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CMABrad Paisley is giving E! News a behind-the-scenes look at his Beat This Summer tour for their new E!'s Inside Track Summer Concert Series. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the feature will begin Friday at 7 p.m. ET with footage from Pitbull and Ke$ha's recent concert in Detroit. Matchbox Twenty, New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys are among the other acts taking part in the series.
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Sandbox EntertainmentLittle Big Town can't believe they now have an Emmy Award to display next to their Grammy, CMA and ACM trophies. The group won the Outstanding Original Song category at Sunday night's Daytime Emmy Awards for "Good Afternoon America," the theme song to ABC's Good Afternoon America.
Little Big Town's Karen Fairchild says, "We are freaking out right now. Winning a Daytime Emmy award is something that we could have never imagined and we are incredibly excited and honored!"
Little Big Town returns to daytime TV Wednesday on ABC's The View, where they'll perform
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Sony/Blue Chair RecordsKenny Chesney didn't let a little bad weather keep him from partying with more than 50,000 fans Saturday night in Kansas City, MO. Despite a torrential downpour that delayed the show's start time by 30 minutes, Kenny went on with the concert at Arrowhead Stadium.
He says, "Obviously, we never want anyone to be in danger, but we know lots of people plan trips to come together for one of these shows -- and you hate for them to lose their travel, their hotels."
Kenny admits he didn't want to miss out on playing for the Kansas City crowd, either. "The fans at Arrowhead Stadium are some of the loudest
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Greenroom PRDierks Bentley will host a live chat with his fans Monday from the set of his new video, "Bourbon in Kentucky." The shoot is taking place in Nashville, and you can take part in the chat starting at 7 p.m. ET at Dierks.com/Stream.
"Bourbon in Kentucky" is the lead single from Dierks' new album, Riser, due out this fall. The song features Kacey Musgraves on background vocals.
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Photo Credit: Sarah BarlowTaylor Swift has created three perfumes for women: Wonderstruck, Wonderstruck Enchanted, and her brand-new scent, Taylor by Taylor Swift. Why hasn't she done one for guys? Maybe it's because how men smell isn't something she's really focused on.
Asked by People magazine whether she prefers guys who wear cologne, or guys who just go au naturel, Taylor replied, "I’d just prefer them to be good people. I’ll start with that.”
As
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Facebook.com/TheBandPerryThe Band Perry's Kimberly, Reid and Neil Perry are all blessed with very full heads of hair, and it takes some effort to put every strand in place before hitting the stage.
While Kimberly admits she travels with more hair products than her brothers, she still gets her hair fixed in a timely manner. As for who's the slowest, Kimberly tells The Boston Globe, "Neil does take the longest to get ready."
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Comstock/ThinkstockKellie Pickler is married to one of Nashville's top songwriters. What is his name? ANSWER: Kyle Jacobs.
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Vector ManagementCongratulations to Trisha Yearwood and Little Big Town on their Daytime Emmy wins Sunday night. Trisha's Food Network show, Trisha's Southern Kitchen, tied for the Outstanding Culinary Program trophy with another show on that network, The Best Thing I Ever Made.
Little Big Town took the Outstanding Original Song category for their song, "Good Afternoon," the theme from ABC's Good Afternoon America.
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Burke/Triolo Productions/ThinkstockKellie Pickler will co-host ABC's The View on Tuesday, June 18. Look for Kellie to perform her new single, "Someone Somewhere Tonight," during her visit too.
Tickets for Hunter Hayes' October 18 and 19 shows at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium sold out in less than an hour when they went on sale Friday morning.
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Capitol NashvilleFlorida Georgia Line has Nelly on the "Cruise" remix, and Jason Aldean teamed up with Ludacris a few years ago on a remix of "Dirt Road Anthem." Now, Luke Bryan may be releasing his own hip-hop/country hybrid track with T-Pain.
Luke has recorded a song written by his pal, songwriter Dallas Davidson, who's also a friend and collaborator of T-Pain's. The hip-hop star has recorded a demo version of that same song. Now Luke and T-Pain are working to combine their two versions of the song into a potential hit.
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Warner Music NashvilleBrett Eldredge has scored his biggest hit to date with "Don't Ya." It's the lead single from his debut album, Bring You Back, due out August 6. While Brett's name is brand new to most country fans, he's actually been working toward releasing this project for several years now. His first single, "Raymond," was released in 2010.
Now that he has a release date set for the album, Brett says, "It feels like a relief! I've been waiting for so long, but it's the coolest feeling."
Brett thanks his fans for hanging in there and being patient while he worked to get everything right for the debut album. The
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Facebook.com/JakeOwenThis Father's Day, we're checking in on some of country music's biggest stars to talk about dear old dad. Some stars pay tribute to their own fathers while others open up about what it's like to be a father themselves. Here's a rundown of what we found:
-- Jake Owen is celebrating his first Father's Day since the arrival of his daughter, Pearl, last Thanksgiving. Back when his career took off with "Barefoot Blue Jean Night," Jake never would have believed he'd be married with a kid at this point in his life.
He says, "Things happen quickly in life, and here we are, two
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Facebook.com/KaceyMusgravesKacey Musgraves takes a detour from Kenny Chesney's No Shoes Nation tour this Sunday for a performance at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, TN. Eric Church and Dierks Bentley have played this mostly rock festival in the past few years, and Kacey can't wait to bring her brand of country music to this crowd.
She tells ABC News Radio, "We get to play for like an hour, I think, and really kind of jam out. And the festival crowds are always fun, 'cause they're there to cut loose and just have a good time."
Kacey has
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StarstruckReba has been using private jets to travel to concerts and other engagements for more than 20 years now. She credits the time she saves by flying on her own schedule with extending her career by at least a decade.
"Because of having a plane, I can do so many more things to promote my career in between the jobs I have," Reba explains in the new issue of Jetset magazine. "Plus, it allowed me to do my concerts and fly home after the show."
Reba and her husband and manager, Narvel Blackstock, still own a Phenom
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Southern GroundZac Brown Band member Daniel de los Reyes took first place in Modern Drummer magazine's 2013 Readers Poll Awards for percussionist of the year. He thanks readers and Zac Brown Band fans for the honor in a new YouTube video, saying, "Without your support I would not have been able to win this most prestigious award. Thank you.”
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Randee St. NicholasThe CMA Songwriters Series returns to Boston Thursday, July 11 with Miranda Lambert and Kip Moore on the bill. The two country stars will join hit writers Brett James and Bob DiPiero to share the stories behind their biggest hits. The show will take place at the Royale nightclub. Tickets are now on sale through Ticketmaster.
Other CMA Songwriters Series shows are set for Chicago, Austin, Nashville and New York in the coming months. Go to CMASongwritersSeries.com for details.
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Jeremy CowartJerrod Niemann, Jake Owen, Lauren Alaina and Love and Theft are donating their time to the 4th Annual ACM Lifting Lives Summer Camp in Nashville June 23 through 29. ACM Lifting Lives partners with the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center researchers in Nashville each year to host the camp for individuals with Williams syndrome, which is marked by an acute interest in music.
The campers are in for a jam-packed week of activities. A songwriting workshop with Jerrod and hit writer Dallas Davidson kicks things off on Monday, June 24. They'll hit the studio with Jake and
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Comstock/ThinkstockWhich country newcomer wrote Trace Adkins' new single with Colbie Caillat, "Watch the World End with You?" ANSWER: Brett Eldredge.
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Arista NashvilleCarrie Underwood can thank her father for turning her on to the Rolling Stones. Her dad constantly sang and played the band's music when she was growing up in Oklahoma.
"I feel like they’ve always been in my life since birth," says Carrie, "My dad is and was a huge fan and was always singing their songs around the house. So, I grew up having their music around me, all the time."
That early exposure to the band's music led Carrie to accept an invitation to join the Stones on stage during their recent show in Toronto. Carrie teamed up with lead singer Mick
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FarmAid.orgFarm Aid is coming to upstate New York this year.
The organizationannounced late Thursday that the 2013 edition of the benefit concert will be held in Saratoga Springs on September 21. As usual, the charity's co-founders -- Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Willie Nelson -- will perform, as will longtime board member Dave Matthews. Additional artists have not yet been announced.
A pre-sale for tickets will be held next Tuesday. Tickets will be made available to the public beginning
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Gregg DeGuire/FilmMagicMiley Cyrus' parents are splitting up. Billy Ray Cyrus has filed for divorce from his wife, Tish Cyrus, after 19 years of marriage.
In a statement obtained by ABC News, Billy Ray says, “This is a personal matter and we are doing what is in the best interest of our family. We ask that you respect our privacy at this time.”
People magazine reports Tish has filed her own divorce petition and is seeking spousal support, as well as primary physical and legal custody
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Burke/Triolo Productions/ThinkstockKeith Urban performs with blues legend Buddy Guy on the song "One Day Away" on Buddy's upcoming album, Rhythm & Blues, due out July 30.
Brett Edlredge, Jerrod Niemann, Craig Campbell and Colt Ford are among the stars playing the Beachfront Stage at the Pepsi Gulf Coast Jam September 26 through 28 in Panama City Beach, FL.
The fourth season of Craig Morgan: All Access Outdoors premiering Sunday, July 7 on the Outdoor Channel.
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MCA NashvilleKip Moore is like a sponge when it comes to studying the headliners he tours with, so you can bet he's going to be watching Toby Keith's show like a hawk all summer long. Kip starts his opening gig with Toby's Hammer Down tour Friday night in Cincinnati.
"The guy’s been at the top of his game for no telling how many years," Kip says of Toby. "I mean, 10, 15, 20 years, so I definitely know it’s gonna be something that I can learn a lot from, and I think it’ll definitely better my career going out with him.”
Kip's also excited to win over some of Toby's fans along
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Facebook.com/KennyChesneyKenny Chesney has sold a million tickets on each of his last 10 tours, but he's never hit that mark by the second week of June -- until now. More than a million fans have snatched up tickets to see Kenny's No Shoes Nation tour so far this year. While his accountants and managers are thrilled with those big numbers, Kenny remains focused on giving his fans the best show he possibly can every night.
Kenny says, "All I’m trying to do is make sure that for that one night when people come out to party with us, they forget what’s wrong, they have all the good time they can handle and they go
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Capitol NashvilleDarius Rucker's fourth annual Darius and Friends Benefit Concert and Golf Tournament raised more than $95,000 for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Luke Bryan, Dustin Lynch, Justin Moore, Randy Houser and newcomer Joel Crouse were on the bill for the June 3 concert. Dierks Bentley, Lady Antebellum's Charles Kelley and Rascal Flatts' Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don Rooney were among the stars hitting the links the next day.
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Jim Spellman/WireImageIn addition to being a global music superstar, Taylor Swift is also a perfume mogul, with several signature fragrances to her name. That's why she was a big winner at Wednesday night's Fragrance Foundation Awards, which are considered the Oscars of the perfume industry.
Taylor, wearing a flowing white Emilio Pucci
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Greg WatermannToby Keith's Oklahoma Twister Relief Concert is set for Saturday, July 6 in Norman, OK. Garth Brooks, Willie Nelson, Trisha Yearwood and Ronnie Dunn are on the bill, and more stars are expected to be added. Proceeds will help victims of last month's deadly tornado in Toby's hometown of Moore, OK, via the United Way of Central Oklahoma May Tornadoes Relief Fund.
Says Toby, "We're going to keep helping them any way we can. I'm proud to get together with some others from around here who are just as committed as I am to supporting these communities."
Garth and
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Andrew MacPhersonCassadee Pope is off to a big start with her debut country single, "Wasting All These Tears." The track sold 125,000 digital copies in its first week out on the heels of her recent performance of the song on The Voice. Cassadee was the winner of the show's third season.
Those big numbers put "Wasting All These Tears" at #1 on the iTunes Country Top Songs chart and #2 on iTunes' overall song tally.
Cassadee is currently on the road with Rascal Flatts' Live & Loud tour. She's also set to star in a CMT docu-series on the making of her upcoming album, due out this fall.
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Photo Credit: Sarah BarlowTaylor Swift has come a long way since she released her debut single, "Tim McGraw," in 2006, but the friendship she forged with the real Tim McGraw and his wife, Faith Hill, because of that song continues to this day.
Says Taylor, "Tim and Faith have both been some of the most supportive, encouraging people in my career."
Tim has now gone from being a hero and friend to Taylor to being her duet partner on the #1 country hit, "Highway Don't Care." Keith Urban plays guitar on the track too, and Taylor says the collaboration has been a "beautiful, magical
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Comstock/ThinkstockBlake Shelton appeared on which NBC singing competition before landing his gig on The Voice? ANSWER: Clash of the Choirs.
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