DARIUS RUCKER laughed off "Saturday Night Live" making fun of him a couple of weeks ago.  He said, quote, "A lot of time in my life I sit around and think, man, I still gotta work hard to make it and then 'SNL' does a skit about you and you know you made it."  You can check out the sketch (Darius makes his debut at the 3:52 mark) 

JUSTIN MOORE will launch his first-ever headline tour on March 14th in Pikeville, Kentucky.  DUSTIN LYNCH and JON PARDI will open the shows

We know ERIC CHURCH is a huge BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN fan.  He says one of the reasons is because Bruce's live performances are almost a religious experience to him.  He said, quote, "It's a gang and it's a mentality, like, 'we get it.  We belong.'" 

Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert stopped by Ray Price's bus in Oklahoma Thursday night in the hopes of smoothing things over with the veteran. Price was among those angered by Blake's comments last week that country fans weren't listening to "their grandpa's music" anymore Miranda tweeted, "Country music binds us together! We are a family. Forever and always. Tonight was a celebration of friends and heroes."