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| October 31, 2014
» Ghost In The Machine:  Who's under the sheet at GhostTunes? It's Garth Brooks – and he's not tricking fans this Halloween, he's treating! Starting Thursday (10/30) at midnight ET for a 24-hour period, you can hear a sneak peek of Brooks' new album Man Against Machine on his digital platform GhostTunes. "A friend of mine at GhostTunes asked if we would take a different look at sampling for this new record," says Brooks in a message to everyone on his mailing list. "He wanted to know if we would speak a little bit on each song as a snippet of the song was playing. Because he asked, we went into studio and tried it. We were all surprised to hear how cool it turned out. ... Because it is GhostTunes, Halloween seems like the perfect time. So, for 24 hours, starting at midnight Thursday night, October 30 and for the entire 24 hours of Halloween, a sneak peek at the new album will be available. Only you all know about it so no sweat if you don't get over there, I just thought you all should be the first to hear it if you wanted to. I really hope you like the new music." Listen here. |
» Star Farm:  A country music festival in New York City? You bet! Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan and Brad Paisley will headline Farmborough in New York June 26-28, the city's first country music festival. Wade Bowen, Brandy Clark, Maddie & Tae, Kip Moore, Ashley Monroe, Randy Houser, The Cadillac Three and Dwight Yoakam will also perform at the event, which will take place on Randall's Island in Manhattan. The island has a colorful history. According to its website, in the late 1800s it was home to an Idiot Asylum, a homeopathic hospital, the Inebriate Asylum and the city's insane asylum, among other things. In the 1930s the transformation to a municipal park began. In 1994 it was the site of the inaugural Lollapalooza Festival. Three-day passes to Farmborough start at $225 and go on sale Nov. 6. VIP packages are also available. More here. |
» Country Wide Revival:  When Kenny Chesney and Jason Aldean recently revealed they were combining their tours for a 10-stadium run, one guy immediately came to Chesney's mind for an opening act: Brantley Gilbert. Gilbert will open those 10 dates plus five more on Chesney's The Big Revival Tour. "When you co-headline a tour with Jason Aldean, you've gotta get someone who can hold their own to go in front," Chesney says. "When I looked around, for those stadium shows that Brantley's part of, he's the man for the job. He knows how to reach the crowd, how to make them rock – and he's not afraid to push the rest of us." Tweeted Gilbert, "These shows are gonna be massive." More on-sale info and supporting artists will be revealed in the coming weeks. Details here. |
» Hall Me: .jpg) Montgomery Gentry and singer-songwriter Larry Cordle ("Murder On Music Row," "Mama Don't Forget To Pray For Me," "Highway 40 Blues") are among the 2015 inductees into the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame. The April 10 induction ceremony will also honor music industry artist manager Clarence Spalding; Backstreet Boys' Kevin Richardson and Brian Littrell; comedian, songwriter and broadcaster Pete Stamper; Kentucky legend Doc Hopkins; and R&B group The Moonglows. More here. |
» In The Club:  Tyler Farr will kick off the ACM Lifting Lives Club Shows at Joe's Bar in Chicago Jan. 9 and The Rave in Milwaukee, WI Jan. 10. Tickets for both shows go on sale Oct. 31. Additional clubs and artists will be revealed in the coming months. Fans attending the shows could win a trip to the April 19 50th Annual ACM Awards in Arlington, TX. More here. |
» No Bull:  Jerrod Niemann donated $100,000 to his Free The Music USA charity, using prize money his bull, "High Noon," won at the 2014 Back Seat Buckers competition. Niemann became a Back Seat Buckers Celebrity Stock Contractor in January, promising to donate any winnings to the charity, which collects used musical instruments to give to children and teens in need. "I'm still smiling thinking about the amazing news," says Niemann. "When teaming up with my friends at Back Seat Buckers to purchase a bull to compete in rodeos for charity, I was very excited. I was hoping we'd be able to get in there with High Noon and raise some funds for children, but I didn't realize we could be blessed enough to do so well. A huge thanks to Scott Accomazzo and everyone else at the Ace of Spades Ranch in Stepenville, Texas for their hard work with High Noon." You can donate to Free The Music USA too – and you don't even have to ride a bull to do it. Give here. |
» Paper Trail:  Jimmy Wayne's song "Paper Angels" was the inspiration for a TV movie of the same name, premiering Nov. 16 at 7pm ET on the UP network. Watch co-stars Josie Bissett and Matthew Settle discuss the movie here. |
» Present & Accounted For:   If you're coming to the Nov. 7 CMA Country Christmas taping, make like Santa and bring a sack full of gifts with you. CMA has partnered with ABC-TV and Toys For Tots to give toys to needy children during the holidays. Fans are encouraged to bring a new, unwrapped toy to the concert. The show airs Dec. 1 on ABC. More info here. |
» In Case You Missed It:  Sam Hunt appeared on Live With Kelly & Michael to perform "Leave The Night On" this morning (10/30). See it here.
Lady Antebellum performed "Freestyle" on ABC-TV's Jimmy Kimmel Live Oct. 30. Watch here.
Brad Paisley recently helped The Daily Show's Jason Jones musically explain "The State Of Texas." Watch Paisley make clear he's not from there, here.
Taylor Swift explained why inviting her fans to all of her houses recently "seemed like the logical thing to do" Oct. 28. on CBS-TV's Late Show With David Letterman. Watch here.
Wednesday (10/29) Swift told CBS This Morning's Gayle King why she isn't worried about upsetting Nashville with her new pop career, among other things. Watch here.
Lady Antebellum are currently being featured on PBS-TV's Front And Center. See clips and check for local airings here.
A lot was learned when The 48th Annual CMA Awards hosts Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood appeared on NBC-TV's Late Night With Seth Meyers Monday (10/27) – like the fact that Paisley and Meyers are fishing buddies. Hear what happened on a recent river trip to East Tennessee and see Underwood explain how her singing hologram at Paisley's concerts is upsetting radio folks here. |
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Vince Gill will be honored as BMI Icon at the 2014 BMI Country Awards Nov. 4 in Nashville. The night will include an all-star musical tribute to Gill. -
Hunter Hayes will perform a free concert in downtown Nashville Nov. 3 as part of his involvement with the USO's Every Moment Counts campaign. Hayes' label mates and current opening act Dan + Shay will join him, with more guests TBA. More info here. -
Keith Urban will perform live from Nashville on ABC-TV's Good Morning America Nov. 5 and Miranda Lambert will also make an appearance to promote The 48th Annual CMA Awards airing that night on ABC at 8pm ET. -
Tyler Farr will kick off the ACM Lifting Lives Club Shows at Joe's Bar in Chicago Jan. 9 and The Rave in Milwaukee, WI Jan. 10. Additional clubs and artists will be revealed in the coming months. Fans attending the shows could win a trip to the April 19 50th Annual ACM Awards. More info here. Birthdays Friday (10/31): Darryl Worley, Kinky Friedman, the late Dale Evans. Saturday (11/1): Big Kenny Alphin, Bill Anderson, Lyle Lovett, Dale Wallace (Emerson Drive). Sunday (11/2): J.D. Souther, k.d. lang, the late Charlie Walker.
On TV Friday (10/31): Whitney Duncan, The Amazing Race (CBS). Sunday (11/2): Kix Brooks, Steak Out With Kix Brooks (COOKING). Monday (11/3): Blake Shelton, The Voice (NBC).
Upcoming Album Releases Nov. 4 Ronnie Milsap The RCA Albums Collection John Denver All Of My Memories: The John Denver Collection Various Artists with The Doobie Brothers Southbound Maddie & Tae Self-Titled Nov. 11 Garth Brooks Man Against Machine Jeff Bates Me And Conway Nov. 17 Trisha Yearwood PrizeFighter: Hit After Hit Sara Evans At Christmas
Nov. 24 Tim Rushlow & His Big Band Classic Christmas
Dec. 2 Sundy Best Salvation City
Dec. 9 Carrie Underwood Greatest Hits Decade #1 |
 » Real Men Wear Pink: l-r: Rascal Flatts' Jay DeMarcus, Joe Don Rooney and Gary LeVox flipped the switch on the Grand Ole Opry's signature barn backdrop Oct. 28, turning it pink for the night as artists performed in support of breast cancer awareness. |
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