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About Shauna "WhiskeyChick" Castorena

Shauna "WhiskeyChick" Castorena is a freelance writer for both Country Music News and Country Music On Tour. Want to collab on some content? Email me. Want my rates for commercial promo work? Get them right here.

Official 2014 CMAFest LineUp and Schedule!

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Nashville’s BIGGEST festival is coming back THIS June 5th-8th and it looks like it’s going to be one heck of a party. The CMA team has released the official CMAFest Schedule with a complete daily performer lineup, and we’ve got all your details right here on CountryMusicNewsBlog.com! CMAFest lineup in LP Field*: Thursday June 5, 2014 Brantley Gilbert Dierks Bentley Luke Bryan Rascal Flatts Tim McGraw Friday June 6, 2014 Blake Shelton Eric Church Jason Aldean Miranda Lambert The Band Perry Saturday June 7, 2014 Chris Young Darius Rucker Florida Georgia Line Keith Urban Little Big Town Sunday June 8, 2014 Brad Paisley Hunter Hayes Lady Antebellum Thomas Rhett Zac Brown Band *Performers are listed alphabetically. Stage times have not been released.

Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood Moving to Nashville

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In an interview with CMT Trisha Yearwood recently revealed that she and superstar husband Garth Brooks are planning to move away from Oklahoma and back to Nashville, TN. This comes on the heel of Brooks’ youngest daughter finishing high school and moving off to college in the fall. The empty nesters are gradually getting back into the music scene after taking things relatively easy in the last decade. “I have loved living in Oklahoma,” CMT.com reports Yearwood said. “It’s been a great place to raise our girls, and the thing I’ll miss the most is that I’ve made some of the best friends I’ll ever have. But we’ll always be best friends. “Garth and I have always sort of been gypsies. If you do this for a living, home for us is really just where we are together,” Yearwood told the website. “…There’s an energy about Nashville that I love and I miss. And it’s so awesome right now. It has a new energy that’s so cool. And it makes sense because it’s been a bit of a challenge to not live there and to have to fly in and out for work.”

Blake Shelton 2014 Tour Schedule!

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Blake Shelton has FINALLY announced his 2014 Ten Times Crazier Tour dates! “I cannot wait to get back out on the road,” Shelton said. “I had so much fun playing songs from Based on a True Story, and getting to see the crowd’s reaction to those songs was unforgettable. It is one of the most validating things for an artist like me to have people sing along to your songs. … It means what I’m doing is right, and no matter what I’m doing, whether it is The Voice or a TV special, absolutely nothing compares to playing live for me.” The Band Perry, Neal McCoy and Dan + Shay will also appear on the tour. Shelton will donate $1 from each ticket sold to ACM Lifting Lives, the organization’s charitable program. Blake Shelton’s Ten Times Crazier Tour 2014 Dates:

Luke Bryan 2014 Tour Announcement: That’s My Kind of Night 2014

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In the smash and grab of everyone trying to push their concert dates out before Garth Brooks has a chance to, Luke Bryan is the latest to release a full tour announcement for 2014. Luke will be continuing his “That’s My Kind Of Night” tour through the spring and summer this year, along with special guests Lee Brice and Cole Swindell. The big change this year is that they will be doing double-night stops in select cities! That means Luke will play 2 nights in a row in some cities!

Tim McGraw Announces 2014 Tour: Sundown Heaven Town!

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Hot off the press! Tim McGraw has just announced the details to his 2014 concert tour titled “Sundown Heaven Town“! Fresh off the release of his new single “Lookin for that Girl“, Tim McGraw has given fans the full nitty gritty on his plans for a spring and summer tour, including 30 cities across America as part of Live Nation’s “Megaticket”. There’s no word yet on who will join him on this run of tour dates, but we expect some heavy hitters. Of course this tour will work itself around his already-scheduled dates with country superstar wife, Faith Hill, in Las Vegas. We’ll be updating the tour dates as soon as we get them so check back often! SUNDOWN HEAVEN TOWN 2014 Tour Stops

Hee Haw the Musical is Hitting Broadway Next Spring!

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In the most surprising news of the weekend, us pickers and grinners will finally have a great reason to head to New York City! Word just got out that you will soon get to see the classic country television show Hee Haw the Musical on Broadway! Rather than the variety music and sketch comedy we’re used to, it will focus on the story of one particular pair of Hee Haw characters, a wiley sexpot from Kornfield Kounty and her boyfriend whose wedding gets put on hold when she decides she wants to see the world first. The show is being put together by Steve Buchanan, head of Opry Entertainment, with a script by Robert Horn and music by Shane McAnally and Brandy Clark. Many of the original characters made famous from the TV show appear in the musical, including Grandpa Jones, Misty Rowe, Lulu Roman (love her!) and Junior Samples.

CMNB Welcomes You to 2014

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It’s been a long holiday break here at the CMNB headquarters, but we’re happy to be back behind the newsdesk! There’s been a few changes in staff as our writers have graduated on to bigger and better things. We’ll keep you posted on where MissMolly and HaleighT turn up, but in the meantime, you’ve still got me, the ole’ WhiskeyChick. We are currently accepting guest posts and albums for review, and we’re looking forward to one heck of a concert tour season in 2014 to cover for you!   Rumor has it Garth Brooks will be hitting the road with wife, Trisha Yearwood. George Strait will be making his last big go-round on the Cowboy Rides Away tour, and who knows who’s going to fill the big man’s spot in the arenas next? Perhaps Jason Aldean? Luke Bryan? Brad Paisley? And when will Kenny Chesney and Keith Urban take the stage next? Of course, let’s not leave out the ladies either… Taylor, Martina, Carrie, Miranda, Kacey and more are already prepping their 2014 concert tour season as well! Of course, as always, we’ll keep you posted as we get the news. Until then, let’s brave out the rest of this harsh winter together and keep our country rockin! Cheers! ~WC~

Tim and Faith on Tour?

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It has just been confirmed that Tim McGraw will join musical icon and 2013 CMA Entertainer of the Year, George Strait, on the May 31, 2014 date of Strait’s The Cowboy Rides Away Tour, with a special appearance by Faith Hill. McGrawFAN, Tim McGraw’s official Fan Club is the place to get pre-sale tickets before they go on sale to the general public. Tickets go on sale this week for this once in a lifetime event this Wednesday, November 20 at 10:00 AM local venue time.

Garth Brooks Covers – Box Set Coming November 19th

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That Garth Brooks sure has been making a lot of noise in the press lately! In the latest news from The Music Universe Garth Brooks is is releasing a four-disc box set of the music that shaped him. Brooks revealed the new project at the tail end of a GAC special Saturday. Called Blame It All on My Roots: Five Decades of Influences, the set will separate those influences into stylistically themed discs titled Country Classics, Classic Rock, Blue-Eyed Soul and Melting Pot, according to The Music Universe. The set will include covers of Jerry Lee Lewis’ Great Balls of Fire and Marvin Gaye’s I Heard It Through the Grapevine, Cat Stevens’ Wild World and Simon & Garfunkel’s Mrs. Robinson, along with songs made famous by James Taylor, Gladys Knight. Brooks’ wife, Trisha Yearwood, will appear on the project and duet with him on a remake of Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn’s 1971 hit After the Fire Is Gone. The collection will be available exclusively through Walmart beginning Nov. 19, and this news comes right on the heels of the announcement that there officially will be a Garth Brooks Tour in 2014.