Darius Rucker, Keith Urban and Mickey Guyton have been added to the list of performers at Sunday night’s (April 19th) ACM Awards, along with Clint Black, Lee Brice, Brett Eldredge, Kelly Clarkson, Brantley Gilbert, Hunter Hayes, Justin Moore, Jake Owen, Thomas Rhett, Trisha Yearwood, Alabama, Dwight Yoakam and Big & Rich. Also presenting will be Modern Family’s Sophia Vergara, Oscar winner Reese Witherspoon, Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler, Two Broke Girls’ Beth Behrs, former Dallas Cowboys’ quarterback Troy Aikman, current QB Tony Romo and tight end Jason Witten.

The 50th Annual ACM Awards, hosted by Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton, will be broadcast live from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas at 8pm ET on CBS.

Alan Jackson has been announced as the headliner for this year’s Rock the South Festival June 19-20 in Cullman, Alabama. Brantley Gilbert, Blackberry Smoke, Travis Tritt, Tyler Farr and Sara Evans will also perform during the festival.

Sam Hunt once again tops Billboard’s Country Album chart this week with Montevallo. The record sold nearly 16,000 units this past week. Coming in second is Shania Twain’s new collection, Still the One: Live From Vegas.

Mickey Guyton will appear on Access Hollywood on Monday, March 30th as part of the program’s Access Breakthrough Week, which will spotlight a new artist each day. Her Good Morning America performance, which was set to air last week, was rescheduled for Monday (March 16th).

Keith Urban won International Artist of the Year and International Video of the Year for “Cop Car” at the 5^th Annual CMC Music Awards this week. He didn’t attend the awards, since he was in L.A. for the new season of American Idol. While Keith wasn’t there, a few of Nashville’s acts were attended and performed on the show, and they included Lady Antebellum, Kacey Musgraves, Lee Brice and Maddie & Tae.

Mickey Guyton is excited about joining Brad Paisley on his Crushin’ It World Tour starting May 15th in Philadelphia.

“It’s just completely unbelievable that this is happening to me, because you dream of being able to go on tour and to share your songs,” says Mickey. “And then when it actually happens, it’s just feels like a dream. I’m still on cloud nine about all of it.”

She isn’t really apprehensive about his prankster reputation, she’s actually looking forward to the retaliation. “I’m kind of looking forward to his pranks, because I’m definitely going to get him back, for sure.”

Mickey’s debut single is the powerful “Better Than You Left Me” which broke Country Aircheck history for the most one-week adds for a debut act’s first single. Co-written with Nathan Chapman, Jennifer Hanson and Jenn Schott, the single was USA Today’s Song of the Week. Since releasing her single, Mickey has appeared on many Who to Watch for in 2015 lists including NPR, Billboard, Rolling Stone Country, Spotify, Yahoo! Music, Huffington Post, Mashable, Taste of Country and Nashville Lifestyles.

Nashville, TN (March 2, 2015) – Capitol Records Nashville’s Mickey Guyton will make her national television debut on ABC’s Good Morning America with a performance of her first single “Better Than You Left Me” on Friday, March 6th. Mickey co-wrote the single which made Country Aircheck history as the highest one-week add total for a debut first single.  Mickey was recently selected as a featured artist in the VEVO DSCVR Series.  The series currently is featuring two acoustic performances that can be viewed here and here.

Mickey will head out on tour with Brad Paisley this summer on his CRUSHIN’ IT WORLD TOUR which kicks off May 15 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  The Texas native has been featured in the Wall Street Journal and appeared on several Who To Watch for in 2015 lists including NPR, Billboard, Rolling Stone Country, Spotify, Yahoo! Music, Huffington Post, Mashable, Taste of Country and Nashville Lifestyles. She is currently putting the finishing touches on her debut album.

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Nashville, TN (February 10, 2015) – Capitol Records Nashville’s Mickey Guyton will join Brad Paisley on his Crushin’ It World Tour starting May 15th in Philadelphia, PA.

“I am so excited and thankful to Brad for inviting me to tour with him,” shares Mickey.  “This opportunity to share my music with fans on the road is truly a dream becoming a reality. May 15 can’t come fast enough!”

Mickey’s debut single is the powerful “Better Than You Left Me” which broke Country Aircheck history for the most one-week adds for a debut act’s first single.  Co-written with Nathan Chapman, Jennifer Hanson and Jenn Schott, the single was USA Today’s Song of the Week. Since releasing her single, Mickey has appeared on many Who To Watch for in 2015 lists including NPR, Billboard, Rolling Stone Country, Spotify, Yahoo! Music, Huffington Post, Mashable, Taste of Country and Nashville Lifestyles.  The video for “Better Than You Left Me” can be viewed here.

Mickey’s 2015 “Crushin’ It World Tour” dates include:
May 15          Susquehanna Bank Center                       Philadelphia, PA

May 16          Walnut Creek Ampitheatre                       Raleigh, NC

June 4           Ak-Chin Pavilion                                     Phoenix, AZ

June 5           Hollywood Bowl                                     Los Angeles, CA

June 6           Sleep Train Amphitheatre                        San Diego, CA

June 12         Sleep Train Amphitheatre                        Sacramento, CA

June 13         Shoreline Amphitheatre                           Mountain View, CA

June 20         Windy City Lake Shake Festival                Chicago, IL

June 26         First Niagara Pavilion                    Pittsburgh, PA

June 27         FarmBorough Country Music Festival         New York, NY

June 28         Darien Lake Performing Arts Center          Darien Center, NY

July 17           Blossom Music Center                             Cleveland, OH

July 18           Faster Horses Country Music Festival         Brooklyn, MI

July 24          Bethel Woods Center for the Arts             Bethel, NY

July 25          XFINITY Theatre                                    Hartford, CT

July 26          Saratoga Performing Arts Center              Saratoga Springs, NY

August 28      Riverbend Music Center                          Cincinnati, OH

August 29      Klipsch Music Center                               Indianapolis, IN

August 30      Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre                St. Louis, MO

Sept 17         Isleta Amphitheater                                Albuquerque, NM

Sept 19         USANA Amphitheatre                    Salt Lake City, UT

Sept 25         XFINITY Center                                     Boston, MA

Sept 26         Jiffy Lube Live                                      Washington, DC

Sept 27         Farm Bureau Live                                  Virginia Beach, VA

Oct 2            MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre     Tampa, FL

Oct 3            Cruzan Amphitheatre                    W. Palm Beach, FL

More dates will be added.  For updated tour and ticket information, please visit www.mickeyguyton.com.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 5, 2015)Country music superstar Brad Paisley has announced his 2015 tour, “Crushin’ It World Tour,” which kicks off May 15 in Philadelphia, PA.  The tour will continue across the United States and Canada during the summer months with more dates to be added. Special guests will be reigning ACM New Artist of the Year Justin Moore and highly anticipated newcomer Mickey Guyton.

Brad Paisley is a critically acclaimed singer, songwriter, guitarist and entertainer whose talents have earned him numerous awards, including three GRAMMYs, two American Music Awards, 14 Academy of Country Music Awards and 14 Country Music Association Awards (including Entertainer of the Year), among many others. He has been a proud member of the Grand Ole Opry since 2001. Paisley has written or co-written 20 of his 23 #1 singles with the first being in 1999 with “He Didn’t Have To Be.” “Perfect Storm,” was #1 on the country charts for two weeks and is from his chart topping 2014 album Moonshine in the Trunk. His current single is “Crushin’ It” from the same album. He is currently headlining his Country Nation World Tour presented by KRAFT Cheese through March 2015. Paisley has recently partnered with Boot Barn® and developed an exclusive line of jeans, hats, T-shirts, jewelry, belts and woven shirts called Moonshine Spirit by Brad Paisley.

Texas native, Mickey Guyton’s debut single is the powerful “Better Than You Left Me” which she co-wrote.  The single broke Country Aircheck history for the most one–week adds for a debut act’s first single.  Mickey has appeared on many Who To Watch for in 2015 lists including NPR, Billboard, Spotify, Yahoo! Music, Huffington Post, Mashable, Taste of Country and Nashville Lifestyles. She was also recently featured in the Wall Street Journal and “Better Than You Left Me” was USA Today’s Song Of The Week. On January 10, Mickey made her Grand Ole Opry debut at the historic Ryman Auditorium.  Her emotional and powerful performance brought the audience to a spontaneous standing ovation.  She is currently putting the finishing touches on her Capitol Records Nashville debut album.

Nashville, TN (January 12, 2015) – Capitol Records Nashville’s Mickey Guyton celebrates the debut of her first single and video for “Better Than You Left Me” today. With an impressive 79 adds at country radio today, Mickey’s single debut of “Better Than You Left Me” is the highest one-week add total on a debut act’s first single in Country Aircheck history.  “Better Than You Left Me” is also the No. 1 most added song at Country radio this week.  The single was co-written by Mickey, Nathan Chapman, Jennifer Hanson and Jenn Schott.  This past Saturday night Mickey made her Grand Ole Opry debut on the historic Ryman Auditorium stage.  Her emotional and powerful performance brought the audience to their feet.

“I can’t believe I performed on the Ryman stage for my first Grand Ole Opry appearance,” shares Mickey.  “It’s been such an incredible journey to get to today and I am so excited to share my first single and video with the world.  I can’t thank Country radio enough for being so kind to me and accepting of my music.”

The Texas native has appeared on several Who To Watch in 2015 lists including NPR, Billboard, Spotify,Yahoo! Music, Huffington Post, Mashable, Taste of Country and Nashville Lifestyles.

“Guyton is quite possibly the best female voice to come along since Carrie Underwood. She’s an impact artist, no doubt!”

Billboard

“…giving mainstream country insiders hope that the genre will welcome another young woman into its still-pretty-macho top echelon.”

NPR 

“…if you’ve seen her get standing ovations from radio programmers at her private showcases, you’d be hard-pressed to bet against Guyton, who has the good looks, sweet spirit, and — most importantly — serious vocal chops to go all the way in the genre.”

Yahoo! Music

Also today, Mickey releases her first music video for “Better Than You Left Me.”  The video can be viewed here.  Directed by Peter Zavadil, the video stars Mickey’s real life best friends and roommates as well as her dog Charlie. A fun behind-the-scenes look at the making of the “Better Than You Left Me” video can be viewed here.

Newcomer Mickey Guyton hits radio with her debut single, “Better Than You Left Me,” on Monday, nearly three years after signing her record deal with Capitol Nashville. It hasn’t been roses and riches for the Texas native in those three years, since she’s been working on her album and working another job to pay the bills.

Mickey says people think once you sign a record deal, money isn’t a problem anymore. That isn’t the case. “I got my record deal, and it was my saving grace,” recalls Mickey. “It felt like I wouldn’t have to worry about money, and I was just going to focus on my album, and it’s just not the case. Your bills still have to be paid. You still have things happen where you have to fork out a whole bunch of money, where you’re like, ‘Well, there that goes!’ Once I moved to Nashville, got my record deal and was focusing on my music, and then I realized my money was running out…So, I drove my little self over to Nordstrom and got a job in the lingerie department. So, Monday through Thursday, I wrote, and then Friday, Saturday and Sunday, I worked.”

“I look back at some of my pictures and I had lost so much weight because I wasn’t even able to eat, because I was constantly on the go,” Mickey adds. “You do have to make a living for yourself. I know other artists who’ve had to do that or who got their car repo’d because they couldn’t pay their bills, because it’s really truly so hard. You never know when your money’s coming in, but it makes you a stronger person, and it makes being in this room talking about my life that much sweeter.”

Mickey just made her debut on the Grand Ole Opry (at the Ryman Auditorium), and she declared it, “Hands down, one of the best moments of my life.”

Mickey Guyton will release her debut single and debut video, “Better Than You Left Me,” on Monday (January 12th). Check out the sneak peek below.