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  • NEWS AND NOTES: Carrie, Lauren, Darius, Luke, George, LBT, Kacey

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    Carrie Underwood / Darius Rucker / George Strait / Kacey Musgraves / Lauren Alaina / Little Big Town / Luke Bryan

    Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley appear on ABC’s Good Morning America and The Chew on Thursday (November 2nd) to talk about next week’s CMA Awards, which will air live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena November 8th beginning at 8pm ET on ABC.

    Lauren Alaina will perform during the 91st Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Dustin Lynch, Sara Evans, Cam, 98 Degrees, Andra Day and Common will also perform. The parade will air from New York City beginning at 9am ET on Thanksgiving Day on NBC.

    Darius Rucker is scheduled to perform the National Anthem as his beloved Miami Dolphins play host to the Oakland Raiders on Sunday (November 5th) at 8:30pm ET on NBC.

    Luke Bryan has teamed up with Chevy in designing a custom 2018 Chevrolet Suburban. “Chevy has been part of our family and a part of our work life on the farm for as long as I can remember,” says Luke. “If you were a Bryan, you drove a Chevy—and I’m a longtime Suburban owner. This partnership is a natural fit for me and this unique Suburban represents everything I and my family want for our outdoor adventures.”

    Don’t forget to watch or set your DVRs as Robin Roberts takes an intimate look at the career and personal life of Luke Bryan in her new ABC special, Living Every Day: Luke Bryan on Monday (November 6th) at 10pm ET.

    George Strait is set to headline the 2018 Bayou Country Superfest, taking place at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome May 27th in New Orleans, Louisiana. Little Big Town, Kacey Musgraves and Midland will also perform.

  • LUKE BRYAN CRASHES A WEDDING IN GEORGIA.

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    Imagine celebrating your recent nuptials with family and friends, and all of a sudden Luke Bryan walks in when his song, “Crash My Party,” is playing?  That’s what happened to newly wed McKenna and Austin when the American Idol auditions were being held down the street from their wedding reception in Georgia over the weekend.

    Watch the video below to check out all of the action.

    Luke is currently sitting inside the Top 10 with his latest song, “Light It Up,” which is the first release from his upcoming album, What Makes You Country.

    Luke has a handful of tour dates left on the books. He’ll take his Huntin’, Fishin’ and Lovin’ Every Day Tour to Concord, California on November 2nd, followed by dates in Wheatland, California November 3rd and Mountain View, California on November 4th.

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  • LUKE BRYAN’S FIRST CMA ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR AWARD LEFT HIM FEELING HE WAS NOW PART OF A CLUB.

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    Luke Bryan is once again nominated for the CMA Entertainer of the Year award, which he has won twice before in 2014 and 2015.

    The Georgia native explains winning his first CMA Entertainer of the Year award was life-altering. “Winning my first CMA Entertainer of the Year award is something that I’ll never forget. It’s all of those memories of everything it took to get here and all the sacrifices and all the honkytonks and the late-night concerts and moving to Nashville and leaving your family and your friends, it all came together on that night,” says Luke. “To get that from your peers of fellow country music artists was pretty amazing. You never forget it. You forever feel vindicated and you feel appreciated and you feel like you’re a member of a club, and you know no matter how long you live that you left an indelible mark on this industry based on how you go about it, how you entertain and perform.”

    As a matter of fact, his first CMA Entertainer award was his first ever CMA Award he’d ever won.

     

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    The 51st Annual CMA Awards, hosted by Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley, will air live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena November 8th at 8pm ET on ABC.

    Luke is currently sitting inside the Top 10 with his latest song, “Light It Up,” which is the first release from his upcoming album, What Makes You Country.

    Luke has a handful of tour dates left on the books. He’ll take his Huntin’, Fishin’ and Lovin’ Every Day Tour to Concord, California on November 2nd, followed by dates in Wheatland, California November 3rd and Mountain View, California on November 4th.

    Audio / Luke Bryan say winning his first CMA Entertainer of the Year award changed his life.

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    Luke Bryan (winning 1st CMA Entertainer of the Year) OC: …big deal for me. :55
    “Definitely looking back and winning my first CMA Entertainer of the Year award is something that I’ll never forget. It’s all of those memories of everything it took to get here and all the sacrifices and all the honkytonks and the late-night concerts and moving to Nashville and leaving your family and your friends, it all came together on that night. To get that from your peers of fellow country music artists was pretty amazing. You never forget it. You forever feel vindicated and you feel appreciated and you feel like you’re a member of a club, and you know no matter how long you live that you left an indelible mark on this industry based on how you go about it, how you entertain and perform. It was a big deal for me.”

    Audio / Backstage in the pressroom after winning the CMA Entertainer of the Year Award in 2014, Luke Bryan said he was so humbled and overwhelmed the CMA voters felt he had earned it.

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    Luke Bryan (CMA Entertainer win) OC: …hard to describe. 1:05
    “To try to understand you would win your first CMA Award and it’s the Entertainer of the Year…I have longed and sought after many years to get one of these in my hands. To get the respect of the CMA Board and all of its voters and win this is a ginormous deal, something I could not express out on stage when I was winning it, but I can’t help but in the back of my mind want some of that respect from this body of people. So, I’m just really humbled. I think about just the hard work it took to get here, and I’m really just so blessed that this is from the CMA and I’ll never take a second of it for granted. I, honestly from the bottom of my heart, I go out on stage every night and try to sing it and perform it and entertain it like it’s my last and now, it’s like, Whew! It’s hard to describe.”

  • LUKE BRYAN GIVES PAL BLAKE SHELTON PROPS ON HIS CAREER PATH AND JOKES ABOUT GETTING READY TO FIRE BACK AT HIM FOR HIS RECENT COMMENTS.

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    Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton are great friends, who really like to give each other a hard time…all in the name of fun. When it was announced Luke had signed on to be a judge on the newly revamped American Idol on ABC, Blake, who stars on another talent competition show, The Voice, had some things to say about his buddy.

    “I think people are going to realize just how dumb he really is when they see him on national television, in an environment where there’s no script,” Blake tells Entertainment Tonight. “But you’re also gonna see what a great, great, dude that guy is. “I love Luke like a brother, I really do, but he’s just dumb.”

    Luke says since Blake came at him first, it is now game on! “It started with Blake saying to the world that I was just dumb,” says Luke. “So, Blake lobbed the first grenade at me, so I’m just going to have to get my artillery together.”

    While he jokes about Blake, he also has a great deal of respect for his pal and considers him one of his closest friends in the business. “When the Idol deal went down, Blake sent me a text going, ‘Man, so fired up for ya. Nobody deserves a big ole TV opportunity more than you,’” says Luke. “But it’s all fun and healthy, and you know, Blake and I approach this business very similarly. We love to sing. We love to find great songs, and we love to smile and laugh and care our way through this business.”

    Luke is currently sitting inside the Top 10 with his latest song, “Light It Up,” which is the first release from his upcoming album, What Makes You Country.

    The Georgia native is nominated for the CMA Entertainer of the Year, which he has previously earned twice in 2014 and 2015. The 51st Annual CMA Awards will air live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena November 8th at 8pm ET on ABC.

    Luke has a handful of tour dates left on the books. He’ll take his  Huntin’, Fishin’ and Lovin’ Every Day Tour to Concord, California on  November 2nd, followed by dates in Wheatland, California November 3rd and Mountain View, California on November 4th.

    Audio / Luke Bryan talks about his buddy Blake Shelton and what he said when it was announced Luke signed on for the reboot of American Idol.

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    Luke Bryan (Blake on Idol) OC: …that he’s had. :58
    “It started with Blake saying to the world that I was just dumb. So, Blake lobbed the first grenade at me, so I’m just going to have to get my artillery together. I think it’s all gonna be healthy and friendly, and I mean when the Idol deal went down, Blake sent me a text going, ‘Man, so fired up for ya. Nobody deserves a big ole TV opportunity more than you.’ But it’s all fun and healthy, and you know, Blake and I approach this business very similarly. We love to sing. We love to find great songs, and we love to smile and laugh and care our way through this business. Blake’s been one of those guys that had to work and scrape for every bit of recognition that he’s had.”

  • HALLOWEEN 2017 AUDIO

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    Billy Currington / Brandon Lay / Brothers Osborne / Canaan Smith / Clare Dunn / Darius Rucker / Dierks Bentley / Easton Corbin / Eric Church / Jon Pardi / Jordan Davis / Lady Antebellum / Luke Bryan

    Audio / Billy Currington reminisces about his childhood Halloween memories.

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    Billy Currington (Halloween) OC: …Halloween. :17
    “You know, when I was a kid, I loved the trick and the treat. I loved dressing up. I was always wanting to be Dracula. That was my favorite guy. But, of course, who doesn’t love going door-to-door and getting these buckets of candy? [laughs] So, love, love Halloween.”

    Audio / Brothers Osborne’s John Osborne talks about carving pumpkins with their dad when they were growing up.

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    Brothers Osborne (carving pumpkins) OC: …or something. :25
    “With our dad every year, we would go looking for pumpkins, and we would all get our own pumpkin to carve, and he would buy the biggest pumpkin that they had. It was huge. I mean, it was way too big for any one person, but he would love carving. He’s kind of an artsy guy. He was a great drawer and stuff, and he would carve the most terrifying, vicious looking, scary pumpkin you’d ever seen in your life, and it would be massive. It would be like on a 50-pound pumpkin or something.”

    Audio / John and TJ Osborne talk about their favorite Halloween candy.

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    Brothers Osborne (Halloween candy) OC: (John) …go stale. [laughs] :34
    TJ: “I would say, Snickers, Baby Ruth, Kit Kat and Reese’s too.” JOHN: “I always hated those houses that would give you bad candy, though. You’re like, ‘C’mon. Step it up.’ Spend the extra dollar on a bag, you know?” TJ: “A house when we were growing up used to give out whole candy bars. It was the best. You were like, ‘That house – that’s the honey hole of candy.’” JOHN: “I love it, and I love like at the end, like three or four days after Halloween you would see what candy was left, and it was always like those crappy cheap candies, and they would just go stale.” [laughs]

    Audio / Brothers Osborne’s TJ and John Osborne talk about dressing up like zombies for Halloween.

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    Brothers Osborne (zombie costume) OC: (John) …was so fun! :29
    TJ: “Literally, you can dress up like a zombie and drag your foot behind you all day and make weird noises, and everyone finds that completely acceptable.” [laughs] JOHN: “One year I dressed up as a ‘90s redneck zombie with a mullet wig and an Alan Jackson denim coat. I never once broke character. That’s part of the thing — you can actually not break character and get away with it. And everywhere I went, even when I ordered a drink, I ordered it like a zombie that was falling apart. [laughs] It was so fun!”

    Audio / Canaan Smith says his Halloweens of today have changed dramatically since he was a child.

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    Canaan Smith (Halloween) OC: …cornfields. :37
    “I grew up in a Christian family. We went to a private Christian school for a while, so they didn’t allow us to celebrate Halloween like I do now. We did what was called a Hallelujah Party instead, and you still dress up and still get all the candy, but you go to the high school gym. You play games, you just do, like cornhole and the dunking booth and all kinds of stuff and win prizes, but it was nothing ever scary. I think they had like rules about what outfits you could and couldn’t wear. But now I just love freaking myself out and going to, I love going to haunted houses and haunted cornfields.”

    Audio / Darius Rucker loves Halloween, especially because it’s his kids’ favorite holiday.

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    Darius (Halloween) OC: …I’m into. :06
    “Halloween’s big for me, because the kids love it. It’s my kids’ favorite holiday, so anything they’re into, I’m into.”

    Audio / Dierks Bentley talks about the Halloweens of his childhood.

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    Dierks Bentley (Halloween) OC: … …around home. [laughs]  :23
    “Oh, when I was a kid, I was all into fireworks. Growing up in Arizona, we couldn’t get ’em, so we’d have ’em shipped in illegally. I still remember the name of the guy we’d call. His name was Joe, and he’d bring in, ship ’em in a package with no writing on ’em. We were all about M-80s in the mailboxes and bottle rocket wars. To me, as a kid, Halloween was fireworks, was blowing up stuff around home. [laughs]”

    Audio / Easton Corbin says one of his favorite costumes as a kid was made by his grandmother.

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    Easton Corbin (Halloween) OC: …pretty warm. :26

    “My grandma made a werewolf outfit for me, and I wore that one year. She got this fake hair and glued it to sweatpants and a sweatshirt. That was a hot outfit. I mean, it got pretty warm.”

    Audio / Eric Church recalls his favorite Halloween costume.

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    Eric Church (Halloween) OC: …Franklin Street. 1:18
    “My favorite Halloween costume really came, I remember when I got a little older my first year of college, there’s this thing they do every year in Chapel Hill, North Carolina – Halloween on Franklin Street. We drove down from Boone, North Carolina. I had a bunch of friends that went to University of North Carolina, and we didn’t have costumes and didn’t realize until we were on the way that we had to have costumes. So, we stopped at a costume place in Greensboro, North Carolina. It’s Halloween, so there’s a run on everything and couldn’t find anything. And we end up getting sent around, driving around town. We end up finding this hole in the wall place, but they had the full costume, Sesame Street outfits. The real deal. The real ones [with] feathers and fur. We were Elmo, Cookie Monster and I was Big Bird, and the Big Bird was the actual Big Bird. It’s about 7-foot-4, and yiou looked out of the body and then you had these straps that went on since the head was a lot higher. There’s a lot of beer involved in Franklin Street, so we get down there and as the night went on, my straps broke, so the head would pivot. And so, I would be walking one way and the head would be facing the other, and it just became this funny…I didn’t know the head was on backwards. I had no idea. I see out of the body, so I’m just kinda walking around and people were talking to my ass-end. [laughs] The whole time peiople’d come up and start talking and go, ‘Hey, turn around.’ And I’d turn around, and they’d go, ‘No turn around.’ It was a mess. That year, there was no other Big Bird on Franklin Street.”

    Audio / Jon Pardi reveals his favorite Halloween candy.

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    Jon Pardi (Halloween candy) OC: …during Halloween. :06
    “Man! The candy corn is pretty good, and that’s seasonal, so it only kinda pops out during Halloween.”

    Audio / Jon Pardi talks about his favorite Halloween costumes as a child.

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    Jon Pardi (Halloween) 1 OC: …the Superman. :15
    “Man, I went through phases of costumes – the Superman costume, then it was a ninja, then I was a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle one year. I remember rockin’ the Superman.”

    Audio / Jordan Davis talks about his favorite Halloween costumes over the years.

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    Jordan Davis (Halloween costumes) OC: …jet black. :49
    “I can remember being really big into Power Rangers. I always liked the Red Ranger. I remember being Red Ranger one Halloween. I remember me and my br4other being big into the Ninja Turtles. I was Donatello one year, which I think was the purple turtle. I think, though, my favorite Halloween was I was in college and I went as Luigi from Mario and Luigi, and I actually grew a legit mustache and dyed it jet black and ran into an e-girlfriend at the costume shop and completely forgot I had the mustache on. So, when Is saw her, she was like, ‘So, you’re going with a mustache nowadays, huh?’ [laughs] I remember being like, ‘I swear this is part of my Halloween costume.’ [laughs] When I dyed my mustache, my top lip was black for a week. Like I really did dye it jet black.”

    Audio / Jordan Davis talks about his favorite Halloween candy.

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    Jordan Davis (Halloween candy) OC: …some Starbursts. :21
    “My favorite Halloween candy [is] probably Reese’s or M&M’s, although I love the variety of Starburst. It’s one that I feel like I only eat at Halloween, because I feel like at Halloween one of the popular ones is the two-piece Starburst things. So, probably Reese’s, M&Ms and throw in some Starbursts.”

    Audio / Candy Corn is a pretty polarizing candy that only comes out around Halloween. Some love it; some hate it and neither opinion is wrong. Jordan Davis sides with the haters (don’t blame him), since he’s just not that into candy corn.

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    Jordan Davis (no candy corn) OC: …they’re awful. :05
    “You know what I never got? The candy corns. I’ve never been a candy corn guy. I think they’re awful.”

    Audio / Lady Antebellum’s Dave Haywood recalls one of his most embarrassing Halloween costumes.

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    Lady A (Dave Haywood costume memory) OC: …50 feet. :20
    “I was a die (1/2 of a pair of dice) for Halloween. I had a big cardboard box that I had painted white and had the polka dots and stuff. And I remember I was walking up this hill to go to this hill and literally fell back down the entire hill [laughter], rolling in this giant cardboard box that I couldn’t do anything about, because I rolled down about 50-feet.”

    Audio / Luke Bryan says wife Caroline always picks out their Halloween costumes.

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    Luke Bryan (Halloween costumes) OC: …always has. :20
    “Me and Caroline did one year where I dressed up as the old lady, and she dressed up as, she called herself a dirty old man. So, she went around acting like an old man saying snide comments to everybody. That was a fun one. The main thing is Caroline is big, she loves Halloween and always has.”

    Audio / Luke Bryan says you can tell a lot about your neighbors from what kind of Halloween candy they hand out.

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    Luke Bryan (Halloween) OC: …your teeth. :21
    “You can find out a lot about your neighbors by what kind of candy they put out. So, well, like full bars of Snickers bars, that’s what, and Reese’s cups, [but] the old chocolate popcorn ball of stuff, that’s no good either, like Dots – you get Dots one time of year and they pull your teeth.”

    Audio / Luke Bryan talks about his Halloween tradition.

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    Luke Bryan (Halloween) 2 OC: …with all that. :33
    “My tradition for Halloween is Caroline picks the outfit. I never know what I’m wearing. So that day, I’ll talk to the neighbors ‘cause I have a tractor back there and I’ll go get my tractor and get a big long trailer, and then I’ll run down to…a couple miles from the farm, we’ve got a big hay farmer that keeps hay and you run in there and pay him for his hay bales. And I’ll load the hay up and get the hayride ready and we’ll take all the kids behind the tractor and have a fun Halloween with all that.”

  • NEWS AND NOTES: Shania, Darius, Luke, LBT, Sam, Dierks, Jon, Church, Strait, Stapleton, Kacey

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    Chris Stapleton / Darius Rucker / Dierks Bentley / Eric Church / George Strait / Jon Pardi / Kacey Musgraves / Lady Antebellum / Little Big Town / Luke Bryan / Sam Hunt / Shania Twain

    Darius Rucker will appear on ABC’s The View on Wednesday (October 25th).

    Shania Twain is featured on CBS’ The Talk on Wednesday (October 25th).

    Luke Bryan is a special guest on the Ellen DeGeneres Show on Thursday (October 26th).

    During the Nashville Songwriter Hall of Fame celebration earlier this week, the NSAI presented the 10 Songs I Wish I’d Written Awards. The honorees included Little Big Town’s “Better Man (written by Taylor Swift), Sam Hunt’s “Body Like a Back Road” (written by Sam, Josh Osborne, Shane McAnally and Zach Crowell), “Different for Girls” by Dierks Bentley, featuring Elle King (written by JT Harding and Shane McAnally), Jon Pardi’s “Dirt on My Boots” (written by Ashley Gorley, Jesse Frasure and Rhett Akins) and Eric Church’s “Kill a Word,” which he co-wrote with Jeff Hyde and Luke Dick.

    George Strait, Chris Stapleton, Little Big Town and Kacey Musgraves have been announced as performers at next year’s Bayou Country Superfest. The festival will take place at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Oreleans over the Memorial Day weekend. Tickets go on sale next Thursday (November 2nd).

  • HALLOWEEN LINERS 2017: Billy, Brandon, Brothers O, Canaan, Carrie, Clare, Darius, Dierks, Easton, Church, Paslay, Kacey, Lady A, Luke, Sam

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    Billy Currington / Brandon Lay / Brothers Osborne / Canaan Smith / Carrie Underwood / Clare Dunn / Dan Tyminski / Darius Rucker / Dierks Bentley / Easton Corbin / Eric Church / Eric Paslay / Kacey Musgraves / Lady Antebellum / Luke Bryan / Sam Hunt

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    LINER Billy Currington (Trick or Treat)
    “Trick or Treat, baby.”

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    LINER Brandon Lay (Halloween)
    “Hey everybody! This is Brandon Lay, wishing you a Happy Halloween.”

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    LINER Brothers Osborne (Halloween)
    “Hey! This is TJ, and I’m John, and we are Brothers Osborne. Happy Halloween.”

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    LINER Canaan Smith (Halloween)
    “Hey! What’s up guys? I’m Canaan Smith. Happy Halloween.”

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    LINER Carrie Underwood (Halloween)
    “Hi! I’m Carrie Underwood, wishing you a Happy Halloween.”

     

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    LINER Clare Dunn (Halloween)
    “Hey! This is Clare Dunn, wishing you a very Happy Halloween.”

     

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    LINER Darius Rucker (Halloween)
    “Hey! What’s up, y’all? This is Darius Rucker, wishing you a very Happy Halloween.”

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    LINER Dierks Bentley (Halloween)
    “Hey! It’s Dierks Bentley, wishing you a Happy Halloween.”

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    LINER Eric Church (Halloween)
    “Hey! This is Eric Church, wishing you a very Happy Halloween.”

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    LINER Eric Paslay (Halloween)
    “Hey! This is Eric Paslay, wishing you a very Happy Halloween.”

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    LINER Jordan Davis (Halloween)
    “Hey! I’m Jordan Davis, wishing you a Happy Halloween.”

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    LINER Kacey Musgraves (Halloween)
    “Hey! It’s Kacey Musgraves, and I hope you have a Happy Halloween.”

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    LINER Lady A (Halloween)
    “Hey everybody! We are Lady Antebellum. Have a safe and Happy Halloween.”

     

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    LINER Luke Bryan (Halloween)
    “Hey! What’s up, y’all? I’m Luke Bryan, wishing you a very Happy Halloween. Boo!”

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    LINER Sam Hunt (Halloween)
    “Hey everybody! This is Sam Hunt. Happy Halloween!”

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    LINER Tyminski (Halloween)
    “Hey everybody! I’m Tyminski, wishing you a Happy Halloween.”

  • LUKE BRYAN WILL BE THE SUBJECT OF ROBIN ROBERTS’ NEW PRE-CMA AWARDS TELEVISION SPECIAL.

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    Country superstar Luke Bryan will share an intimate look at his life and career in Robin Roberts’ pre-CMA Awards special, Living Every Day, airing November 6th at 10pm ET on ABC.

    Luke is nominated for Entertainer of the Year at this year’s CMA Awards, which will air live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, November 8th at 8pm ET on ABC.

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  • LUKE BRYAN PREMIERES ‘LIGHT IT UP’ VIDEO AND ANNOUNCES 2018 WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY TOUR ON THE ELLEN DeGENERES SHOW TODAY.

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    Four-time Entertainer of the Year and American Idol judge Luke Bryan premiered the new music video for single “Light It Up,” featuring NBA star Jimmy Butler, and announced the first leg of his 2018 “What Makes You Country Tour” on The Ellen DeGeneres Show today.

    The video for “Light It Up,” the lead single from Luke’s upcoming What Makes You Country album, was directed by Michael Monaco. The video was shot in Nashville last month and stars Minnesota Timberwolves’ Jimmy Butler who is a country music fan and has been a guest of Luke’s at several of his concerts.

    For audio and liners on “Light It Up,” click here.

    The first leg of Luke’s 2018 “What Makes You Country Tour” will launch February 16 in Springfield, Missouri at the JQH Arena and will run through the Fall of next year with more dates to be announced soon. Kip Moore and The Cadillac Three are the guests on the first leg. Ticket on sales begin Friday, Nov. 3. Ellen will give away tickets for all the dates on Luke’s tour so go to her website for your chance to win https://www.ellentube.com

    2018 “What Makes You Country Tour” first leg

    2-16     Springfield, MO          JQH Arena

    2-17     Evansville, IN             Ford Center

    2-18     Louisville, KY            KFC Yum! Center

    2-22     State College, PA       Bryce Jordan Center

    2-23     Atlantic City, NJ         Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall

    2-24     Charlottesville, VA     John Paul Jones Arena

    Live Nation is the national tour promoter of the 2018 “What Makes You Country Tour.” Cabela’s, the World’s Foremost Outfitter of hunting, fishing and outdoor gear, is the sponsor. Citi® is the official presale credit card of Luke Bryan’s “What Makes You Country Tour.”  As such, Citi® cardmembers will have access to purchase presale tickets beginning Wednesday, Nov. 1 through Citi’s Private Pass® program. For complete presale details visit www.citiprivatepass.com

    Pre-orders of What Makes You Country are available now at http://strm.to/whatmakesyoucountry and exclusive album packages available here:  https://LukeBryan.lnk.to/storePR

    About Luke Bryan
    Country music superstar Luke Bryan is a two-time Academy of Country Music and Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year, a five-time host of the ACM Awards and the 2017 Super Bowl LI National anthem performer. He has sold over 10 million albums, 40 million tracks with three Billion music streams. He has had 18 career No. 1 singles and has headlined arena tours and sold-out stadiums across the U.S. performing for more than 5.6 million fans in the last three years alone.

    When the sixth song from his Kill The Lights album hit the top of the chart, Luke became the only artist in the 27-year history of the Billboard Country Airplay chart to garner six No. 1 singles from one album. Luke’s tailgates & tanlines and Crash My Party albums both generated five No. 1 singles.

    Visit www.LukeBryan.com or follow Luke on Twitter @LukeBryanOnline, Instagram and Facebook

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  • LUKE BRYAN WINS THE ARTIST SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD FROM THE NSAI.

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    Luke Bryan was named the NSAI Songwriter-Artist of the Year during Monday night’s (October 23rd) Nashville Songwriter’s Hall of Fame Gala at the Music City Center. The Georgia native was celebrated with his first such NSAI award for songs including “Fast,” “Huntin’, Fishin’ and Lovin’ Every Day” and “Move,” three of six hits to reach the top of the country chart from his Kill the Lights album.

    “To win the NSAI Artist-Writer of the Year Award is, I mean it’s the top echelon of awards, in my opinion. It’s a huge honor,” says Luke. “Early in my songwriting endeavors, for ‘Good Directions’ I won Top 10 Songs I’d Wished I’d Have Written. And now years into my career and having never won one since then, I understand it’s such an important award. It’s an important night, and it’s a special night for me and a huge honor.”

    Luke also performed Vern Gosdin’s 1988 chart-topper “Set ‘Em Up Joe” in tribute to the late country legend who was one of five inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.

    Luke is sitting inside the Top 10 on the country charts with “Light It Up,” the first release from his brand-new album, What Makes You Country, available December 8th.

    In the meantime, you can catch the CMA Entertainer of the Year nominee (he’s won the CMA Entertainer Award twice) on the road with his Huntin’, Fishin’ and Lovin’ Every Day Tour. The trek makes stops Wednesday (October 25th) in San Diego, followed by Phoenix on Thursday (October 26th) and San Bernadino on Friday (October 27th).

    Audio / Luke Bryan talks about winning the NSAI Artist-Songwriter Award of the Year.

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    Luke Bryan (NSAI Songwriter-Artist of the Year) 1 OC: …huge honor. :31
    “To win the NSAI Artist-Writer of the Year Award is, I mean it’s the top echelon of awards, in my opinion, it’s a huge honor. Early in my songwriting endeavors, for ‘Good Directions’ I won Top 10 Songs I’d Wished I’d Have Written. And now years into my career and having never won one since then, I understand it’s such an important award. It’s an important night, and it’s a special night for me and a huge honor.”

    Audio / Luke Bryan started out as a songwriter in Nashville, and winning the NSAI Artist Songwriter of the Year Award means a lot to him.

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    Luke Bryan (NSAI Songwriter-Artist of the Year) 2 OC: …get ‘em cut. :14
    “This whole thing started with me being a songwriter that showed up every day to Music Row, that put in the time, that wrote three songs a day for this many years, and was in the trenches demo-ing ’em and trying to get ’em cut.”