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NEWS AND NOTES: KIP, KACEY, JOSH, SAM, MICKEY

NEWS AND NOTES: KIP, KACEY, JOSH, SAM, MICKEY
Artists
Josh Turner
Kacey Musgraves
Kip Moore
Mickey Guyton
Sam Hunt

Kip Moore, Kacey Musgraves, Brett Eldredge, Thomas Rhett, Chris Young, Kelsea Ballerini and Carrie Underwood, among others, are set to perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live, as part of the road to the CMA Awards. The 49th Annual CMA Awards will be broadcast live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena November 4th at 8pm ET on ABC.

Josh Turner has been named the 2015 Chairman of the Beard for No Shave November, an initiative in Music City to help raise funds and awareness for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. So far, the beard-growing campaign has raised nearly a quarter of a million dollars during its four years.

Sam Hunt has been named one of Men’s Fitness magazine’s Game Changers of 2015. He talks about how playing and creating music during his college years at the University of Alabama Birmingham transformed him and “brought a lot of balance into my life.” Vin Diesel, Oliver Hudson, Matt Bomer, Calvin Harris and Michael B. Jordan are also on the list.

Mickey Guyton has put out a lyric video for her song, “Somebody Else Will.” The song is from her recent EP, which also features her first single, “Better Than You Left Me.”