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George Strait Announces 2013 Concert Tour Dates!

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King George is hittin’ the road again! We’ve got your scoop on the schedule for the 2013 George Strait tour! Updated with tour dates! Well George Strait fans, we’ve known it was coming for a while now, and the day is finally here! On September 4th, Team Strait posted the following on the official GS facebook account: From Team Strait: Hey George Strait Fans! It is time to get excited about the 2013 George Strait Tour. George will be holding a press conference in late September and will be announcing his tour dates for next year. Rumor has it that other major announcements may be made as well. Stay tuned for further updates. And now there’s a press conference scheduled for today at 12:35pm Central with a big announcement. We know the tour will be covered, but the big mystery is around what the other announcement will be. George has always had amazing tour partners so perhaps it’s another powerhouse pairing? Other fans are guessing that it’s a retirement, but for the sake of the rest of us who live to see George on tour I’m hoping that’s not the case! Either way, the minute the press conference starts we will be updating this post as well as live-sharing the news on Twitter (@CountryMusicNB) and on FaceBook (Facebook.com/MyCountryMusic). OFFICIAL GEORGE STRAIT TOUR DATES: Concert Date – Venue – City,State – Tickets Onsale 1/18/13 – United Spirit Arena – Lubbock, TX – Onsale 10/12/2012 1/19/13 – Chesapeake Energy Arena – Oklahoma City, OK – Onsale 10/12/2012 1/25/13 – Idaho Center – Boise, ID – Onsale 10/12/2012 1/26/12 – EnergySolutions Arena – Salt Lake City, UT – Onsale 10/12/2012 1/31/13 – Power Balance Pavilion – Sacramento, CA – Onsale 10/19/2012 2/1/13 – SaveMart Center – Fresno, CA – Onsale 10/12/2012 2/2/13 – MGM Grand – Las Vegas, NV – Onsale TBD 2/15/13 – Xcel Energy Center – St. Paul, MN – Onsale 10/12/2012 2/16/13 – Ralph Englested Arena – Grand Forks, ND – Onsale 10/12/2012 2/22/13 – First Niagara Center (formerly HSBC Arena) – Buffalo, NY – Onsale 10/12/2012 2/23/13 – XL Center – Hartford, CT – Onsale 10/12/2012 3/1/13 – Thompson-Boling Arena – Knoxville, TX – Onsale 10/19/2012 3/2/13 – Rupp Arena – Lexington, KY – Onsale 10/12/2012 3/22/13 – Bi-Lo Center – Greenville, SC – Onsale 10/12/2012 3/23/13 – Greensboro Coliseum – Greensboro, SC – Onsale 10/12/2012 4/5/13 – The Pit – Albuquerque, NM – Onsale 10/12/2012 4/6/13 – Pan American Center – Las Cruces, NM – Onsale 10/12/2012 4/12/13 – Verizon Arena – Little Rock, AR – Onsale 12/14/2012 4/13/13 – New Orleans Arena – New Orleans, LA – Onsale 10/19/2012 6/1/13 – Alamodome – San Antonio, TX – Onsale 3/9/2013 Watch with us on George’s official page!

Loretta Lynn’s 50th Grand Ole Opry Celebration

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Loretta Lynn Celebrates Her 50th Opry Anniversary! As the Grand Ole Opry prepares to celebrate the 50th Opry Anniversary of country icon Loretta Lynn with a star-packed Opry show featuring Lynn, Miranda Lambert, Pistol Annies, Crystal Gayle, Lee Ann Womack, and more tomorrow night, fans can celebrate Lynn’s golden achievement in the hours leading up to the show online and on the radio. Among the activities planned in honor of the Coal Miner’s Daughter: Twitter: Fans and fellow artists are invited to share their favorite memories of Lynn via Twitter using #Love4Loretta. Favorite tweets will be compiled into special blogs on opry.com and shared at tomorrow night’s show. Loretta on the Radio: Opry flagship station 650 AM-WSM (wsmonline.com) is scheduled to play a Lynn song every hour tomorrow, Tues., Sept. 25, and has invited other country artists to call in throughout the day with their congratulations for the iconic artist. Lynn’s sisters Crystal Gayle and Peggy Sue will visit the 650 AM-WSM studio for a live show in Lynn’s honor 2 – 3 p.m. tomorrow. Tomorrow night’s Opry show can be heard live on 650 AM-WSM, opry.com, wsmonline.com, and free apps available from both the Opry and 650 AM WSM. Press Conference Stream: opry.com will stream a press conference featuring Lynn and other artists on tomorrow night’s show live from backstage at the Opry House at 6:30 p.m. Enter To Win the Fine Print: Tomorrow only, fans can visit opry.com to enter to win a Loretta Lynn 50th Opry Anniversary Hatch Show Print to be signed tomorrow evening by the guest of honor. Be sure to watch and/or listen!

CMA Fest Countrys Night to Rock Airs TONIGHT

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Tune In To ABC Tonight for CMA Fest: Country’s Night to Rock! Its that time of year again! The summer is over, and with it the country music festival scene is winding down for the season. BUT, that doesn’t mean we can’t take an evening to look back at the awesome times we had during those warm summer nights! Tonight, the Country Music Association will air its annual recap of the 2012 CMA Fest (previously Fan Fair) in their network broadcast, CMA Fest: Country’s Night to Rock. You can relive the performances you loved, or if you missed the Nashville based festival, experience them for the first time! The show is hosted by Kimberly Perry and Luke Bryan and will feature other country music stars like Carrie Underwood, Zac Brown Band, Miranda Lambert, Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley, Hunter Hayes, Alan Jackson, Martina McBride, Faith Hill, Brad Paisley, and many, many more of your favorites! So, be sure to tune into ABC tonight at 8/7c, and enjoy some awesome country music performances! Between now and tonight, check out this 2012 CMA Fest Highlights Reel!

Due West Makes Grand Ole Opry Debut

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Due West Will Make Their Grand Ole Opry Debut Tonight! Black River Entertainment recording artist Due West is scheduled to debut on the Grand Ole Opry today, September 7 at 7pm CDT. The vocal trio’s new single, “Things You Can’t Do In A Car,” is at radio now and has sold nearly 20,000 units since its May 15 release. Produced by Garth Fundis and written by Due West’s own Brad Hull, “Things You Can’t Do In A Car” is the lead single from the upcoming release, due early 2013 on Black River Entertainment. Music lovers can view the “Things You Can’t Do In A Car” acoustic video, lyric video, as well as purchase the track on iTunes. Beginning today, Due West fans can enter to win front row seats and a meet-and-greet with the band at their debut via the Grand Ole Opry by clicking HERE. For more information or to purchase tickets please visit, www.opry.com or call 800-SEE-OPRY (800-733-6779 toll-free). Watch the acoustic video for “Things You Can’t Do In A Car” now!

Randy Rogers Band At George’s Majestic Lounge

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The Randy Rogers Band Did NOT Disappoint On Dickson! Last night, August 30th, the Randy Rogers Band gave Fayetteville, AR one heck of a show! They played at the legendary George’s Majestic Lounge to a packed house. The show added the cherry to the already exciting week for the college town, with the first Razorback game of the season Saturday and a 3 day weekend! RRB’s latest single, “One More Sad Song,” hit iTunes earlier this week and lucky for this crowd, they got to hear it live! The band also played “Flash Flood” from their upcoming album and “Goodbye Lonely,” which will be track #1 on the new album set to release in early 2013. The new stuff was great, but one of the best things to see at any show is true fans, singing along word-for-word, with every song! “Too Late for Goodbye,” “Wicked Ways,” “Steal You Away,” “Lost and Found,” “Down and Out,” “Interstate” and “Kiss Me In The Dark” had this bunch of concert-goers doing exactly that! I am pretty partial to “Buy Myself A Chance,” so that is always the highlight of RRB’s show for me! But, one thing that I did notice after stepping back and just watching the give and take of the band with the audience (that I’ve never picked up on before) is how much these guys can command a crowd’s attention. There wasn’t much chatter between groups, no girls crying…just a bunch of smiling, dancing, singing, straight-ahead-looking fans! The show ended with “This Time Around,” and left everyone wanting more! RRB has a busy weekend ahead with shows in Thackerville, OK tonight, Corpus Christi, TX Saturday and New Braunfels, TX Sunday! If you are anywhere near any of those locations, do yourself a favor and catch their show! Check out photos from the show!

Miranda Lambert at Taste of Country Fest

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Miranda Lambert Heads to Fayetteville, AR for Taste of Country Festival! Miranda Lambert is headed to our neck of the woods…that is Fayetteville, Arkansas…for the 1st Annual Taste of Country Festival, and we couldn’t possibly be anymore excited!! The news of the Friday, August 17th concert broke just a couple months ago, and since then more and more details have piled on. In a small amount of time we went from an awesome concert to a full blown Walton Arts Center hosted festival that in addition to Lambert will also include The Pistol Annies, Randy Houser, Chris Knight, Adam Hood and Amanda Cramer! You better believe that CMNB’s MissMolly and HaleighT will be there front and center! Get complete details below, and plan on being there too! 1st Annual Taste of Country Festival, Complete Details! Venue: Arkansas Music Pavilion at the Washington Country Fairgrounds 2536 N McConnel Ave, Fayetteville, AR 72703 Time: Gates open at 5pm/Music starts at 6pm The Stages: Main Stage: Uncovered, festival seating (no chairs provided) (Performances: Miranda Lambert with The Pistol Annies and Randy Houser) AMP Stage: Covered, seats are available (Performances: Chris Knight, Adam Hood and Amanda Cramer) Additional seat info: All seats are general admission. Lawn chairs, blankets, and umbrellas are allowed into the venue. Food and Beverage: There are concessions for sale (Added bonus: there is an ATM onsite.) Buy tickets now! Can’t make it? Don’t worry! We’ll be sure to post a thorough review just for you! Stay tuned to Twitter and Facebook for live photos, video and coverage!

Cadillac Black Join Dierks Bentley Tour

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Cadillac Black Jumps On Board Dierks Bentley’s August Tour. Cadillac Black has officially announced that they will be joining Dierks Bentley‘s Back To College Tour this August. The dates include visits to The University of Georgia on August 20th, The University of South Carolina on August 21st, and The University of Mississippi on August 22nd. This isn’t the first run-in the group has had with Dierks. They have been tapped to open for him in the past, and lead vocalist Jaren Johnston just completed producing Bentley’s Country & Cold Cans EP which will release on August 21st. “I’m so excited to have had the chance to produce the EP. Dierks and his band have such a great vibe and play so well together. Dierks asked me if we could get some of that ‘dirt’ we put on our music and I said, ‘well, hell yeah!’ I’m super stoked on how it turned out and I think country music fans are in for a treat.” – Jaren Johnston Cadillac Black most recently toured with Eric Church on his Blood, Sweat & Beers tour. Current Dierks Bentley Tour Dates and Tickets

Tim McGraw and Faith Hill Vegas Soul 2 Soul

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Country music powercouple Tim McGraw and Faith Hill announce a limited engagement concert series at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas Nevada where they will showcase their blockbuster Soul II Soul show. Tim and Faith are set to begin the limited run on December 7th, and only play on weekends to better work around their daughters’ school schedules, finishing in April. “This will be a moment in time in our careers,” McGraw, 45, said Tuesday of the Soul2Soul series, which will feature 40 shows in an intimate 1,800-seat theater through April 2013. “We will be parachuting in and out of the city,” Hill, 44, says. “Our children are pretty thrilled for us though.” No word yet on whether this double-decker of a headliner show will hit the road come summer, but if I had to guess, my answer would be a resounding yes!

Zac Brown Band Southern Ground Festival 2012

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Zac Brown Band Southern Ground Festival 2021 Line-Up and Details! Zac Brown Band‘s highly anticipated Southern Ground Music & Food Festival is quickly approaching and we’ve got all the details for ya! First and foremost, the festival(s) will be taking place in two rounds, the first in Nashville, TN September 21st-22nd and the second in Charleston, South Carolina October 20th-21st. Next, its also important that you know just how awesome the performance line-up is going to be…so here it is. Southern Ground Music & Food Festival – Nashville,TN Zac Brown Band & Friends Super Set w/ special guest performances by Gregg Allman and more Amos Lee Michael Franti & Spearhead Jerry Douglas David Gray Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros The Lumineers Los Lonely Boys John Driskell Hopkins & Brighter Shade The James Arthur Band Coy Bowles & The Fellowship And Southern Ground Artists Blackberry Smoke Nic Cowan Dugas Sonia Leigh Levi Lowrey The Wheeler Boys Southern Ground Music & Food Festival – Charleston, SC Nightly performances by ZBB The Avett Brothers Grace Potter & the Nocturnals The Charlie Daniels Band Michael Franti & Spearhead The Wailers Jerry Douglas Los Lonely Boys JJ Grey & Mofro Clay Cook Coy Bowles & The Fellowship The James Arthur Band John Driskell Hopkins & Balsam Range And Southern Ground Artists Blackberry Smoke Nic Cowan Dugas Sonia Leigh Levi Lowrey The Wheeler Boys The Wood Brother Besides where, when and who is playing, you also need to know all about the food that is going to be available! During the fest, you’ll have access to food from some of the world’s best chefs. What I think is more exciting though is that “Cookie” will be there…”Cookie” being Zac Brown Band’s tractor trailer sized mobile kitchen! Find ticket info below, and keep in mind if you really want to go all out…you can purchase VIP tickets that will grant you access to customized “Front Porch Stage Boxes” that feature on stage seating, a four course gourmet meal, and complimentary beverages. I have to say, Zac Brown really knows how to throw a party…what could be better than great live music, food and fun?

Garth Brooks Supports Teachers Rock

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Garth Brooks Added to “Teachers Rock” Concert! Garth Brooks has been added to a long list of celebrities from musicians to actors who will participate in the “Teachers Rock” concert co-sponsored by Walmart and set to air on CBS. Brooks joins other country singers, Carrie Underwood and Dierks Bentley in the evenings line-up. The concert is intended to highlight and honor teachers across America in their educational efforts. Besides the country music guests, the event will include personal reflections by celebs from pop to rock music, like Adam Levine, Usher and Jack Black and to Hollywood stars like Jennifer Garner and Morgan Freeman…because teachers impact everyone! Additionally, the benefit concert will feature scenes from Walden Media’s upcoming motion picture “Won’t Back Down,” starring Academy Award nominees Viola Davis and Maggie Gyllenhaal. The two actresses portray two determined mothers, one a teacher, who are fighting tirelessly to transform their children’s failing inner-city school. The special will air LIVE right in time for the new school year on Friday, August 17 from the Nokia Theatre in L.A. at 8/7c (8-9 p.m. ET/PT).