{"id":2868,"date":"2025-05-09T08:33:28","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T08:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=2868"},"modified":"2025-05-09T08:33:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T08:33:28","slug":"blake-shelton-jumped-in-his-truck-hit-the-road-and-drove-straight-to-texas-with-one-mission-to-sing-his-brand-new-no-1-hit-texas-live-at-the-acm-awards-the-moment-he-hi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=2868","title":{"rendered":"Blake Shelton jumped in his truck, hit the road, and drove straight to Texas with one mission\u2014to sing his brand-new No. 1 hit, \u201cTexas,\u201d live at the ACM Awards. The moment he hit the stage, the whole auditorium lit up, boots stomping and hearts racing\u2014and even his ex-wife Miranda Lambert couldn\u2019t help but get up and dance."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/townsquare.media\/site\/204\/files\/2025\/05\/attachment-Blake-Shelton-ACM-Awards-1.jpg?w=780&amp;q=75\" alt=\"Blake Shelton's Amped-Up 'Texas' Performance Brings Heat to ACMs\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Although perhaps no one is prouder to be an Okie than Blake Shelton, Texas has been particularly good to him of late. The country music mainstay recently scored\u00a0his 30th No. 1 hit\u00a0with \u201cTexas,\u201d the lead single off his forthcoming 13th album,\u00a0<em>For Recreational Use Only<\/em>. And just recently, the former Entertainer of the Year climbed into his pickup truck and headed south to Frisco, where he will present at Thursday\u2019s (May 8) 60th ACM Awards. Ahead of the ceremony, Shelton revealed he will also take the stage at the Ford Center at The Star\u00a0to perform his latest chart-topping hit.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Watch the video down below and don\u2019t forget to share this beautiful song with your friends and family\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Blake Shelton | Texas | Full Performance | Live @ The 60th ACM Awards2025\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IYMVj93Jg-I\" width=\"350\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"h-blake-shelton-talks-acm-awards-excitement\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Blake Shelton Talks ACM Awards Excitement<\/h3>\n<p>Severe rainstorms have battered North Texas and South Oklahoma this week, but Blake Shelton wasn\u2019t letting anything keep him from this year\u2019s ACM Awards ceremony.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cJust got in my truck and\u2026 freaking rain, went through the storm and I was excited when I crossed over into Texas,\u201d the \u201cHoney Bee\u201d singer, 48,\u00a0told\u00a0<em>Country Now<\/em>. \u201cIt was like, wow, I\u2019m literally going to Texas to sing \u2018Texas\u2019 at the ACM Awards, which is pretty cool.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DJPi7XwyhPQ\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=675&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Flitaupdate.com&amp;rp=%2Flehieu%2Fblake-shelton-jumped-in-his-truck-hit-the-road-and-drove-straight-to-texas-with-one-mission-to-sing-his-brand-new-no-1-hit-texas-live-at-the-acm-awards-the-moment-he-hit-the-stage-t%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIw#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A1794.2999999523163%2C%22ls%22%3A1360%2C%22le%22%3A1787.5999999642372%7D\" height=\"1023\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"h-new-album-out-this-week\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">New Album Out This Week<\/h3>\n<p>Ironically, it was also a Lone Star-themed song that put Blake Shelton on the map 24 years ago. His debut single, \u201cAustin,\u201d spent five weeks atop the\u00a0<em>Billboard<\/em>\u00a0Hot Country Songs chart in 2001. But between his 12-year coaching stint on\u00a0<em>The Voice<\/em>\u00a0and other business ventures like his chain of Ole Red restaurants, the six-time ACM Award winner\u2019s music career took an inevitable backseat. He hasn\u2019t released an album in four years, since 2021\u2019s\u00a0<em>Body Language<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\"><\/div>\n<p>That changes Friday, May 9, with the arrival of\u00a0<em>For Recreational Use Only<\/em>. \u201cTexas\u201d is Shelton\u2019s first single released under his new label, BBR Music Group\/BMG Nashville and Wheelhouse Records. And he already sees parallels between the upbeat tune and his 2019 No. 1 hit \u201cGod\u2019s Country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKen was telling me, I think how many years, five years since I\u2019d had a number one song,\u201d he said. \u201cSo to your point, I mean it is like a \u2018God\u2019s Country\u2019 almost, because I was kind of starting to think, well, maybe that was it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although perhaps no one is prouder to be an Okie than Blake Shelton, Texas has been particularly good to him of late. 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