Bits & Pieces: Cole Swindell, SOURCE, Opry

Bits & Pieces: Tickets are on sale now here for the 22nd annual SOURCE Nashville Hall Of Fame Awards, happening Aug. 26 at the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville. Brenda Lee, Jeannie Seely and Mandy Barnett return as co-hosts; honorees are Lori Badgett, Cheryl Harris, Gina Keltner, Pam Russell, Mary Self and Kay West (CAT 2/6).

Mountain Dew has partnered with Cole Swindell for its "Thirst Guard" campaign, kicking off this weekend. Mountain Dew-branded Sea-Doos will deliver drinks to boaters and bathers at Lake of the Ozarks, MO July 5 and 6, with Swindell making surprise deliveries at MarineMax Osage Beach July 6. Fans can text 803-MTN-DEWS and send their location for a delivery. Thirst Guards beach stations will also be set up in Lake Travis, TX; Miller Beach, IN; and Myrtle Beach, SC.

The Grand Ole Opry will return to Nashville's Ryman Auditorium July 17 for a show designed to re-create the final 1974 Opry show at the Ryman prior to its move to the Grand Ole Opry House. Performers will include Bill Anderson and Lorrie Morgan, whose father George Morgan was the final artist to perform on that 1974 show. Tickets here. WSM-AM/Nashville will re-air that show and the opening Opry House show for the first time since their original broadcasts on July 17 at 10am CT and July 18 at 10am CT, respectively.