The CMA Awards' New Artist of the Year played for about 3,500 people at the Rave's Eagles Ballroom July 17, a show that sold out in under an hour.

In today’s music industry the real money is in live performance – and many of the biggest pop shows are sites of both auteurish experiment and genuinely inspiring spectacle.

While ending a concert early after losing his voice, Darius Rucker's team offered some news pertaining to upcoming shows.