<h3>As the holiday season kicks in, the country music news starts comin&#8217; at ya faster. Here&#8217;s this week&#8217;s top stories:</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.countrymusicontour.com/keith-urban-and-carrie-underwood-2008-love-pain-and-the-whole-crazy-carnival-ride-concert-tour/" title="Keith Urban concert tour"><strong><img src="http://img.gactv.com/GAC/2008/11/24/taylorswift1_ama08_v_d.jpg" title="Taylor Swift - courtesy of GAC" alt="Taylor Swift - courtesy of GAC" align="right" border="0" vspace="6" width="140" height="184" hspace="6" /><a title="Keith Urban" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSKUrban/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fkeith-urban-tickets%2F">Keith Urban</a></strong></a> has already started planning his 2009 concert tour, but has not released any specific dates or locations, only that it will kick off in May. Could this be because rumors have been flying that <a title="Keith Urban" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSKUrban/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fkeith-urban-tickets%2F">Keith Urban</a> MIGHT tour with <a href="http://www.countrymusicontour.com/brad-paisley-2008-concert-tour-tickets/" title="Brad Paisley concert tour"><strong><a title="Brad Paisley" href="https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/1224809/264167/4272?subId1=WPScmnbBPaisley&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Fbrad-paisley-tickets%2Fartist%2F714837&partnerpropertyid=5213910&MediaPartnerPropertyId=5213910">Brad Paisley</a></strong></a> in the coming year? Who knows? All I know is that would be one humdinger of a concert with supporting acts including <strong><a href="http://www.countrymusicontour.com/sugarland-2008-concert-tour-tickets/" title="Sugarland concert tour">Sugarland</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://www.countrymusicontour.com/taylor-swift-2008-concert-tour-tickets/" title="Taylor Swift on tour"><strong><a title="Taylor Swift" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSTSwift/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Ftaylor-swift-tickets%2F">Taylor Swift</a></strong></a></strong>, <a href="http://www.countrymusicontour.com/dierks-bentley-2008-concert-tour-tickets/" title="Dierks Bentley"><strong><a title="Dierks Bentley" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/dierks-bentley-concert-tour-dates/">Dierks Bentley</a></strong></a>, Glen Campbell, <strong><a title="Lady Antebellum" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/lady-antebellum-concert-tour-tickets/">Lady Antebellum</a></strong> and <strong>The <a title="Zac Brown Band" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSZBB/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fzac-brown-band-tickets%2F">Zac Brown Band</a></strong>.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.countrymusicontour.com/category/josh-gracin/" title="Josh Gracin Concert Tour"><strong><a title="Josh Gracin" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/josh-gracin-concert-tour-dates/">Josh Gracin</a></strong></a>&#8216;s latest single &#8220;<strong>Telluride</strong>&#8221; may be working out on the airwaves, but it doesn&#8217;t seem to be working for the fans. Josh&#8217;s remake of <a href="http://www.countrymusicontour.com/tim-mcgraw-2008-concert-tour-tickets/" title="Tim McGraw on tour"><strong><a title="Tim McGraw" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSTMcGraw/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Ftim-mcgraw-tickets%2F">Tim McGraw</a></strong></a>&#8216;s 2001 hit has been receiving negative criticism across the blogosphere, along with many of his other recent attempts at reclaiming the passionate enthusiasm that his 2005 hit &#8220;Stay With Me&#8221; originally gained. Readers, I&#8217;d love for you to weigh in on this one&#8230; Do you think <a title="Josh Gracin" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/josh-gracin-concert-tour-dates/">Josh Gracin</a> has the chops to stay the course, or was this American Idol really a one-hit-wonder?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.countrymusicontour.com/taylor-swift-2008-concert-tour-tickets/" title="Taylor Swift on tour"><strong><a title="Taylor Swift" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSTSwift/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Ftaylor-swift-tickets%2F">Taylor Swift</a></strong></a> is rumored to be putting her heartbreak over Teen pop sensation <strong>Joe Jonas</strong> of <strong>The Jonas Brothers</strong> into her next series of bubble-gum sweet country music candy. Taylor has admittedly used her songwriting to openly share her thoughts and feelings about past romances, and will most likely do the same here. &#8220;I feel it’s best for me right now to be alone and write about what I’ve gone through,&#8221; Taylor told <em>People</em> magazine. &#8220;That’s how I deal with it. I would hate to jump into something so quickly and have it not be the right thing, because I don’t think I could take that right now.&#8221;</p>
<p>And that&#8217;s it for today&#8217;s <a href="http://www.countrymusicnewsblog.com" title="Country Music News"><strong>Country Music News</strong></a> update!Country Music Photo Gallery</p>