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BamaJam 2012 Complete Line Up and Details

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Get All The Info You Need For BamaJam 2012! BamaJam 2012 kicks off in just a couple of days…on Thursday, June 14th at 12pm to be exact, and its time for everyone to get their ducks in a row! To help all you concert goers out, we’ve got the complete line-up and all other details you need to prep! More than just an awesome schedule jam packed with hot country and southern rock artists, this year’s 3 day festival is offering everything from camping to golf to a water park! Now, it’ll be difficult to find accommodations near or around Enterprise, AL where BamaJam Farms is located, but there is still a chance that you could make arrangements for camping on site either in your RV or in the more traditional sense with a tent and a sleeping bag! Also, its probably gonna be pretty hot, but you can beat the heat with in between concerts at the newly finished water park right on the grounds! If water parks aren’t your thing though you can bring your golf clubs and get in a couple rounds or exploring ATV trails. Event organizers are making sure that there is something for everyone. There are still tickets available, but I wouldn’t wait too much longer to make your plans for this festival! Check out the line-up below and get ready! BamaJam 2012 Complete Line-Up! Thursday, June 14th Buffalo Clover Martin McDaniel Lance Stinson David Kroll Conner Christian and Southern Gothic Joanna Smith John Nemeth The Lost Trailers Bill Gentry THE FARM Tyler Reeve Dustin Lynch Herrrick The Outlaws Third Day Darryl Worley Willie Nelson Eric Church Tim McGraw Honey Island Swamp Band Aerias Friday, June 15 Tyler Denning Band Wheeler Boys Albert Castiglia Dugas Lyndsey Highlander Aaron Parker Striking Matches Sonia Leigh Badfinger The Wood Brothers Casey James Stryper with Michael Sweet and John Elefante Ronnie Milsap NEEDTOBREATHE Alan Jackson Zac Brown Band Badfinger Tyler Denning Band Saturday, June 16 Downside Up Greg Bates Bridge to Grace Jaida Dreyer Moreland & Arbuckle Tyler farr Mockingbyrd Big Smo Rosehill Drake White Breaking Laces Randy Montana Yelawolf Uncle Kracker Gov’t Mule Jamey Johnson Sheryl Crow Kid Rock Drake White Mockingbyrd

Maggie Rose Teams Up With Country Weekly

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Maggie Rose Teams Up With Country Weekly To Be Country Throwdown Correspondent. Maggie Rose has signed up to be Country Weekly’s correspondent for the 2012 Country Throwdown Tour. Five installments of behind the scenes footage with Maggie Rose will be featured on the popular magazine’s website bringing fans an inside look of what goes on during the tour. Fans can view the exclusive videos at www.countryweekly.com. “This is my first tour and I am so excited to be out on the road performing and meeting fans. I am thrilled to show everyone how cool this tour is and bring the scoop to Country Weekly readers.” -Rose Previously known as Margaret Durante, the hot new country star now known as Maggie Rose, has shipped her new single, “I Ain’t Your Mama,” to radio. Produced by the legendary James Stroud and written by Judson Spence and Candy Cameron, Maggie Rose delivers powerful vocals with her playful lyrics. You can listen to the single now and learn more about Maggie at www.maggierosemusic.com To view the first behind the scenes “Throwdown” click HERE.

Colt Ford & More At Country Weekly Kick-Off Party

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Colt Ford, LoCash Cowboys And Matt Stillwell Will Perform At The Country Weekly Kick-Off Party Tonight! Country Weekly magazine is celebrating the kick-off to CMA Music Festival with a special benefit concert featuring artists Colt Ford, LoCash Cowboys and Matt Stillwell who will bring their southern fried country music to the stage of the Hard Rock Cafe in downtown Nashville today, June 5. To keep the party rocking, electric cowboy DeeJay silver will spin his signature country music remixes and mash-ups for fans in between performances. All proceeds from the event will go towards Musicians On Call (MOC), Nashville’s ongoing efforts to to bring the healing power of music to the bedsides of patients in healthcare facilities in Middle Tennessee. Tickets are available now on the MOC website and begin at $15 for General Admission and go up to $350 for a VIP table for four including meet & greet passes. Doors open at 8:00pm with music beginning at 9:00pm. The night promises to bring great country music and rowdy good times. For more information on the event, ticket options and auction items, please visit www.musiciansoncall.org/cwkickoff. A special thanks goes out to Durango and Roper for their continued support.

Dwight Yoakam At Billboard Country Music Summit

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Dwight Yoakam Featured At 3rd Annual Billboard Country Music Summit! As we all know this week is the week of the Country Music Association’s CMA Music Festival in Nashville, TN! Fans will be pouring in from far and wide to participate in the June 7-10 festival, hearing some of the best country music, hanging out with other country music fans and experiencing all Nashville has to offer! While the focus of the next few days really is on the fans, this is also a chance for individual’s on the business side of things in the industry to get together as well. For the past couple years, this has come together as the Billboard Country Music Summit, and now in its 3rd year, it just keeps getting better and more relevant. It takes place on June 4-5, right before CMA Fest kicks off, and the event will gather today’s top players in country music to network and discuss all aspects of the country music business. To get this conversation started, event organizers look to the folks who’ve got experience in the country music world! So it should come as no surprise that this year’s summit will be featuring Dwight Yoakam! Dwight will participate in a Superstar Q&A and will be joining country music legend Willie Nelson and rising star Luke Bryan at the two-day conference. It’s gonna be a heck of a week and Nashville is kicking it off right with Billboard’s Country Music Summit! Find more info on their official page.

Miranda Lambert Headlines Taste of Country Festival

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Miranda Lambert Headlines First Ever Taste of Country Festival at The Amp in Fayetteville, AR! The Amp in Fayetteville, AR has been featuring a lot of hot country talent recently from Hank Williams Jr. to Luke Byran, and it looks like they’ve officially caught the country fever. Venue organizers have just announced the first ever Taste of Country Festival on Friday, August 17! There are few details so far, but what we can tell you…Miranda Lambert will be headlining the event! Who’s excited? Stay tuned for details as they’re announced! Find out more about The Amp and The Walton Arts Center!

Lady Antebellum Australia Tour

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Lady Antebellum Announces Australia Tour Dates. Lady Antebellum has announced that the final leg of their “Own The Night 2012 World Tour” will be in Australia this September. Tickets will go on sale at 9am on Friday, June 15. Pre-sale tickets will begin Tuesday, June 12. “We’ve been anxiously wanting to announce that we’re going back to Australia! We were over there a little bit over a year ago with Keith Urban, and it was honestly one of the best experiences of our performing career.” -Dave Haywood, Lady Antebellum

Eric Church Adds Dates To Blood, Sweat and Beers

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Eric Church Adds To List of Dates for Blood, Sweat and Beers Tour! Eric Church‘s first ever arena headlining tour The Blood, Sweat & Beets Tour, which kicked off in January, isn’t even over yet, and its safe to say that it has already been a huge success! He sold-out over 25 dates, and fans everywhere have been singing his praises, CMNB included! His team has just announced that he will be adding additional dates to the fall leg of his tour that will include special guests Justin Moore and Kip Moore! So if you haven’t had the chance to see Church live, you’ve got another handful of opportunities to do that, just see the list below. Besides giving fans a great concert full of great music, Eric has also tied up ticket purchases with charity. When concert-goers buy their tickets they can donate part of the price to their own favorite charity or donate to Church’s partner cause, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. That’s a win/win situation, go to a great concert and help people in need! If you want to hear more about the Blood, Sweat and Beers Tour, check out HaleighT’s review of the kick-off show!

Johnny Cash Music Festival Line-Up

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Second Annual Johnny Cash Music Festival announces Line-Up! The second annual Johnny Cash Music Festival has announced its official line-up, and it will include Willie Nelson, Dierks Bentley, The Civil Wars and Rosanne Cash! The music fest takes place on October 5th in Jonesboro, Arkansas, and proceeds go to fund the restoration of Cash’s boyhood home in Dyess, Arkansas. Tickets will be available starting Friday, May 25th and run from $37.50 up to $150. Those willing to spring for the higher ticket price will get access to a meet and greet with the artists before the concert.

2012 CMA Fest Accoustic Line-Up

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2012 CMA Fest Announces Accoustic Performances! We all know that the 2012 Country Music Association Music Festivalin Nashville, TN is going to be one hell of ride, and event organizers have announced a line-up of accoustic performances that are sure to just add even more fun! These performances will take place at LP Field starting Thursday, June 7th and running through Sunday, June 10th, and they include current favorites like Lauren Alaina, Kip Moore, Kellie Pickler, Love and Theft and more (see below for complete details)! Complete 2012 CMA Fest Accoustic Line-Up June 7th Kellie Pickler and Lauren Alaina JUNE 8th Randy Houser and Gwen Sebastian JUNE 9th Love and Theft and Kip Moore JUNE 10th Bill Anderson and Steel Magnolia

Salute The Troops Red Carpet Parade

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Country Music Fans Invited To Help Welcome Home Soldiers At Red Carpet Event! Most red carpet arrivals feature tuxes, sequined gowns and world-famous celebrities. The red carpet leading to the Grand Ole Opry House next Tuesday is set to feature soldiers’ uniforms and American heroes. Country music fans from Nashville and across the country are invited to say “thank you” to the men and women of the U.S. military during a red carpet arrival of members of the Tennessee National Guard at the Tuesday Night Opry May 22. The public is invited to be a part of the arrival and celebration at 6:00 pm. The evening’s Opry performances – a salute to the military featuring John Conlee, Ronnie Milsap, Montgomery Gentry, Kellie Pickler, Rascal Flatts, Mark Wills and more – beings at 7:00 pm. “We are excited about welcoming country superstars to our stage and our country’s heroes to our House Tuesday night. We’re just as pleased to give country fans an opportunity to show their appreciation to our men and women in uniform as they arrive at the Opry House.” – Pete Fisher, Opry House Vice President and General Manager Clips from the red carpet arrival and performances from the night will air as the premiere 90-minute episode of “Noteworthy at the Opry” on GAC Saturday, May 26 at 9:00 pm ET.