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Being honest with his fans. Justin Moore made his triumphant return to the stage last night in Knoxville, Illinois following his announcement last month that he would be taking a break from touring. At the time, Justin announced that he was stepping away to focus on his health, leaving fans speculating that the break may have been related to a knee injury that he suffered while skiing earlier this year. Earlier this week, the “Bait A Hook” singer announced that he would be returning to the stage this week in an epic video featuring an LL Cool J classic:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Justin Moore (@justincolemoore) And in a vulnerable moment during his show last night, Justin opened up on the reason for his absence, revealing that he had just returned from rehab after realizing that his drinking had become a problem: “I’ve been wondering how I was going to handle this when I got back on stage for the first time in over a month, and I just decided to handle it this way about five minutes ago… There was a lot of speculation, but my drinking got out of control. … I let down my band and my crew, and most importantly God and my family.” Justin joked that he has another friend who struggled with the same problem who jokes that he’s allergic to alcohol because he would break out in handcuffs (you probably know who he’s referring to there), but said thankfully that never happened to him: “I just became a complete dumbass.” He then revealed that he’s newly sober after finishing up a stay in rehab: “I just got out of rehab for 30 days. This is my 31st day sober.” Justin says that he hopes to use the experience to be a better example to his kids and “I’m a Christian. I’m not as good of one as I want to be. … God has given me so much, between my wife and our four awesome kids and my family, a career like this, so I’m trying from this point forward to use my platform even further than I ever have.” @whiskeyriff @Justin Moore #whiskeyriff ♬ original sound – Whiskey Riff It’s great to see Justin back on stage and doing well, and using his own personal struggles to help others. As somebody who’s been lucky enough to get to know him a little over the years, I can confidently say that there’s not a better dude in country music than Justin Moore, and it’s great to see him recognize that he had a problem and put in the work to turn things around. Couldn’t be happier for Justin, and can’t wait to see what he’s going to be able to do with his newfound sobriety. Country music needs Justin Moore, and now we’re going to get him at his best. Justin Moore 2026 Tour Dates 7/9 – Knoxville, IL 7/10 – Traverse City, MI 7/11 – Shipshewana, IN 7/16 – Green Bay, WI ^ 7/17 – Eau Claire, WI 7/18 – Troy, MO 7/23 – Salt Lake City, UT ^ 7/25 – Eugene, OR 7/30 – Colorado Springs, CO 8/1 – Wichita, KS 8/6 – Dorien Center, NY ^ 8/7 – Cuyohoga Falls, OH ^ 8/8 – Bristow, VA ^ 8/13 – Camden, NJ ^ 8/14 – Hartford, CT ^ 8/15 – Bangor, ME ^ 8/21 – Sioux Falls, SD ^ 8/22 – Grand Forks, ND 8/28 – Dieppe, NB 8/29 – Saint-Agapit, QC 9/4 – Detriot, MI 9/5 – New Haven, KY 9/10 – Salem, VA 9/11 – Pineville, KY 9/12 – Independence, KY 9/17 – Pryor, OK 9/25 – Phoenix, AZ 9/26 – Las Vegas, NV 10/2 – Prior Lake, MN 10/17 – Wisconsin Dells, WI 11/13 – Montgomery, AL 11/21 – Des Arc, AR ^ supporting Riley GreenThe post Justin Moore Reveals That He’s Newly Sober During First Show Back From Rehab: “My Drinking Got Out Of Control” first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Country music star Keith Urban took over the New York City Ferry earlier today… and from the looks of this video, not everyone was entirely thrilled about it. Pretty much everyone knows that public transit – as helpful as it can be –  gets old quite easily. Don’t get me wrong, getting stuck in traffic in your own car is awful too. But at least you have a little privacy. With public transit, you are at the mercy of whoever else is riding it with you. I’d argue that commuters using the NYC Ferry were treated to a surprise show by Keith Urban, but from what we hear in this video, it seems like others felt like they were burdened by it. Though I get both sides of it… how could you be upset about Urban serenading you with yacht rock songs while you are riding the ferry? The country music singer is still promoting his recent yacht rock project – Flow State. If you haven’t had a chance to check it out, it’s the perfect summer vibe record, and it features Urban and his signature sound tackling some of the best yacht rock songs that have ever existed. This must have been a cool moment for Urban to take his yacht rock show on a literal boat (not a yacht, but it works). However, when he and his band opened it up for requests, and they got “Just The Two of Us” thrown out at them, things got a bit awkward on the ferry. Urban initially responded with this: “‘Just The Two of Us?’ Okay. We haven’t done that in a while. This may be the second time we’ve done it.” I suppose Urban said that to drop the expectations of their impromptu performance. He may have forgotten that, though he was on a boat, he was still in New York City. Residents there don’t give much grace, and someone in the ferry shouted back at the artist: “Don’t mess it up.” Was that a threat? Sure sounded like it. Keith Urban laughed it off, and cut the tension (if there really was any) by joking that people who don’t like how they play generally just get up and leave. And after the clap back landed, the country star and his band started to get into it: “Don’t mess it up, really? Oh, no doubt. It’s a tough crowd man. People leave if we don’t play well. So you know, the pressure’s on. Should we try it? Let’s try it.” But as they were feeling it out, and before they could get going another ferry rider lowered the expectations even further, and exclaimed this… which really cracked Keith and his band up: “It doesn’t have to be good.” I’m glad they took it as a lighthearted jab… I’m not 100% that it was. The NYC resident sounded more like she just wanted them to get on with it, and like she wanted to get wherever she was going as fast as possible. Again, Keith Urban had a pretty good comeback in his holster: “It doesn’t have to be good? Oh, you are in luck. Man, have we got a version for you.” View this post on Instagram Urban was right… it really was a tough crowd on the NYC Ferry. I get that artists want to try and find unique ways to bring their music to the masses. I’ll admit that I’ve never seen someone put on a free show on a ferry, so props to Keith Urban for thinking that one up. But artists do have to consider that, if they choose to do something fun with public transit, not everyone is going to be in the mood as they are in the commuting process. Here’s the full version in case you were wanting to check it out (and determine for yourself if it was good or not): @guyaye350 Keith Urban “Just The Teo Of Us” Live from The Hudson River Wall St/Pier 11 July 9, 2026 #keithurban #keithurbanfan #Pier11 #guyagronphotography @Keith Urban ♬ original sound – Guy Aye The post “Don’t Mess It Up” – Keith Urban Played Surprise Set To “Tough Crowd” On NYC Ferry first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Three of the biggest names in mainstream country music. In January, HARDY released his highly-anticipated song “McArthur,” which is a collaboration with Eric Church, Morgan Wallen and Tim McGraw. Written by HARDY along with Jameson Rodgers, Chase McGill, and Josh Thompson (under his pseudonym “Joshua Dennis Anthony Bagles”), it tells the story of legacy and family in a beautiful way, which starts with Tim McGraw taking on the role of patriarch John McArthur, the eldest in the line who farmed the land to keep his family fed. Then, Eric Church comes in and his character, Junior McArthur, has passed away “by way of a bullet in Vietnam,” leaving behind his son Jones, who he never actually got to meet. Each of the generations pass down the family land, but the twist comes when HARDY introduces his character, Jones McArthur – whose son doesn’t seem to value the land like the rest in his lineage: “I’m Jones McArthur and I tried like hell To teach my son why a man don’t sell But he came home from college seeing dollar signs Didn’t want to go to work, just wanted me to die” The son is, of course, Morgan Wallen telling the story of Hunter McArthur, who’s ready to sign on the dotted line to turn over the family land but appears to have a change of heart at the very end: “I’m Hunter McArthur and the deal looks good In 18 months this’ll be a neighborhood I got a million dollar line I can sign my name on But there’s a whisper in the pines that’s telling me, ‘Don’t’” The song ends with a beautiful chorus of the four of them harmonizing, and while it leaves a little bit to the imagination, it’s safe to say that Hunter probably didn’t go through with the sale, and that’s at least what I’m going with, especially because of that last line where he says he can hear a “whisper in the pines” telling him not to sign the land away, and the song starts with John saying he’s just a “whisper in the wind through the pine trees now.” To me, that’s sort of a hint that they kept the land in the end, but again, it’s up for interpretation. Hardy previously spoke a lot about how the song came to be, saying they had written it at the beach and he had actually driven back to his hometown right after to go hunting. After a stiff glass of whiskey, he worked up the nerve to send it to Eric, and he joked that he’s not sure he even listened to the whole song because he texted back within 30 seconds: “We wrote the song, and I actually drove back to my hometown after the beach to do some deer hunting and I had a pretty stiff whiskey drink, and I just said, ‘F*** it, I’m gonna send it to Eric Church.’ And I did. I’ve known Eric now for a couple of years, but definitely took a little bit of a leap of faith. I’ve never made a move quite as impressive as, ‘Hey, we should do this song together.’ And man, he responded, it’s almost like he didn’t even listen to the whole song, because it seemed like 30 seconds went by and he responded and said, ‘I’m in.’ He said, ‘Who else should it be?’” He loved it from the first verse, like many of us, it seems… They knew they wanted to get Morgan involved as well, and the three of them came up with Tim as the last collaborator and Hardy once again just texted it to him himself and Morgan of course loved it. But getting Tim McGraw was the person he was most nervous about… of course, he’s friends with Morgan, and I guess he figured if Eric said no at first, Morgan could talk him into it, but McGraw is in an interesting spot in terms of being a current star who still puts out music, while still being in that “legend” category too. In an interview with WAVE 92.7 radio station, Hardy revealed that he was easily the most nervous to ask McGraw to do the song, and he was blown away by his humility throughout the process, with McGraw telling Hardy he was just “happy to be here,” and Hardy couldn’t believe that: “I mean, obviously, Morgan is like one of the biggest artist on the planet and Eric is Eric. But Tim is just one of those, like a he’s a legend already, and is still very capable of having more hits, you know, the whole thing. So it’s just mind blowing to me that he’s like, ‘I’m just happy to be here,’ and I’m like bro, I’m just happy to be here… I don’t know what you’re talking about.” I really hope they do at least one more song that maybe reveals what happens with Hunter or something of that nature because the first one was so good and I think they still have a lot more story to tell with it. @wave927 When you’re working with a country music legend, you expect a lot… but HARDY wasn’t expecting this from Tim McGraw. This Saturday at 7 PM, HARDY joins us on iHeartCountry House Party! We talk about how a conversation with Tim McGraw led to their collaboration on “McArthur,” what life has been like since becoming a dad, and whether there are more dream collaborations on the horizon. #iHeartCHP #HARDY #TimMcGraw ♬ original sound – WAVE 92.7 Hardy just released a really cool live solo rendition from his current tour… but I think we deserve a full-on performance with all four them at the next possible opportunity: The original with Morgan, Eric and Tim: The post “Tim Is A Legend Already” – Hardy Was Most Nervous To Ask Tim McGraw To Be On “McArthur” With Morgan Wallen & Eric Church first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Clearly a lot of interest in her story. Bunnie Xo made a ton of headlines last month when she opened up on the pending divorce between her and her husband Jelly Roll following the news becoming public. Jelly Roll, whose real name is Jason DeFord, filed for divorce from Bunnie Xo, whose real name is Alisa DeFord, back on May 18 in Williamson County Chancery Court, just outside of Nashville. And in the wake of the announcement, Bunnie released a tell-all episode of her Dumb Blonde podcast, where she revealed what led to split, addressed dating rumors, revealed that Jelly was already dating, and she also explained the straw that broke the camel’s back, that led to the divorce papers being filed after a fight back on Mother’s Day. The episode obviously got quite a bit of attention from fans (and haters) interested to hear what led to the shocking split, and Jelly even co-signed her comments and directed fans to the episode for details on the divorce. But recently, the divorce episode of the podcast was removed from both YouTube and the podcast feed, leaving fans questioning why she made the decision to pull the episode after generating so many headlines. Well on her most recent episode, Bunnie opened up on why she took down the divorce episode – while also revealing the eye-popping amount she made from the tell-all. Bunnie explained that she doesn’t want to continue to re-live that part of her life through the podcast: “We took it down because I realized, I just don’t want one of the hardest moments of my life to become a permanent headline. I don’t wanna live in that. I believe in being transparent with you guys, and that’s never, ever, ever going to change. But I also believe that people deserve the space to heal, to evolve and to move forward. That episode served a purpose for me at that time, and it was real, it was honest, and it came from exactly where I was emotionally in that moment. But I’m not in that same place anymore. and I think that that’s where we need to pause and just focus on the fact that like people are like, oh well, she moved on so fast. Hold up. I’ve been mourning the loss of my marriage for at least a year. I had visions of the news breaking, of it happening, and there is so much behind the scenes that I have not spoken on, and that I will never speak on because it doesn’t matter.” And she also revealed that it was a costly decision to remove it, given the six-figure sum that the episode made in the short amount of time that it was available: “I made $100,000 on that podcast. Yes, it was one of my highest viewed podcast episodes, but I don’t care about the money. If I cared about the money, I would’ve left it up and let it get another hundred grand if I cared about the views. I post on TikTok and get 10 million views. YouTube has never been my strong platform.” Not bad for one episode. Of course Bunnie’s clearly also ready to move on, making headlines this past week after being spotted making out with a 24-year old reality star over the Fourth of July – at Jelly Roll’s Nashville bar. TMZ shared video of her making out with 24-year-old Dylan Wolf (Bunnie is 46), who is apparently a star on the new Netflix reality show “Calabasas Confidential.” (I think they use the word star pretty loosely, but whatever…) Bunnie also addressed that situation on her podcast, admitting that she wishes it hadn’t gone viral but that she’s trying to move on: “And do I regret this past weekend? Absolutely the f— not. I had fun. I am healing out loud. So what I got kissed under the f—ing fireworks. I hope I get kissed under f—ing 10 more fireworks shows, you know. But I’m not dating anybody, I do not want to be with anybody.” I mean, it may not be six figures, but I’m sure that kiss helped her make a few bucks on the explainer episode too…The post Bunnie Xo Reveals The Eye-Popping Amount She Made From The Since-Deleted Divorce Episode Of Her Podcast first appeared on Whiskey Riff.