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Happy 87th birthday to the Grand Ole Opry! The historic radio program, which first aired in Nov. 1925, is celebrating the milestone event with a weekend filled with country artists who span the last eight decades. The party will kick off on Friday, Oct...

Tony R. Phipps, FilmMagic Loretta Lynn will be celebrated on Tuesday, Sept. 25, with a star-studded tribute commemorating the iconic entertainer's 50th anniversary as a member of the Grand Ole Opry.

The Grand Ole Opry, long known for stepping just outside the country genre from time to time to welcome special guests (such as pop legend Barry Gibb last month), is set to do the same again on August 21, when Lisa Marie Presley makes her Opry debut...

Barry Gibb is one of the most iconic pop songwriters of all time, and a legendary performer and producer as well. This weekend, a long-held desire of the 65-year-old entertainer's will come to fruition when he makes his debut on Nashville's Grand Ole Opry stage Friday night (July 27)...

Countless celebrities -- from the controversial (Roseanne Barr) to the sublime (Whitney Houston) -- have sung our national anthem at special events. Now country music legends the Oak Ridge Boys have been proclaimed by the prestigious National Music Council as "the official leading singers" of "The Star Spangled Banner...

The Grand Ole Opry, a Nashville institution since its founding in 1925, and a stage show which will feature Rascal Flatts, Kellie Pickler, Carrie Underwood and many more in the coming weeks, could soon be up for sale, along with other entities owned by the Gaylord Entertainment Company...

"This is my party and I'll pick if I want to," Ricky Skaggs told The Boot, and that's just what he did. The 14-time Grammy winner joined Josh Turner, Alison Krauss, Keith & Kristyn Getty, Edens Edge, Dailey & Vincent and The Whites on stage at the Grand Ole Opry Tuesday night (May 15) to celebrate his 30th anniversary as a member. "Wher...

Last night (April 21), the legendary Grand Ole Opry added another unique voice to its heritage with the induction of Keith Urban's "southern hemisphere" -- his words -- accent. Nine-year Opry member Trace Adkins (with Josh Turner by his side) welcomed the New Zealand-born and Australia-raised guitar slinger into the elite group, making him the first member from outside North America... R

As Keith Urban prepares to become a member of the Grand Ole Opry tomorrow night (April 21), it's odd to think that just two weeks ago he had no idea this would be happening. The Aussie received the "shocking" invitation during the April 10 All for the Hall benefit concert in Nashville...

On April 21, Keith Urban will become the newest member of the Grand Ole Opry. The country superstar received a surprise invitation to join the coveted country institution in front of about 16,000 people Tuesday night (April 10). (Watch a video of the event below...