Keith Urban Performs at NYE Bash in Nashville Amid Nicole Kidman Divorce

CBS’ NYE Special ‘Nashville’s Big Bash’ Hit By Tech Issues; Network Briefly Switches To ‘Matlock’ Rerun

CBS’ popular legal drama Matlock made an unscheduled appearance during the network’s New Year’s Eve presentation. About 42.5 minutes into CBS‘ holiday special New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash, a performance by Lainey Wilson was cut off abruptly mid-song. The screen went black for a few seconds, followed by a string of promos for Survivor and other CBS programs before an episode of Matlock came on mid-scene. The drama starring Kathy Ba…

CBS’s ‘New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash’ Briefly Switched to ‘Matlock’

If 2025 felt like a nightmare from start to finish, CBS delivered one final twist with a glitchy New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash. The five-hour special featured some of the biggest names in country, from Jason Aldean to Dierks Bentley, Brooks & Dunn, Rascal Flatts, Keith Urban, Dwight Yoakam, Bailey Zimmerman, and a change in the schedule that no one saw coming.   The televised event Wednesday night, Dec. 31 went offline for roughl…

CBS’ ‘New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash’ Special Faces Mid-Show Outage

CBS' 'Nashville's Big Bash' live New Year's Eve special faced a lengthy interruption Wednesday night due to technical problems.

Keith Urban Performs at NYE Bash in Nashville Amid Nicole Kidman Divorce

Keith Urban undoubtedly had a difficult year, but he went out on a high note on New Year’s Eve. The country singer, 58, performed upbeat renditions of his song “Straight Line” and New Radicals’ “You Get What You Give” during New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash on Wednesday, December 31. Urban sported a black shirt and dark jeans while he crooned lyrics from “Straight Line” such as, “I ain’t buyin’ this life’s gotta be such a mother / ‘Caus…

Dwight Yoakam Shines As He Performs On New Year’s Eve Performance - I Get Talk

Dwight Yoakam commenced the new year, 2026, in a new color as he showcased an outstanding performance at New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash. The performance was done at the official watch-party venue for the Big Bash, Category 10. Dwight Yoakam made the night fun for his supporters at...

CBS Suffers Major Technical Blunder During New Year's Eve Show, Broadcast Cuts to 'Matlock'

CBS’ New Year’s Eve special didn’t exactly do smoothly. The Paramount-Skydance-backed network enraged viewers on Wednesday night when its NYE show, New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash, abruptly switched off. In place of a Lainey Wilson performance, viewers were greeted with a barrage of commercials. Then, an episode of the Matlock reboot began to air before cutting back to even more ads. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images) It’s unclear exa…