Luke Bryan, his wife Caroline and their family are mourning the loss of Sadie Brett Boyer, the young daughter of Caroline’s brother and sister-in-law, Bo and Ellen Boyer. The death of Bryan’s niece is just one of a number of family tragedies that the country superstar has dealt with throughout his life: Bryan lost his brother Chris in a car accident in 1996, and his sister Kelly unexpectedly passed away in 2007. In 2014, Bryan’s brother-in-law Ben (Kelly’s widower) died just after Thanksgiving.

 

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Eric Church has always gone out of his way to fight scalpers, but his latest move is the boldest yet. The country superstar has canceled an astounding 25,000 tickets that had been purchased for his upcoming shows after identifying them as being bought by scalpers. Church is currently on the road for his Holdin’ My Own Tour, and says that he plans to keep doing everything he can to stop what he considers a criminal organization that is making millions from exploiting music fans. Church and his team have put special procedures in place to identify tickets purchased by scalpers, and this isn’t the first time that he’s canceled improper purchases and put those seats back on sale to legitimate fans at fair market prices, but it’s certainly the biggest.

 

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Rising country star Steve Moakler, who will be at The Taste of Country Music festival in June, announced details on his upcoming album, Steel Town, set for release on March 17. The new projects features 11 tracks, several of which are co-written by Moakler. Five tracks, including breakthrough hits ‘Suitcase’ and ‘Love Drunk,’ come off his 2016 self-titled EP. The album is produced by hit Nashville songwriter and producer, Luke Laird, who’s worked with top acts such as Carrie Underwood, Blake Shelton, Kacey Musgraves and several more.

 

 

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