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(John Shearer)

Are you headed to see Miranda Lambert in Las Vegas? Get ready for the show by listening to the Velvet Rodeo set list playlist ahead of time!

TIME named Miranda Lambert to the 2022 TIME100, its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. The full list and related tributes appear in the June 6 / June 13 double issue of TIME, available on newsstands on Friday, May 27, and now at .

“This is further proof that God dreams bigger than any of us ever do,�� shares the Texan of TIME’s prestigious distinction. “I'm so honored to join this year’s class of TIME100 as this recognizes that our team, our band, our crew, fellow songwriters, producers and collaborators are being acknowledged for shaking things up and coloring outside the lines to bring even more people under our Country music tent.��

The list, now in its nineteenth year, recognizes the impact, innovation and achievement of the world’s most influential individuals.

Whether challenging conventional notions in her current Top 15 ��If I Was A Cowboy,�� So mommas if your daughters grow up to be cowboys, so what?, using her voice to write and record the inclusive ��Y’all Means All,�� or lending her time to raise money for MuttNation Foundation (her nonprofit that provides support to animal shelters and encourages adoption), as NPR observes, the reigning ACM Entertainer of the Year continues to “establish her own American iconography.��

Continuing her record year, Lambert returns to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday, June 8 and joins The Queen of Hip-Hop Soul Mary J. Blige on ABC’s broadcast of the TIME100 Gala on Thursday, June 9 before rejoining her The Bandwagon Tour at Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater in New York on June 9.

Miranda appeared on “�� in celebration of her new album��, available everywhere now. The Texas native shared an expansive look at her storied career and the new project with correspondent Lee Cowan, discussing everything from her businesses and her marriage to her new album and passion for supporting rescue animals.



“I’ve learned a lot about myself,�� Lambert shared with Cowan when discussing the release of her eighth solo project. “I think at some point, you just start to settle into who you are. I think that’s why you feel that peace coming from me, ‘cause I feel at peace with myself.��



“You don’t have to be tortured to be good,�� she added of the lessons she’s learned in recent years. “You can write a sad song and not have to live every sad song you ever write, you know? It’s an impossible way to live.��



The first female entertainer to have a presence on Broadway hosted Cowan at her Downton Nashville��Casa Rosa��bar and restaurant for the conversation, also performing intimate renditions of “In His Arms�� and “Strange�� from the venue’s stage. Lambert and Cowan also strolled down Broadway to a nearby Boot Barn where her�����������ɾ��Ի���clothing line is sold to discuss her passion for branching out in natural ways beyond music, including via her��MuttNation Foundation��in support of shelter pets.



The comprehensive segment comes on the heels of��Palomino’s release, the latest in a critically acclaimed discography that has already earned substantial praise for the most-awarded artist in Academy of Country Music history.



“Miranda Lambert is one of our greatest working songwriters,�� declares��, while����notes, “Lambert’s delivery is pitch perfect as she delivers some of her most on-point lyrics ever,�� joining rave reviews from��,��,��,��,��,��,��,����and more.



Lambert will take the new music as well as her decade-plus catalog of hits on the road this spring as her co-headlining����with Little Big Town kicks off in her home state of Texas this Friday, May 6, before she travels to Las Vegas for her recently announced����residency at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino’s Zappos Theater this September, with dates scheduled through April 2023.

Miranda Lambert��has forged her music-forward brand of superstardom the same way heroes Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard and Emmylou Harris did: crisscrossing America’s highways, taking her songs to the people. Along the way, she’s become the most awarded artist in Academy of Country Music history, including��nine��straight Female Vocalist of the Year Awards and��five��Album of the Year Awards; won��seven��Country Music Association Female Vocalist of the Year Awards along with��two��Album of the Year Awards; and she took last year’s GRAMMY for Country Album of the Year for��Wildcard, an award she’s nominated for in 2022 for her Jon Randall/Jack Ingram campfire album��The Marfa Tapes.

As Lambert heads across the Atlantic to anchor the C2C Festival in the United Kingdom and Ireland,��POLLSTAR��places the superstar on the cover. Headlined ��,�� the story traces the rise of a young female artist intent on making music on her own terms, from touring the nation in an SUV hauling a trailer through headlining major festivals, including Country Thunder, Tortuga Music Festival and the first female headliner of this year’s Windy City Smoke Out.

For Lambert, it’s a mission of not just taking the music to the people, but speaking for those who need someone to represent their place in the world. As she tells the touring trade, “I feel like the girls I’m singing to, or even the people listening, are people just like me. Men or women, they’ve made their mistakes, they go through things, high and low. So, I tell stories for everyone who can’t. I’m kinda representing all of us.��

The six-page spread follows her rise from the moment at the 2005 CMA Awards when a young artist danced in front of a wall of flames, through turning down an opportunity to headline early, a game-changing Ryman show for the release of��Revolution���� and her commitment to hard ticket-selling.

Speaking to Live Nation head of country touring Brian O’Connell, longtime manager Marion Kraft, Joe’s Bar/Joe’s Live owner Ed Warm and William Morris/Endeavour’s Joey Lee, a picture is painted of a woman willing to do the work, unafraid of what it takes to create a musical legacy that will endure and as O’Connell notes, “Onstage, big or small, you have to keep up with her. She closed because most people can’t follow her �� and nobody does what she can.��

Whether telling a story about a night on a co-headlining tour with Jason Aldean, where she came off the bus from a business meeting to talk to two young girls out on a school night, or setting up her own merchandise after her first soundcheck at Joe’s Bar, what emerges is a woman committed to connecting with her fans on the most personal level. Looking at her success,��POLLSTAR��surmises, “Lambert wants to keep it interesting, lean into music and give people more than they wanted, but what they didn’t know they needed.��

“I’ve put my life in my songs,�� says the uncompromising force of nature, “and I’ve never counted on my hair, my make-up and my looks to get me over. I’ve used my guitar. A guitar and a real stubborn head will get you a long, long way.��

It’s working. As��POLLSTAR��ponders what it takes to win Entertainer of the Year, Lambert just keeps working. With a summer tour, C2C this week and more, she’s busy. Just how she likes it.

Hot off the release of her new “Tequila Does (Remix)�� Miranda received a nomination for “Artist of the Year�� at the 33rd annual MusicRow Awards. Winners will be revealed on August 19th. Until then, enjoy jamming out to the new song below!

(Ellen Von Unwerth)

Miranda Lambert��continues her reign as the most nominated female artist in ACM history as she received five nominations for the 56th ACM Awards Friday.

Lambert earned her 15th nomination in the Female Artist of the Year category, which she has won a record-setting nine times, while her No. 1 hit “Bluebird�� was nominated for Single, Song, and Video of the Year. Lambert earns an additional nod as a songwriter on the track, along with co-writers Natalie Hemby and Luke Dick. “Bluebird�� has earned more than 260 million on-demand streams and was named one of the 2020’s best songs by��Billboard,��Taste of Country,��The Boot,��Sounds like Nashville, and more after earning the same accolades in 2019 from��Rolling Stone��and the��Nashville Scene. The “poetic, introspective, and hopeful�� (MusicRow��) smash landed at No. 15 on Billboard’s year-end Hot Country Songs chart.

These nominations follow a whirlwind 2020, which saw “Bluebird�� top the charts at Lambert’s seventh career No. 1 radio single and earn a CMA Award for Music Video of the Year. The “spacious, atmospheric number�� (Rolling Stone) also earned Lambert nominations for Best Country Song and Best Country Solo Performance at the 63rd GRAMMY Awards, where her universally-acclaimed No. 1 album��Wildcard��is also up for Best Country Album. The superstar ranked No. 3 on Billboard’s 2020 Top Country Artists �� Female chart.

Meanwhile, Lambert’s latest single “Settling Down�� continues its climb at radio, currently within the Top 25. She recently released the track’s romantic accompanying music video, which features husband Brendan McLoughlin as well as her horse, Gibson, and one of her many rescue dogs, Delta Dawn.��.��

Miranda with her rescue dog Jessie

Today Miranda announced that her nonprofit, MuttNation, is partnering with the Waggle Foundation to form the MuttNation Fund to help music community members impacted by COVID-19 with their pets' medical bills.

Explaining how the idea came to her, Miranda, who has nine rescue dogs, said, “It really hit home when my backup singer and close friend Gwen’s shelter dog, Earl, became extremely ill in early March, just as the pandemic was taking hold and our tour had to stop. After taking him to several vets, she was told Earl had a rare liver disorder. Then there were multiple hospital stays, relapses, more hospital stays�� Earl is doing great now, but he’ll require ongoing treatment for the rest of his life. It was such an unexpected major expense at an already tough time. So, it got me thinking that there must be a lot more people whose careers in the music industry have been on pause due to lack of live performance opportunities, and who are struggling with their pets�� vet bills. Because music and mutts are my two passions, I knew I had to do something and thought that starting this fund would help both the music community that’s been so supportive of me, and their pets.��

Miranda also said that MuttNation chose to partner with Waggle because, “It was the perfect fit for us. They have all the pieces in place and 100% of the donations go directly to their dog or cat’s vet, so everyone can be sure their support goes where it needs to go.��

Application for the MuttNation Fund is open to anyone who is a member of the broader music community who has a dog or a cat with medical needs and has been impacted by COVID-19. Music community members include musicians, singers, songwriters, engineers, producers, management, music venue staff and other music industry employees. You can apply for support here:

MuttNation is jumpstarting the Fund with a generous matching grant donation, and the MuttNation Fund at Waggle will be supported and sustained through online donations by caring people who are moved to help after reading the stories about the pet in need on the MuttNation Fund page. 100% of the donations received are sent directly to the pet’s attending veterinarian. If more than enough funds are raised for any one pet, the extra funds rollover into the MuttNation Fund to keep helping more dogs and cats.

For all of Miranda’s great animal-loving fans who are not working members of the music community, Waggle can help you, too! Just go to the Waggle website and find out how to apply �� .

Gwen’s shelter dog Earl

Tractor Supply Company announced the launch of a new exclusive line of pet food and treats in collaboration with Miranda Lambert’s MuttNation. The line, On The Farm, carries an assortment of balanced, nutritional recipes for both dogs and cats �� made with real beef or chicken and other natural ingredients. On The Farm pet food and treats are available for online purchase now and will hit store shelves on Monday, July 20.

“Tractor Supply is excited to partner with Miranda Lambert and MuttNation on this extensive line of real, high-quality, nutritious food products for our pet-loving customers,�� said Nicole Logan, Vice President, Divisional Merchandise Manager at Tractor Supply. “Promoting the health and well-being of our pets is part of everything we do at Tractor Supply, and we can’t wait for our friends to try out ‘On The Farm�� for their pets.��

Last year, Tractor Supply Company partnered with Miranda to create the successful MuttNation Fueled by Miranda Lambert collection of beds, toys, gear and more, with proceeds supporting MuttNation Foundation’s efforts to advance the adoption of shelter pets and support animal rescues across the country.

Asked why she decided to branch out with pet food, Miranda replied, “Developing ‘On The Farm�� felt like a natural and authentic progression to me. I live on a farm in Tennessee with nine rescue dogs, two cats, five horses, chickens, rabbits and lots of other animals �� that’s actually my farm you see on the packaging.�� And proceeds from the sales will help shelter pets �� that’s always been my main focus with MuttNation Foundation. Really, when you think about it, what could be better than giving your pets wholesome meals that will keep them healthy and strong while helping shelter pets at the same time?"

To learn more about On The Farm and other MuttNation Fueled by Miranda Lambert products, please visit��,����and��, and MuttNation on��.

Miranda’s single “Bluebird�� has officially reached #1 on the Billboard and Mediabase Charts in Canada!��

Listen to “Bluebird�� off of��Wildcard��on your favorite streaming service !

Miranda is giving communities throughout her upcoming Wildcard Tour the chance to shine a spotlight on local first responders.��Radio listeners can nominate local first responders to participating country stations. The selected honoree will receive two show tickets and meet & greets with Miranda.

“I was really inspired by Kelly Ford, who honors a first responder every Friday on her show, and last November I got to nominate my husband, Brendan. I wanted to be able to spread that to every city we’re visiting on the Wildcard Tour, and say thank you to the brave men and women who keep those places safe,�� said Lambert. “It’s been incredibly inspiring to hear stories of local heroes, and I’m honored to have them as our guests every night.��

The Wildcard Tour gets underway Friday, Jan. 16 in Tupelo, Miss. with special guests Cody Johnson and LANCO. Tickets are available now at . See a full list of tour dates , and a list of participating stations below.

Tupelo, MS (Jan. 16)

WWZD/Wizard 106.7

Biloxi, MS (Jan. 17)

WKSJ/95 KSJ

WZKX/Kicker 108

Birmingham, AL (Jan. 18)

WDXB/102.5 The Bull

WZZK/104.7

Little Rock, AR (Jan. 23)

KSSN 96

Nashville, TN (Jan. 24)

WSIX/Big 98

WKDF/NASH 103.3

Phoenix, AZ (Jan. 29)

KMLE/Country 107.9

KNIX/102.5

Salt Lake City, UT (Jan. 31)

KSOP/Z104

KBUL/98.1

Denver, CO (Feb. 1)

KYGO/98.5

KWBL/106.7 The Bull

Kansas City, MO (Feb. 6)

KBEQ/Q014

WDAF/106.5 The Wolf

Tulsa, OK (Feb. 7)

KWEN/K95.5

KVOO/98.5

KTGX/106.1 The Twister

Dallas, TX (Feb. 8)

KPLX/99.5 The Wolf

KSCS/New Country 96.3

Anaheim, CA (Feb. 20)

KKGO/Go Country 105

San Diego, CA (Feb. 21)

KSON/103.7

Ontario, CA (Feb. 22)

KFRG/KFROG 95.1

Fresno, CA (Feb. 27)

KSKS/93.7 Kiss Country

KHGE/102.7 The Wolf

San Jose, CA (Feb. 28)

KRTY/95.3

Sacramento, CA (Feb. 29)

KNCI/New Country 105.1

Boise, ID (April 23)

KAWO/WOW country 104.3

KIZN/Kissin�� 92.3

Spokane, WA (April 24)

KXLY/99.9 Coyote Country

KDRK/93.7 The Mountain