I updated this 50 best list to 75 picks. Still had to leave many favorites out. How many 'Tortured Poets' songs did I include? Not to spoil it, but it's somewhere between 'a handful' and 'all of them.' ... Taylor Swift’s 75 Best Songs, Ranked variety.com/lists/best-tay… via @variety

Brittney Spencer at Stagecoach

Shaboozey at Stagecoach

Shaboozey at Stagecoach

I’m confused by this critical metaphor, because it’s been a while since I got a press release from a burger joint about them having newly peppery sauce.

Hardy is doing the second “Gin and Juice” cover of the weekend on the Stagecoach main stage (following Eric Church’s). I guess Snoop is the new Tom Petty when it comes to ubiquitous country covers

Taylor Swift Debuts With 2.61 Million Units for ‘The Tortured Poets Department,’ the Best Number for Any Album in Nine Years variety.com/2024/music/new… via @variety

Post Malone Turns Stagecoach Into ’90s/’00s Night, and Miranda Lambert Gets ‘Fancy’-ful With Reba, on Fest’s Guest-Star-Studded Night 2 variety.com/2024/music/new… via @variety

Charley Crockett rocking it at Stagecoach

Well, now I’m really hoping Trump picks Kristi Noem as VP candidate. Because that is no longer a potentially winning ticket.

Who knew Reba would be the one to break Stagecoach (those of you watching the delayed stream have something to look forward to)

Clear clue about a Beyoncé appearance still imminent here at Stagecoach… Let’s not give up hope prematurely, people

Almost live, from the photo pit

Post Malone’s Stagecoach set is over, folks. No news headlines here, unless his good taste in Alan Jackson songs counts

Ladies and gentlemen, Sara Evans has taken the stage during Post Malone’s Stagecoach set. With all respect to (and regret) about B, there is not a better song he could have picked to spotlight than “Suds in the Bucket”

Dwight Yoakam and Brad Paisley are Post Malone’s guests at Stagecoach

Just so everybody knows, the livestream of Post Malone at Stagecoach will be on a 25-minute delay (in other words, not live). I’m on-scene and will relay breaking news… of which Waylon Jennings song he performs

At Stagecoach, Eric Church Brings a Full Choir, Saves His Band for the Finale and Has Polarized Fans Debating a Love-It-or-Leave-It Set variety.com/2024/music/new… via @variety

A report on the Black Music Action Coalition's event regarding Black women in country... At BMAC Event in L.A., Mickey Guyton, INK and Other Panelists Assess What Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy’ Moment Means for Black Female Country Artists variety.com/2024/music/new… via @variety Black Music Action Coalition

Not sure I've seen many performances worse than this Ben Burgess Stagecoach performance I'm watching of 'You Put the C--t in Country Song.' (I've seen a lot of performances)