Hub Step: The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee's Rondal Richardson has been named Exec. Dir. of the newly formed Music Community Foundation (MCF), a national hub for music-driven philanthropy launching with more than 120 music industry partners. MCF is designed to equip artists, managers and the industry with an infrastructure to build, grow and sustain charitable work. Its founding advisory committee includes executives from CAA, the Grand Ole Opry, Red Light, UTA and WME, as well as artists Charlie Worsham and Trisha Yearwood.

Tour Support: Luke Bryan's fall Farm Tour has been set for Sept. 17-19, with stops in Latrobe, PA; Millersport, OH; and Brookston, IN, with TBA openers. The shows fund college scholarships for students from farming families attending local colleges or universities near the tour stops. Tickets (5/21) here.

Dan + Shay's The Young Tour kicks off Sept. 11 in Noblesville, IN and wraps Nov. 7 in Mountain View, CA. Joining on select dates are Tyler Hubbard and Josh Ross; tickets here Friday (5/22). 

Waylon Wyatt will launch his more than 50-date Dustpiles World Tour July 18, with shows spanning North America, Europe and Australia as the tour continues through January. Tickets (5/21) and dates here.

Stella Lefty will embark on her 11-date Stella Lefty Live tour Oct. 30 in San Francisco, with stops in Los Angeles, Atlanta, New York, Toronto and Washington, D.C. Tickets (5/22) here.

Tickets to Ole 60's Off The Grid Tour — beginning July 9 in Milwaukee and featuring The Stews, Kolton Moore & The Clever Few, The Jack Wharff Band, 80 Acres, Arcy Drive, Phil Kane, Rob Langdon, Cigarettes @ Sunset and Garret Elias — go on sale Thursday (5/21) here.

Festive All: Carrie Underwood, Avery Anna and American Idol winner Hannah Harper kick off the Grand Ole Opry's Summer Of The Century June 2. Additional CMA Fest week performers include Flatland Cavalry (June 3) and Jordan Davis (June 5); full lineup and tickets here.

Bits & Pieces: Red Light Management founder Coran Capshaw will be presented with the T.J. Martell Foundation's Lifetime Music Industry Award Sept. 15 during the organization's New York Honors Gala at Cipriani. Tickets here.

The Elaina Smith-hosted Backstage Country Uncut weekly podcast debuts May 29 with guest Jordan Davis.

Atlantic Outpost's Stella Lefty was named SiriusXM The Highway channel's latest "Highway Find." SiriusXM's Cody Alan broke the news to her May 16 during ACM Awards weekend in Las Vegas.

ICYMI: Performances from last night's (5/17) 61st ACM Awards included: 

• Kane Brown's "Woman"
• Cody Johnson's "Travelin' Soldier"
• Riley Green's "Change My Mind"
• Dan + Shay's "Say So"
• Kacey Musgraves' "Dry Spell"
• Blake Shelton's "The Gambler"
• Avery Anna's "Bang Bang"/"Blood Runs Thicker"
• Carter Faith's "If I Had Never Lost My Mind"
• Lainey Wilson's "Can't Sit Still"
• Red Clay Stray's "Demons In Your Choir"
• Thomas Rhett and Jordan Davis' "Ain't A Bad Life"
• Parker McCollum and Lee Ann Womack's "Killin' Me"
• Miranda Lambert's "Crisco"

Country Aircheck Today Top 5: Here are the Top 5 songs for the week ending May 16, according to Mediabase.

1. CODY JOHNSON/The Fall (CoJo/Warner/WRN) 
2. TUCKER WETMORE/Brunette (Back Blocks/Mercury) 
3. ELLA LANGLEY/Be Her (Sawgod/Col. NY/Triple Tigers) 
4. RILEY GREEN/Change My Mind (Nash. Harbor) 
5. JORDAN DAVIS/Turn This Truck Around (MCA) 

Country Aircheck Top Point Gainers: Here are the top point gainers for May 17, compared with the same day last week, according to Mediabase.  

1. TUCKER WETMORE/Brunette (Back Blocks/Mercury) +717 points
2. ELLA LANGLEY & MORGAN WALLEN/I Can't Love You Anymore (Sawgod/Col. NY/Triple Tigers/Big Loud) +317 points
3. KENNY CHESNEY/Carry On (Hey Now) +305 points
4. COREY KENT f/KOE WETZEL/Rocky Mountain Low (Combustion/RCA) +255 points
5. LUKE COMBS/Be By You (Columbia) +226 points

Tomorrow's Birthdays (5/19): Lainey Wilson, Maggie Rose, Shooter Jennings, Wayne Halper, Tanya Burko, Chris Moore, Jessie Roberts, Wes Vause, the late Mickey Newbury, the late Lesly Simon. 

Swing Music: Nashville Harbor's Greylan James draws a crowd during ACM Lifting Lives' Country On The Green at TopGolf in Las Vegas Friday (5/15). Pictured (l-r) are Audacy's Mark Anderson and Justin Cole, James, and the label's Scott Borchetta, Jimmy Harnen, Ryan Dokke and Jay Cruze.

Poolaroid: The Opry NextStage Class of 2026 at ACM Next Wave: Country’s Beach Bash. Pictured (l-r) are ACM's Kylie Goudreau, the Opry's Dan Rogers, Dasha, Vincent Mason, Emily Ann Roberts, Tyler Braden, Hudson Westbrook, Alexandra Kay, Graham Barham, Willow Avalon, host Ashley Cooke, the Opry's Jenn Tressler, ACM's Haley Montgomery and the Opry's Lexi Lampkin.

All I Have To Offer: Honoree Stephanie Davenport (Warner Records Nashville) with past honoree Shannon Sanders (BMI) at the I’m Just Me: A Charley Pride Celebration of Inclusion brunch hosted by Amazon MGM Studios, Amazon Music and the ACM in Las Vegas last week. Additional honorees (not pictured) were MTSU's Beverly Keel, Compton Cowboys, Warner's James Marsh, Rolling Stone's Joseph Hudak and artist Moriah.