USA Today Music — Country music star Eric Church honored the victims of the deadly Las Vegas shooting Wednesday night during a performance at the Grand Ole Opry.             more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Before it became the site of Sunday’s deadly mass shooting, the Route 91 Harvest festival was one of a handful of concert blowouts aiming to burnish the Las Vegas Strip’s reputation as a live-music destination. Jason Aldean, Eric Church... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Before it became the site of Sunday’s deadly mass shooting, the Route 91 Harvest festival was one of a handful of concert blowouts aiming to burnish the Las Vegas Strip’s reputation as a live-music destination. Jason Aldean, Eric Church... more info

Stereogum — The grizzled country-music badass Jamey Johnson is one of the strongest, most vivid voices in his genre, and two of his albums, 2008's That Lonesome Song and 2010's The Guitar Song, are among the best country albums that anyone has made this century.... more info

Stereogum — Nashville country star Eric Church is apparently a grunge fan. He covered Pearl Jam's "Better Man" during a recent show outside Seattle, and last night in Washington, DC, he paid tribute to the late Chris Cornell by covering Johnny Cash's version of ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Today in Entertainment: A new box office 'Boss,' Patricia Arquette's GLAAD speech and Eric Church in L.A. April 2, 2017, 12:15 p.m. Here's what's new and interesting in entertainment and the arts: April 2, 2017, 12:15 p.m. Eric Church and 16,000 of h... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Was it the Roxy or the Whisky? Eric Church couldn’t recall which of the two famed Sunset Strip venues he’d played at on a long-ago visit to Los Angeles, years before he became one of country music’s biggest stars. Either way, the... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Was it the Roxy or the Whisky? Eric Church couldn’t recall which of the two famed Sunset Strip venues he’d played at on a long-ago visit to Los Angeles, years before he became one of country music’s biggest stars. Either way, the... more info

Stereogum — Nashville country star Eric Church is in the middle of his Holdin' My Own Tour right now, and during a recent show outside Seattle in Tacoma, Washington, he broke out a cover of Pearl Jam's 1994 classic "Better Man." Church is a noted PJ fan, having ... more info

Mjsbigblog — No new relevant concerts to report this week, but Eric Church is making a killing despite chasing off a bunch of scalpers. The post Idols in Concert – 02/23/2017 appeared first on mjsbigblog. more info