JaneDear Girls at Kix on Beale

JaneDear Girls Perform in Memphis, TN at Kix on Beale. The JaneDear Girls will be performing tonight, Thursday, July 7th in Memphis, TN. The duo is featured in the annual summer concert series presented by local country radio station KIX106 on the iconic Beale Street. We just want to let ya’ll know that we’re headed out to Memphis right now to check out the country scene in Memphis and catch this great concert! Hopefully, we’ll get to some of you there. If you’re in the Memphis area tonight, get your boots on and get ready to have some fun!

Reba McEntire Announces Tour Dates

Reba Releases Dates for Fall 2011 Tour. Reba McEntire has announced the details for her Fall 2011 All the Woman I Am tour. The tour kicks off September 1st and runs through November 19th and will hit 31 cities total! Reba will be joined on tour by The Band Perry, Steel Magnolia and Eden’s Edge on select dates. See below for complete tour details!

Miranda Lambert Performs on GMA

Miranda Lambert Featured on Good Morning America Concert Series. Listen up, Miranda Lambert fans! Miranda will be performing on Good Morning America Friday, July 8th as part of the morning show’s Summer Concert Series. The concert will be held in Rumsey Playfield in Central Park and admission is free to the general public. If you can’t make it to the show in person, though, just set your DVR! The concert will be presented throughout the show between 7am and 9am (ET). Be sure to check local listings!

American Idol Live Kicks Off

American Idol Tour with Lauren Alaina and Scotty McCreery Kicks Off! The 2011 American Idol Live Tour featuring the Top 11 finalist from this season kicked off Wednesday, July 6th outside Salt Lake City. The tour, of course, will feature Lauren Alaina and Scotty McCreery. As previously reported, both Lauren and Scotty are actively pursing their careers within the country music industry, each having already released a single. All of you who voted Lauren and Scotty to the top, this is your chance to see them perform live for the first time! No doubt we will be seeing a lot of both of them after the tour wraps up on September 10th in Rochester, N.Y.

Taylor Swift Postpones More Shows

Recent Illness Causes Taylor Swift to Delay Performances. Taylor Swift is suffering from a bout a bronchitis, and unfortunately has had to postpone three more concerts as a result. In addition to one previously rescheduled performance in Louisville, KY, Swift, under doctor’s orders, has had to delay three additional shows in Charlotte, N.C. and Atlanta, G.A. Taylor has made the scheduling changes with a heavy heart. “I would never cancel if I thought I was physically able to perform these shows. I am so sorry to the fans, but I look forward to seeing you when we come back through your towns, which we will do.” -Taylor Swift Fans will have the opportunity to attend the concerts at a later date. The Louisville performance originally set for July 2 will be moved to October 11th. The Charlotte, N.C. concert will be moved from July 8th to November 16th. The Atlanta, G.A. concerts on July 9th and 10th will be reschedule for October 1st and 2nd. Taylor will resume her original tour schedule of July 14th in Montreal.

Willie Nelson Country Throwdown Eufaula Oklahoma

Willie Nelson’s Country Throwdown Tour Hits Eufaula Oklahoma For A Party At The Cove! If anyone knows how to throw a party it is Willie Nelson and his friends! This summer that rowdy bunch was Willie, Jamey Johnson, Randy Houser, Jack Ingram, Lee Brice, Brantley Gilbert, Craig Campbell, Lukas Nelson (Willie’s son) & Promise of the Real, Drake White, Caitlyn Smith, Erin Enderlin, Adam Hood, Dani Flowers, Brent Cobb, Tyler Reeve, and Austin Lucas. The 2nd Annual Country Throwdown Tour was little over a month, starting May 28 in Philadelphia and ending tonight, July 4, in Fort Worth. I was lucky enough to get my country fix in Eufaula, Ok on July 2 after an awesome day at the lake! I regret to say I missed a couple performers, I’m very sad about it and have made it my mission to catch them the next chance I get. My only excuse is I was trying to find Willie on the lake! I spent the 4th of July weekend with a lifelong friend and her family on the water. As we were leaving the marina around noon, we got word that Willie was just there, the same dock as us! I tried and I tried to see those braids catching some sun on a boat all afternoon but unfortunately was unsuccessful. Once we made it to the amphitheater I realized we had missed Lee Brice, heartbroken I held my chin up in excitement for the artists I was soon to see. My group caught the tail end of Brantley Gilbert’s show on the side stage as we were walking in and was pleasantly surprised in the very small window of time (I’m talking minutes) until the next performer, Randy Houser, took the main stage. He started off with his hit “Boots On” and never dropped his energy until after his last song “Whistlin’ Dixie“! In between “stage” performer was a group of songwriters from the “Bluebird Cafe Stage“. They were an awesome addition to the day, keeping live music flowing at all times. I really enjoyed Caitlyn Smith’s “Hank Drank” and the good-timing-party-having attitudes of Brent Cobb, Tyler Reeve, and Adam Hood! Jack Ingram, who only toured June 30 through July 3, seemed to have a different look, but the same voice! He had the crowd going with songs like “Love You“, “Barbie Doll“, and “Barefoot And Crazy“. Jamey Johnson was the last performer before Willie and he put on one hell of a show! He was joined on stage a couple different times, once with Lucas Nelson, once with Dani Flowers, and once with three little girls to sing his song “In Color“. Another treat he had for the Oklahoma crowd was his cover of Don Williams’ “Tulsa Time“! Once the legend took the stage all bets were off! Nelson had the cove roaring with excitement as he famously opened with his classic “Whiskey River“. It seemed like he never took a breath, flowing from one song to another, “Mammas Continue reading Willie Nelson Country Throwdown Eufaula Oklahoma

Jo Dee Messina Plays DC for 4th

Jo Dee Messina Set to Perform in DC for the 4th of July. Washington D.C. is going to be alive and happening with all sorts of events and celebrations for July 4th weekend! Country stars are performing in special concerts all over the nation, and Jo Dee Messina will be featured in a performance right in the heart of the capital! Messina will be performing near the Washington Monument on the WAMO Stage between Madison, Ave & Jefferson, Drive. She is scheduled to be on stage at 8:00pm. For those who will be there earlier, the U.S. Navy Band performs at 6:00 p.m. on the Southwest corner of the grounds of the Washington Monument. No word on whether or not these festivities will be broadcast on television or the web at some point, but maybe you will be able to catch them live! If not, there are sure to be celebrations closer to home country fans can participate in to honor our country’s independence.

Wynonna Judd Leads July 4th Concert

Wynonna Judd Headlines Special 4th of July Concert. Wynonna Judd, will be performing at the 29th Annual Independence Day Concert on July 1st in Warner Robins, Georgia. Judd will be joined by host Robin Meade who anchors the CNN Headline News morning show and the U.S. Air Force Reserve Band. This is a free show, and it is intended as a demonstration of thanks by the Air Force Reserve to the 1.1 million deployed service members and their families,as well as the surrounding communities. They wish to show their gratitude for the overwhelming military support shown throughout the mid-Georgia region and across the nation. The concert will start at 8 p.m. with the singing of the National Anthem and an F-15 fighter jet fly over at McConnell-Talbert Stadium and will conclude with a celebratory fireworks show. This performance marks this celebrations 29th year, and it is a hugely popular event expected to draw in up to 30,000 attendees. Although the show is taking place on July 1st, it will be taped and broadcast on the American Forces Network on July 4th.

Eli Young Band Plays for Troops

Eli Young Band Celebrates 4th with Concert for Troops. The Eli Young Band will be kicking off their 4th of July weekend celebrations with a special free concert just for the troops! They will be performing on Thursday, June 30th at the Freedom Crossing in Fort Bliss, TX, and will be honoring the military personnel who are currently stationed there. It isn’t an exclusive celebration, though! The concert will also be open to those not in the military who want to get in on all the patriotic fun! The group will be continuing their July 4th celebrations throughout the weekend with concerts in South Padre Island for the KTEX Freedom Beach Fest at Schlitterbahn and in Riverside, CA, for K-Frog’s Red, White, and Cruise at Auto Club Speedway. Tickets are still available for both of these concerts. Eli Young Band’s current single “Crazy Girl” is still proving successful on the charts and continues to rise. If you haven’t had a chance to check it out yet, you can watch the video for the single below! Crazy Girl – Eli Young Band – Eli Young Band Videos

CMA Music Fest Network Air Date

CMA Music Fest: Country’s Night to Rock 2011 Network Air Date Is Set. Whether or not you had the opportunity to experience CMA Music Festival in person this year, any country fan with access to a television will have the opportunity to either experience CMA Fest for the first time or relive the excitement. CMA Music Fest has officially announced the air date for the annual special CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock 2011, a recounting of the 2011 concerts and events at LP Field in Nashville earlier this month. The show is an edited version of the concerts a few thousand(s) lucky fans had the chance to see live including performances by Reba McEntire, Lauren Alaina, Jason Aldean, Sara Evans, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Martina McBride, Scotty McCreery, Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, Darius Rucker, Blake Shelton, Sugarland, Taylor Swift, Keith Urban, the Zac Brown Band, and others. CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night To Rock will air on ABC on Sunday, August 7th at 8PM ET. Be sure to check in on this special concert event!