
Thousands of fans who had waited in line since the wee hours joined some of country's biggest stars Thursday to pay their respects to George Jones at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville.

George Jones, the peerless, hard-living country singer who recorded dozens of hits about good times and regrets and peaked with the heartbreaking classic "He Stopped Loving Her Today," has died. He was 81.
Kacey Musgraves hates the genre column on iTunes. It's the label to end all labels.
Be it concert or charity auction, Bruce Springsteen can bring any event to a crescendo.

Tim McGraw has moved on from a troubling label, quit drinking and grown up a bit, and all that has given him a new energy he says you can hear on his latest album, "Two Lanes of Freedom."
Tim McGraw is free.
Jon Stewart is hosting the MusiCares salute to Bruce Springsteen.

Jon Stewart will host the MusiCares salute to Bruce Springsteen next month.

Kenny Chesney took the makeshift stage on the field at Cowboys Stadium at halftime Thursday and returned some normalcy to this place. Guitars twanging country music is what you expect to hear deep in the heart of Texas. The sounds that preceded that certainly were not.