Sugarland Perform 2011 “CMA Country Christmas”

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Sugarland Joins Line-up of Performers for 2011 “CMA Country Christmas. Not only will Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland be hosting the 2011 “CMA Country Christmas“, but she, and the other half of the Sugarland duo, Kristian Bush, are also joining the line-up of performers for the holiday special! They are set to perform the Christmas classic, “Silent Night“. Other performers include Lauren Alaina, Amy Grant, Faith Hill, Martina McBride, Kellie Pickler, Little Big Town, Scotty McCreery, Rascal Flatts, Darius Rucker, Brad Paisley, Keith Urban, and Vince Gill. The Christmas special will air on ABC on Thursday, December 1st at 9pm ET.

The Band Perry Gets In Holiday Spirit With ABC

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The Band Perry Celebrates The Holiday With An Original Song for ABC. The Band Perry is gaining more and more traction and visibility everyday, and after receiving three wins at the 2011 CMA Awards, it seems they are becoming unstoppable. To add to the growing list of accomplishments, the group recently announced they have penned an original holiday-themed song specifically for ABCFamily. This is in addition to the contribution the group has already made to Justin Bieber’s holiday album. So, clearly, The Band Perry is in the holiday spirit! The song is featured as part of ABCFamily‘s “25 Days of Christmas” holiday campaign, and the group has recorded an music video to accompany the track. A sixty second teaser of the video will be aired on November 20th during ABCFamily’s “Holiday In Handcuffs“. Presumably, it will be available to fans after this point. Tell us, are you a fan of The Band Perry? What do you think about their whopping 3 CMA wins?

Dierks Bentley Home Details

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Details On Dierks Bentley New Album Release. Dierks Bentley has announced that his sixth studio album, Home, will release February 7th, 2012. The album title shares its name with Bentley’s current and popular single. This concept of “home” and its meaning clearly have a special hold on Dierks. “My home is in Nashville with my family, my home is on the road with our fans and my home is definitely in country music…This album is more than a year’s worth of writing, recording and testing out material on the road in front of our hard core fans. The end result is an album that runs through all the types of country songs and sounds I enjoy singing and playing.” -Dierks Bentley Also on this album, you can find his hit track “Am I The Only One“. Dierks will be celebrating the album release with a special performance at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on February 2nd. Tickets will be available for purchase on Friday, November 18th at 10am CT.

Blake Shelton Footloose Live

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Blake Shelton Performs Footloose for CMT Invitation Only. You may have gotten a chance to watch Blake Shelton perform “Footloose” live on the 2011 CMA Awards, but that’s not the only place Shelton has been performing this track! In a recent performance for a much smaller audience, Blake performed his new, hit cover of the classic for CMT’s “Invitation Only“ on Monday, November 14th. The song is quite catchy in its original format, but I have to say, Shelton gives a certain spice to the song you simply will not find in the classic version. So, if you haven’t had a chance yet, check out Blake’s version of “Footloose“, and see if it makes you want to get up and shake it! Watch Shelton’s CMT Invitation Only Performance of “Footloose“ Footloose (From Invitation Only) – Blake Shelton – Blake Shelton Videos Also, check out the Official Music Video for Shelton’s version of “Footloose“! Footloose – Blake Shelton – Blake Shelton Videos

Sunny Sweeney Marries

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Sunny Sweeney Marries on 11/11/11 Sunny Sweeney has followed up the success of her album release, Concrete, earlier this year and a summer tour with Brad Paisley and Lady Antebellum with a personal success…marriage! The country songstress and her long-time beau, Jeff Hellmer, chose the significant date, 11/11/11, to commit themselves to each other! The two wedded at A Little White Chapel in Las Vegas with a small group of loved ones in attendence. Each composed their own vows, Hellmer’s being comprised entirely of country lyrics! Congrats to both Sunny and Jeff in this happy development!

Cross Canadian Ragweed’s Box of Weed

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Cross Canadian Ragweed Release Box Set, Box of Weed! Red dirt pioneers and Texas rockers, Cross Canadian Ragweed, have announced the release of their first ever box set humorously titled, Box of Weed. The band celebrated their 15th anniversary in 2010, and shortly after announced they would be taking a break with no definite intentions of getting back together. This box set, which features five CDs (Cross Canadian Ragweed (also known as the ‘purple’ album), Soul Gravy, Garage, Mission California and Happiness And All The Other Things) and a DVD of the group’s live performance at Tulsa’s Cain’s Ballroom (Back To Tulsa: Live And Loud At Cain’s Ballroom) will offer a little something to those fans who were sorry to see them disband. The box set is available as of Tuesday, November 15th.

The Waylon Fund Fights Diabetes

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Namesake Fund of Waylon Jennings Wages Battle Against Diabetes. In 2002, country music legend Waylon Jennings, passed away at the age of 64 due to complications of diabetes. Now his wife and son, Jessi Colter and Shooter Jennings, are teaming up with Phoenix-based Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) on a charitable initiative to help further research and bring an end to the struggle with diabetes. “I am honored to put Waylon’s name behind TGen’s diabetes research efforts. I have met the researchers and am confident that donations in Waylon’s memory are an investment that will lead to better ways of preventing and detecting the disease.”-Jessi Colter The Waylon Fund is intended to support state-of-the-art research into the genetic and genomic origins of diabetes. The goal of this research is to produce more effective treatments and improve the quality of life of diabetes patients. The TGen foundation is thankful to Jessi and Shooter for allowing the name of their beloved husband and father for use through the foundations initiative. “TGen is extremely grateful to the family of Waylon Jennings, who have so generously allowed his name to be the inspirational centerpiece of this promising new research effort.”-TGen Foundation President Michael Bassoff. Within the country music industry, support is already being given to The Waylon Foundation. Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI), Ernest Tubb Record Shops, and Music News Nashville have already joined forces with the cause. You can also get involved! To learn more about The Waylon Fund click here.

Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw Tour 2012!

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Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw have announced that they will launch the “Brothers of the Sun” tour! Minds are being blown this morning as Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney confirm on Good Morning America that they will be joining forces for a 2012 concert tour! “Tim and I have been great friends since we first toured together, and I can’t wait to get back on the road with him,” Chesney said. “He’s one of my closest friends in music and in life, and I know this tour is going to be something special.” “Our friendship was forged on the road, so it’s going to be a blast heading out with Kenny again,” said McGraw. “We’ll be having as much fun on stage as the fans will be having in the audience.” This will mark the first time on 10 years the two country stars have toured together and is sure to be a sellout at all 19 stadium stops. Special guests Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, and Jake Owen will join them for different stops on the road. ‘Brothers of the Sun’ Tour 2012: Sat. June 2 – Tampa, FL – Raymond James Stadium Sun. June 3 – Atlanta, GA – Georgia Dome Sat. June 9 – Dallas, TX – Cowboys Stadium Sun. June 10 – Kansas City, MO – Arrowhead Stadium Sat. June 16 – Philadelphia, PA – Lincoln Financial Field Sat. June 23 – Nashville, TN – LP Field Sun. June 24 – Charlotte, NC – Bank of America Stadium Sat. June 30 – Pittsburgh, PA – Heinz Field Sun. July 1 – Cincinnati, OH – Paul Brown Stadium Sat. July 7 – Chicago, IL – Soldier Field Sun. July 8 – Minneapolis, MN – Target Field Sat. July 14 – Anaheim, CA – Angels Stadium Sat. July 21 – Denver, CO – Sports Authority Field at Mile High TBA – Indianapolis, IN – Lucas Oil Stadium TBA – Cleveland, OH – Cleveland Browns Stadium Sat. August 11 – East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium Sun. August 12 – Washington, DC – FedExField Sat. August 18 – Detroit, MI – Ford Field Sat. August 25 – Foxboro, MA – Gillette Stadium

Brad Paisley Diary of a Player

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HaleighT Discusses Brad Paisley’s New Book and Other Country Authors! In episode 9 of “Takin’ a Break with HaleighT“, the spotlight is focused on those special artists who have stretched their talents beyond singin’ and performin’. HaleighT is talking about Brad Paisley, Jimmy Wayne and other country artists who have turned author! Watch this week’s episode below and tell us what you think! Are you into the idea of country artists writing more than songs or not? Watch Ep 9 of “Takin’ a Break with HaleighT” [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g81Y9R-okRc]

CMA Awards Afterthoughts

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The 45th Annual CMA Awards, Did They Hit Or Miss? Well another year of the CMA Awards is over and done with. To be honest it wasn’t what I was expecting, I guess I had my hopes a little high. I think the winners of the night were a shock to many and the performances as well. With that being said, congrats to all. I’m just going to give a quick rundown of the highlights of my night… I loved Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood’s intro! Every year it supplies me with enough laughs for 3 days! The Tim McGraw and Faith Hill dolls were hilarious and Hank Jr. made an appearance that I’m sure made some people angry, but I found quite comical! Keith Urban’s performance was not what I’m use to from him, but we definitely wouldn’t want him to overdo it with his surgery coming up. I really do love that song of his though, “You Gonna Fly!” Miranda Lambert paid tribute to her “Kerosene” days when she had fire during her performance of “Baggage Claim!” I thoroughly enjoyed Eric Church and Chris Young’s performances with their current singles. BUT…by far the best performance of the night was Martina McBride! Her song, “I’m Gonna Love You Through It” is such a touching song that gives me chills each time I hear it. Her voice to go along with the lyrics made it beyond amazing! Each time the camera showed Reba McIntire she looked stunning! She looked like she was really enjoying her evening and very happy for each artist who won. She is such a classy lady and I wished we could have seen more of her! They couldn’t of done a more perfect tribute to Glen Campbell! They picked the right people to honor him and it was so touching. I’m not going to lie…I teared up a little. There were 3 awards that I 100% agreed with and they were Album Of The Year, Male Vocalist and Female Vocalist Of The Year. My Kinda Party has done great things and definitely deserved that recognition! The newlyweds (Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert) both winning for the second year in a row was priceless, both genuinely deserved this award! I sure did miss seeing people like Alan Jackson and George Strait. Were they not there or the camera people just didn’t show them? I’m not sure, but they were greatly missed! Again, congratulations to all the winners and everyone who was involved in the huge event in Nashville!