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| July 18, 2014
» Just Out Of Beach:  If you went to Kenny Chesney's website Thursday morning (7/17) at 7:06am to get a wristband for his free concert Aug. 16 at the Flora-Bama border bar, you were out of luck. In less than five minutes, the passes granting access to the fenced-in beach area were gone. Even Wednesday's (7/16) concert announcement caused such a high volume of traffic that it temporarily shut down his website. "Maybe the fans are as hungry to see me as I am them," surmised Chesney. "Getting out on that beach to play is gonna be awesome." |
» The Windy Diddy:  Garth Brooks will open his comeback world tour at Allstate Arena in Chicago Sept. 4 with Trisha Yearwood. Tickets go on sale next Friday (7/25) at 10am through Ticketmaster with a limit of six per person at $65.50 each. The news came Monday (7/14) when "Andy From Atlanta" (the fan whom Garth gave the news to first) shared it with the help of kids at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. No word yet on additional dates. |
» Sundown Serenade:  During his July 15 concert in Atlanta on the Sundown Heaven Town Tour, Tim McGraw dedicated Joe Cocker's "You Are So Beautiful" to his wife Faith Hill and their daughters. But midway through the acoustic performance, the song took on a different meaning when a young fan with Down Syndrome sat beside him onstage. McGraw sang directly to her and, when he finished, hugged her, signed his guitar and gave it to her. Watch here. |
» Nailed It:  David Nail was named Co-MVP, along with rapper Nelly, during the 2014 Taco Bell All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Game, which aired Monday night (7/14) on ESPN as part of MLB's All-Star Week. This was Nail's third time playing in the game. "It was definitely one of the most memorable experiences of my life," he says. "To be awarded co-MVP alongside Nelly, a fellow Missourian and Cardinal fan, was surreal. I don't think I’ll ever bat eighth again." |
» CMT For Dew:  CMT and Mountain Dew will launch the Mountain Dew CMT Summer Concert Series, featuring performances from Dierks Bentley, Kip Moore, David Nail and Chris Young. The four-part series debuts on CMT Hot 20 Countdown July 19 with CMT On Tour headliner Moore. Nail's performance airs July 26, Young runs Aug. 9 and Bentley Sept. 6. Each episode includes interview and performance footage. |
» A Night For Nikki:  Jamey Johnson, Shooter Jennings and Jessi Colter hosted a tribute to the late Waylon Jennings and Hank Cochran at Nashville's Marathon Music Works July 9 that raised more than $70,000 for The Nikki Mitchell Foundation, which supports pancreatic cancer research. Mitchell (Waylon Jennings' manager of 22 years) and Cochran both died of pancreatic cancer. Other artists at the tribute included Jerrod Niemann, Chris Stapleton, Josh Abbott, Julie Roberts and Carter's Chord. The foundation has also established The Full Moon Full Life Songwriting Contest and is now accepting entries here. |
» Crib Note:  Congratulations to Justin Moore and his wife Kate on the birth of their third daughter Monday (7/14). "We're very excited to welcome Rebecca Klein Moore into the world," the couple told people.com. "Both Mom and Klein are healthy." She joins big sisters Ella Kole and Kennedy Faye. |
Hit List - Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert, Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley and Brantley Gilbert will perform at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival in Las Vegas Oct. 3-5. The event will be held in The Lot across from Luxor Hotel & Casino. Get ticket info and see the full lineup here.
- Kellie Pickler will voice Mirabelle, the sweet potato lead singer of a family band, in the VeggieTales DVD release Beauty and the Beet, out Oct. 14. Pickler performs seven original songs for the soundtrack, which will be included on a companion CD. Also included is a rendition of "Deck The Halls."
Birthdays
Friday (7/18): Ricky Skaggs, Elizabeth Cook.
Saturday (7/19): George Hamilton IV.
Sunday (7/20): Julianne Hough, Hannah Blaylock, Kim Carnes, Radney Foster, T. G. Sheppard. On TV
Sunday (7/20): Brad Paisley, Rising Star (ABC). Upcoming Album Releases
Jul. 22 Sammy Kershaw Do You Know Me? A Tribute To George Jones
Daniel Lee, Roots
Aug. 5 Sunny Sweeney Provoked
Aug. 19 Nashville Outlaws: A Tribute To Mötley Crüe
Chase Rice Ignite The Night
Various, Look Again To The Wind: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited
Aug. 26 Brad Paisley Moonshine In The Trunk
Sep. 2 Terri Clark Some Songs
Sep. 9 Lee Brice I Don't Dance
Dustin Lynch Where It's At |
 » Fin To Win: Brett Eldredge makes good on another challenge in the Bahamas yesterday (7/16) after promising to swim with sharks if his "Beat Of The Music" went No. 1. Eldredge cheered his first chart-topper "Don't Ya" with skydiving. What could possibly be next? |
 » Daddy's Girl: Backstage at her Grand Ole Opry debut July 9, Krystal Keith embraces her dad, Toby Keith, with manager TK Kimbrell looking on. "I have never been nervous on a stage in my life…until that night at the Grand Ole Opry," she says. |
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