have charted in the top ten simultaneously.

January 23 – Gabby Barrett's ' Pick Me Up', Lainey Wilson's ' Heart Like a Truck' and Carly Pearce's ' What He Didn't Do', all reach #4, #8 and #10 respectively at US Country Radio (as measured by Mediabase).

Cho is the first Asian person to become a member of the Opry.

January 6 – Marty Stuart invites Henry Cho and Gary Mule Deer to become the newest members of the Grand Ole Opry, the first time comedians have been invited in almost 50 years following Jerry Clower in 1973.

All rights reserved.This is a list of notable events in country music that took place, or will take place, in 2023. The arraignment and issuance of formal charges against those who took my son’s life represents but one small step along the arduous pathway towards obtaining justice for him and ensuring that no other mother will have to suffer the murder of her son at any establishment on Broadway.”Ĭopyright 2022 WSMV. I am keenly aware that were my son to have been murdered in another place and at another time, it is highly likely that no one would have been held to account in a court of law. “While I respectfully disagree with District Attorney General Glenn Funk respecting the lack of severity of the criminal charges brought against those persons responsible for the murder of my son, Dallas Jordan Barrett, on August 16, 2021, at Dierks Bentley’s Whiskey Row Nashville, I wish to extend my heartfelt gratitude and congratulations to all those within the Metropolitan Police Department and the District Attorney General’s office who have worked with integrity and diligence to identify the security personnel and private citizen who murdered my son. He has two weeks to find one.ĭallas Barrett’s mother, Tammy Barrett, was not in the courtroom on Wednesday but did provide a statement: Maxwell is the only security guard without an attorney. That means all attorneys must do is give a judge that waiver, and their client doesn’t have to show up in court that day. The six other security guards did not show up in the courtroom Wednesday because they signed a waiver of in-court appearance.

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