If you have tickets to see Keith Urban this year, it might look a bit different than normal.  That’s because he just kicked two longtime band members out of his band.  Multi-instrumentalist Nathan Barlowe had been with the band for almost a decade.  And bassist Jerry Flowers had been playing with Keith for over 25 years. Keith has a show tonight in Toronto, and will embark on his High and Alive Tour starting in May. 

Donald Trump will not have to govern from the prison yard.  On Friday, he was sentenced to an unconditional discharge for the 34 felony convictions in his hush money case. Even though he’s a convicted felon, he can still vote because his sentence is complete . . . but he can’t own a gun.  And he can’t pardon himself . . . since he was convicted in a STATE court in New York.

Timothée Chalamet will host “Saturday Night Live” on January 25th, with musical guest . . . Timothée Chalamet. Chalamet has been getting rave reviews for his singing in the Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown”.  He’s also nominated for an Oscar.  But there’s no word if he’s singing Dylan on “SNL”.

The Wiggles are releasing a full country album called “Wiggle Up, Giddy Up”, featuring Dolly Parton, Lainey Wilson, and other stars.  It comes out in March, and they just released a song featuring Dasha. (Here’s the video.  You’re probably not rocking out to it on the weekends.  But for The Wiggles, it’s actually not THAT bad of a song.)

People on the Internet are currently trying to prove that a major love conspiracy is going down in the country music world. Last week, Megan Moroney posted a picture to her Instagram that said, “On island time.”  And she tagged the location as Saint-Jean in Saint Barts in the Caribbean. Well, soon after, Riley Green posted to his Instagram stories, highlighting his own beach vacation.  Now normally the story would end here.  But because people on the Internet never sleep, this story is far from over. Through a reverse image search, the internet detectives soon found out that Riley’s photos were also taken from St. Barts.  So, is it a coincidence that the two country music superstars are both taking a beach vacation . . . on the same small island in the Caribbean . . . at the exact same time? (You can check out the detective work here, and here.)

Tinsel Town Talk – Mon 01/13/2025