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The Band Perry Gets In Holiday Spirit With ABC

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The Band Perry Celebrates The Holiday With An Original Song for ABC. The Band Perry is gaining more and more traction and visibility everyday, and after receiving three wins at the 2011 CMA Awards, it seems they are becoming unstoppable. To add to the growing list of accomplishments, the group recently announced they have penned an original holiday-themed song specifically for ABCFamily. This is in addition to the contribution the group has already made to Justin Bieber’s holiday album. So, clearly, The Band Perry is in the holiday spirit! The song is featured as part of ABCFamily‘s “25 Days of Christmas” holiday campaign, and the group has recorded an music video to accompany the track. A sixty second teaser of the video will be aired on November 20th during ABCFamily’s “Holiday In Handcuffs“. Presumably, it will be available to fans after this point. Tell us, are you a fan of The Band Perry? What do you think about their whopping 3 CMA wins?

Dierks Bentley Home Details

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Details On Dierks Bentley New Album Release. Dierks Bentley has announced that his sixth studio album, Home, will release February 7th, 2012. The album title shares its name with Bentley’s current and popular single. This concept of “home” and its meaning clearly have a special hold on Dierks. “My home is in Nashville with my family, my home is on the road with our fans and my home is definitely in country music…This album is more than a year’s worth of writing, recording and testing out material on the road in front of our hard core fans. The end result is an album that runs through all the types of country songs and sounds I enjoy singing and playing.” -Dierks Bentley Also on this album, you can find his hit track “Am I The Only One“. Dierks will be celebrating the album release with a special performance at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on February 2nd. Tickets will be available for purchase on Friday, November 18th at 10am CT.

Blake Shelton Footloose Live

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Blake Shelton Performs Footloose for CMT Invitation Only. You may have gotten a chance to watch Blake Shelton perform “Footloose” live on the 2011 CMA Awards, but that’s not the only place Shelton has been performing this track! In a recent performance for a much smaller audience, Blake performed his new, hit cover of the classic for CMT’s “Invitation Only“ on Monday, November 14th. The song is quite catchy in its original format, but I have to say, Shelton gives a certain spice to the song you simply will not find in the classic version. So, if you haven’t had a chance yet, check out Blake’s version of “Footloose“, and see if it makes you want to get up and shake it! Watch Shelton’s CMT Invitation Only Performance of “Footloose“ Footloose (From Invitation Only) – Blake Shelton – Blake Shelton Videos Also, check out the Official Music Video for Shelton’s version of “Footloose“! Footloose – Blake Shelton – Blake Shelton Videos

Sunny Sweeney Marries

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Sunny Sweeney Marries on 11/11/11 Sunny Sweeney has followed up the success of her album release, Concrete, earlier this year and a summer tour with Brad Paisley and Lady Antebellum with a personal success…marriage! The country songstress and her long-time beau, Jeff Hellmer, chose the significant date, 11/11/11, to commit themselves to each other! The two wedded at A Little White Chapel in Las Vegas with a small group of loved ones in attendence. Each composed their own vows, Hellmer’s being comprised entirely of country lyrics! Congrats to both Sunny and Jeff in this happy development!

Cross Canadian Ragweed’s Box of Weed

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Cross Canadian Ragweed Release Box Set, Box of Weed! Red dirt pioneers and Texas rockers, Cross Canadian Ragweed, have announced the release of their first ever box set humorously titled, Box of Weed. The band celebrated their 15th anniversary in 2010, and shortly after announced they would be taking a break with no definite intentions of getting back together. This box set, which features five CDs (Cross Canadian Ragweed (also known as the ‘purple’ album), Soul Gravy, Garage, Mission California and Happiness And All The Other Things) and a DVD of the group’s live performance at Tulsa’s Cain’s Ballroom (Back To Tulsa: Live And Loud At Cain’s Ballroom) will offer a little something to those fans who were sorry to see them disband. The box set is available as of Tuesday, November 15th.

The Waylon Fund Fights Diabetes

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Namesake Fund of Waylon Jennings Wages Battle Against Diabetes. In 2002, country music legend Waylon Jennings, passed away at the age of 64 due to complications of diabetes. Now his wife and son, Jessi Colter and Shooter Jennings, are teaming up with Phoenix-based Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) on a charitable initiative to help further research and bring an end to the struggle with diabetes. “I am honored to put Waylon’s name behind TGen’s diabetes research efforts. I have met the researchers and am confident that donations in Waylon’s memory are an investment that will lead to better ways of preventing and detecting the disease.”-Jessi Colter The Waylon Fund is intended to support state-of-the-art research into the genetic and genomic origins of diabetes. The goal of this research is to produce more effective treatments and improve the quality of life of diabetes patients. The TGen foundation is thankful to Jessi and Shooter for allowing the name of their beloved husband and father for use through the foundations initiative. “TGen is extremely grateful to the family of Waylon Jennings, who have so generously allowed his name to be the inspirational centerpiece of this promising new research effort.”-TGen Foundation President Michael Bassoff. Within the country music industry, support is already being given to The Waylon Foundation. Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI), Ernest Tubb Record Shops, and Music News Nashville have already joined forces with the cause. You can also get involved! To learn more about The Waylon Fund click here.

Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw Tour 2012!

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Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw have announced that they will launch the “Brothers of the Sun” tour! Minds are being blown this morning as Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney confirm on Good Morning America that they will be joining forces for a 2012 concert tour! “Tim and I have been great friends since we first toured together, and I can’t wait to get back on the road with him,” Chesney said. “He’s one of my closest friends in music and in life, and I know this tour is going to be something special.” “Our friendship was forged on the road, so it’s going to be a blast heading out with Kenny again,” said McGraw. “We’ll be having as much fun on stage as the fans will be having in the audience.” This will mark the first time on 10 years the two country stars have toured together and is sure to be a sellout at all 19 stadium stops. Special guests Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, and Jake Owen will join them for different stops on the road. ‘Brothers of the Sun’ Tour 2012: Sat. June 2 – Tampa, FL – Raymond James Stadium Sun. June 3 – Atlanta, GA – Georgia Dome Sat. June 9 – Dallas, TX – Cowboys Stadium Sun. June 10 – Kansas City, MO – Arrowhead Stadium Sat. June 16 – Philadelphia, PA – Lincoln Financial Field Sat. June 23 – Nashville, TN – LP Field Sun. June 24 – Charlotte, NC – Bank of America Stadium Sat. June 30 – Pittsburgh, PA – Heinz Field Sun. July 1 – Cincinnati, OH – Paul Brown Stadium Sat. July 7 – Chicago, IL – Soldier Field Sun. July 8 – Minneapolis, MN – Target Field Sat. July 14 – Anaheim, CA – Angels Stadium Sat. July 21 – Denver, CO – Sports Authority Field at Mile High TBA – Indianapolis, IN – Lucas Oil Stadium TBA – Cleveland, OH – Cleveland Browns Stadium Sat. August 11 – East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium Sun. August 12 – Washington, DC – FedExField Sat. August 18 – Detroit, MI – Ford Field Sat. August 25 – Foxboro, MA – Gillette Stadium

Brad Paisley Diary of a Player

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HaleighT Discusses Brad Paisley’s New Book and Other Country Authors! In episode 9 of “Takin’ a Break with HaleighT“, the spotlight is focused on those special artists who have stretched their talents beyond singin’ and performin’. HaleighT is talking about Brad Paisley, Jimmy Wayne and other country artists who have turned author! Watch this week’s episode below and tell us what you think! Are you into the idea of country artists writing more than songs or not? Watch Ep 9 of “Takin’ a Break with HaleighT” [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g81Y9R-okRc]

2011 CMA Awards Winners

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Complete List of Award Recipients for 45th Annual CMA Awards ! The 2011 45th Annual Country Music Association Awards have come and gone. It was a pretty great night overall. Maybe there was just a little too much sparkle (for example, several sequin blazers from a variety of male performers or Luke Bryan‘s rhinestone studded jeans…), but there were some really strong performances, two great hosts (Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood proved to be a great comedic team…again), and a really amazing tribute to Glen Campbell by Brad Paisley, Vince Gill and Keith Urban. My favorite part might be that both Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton won in their categories (Female and Male vocalist) for the second year in a row! It really has been a great year for them! If you didn’t have the chance to watch it with us live, you can find the complete list of the winners below (to see a complete list of all the nominees, click here). Check it out, and see if you agree with who walked away with a CMA Award this year! Let us know what you think, and comment below. Congratulations to all the winners, and to the nominees as well! 2011 45th Annual CMA Awards Winners Entertainer of the Year Taylor Swift Male Artist of the Year Blake Shelton Female Artist of the Year Miranda Lambert Vocal Duo of the Year Sugarland Vocal Group of the Year Lady Antebellum New Artist of the Year The Band Perry Album of the Year My Kinda Party, Jason Aldean Single of the Year “If I Die Young“, The Band Perry Song of the Year “If I Die Young“, The Band Perry Musical Event of the Year Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson “Don’t You Wanna Stay” Music Video of the Year “You and Tequila” Kenny Chesney featuring Grace Potter Musician of the Year Mac McAnally – Guitar

People’s Choice Awards Country Final Nominees

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Final Nominees for 2012 People’s Choice Awards Show Love for Country Artists! The final nominees for the 2012 People’s Choice Awards have been announced, and country music artists are well represented! This is a multi-genre, fan voted awards show, and country artists are in the running against each other and artists from other genres as well! Over 40 million people voted in the initial round of nominations, and voting on these final nominations will be open until Tuesday, December 6th. For a complete list of country nominees, see below! You can click here to vote, and make the country voice heard!! The People’s Choice Awards will broadcast live from the Nokia Theater in LA on Wednesday, January 11th at 9pm ET on CBS. Country Nominations for the 2012 People’s Choice Awards “Favorite Male Artist” Blake Shelton Bruno Mars Eminem Enrique Iglesias Justin Bieber “Favorite Female Artist” Taylor Swift Adele Beyonce Katy Perry Lady gaga “Favorite Album Of The Year” “Own The Night” Lady Antebellum “21” Adele “4” Beyonce “Born This Way” Lady Gaga “Femme Fatale” Britney Spears “Favorite Country Artist” Blake Shelton Keith Urban Lady Antebellum Rascal Flatts Taylor Swift “Favorite Tour Headliner” Taylor Swift Bon Jovi Katy Perry U2 Usher