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MEET MEGAN LINVILLE 
MEGAN LINVILLE MY SPACE
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. Listen to Megan Linville's Music Visit: MEGAN LINVILLE Or At MySpace: MEGAN MY SPACE PREVIEW HER CD AT: CDBABY/MEGAN LINVILLE 
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
VISIT: MARTINA MCBRIDE TOUR
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