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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – Zach Top performs onstage during the 61st Academy of Country Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 17, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 26: American flags next to gravesites at Arlington National Cemetery were placed by the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regimen for Memorial Day on May 26, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)
NEW YORK – MAY 21: Stephen Colbert and Paul McCartney on the CBS series The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, scheduled to air on the CBS Television Network. (Photo by Scott Kowalchyk/CBS via Getty Images)
MONTERREY, MEXICO – MARCH 20: Ricky Matin performs on the concert at Arena Monterrey on March 20, 2026 in Monterrey, Mexico. (Photo by Medios y Media/Getty Images)
AMERICAN IDOL – "916 (Grand Finale)" – The Top 3 finalists give their all for the last chance to earn America's vote. Alicia Keys serves as guest mentor and performer, plus special performances from other music legends and today's top stars. MONDAY, MAY 11 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT) on ABC. (Disney/Eric McCandless) LUKE BRYAN, HANNAH HARPER, CARRIE UNDERWOOD, LIONEL RICHIE (Photo by Eric McCandless/Disney via Getty Images)
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE — Episode 1904 — Pictured: Musical guest Paul McCartney performs "Days We Left Behind" on Saturday, May 16, 2026 — (Photo by: Lloyd Bishop/NBC via Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – Lainey Wilson performs onstage at the 61st Academy of Country Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 17, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for ACM)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – FEBRUARY 09: HARDY (L) and Morgan Wallen perform onstage during Morgan Wallen: The Dangerous Tour, Night 1 at Madison Square Garden on February 09, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images for Big Loud)
