Boot Scootin' Boujee: Eric Church, Cody Johnson, Megan Moroney, Keith Urban and Lainey Wilson will perform at the Bobby Bones-hosted ACM Awards 60th anniversary gala, Play Something Country, honoring Brooks & Dunn May 7 at the Omni PGA Frisco in Texas. The pre-show and live auction will be presented by Shawn Parr, with proceeds benefitting ACM Lifting Lives. Tables are available here through tiers; starting price for eight seats is $15,000 with premium options available.

Bits & Pieces: Bridge Ratings has tapped longtime network radio exec. Andy Denemark to handle marketing and client relations efforts for its StreamStats service, which offers customized streaming consumption data. Reach him here.

Consulting firm Collective Heads added longtime collaborator Joe Lindsay to the team. He retains his role as Dir./Operations & Programming for Local Media/San Diego. Reach him here.

The Grand Ole Opry will salute the U.S. Army’s 250^th anniversary with its annual Salute the Troops Opry show May 20. Members Craig Morgan, Steven Curtis Chapman and Rhonda Vincent are among the scheduled performers. Tickets here.

Stories Of The Week: Search for news and people in the archives at countryaircheck.com.

• Meet The Overnight Ride's Justin Franiak in Country Aircheck Weekly.
• The ACM Awards Radio Winners were announced. (4/17)
• Chris Koon was named BMLG EVP/Finance. (4/16)
• Chris Janson launched Harpeth 60 with WMN. (4/15)
• Jake Gear and Robert Knotts were named EVP/Co-Heads of Lost Highway. 
• WOKQ/Portsmouth, NH's Ginny Rogers Brophey is retiring in August. (4/14)
• Chronicle: McGavock "Mac" Gayden, Steve Weaver.

ICYMI:  The veteran-focused nonprofit Catch A Lift Fund has established the Toby Keith Patriot Award in cooperation with the late artist’s family. The inaugural award will be presented to a supporter of the organization April 29 at its sixth annual Northern Virginia Benefit at the Army Navy Country Club in Arlington, VA.

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville has updated the display in its Taylor Swift Education Center with new artifacts from Swift’s The Eras Tour. These objects will be on view for museum visitors through spring 2026, and are accessible with general museum admission.

The Smoking Section podcast’s Markus Koger will host Nashville Underplay May 21 at 6pm at the city’s 6^th and Peabody. Graham Barham will headline, with performers Dalton Dover, Landon Parker and Mike Parker. Email Koger for free tickets here.

Chronicle: Entertainment attorney Joel Katz has died, according to an In Memoriam page on the website of his former firm, Barnes & Thornburg, where he had been Senior Counsel since 2021. Prior to that, he spent spend 23 years at Greenberg Traurig, where he was founding shareholder of the Atlanta office. A member of the bar in both Georgia and Tennessee, Katz had been practicing since graduating from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1969. The school later named a library for him.

Katz's clients have included recording artists, producers, label executives and concert promoters, including Faith Hill, Alan Jackson, Little Big Town, Tim McGraw and George Strait. He also served as outside legal counsel for the Recording Academy and CMA. Last year, Katz received a 2024 Recording Academy Trustee Award as part of the Grammy Week in recognition of his contributions to the field of recording (CAT 1/5/24). No word on services.

Country Aircheck Today Top 5: Here are the Top 5 songs for April 17, according to Mediabase 24/7.

1. JOHN MORGAN f/JASON ALDEAN/Friends Like That (Night Train/Broken Bow) 4568 points 
2. MORGAN WALLEN/I'm The Problem (Big Loud) 4499 points
3. LOCASH/Hometown Home (Galaxy) 3586 points
4. COLE SWINDELL/Forever To Me (Warner/WMN) 3583 points
5. JASON ALDEAN/Whiskey Drink (Macon Music/Broken Bow) 3344 points 

Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers: Here are the top point gainers for April 13-17 compared with the same days last week, according to Mediabase 24/7.  

1. JOHN MORGAN f/JASON ALDEAN/Friends Like That (Night Train/Broken Bow) +3621 points
2. JASON ALDEAN/Whiskey Drink (Macon Music/Broken Bow) +2118 points
3. KANE BROWN/Backseat Driver (RCA) +2040 points
4. HARDY/Favorite Country Song (Big Loud) +1724 points
5. NATE SMITH/Fix What You Didn't Break (RCA) +1366 points

Tomorrow's Birthdays (4/19): Matt Stell, Bekka Bramlett, Tenille Arts, Allen Mitchell, Jackie Stevens.

Sunday's Birthdays (4/20): Kassi Ashton, Wade Hayes, Clay Cook (Zac Brown Band), Buddy Cannon, Skip Bishop, Holly Hutton.

Monday's Birthdays (4/21): Jeff Stone, Steve Dorff, Justin Newell, Jeremy "Otis" Maher, the late Paul Davis.

We Built This (Songwriter) City: Promo vets surprise The Warren Brothers (Brett and Brad Warren) at their Songwriter City show at Chief’s in Nashville. Pictured (l-r) are Songwriter City’s Mike Severson, Jimmy Rector, Brett Warren, Mike Wilson, Brad Warren, Tom Baldrica and Valory's Preston Cooper.