.jpg) Hit List - The Band Perry, Taylor Swift and Lucy Hale will appear at the 2014 Teen Choice Awards, which air Aug. 10 live on FOX-TV at 8pm ET. TBP, nominated for Choice Country Group, will also present. Swift, nominated for Choice Female Artist, Choice Country Artist and Choice Smile, was additionally nominated for Choice Social Media Queen and Choice Instagrammer. Her fans, "#Swifties," were nominated for Choice Fanatic Fans. Full list of nominees here.
- Josh Thompson will perform at Field & Stream's ninth annual Heroes of Conservation Awards Sept. 17 in Washington, D.C.
- Want to hang with Lady Antebellum and Scotty McCreery in the Dominican Republic? Here's how: Check out the "Lady A Getaway" at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Punta Cana Sept. 25-30. Details here.
Birthdays Friday (8/8): Mark Wills, Phil Balsley (Statler Bros.), Jamie O’Hara, Mel Tillis, Michael Johnson, the late Webb Pierce. Saturday (8/9): the late Merle Kilgore. Sunday (8/10): Gene Johnson (Diamond Rio), Jennifer Hanson, Lydia Salnikova (formerly of Bering Strait), the late Jimmy Dean. Monday (8/11): John Conlee, Rachel Proctor, Alexander "Sasha" Ostrovsky (formerly of Bering Strait). On TV Friday (8/8): Luke Bryan, Good Morning America (ABC). Sunday (8/10): 2014 Teen Choice Awards (FOX), Brad Paisley, Rising Star (ABC). Monday (8/11): LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian, The Wendy Williams Show (syndicated), Dwight Yoakam, Under The Dome (CBS). Upcoming Album Releases Aug. 19 Various Nashville Outlaws: A Tribute To Mötley Crüe Chase Rice Ignite The Night Randy Travis Influence Vol. 2: The Man I Am Various Look Again To The Wind: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited Joel Crouse Even The River Runs Sarah Dunn Band You Or The Whiskey Aug. 25 Brad Paisley Moonshine In The Trunk Aug. 25 Brushville Self-Titled Lenny Cooper The Grind (BackRoad/Average Joes) Sep. 2 Terri Clark Some Songs Sep. 9 Lee Brice I Don't Dance (Curb) Dustin Lynch Where It's At (Broken Bow) Sep. 16 Tim McGraw Sundown Heaven Town (Big Machine) Sep. 23 Kenny Chesney The Big Revival (Blue Chair Bay/Columbia) Lee Ann Womack The Way I'm Livin' (Sugar Hill) Big & Rich Gravity (Big & Rich/Kobalt) Sep. 30 Lady Antebellum 747 (Capitol) Blake Shelton Bringing Back The Sunshine (Warner Bros.) Marty Stuart Saturday Night & Sunday Morning (Superlatone) Oct. 21 Little Big Town Pain Killer (Capitol) Oct. 28 Stoney Larue Aviator (eOne) Nov. 4 The Doobie Brothers Southbound (Arista) | 
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We all know Taylor Swift has a massive fan base — and here are just a couple of reasons why. Swift stopped by Boston Children's Hospital Aug. 3 to sing for some patients, including six-year-old Jordan Nickerson. Nickerson's public 
Garth Brooks' 10-show Chicago tour stop has broken his own record for ticket sales in a single city, according to his publicist. The previous record was 162,822 tickets for dates played at the Target Center in Minneapolis in October 1998. Tickets for Chicago have surpassed that number and continue to sell 
Want to play fantasy football with Sara Evans, Jana Kramer, Darius Rucker, Little Big Town's Jimi Westbrook, Chris Young, Florida Georgia Line, Love And Theft or Montgomery Gentry? Don't forget to enter 
If you watched CMA Music Festival: Country's Night To Rock Tuesday night (8/5) you caught the news that Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood will host the 48th Annual CMA Awards for the seventh year in a row. The show airs live from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville Nov. 5 at 8pm ET on ABC-TV. The pair made the announcement during a special "game show" segment during which Little Big Town asked them CMA Awards-related trivia. Who won? Note to Brad: you might want to study up before the big night! Watch them compete .jpg)
Congratulations to Lady Antebellum and comedian Jeff Foxworthy, who will be inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame Oct. 11 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. Lady A earned the Performer Award and Foxworthy ea
When your last name's "Pardi," expectations are high. But we have no doubt Jon Pardi will bring his A-game when he launches the 20-city Up All Night Tour Oct. 10 in Lincoln, NE. The California native shared the good news last week to a packed house at Sacramento's Ace of Spades. "I grew up around here playing gigs," he said onstage. "Then I got to do my album release party with you guys and now, I'm so excited to tell y'all about my first headlining tour!" Pardi's bringing his buddy Joey Hyde along as opening act. See the complete list of dates 
