Jason Aldean iPhone App

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Jason Aldean releases iPhone/iTouch application that is now available free through iTunes. Jason Aldean’s application allows fans to keep up-to-date with his tour dates, tickets, access to his music catalog, fan club and much more. Aldean’s fourth single, “Crazy Town,” from his platinum Wide Open album, will hit airwaves this week. “This song really is all about the love-hate relationship that every new artist has with Nashville when they’re just starting out,” Aldean said. “I’ve been playing this one to kick off my live show, and the fans go nuts when they hear the first guitar lick.” Jason’s three previous singles from Wide Open, “She’s Country,” “Big Green Tractor” and “The Truth,” have all hit No. 1 with “Crazy Town” sure to follow. Aldean’s Wide Open tour continues to sell out arenas and break attendance records so fans make use of that new app and get your tickets today. I know I will be getting mine for his upcoming date in Tulsa, OK on May 28th.Country Music Photo Gallery

Rascal Flatts: Nothing Like This Tour

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Rascal Flatts “Nothing Like This Tour,” presented by JC Penney to begin June 25th. Rascal Flatts will launch their new tour this summer beginning on June 25th in Raleigh, North Carolina at the Time Warner Cable Pavilion and will continue with 26 shows through September 19th at Boston’s Comcast Center. Opening for Rascal Flatts will be Kellie Pickler and Chris Young. The decade’s top-selling and most awarded group in country music took time off this spring and is expected to have new music out in the fall. Rascal Flatts celebrates ten years of making great music together, becoming one of the hottest touring acts and the top country group of the new millennium. The band has delivered 11 #1 singles to the top of the chart and has more titles in Billboard’s Top 100 Songs of the Decade than any other group in the format. Over ten years the band has sold more than 20 million albums and 25 million digital downloads while all six of their studio albums made Billboard’s Top 100 Country Albums of the Decade listing. As the most awarded country group of the new Millennium, Rascal Flatts has brought home nearly 40 trophies from the Academy of Country Music, American Music Awards, Country Music Association, People’s Choice Awards and more. Rascal Flatts  Nothing Like This Tour Dates: 6-25 Raleigh NC Time Warner Cable Pavilion 6-26 Charlotte NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre 6-27 Atlanta GA Lakewood Amphitheatre 7-16 Stateline NV Harvey’s Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena 7-17 Stateline NV Harvey’s Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena 7-22 Wichita KS In Trust Arena 7-23 Tulsa OK BOK Center 7-24 Frisco TX Pizza Hut Park 7-30 Virginia Beach Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre 7-31 Hartford CT Comcast Theater 8-6 Cincinnati OH Riverbend Music Center 8-7 Indianapolis IN Indiana State Fair Grandstand 8-8 Columbus OH Columbus Crew Stadium 8-12 Hershey PA Hershey Park Arena 8-13 Scranton PA Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain 8-14 Washington DC Jiffy Lube Live 8-27 St Louis MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre 8-29 Louisville KY Kentucky State Fair- Freedom Hall 9-2 Bethel NY Bethel Woods 9-3 Darien Lake NY Darien Lake Performing Arts Center 9-4 Syracuse NY New York State Fair Grandstand 9-5 Toronto Ontario Molson Amphitheatre 9-16 Cleveland OH Blossom Music Center 9-17 Pittsburgh PA First Niagara Pavilion 9-18 Philadelphia PA Susquehanna Bank Center 9-19 Boston MA Comcast CenterCountry Music Photo Gallery

Colt Ford:Chicken and Biscuits

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Colt Ford will release his 2nd album titled “Chicken and Biscuits,” on April 20th. Colt Ford’s 2nd album features special guest artists such as Randy Houser, Joe Nichols, James Otto, Kevin Fowler, Darryl Worley, Josh Gracin, DMC (of Run/DMC), Ira Dean, Ty Stone, and many more. Saturday, April 17, Ford will be taking over XM-11 “Nashville” airways from 7pm – Midnight (ET). Tuesday, April 20, he will host a star-studded Nashville CD release celebration from 6-8 pm at 12th & Porter. Tuesday, April 27th, fans can watch Ford on GAC’s On The Streets at 1 pm, 9 pm, and again at 1 am ET and on GAC’s Championship Bull Riding at 10 pm ET, followed by a LIVE online streaming concert event presented by True View Live on Friday, April 30th at 7:30 pm ET. Colt will also be featured in Country Weekly April 26th issue which will be on stands on April 19th.  Fans can download Ford’s single featuring Jamey Johnson, “Cold Beer,” compliments of People Country Magazine. Kuddos to Colt and the release of this new album.Country Music Photo Gallery

A Taylor-Free Award Show?

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In a spectacular ACM Awards Show tonight, one thing was blaringly clear: Taylor Swift is NOT an industry darling anymore! Taylor Swift may have performed during tonight’s Academy of Country Music awards show, but that’s the only stage time she’d get as the peer-voted industry award show shunned the pop princess. Miranda Lambert walked away with 3 awards including Top Female Vocalist and Album of the Year, Carrie Underwood takes away Entertainer of the Year for the second year straight, and Taylor… well Taylor’s probably counting the days till the next fan-voted awards show so millions of texting teens can keep her thanking Mom and God with her shaking hands and ever-surprised face. So what led to this lack of industry peer votes for team Taylor? Perhaps over-saturation? Much like the Hannah Montana craze, have many grown adults heard Taylor’s tunes courtesy of their little girls radios so often that they are now on absolute burnout? Perhaps. Or perhaps, and far more likely, Taylor has been outdone by pure talent. With such a rock-solid performance of “The House That Built Me” from Miranda Lambert, the flaws in Taylor’s live vocals were painfully clear. Add to it the almost too-technically-perfect Carrie Underwood, and the timelessly amazing Reba McEntire all on the same show, and suddenly Taylor is looking more like the little kid they let in for fun. I KNOW I’ll get a ton of hateful comments, but please, just for one minute, do the math and open your mind to the idea that the perfect princess may not be so perfect after all.Country Music Photo Gallery

2010 ACM Award Winners – Full List

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Congratulations to all the amazing winners from the 2010 ACM Awards The 2010 Academy of Country Music Awards are over and all the winners awarded. Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood, Blake Shelton, Lady Antebellum and more gave some of their best performances to date. Meanwhile Taylor Swift, Laura Bell Bundy, and Rascal Flatts all seemed to struggle with the live audio. Top it all off with Carrie Underwood winning Entertainer of the Year! 2010 ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARD WINNERS ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR Carrie Underwood TOP MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR Brad Paisley TOP FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR Miranda Lambert TOP VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR Lady Antebellum TOP VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR Brooks & Dunn TOP NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR *Luke Bryan ALBUM OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company(s)] *’Revolution’ – Miranda Lambert (Columbia Nashville) Produced by: Frank Liddell, Mike Wrucke SINGLE RECORD OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company(s)] *’Need You Now’ – Lady Antebellum (Capitol Records Nashville) Produced by: Lady Antebellum, Paul Worley SONG OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Composer(s)/Publisher(s)/Artist(s)] *’Need You Now’ – Lady Antebellum Composers: Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott Publishers: EMI Foray Music (BMI), Darth Buddha (ASCAP), Dwhaywood Music (BMI), Hillary Dawn Publishing (SESAC), Radiobullets Publishing (BMI), Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI), Year Of The Dog Music (ASCAP) VIDEO OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Producer(s)/Director(s)/Artist(s)] ‘*White Liar’ – Miranda Lambert Producer: Tameron Hedge Director: Chris Hicky VOCAL EVENT OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company] *’Hillbilly Bone’ – Blake Shelton featuring Trace Adkins (Reprise Records / Warner Music Nashville) Producer: Scott Hendricks HUMANITARIAN AWARD – Montgomery GentryCountry Music Photo Gallery

Rocklahoma Line-Up Schedule

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Rocklahoma 2010 as finally released their set schedule! Now I KNOW it isn’t country music, but who doesn’t have a bit of a guilty love for Cinderella, Ratt, Tesla, Chevelle, or even ZZ Top? The daily performance lineup for Rocklahoma 2010 has been revealed, and single day tickets for the Memorial Day Weekend event will go on sale Monday, April 19 at 10:00 AM CST. Rocklahoma 2010 features an all-star roster of top rock artists from the past three decades, including ZZ Top, Godsmack, Tesla, Buckcherry, Cinderella, Chevelle, Theory of a Deadman, Saliva, Saving Abel, Fuel, Sevendust and one additional Main Stage band to be announced on May 10 (see below for the full line-up listed by day). Single day tickets will be available for $45 plus service fees. Three-day general admission tickets are still available for $110 and three-day VIP tickets start at $292. The multi-day destination camping rock festival takes place May 28-30, 2010 at “Catch the Fever” Festival Grounds in Pryor, OK. The daily lineup is as follows: FRIDAY, MAY 28 Godsmack Special Guest Band to be announced May 10 Buckcherry Saving Abel Adelitas Way Richy Nix The Veer Union Brookroyal New Medicine Bad Things Krank Firstryke O’Dette Mad Max New Cool World Black Tora SATURDAY, MAY 29 ZZ Top Cinderella Saliva Fuel Janus Shaman’s Harvest Burn Halo Like A Storm Taking Dawn Gypsy Pistoleros The Last Vegas Problem Child The Glitter Boys Wildstreet O’Dette – Set #2 Krank – Set #2 Bad Things SUNDAY, MAY 30 Tesla Chevelle Theory of a Deadman Sevendust Aranda Lacuna Coil Taddy Porter Nigel Dupree Band Year Long Disaster Within Reason Bad Things Wildstreet – Set #2 Problem Child – Set #2 The Glitter Boys – Set #2 Firstryke – Set #2 Mad Max – Set #2 New Cool World – Set #2 Established in 2007 as a classic rock destination festival with the motto “life, liberty and the pursuit of rock,” Rocklahoma was revamped for 2010 as organizers teamed with AEG LIVE to create an event encompassing a much broader mix of classic, current and up-and-coming rock artists. Rocklahoma is located just 45 minutes northeast of Tulsa, in Pryor, OK. The “Catch the Fever” Festival Grounds is a premiere destination for a multi-day festival and includes on-site camping with access to restrooms and shower house, a general store for campers, VIP reserved seating, hospitality areas & much more. For additional information, please visit www.rocklahoma.com.Country Music Photo Gallery