18 January 2016

Luke Bryan has announced a series of concerts at American stadiums and ballparks as part of his 2016 Kill the Lights Tour. The country star used his mobile app to announce to his fans a series of stadium shows over the summer. The singer released his most recent album, Kill the Lights, in August. His Kill the Lights Tour will open in Evansville in February, closing in Salt Lake in October. He will play 40 shows in total. Bryan’s current single, Home Alone Tonight, features Karen Fairchild from Little Big Town, who will join him on tour, alongside Dustin Lynch. Tickets for the 2016 Kill the Lights Tour go on sale on Jan. 29. More information is available on Bryan’s official website.

Willie Nelson was last year’s recipient of the Library of Congress’s Gershwin Prize for Popular Song – the first country singer to received this award.The country legend has now decided to celebrate the brothers George and Ira with a new album this year. Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings George Gershwin is due for release on February 26 and saw the country singer-songwriter recording classic songs such as It Ain’t Necessarily So, Somebody Loves Me, I Got Rhythm, They Can’t Take That Away From Me and the title track, Summertime. Nelson has already established himself as a interpreter of classic standards with his 1978 album, Stardust, a hit with country fans and also including Gershwin songs. Summertime will also feature two duets, with Sheryl Crow, who joins Nelson on Embraceable You, and Cyndi Lauper on Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off.

After listening to over 50 applications, the AMA-UK team had the task of selecting just ten artists to play at Moth Club in Hackney on Tuesday February 2, 2016. They have now announced that the artists who will be showcasing are: Danni Nicholls Dean Owens Hannah Aldridge Jo Rose Loud Mountains Stevie Ray Latham The Travelling Band Wildflowers William the Conqueror Yola Carter Running orders are yet to be released. The AMA-UK 3rd Annual Conference is this year combined with the AMA’s inaugural Awards show. The multi-venue two day conference, showcase and awards event will take place in our new East London location of Hackney Borough on Tuesday 2 and Wednesday 3 February, 2016. The Conference program runs across both days, with panels on the first day and a fantastic songwriting workshop on the second day. The live showcases will be held on the evening of Tuesday 2 February.