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  • NEWS AND NOTES: Luke, Jon, Lady A, Carrie, Josh, Vince, Strait, Eric

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    Carrie Underwood / Eric Paslay / George Strait / Jon Pardi / Josh Turner / Lady Antebellum / Luke Bryan / Vince Gill

    Luke Bryan is making the media rounds this week. He’ll appear on ABC’s Good Morning America, Live With Kelly and Ryan and Late Night With Seth Meyers on Tuesday (March 6th), followed by an appearance on ABC’s The View on Thursday (March 8th)

    Jon Pardi will perform on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live on Tuesday (March 6th).

    Songs from Lady Antebellum, Carrie Underwood, Josh Turner, Vince Gill, George Strait, Eric Paslay and many others will be included in the new collection, NOW That’s What I Call Country – Songs of Inspiration. The compilation features inspirational songs from some of country music’s biggest stars and will be released March 16th.

     

    NOW That’s What I Call Country – Songs of Inspiration Track List:

    1. Lady Antebellum – “Hello World”
    2. Tim McGraw – “Touchdown Jesus”
    3. Carrie Underwood – “Jesus, Take The Wheel”
    4. Rascal Flatts – “Bless the Broken Road”
    5. Josh Turner – “Long Black Train”
    6. Alison Krauss – “Down To The River To Pray”
    7. Vince Gill – “Go Rest High On That Mountain”
    8. George Strait – “I Believe”
    9. Alabama – “Angels Among Us”
    10. Brad Paisley featuring Dolly Parton- “When I Get Where I ‘m Going”
    11. Eric Paslay – “Deep As It Is Wide”
    12. Phil Vassar – “This Is God”
    13. Chris Young – “The Man I Want To Be”
    14. Craig Morgan – “God Must Really Love Me”
    15. Brooks and Dunn – “Believe”
    16. Martina McBride – “God’s Will”

  • LUKE BRYAN READY TO CHECK OUT ‘AMERICAN IDOL’ WHEN IT PREMIERES NEXT SUNDAY.

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    If you’ve seen any of the teasers and social posts for the ABC reboot of American Idol, you’ve certainly witnessed the chemistry between the panel of judges – Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie. Some of the moments we’ve seen so far include piano lessons, harmonizing on songs, dancing, high fives and even poking a little fun at the legendary Lionel.

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    Luke is looking forward to seeing how the chemistry plays out on TV when the series premieres Sunday (March 11th).

    “I’m excited to see how our chemistry reads on TV and to watch our chemistry get better and better,” says the Georgia native. “I mean, even in the first auditions, we were learning each other as judges, and so to go from then to now, I’m excited to see how we’ve progressed and how me and Lionel and Katy interact with one another.”

    The search for the next American Idol began in Portland, Oregon with the show traveling to over 20 cities. Check out all of the action during the two-hour premiere on Sunday (March 11th) at 8pm ET on ABC.

    On Tuesday, March 6th, Luke will visit Good Morning America, Live! with Kelly & Ryan and Late Night with Seth Meyers, where he is also slated to perform. Additionally, Luke will make an appearance on The View on March 8th.

    Luke, who is nominated for the ACM Entertainer of the Year, is currently making his way up the country charts with his latest smash, “Most People Are Good.”

    Audio / Luke Bryan is looking forward to seeing how the chemistry between him and fellow American Idol judges, Lionel Richie and Katy Perry, has progressed.

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    Luke Bryan (American Idol chemistry) OC: …one another. :20
    “I’m excited to see how our chemistry reads on TV and to watch our chemistry get better and better. I mean, even in the first auditions, we were learning each other as judges, and so to go from then to now, I’m excited to see how we’ve progressed and how me and Lionel and Katy interact with one another.”

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  • LUKE BRYAN PREPARES FOR LAUNCH OF AMERICAN IDOL RE-BOOT WITH SEVERAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES.

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    Four-time Entertainer of the Year, current 2018 ACM Entertainer of the Year nominee and American Idol judge Luke Bryan is preparing for the show’s March 11th premiere on ABC with several television appearances. On Tuesday, March 6th, Luke will visit Good Morning America, Live! with Kelly & Ryan and Late Night with Seth Meyers, where he is also slated to perform. Additionally, Luke will make an appearance on The View on March 8th.

    Luke’s What Makes You Country album debuted #1 on both the Billboard Top 200 and Top Country Albums charts last December. On Friday, March 9th, the album will be available for the first time on vinyl. The 16-track double vinyl will also feature an exclusive bonus song for fans, “I Can’t Even,” written by Michael Carter, Jon Nite and Jimmy Robbins. Get the album HERE.

    Luke kicked off his “What Makes You Country Tour” in February and this month he will head to Australia to perform his first-ever shows down under. His touring year will conclude this fall after headlining concerts across North America including some of the biggest and best sports stadiums in Toronto, New York City, Cincinnati, Tampa, Pittsburgh, Boston, Minneapolis, Los Angeles (the first country concert to ever be held in Dodgers Stadium), Denver, St. Louis, Chicago, Vancouver and wrapping the tour in Detroit at Ford Field on October 26.

  • LUKE BRYAN WILL HAVE A LITTLE FREE TIME IN LAS VEGAS NEXT MONTH.

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    Luke Bryan and his pal Dierks Bentley won’t be returning as hosts for this year’s ACM Awards; instead Reba McEntire will be taking back the reins for a record 15th turn as host, a post she hasn’t held since 2012.

    The new American Idol judge feels great about handing back the microphone, but he suddenly finds next month’s calendar a bit open, since he’s usually had a very strict regimen in the days leading up to and including the ACM Awards. So, he’s going to fill that time with some favorite activities.

    “It’ll be a new experience for me,” says Luke. “I’ve kind of almost trained myself to handle the ACMs with a strict schedule and a lot of times I would go a couple of days where I wouldn’t get to see my wife or hang with any friends out there. So, to be going to the ACM’s and not hosting and to have more time on my hands, it’ll be interesting ‘cause I got so conditioned to being so busy out there. So, hey, I’m gonna enjoy some pool time. I’m gonna enjoy some gambling. I might go even see some sights while I’m in Las Vegas, and I might even get to smooch on my wife a little bit. It’s gonna be a great ACM season this year.”

    Luke, who is zooming up the country charts with “Most People Are Good,” is nominated once again for Entertainer of the Year at next month’s ACM Awards.

    The 53rd Annual ACM Awards, hosted by Reba McEntire, will broadcast live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas April 15th at 8pm ET on CBS.

    Luke will play the Houston Rodeo on March 8th, and is set to continue his What Makes You Country Tour March 9th in Lafayette, Louisiana.

    Audio / Luke Bryan isn’t hosting the ACM Awards with his buddy Dierks Bentley this year, so he’s going to fill his free time with some activities he hasn’t been able to enjoy for a few years.

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    Luke Bryan (ACMs free time) OC: …this year. :43
    “It’ll be a new experience for me. I’ve kind of almost trained myself to handle the ACMs with a strict schedule and a lot of times I would go a couple of days where I wouldn’t get to see my wife or hang with any friends out there. So, to be going to the ACM’s and not hosting and to have more time on my hands, it’ll be interesting ‘cause I got so conditioned to being so busy out there. So, hey, I’m gonna enjoy some pool time. I’m gonna enjoy some gambling., I might go even see some sights while I’m in Las Vegas, and I might even get to smooch on my wife a little bit. It’s gonna be a great ACM season this year.”

  • ACM AWARDS 2018: Reactions

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    Brothers Osborne / Carrie Underwood / Chris Stapleton / Dierks Bentley / Jon Pardi / Keith Urban / Lady Antebellum / Lauren Alaina / Little Big Town / Luke Bryan / Sam Hunt

    Chris Stapleton leads the list of nominees with eight nods in five categories, including Entertainer, Male Vocalist, Single of the Year for “Broken Halos,” Song of the Year for “Whiskey and You” and Album of the Year for From a Room, Vol. 1. He’s won numerous awards over the past few years, and while he’s grateful for every single trophy he takes home, he has a special affinity for the Album categories.

    “They are all significant and if you get one award for anything it’s a treat. But any of the awards that awarded the album, the album awards, because I really wanted to make an album that was good,” says Chris. “I wanted that to be a thing, again, more than I wanted it to be, ‘Well here’s the single and eight other songs.’ So, the album awards for me were important in that we did our job in a good way, you know. Just I have such an affinity for albums that I don’t know if I want those more or if they mean more, but they are all meaningful.”

    Luke Bryan has won a handful of ACM Awards over his career, including the New Artist of the Year Award in 2010 following it up with two Entertainer Awards just a few years later. He tell us he is honored to be included in that category. “[I’m] so honored to have another Entertainer of the Year nomination and I always think about winning my first Entertainer of the Year [Award] at the ACMs,” he says. “To go to the ACMs knowing that you’re one of those lucky people that have that nomination, it just tells me that I’m doing all I can and doing the right things out on the road and hopefully, the fans are still loving what I’m trying to give to them every night.”

    Keith Urban has quite the plethora of nods going into this year’s ACM Awards, including Entertainer of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year, Song of the Year for “Female”  and twice, as both artist and producer in the Vocal Event of the Year category for “The Fighter” (featuring Carrie Underwood). Urban won Top New Male Vocalist of the Year in 2000, and Top Male Vocalist of the Year in 2004 and 2005.

    Keith posted to his socials that he was “extremely grateful” for all of the recognition.”

    Keith’s “Female” was nominated for Song of the Year. The Top 10 hit was written by Nicolle Galyon, Shane McAnally and Ross Copperman, and he said he just had a feel that he needed to record the song and let everyone hear it. “The song spoke to me. It just spoke to me,” said Keith. “As I was singing it, I thought I feel like I’ve known this song my whole life. Something else was going on with it how it felt to me. So, I love it. I believe in it. I didn’t record it for any other reason than it was a heart reaction that I had to it.”

     

    In addition to Vocal Event of the Year for “The Fighter” with Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, is also nominated in the Female Vocalist of the Year category.

    Brothers Osborne could possibly take home a pair of trophies next month. TJ and John are up for Vocal Duo of the Year and Video of the Year for “It Ain’t My Fault.”

     

    Sam Hunt could also win two awards next month. He’s up for Single and Song of the Year for his HUGE hit “Body Like a Back Road.”

     

    Dierks Bentley is nominated for Video of the Year for his steamy video, “Black,” which stars his wife Cassidy. The beautiful clip was shot in Iceland in nearly subzero temperatures.

    Reigning Vocal Group of the Year, Little Big Town, earned their twelfth nomination in the category. This would be their fourth consecutive win and fifth overall. They are also nominated for Album of the Year for Breaker and Single Record of the Year for “Better Man.”

    Lady Antebellum won their first ACM Award in 2008 with the Top New Vocal Duo or Group Award. Just two years later, they took home their first Vocal Group of the Year Award, followed by another and another, as well as Single, Song and Album Awards along the way. They’re once again nominated for Vocal Group, an honor they certainly don’t take for granted.

     

    Last year Jon Pardi won the Top New Male Vocalist Award. This year, he’s up for Album of the Year for California Sunrise, which has yielded three No. 1 singles and a fourth hit.

     

    Lauren Alaina, who’s making her way up the country charts with “Doin’ Fine,” is up for two awards, including Top New Female Vocalist and Vocal Event of the Year for “What Ifs” with pal Kane Brown.

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    The nominees for this year’s ACM Awards:

    Entertainer of the Year
    Jason Aldean
    Garth Brooks
    Luke Bryan
    Chris Stapleton
    Keith Urban

    Male Vocalist of the Year
    Jason Aldean
    Thomas Rhett
    Chris Stapleton
    Keith Urban
    Chris Young

    Female Vocalist of the Year
    Kelsea Ballerini
    Miranda Lambert
    Maren Morris
    Carrie Underwood
    Reba McEntire

    Vocal Duo of the Year
    Brothers Osborne
    Dan + Shay
    Florida Georgia Line
    LoCash
    Tim McGraw and Faith Hill

    Vocal Group of the Year
    Lady Antebellum
    Lanco
    Little Big Town
    Midland
    Old Dominion
    Song of the Year
    Sam Hunt, “Body Like a Back Road”
    Keith Urban, “Female”
    Miranda Lambert, “Tin Man”
    Chris Stapleton, “Whiskey and You”

    Single of the Year
    “Better Man,” Little Big Town
    “Body Like a Back Road,” Sam Hunt
    “Broken Halos,” Chris Stapleton
    “Drinkin’ Problem,” Midland
    “I’ll Name the Dogs,” Blake Shelton

    Top New Male Vocalist
    Kane Brown
    Luke Combs
    Devin Dawson
    Russell Dickerson
    Brett Young

    Top New Female Vocalist
    Lauren Alaina
    Danielle Bradbury
    Carly Pearce
    Raelynn

    Album of the Year
    Breaker, Little Big Town
    California Sunrise, Jon Pardi
    From A Room: Vol. 1, Chris Stapleton
    Happy Endings, Old Dominion
    Life Changes, Thomas Rhett

    Video of the Year
    “Black,” Dierks Bentley
    “It Ain’t My Fault,” Brothers Osborne
    “Legends,” Kelsea Ballerini
    “Marry Me,” Thomas Rhett
    “We Should Be Friends,” Miranda Lambert

    Vocal Event of the Year
    “Craving You,” Thomas Rhett f/Maren Morris
    “Dear Hate,” Maren Morris f/Vince Gill
    “(Funny) How Time Slips Away,” Glen Campbell and Willie Nelson
    “The Fighter,” Keith Urban f/Carrie Underwood
    “What Ifs,” Kane Brown f/Lauren Alaina
    The 53rd Annual ACM Awards, hosted by Reba McEntire, will broadcast live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas April 15th at 8pm ET on CBS.

    Audio / Chris Stapleton leads the list of nominees with eight nods in five categories including Entertainer, Male Vocalist, Single of the Year for “Broken Halos,” Song of the Year for “Whiskey and You” and Album of the Year for From a Room, Vol. 1.

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    Chris Stapleton (affinity for albums) OC: …any one of them. :45
    “They are all significant and if you get one award for anything it’s a treat. But any of the awards that awarded the album, the album awards, because I really wanted to make an album that was good. I wanted it, I wanted that to be a thing, again, more than I wanted it to be, ‘Well here’s the single and eight other songs.’ So, the album awards for me were important in that we did our job in a good way, you know. Just I have such an affinity for albums that I don’t know if I want those more or if they mean more, but they are all meaningful. They are all are things that one of them would feel like a career. One of them. Any one of them.”

    Audio / Luke Bryan, who took home the Entertainer Award twice, is always honored be nominated in that category.

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    Luke Bryan (ACM 2018 Entertainer nod)  OC: …work harder. [laughs] :39
    “[I’m] so honored to have another Entertainer of the Year nomination and I always think about winning my first Entertainer of the Year [Award] at the ACMs. To go to the ACMs knowing that you’re one of those lucky people that have that nomination, it just tells me that I’m doing all I can and doing the right things out on the road and hopefully, the fans are still loving what I’m trying to give to them every night. You don’t want to say the same clichés about it’s an honor to be nominated, it is! The day that I don’t get nominated for stuff like that, then I’ll kinda be sad and I’ll be motivated to work harder.” [laughs]

    Audio / Keith Urban says he just felt he needed to record the song “Female.”

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    Keith Urban (Female feeling) OC: …had to it. :42
    “It’s a feeling. It’s more of a feeling. It’s not as cerebral for me, the song spoke to me. It just spoke to me. When I went down into the studio to put a vocal on it; my intention was to put a vocal on the demo. I called Ross Copperman and I said, ‘Can you send me the track that you recorded and leave the vocal off, and I’ll go down to my studio and I’ll sing over the top of it and I’ll see if this fits me because it feels really right.’ And I went down and I sang it, and as I was singing it, I thought I feel like I’ve known this song my whole life. Something else was going on with it how it felt to me. So, I love it. I believe in it.  I didn’t record it for any other reason than it was a heart reaction that I had to it.”

     

    Audio / Little Big Town's Phillip Sweet talks about what went into making their ACM-nominated album, The Breaker.

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    LBT (The Breaker album) 2 OC: …intangible. :27
    “We peeled through some layers of ourselves to get to this place in these songs. We couldn’t just throw a vocal on there. It’s like everything we did had to come from a deeper place this time, and we didn’t have the luxury of time to just kind of, ‘Well, I’ll just try it tomorrow.’ You had to get there. We had to find performances, and that’s what we did. We’re all about getting the performance, the true, that magic, that kind of like intangible.”

  • ACM AWARDS NOMINATIONS 2018

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    Brothers Osborne / Chris Stapleton / Keith Urban / Lady Antebellum / Little Big Town / Luke Bryan / Sam Hunt


    The nominations for this year’s ACM Awards have been announced live on CBS This Morning.

    Entertainer of the Year
    Jason Aldean
    Garth Brooks
    Luke Bryan
    Chris Stapleton
    Keith Urban

    Male Vocalist of the Year
    Jason Aldean
    Thomas Rhett
    Chris Stapleton
    Keith Urban
    Chris Young

    Female Vocalist of the Year
    Kelsea Ballerini
    Miranda Lambert
    Maren Morris
    Carrie Underwood
    Reba McEntire

    Vocal Duo of the Year
    Brothers Osborne
    Dan + Shay
    Florida Georgia Line
    LoCash
    Tim McGraw and Faith Hill

    Vocal Group of the Year
    Lady Antebellum
    Lanco
    Little Big Town
    Midland
    Old Dominion

    Song of the Year
    Sam Hunt, “Body Like a Back Road”
    Keith Urban, “Female”
    Miranda Lambert, “Tin Man”
    Chris Stapleton, “Whiskey and You”

    Single of the Year
    “Better Man,” Little Big Town
    “Body Like a Back Road,” Sam Hunt
    “Broken Halos,” Chris Stapleton
    “Drinkin’ Problem,” Midland
    “I’ll Name the Dogs,” Blake Shelton

    Top New Male Vocalist
    Kane Brown
    Luke Combs
    Devin Dawson
    Russell Dickerson
    Brett Young

    Top New Female Vocalist
    Lauren Alaina
    Danielle Bradbury
    Carly Pearce
    Raelynn

    Album of the Year
    Breaker, Little Big Town
    California Sunrise, Jon Pardi
    From A Room: Vol. 1, Chris Stapleton
    Happy Endings, Old Dominion
    Life Changes, Thomas Rhett

    Video of the Year
    “Black,” Dierks Bentley
    “It Ain’t My Fault,” Brothers Osborne
    “Legends,” Kelsea Ballerini
    “Marry Me,” Thomas Rhett
    “We Should Be Friends,” Miranda Lambert

    Vocal Event of the Year
    “Craving You,” Thomas Rhett f/Maren Morris
    “Dear Hate,” Maren Morris f/Vince Gill
    “(Funny) How Time Slips Away,” Glen Campbell and Willie Nelson
    “The Fighter,” Keith Urban f/Carrie Underwood
    “What Ifs,” Kane Brown f/Lauren Alaina

    The 53rd Annual ACM Awards, hosted by Reba McEntire, will broadcast live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas April 15th at 8pm ET on CBS.

  • LUKE BRYAN KICKS OFF HIS WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY TOUR.

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    Luke Bryan kicked off his What Makes You Country Tour Friday (February 16th) in Springfield, Missouri. He’s taking Kip Moore and Cadillac Three along for the ride.

    The next stops on the tour include Thursday (February 22nd) in State College, Pennsylvania, Saturday (February 23rd) in Atlantic City and Sunday (February 24th) in Charlottesville, Virginia.

    Luke’s latest song, “Most People Are Good,” has now entered the Top 10 on the country charts. The song is from his latest album, What Makes You Country, which was released late last year.

  • VALENTINE’S DAY 2018 AUDIO

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    Alan Jackson / Billy Currington / Darius Rucker / Dierks Bentley / Eric Church / Josh Turner / Lauren Alaina / Little Big Town / Luke Bryan

    Wednesday is Valentine’s Day (February 14th), and we’ve got some thoughts and feelings more about love, romance and marriage from several of your favorite country artists. Some are new and some have become our favorites over the years. Which country stars are romantic? Which ones aren’t? Which ones have a good reason to celebrate the holiday that’s all about love?

    Audio / Alan Jackson talks about his love for wife, Denise, over the years.

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    AJ (Valentine’s Day) OC: …continue to. :24

    “We got a lot of history together now, and we’re happier than we’ve ever been. So, she’s still beautiful, and she’s always inspired songs. I mean, one of my early hits was a song called ‘I’d Love You All Over Again,’ I wrote for her for our 10th anniversary. I mean, there’s been a zillion songs that have pieces of our good days and bad days inspired, and they continue to.”

    Audio / Billy Currington recalls his first real Valentine’s Day.

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    Billy Currington (Valentine’s Day memory) OC: …took off running. :21
    “Yeah, I remember my first girlfriend. I was in first or second grade, but anyway, I remember it was Valentine’s Day and your mom going, ‘You’ve got to give your girlfriend something, and you’ve got to go give it to her.’ I’ll never forget — we got her a box of chocolates or whatever it was. I remember going down to her classroom and knocking on the door, getting her to come to the door. I remember handing it to her, and then I took off running.”

    Audio / Darius Rucker knew he would marry his wife, Beth, on their first date.

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    Darius Rucker (wife) OC: …her and country music saved my life. :43

    “I don’t know what it was about her. I mean, it was EVERYTHING about her. I knew, I told her I was going to marry her on our first date, [laughs] yeah. Beth’s a strong woman. It takes a strong woman to be married to a musician, especially a musician who was drinking and partying as hard as I was, and I think life for us is where we are now. It took a long time for us to get to where we are now, and we say to each other all the time, ‘I love us. I love our family. I love us.’ And I thank her every day for staying with me and being the strong woman she is, because with Hootie & the Blowfish, I could be gone for three months and then I’d come home for two days and then I’d be gone again for a month, and she put up with all that crap. You know, her and country music saved my life.”

    Audio / Dierks Bentley gives guys tips for a first date.

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    Dierks Bentley (first date tips for guys) OC: …first date. :19
    “You know, just opening the door, it’s such a big deal. It’s just a nice thing to do. It’s a car door, unlocking the door for somebody to get in the car first and hold the door to get in, and I just think that’s just, if you’re doing that, then you’re obviously thinking about ways to be respectful, be considerate, be kind and be thoughtful and make for a good first date.”

    Audio / Dierks Bentley says the most interesting gift he and his wife Cassidy have given each other were mixtapes of songs.

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    Dierks Bentley (Valentine’s Day-most interesting gift he’s given his wife) OC: …formulate yourself. 1:19
    “When ‘What Was I Thinkin’’ was released in 2003, I didn’t know what my life would look like, and all of a sudden, I found myself out on the road full-time, just gone. So, the place where I was staying, I had some friends pack it up and move it into a storage facility. This year, I got that whole thing dumped back out into my house. I’m going through just years of old stuff, and in there I found some letters that she and I had written back and forth when we were dating. I was working at The Nashville Network and she was working out in San Francisco and found some letters I had written her and I’d gotten back and some stuff she’d sent me, including a CD of songs she’d been listening to, back when you made CD mixes and there’s like these three hearts on that CD. I just found that it was so meaningful for me those gifts you give each other before any money, before anything else was going on, just music, giving of mixtapes was so cool. She reminded me of a mixtape I sent her. I’d sent it to her via FedEx, because it was so important she get this as quickly as possible. This was sadly before, I guess we had internet back then, but you really couldn’t send songs over the internet. I think the most interesting thing I’ve given her and she’s given me was just mixtapes, because there’s nothing like music to put into words and the thoughts you have in your head that you can’t formulate yourself.”

    Audio / Eric Church says his wife, Katherine, loves him in spite of everything.

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    Eric Church (Valentine’s) OC: …love song is. :18

    “True love to me is when you love a person in spite of all their fallibilities, and for me, I have a lot of ‘em. I’m definitely at times hard to love, and that’s what’s great about Katherine and the way she loves me. She loves me in spite of those things and really for those things.”

    Audio / Josh Turner says his wife would call him a romantic, but now that they have four children, it takes a bit of work to make time for each other.

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    Josh Turner (Romantic) OC: …long time to come. :26
    “If you ask my wife Jennifer if I was a romantic, she would definitely say, ‘Yes,’ but she knows that sometimes my hectic schedule and our busy lifestyles can kind of interfere with the romantic side of things. But we do try to make efforts towards being together and having adult conversations and taking time away from the children and doing things that husbands and wives do, so we’ll definitely try to continue that for a long time to come.”

    Audio / Lauren Alaina recalls her first, and potentially disastrous, Valentine’s Day with her longtime boyfriend, Alex.

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    Lauren Alaina (Valentine’s Day) OC: …pretty embarrassing. 1:37
    “I think my first Valentine’s Day with Alex, I was trying to be super cute and cook him a Valentine’s Day dinner. I was 18 at the time, and I’d just moved into this brand new apartment in Chattanooga. I was trying to get used to not living with my parents before I moved to Nashville, so I did like six months in Chattanooga in an apartment. And [giggles] my mom makes these really great mashed potatoes, which I’ve modified the recipe, but they’re delicious and I wanted to make him these potatoes, because I knew I could make these potatoes. Well, I did not grow up with a very updated kitchen, so I didn’t have a [garbage] disposal, it was very new to me. So, I peeled the bag of potatoes and put the potato peels in to the sink and tried to use the disposal and it broke it before he got there. Annnd, I turned the water on, and I was baking chicken and I was cooking broccoli and mashed potatoes, and just turned the water on and then I forgot I had the water on, so I overflowed the kitchen sink with the potato peels, and it looked like something died in my sink and my sink was like spitting it up. It was horrible. I was panicking and trying to get it all cleaned up before he got there, and he knocked in the middle of it, like knocked on the door. He was early, of course. He’s always early, and he freaking knocked. I had like potato peels flying through the air, my potatoes were boiling over. I was still boiling the potatoes. I was running behind and he was running early, so it was just crazy. But, we’ve had some great Valentine’s.”

    Audio / Little Big Town’s Phillip Sweet was ready for love when he met Rebecca, his wife since 2007.

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    Little Big Town (Phillip – reasons fell in love) OC: …real love. :17

    “I think everything that I had gone through before had prepared me to be ready to see that there was genuine love there for me, and my Rebecca.  So, it was just a great time, I wouldn’t have been ready before I met her…Now it’s just been a really great journey to heal through the past and to know real love.”

    Audio / Luke Bryan says Valentine’s Day is for him and his wife, Caroline.

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    Luke Bryan (Valentine’s Day) OC: …full day. :11
    “Well, I mean Valentine’s Day is, it’s kinda me and Caroline’s day just to go and just being with one another for a full day.”

     

  • LUKE BRYAN’S ‘WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY’ WILL BE RELEASED ON VINYL WITH A BONUS TRACK.

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    Luke Bryan

    Luke Bryan’s What Makes You Country will be released on vinyl on March 9th and will include a bonus track, “I Can’t Even.” The 16-track collection will be available as a double LP.

    Luke says he wants his music to connect with fans, and hopefully come to one of his shows. “My hope for every album is to put songs out that drive people to want to come see the shows. It drives people to want to listen to it on the radio, and obviously have these songs incorporated in their life,” he says. “I always want to have a rollercoaster of emotions through the albums – the sad songs, the love songs, the happy songs, the drinking songs, the party songs. I want to have songs that people can come to big outdoor stadium like concerts and rock and party and have a blast.”

    The Georgia native is sitting inside the Top 20 with his latest song, “Most People Are Good.”

    Luke is set to launch his 2018 What Makes You Country Tour on February 16th in Springfield, Missouri.

    Catch Luke as one of three new judges on ABC’s reboot of American Idol beginning March 8th.

    What Makes You Country vinyl track listing:

    1-What Makes You Country

    2-Out Of Nowhere

    3-Light It Up

    4-Most People Are Good

    5-Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset

    6-Bad Lovers

    7-Drinking Again

    8-Land Of A Million Songs

    9-Like You Say You Do

    10-Hooked On It

    11-She’s A Hot One

    12-Hungover In A Hotel Room

    13-Pick It Up

    14-Driving This Thing

    15-Win Life

    16- I Can’t Even (BONUS TRACK)- Only Available On Vinyl

    Audio / Luke Bryan reveals his own expectations for his new album, What Makes You Country.

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    Luke Bryan (album expectations) OC: …fun memories. :44
    “My hope for every album is to put songs out that drive people to want to come see the shows.  It drives people to want to listen to it on the radio and obviously have these songs incorporated in their life.  I always want to have a rollercoaster of emotions through the albums – the sad songs, the love songs, the happy songs, the drinking songs, the party songs.  I want to have songs that people can come to big outdoor stadium like concerts and rock and party and have a blast.  I want something driving, something to hit people in the face, and let’s make some big ole fun music and some big ole fun memories.”

    Video / Most People Are Good Lyric Video

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  • TBT TO LUKE BRYAN PERFORMING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM PRIOR TO LAST YEAR’S SUPER BOWL.

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    THROWBACK THURSDAY: At this time last year, Luke Bryan was in Houston prepping to perform the National Anthem at Super Bowl 51. Before he took the stage to sing “The Star-Spangled Banner,” he said he dreamed of that moment for years.

    “The opportunity to perform the National Anthem at the Super Bowl is something that I can honestly say I’ve probably dreamed of ever since I was a kid. To wake up and things that you’ve dreamed of are right in front of you, it’s pretty powerful,” says Luke. “I’m just excited about the opportunity to go out there and honor America, honor our country, honor our troops, and I will certainly be excited to hit the last note and not be so nervous anymore and go enjoy a football game.”

    Luke, who just announced 13 stadium and ballparks dates for his What Makes You Country Tour, is making his way up the country charts with “Most People Are Good.”

    Audio / Prior to last year's Super Bowl where he performed the National Anthem, Luke Bryan talks about the huge opportunity of performing "The Star Spangled Banner" at the Big Game.

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    Luke Bryan (perf National Anthem at Super Bowl) OC: …football game. :30
    “The opportunity to perform the National Anthem at the Super Bowl is something that I can honestly say I’ve probably dreamed of ever since I was a kid. To wake up and things that you’ve dreamed of are right in front of you, it’s pretty powerful. I’m just excited about the opportunity to go out there and honor America, honor our country, honor our troops, and I will certainly be excited to hit the last note and not be so nervous anymore and go enjoy a football game.”

    Audio / Prior to last year's Super Bowl, Luke Bryan said he'd be in the moment when he performs the Anthem.

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    Luke Bryan (National Anthem at SB 51) OC: …a little bit. :30
    “I’m just gonna go out there and sing it. It’s not like I’ve got a band or an orchestra that’s on time and they play it the same way and I’m following them. I’m kinda gonna walk out there and follow my heart and follow the vibe of the room, and so there’s no telling how long it’ll go. I may get out there and go, ‘I’m about to pass out. I need to get this over quick.’ Or I may get out there and really, really feel good in the moment and try to milk it a little bit.”