Garth Brooks honored his wife, Trisha Yearwood, with a special birthday message on social media Tuesday (September 19th).

Brooks wrote, “HAPPY BIRTHDAY @TrishaYearwood!!!! To the woman who brings inspiration, comfort, kindness & love into our hearts every day, today we celebrate YOU! The world is a better place with you in it - country music and what’s on our tables wouldn’t be the same without you!!! love, TeamG.” 

The couple has been married since 2005.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY @TrishaYearwood!!!! To the woman who brings inspiration, comfort, kindness & love into our hearts every day, today we celebrate YOU! The world is a better place with you in it - country music and what’s on our tables wouldn’t be the same without you!!! love, TeamG pic.twitter.com/EGN12Pbp0S

— Garth Brooks (@garthbrooks) September 19, 2023

The Oak Ridge Boys will say goodbye to their fans this fall.

The group announced Tuesday (September 19th) that they will embark on the American Made: Farewell Tour in honor of their 50th anniversary.

William Lee Golden said in a statement, "We are doing a farewell tour because we owe it to our fans to say goodbye. They have always been there for us through the good times and the bad. I will always be thankful to every person who came out to a show, bought a t-shirt, played our music, and overall, loved us enough to spend their hard-earned money whenever they could. This tour is for you!"

The trek will kick off in Branson, Missouri on September 20th and hit both The Grand Ole Opry and Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, among other stops, before wrapping up in Dekalb, Illinois on December 13th.

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Hank Williams Jr. is engaged 18 months after the death of his wife Mary.  The 74-year-old country singer announced his engagement to fiancée Brandi in an announcement shared to the Facebook page of The Pure Hank Radio Show last week.  The post showed a photo of the happy couple and read, “The newly engaged outlaw country music and southern rock legend Hank Williams, Jr. alongside is beautiful and lovely fiancée Brandi.” 

Martina McBride is ready to get creative again.  The “Independence Day” singer told People in an interview published Thursday (August 31st) that she’s still working to get back to normal after the slowdown of the pandemic. 

McBride said, “I think there were two kinds of people — people that used the time to create and people that used the time to recharge, and I was the recharge type. I'm just getting back into thinking about it really and trying to come up with what I want to do next.”

The country star is “compiling and testing recipes” for a possible new cookbook and thinking about new music. 

She told the outlet, “I think what I’m leaning toward is a really personal album. I've always done songs that talk about life and tell stories and really maybe help other people and tell their stories, but maybe it's time for me to do an album that's maybe more personal.”

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Patty Loveless recently opened up to People about seeing her career celebrated at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville.

She said of the new exhibit, “Patty Loveless: No Trouble With The Truth,” “It’s still hard for me to believe. It still feels like a dream that’s come true.”

She added, “It’s just uplifting for me, It’s uplifting for my soul, and my family is just so proud. I’ve been blessed."

Loveless will be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, along with Tanya Tucker and songwriter Bob McDill, during a ceremony in October

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