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The Lucky Cowboy - biography
Who is that crazy cowboy?
Lucky was born at a very young age in the "Land of Lincoln." Alton, Illinois, to be exact, is where old Lucky is from. Alton is famous for its celebrities of stage and screen. Remember Robert Wadlow, the tallest man in the world? How about TV star Clint Walker of "Cheyenne" and Butch Calvey the singer? Alton is also where one of the famous Lincoln/Douglas debates took place, and where Bluff City Beer was made. It seems Lucky was just destined to be a famous person.
In his early years, Lucky appeared at the Madison Avenue Corral in Alton as a live DJ for WOKZ radio. He's been a trapeze artist, a motorcycle stunt rider, and even hosted his own carnival. He was a National Indian Chief for the Boy Scouts of America and managed a scout camp. Lucky spent some time in Minnesota where he still has many country fans.
Nowadays, old Lucky is based in Nashville, TN, Music City USA. Here he founded Lucky Cowboy Productions. You might catch him anywhere in Nashville, or somewhere in the rest of the USA promoting country music. He's even been on the Today Show! But you'll always find him wearing his famous forty gallon orange cowboy hat - you can't miss him wherever he goes.
Lucky's favorite song is "I Feel Lucky." His handprints are on the WE Fest "Walk of Fame," and there's even a ceramic bobblehead doll of Lucky. Yep, you can bet old Lucky will continue to be a star in his own right.
Watch out for Lucky as you might just get "Lucky!" Yeeeeeeeeehaw!!!
Let's Party Like A Cowboy! LUCKY COWBOY Since 1992
Who Dat won the Super Bowl? The New Orleans Saints, that's who.
Put away those paper bags forever: Drew Brees and the Saints are NFL champions, rallying to beat Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts 31-17 Sunday night in one of pro football's most thrilling title games.
Brees tied a Super Bowl record with 32 completions, the last a 2-yard slant to Jeremy Shockey for the winning points with 5:42 remaining. The Pro Bowl quarterback was chosen Super Bowl MVP.
Worlds Largest Fan Club Party Set For June 10-12 Nashville, Tennessee The Worlds Largest Fan Club Party III is on for 2010. Hosted by NIXACountry and Lucky Cowboy Productions. June 10-12 at FUEL and BIG SHOTZ clubs in Nashville. Over 42 artists and bands will be performing from 12 Noon to 7 PM daily, FREE to the public. We have some great talent lined up for our third year event. If you are coming to CMA Music Fest, stop in and see us. Artists interested in us hosting your Fan Club Party and show should send an email to:Fanclubparty10@gmail.com
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When in Nashville visit BIG SHOTZ at 115 Second Avenue North. Tell 'em Lucky Cowboy sent ya in for a Big Shotz. NASHVILLE ENTERTAINMENT
Carrie Underwood will be at CMA Music Fest in June.
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Howdy ya'll! Let's start a band! Be My Lucky Valentine
"It All Begins With A Song"
"So Full Of Country"
"Music Makes Me Happy"
Lucky Sez: "I'm riding the gravy train with biscuit wheels."
I'm A 'Cowboy Casanova'
Is The Beer Cold Yet?
I'm Barefoot and Crazy
"I Like My Cowgirls Dirty’
"The sun comes up just to hear Lucky Cowboy crow."
Rockin' The Beer Gut!
We're Country Fried!
If it's country news, you heard it here second! If it's BS, You never heard it here! Lucky Cowboy Sez: Dip Me In Beer And Throw Me To The Drunk Chicks
Put The Beer On The Table
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“It’s A Business Doing Pleasure With You”
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I'm Rockin' in my cowboy boots.
God is Great, Beer is Good, Lucky Cowboy is Crazy!
It Dosen't Get Any Countrier Than This!
Pour Some Sugar On Me!
Dear JD: I gave up smoking, women and drinking last night It was the worst fifteen minutes of my life.
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"You can come as you are, there ain't no dress code. Just some rural-route rules that you need to know. Don't mess with the bull, he can get real mean. Don't forget to shut the gate, stay out of the beans. Oh and leave your guns at the bar."
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That's my Lucky Cowgirls and my beer.
"It Dosen't Get Any Countier Than This." Boots on the bar!
No butts about it. You put up a sign "Bikini Bull Riding Night" and they show up to ride the bull in force.
LUCKY COWBOY . TOP TEN COUNTRY . FEB. 07, 2010
Jason Aldean Holds On ‘The Truth’ At Number One
1 Jason Aldean: "The Truth" 2 Brad Paisley: "American Saturday Night" 3 Josh Turner : "Why Don't We Just Dance" 4 Darius Rucker: "History In The Making" 5 Billy Currington: "That's The Way Cowboys Roll" 6 Toby Keith: "Cryin' For Me (Wayman Song)" 7 Blake Shelton: "Hillbilly Bone" 8 Carrie Underwood: "Temporary Home" 9 Easton Corbin: "Little More Country Than That" 10 Keith Urban: "'Til Summer Comes Around"
Superstar Tim McGraw To Perform The Daytona 500 Pre-Race Show
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – On Sunday, February 14, multiple Grammy Award winner and superstar Tim McGraw, who recently released his 10th studio album SOUTHERN VOICE, will perform the Daytona 500 Pre-Race Show, the pre-race extravaganza leading up to the start of “The Great American Race” at Daytona International Speedway. The Daytona 500 will be broadcast live on FOX, with pre-race coverage beginning at noon and the race starting at 1 p.m. EST.
McGraw, who has 30 #1 hits to his credit, will perform three songs prior to the start of the 52nd annual Daytona 500 – the season-opening event to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the biggest stock car race in the world.
BURNS & POE BOOT UP WITH DAN POST Keith Burns and Michelle Poe Sign Footwear Agreement With Dan Post Boot Company NASHVILLE, Tenn. (February 2, 2010)-–Country breakout act Burns & Poe is pleased to announce their relationship with leaders in classic boot style and quality, Dan Post Boot Company for their Dan Post brand. The Clarksville, Tennessee-based western boot company has agreed to outfit Keith Burns and Michelle Poe with their product as they embark on a tour and appearances to support new single and 2010 album release.
“We are such big fans of Dan Post boots. Dan Post has an array of boots that not only look trendy, they feel great and compliment the tastes of both men and women,” Michelle Poe introduced. “Keith and I can’t wait to kick it up on stage in our Dan Post boots.”
Dan Post Boot Company distributes footwear under the brands Dan Post, John Deere, Laredo Western Boots , Dingo and McRae Industrial.
Burns & Poe are stepping out in 2010 with their release of their first single “Don’t Get No Better Than That” from Blue Steel Records TODAY! Dubbed the Sonny & Cher of country music, Burns & Poe combines the extraordinary talents of Keith Burns (Trick Pony) and Michelle Poe (formerly a Dreamworks recording artist and bassist for Hank Williams, Jr. and Dierks Bentley).
Carrie Underwood Lands Supporting Film Role In 'Soul Surfer' Five-time Grammy award winner Carrie Underwood has landed a supporting role in her first studio movie "Soul Surfer." The inspirational film is based on the autobiography of 19-year-old champion surfer Bethany Hamilton, who, for over six years, has defied all odds to compete and win professional championships after losing her arm in a shark attack at age thirteen. Underwood will play Sarah Hill, a church youth leader. Filming is to take place in February.
Brad Paisley Packs 'Em At Gillette Stadium August 21st Boston It didn't take long for the 7th Annual New England Country Music Festival to sell out. By last Saturday (1/30), it was all done with 50,000 tickets sold for the August 21st event in just a few hours. Brad Paisley headlines with Darius Rucker, Jason Aldean, Easton Corbin and Sara Evans.
City Of Hope 2010 Celebrity Softball Challenge Set Unofficial Kickoff For CMA Music Festival City Of Hope 20th Annual Celebrity Softball Challenge is set to happen Monday, June 7th at Nashville's Greer Stadium. Historically, this event has been the unofficial kick-off of the CMA Music Festival with another year of the same two teams competing: After MidNite with Blair Garner and The Grand Ole Opry. You can count on some top-flight COUNTRY Stars to display their skills in softball, including Carrie Underwood, Vince Gill and Clint Black. It all benefits City Of Hope and their efforts to find a cure of cancer and other life-threatening diseases.
Karla Davis Is The Colgate National Champion Karla Davis of Rock Hill, SC is the Best New Act in Country Music winning the 28th Annual Colgate Country Showdown National Finals last Thursday night (1/14) at The Ryman Auditorium. She Won $100,000 At Thursday Night's Finals in Nashville, Tenn. KARLA DAVIS
Adam Fisher Ready To Give Fans What They Want A Fresh, Yet Legendary Sound The current Country Weekly Magazine has a feature North Carolina native Adam Fisher, who is said to be reviving country music with a fresh, yet legendary sound. His first single, "Cotton Town" was produced by Stella Parton is now at COUNTRY Radio. Adam, who has been performing since he was 13, takes his early influences from Waylon Jennings, Dave Matthews and Elvis He's signed to Lofton Creek Records. ADAM FISHER
WE'RE FOLLOWING TAYLOR OVER THE POND Taylor Swift kicks off 2010 tour in Brisbane Australia Adventures
The Grammy winner Taylor Swift took the stage in Sydney, AU last night as the first in a queue of music superstars lining up to play in the Australia arenas. She performed to a sell-out crowd at Acer Arena in Sydney, AU February 6, 2010.
SYDNEY AUSTRALIA REPORT: February 07, 2010
Taylor Swift played to a packed crowd at Acer Arena - the first of two Sydney, AU shows. A year ago, the pop country singer was introduced to the Australian market with a show at Enmore's Factory Theatre, with just a few hundred fans in the room.
Last night in front of almost 15,000 fans, Swift performed 16 songs, including hits You Belong With Me, Tim McGraw and Love Story.
Her two albums - Taylor Swift and Fearless - have sold millions of copies and last month she was named the top-selling digital artist in history, with sales of more than 24 million tracks.
Taylor Orders In:
Taylor Swift has her luncheon meat, Starbucks grandes, and "Ben/Jerry's" pints delivered to her bus. Additionally, Saturday appears to be pasta night for the singer, who surely could do better that a jar of Ragu spaghetti sauce. And "one Bag frozen Edemame (sic) (it's soy beans...in frozen vegetable section)."
Taylor shows up with Hamish & Andy an Australian comedy duo, consisting of Hamish Blake and Andy Lee with a radio show in Australia.
Tween Fans Lap Up Taylor Swift Show In Brisbane, AU Brisbane Entertainment Centre February 05, 2010
Taylor Swift performed in Brisbane, AU on February 4, 2010
TAYLOR Swift's first reception as a bona fide superstar in Australia must have been music to her ears: a sea of young girls in cowboy hats and boots screaming in pre-pubescent frenzy.
The country pop sensation, it turns out, is the tween role model of 2010, a stunning young woman singing simple catchy songs of romantic yearning and angst.
Photo: Taylor Swift arrives at Brisbane, Australia airport on Feb. 01, 2010
Now an arena headliner, Swift offers a vastly entertaining spectacle for her core fan base. The music comes complete with amusing video parodies of her ability to turn a jerk ex-boyfriend into the victim of her songs.
The fans lapped it up.
This point Swift makes explicit - the sweetest antidote for an awkward schoolgirl ugly duckling is a sold-out concert show.
Opener You Belong With Me began with a dance troupe almost as big as the band, which like Swift started in canary yellow marching band uniform. Swift soon shed this for a sparkling frock, the first of many costume changes. She need not say a word to drive her audience wild, a change in facial expression did that.
Swift doesn't have the strongest voice in Nashville but she has the stage commitment of an actress. Only during They Shouldn't Do Bad Things, when her vocals got lost in the mix, was her voice exposed.
Despite the country tag, and occasional solos from fiddle and banjo (to which Swift does a seductive dance, the oddest spectacle) her seven-piece band runs primarily on pop-rock fuel. Did anyone care that her acoustic guitar was buried in the mix? Almost certainly not.
Taylor travels on to Sydney, AU for two concerts on Feb. 6 and Feb. 7 then it's Newcastle, AU on Feb. 8. Two shows on Feb. 10-11 in Melbourne, AU, Adelaide, AU on Feb. 12, then it's off to Tokyo, Japan on Feb. 17.
Taylor Interview Melbourne, AUS Hearld Sun News Ahead of her tour dates there Feb. 10-12
Taylor performing at a sold out (15,000) concert in Brisbane, AUS on Feb. 04, 2010
TAYLOR Swift may have been humiliated by Kanye West, but she's got better friends in Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman, she reveals ahead of her Aussie tour.
You toured with Keith Urban and you both live in Nashville. Tell us about your friendship with Nicole Kidman and Keith?
Keith and Nicole have been wonderful to me. When I was touring with Keith, he would knock on my bus door, come and say hi and see how I was doing, or think of a song for us to play together that night. Both of them have this natural friendliness and a natural kindness that I really love, and Nicole is one of the most beautiful people, inside and out.
Also, Keith Urban is not just an influence on me at a personal level, he has a professional influence on me as well -- he's been a good example to me of how I feel an artist should be.
And it's his music that I play in my car. They are shining lights in my life.
How do you find time to have relationships?
Oh, there's always time! I'll make time for someone if I'm intrigued by them or I want to get to know them. I'm a hopeless romantic. I love the thought that love can happen in an instant and maintain itself and be a success story instead of a failure. I will find time for love if love is worth finding time for.
We were all intrigued by your friendship with Taylor Lautner. What did you learn from that experience?
One thing I've learned is your life is your life, it's not what people write about your life and it's not what everyone's perception of what your life is. I never want to turn into that person who says to whoever I may be seeing or thinking about going on a date with: "Let's not go to dinner in public tonight because that might get written about." I don't want to let the fact that people are watching me change the course of my actions in relationships.
It's also about being grateful for everything; I'm never gonna have that moment when I lash out and scream and yell about the fact that people are watching me, because I asked for this life and this career.
More Taylor News or Rumors February 04, 2010
Sources Say Taylor Swift and John Mayer Are 'Definitely' Something John Mayer is known for dating beautiful women -- and clearly doesn't discriminate on their ages. The 32-year-old rocker, who was previously involved with 40-year-old Jennifer Aniston, is now rumored to be dating Taylor Swift, 20.
"Taylor and John are absolutely more than 'just friends,'" a source tells Hollywoodlife.com. "They aren't 'boyfriend and girlfriend' or anything as provincial as that, but they have taken their friendship to the next level," the source adds.
Rumors about the pair have been floating around for a few weeks. And the Grammy-winning Swift doesn't mind. Does Swift mind all the speculation?
"I try not to be a complainer, you know?" she told UsMagazine.com at the 13th annual Unforgettable Evening benefit Wednesday in L.A.
TAYLOR SWIFT SCHEDULE
Feb 4 2010 7:00P Brisbane Entertainment Centre Brisbane, Queensland Feb 6 2010 7:00P Acer Arena Sydney, New South Wales
Feb 7 2010 7:00P Acer Arena Sydney, New South Wales
Feb 8 2010 7:00P Newcastle Entertainment Centre Newcastle, New South Wales
Feb 10 2010 7:00P Rod Laver Arena Melbourne, Victoria
Feb 11 2010 7:00P Rod Laver Arena Melbourne, Victoria
Feb 12 2010 8:00P Adelaide Entertainment Centre Theatre Adelaide, South Australia
Feb 17 2010 8:00P Zepp Tokyo, Japan
I smell mooooooooooooooonshine!
Weed With Willie Again?
Willie Nelson's Tour Bus Cited for Moonshine and Marijuana In Wilmington, North Carolina Willie Nelson was not on the tour bus where ALE agents found marijuana and “non-tax-paid alcohol, which is moonshine,” said Ted Carlton, special agent in charge of the District III ALE office out of Wilmington, NC, the StarNewsOnline.com is reporting.
The aroma of marijuana lingered in the parking lot, and moonshine measured three-quarters full in a quart jar on the tour bus, officials said.
Inspite of citations issued Thursday night to six of singer/songwriter Willie Nelson's band members for allegedly illegally possessing the substances, the concert was scheduled to go on. That was, until it was announced Nelson wasn't feeling up to playing, according to information from the N.C. Alcohol Law Enforcement Division agency out of Wilmington and a news release on Nelson's official Web site.
It was pain in Nelson's hand, the one on which he had carpal tunnel surgery, that caused the concert to be canceled, according to the news release on Nelson's Web site. “Doctors say to just give it a rest,” the release said.
Nelson was not on the tour bus where ALE agents found marijuana and “non-tax-paid alcohol, which is moonshine,” said Ted Carlton, special agent in charge of the District III ALE office out of Wilmington.
Carlton stated it was about 6:40 pm Thursday when ALE agents smelled marijuana in a parking lot by the Duplin County Events Center in Kenansville. After entering the tour bus, agents also saw a jar of moonshine, he said.
Six members of Nelson's band were issued citations. They were not arrested. A mandatory court appearance is required for both charges, Carlton said.
Kelly Clarkson Rips Taylor Swift's Label Boss For Dizzing 'American Idol'
"American Idol" winner Kelly Clarkson posts message in her blog about Swift's boss. The defensive statement made by Big Machine Records' Scott Borchetta over Taylor Swift's much-maligned performance at 2010 Grammy Awards has drawn a strong reaction from Kelly Clarkson. On Thursday, February 4, the first "American Idol" winner posted a message on her blog in response to the label boss comment that attacked the singing competition.
"I understand defending your artist obviously because I have done the same in the past for artists I like, including Taylor, so you might see why its upsetting to read you attacking American Idol for producing simply vocalists that hit 'the high notes'," the 27-year-old opened her letter. "Thank you for that 'Captain Obvious' sense of humor because you know what, we not only hit the high notes, you forgot to mention we generally hit the 'right' notes as well."
"Every artist has a bad performance or two and that is understandable, but throwing blame will not make the situation at hand any better," the two-time Grammy-winning singer went on saying. "I have been criticized left and right for having shaky performances before (and they were shaky) and what my manager or label executives say to me and the public is 'I'll kick butt next time' or 'every performance isn't going to be perfect'."
"I bring this up because you should take a lesson from these people and instead of lashing out at other artists (that in your 'humble' opinion lack true artistry), you should simply take a breath and realize that sometimes things won't go according to plan or work out and that's okay," Clarkson at the end wrote. She signed the letter with "One of those contestants from American Idol who only made it because of her high notes".
Borchetta earlier came in Swift's defense in a phone interview with the Associated Press. "She is the voice of this generation. She speaks directly to (her fans), and they speak directly back to her," he stated. "This is not 'American Idol.' This is not a competition of getting up and seeing who can sing the highest note. This is about a true artist and writer and communicator. It's not about that technically perfect performance."
Taylor Swift herself has come under fire following her "off-key" medley of Fleetwood Mac's "Rhiannon" with Stevie Nicks at the Grammys on Sunday night, January 31. Criticizing the performance, The Washington Post quipped, "To borrow a phrase from Montgomery Burns, it was more 'off-key caterwauling.' " The New York Times also pounded Swift for being "painfully out of tune".
February 04, 2010 Nashville, Tennessee
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Taylor Swift's Label chief defends Swift's Grammy performance NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The head of Taylor Swift's record label is fired up and defending his superstar against critical comments about her Grammy-night performance.
"She is the voice of this generation. She speaks directly to (her fans), and they speak directly back to her," said Big Machine Records CEO Scott Borchetta in a phone interview. "This is not `American Idol.' This is not a competition of getting up and seeing who can sing the highest note. This is about a true artist and writer and communicator. It's not about that technically perfect performance."
Borchetta first responded to the backlash in an interview with The Tennessean. Asked by The Associated Press why he felt the need to defend Swift, he said because the criticism was "just over the top."
"It's that classic thing that critics do of building something up and then wanting to tear it down," he said.
Swift rehearsed her performance and duet with Stevie Nicks two different times at the Staples Center in Los Angeles in front of an audience. Entertainment Weekly wrote of the rehearsal, "The two women's voices complemented each other nicely on the harmonies of `Rhiannon.'"
But on Sunday night's Grammy show, Borchetta said Swift had a technical issue that made her worry about her performance. (Attempts to reach The Recording Academy for comment went unanswered.)
"We had a volume problem in the ear. So, she was concerned that she wasn't able to hear everything in the mix," Borchetta said. "That's just part of live TV. ... So you're going to have difficulties on occasion. Unfortunately, on one of the biggest stages, we did have a technical issue. She couldn't hear herself like she had in rehearsal."
As quickly as you could say "Fearless," bloggers and media outlets pounced on Swift's performance. The Washington Post quipped: "To borrow a phrase from Montgomery Burns, it was more 'off-key caterwauling.'" EW.com said: "There's no doubt that someone was badly off-key. ... I'm afraid my money's on Taylor."
And with that, Borchetta has a message to all of her critics.
"If you haven't seen her live performance, you're welcome to come out as my guest to a Taylor Swift show and experience the whole thing, because it's amazing," he said. "There's a reason tickets are selling like they are."
Swift's "Fearless" album has sold over 5 million copies and was last year's top-selling album.
TAYLOR WINS BIG AT GRAMMYS! Taylor Swift Leads Music City Triumph At Grammys Wins four Grammys
Swift: “I feel like I’m standing here accepting an impossible dream here.”
Photo: Taylor Swift reacts to winning Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010, in Los Angeles.
Taylor was expected to leave LA three hours after her biggest win on a plane for huge shows in Australia and Japan. She performs in Brisbane, AUS on February 4.
LOS ANGELES — Music’s biggest night was Taylor Swift’s impossible dream come true, as the 20-year-old singer-songwriter won four trophies, including the all-genre album of the year prize, at Sunday’s 52nd annual Grammy Awards. “I just hope that you know how much this means to me and to Nathan (Chapman) my producer, and to all these musicians you see on this stage, that we get to take this back to Nashville,” Swift said. “This is for my dad: Thank you for all those times you said I could do whatever I wanted in life.
“All of us, when we’re 80 years old and we’re telling the same stories again and again to our grandkids… this is the story we’ll be telling,” she said, as her self-penned (with Nashville song-scribe Liz Rose) “You Belong With Me” began playing as outro music and TV credits rolled.
Beyonce Knowles grabbed a night-topping six Grammys, including best song and best female pop vocal performance. Hers is the biggest one-night haul for any female artist in Grammy history.
But in the end, the top prize went to Swift, whose win made her the third Nashville-based best album Grammy winner in the past eight years.
The Fearless win was far from the evening’s only major Guitar Town triumph: Kings of Leon won three Grammys and became the first Music City rock band to win an all-genre best record prize. Overall, Middle Tennesseans triumphed in 18 separate categories at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards.
Photo: Taylor Swift and Stevie Nicks perform at the Grammy Awards on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010
The Staples Center audience rose to applaud brothers Caleb, Nathan and Jared Followill and cousin Matthew Followill as the Kings’ “Use Somebody” — a song that topped four separate Billboard charts and spurred numerous cover versions in 2009 — won the top record award. Produced by Jacquire King and Angelo Petraglia at Blackbird Studios in Berry Hill, “Use Somebody” is the second straight record of the year Grammy winner from Nashville: Last year’s Alison Krauss and Robert Plant duet “Please Read The Letter” was the first-ever top record winner to come from Nashville.
Nashvillians Taylor Swift, Kings of Leon and Bela Fleck won two Grammy awards apiece during the pre-telecast leading up to tonight's 52nd Grammy Awards show.
While many of the night's top category nominees were absent from the pre-telecast, Swift was there in person to pick up her first Grammys: One for best country vocal performance ("White Horse") and the other with co-writer Liz Rose for writing the best country song (also "White Horse").
"She started writing songs with me when she had absolutely no reason to do so," Swift said of Rose. "I didn't have anything to offer her."
Middle Tennessee artists and producers won 15 Grammy categories in the early going. Winners included Bill Miller, Keith Urban, Ken Levitan, Steve Earle (a part-time Tennessean, but we'll count him, especially since he won for Townes, a tribute to songwriting mentor and Nashvillian Townes Van Zandt), Keith Urban, Lady Antebellum, Carrie Underwood, Steve Wariner and Jason Crabb.
Miller's Spirit Wind North won the Native American album category. Miller was featured in The Tennessean's advance Grammy coverage this week. Click here to read that story.
Fleck's adventurous Throw Down Your Heart: Tales From The Acoustic Planet, Vol. 3 — Africa Sessions was named best contemporary world music album. Fleck also took best pop instrumental performance for the album track "Throw Down Your Heart."
Urban picked up best male country vocal performance for "Sweet Thing," and Lady Antebellum won best country performance by a duo or group for "I Run to You."
Kings of Leon's "Use Somebody" has already won for best rock song and best rock performance by a duo or group with vocals. The song is also in contention for some of the night's top awards, including record of the year and song of the year.
Photo: Carrie Underwood and Harry Connick Jr. perform at the Pre-Grammy gala.
TAYLOR SWIFT GETS MIXED REVIEWS For her Grammy Performance Response to her duet with Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks during the telecast has been overwhelmingly harsh.
The genre-blending duet — on Nicks' "Rhiannon" with Swift's "You Belong With Me" — drew sharp reviews from critics, both professional and in the social networking and blogging world.
Ann Powers of the Los Angeles Times wrote that "Swift gave a strikingly bad vocal performance at Staples Center on Sunday, sounding tinny and rhythmically flat-footed as she shared the microphone with the distinctive Stevie Nicks."
Chris Richards of The Washington Post wrote, "A night in the charmed life of Taylor Swift: Give an incredibly wretched vocal performance, go on to win the biggest Grammy of 2010, anyway."
The Tennessean's Dave Paulson chimed in on a live blog: "Maybe a smidge of Jamie Foxx's autotune wouldn't be such a bad idea for this duet."
Respected music industry blogger Bob Lefsetz first wrote that Fearless deserved to win album of the year, but then proffered that Swift might have single-handedly imperiled her career with this one Grammy performance: "How awful was she? Dreadful."
Lucky Cowboy said "She was off key and it did not sound good at all. She is fine when she sings by herself, but when someone joins her in a duet, it is not good at all."
Scott Borchetta, president and CEO of Swift's record label Big Machine Records, had this response late Monday night.
"The facts say she is the undisputed best communicator that we’ve got," Borchetta said. "So when she says something or feels something it affects more people than anybody else. Maybe she’s not the best technical singer, but she is the best emotional singer. Everybody gets up there and is technically perfect people don’t seem to want more of it. There’s not an artist in any other format that people want more of than they want of Taylor. I think (the critics) are missing the whole voice of a generation that is happening right in front of them. Maybe they are jealous or can’t understand that. But obviously the people that she talks to are engaged with her. No one is perfect on any given day. Maybe in that moment we didn’t have the best night, but in the same breath, maybe we did."
A midday release announcing Swift's awards noted that immediately after the Sunday show, Swift and her band "left for LAX, headed to Australia and Japan, where she will perform several sold-out shows before returning to the States to launch her FEARLESS 2010 tour March 4th in Tampa." OOOPS! Taylor drops Grammy and it breaks That's ok, you have three more!
Taylor Swift was the big winner at the 52nd Grammy Awards but it turns out all those awards were too much for her to carry! The country star actually dropped one of her Grammy trophies on the floor causing it to break into pieces!
52nd Annual Grammy Awards Winners - Nashville ties only:
Record Of The Year “Use Somebody,” Kings Of Leon
Album Of The Year Fearless, Taylor Swift.
Song Of The Year “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
Best New Artist Zac Brown Band
Best Female Country Vocal Performance “White Horse,” Taylor Swift
Best Male Country Vocal Performance “Sweet Thing,” Keith Urban
Best Country Performance By A Duo or Group With Vocals “I Run To You,” Lady Antebellum
Best Country Collaboration with Vocals “I Told You So,” Carrie Underwood and Randy Travis
Best Country Instrumental Performance “Producer’s Medley,” Steve Wariner
Best Country Song “White Horse,” Liz Rose and Taylor Swift songwriters
Best Country Album Fearless, Taylor Swift, Big Machine Records
For a full list of winners in all 109 Grammy categories, go to www.Grammy.com
Taylor Swift is one busy girl - with the guys that is. Dating Cory Monteith actor and singer? Rumours surfacing that they may be an item.
Word on the street is that Glee star Cory Monteith, 27, is dating country singer Taylor Swift, 20. The pair were spotted getting cozy at a 2010 Grammys pre-party held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on Saturday night (January 30) in Beverly Hills, Calif. Taylor and Cory also reportedly enjoyed dinner together at Jerry's Deli on January 28.
Cory is a Canadian actor and singer, best known for his role as Finn Hudson in Glee.
Taylor Swift Appears In Valentine's Day February 12th
It's now an invasion of the silver screen for Taylor Swift in February as she appears in her first full-length movie, Valentine's Day, releasing February 12th.
Taylor plays Felicia, a character across from her boyfriend in the movie, Taylor Lautner, whose character is Tyler Harrinton. The story is a complicated tale of the pressures and expectations of love on Love's very own day.
It's an all-star cast including Shirley McLaine, Ashton Kutcher, Julia Roberts, Hector Elizondo, Jennifer Garner, Jamie Foxx, Queen Latifah and literally dozens more.
Got Snow on your Tennessee Road? Still no school? Tennessee Dept.Of Highways - Snow Plow
Text “HAITI” to 90999 to donate $10 to Red Cross relief.
"Hope For Haiti Now" Telethon raises over $57M
Taylor Swift with Selena Gomez participating at the "Hope for Haiti Now" Telethon in LA. A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief" in Los Angeles Friday January 22, 2010.
JIMMY WAYNE Walking Across America
Check out country music star Twitter.com@JimmyWayne. Walking across America to raise $ and awareness For kids who've aged out of foster system.
Jimmy Wayne is nearing the Oklahoma border Updated Feb. 07, 2010
After a month of walking, Jimmy Wayne is nearing the Oklahoma border in his Meet Me Halfway campaign. The country singer, himself once a homeless teen, is walking from Nashville to Phoenix to raise money and awareness of homeless and at-risk youth and young adults.
Knee pain coupled with snow and ice storms have slowed his pace, but Wayne is still determined to reach his destination: HomeBase Youth Services in Phoenix.
Wayne left Nashville on foot New Year’s Day with a 50-pound backpack totally alone. Since then, an RV and follow car have been donated to the effort. That has provided him with a dry place to sleep some nights, and it also means he doesn’t have to carry his backpack.
“My goal was to walk there, it wasn’t to walk there with a 50-pound bag every day,” Wayne said.
The man driving the follow car, Josh Lewis, has a Bachelor’s degree in sports medicine and was able to give Wayne tips on walking long distances. That, coupled with not having to carry the pack, has eliminated the knee pain.
Early on, Wayne also worried about spending so much time alone. So far that hasn’t happened.
“Every single day someone is stopping to bring food and coffee,” he said. “In Arkansas, the St. Francis Co-op was one of the most amazing experiences, they just embraced this thing. One of the farmers said, ‘Let me cook you up some Arkansas prime rib.’ I said, ‘That’d be nice.’ Then he started cooking bologna, and I fell over I was laughing so hard.”
But Wayne’s goal is still at the forefront of his journey — help and awareness for the kids he feels society has largely forgotten.
“When you say the homeless you think the man standing on the street corner holding a sign,” he said. “This is not that. It’s kids who are in a facility who do not know they are getting ready to become homeless (by aging out of the foster system). I’m not talking about delinquent kids. This is for the kids who want help and desire to have a life beyond living in these facilities. They want to go to college and be on their own.”
Wayne is updating fans and followers during his walk via Twitter (Twitter.com/JimmyWayne); he has picked up hundreds of followers since announcing this effort.
Miranda Lambert Is NOT Getting Married!!! So stop the rumors "I have actually not said anything about a wedding," she tells Pennsylvania radio station WIOV. "But last week, I heard that I was pregnant with twins, so there's a lot going on that I don't know about!"
Miranda and boyfriend Blake Shelton may not be planning a ceremony, but they do have a favorite way to unwind when they are both off the road. "We've been doing a little hunting together, and it's been awesome," Miranda reports. "I hunted before I met him, but I never bow-hunted. So he bought me my first bow and taught me how to shoot."
Definitely not following in the vegetarian footsteps of buddies Carrie Underwood and Kellie Pickler, Miranda is happy to eat the fruits of her labor -- literally. "We love to eat deer meat and wild turkeys that we killed at family get-togethers."
Meals together seem to be few and far between lately. On the road on Brad Paisley's 'American Saturday Night' tour, Miranda also recently enjoyed headlining a few of her own shows, taking along newcomer Josh Thompson for the ride. "He's got some really cool songs," Miranda says of Josh. "His single is called 'Beer on the Table,' and I met him and I was like, 'We need to do some shows together. You're awesome!'"
Miranda will finish Brad's tour just in time to perform at a Mardi Gras celebration in Florida on March 20. In addition to her Grammy nomination for Best Female Country Vocal Performance on her song 'Dead Flowers,' she was recently added as a Grammy presenter, as well. Watch Miranda on the Grammy Awards on Jan. 31 on CBS.
Taylor Swift Guitar Up For Grabs Taylor Swift surprised a sold-out crowd of supporters and the museum staff when she announced she would donate her guitar for auction to benefit the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. Swift kept her donation a secret until after she performed her hit “Fifteen” at the star-packed We’re All for the Hall benefit hosted by Keith Urban in October 2009.
Online bidding for the signed guitar, which features a large “13” affixed to the body (Taylor’s lucky number) will start on February 13. Visit HALL OF FAME for details.
Tim & Faith Given Courage Award From The Entertainment Industry Foundation
Pictured: Faith Hill, Tim Mcgraw and Taylor Swift at the awards.
The Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) held their Unforgettable Evening Jan. 27 in L.A. and presented their Courage Award to Tim McGraw and Faith Hill. The award recognizes the work Tim and Faith have done with their Tug McGraw Foundation and Neighbor's Keeper organizations. The event was a benefit for EIF's Women's Cancer Research Fund.
Loretta Lynn Begins Her 50th Year In The Biz Despite Tabloid Reports Of Her Pending Demise Despite what you might be seeing in the grocery store check-out aisles, Loretta Lynn is far from being in "her final days" as she returns from a quiet and relaxing Holiday season in the Bahamas and goes back to work.
Last weekend (1/22-23), she began her 50th year in show business with shows in Conway, AR and in Ft Worth. And last week, announced that she is joining this summer's Lillith Fair Tour.
Loretta says, "I'm happy they wanted me on this Lilith tour. I have never done shows just with other girl singers before. " When I first started out, they said girl singers couldn't sell records or concert tickets. We've come a long way since then and we're gonna have a big time out there!"
MIRANDA LAMBERT
“Liar,” “Liar,” Miranda Lambert’s on Fire!
She's sold more than 1.5 million albums and won two ACM awards since she was runner-up on the 2003 season of Nashville Star, and Miranda Lambert is finally celebrating her first No. 1 single. "White Liar" reached the top of the Country Aircheck/Mediabase chart this week, and Lambert celebrated in style: Korbel champagne and Swisher Sweets (photo here). "Thank you fans and Country Radio," she tweeted Sunday (1/24). "We did it together. Time to celebrate!" CALL YOUR RADIO STATION TO REQUEST IT!
Martina McBride, Lady Antebellum, Jack Ingram, boyfriend Blake Shelton and others participated in a Twitter campaign on behalf of the song.
Lambert is currently on the road with Brad Paisley's American Saturday Night tour. Details here. MIRANDA LAMBERT
TAYLOR AND JOHN MAYER SPOTTED IN NASHVILLE January 26, 2009 There are all sorts of tweets flying around that John Mayer and Taylor Swift were spotted together at Cabana in Hillsboro Village, Nashville over the weekend. John was here to tape a CMT Crossroads episode with Keith Urban on Tuesday.
Are Taylor and John are just friends? Taylor and John recorded the song Half of My Heart for John’s last album. There were about 15 friends all together at the John-Taylor dinner party. “It looked like a big group of Nashville friends,” a source says of the group. Seems Taylor loves Cabana: She was there earlier in the month, eating a Blanco pizza with provolone cheese and roasted garlic.
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Taylor Swift and her mom arrived in John Mayer’s posse Tuesday night at the CMT Crossroads taping. John taped the special with Keith Urban, and no, Taylor wasn’t part of the special, that was taped at the Factory in Franklin, TN.
I’m not here to spread any rumors. But, Taylor and John did cut a song together and they’ve been buds for a while. And it was the second time in three nights that John and Taylor hung out in Nashville.
John Mayer brags about hooking up with Taylor Swift In Touch Weekly Mag Reporting February 4, 2010
When asked by a friend how his night with Taylor went, John laughed, and boasted, “How do you think it went?”
While HollywoodLife.com is reporting that John Mayer is dating Taylor Swift, In Touch can exclusively reveal that John told a friend that he and Taylor hooked up when they were both in Nashville, Tenn., on January 24. According to a source, the couple met up several times, in public and private, and were first seen getting cozy in a recording studio. “She was sitting on John’s lap, her arms were around him, and she was talking in his ear,” says the source. “They were acting like teenagers.”
That night, John, 32, and Taylor, 20, dined at the restaurant Cabana and were joined by friends afterward. The couple left alone and went back to The Hermitage Hotel, where they arrived in the loading dock to avoid being spotted and were escorted to John’s suite, the source claims. Both of their reps deny the story. But the source claims, “Taylor spent the night and enjoyed mid-morning room service before leaving his suite the next day.”
Though the source says that Taylor “adores” John, it seems the womanizer is up to his old ways, involving yet another starlet in boosting his career. When asked by a friend how his night with Taylor went, John laughed, and boasted, “How do you think it went?”
IT'S CARRIE AND MIKE! Carrie Underwood, Mike Fisher Step Out Together Singer, Sens forward make first appearance at fundraiser The Ottawa Sun, Canada January 26, 2010 Carrie Underwood joked about eloping as the cameras flashed during her first-ever appearance with Mike Fisher as an engaged couple. The debut came at the Bell Sens Soiree Carnaval Mystique fundraiser for the Sens Foundation at the Lac-Leamy Casino in Canada on Monday night.
"No, no, that's not really my style," she said after a party-goer asked her if she had considered it. "But, you know, sometimes, maybe I think about it".
Ottawa media were the first to capture pictures of Fisher and Underwood. U.S. gossip magazines have reportedly offered up to $50,000 for pictures of the couple together — having had to make do with hockey pictures of Fisher spliced alongside various glamorous shots of American Idol winner Underwood.
Shean Donovan was holding court as croupier at the blackjack table before Underwood was ushered over to take part with guests who paid $450 each to be there (corporate tables ran to $4,500). Fisher soon followed, jokingly saying that "I've got my eye on you" to teammate Donovan.
Tarot readers, glitter-clad contortionists and fortune tellers mingled with the elite attending the carny-styled event that also attracted Ottawa mayoral candidate Jim Watson — along with Sens brass, players and members of the business community.
Donovan soon vacated the spot of croupier, handily replaced by Fisher who seemed to instinctively know his way around a poker table. Underwood was comfortable and close with Fisher, taking his arm, patting his hand and joking about her ability to play blackjack.
"I just can't add that fast," she said as Fisher adeptly added up the scores of the women (yes, only women) at the table. Fisher also displayed flourishes-of-hand and gave her advice on how to deal the cards.
"No, take it with your left hand and then transfer it to your right," he admonished after she reached across the table to deal.
Underwood was very friendly with the assembled crowd — even cheered when they scored a blackjack.
Sens centre Jason Spezza's wife Jennifer said, "You can tell where Carrie Underwood is — just follow the glare of the cameras," indicating to the brightly lit spot where Underwood was standing.
Toby Keith Donates 7- Semi Trailers to Haiti Relief Efforts
Toby Keith is donating 7 of his semi trailers to help get supplies to Haiti. He's helping the relief organization Can-Do and Livin' The Music to collect and then ship supplies to Project Haiti.
The trailers are located at Stage Call at 1420 Cowan Court in Nashville and open seven days a week through Feb. 2. On that day, supplies will be shipped directly to the Port-au-Prince airport in Haiti. Nashville residents are encouraged to donate medical supplies, nonperishable food and water purification products, as well as first aid kits, soap, work gloves, tarps, hydration containers, bandages, alcohol wipes, baby formula and headlamps.
Kenny Chesney Adds Four Las Vegas Shows To Concert Calendar Kenny Chesney has added four Las Vegas shows to his concert calendar in 2010. He will perform at the Joint at the Hard Rock Las Vegas on May 14-15, as well as July 2-3. The newly-expanded venue holds 4,000 people, and no seat is farther than 155 feet from the stage.
As previously announced, Chesney is currently working on his next studio album, expected to be released in the fall. He will release a new single, "Ain't Back Yet," on Feb. 8. A new film, Kenny Chesney: Summer in 3-D, will be released nationally on April 21.
Hank Williams Jr. "Rowdy Friends Tour 2010" HANK WILLIAMS, JR. with special guests JAMEY JOHNSON, ERIC CHURCH, and THE GRASCALS to tour together.
The "Rowdy Friends Tour 2010" initial round of dates will kick off April 2nd, with additional shows spread over the weekends of April and more dates announced. Currently confirmed shows are listed below, and more will be added. April 2 – Charleston, WV April 3 – Louisville, KY April 9 – Bossier City, LA April 10 – Lafayette, LA April 17 – Pikeville, KY w/ The Grascals only
Tickets for the shows announced will go on sale Saturday, January 30 at 10:00 am at all venue box office locations as well as TicketMaster locations.
Taylor Swift Wielding Magic Wand Over Her New 4,062-Square-Foot Penthouse Taylor Swift loves to write songs based on the idea of fairytale romance. Her latest, 'Today Was a Fairytale,' from the 'Valentine's Day' soundtrack builds upon that theme quite nicely. But the reigning princess of pop and country music is building on the whole idea at home, too. Taylor is wielding her magic wand to cast a whimsical spell over the living room of the 4,062-square-foot penthouse she recently purchased in Nashville.
"It's going to be my fantasy world," Taylor says in the current issue of Rolling Stone magazine. "There's a pond in the living room ... the pond is a moat around the fireplace, and may possibly have koi fish in it."
But wait ... there's more magic to be spun!
"You step on a stepping stone in the pond in order to get on a spiral staircase, which takes you up to the human-sized bird cage observatory," Taylor continues. "They're delivering a human-sized birdcage, which I'll put a brass telescope in. The ceiling of my living room is painted like the night sky."
Taylor has spent the past few months designing the interior of her first home, located in The Adelicia in downtown Nashville. The 18-story apartment tower offers such luxurious appointments as a 3,000-square-foot gym, a sprawling rooftop deck with Olympic length lap pool, a private pool-side lounge with catering kitchen for private parties, a resident's only dog park and 24/7 concierge and security services. Other tenants reportedly include Julianne Hough, Kings of Leon lead singer Caleb Followill and 'American Idol' creator Simon Fuller.
Hot News From Amanda Nagurney...... With her new song, “Just Me & the Road” taking root in Country radio’s Top 40, Amanda Nagurney has unleashed her first full album, “So Full of Country” on January 20th. Recorded and produced in Nashville, TN, “So Full of Country” offers her fans a little bit of everything. There’s something for everyone on this CD and plenty of variety for any fan of country music. “So Full of Country” is a follow up to Amanda’s Debut EP “Gettin Out of This Town”. Amanda says “I think this record is truly the most creative project I have ever done. I’ve put so much time and effort into getting the perfect selection of songs on the CD as well as making sure the places where I recorded were going to fit the sound I was looking for. This has been so much fun and if I had the chance to do it over again, I’d do it exactly the same way. I hope people have as much fun getting to know me on this album as I did actually making it”.
This new album has a variety of different sounds that will certainly please the ears. The records’ lineup includes songs such as “Don’t Leave Me Tonight”, a sentimental heartfelt song and “White Dress”, a fun up-tempo song about the true reality of a girl trying to find love. Fans can also listen to the bluesy sound of “Shop Around” which is a foot tapping tune that will really get listeners moving. “Across the USA” encourages Americans to have pride in their country and while respecting our military and first responders. Pulling on her Buffalo roots, the CD’s title track “So Full of Country” is enticing to any Rock & Roll fan as it has a rock instrumental along with country lyrics. The current fan favorite front runner is “Just Me & the Road”, a culmination of Amanda’s drive for her career and firsthand experience with life’s complex choices. Amanda’s songwriting talents are also showcased on this record. Of the 14 songs on the album, 12 were written by her.
LUCKY COWBOY SEZ: "Check it out." “So Full of Country” is available now on iTunes and CD Baby along with Amanda’s website AMANDA NAGURNEY DOT COM It can also be found in select Border’s and Barnes & Noble’s bookstores around the Western New York region.
Kellie Pickler is overseas on her USO Tour for the troops. Hope they don't give her a GUN!
Tim McGraw and Gwyneth Paltrow Invite you to be in their new movie Want to be in a movie with Gwyneth Paltrow and Tim McGraw?
Screen Gems is filming the climactic scene of Love Don't Let Me Down, a movie that stars Paltrow as an emotionally unstable country singer and McGraw as her manager, on Tuesday, Feb. 2 at Municipal Auditorium, 417 Fourth Ave. N. in Nashville.
The film folks are in need of an audience for a scene in which (spoiler alert) Paltrow wows the crowd with a stirring performance.
McGraw won't likely be singing, but he will greet the crowd. And The Lost Trailers will play a set beginning at 4:30 p.m.
Gossip Girl star Leighton Meester and Garrett Hedlund (who starred with McGraw in 2004's Friday Night Lights) will also be there, singing to pre-recorded tracks. Great American Country's Storme Warren will serve as host, and Nashville-based charity Soles4Souls will be collecting shoes for distribution to Haiti.
What else? Well, admission is free. Extras must be at least 18 years of age. There'll be a free shuttle from Lot R at LP Field. Doors at Municipal will open at 4 p.m., and extras are expected to be be able to stay until at 11 p.m. Producers are looking for 2,000–2,500 extras, and will admit people on a first-come, first-served basis.
Taylor Swift Freaked Out Wednesday January 20 Taylor Swift’s “Today Was A Fairytale,” from the film and soundtrack of the upcoming movie, Valentine’s Day, sold nearly 100,000 downloads on Wednesday, its first day on iTunes, bringing Swift’s digital sales total above the 25 million mark for her career.
She's the top-selling digital artist in the world.
“I freaked out when I saw that it was No. 1 on iTunes,” said Swift, who is nominated for eight trophies at the January 31 Grammy Awards. “I’m always blown away by what the fans have the ability to do for me.”
Swift is currently working on a follow-up to 2008’s mega-success, Fearless. She didn’t think “Today Was A Fairytale” had a place on the upcoming album, and offered it for the Valentine’s Day soundtrack (she has a role in the movie, as well).
“I wrote that song last summer, and when this movie opportunity came about, I reached back into my pocket and thought, 'I think this is perfect for the soundtrack. I hope it's perfect for the soundtrack.'"
Sarah Buxton Added To 'Shine' with Martina and Trace Tour Sarah Buxton is having a pretty good 2010 so far. The recently engaged country newcomer has also just been added to the latest leg of Martina McBride and Trace Adkins' Shine All Night tour. The trek will kick off Friday night (Jan. 22) in Little Rock, Ark.
In addition to her impending wedding to guitar player Tom Bukovac, Sarah is anticipating the Feb. 23 release of her self-titled debut album on Lyric Street.The singer-songwriter is perhaps best known for co-penning the Keith Urban hit, 'Stupid Boy.'
LAURA BELL BUNDY WORLD PREMIERE
Achin' And Shakin' "Giddy On Up" Lucky Cowboy Sez: "My kinda cowgirl." This will get your boots going!
Laura Bell Bundy, a native of Lexington, Ky., studied at the Town and Village School of Dance in Paris, Ky., before beginning her professional career at age 9 when she starred in Radio City Music Hall's Christmas Spectacular in New York. She soon landed a film role in Ruthless, but she returned to Kentucky at age 14 to fulfill her desire to have a normal high school experience.
While in high school she began writing poetry and melodies. After graduating, she returned to New York to attend New York University and landed a recurring role on the daytime drama, The Guiding Light. Bundy then went on to star in Broadway hits, including Hairspray and Wicked, and appeared in several television shows and movies such as Dream Girls, Jumanji, Life With Mikey and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. She earned a Tony nomination for originating the role of Elle Woods in the Broadway musical, Legally Blonde.
In 2008, she decided to get back to pursuing her singing career and moved to Nashville. Signed to a recording contract with Mercury Nashville, her debut album, Achin' and Shakin', will be released in early 2010. It features the first single, "Giddy On Up." LAURA BELL BUNDY WEBSITE
Country Music Is Love Benefit Show
Supported by Lucky Cowboy & Nixacountry Country Music Is Love benefit show Featuring : Johnny Bulford, The Carter Twins, Whitney Duncan, Adam Gregory, Jason Jones, Jesse Lee, Gwen Sabastian, Matt Stillwell and more!
Tuesday, February 09, 2010 at 7:00 PM The Rutledge LMV Inc. 410 4th Ave S Nashville , TN 37201 Phone: (615) 782-6858
We are proud to support the Inaugural CountryMusicIsLove Concert benefiting City of Hope. The intimate, acoustic show featuring Johnny Bulford, Carter Twins, Whitney Duncan, Adam Gregory, Mallary Hope, Jason Jones, Jesse Lee, Gwen Sebastian, and Matt Stillwell will be held at The Rutledge in downtown Nashville on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 7pm.
Tickets are $15 and 100% of the proceeds will benefit City of Hope. Tickets are on sale now HERE. GET TICKETS
About City Of Hope: City of Hope is a leading research and treatment center for cancer, diabetes and other life-threatening diseases. Designated as a Comprehensive Cancer Center, the highest honor bestowed by the National Cancer Institute, and a founding member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, City of Hope’s research and treatment protocols advance care throughout the nation. City of Hope is located in Duarte, Calif., just northeast of Los Angeles, and is ranked as one of “America’s Best Hospitals” in cancer and urology by U.S.News & World Report. Founded in 1913, City of Hope is a pioneer in the fields of bone marrow transplantation and genetics. For more information, VISIT: CITY OF HOPE
Taylor Swift Releases New Tune Valentine's Day the romantic comedy whose ensemble cast includes country/pop voice Taylor Swift, will open February 12, but you can own a taste of the music from the film as of Tuesday, Jan. 19.
“Today Was a Fairytale,” a new Swift song featured in the movie and on the soundtrack album, is available via iTunes starting Tuesday, according to www.twitter.com/taylorswiftnews, her official news Twitter feed.
In other news, Taylor Swift has an official news Twitter feed. Welcome to the brave new-media world. You can preview the track at Swift's official site, TaylorSwift.com
Taylor Swift Plans Autobiography
Taylor Swift has always said that her albums are her diaries, which obviously have been wildly successful. So it's only a matter of time now before her diaries expand into a full-blown book. According to Britain's OK! magazine, the 20-year-old superstar has already written a 350-page novel and is now looking forward to someday penning an autobiography.
"Years from now, it would be cool to write a book about all the crazy stuff and the insane things I've gotten to do," she tells OK!. "My life moves so fast ... I have to write it all down, otherwise, I can't remember where I was yesterday. I will write my biography for sure."
Two Dixie Chicks Rename Themselves as Court Yard Hounds As reported by Rolling Stone
Emily Robison & Martie Maguire "Court Yard Hounds"
With Natalie Maines on an indefinite hiatus, the other two Dixie Chicks — guitarist-banjoist Emily Robison and her sister, fiddler Martie Maguire — have recorded an album on their own, as Court Yard Hounds (a reference to the best-selling novel City of Thieves). “Emily and I had the itch,” Maguire says, “and every time we’d call Natalie and say ‘are you ready?’ she wasn’t ready. She wanted a clear-cut break.”
Recorded mostly at Maguire’s home studio in Austin, the intimate pop-folk album features Robison’s first-ever lead vocals and songs inspired by her recent divorce from country act Charlie Robison. “When Natalie’s singing a song it has to strike a chord with her,” Robison says. “These songs are very personal.” Robison is joined by Jakob Dylan on “See You in the Spring.” The duo will debut their new band at South by Southwest in March, with the album dropping in May and a tour to follow.
Although Robison and Maguire insist the Chicks haven’t disbanded, they admit they rarely see Maines, who lives in L.A. “I’m hoping she’ll come out to one of our shows,” Maguire says (the group’s last album, Taking the Long Way, came out in 2006). “Maybe it’ll inspire her to want to do music again.”
John Mayer & Taylor Swift Secretly Dating? Taylor Swift has already lived quite a life given that she's only 20 years old. But now the rumors are flying about her love interest in John Mayer.
While it was said that Selena Gomez cockblocked Taylor Lautner, Taylor Swift’s heart fell into the hands of John Mayer.
Reportedly Mayer and Swift shared a nice intimate dinner together at Il Ristorante di Giorgio Baldi in Santa Monica, California on January 6th.
A snitch said, “They came in together and got a private table in a corner of the restaurant. They seemed to really enjoy each other’s company. They definitely looked like a couple. John was telling stories, and she was hanging on every word!”
John Mayer has been absence from the Internet lately but, that isn't stopping speculation about his personal life — he's being singled out as a possible reason for Taylor Swift's split from Taylor Lautner. John, who at 32 is 12 years older than she is, apparently developed a crush on Taylor after asking her to sing on his latest album.
Lucky's advice to Taylor: "Stay away from him......bad news."
Kellie Pickler Kicks Up Her 'Heels'
Kellie Pickler on USO Tour Kellie Pickler who is overseas on her third USO tour, got a surprise duet partner during one of her performances for the troops. After introducing her hit, 'Red High Heels,' as a "song for the girls," SPC Zacari Pytleski joined her on stage to sing along ... much to the delight of the audience.
Lilith Fair Coming To Nashville As previously mentioned, the reanimated celebration of female musicians known as the Lilith Fair will be bringing out a collection of locally connected talents this year — including pop star Ke$ha, country voices Loretta Lynn, Emmylou Harris, Miranda Lambert and Jennifer Nettles (with Sugarland), pop/rock star Sheryl Crow and pop singers/Ten Out of Tenn members Butterfly Boucher and Erin McCarley, among others.
More good news: The 2010 Lilith Fair is headed to Nashville.
The Lilith Folks are slowly unveiling specifics about the tour via their official site, so all fans have as far as specific-show detail at present is a list of cities, to which Nashville was added this week. (Other markets include Chicago, New York, London, Los Angeles and a crop of others.)
Lynn — one of the newer additions to the line-up — said she was happy to be a Lilith inductee.
"I have never done shows just with other girl singers before," she said in a statement. "When I first started out, they said girl singers couldn't sell records or concert tickets. We've come a long way since then..." VISIT: LILITH FAIR
Sweethearts!!! Tweethearts!!! Sweethearts Conversation Hearts are the best-selling Valentine’s candy in the world. Just about everyone has seen and eaten dozens of these classic pastel-colored sugar hearts during their lifetimes. You know the ones we mean – each Sweethearts Conversation Heart comes with a playful saying on it, like “First Kiss” or “True Love.” Every year, NECCO produces over 8 billion Sweethearts. This year look for "Tweet Me" added to the hearts.
TOBY KEITH MERGES LABEL WITH UNIVERSAL RECORDS
Trace Adkins Joins Toby Leaves Columbia/Nashville After 15 Years
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Toby Keith merged his Show Dog Nashville with Universal Records South and celebrated by signing a new artist to the label -- Trace Adkins.
Adkins made a surprise entrance at Wednesday's press conference to announce the Show Dog-Universal Music merger, then signed his new contract in front of reporters.
He left Columbia/Nashville for the new deal after 15 years and said he came to the decision after spending time on tour with Keith last summer and discovering they had "a common vision."
Adkins has had 15 top 10 hits and three No. 1 albums in his time with Columbia/Nashville. The singer has completed several new songs for his first album on the merged label and previewed them Tuesday for Keith.
At The Press Conference, Trace explained to reporters that, “While touring together this past summer, Toby and I had some time to get to know each other. Just watching him on stage every night acting like a 12-year-old on Christmas morning, really fired me up, and I said to myself, ‘I want some of that!’ I knew it wasn’t an act, ‘cause Toby ain’t much of an actor.” The room exploded into laughter. Then Toby said to Trace, “Go ahead and sign this contract – you don’t need to read it.” “Read it? Hell I wrote it!” Trace dryly retorted, much to the delight of the gathered crowd.
BROOKS & DUNN TO GET STAR POWER “ACM Presents: Brooks & Dunn — The Last Rodeo.” A year ago, the Academy of Country Music used the day after its awards show to shoot a massive special celebrating George Strait as the organization’s Artist of the Decade. This year, the ACM makes it a repeat performance, using the day after the 45th annual awards to film another CBS special, “ACM Presents: Brooks & Dunn — The Last Rodeo.”
Artists already on board for the B&D tribute include Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban and one Reba McEntire, who makes a lot of sense as a guest. She did, after all, join Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn on their single “Cowboys Don’t Cry” — which was a nominee during last year’s ACMs — and Ronnie also wrote the title track of her current Keep On Loving You album. Plus, it’s not like she won’t be around — Reba is set to host the ACMs for the 12th time in its history.
OMG! Is Miley Cyrus Ready to Tie the Knot? It wouldn't be the first time Miley Cyrus did something a little mature for her 17 years. After HollywoodLife.com ran photos of Miley with a sparkler on her left ring finger, tongues started wagging that she and her 19-year-old Australian hottie of a Last Song costar, Liam Hemsworth , may be getting hitched.
And a source extremely close to Cyrus tells E! News the moppet is set on being a young bride…
While the starlet may be saying farewell to Hannah Montana, she's not quite ready to give up her singleton status. The insider confirms that Miley is not engaged, but she's "totally in love" and thinks Liam is "the one." (No offense, Nick Jonas and Justin Gaston!) And a trip down the aisle may not be all that far off. Miley sees herself "marrying young," our source says, "but not at 17."
Brad Paisley's Dad Saves a Life at Son's Show
It was just another 'American Saturday Night' on Jan. 9, at Brad Paisley's Wichita, Kansas concert. The country superstar was putting on another one of his trademark electrifying shows, and screaming fans were raising the arena roof ... as usual.
But backstage there was something else happening. The Wichita Eagle reports that a venue worker had collapsed in an arena hallway. And when Brad's dad, Doug Paisley -- who happens to be a volunteer firefighter and EMT, saw him lying on the floor in distress, he immediately began performing CPR.
It turns out, the arena employee was having a heart attack. But Doug, along with the help of another heroic witness backstage, was able to keep the man alive -- even getting the venue's automated external defibrillator ready until paramedics arrived.
Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Brings Out The COUNTRY Stars!
The 2010 Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo is set for March 2nd - 21st, and as usual, COUNTRY Stars are turning out in a big way. Tickets go on sale 10AM (Eastern) Saturday (1/16) at TicketMaster.com.
Here's The Line-Up: March 2nd - Alan Jackson , March 3rd - Dierks Bentley, March 4th - Kenny Chesney, March 6th - Jason Aldean, March 8th - Tim McGraw , March 9th - Darius Rucker, March 10th- Rascal Flatts, March 11th- Brad Paisley, March 12th- Toby Keith , March 13th- Blake Shelton, March 15th- Lady Antebellum, March 16th- Keith Urban, March 17th- Gary Allan, March 19th- Eli Young Band, March 20th- Brooks & Dunn. VISIT HOUSTON RODEO
WELCOME "CASH RICH" TO THE WORLD John Rich and wife Joan Welcome baby boy
John Rich said last March that he and his new wife Joan were “already working on some new little country singers.”
The couple, who married in December 2008, welcomed their first son early Sunday morning, Rich’s record label has confirmed. Cash Rich was born at a Nashville hospital.
The younger Rich's birthday falls pretty close to Dad's too — John Rich celebrated his birthday on January 7.
Wonder who the Godfather will be - Two Foot Fred?
TAYLOR, CARRIE and KEITH big winners at the People Choice Awards January 6 in LA. Keith Urban won for Favorite Male Artist. Taylor Swift won Favorite Female Artist and Carrie Underwood won Favorite Country Artists.
Taylor Swift Claims Top-Selling Album in 2009 Taylor Swift's Fearless has been recognized as the top-selling album of 2009 with a total of 3,217,000 albums sold last year, according to Billboard. Swift released the album in late 2008. Susan Boyle's I Dreamed a Dream came in second with cumulative sales of 3,104,000 although she released the album in November 2009. The two albums were the only projects to sell more than 3 million units last year.
TAYLOR & LADY ANTEBELLUM TO PERFORM AT GRAMMYS. GRAMMY® nominees Taylor Swift and Lady Antebellum are among the first performers announced for the 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards telecast. The music industry's premier event is Sunday, January 31st at the Staples Center/L.A.. The show is presented HDTV and 5.1 Surround Sound on the CBS-TV.
Tim McGraw's new film starts production in Nashville Tim McGraw is still riding pretty high on the success of his latest film, The Blind Side (Variety shows a box office cache of almost $220 million), which teamed him with top leading lady Sandra Bullock.
But he's already moved on to another film, and another blockbuster leading lady: Love Don’t Let Me Down, with co-star Gwyneth Paltrow, which began production this week in Nashville.
Along with McGraw and Paltrow, Love will also feature Gossip Girl's Leighton Meester (who shares McGraw's musical inclinations — you've likely heard her in Cobra Starship's major hit "Good Girls Go Bad") and Garrett Hedlund (who joined McGraw in the cast of 2004 football flick Friday Night Lights).
Since it's being done here in Middle Tennessee, McGraw isn't the only local being put to work on the $15 million project: Production company Screen Gems intends to tap area residents for "almost 75 percent of the film’s crew and 90 percent of the film’s cast," a release from the Tennessee Film, Entertainment and Music Commission noted.
The gist of the plot, according to writer and director Shana Feste, focuses on "a rising young singer-songwriter (Hedlund) who becomes involved with a fallen country singer (Paltrow). As they embark on a career resurrection tour with her husband and manager (McGraw) and a beauty queen-turned-singer (Meester), romantic entanglements and old demons threaten to derail them all."
CARRIE UNDERWOOD PLANS HER WEDDING "ACE" will be ring-bearer She hasn't decided on the wedding date yet, but piece by delicious piece, Carrie Underwood has been revealing little tidbits about what she wants for her wedding. That includes big hair and a lot of eyeliner, to compliment a white dress she's shopping around for.
"I want it to be pretty traditional. I think I want flowers on it -- not real flowers," she tells In Style magazine of the wedding dress she envisions. And as for the designer of Carrie's choice? "It'll probably be someone I've worked with before."
More tasty morsels of wedding details she's dreaming of: she wants lots of good food and an open bar, and she wants her little dog, Ace, to be her ring-bearer!
When asked after the People's Choice Awards what her 'Kodak Moment' in life was, the multi-platinum superstar took but a moment to reflect before gushing, "Oh, my gosh ... other than tonight? I've had a lot of moments -- winning 'American Idol' -- I see pictures of that still, all the time.
"But here's the moment I'm most looking forward to -- I plan for my dog to be in my wedding. I plan for him to be the little ring-bearer, having him walk down the aisle all dressed up in a tuxedo. I'm serious! That will be a Kodak moment."
Being camera-shy shouldn't be a problem for Ace, when he performs for that 'Kodak Moment.' The little rat terrier already has acting experience under his collar. Carrie featured her beloved Ace in her 'All-American Girl' music video, and also in her Fox TV holiday special last month.
Underwood got engaged to her fiance Mike Fisher, hockey player of the Ottawa Senators in December.
TEN YEARS OF RASCAL FLATTS......NOW WHAT?
The new year marks the beginning of a new decade, but 2010 is specifically the start of a second decade for Rascal Flatts. The band released its debut single, “Prayin’ For Daylight,” in April 2000, kicking off one of the most successful artist careers thus far in the 21st century.
Built around a pop-leaning sound and big harmonies, the trio won the Country Music Association’s Vocal Group of the Year award six times in a row before Lady Antebellum knocked them off in November. The guys have had five albums sell 2 million copies or more; they’ve appeared on the soundtracks to Hannah Montana: The Movie, Cars and The Emperor’s New Groove; and they’ve become one of the top headlining acts in the business, selling out Wrigley Field in Chicago and Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio.
But make no mistake: They’ve got more to do in the years ahead.
“We’ve talked about doing a gospel record someday,” bass player Jay DeMarcus told The Tennessean. “We’d like to do a full-blown Christmas record at some point, and we’d like to stretch some, too.”
What constitutes stretching? Well, for a band that’s been compared to pop acts since its debut, that means doing more standard country fare.
“The six records we’ve done have been unmistakably Rascal Flatts,” Jay said. “But there’s an itch inside of each one of us that wants to do a hardcore country record that hearkens back to the stuff we grew up on, and that our parents loved, and that we’ve been singing our whole lives. It wouldn’t be out of the ordinary to see a few surprises from us.”
In the meantime, look for Rascal Flatts to mount a 10th anniversary tour this summer.
Carrie Underwood is gonna play a love interest for the lead dude, Ted, on CBS’ How I Met Your Mother. Carrie will play Tiffany, who, according to a press release, is “an enigmatic pharmaceutical sales rep.” The episode will tape later this month and will air in March.
Clay Walker, who has multiple sclerosis, is playing a fund-raiser Feb. 23 at the Wildhorse Saloon. The concert Chords of Hope: The Clay Walker MS Benefit Concert. Tix are $10 to $50, and you can start getting them at 10 a.m. Saturday through the Wildhorse Saloon.
Kenny Chesney introduces his casual clothes line called Blue Chair Bay. And now you can buy his line of clothing at Cowboys and Angels, in Gaylord Opryland Resort. The line includes sun-washed looking T-shirts and worn-looking baseball caps. So you can look like Kenny Chesney.
Miley Cyrus tapes her last season as Hannah Montana. A Disney exec told the New York Post that the upcoming season of Hannah Montana will be the last. Miley’s TV show got an average of five million viewers a week. Mickey is crying all the way to the bank.
Garth teams up with Professional Bull Riders for kids. Professional bull riders are joining a Garth Brooks-sponsored foundation to benefit youngsters. At a news conference Friday at Madison Square Garden in New York City, representatives of Professional Bull Riders, Inc., said the group hopes to raise $1 million this year for Teammates for Kids. One of Brooks' hits was "Rodeo" in 1991. His video for the song "The Dance" cited bull rider Lane Frost, who died in a 1989 rodeo accident in Cheyenne, Wyo. Brooks and 67 major league baseball players co-founded Teammates for Kids 11 years ago.
Zac Brown Band followers know that frontman Zac is no stranger to cooking up a fantastic southern meal. Last summer, the band embarked on their first headlining tour, 'Breaking Southern Ground,' which featured an exclusive 'Eat and Greet' where certain lucky fans scored a full-fledged meal with the band prior to their performance. Zac has now joined forces with Americana musician John Brown to release the cookbook, 'Southern Ground,' credited to Zac Brown and Friends. The cookbook has removable index cards containing 27 of the most coveted recipes from Zac and his pals including Southern Fried Chicken, Hearty Brunswick Stew, Farmer's Fried Green Tomatoes and Revival Peach Cobbler. The book also contains dozens of poems, songs, stories -- both fact and lore -- and photographs. The 'Southern Ground' cookbook is available for $24.99 exclusively at Cracker Barrel Old Country Stores or through the store's website.
JAGERMEISTER 2010 COUNTRY TOUR FEATURING ERIC CHURCH WITH JOSH THOMPSON AND RICK MONROE
Nashville, TN January 5, 2010 – Following on the heels of their hugely successful inaugural 2009 tour, Jagermeister is at it again for 2010. This year’s tour will feature Eric Church with supporting act Josh Thompson and an artist from last year’s dates. VISIT: ERIC CHURCH
ERIC CHURCH...................JOSH THOMPSON.................RICK MONROE
Just added to this year’s Jagermeister Country Tour is last year’s crowd favorite, Rick Monroe who wowed audiences throughout the 2009 extravaganza. In addition to his duties as an opener and emcee, Monroe’s set will feature a new single, “Get UR Country On” which will be performed live for the first time at the tour’s opener on February 9th.
Monroe noted, “I am so pleased to be a part of this year’s Jagermeister Country Tour.” We tore it up on the road last year. I’m sure Eric Church and Josh are as excited as I am to get out there and represent for Jagermeister to all the country music fans across the country. For my fans, I’m especially thrilled to introduce my new single, ‘Get UR Country On’ to a live audience.” VISIT: RICK MONROE
The Jagermeister Country Tour begins Feb. 9 in Baltimore at Ram’s Head Live. Feb. 10 is NYC at the Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza and Feb. 11 is Philly at the Trocadero. Other cities on the schedule include Boston (Feb. 15), Chicago (Feb. 18), Kansas City (March 4), Tulsa (March 7), Green Bay (March 18) and Wichita (March 26). Last date on the itinerary is March 27 in Boulder at Boulder Theater.
JAGERMEISTER COUNTRY TOUR FEATURING ERIC CHURCH Eric Church with supporting act Josh Thompson plus Rick Monroe.
February 09 Ram’s Head Live Baltimore, MD February 10 Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza New York, NY February 11 Trocadero Philadelphia, PA February 12 Northern Lights Clifton Park, NY February 13 Rapids Theatre Niagara Falls, NY February 15 House of Blues Boston, MA February 16 9:30 Club Washington, D.C. February 18 Joe’s Chicago, IL February 19 Civic Auditorium Knoxville, TN February 20 Wild Bill’s Duluth, GA February 21 Music Farm Charleston, SC February 27 Lyric Theatre Oxford, MS March 03 Walton Arts Center Fayetteville, AR March 04 Midland Theatre Kansas City, MO March 05 The Pageant St. Louis, MO March 06 Gillioz Theatre Springfield, MO March 07 Cain’s Ballroom Tulsa, OK March 10 The Barn Sanford, FL March 12 Marina Civic Center Panama City, FL March 13 Maverick’s Jacksonville, FL March 17 Orpheum Theatre Madison, WI March 18 Tom, Dick & Harrys Green Bay, WI March 19 State Theatre Kalamazoo, MI March 20 Royal Oak Music Theatre Royal Oak, MI March 21 Prairie Capital Convention Center Springfield, IL March 25 State Theatre Minneapolis, MN March 26 Cotillion Ballroom Wichita, KS March 27 Boulder Theatre Boulder, CO
Music City Counts Down New Year With First Ever Guitar Drop
NASHVILLE NEW YEARS EVE "BASH ON BROADWAY" VIDEO
NASHVILLE, Tenn. January 01, 2010 – A Bash on Broadway with thousands of people rang in the New Year, and a big flashing guitar dropped in Music City.
Crowd estimated at between 10,000 and 14,000 flooded Broadway.
Country star Rodney Atkins headlined the concert on Broadway before the countdown. Other performers included Marc Broussard and Jonny Lang, along with The Dirt Drifters and Gabe Dixon.
The Bash on Broadway was presented by the Hard Rock Cafe. This was the first city operated event downtown since 2004.
Final preparations were underway Thursday morning for the New Year's celebration. Crews had been working on building an 85 foot tower to support the 10 foot tall guitar that came down at midnight.
Broadway was closed from 1st Avenue to 3rd Avenue for the New Year's bash.
MEET A LITTLE CALIFORNIA SUNSHINE
"I WISH THEY COULD ALL BE CALIFORNIA GIRLS!" But she's from Georgia Ya'll.
THE SUN SHINES ON ERICA LEE San Mateo Daily Journal - San Mateo, Calif.
Congrats to Erica Sunshine Lee, winner of the San Francisco Bay Area Finals of the Colgate Country Showdown!!! ERICA SUNSHINE LEE
When Burlingame, California resident Erica Lee lost her job in 2008, she took the opportunity to pursue her passion full time — music.
She had spent years selling cars at Putnam Chevrolet Cadillac and working as a recruiting manager for another company while she paid her way through Belmont’s Notre Dame de Namur University studying marketing and French. The tall Georgia native with her Southern drawl and long blonde hair also played softball and basketball for the university.
She also fronted a classic rock cover band called Pier Pressure that played all over the Bay Area. She came out to the Peninsula for a summer to visit her airline hostess sister nine years ago and never left.
These days there is a “Sunshine” in between the names Erica and Lee and the music she pursues is a little more country and a little less rock.
She is currently in the midst of promoting her second studio album “Road to Recovery” recorded at Funhouse Studios in Nashville and Granada Studios in Half Moon Bay. Lee played a New Year’s Eve show in Reno and will play a show this Thursday night at the Broadway Grill in Burlingame with her full band. She is not shy to pull out her guitar, though, and play acoustically in the middle of a crowded downtown sidewalk.
Erica Sunshine Lee wants to be famous and isn’t afraid to say it. She hopes to use all those tools working in sales and studying marketing to hit the big time as a country star.
Not only does she write her own music, she learned how to play the guitar all on her own when she lost her patience with a former guitarist who couldn’t be there at those critical moments when Lee was feeling especially musically inspired.
She is intent on making it in Nashville as a country star but doesn’t mind branding herself “folk rock” when she plays gigs in the Bay Area.
Her first studio album, “Struggle Street,” took Lee on a tour of America through Texas, Louisiana, Florida and Philadelphia. She has also performed in Amsterdam, Costa Rica and Hawaii.
“I’ve done lots of road trippin’ and sleeping in the car,” Lee said. She has made friends, though, through social networking sites such as Facebook and has found new fans in new cities she visits who are willing to offer her a bed for the night.
Her songs mix the best of old traditional folk music and new country with an emphasis on family and lost love.
She sings about grandpa’s love of whiskey and waking up in strangers’ beds. And although she credits Lucinda Williams, Dolly Parton and Johnny Cash as some of her main influences she grew up in a town of people who were more likely to listen to Mary J. Blige than Carrie Underwood.
“I never set out to be a country singer. It just ended up that way,” Lee said.
Like many aspiring singers, Lee auditioned for “American Idol” back in 2007 but didn’t make it to Hollywood. “I crossed that one off the list,” she said.
But Lee isn’t necessarily interested in making it in Hollywood, it is Nashville she has her sights set on. And even if Nashville does not embrace Burlingame’s own budding country star, she’d be just as happy making ends meet playing shows right here in the Bay Area.
Dierks Bentley has admittedly done a few outrageous things in the past, but the singer's annual lake jump with his "Gladiator friends" -- including his band, fellow songwriters and even a few children -- has to top the list as his craziest feat.
New Years Day 2010 in Nashville was a a bone-chilling 28 degrees, but a YouTube video shows daredevil Dierks in nothing but a pair of swim trunks, doing a 'backwards slow marches' into the frigid waters of Percy Priest Lake near Nashville, TN.
Dierks Bentley- Lake Jump 2010
Dierks admits that a certain point of freeze-framing the video might require going 'audio silent' in order to keep the clip PG-rated. He also reveals that 'critical shrinkage' was definitely experienced in the cold waters.
TAYLOR BUYS HERSELF A CONDO You knew it was a matter of time before we would have the images and here you go. BUYER: Taylor Swift LOCATION: Midtown Nashville, TN PRICE: $1,990,000 SIZE: 4,062 square feet, 3 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms
Taylor had bought herself a condo. But let me tell you that she didn't just buy herself a condo in a nice family neighborhood or building where kids play and small dogs romp and bark at little old men and women. Nope, she bought herself a great big fancy penthouse.
According to RealEstalker.com Taylor bought the 4,062 square foot, 3 bedroom, 4.5 bathroom penthouse in Nashville's Adelicia complex for nearly $2 million buckaroos. Check out the floor plan of Taylor's quaint starter home.
Other buyers at The Adelicia are reported to include Dancing With the Stars dancer turned country music singer Julianne Hough, Kings of Leon lead singer Caleb Followill, and filthy rich American Idol founder Simon Fuller who, like Miss Swift, also selected a penthouse unit according to property records. Maybe the can all get together at the private pool-side lounge for a meet and greet.
KENNY CHESNEY GETS POOCHES "MOLLY" & "DOLLY" Puppies get ride on Kenny's private jet.
"I Finally Found Somebody and it's Beer In Mexico, Kegs In The Closet, Guitars And Tiki Bars with Kenny Chesney. I Think His Tractor Is Sexy."
So did you read the story about Kenny Chesney buying a couple of high-end ankle biting pooches? Seems Kenny and girlfriend Amy Colley flew into the Bardstown-Nelson County Airport in Kentucky on a puppy-buying mission back on December 18th. They visited Cathy Adamson at Puppies Plus and bought up two itty bitty woodle teacup MaltiPoo puppies they named Molly and Dolly. The puppy above isn't one of Kenny and Amy's new pups but it does make you want to rush out and splurge on one of the $2500 creatures doesn't it?
Adamson told the Kentucky Standard that she had no idea who Kenny or Colley were until she had driven the pair back to the airport and got to get on board Kenny's private jet where the crew informed her she had just sold puppies to Kenny Chesney. Her response? “If Mel Gibson walked up to my door I’d know him, but other than that … .”
Ha ha. Love that. She should have given Kenny the puppies for free just for the free advertising she's getting out of this story.
But now for the part I don't quite understand. How the heck is Kenny dating anyone and I had no clue? Last thing I heard he had told a Las Vegas paper that he was single and word was he and Amy had broken up. That was months and months ago. I think Kenny could give John Rich a run for his money in the dating-under-cover department. Touche to Kenny.
WHO HAD THE TOP MONEY TOURS IN 2009
Country artists had seven of the top 50 tours of the year, led by Kenny Chesney at No. 6 with a gross of $71.1 million. Other stars on the mult-genre list include Keith Urban, ($42.7 million), Rascal Flatts ($42.2m), Brad Paisley ($35.4m), Toby Keith ($29.7m), Taylor Swift ($25.5m) and George Strait ($22m).
JIMMY BUFFETT'S MARGARETVILLE PLANNED FOR NASHVILLE?
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- There are signs Nashville could soon become home to one of Jimmy Buffett's Margaretville restaurants.
There's a job listing for a general manager in Music City on the company Web site.
The old Planet Hollywood location, most recently the Global Cafe at 3rd and Broad, is a possible location for the restaurant. But the Nashville Post reported the owners of that space haven't leased it for a Margaritaville restaurant.
TAYLOR SWIFT IN A BIKINI - JUST IN TIME FOR WINTER
Taylor Swift has released a home video of herself frolicking on the beach wearing a black two-piece bikini. In the clips, the 19-year-old is also seen jet-skiing, practicing dance moves with friends and being doused by a waterfall. The slender star is usually dressed conservatively so this video is surfacing all over the Internet.
BROOKS & DUNN ANNOUNCE FINAL TOUR "THE LAST RODEO"
It's the Last Rodeo ya'll!
Brooks & Dunn Announce Dates for Their Final Tour, “The Last Rodeo”December 4, 2009 Duo’s 47-City Farewell Tour to Launch April 23, 2010
Nashville, TN – Superstar duo Brooks & Dunn said they weren’t about to call it a day as a recording duo without one more chance to party with their fans, and Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn are ready to do it in style with the announcement of dates for their final tour, The Last Rodeo. A celebration of their 20 great years together, the tour will launch on April 23 of next year, with 47 shows running through August 8.
Brian O’Connell, President, Nashville Touring, for Live Nation declared, “The Last Rodeo Tour is going to be a ‘must see’ for a lot of reasons, not the least of which is the amazing energy that Kix and Ronnie create on stage. I look forward to seeing what they have up their sleeves on a nightly basis, and I am confident that they will leave everything they have on the stage one final time in each city. Anyone who has ever seen a Brooks & Dunn show knows that they will be coming full tilt! I do not look at this tour as an ending, rather a celebration of their career by two of the greatest Artists that Country Music has ever known.”
The tour follows the recent release of Brooks & Dunn’s career-spanning double-disc collection, #1s … and then some, which features 30 favorites in all, including an amazing 23 #1 hits. Among the songs on #1s … and then some is the smash single, “Cowgirls Don’t Cry,” which earlier this week earned the duo their 15th career GRAMMY Award nomination.
A list of dates and markets for The Last Rodeo appears below. Ticket on-sale dates will vary, but fans be watching for updates on the duo’s website at www.brooks-dunn.com or the Live Nation website at www.livenation.com and as always by checking local information for ticket availability in their area.
Brooks & Dunn's final tour, the 'Last Rodeo' will run from April to August of next year, with Jason Aldean as the opening act for the first half of the tour, followed by Gary Allan.
Brooks & Dunn’s “The Last Rodeo” Tour: Note: They will be doing something special for Nashville later on. Lucky Cowboy Sez: "I can't wait for their Reunion Tour."
■April 23 Sacramento ■April 24 Mountain View, Calif. ■April 25 Indio, Calif. ■April 30 Spokane, Wash. ■May 1 Tacoma, Wash. ■May 2 Vancouver, Wash. ■May 4 Calgary ■May 5 Edmonton, Alberta ■May 6 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan ■May 14 St. Paul ■May 15 Bloomington, Ill. ■May 16 Columbus, Ohio ■May 21 Phoenix ■May 22 Albuquerque ■May 27 Wichita ■May 28 Tulsa ■May 29 Dallas ■May 30 Baton Rouge ■June 3 Charleston, W.Va. ■June 4 Charlotte ■June 5 Raleigh, N.C. ■June 11 Tampa ■June 12 West Palm Beach, Fla. ■June 13 Jacksonville ■June 17 Hershey, Pa. ■June 18 Virginia Beach ■June 19 Washington ■June 25 Hartford, Conn. ■June 26 Boston ■June 27 Bethel, N.Y. ■July 2 Dauphin, Manitoba ■July 8 Fort Loramie, OH ■July 9 Cleveland, OH ■July 10 Darien Lakes, NY ■July 15 Atlanta, GA ■July 16 Indianapolis, IN ■July 17 St Clairsville, OH ■July 18 Cincinnati, OH ■July 23 Minot, ND ■July 24 Cheyenne, WY ■July 25 Omaha, NE ■July 29 Detroit, MI ■July 30 Pittsburgh, PA ■August 6 Kansas City, KS ■August 7 St Louis, MO ■August 8 Chicago, IL VISIT BROOKS-DUNN.COM
LADY ANTEBELLUM PREPARES "AMERICAN HONEY"
After spending a record five consecutive weeks at No. One on the Billboard Top Country Songs chart with their smash hit “Need You Now,” GRAMMY nominated trio Lady Antebellum will release the second single American Honey” from their forthcoming sophomore album NEED YOU NOW (Out Jan. 26) at radio today.
HOT PHOTOS CARRIE UNDERWOOD IN BIKINI THE BAHAMAS Just go ahead and peek in LUCKY PHOTOS and see the new photos of Carrie. LUCKY PHOTOS CLICK GO AHEAD AND CLICK
CARRIE UNDERWOOD PLAY ON TOUR ANNOUNCED FOR 2010 Carrie Underwood has announced a 45-city tour in 2010 to support her latest album, Play On. With dates in the U.S. and Canada, the first leg of the itinerary begins March 11 in Reading, Pa., and concludes May 30 in Spokane, Wash. She will be joined by Craig Morgan as well as Sons of Sylvia, a band formerly known as the Clark Brothers, who also collaborated with Underwood on Play On. March 11: Reading, Pa. March 12: Albany, N.Y. March 13: Providence, R.I. March 15: Portland, Maine March 16: Bridgeport, Conn. March 19: Atlantic City, N.J. March 20: Mashantucket, Conn. March 21: Worcester, Mass. March 23: Hamilton, Ontario March 24: Kanata, Ontario March 26: Trenton, N.J. March 27: Amherst, Mass. March 29: Wilkes Barre, Pa. March 31: Rochester, N.Y.
April 1: Pittsburgh, Pa. April 3: Pikeville, Ky. April 6: Columbus, Ohio April 7: Peoria, Ill. April 9: Indianapolis April 10: Rockford, Ill. April 12: Fort Wayne, Ind. April 13: Saginaw, Mich. April 14: Lansing, Mich. April 23: Grand Rapids, Mich. April 24: Toledo, Ohio April 25: Cincinnati April 27: Richmond, Va. April 28: Charleston, W.Va. April 30: Fayetteville, N.C.
May 1: Columbia, S.C. May 2: Augusta, Ga. May 4: Tallahassee, Fla. May 5: Pensacola, Fla. May 7: New Orleans May 8: Lafayette, La. May 10: Beaumont, Texas May 12: Austin, Texas May 13: Corpus Christi, Texas May 15: Tucson, Ariz. May 18: Fresno, Calif. May 20: Sacramento, Calif. May 21: Reno, Nev. May 22: Las Vegas May 29: Everett, Wash. May 30: Spokane, Wash.
MEGAN LINVILLE...Remember that name and face cause she's on her way to become a Superstar!
Some may say the "music gene" is a curse, but Megan Linville chose to view it as a blessing by following in the footsteps of generations of family performers and songwriters. Born and raised in the rolling hillside country, north of Nashville, Tennessee, Megan somehow knew that she would also take that same time-worn path that beckoned her to follow. Her deep-rooted love of music can be traced back to her great, great, great, great grandfather (many "great grandfathers" ago), noted hymn composer Jonathon Edwards. Several generations of hymn writers, singers, performers, and probably a few snake oil sellers came and went. Great grandfather, Samuel Lewis McBee, was a Vaudeville performer, performing with the likes of Bing Crosby and Bob Hope and with his band, The Radio Serenaders, played the first live music aired on radio in Alabama. Megan's grandfather, Jerry McBee, was a noted Nashville singer/songwriter who wrote well over 700 songs for Nashville's country stars, including the late, great Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Eddie Arnold, Billy Walker and many others throughout several decades of his career.
Megan's first live performance was at the age of 7 in front of a "captive audience" of over 250 wedding attendees where she belted out the "Theme From Love Story" never missing a beat or even batting an eye. Throughout her school years she sang at every talent show, musical, play and county festival that she possibly could.
Megan began focusing on a career in country music while still in high school. After class, Megan would wind her way down to Music Row where she soon began making friends and acquiring a working knowledge of some of the "ins and outs" of the Nashville music industry. For her, the desire to succeed in this business was like pouring gasoline on a flame.
After high school, she began crafting her own style of songs writing with talented Nashville songwriters. Her growing catalog of songs identifies the sassy, up-tempo, female-empowering, fun, country style that she loves...(picture Jason Aldean in high heels and a short skirt!) Writer's nights and showcasing with a band at various venues around Music City and the mid-TN area quickly followed. While writing and continuing to hone her craft, she had the chance to sing extensively in the studio, took tons of vocal, performance and guitar lessons, never forgetting these old words of wisdom, " if you ever stop growing you must be dead."
Megan recorded her inaugural CD under the production of the multi-talented, Grammy award winning John Carter Cash in August of 2007. "The rush of recording at the famed Cash Cabin Studio and actually singing into the microphone that the Man in Black recorded on was a very powerful and humbling experience," said Megan.
Megan continues to dig deep into the business of the music industry by writing with many of Nashville's talented songwriters along with building an exciting, action-packed performance schedule "hop-scotching" from coast-to-coast with a band that is made up of a group of some of Nashville's finest musicians. Megan knows that each leg of this journey is exciting but it also requires tremendously long, pressure-filled hours of hard work, persistance and professionalism. However, "If the good Lord's willing and the creek don't rise," Megan prays that you'll be hearing a lot more of her as the future unfolds.
George Strait, Lee Ann Womack and Reba On Tour The “King of Country” is back! 17x CMA Entertainer of the Year nominee George Strait will kick off his arena tour early next year and this time, he’s bringing along one very special lady – Reba McEntire.
The superstar acts performed together for the first time in many years for a sold-out crowd at the Cowboy’s Stadium inaugural event in Dallas. Selling out in less than an hour, fans and critics proclaimed the show one hot ticket! The concert was hailed by the Dallas Morning News as “an extravaganza” that “showcased Strait at the pinnacle of his musical game” and Ft. Worth Star Telegram wrote “Reba McEntire’s performance was a breathtaking master’s class in effortless brilliance.”
With 57 number one hits, 33 multi-platinum albums and countless sold-out shows year after year, Strait who holds the record for the most CMA wins and a record 17 CMA Entertainer of the Year nominations, is known for giving fans exactly what they want and expect. This year will be no exception.
“I can’t wait to get back out there and perform some of my new favorites from Twang along with hits the fans already love,” says Strait. “And with my friend Reba, we will make it a really spectacular night.”
GEORGE STRAIT & REBA 2010 TOUR DATES:
22-Jan Baltimore, MD 1st Mariner 23-Jan Greensboro, NC Coliseum 29-Jan Knoxville, TN Thompson Boling 30-Jan Charlottesville, VA JPJ Arena 05-Feb Phoenix, AZ US Airways 06-Feb Las Vegas, NV MGM 18-Feb St Louis, MO Scottrade Center 19-Feb Wichita, KS Intrust Bank Arena 20-Feb Tulsa, OK BOK Arena 25-Feb Atlanta, GA Philips Arena 26-Feb Orlando, FL Amway Arena 04-Mar Memphis, TN FedEx Forum 05-Mar New Orleans, LA New Orleans Arena 06-Mar Little Rock, AR Verizon 26-Mar Portland, OR The Rose Garden 27-Mar Tacoma, WA Tacomadome 08-Apr Omaha, NE Qwest Center 09-Apr Kansas City, MO Sprint Center 10-Apr Des Moines, IA Wells Fargo Arena
Tim McGraw Announces Southern Voice Tour With Lady Antebellum Tim McGraw announced dates for his Southern Voice tour in 2010, joined by Lady Antebellum. The tour will begin Feb. 11 in Omaha, Neb., and conclude Aug. 15 in Virginia Beach, Va., with visits to 57 cities. The Lost Trailers ("Holler Back") will hold the opening spot from Feb. 11 to April 10, while Love and Theft ("Runaway") will open from April 11 to Aug. 15. Tickets for select markets will go on sale Nov. 6. The tour will be sponsored by Outback Steakhouse and Fritos, who have partnered with McGraw to help raise money for the Neighbor's Keeper Fund of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, a charitable organization created by McGraw and his wife, Faith Hill.
Tim McGraw 2010 Tour Dates:
02/11 - Omaha, NE @ Qwest Center * 02/12 - Madison, WI @ Alliant Energy Center * 02/13 - Des Moines, IA @ Wells Fargo Arena * 02/19 - Roanoke, VA @ Roanoke Civic Center * 02/20 - Huntington, WV @ Big Sandy Superstore Arena * 02/21 - Reading, PA @ Sovereign Center Arena * 02/25 - Columbia, MO @ Mizzou Arena * 02/26 - Lexington, KY @ Rupp Arena * 03/25 - Vancouver, British Columbia @ General Motors Place * 03/27 - Calgary, Alberta @ Pengrowth Saddledome * 03/28 - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan * 03/30 - Winnipeg, Manitoba @ MTS Centre * 04/08 - Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center * 04/09 - Little Rock, AR @ Verizon Arena * 04/10 - New Orleans, LA @ New Orleans Arena * 04/11 - Orange Beach, AL @ Amphitheatre at the Wharf # 04/23 - Columbus, OH @ Nationwide Arena # 04/24 - Detroit, MI @ The Palace # 05/06 - Jacksonville, FL @ Jacksonville Arena # 05/07 - Tampa, FL @ Ford Amphitheatre # 05/08 - West Palm Beach, FL @ Cruzan Amphitheatre # 05/14 - Birmingham, AL @ Verizon Wireless Music Center # 05/15 - Atlanta, GA @ Lakewood Amphitheatre # 05/20 - Spokane, WA @ Spokane Arena # 05/21 - Seattle, WA @ Tacoma Dome # 05/22 - Portland, OR @ Rose Garden # 05/25 - Fresno, CA @ Save Mart Center # 05/28 - Sacramento, CA @ Sleep Train Pavilion # 05/29 - Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre # 06/02 - Albuquerque, NM @ Journal Pavilion # 06/03 - Phoenix, AZ @ Cricket Pavilion # 06/04 - San Diego, CA @ Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre # 06/05 - San Bernardino, CA @ San Manuel Amphitheatre # 06/11 - Wichita, KS @ InTrust Bank Arena # 06/12 - Dallas, TX @ Superpages.com Center # 06/17 - Cleveland, OH @ Blossom Music Center # 06/19 - Chicago, IL @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre # 06/26 - Maryland Heights, MO @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre # 06/27 - Kansas City, MO @ Sprint Center # 07/08 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Post Gazette Pavilion # 07/09 - Camden, NJ @ Susquehanna Bank Center # 07/10 - Bristow, VA @ Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge # 07/15 - Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center # 07/16 - Hartford, CT @ Comcast Theatre # 07/17 - Mansfield, MA @ Comcast Center # 07/29 - Boise, ID @ Idaho Center # 07/30 - Salt Lake City, UT @ USANA Amphitheatre # 07/31 - Englewood, CO @ Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre # 08/05 - Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center # 08/06 - Darien Center, NY @ Darien Lakes Performing Arts Center # 08/07 - Toronto, ON @ Molson Amphitheatre # 08/13 - Charlotte, NC @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre # 08/14 - Raleigh, NC @ Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion # 08/15 - Virginia Beach, VA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre #
* = w/ Lady Antebellum and The Lost Trailers # = w/ Lady Antebellum and Love And Theft
Taylor Swift announces second leg of 'Fearless' tour in 2010 Including dates in US, Australia
HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. — Taylor Swift isn't ready for her fairy tale to end, so she's doing what any other savvy 19-year-old would do — continuing the story.
The country singer says a second leg of her "Fearless" tour will kick off in Australia in February. She'll also be playing nearly 30 cities throughout the U.S. and Canada.
"We had so much fun on the 'Fearless' tour the first time around that we decided that we had to keep going with it," she says. "So we will be relaunching the 'Fearless' tour in February in Australia, and then coming back and doing a bunch more cities in America."
The 2010 tour opens Feb. 4 in Brisbane. Swift will do five shows in Australia. She'll also be playing nearly 30 cities throughout the U.S. and Canada. Kellie Pickler and Gloriana will return as the opening acts.
All 52 concerts on the 2009 tour sold out in minutes, including New York's Madison Square Garden. Swift said she hopes the second go-round will be as successful.
"I always expected to have to do a lot of stressing out about selling tickets. And then I went on my first headlining tour, and everything just sold out," she said. "I've never expected that kind of success. I've never just felt entitled to my shows selling out or things like this happening to me, but the fact that they've happened to me has been wonderful."
She said her fans make her feel like she's "won the lottery of dreams coming true."
TAYLOR FEARLESS TOUR 2010
TAYLOR SWIFT 2010 TOUR (All US Shows are sold out!) Updated 01/08/2010 You still might find tickets at: BARRYS - GET TICKETS NOW!
FEBRUARY 04 Brisbane, AUS Brisb. Entertainment Center FEBRUARY 06 Sydney, AUS Acer Arena FEBRUARY 07 Sydney, AUS Acer Arena FEBRUARY 08 Newcastle, AUS NC Entertainment Center FEBRUARY 10 Melbourne, AUS Rod Laver Arena FEBRUARY 11 Melbourne, AUS Rod Laver Arena FEBRUARY 12 Adelaide, AUS Adelaide Entertainment Center FEBRUARY 17 Tokyo, Japan Zepp MARCH 04 Tampa, FL St. Pete Times Forum MARCH 05 Orlando, FL Amway Arena MARCH 07 Sunrise, FL BankAtlantic Center MARCH 10 Austin, TX Frank Erwin Center MARCH 11 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center MARCH 12 Corpus Christi, TX American Bank Center MARCH 18 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center MARCH 19 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center MARCH 20 Charlottesville, VA John Paul Jones Arena MARCH 26 Detroit, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills MARCH 27 Detroit, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills MARCH 28 Cincinatti, OH U.S. Bank Arena MARCH 31 Oklahoma City, OK Ford Center APRIL 01 Wichita, KS Intrust Bank Arena APRIL 02 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center APRIL 06 Denver, CO Pepsi Center APRIL 07 Denver, CO Pepsi Center APRIL 10 Fresno, CA Save Mart Center APRIL 11 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion at San Jose APRIL 15 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center APRIL 16 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center APRIL 29 Lexington, KY Rupp Arena APRIL 30 Columbia, SC Colonial Life Arena MAY 01 Raleigh, NC RBC Center MAY 06 Des Moines, IA Iowa Events Center MAY 07 St. Paul, MN Excel Energy Center MAY 08 Moline, IL I Wireless Center MAY 12 Newark, NJ Prudential Center MAY 13 Newark, NJ Prudential Center MAY 14 Uniondale, NY Nassau Coliseum MAY 15 Uniondale, NY Nassau Coliseum MAY 20 Ottawa, ON Scotiabank Place MAY 21 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre MAY 22 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre MAY 25 Houston, TX Toyota Center MAY 26 Houston, TX Toyota Center MAY 29 Baton Rouge, LA Bayou Country Superfest JUNE 02 Washington, DC Verizon Center JUNE 05 Foxboro, MA Gillette Stadium
TAYLOR SWIFT'S NEW TOUR WILL USE HIGH-TECH Country artists may sing about the simple life and sweet tea and getting back to basics and all things rural. But the truth is, they are just as high-tech and marketing savvy as their rock star brethren. In fact, at Wednesday's (Dec. 6) Consumer Electronics Association's trade show in Las Vegas, Taylor Swift was standing beside Sony CEO Howard Stringer to announce she'll be using the company's 3-D technology to document her 2010 tour. "I feel like my fans are all very cutting edge," she said. "So when it comes to technology, I'm very interested in what's the newest and the best. My tour starts up next month in Australia and Japan, and I'm very much looking forward to documenting all the behind-the-scenes and on-tour footage using 3-D." That doesn't mean Swift fans will be watching all this 3-D footage at home, though, because the new technology doesn't work with existing equipment. In fact, there's a possibility that she may just use the technology to record events for her personal use. At the moment, there are no plans for a 3-D documentary or video, but that can always change.
Brad Paisley Reveals 2010 Tour Dates With Miranda Lambert and Justin Moore
Brad Paisley has extended his American Saturday Night tour with 19 dates scheduled in early 2010. Miranda Lambert and Justin Moore will also join the tour. The itinerary will begin Jan. 7 in San Antonio with stops scheduled in Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan, Mississippi, Alabama, California, Nevada and Tennessee. The tour concludes March 6 in Charleston, S.C.
American Saturday Night 2010 tour dates:
January 07 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center January 08 Oklahoma City, OK Ford Arena January 09 Wichita, KS InTrust Bank Center January 14 Sioux City, IA Tyson Center January 15 Des Moines, IA Wells Fargo Arena January 16 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center January 21 Lexington, KY Rupp Arena January 22 Columbus, OH Nationwide Arena January 23 Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel Arena February 04 Tupelo, MS Bancorp South Arena February 05 Birmingham, AL BJCC Arena February 06 Biloxi, MS Mississippi Coast Coliseum February 18 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center February 19 Fresno, CA SaveMart Center February 20 Las Vegas, NV Mandalay Bay February 21 Reno, NV Reno Events Center March 04 Greenville, SC BiLo Center March 05 Knoxville, TN Thompson-Boling Arena March 06 Charleston, SC Charleston Coliseum
Visit BRAD PAISLEY for on-sale and up to date information on American Saturday Night – more dates to be added.
Martina "Shine All Night Tour" With Trace Adkins Begins In Moline, IL November 20th
Martina McBride and Trace Adkins will be touring together in their just-announced Shine All Night Tour, launching November 20th at the I Wireless Center/Moline, IL.
Sponsored by SunnyD and GAC, the tour will cover 40-cities concluding next Spring in Bismarck, ND.
Martina says, "I want fans to leave here knowing they got more than their money's worth. My goal is to have this on their list of memorable nights for years to come."
Trace added, "I think this tour is going to give people a lot more bang for their buck. And that's important --especially in today's economy."
MARTINA & TRACE TOUR DATES 2009-2010 With SPECIAL GUESTS BLAKE SHELTON AND LOST TRAILERS In a few select cities.
Nov 20, 2009 Moline, IL Wireless Center Nov 21, 2009 Saint Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center Nov 22, 2009 Milwaukee, WI Bradley Center Dec 03, 2009 Colorado Springs, CO World Arena Dec 04, 2009 Park City, KS Hartman Arena Dec 05, 2009 Oklahoma City, OK Ford Center Dec 10, 2009 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum Dec 11, 2009 Columbia, SC Colonial Life Arena Dec 12, 2009 Duluth, GA Gwinnett Center Dec 13, 2009 Birmingham, AL BJCC Arena Jan 22, 2010 North Little Rock, AR Verizon Arena Jan 23, 2010 Independence, MO Indep. Events Center Jan 24, 2010 Council Bluffs, IA Mid-America Center Jan 29, 2010 Reading, PA Sovereign Center Jan 30, 2010 Worcester, MA DCU Center Jan 31, 2010 Fairfax, VA Patriot Center Feb 11, 2010 Grand Prairie, TX NOKIA Theatre Feb 12, 2010 Beaumont, TX Ford Park Feb 13, 2010 Bossier City, LA CenturyTel Center Feb 14, 2010 Pensacola, FL Pensacola Civic Center Feb 19, 2010 Buffalo, NY HSBC Arena Feb 21, 2010 Columbus, OH Nationwide Arena Feb 25, 2010 Fort Wayne, IN War Memorial Coliseum Feb 26, 2010 Cleveland, OH Wolstein Center Feb 27, 2010 Pittsburgh, PA Peterson Event Center Feb 28, 2010 Highland Heights, KY Bank of Kentucky Center Mar 04, 2010 Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel Arena Mar 05, 2010 Champaign, IL Assembly Hall Mar 06, 2010 Evansville, IN Roberts Stadium Mar 12, 2010 Richmond, VA Richmond Colliseum Mar 14, 2010 Manchester, NH Verizon Wireless Arena Mar 26, 2010 St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center Mar 27, 2010 Green Bay, WI Resch Center Mar 28, 2010 DeKalb, IL NIU Convocation Center Apr 08, 2010 Loveland, CO Budweiser Events Center Apr 09, 2010 Rapid City, SD Don Barnett Arena Apr 10, 2010 Bismarck, ND Bismarck Civic Center
WHERE THE STARS ARE IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE AREA LIVE CONCERT-SHOW SCHEDULE Updated 02/07/2010. Subject to Change
Feb. 09 City of Hope Country Music Is Love benefit show Featuring : Johnny Bulford, The Carter Twins, Whitney Duncan, Adam Gregory, Jason Jones, Jesse Lee, Gwen Sabastian, Matt Stillwell and more! Tuesday, February 09, 2010 at 7:00 PM At The Rutledge LMV Inc. 410 4th Ave S Nashville , TN 37201
Feb. 11-12 The Wild West Band at Nashville Palace 7pm
Feb. 15 Ira Dean Band & Friends at 3rd & Lindsley 6pm
Feb. 17 Kara Clark CD Release Party Douglas Corner 6pm
Feb. 17-18 Tori Bigelow at The Blue Bar 8pm
Feb. 20 CADDLE at Cadillac Ranch 305 Broadway Nashville Cutter Lee • The Shakes • Les Honky More Tonkies • Gary Jannaman • CADDLE TYS Entertainment Group and On The Rroxx Publicity presents: Caddle, with special guests Les Honky More Tonkies, The Shakes and Cutter Lee. Southern Alternative Rock and Blues - "This Ain't Your Daddy's Country!" Doors open at 6:00 PM, Show starts at 7:00. Free admission until 9:30 PM, $5.00 cover after 9:30. Appetizers, Alcohol and a WHOLE lot of ATTITUDE!!! Tickets: $5.00 after 9:30 PM
Feb. 23 Clay Walker at Wildhorse Saloon The Clay Walker MS Benefit Concert with Chuck Wicks, Lee Brice & SHeDAISY
Feb. 23 Cowboy Troy and Friends, Cody McCarver at Cadillac Ranch
Feb. 24-26 Country Radio Seminar 41 - Nashville
Feb. 24 Erica Sunshine Lee at 12th & Porter
Feb. 25 Eric Church, Josh Thompson, Rick Monroe at Wildhorse 8pm
Mar. 05-06 Luther Lewis & White Lighting Band at Kellers Saloon Hartsville, Tenn 8:30pm 1:00am both nights.
Mar. 11 Lady Antebellum at The Ryman
Mar. 30-Apr. 03 in Nashville 18th Annual "Tin Pan South" Songwriters Festival. NSAI (Nashville songwriters Association International)
Apr. 19 Vince Gill & Friends at The Ryman
Apr. 23 Hank Williams Jr., Jamey Johnson, The Grascals at Sommet Center - "Rowdy Friends Tour"
Jun. 09 2010 CMT Music Awards in Nashville.
Jun. 10-12 Worlds Largest Fan Club Party III at FUEL and BIG SHOTZ. 12:00pm to 7:00pm daily. 42 Artists performing! NO COVER
Jun. 10-13 2010 CMA Music Fest in Nashville.
GRAND OLE OPRY SCHEDULE:
01/29/2010 At the Ryman Auditorium 7:00 p.m. Grand Ole Opry: Diamond Rio, and more.
01/30/2010 At the Ryman Auditorium 7:00 p.m. Grand Ole Opry: Artists will be added as they are confirmed.
AT THE GRAND OLE OPRY HOUSE:
Fri., 02/05/2010 Grand Ole Opry: Oak Ridge Boys, Sandi Patty, Chris Young, Jimmy Dickens, John Conlee, and more.
Sat., 02/06/2010 Grand Ole Opry: Steve Wariner, Terri Clark, Jimmy Dickens, John Conlee, and more.
Fri., 02/12/2010 Grand Ole Opry: Luke Bryan, Mel Tillis, T. Bubba Bechtol, Jimmy Dickens, Mike Snider, and more.
Sat., 02/13/2010 Grand Ole Opry: Dierks Bentley, Craig Morgan, Diamond Rio, Del McCoury Band, Riders In The Sky, Bobby Osborne & The Rocky Top X-Press, and more.
Fri., 02/19/2010 Grand Ole Opry: Craig Morgan, Marty Stuart, Del McCoury Band, Connie Smith, The Whites, and more.
Sat., 02/20/2010 Grand Ole Opry: Miranda Lambert, Marty Stuart, Del McCoury Band, Jimmy Dickens, Mike Snider, and more.
Fri., 02/26/2010 Grand Ole Opry: Marty Stuart, Jimmy Wayne, Bill Anderson, Jeannie Seely, and more.
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