Zac Brown Band Is Bringing Their “Southern Ground Music & Food Festival” To Nashville. The Zac Brown Band is bringing their “Southern Ground Music & Food Festival” to Nashville in September on Friday the 21 and Saturday the 22. The event will be held at The Lawn at Riverfront Park. Zac Brown Band is scheduled to perform both nights and other performers will be announced soon! Sounds like a great time to me! Good food, good music…what else do you need??
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
“This Is NRA Country” Announces Gretchen Wilson As The June Artist Of The Month. Critically acclaimed singer/songwriter Gretchen Wilson has been selected as the NRA Country artist of the month for June. She joins some of country music’s biggest artists including Trace Adkins, Craig Morgan, Rodney Atkins, Justin Moore, Lee Brice, Montgomery Gentry, Sunny Sweeney and TV personality Storme Warren who have teamed up with NRA Country to celebrate their support of our brave men and women in uniform, appreciation for the great outdoors, and love of family. Gretchen’s strong beliefs and love for this great country make her a perfect NRA Country Artist of the Month partner. “As I go through this journey called ‘life,’ I am reminded every day of God’s sweet blessings. Freedom to live my life the way I was raised is what makes me who I am. I am Gretchen Wilson. I am a strong woman. I am NRA Country! God Bless America.” – Wilson As part of the June promotion, fans can register to win an amazing I Got Your Country Right Here Deluxe Box Set prize pack including: -I Got Your Country Right Here CD -32 page full-color photo book -Poster size replica of the US Constitution -3′ x 5′ “I Got Your Country Right Here” flag -All in a collectors box The prize also includes a hat, a t-shirt, a picture and a personal phone call from Gretchen! Visit nracountry.com from now until the end of June to register to win!
Montgomery Gentry Gets Huge Ratings On FOX & Friends! Average Joes Entertainment’s powerful duo, Montgomery Gentry, kicked off the “All-American Summer” concert series for FOX & Friends last Friday, May 25. Performing their latest single, “So Called Life,” the Montgomery Gentry music segment was noted as the highest rated musical performance for the number one cable news morning show. Pictured below, from L to R: Fox & Friends co-host Clayton Morris, Eddie Montgomery, Fox & Friends co-host Alisyn Camerota, Troy Gentry and Fox & Friends co-host Dave Briggs.
The Band Perry Debuts New Video for Postcard From Paris. The Band Perry sure is getting a whole lot mileage from their debut, self-titled album! The sibling trio has released another video for their most recent single from the record, “Postcard From Paris“. Its got a little bit of a vintage feel, and like most of their videos, the background tends to be pretty detailed while never detracting from the main attraction…Kimberly’s voice. Speaking of Kimberly Perry…is it just me or does she get sassier and sassier every time we see her? In this video she’s wearing sky high heels and some adorable ensembles! Check out the new video below and see what you think! Watch The Band Perry’s “Postcard From Paris”!
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!
Darius Rucker Announces Line-Up For “Darius and Friends” Benefit! Darius Rucker is hosting his benefit “Darius and Friends” for the third year in a row, and a line-up has been announced! The benefit includes a celebrity concert, and the performers for this year include Rodney Atkins, Clint Black, Sunny Sweeney and Chuck Wicks. Rucker has also let slip that there will be “special surprise guests” as well! The benefit supports the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, and it will take place on Monday, June 4th at Nashville’s Wildhorse Saloon, right as CMA Fest Week is kicking off! “It’s extremely important to me to grow our annual benefit for St. Jude, as I pledged to help each year with their fund-raising efforts. CMA Music Fest is a great time to host the event because we reach so many of our core fans and St. Jude supporters.” -Darius Rucker Tickets are currently available. The doors open at 6:00pm with the show beginning at 7:30pm. There will also be additional merchandise for sale include event posters and t-shirts whose funds will also be contributed to St. Jude.
Scotty McCreery, Casey James, Lauren Alaina and More Added to CMT Music Awards Performances! Scotty McCreery has been added to the performance line-up for the 2012 CMT Music Awards that are coming up in just a few days! He is joined by fellow American Idol alumns Lauren Alaina and Casey James in addition to Kip Moore and Jana Kramer. They will be performing on the Nationwide Insurance stage, which will be featured throughout the show. Additionally, Nationwide is presenting a special award, the On Your Side® Award, to country music’s best new live act as determined by the fans. Fans can watch their videos and vote through June 4th at CMT.com for nominees Eli Young Band, Brantley Gilbert, Jake Owen and Thompson Square. The CMT Awards will air LIVE on Wednesday, June 6 at 8:00 p.m., ET/PT on CMT and CMT.com. This year’s show will be hosted by Toby Keith and Kristen Bell. Find more on the performance line-up!
Lady Antebellum Shares Details Summer Tour On Yahoo Ram Country! Lady Antebellum has had a lot going on over the past few months, and they have even more coming up for the summer! They stopped by Yahoo Ram Country to chat about their headlining tour, their upcoming performance with Bruce Springsteen which will take place in London in July as well as their experience helping out the town of Henryville, Indiana. Hear all about it below! Check out the segment with Lady A Below!
Kelly Clarkson Dishes On Weight Loss In US Weekly. Sure, Kelly Clarkson isn’t technically a country artist, but she spends so much time with some of our favorites (Reba McEntire…Jason Aldean…) that it can feel like she is at least sort of country. So, its interesting to us over here at CMNB that Kelly has found her way onto the cover of US Weekly. The 30-year old American Idol alum is dishing out the details on her recent weight loss and new fit shape. And why the weight loss you may (or may not) be wondering to yourself? Kelly credits her new found desire to shed the extra pounds to her developing relationship with Nashville-based beau, Brandon Blackstock, also known as Reba’s stepson and further known as the guy that manages Blake Shelton. Okay, its great she lost some weight, way to go Kelly! What we really want to hear about is what new music she’ll be making now that she is so securely embedded in the Nashville elite. I guess only time will tell…do you want Clarkson to release country music? Let us know below!
