• SAM HUNT’S NASHVILLE STREET PARTY POSTPONED UNTIL WEDNESDAY DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER.

    Due to incoming weather conditions, the previously announced Sam Hunt Street Party presented by Bose® is postponed to 6 p.m. Wed, Oct. 28. The stage will be on 5th Ave. South between Demonbreun St. and Korean Veterans Blvd.

    The downtown Nashville street party is in celebration of Hunt’s exceptional year since the release of his critically-acclaimed debut album Montevallo. Montevallo has produced three consecutive No. 1 Platinum-selling singles with “Leave the Night On,” “Take Your Time” and “House Party,” plus Hunt’s latest Top 25 and climbing Gold-selling single, “Break Up In A Small Town.” Hunt is currently nominated for three CMA awards (New Artist of the Year; Single of the Year; Song of the Year) and three AMA awards (New Artist of the Year; Favorite Male Artist – Country; Favorite Album – Country).

    For more information, touring news and updates on Sam Hunt, please visit www.SamHunt.com.

  • LADY ANTEBELLUM SET TO RELEASE THEIR WHEELS UP TOUR DVD NEXT MONTH.

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    Eagle Rock Entertainment is proud to announce the November 13 release of the Lady Antebellum: Wheels Up Tour on DVD, Blu-ray and digital formats [MSRP $19.98 Blu-ray, $14.98 DVD]. A DVD+CD package will also be available exclusively though Walmart.

    This fantastic concert film was shot this year at the Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre in Irvine, California on June 27th. The Wheels Up 2015 Tour set showcases tracks from the band’s most recent album 747, alongside hit singles and fan favorites from across their career, including “American Honey,” “Need You Now,” “Bartender,” “Our Kind Of Love,” “Just A Kiss,” “I Run To You,” “We Owned The Night,” “Dancin’ Away With My Heart,” “Compass,” “Love Don’t Live Here,” and many more!

    The seven-time Grammy-winning act has amassed a multitude of hits and an incredibly loyal fanbase worldwide. Lady Antebellum’s Wheels Up 2015 Tour started in Oslo, Norway at the end of February and traversed Europe, Australia, and North America before it concluded in Las Vegas, at the beginning of October. Scattered between the live songs, the film features behind-the-scenes snippets, highlighting the band meeting fans, the spectacular set design and intimate moments on the tour. It’s the ultimate Lady Antebellum tour experience, fully immersing viewers in their life on the road.

    Click here to view “Need You Now”: https://youtu.be/oDLqi61lrWo.

    The Wheels Up Tour DVD and Blu-ray is available for pre-order at:

    DVD: http://smarturl.it/LadyAWheelsDVD

    BR: http://smarturl.it/LadyAWheelsBR

    About Lady Antebellum:

    Lady Antebellum’s fifth studio album, 747, yielded the trio’s ninth chart-topping smash and PLATINUM certified multi-week No. One hit, “Bartender.” The seven-time GRAMMY winning group’s latest single is the fast-paced anthem “Long Stretch of Love,” which “could easily refer to the Nashville trio’s soaring career trajectory” (OC Register), on the heels of nine chart-topping hits. The new track follows six PLATINUM singles, over 11 million albums sold worldwide and “Vocal Group of the Year” honors from both the CMA and ACMs three years in a row.  Their “inspiring” (London Evening Standard) headlining WHEELS UP 2015 TOUR world tour included “the biggest production the band has ever mounted” (Rolling Stoneand had critics boasting about their “feisty, sold out show” with “finger-picked guitars and rich vocal harmonies” (The Boston Globe). For more information and a full list of appearances visit, www.ladyantebellum.com. 

     

    Eagle Rock Entertainment is the largest producer and distributor of music programming for DVD, Blu-Ray, TV and Digital Media in the world.  Eagle works directly alongside talent to produce top quality, High Definition programs, both concerts and documentaries, including The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, The Who, Queen, The Doors, Jeff Beck, Peter Gabriel, Paul McCartney, Ozzy Osbourne, Genesis, Alice Cooper, Eric Clapton and Aerosmith. Eagle is a Grammy Award winning company and has received over 40 multi-platinum, over 80 platinum and over 144 gold discs, worldwide.  Eagle Rock Entertainment has offices in London, New York, Paris and Hamburg.

     

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    For more information regarding this and other Eagle Rock Entertainment releases, contact Carol Kaye at Carol@Kayosproductions.com. Follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/KayosProductionsInc and Twitter http://twitter.com/#!/KayosProduction.

     

    For Lady Antebellum, contact Tyne Parrish at tyne@thegreenroompr.com or (615) 242-7444

     

     

    TRACK LISTING

    1) Long Stretch Of Love

    2) Bartender

    3) American Honey

    4) Freestyle

    5) Our Kind Of Love

    6) Just A Kiss

    7) Compass

    8) Where It All Begins

    9) Perfect Day

    10) Love Don’t Live Here

    11) Medley: Thinking Out Loud / Dancin’ Away With My Heart / Hello World

    12) I Run To You

    13) Downtown

    14) Any Man Of Mine

    15) Walk This Way

    16) Lookin’ For A Good Time

    17) 747

    18) Need You Now

    19) We Owned The Night

    20) Landslide

  • HALLOWEEN 2015: AJ, Billy, Brothers Osborne, Canaan, Darius, David, Easton, Eric, Jon, Lady A, Luke, Scotty

    Halloween is Saturday, and the holiday has some of your favorite country stars getting into costumes, and they also recall memories of Halloweens past.

    Audio / Alan Jackson used to take his daughters trick-or-treating when they were young kids, but he recalls one costume that he hated. It was an infant costume that made one of the girls look like a little peapod.

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    AJ (Halloween) OC: …cute, but…[laughs] :17
    “Aww, I remember some, when they were infants, they had like these little, they looked like a little pea pod, you know, or something. It’s like a little green pea or something. And I thought man, that’s awful. But Denise liked it, and I guess it was cute, but…(laughs).”

    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 / Billy Currington (Trick or Treat)

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    Billy Currington (Trick or Treat)
    “Trick or Treat, baby.” [laughs]

    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 / Brothers Osborne talk about their favorite Halloween candy...and not so favorite.

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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 / David Nail talks about his favorite part of Halloween.

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    David Nail (favorite part of Halloween) OC: …it better. :14
    “My favorite thing about Halloween was just the excitement about picking out your costume and talking to your friends and fighting over if you’re going to be this or if they stole the idea from you and if you can do the idea better.”

    Audio / David Nail wants to have the best candy in the neighbrhood.

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    David Nail (Halloween candy) OC: …neighborhood. :19
    “My sister and I would always go out and hide in the trees and the bushes and scare the kids that would come up to our house, which was rare ‘cause we always had the crappiest candy ever. And when I can afford it, I’m gonna have the best dagum candy. I’m gonna blow everybody away. I’m gonna have a line. It’s gonna look like a George Strait meet-and-greet. It’ll be all the way around the neighborhood.”

    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 has never dressed up for Halloween as an adult, but 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 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 / Lady Antebellum’s Charles Kelley reveals one costume he’s always wanted to wear on Halloween.

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    Lady A (Charles costume) OC: …an apple. :19
    CHARLES: “I want to be a banana. I think there’s something so funny and understated about a banana, especially when you’re 6’6” and like your little head’s popping through and you’re a banana.” DAVE: “Do they make ‘em your size?” CHARLES: “I’ve been known to sew a thing or two.” HILLARY: “That’s really random.” CHARLES: “I know. I’ve always wanted to dress up like something, just kind of funny like a banana or an apple.”

    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 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. :18
    “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 says you can tell a lot about your neighbors from what kind of Halloween candy they hand out.

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    Scotty McCreery (favorite costume and memory) OC: …was happening. :19
    “My favorite Halloween memory would have to be me in my gorilla costume running down the street chasing some little girl I was friends with. I knew her, but I was scaring her half to death. My favorite costume, though, would have to be my Elvis Presley costume. I think I was about 10 years old when that was happening.”

  • CHARLES KELLEY PREMIERES THE VIDEO FOR ‘THE DRIVER.’

    The video for Charles Kelley‘s single, “The Driver,” premiered on Friday (October 23rd). The clip features Eric Paslay (who also co-wrote the song) and Dierks Bentley.

    Video / The Driver video

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  • SCOTTY McCREERY WILL RECEIVE AWARD FOR VOCAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS FROM DUKE VOICE CARE CENTER.

    Raleigh, NC — (October 23, 2015) — Multi-Platinum-selling country music artist and Garner, NC-native Scotty McCreery will receive the 2016 Patrick D. Kenan Award for Vocal Health and Wellness at Duke Voice Care Center’s 10th Annual World Voice Day Celebration Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at the Cary Arts Center in Cary, NC.

    McCreery is one of country music’s hottest rising stars. In just four short years, he has sold more than 2.5 million albums, earned Platinum and Gold album certifications, achieved Top Ten hits and multiple awards, and performed concerts around the nation. Even with his vocally demanding schedule, his distinctive deep voice remains strong and true, in large part due to his mindful attention to healthy vocal habits. “My voice is my livelihood, so taking care of it is essential,” said McCreery. “I make sure to stay as healthy as I can and not put any strain on my voice…well, unless I’m at an NC State sporting event! I also consult with my doctors regularly to make sure my vocal cords remain in great condition.” McCreery will share more secrets for keeping voices healthy at the event, which begins at 7 PM. The audience will also be treated to his captivating baritone as he performs a brief acoustic set.

    World Voice Day is an international day of celebration of the human voice. Singers, actors, teachers and preachers need healthy voices to do their jobs, but we all need our voices to connect us to the world. According to Ingo Titze, renowned voice scientist and President of the Pan-American Vocology Association, “Voice carries not only informational messages, but it carries our feelings, our identity, our personality, and our state of health. It even gives clues about our confidence and benevolence. Texting can do little of that. Let’s keep vocalizing.” Duke Voice Care Center has led the Triangle’s observation of World Voice Day since 2007.

    Duke Voice Care Center is a specialty practice in the Division of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences at Duke Medicine. The Duke Voice Care team includes laryngologists (ENT doctors with special training in caring for voices), speech-language pathologists and singing voice rehabilitation specialists (speech-language pathologists who are also performers and voice teachers) who work collaboratively to evaluate and treat voice problems. Duke Voice Care Center also hosts a number of educational programs throughout the year including presentations and workshops. DVCC’s annual World Voice Day Celebration is usually their biggest vocal health event of the year.

    In 2010, Duke Voice Care Center announced the establishment of the Patrick D. Kenan Award for Vocal Health and Wellness, to be presented annually to individuals whose lives and careers increase awareness of the importance of the human voice. The award pays tribute to the legacy of a dynamic and ambitious Duke physician and performer, Patrick D. Kenan. Designated as a Duke Center for Excellence in 2006, Duke Voice Care Center was formed in large part as a result of Dr. Kenan’s vision for vocal health. Country music sensation McCreery will be the eighth recipient of the award. “We look forward to honoring the work of this extraordinary young singer,” says Leda Scearce, Director of DVCC’s Performing Voice Program. Previous PDK Award honorees have been Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist Nnenna Freelon, international opera star bass-baritone Simon Estes, National Public Radio broadcaster Carl Kasell, Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Tift Merritt, the Triangle-based band Delta Rae, and Durham’s all-male chorus 100 Men In Black.

    Each year at World Voice Day, the vocal health experts of Duke Voice Care Center help people learn about how the voice works, how people can keep their voices healthy and strong, and what to do if they have a voice problem. “Voices are the foundation of who we are. Our voices serve to inspire us, contributing to our beliefs and values, influencing the collective history of the human race. We honor our voices on World Voice Day and the unique contribution of everyone’s voice signature,” says Duke Voice Care Center Director David Witsell, MD, MHS. In addition to McCreery’s appearance, DVCC’s 2016 World Voice Day Celebration will feature educational learning sessions, demonstrations, games, prizes and a vocal health fair.

    For more information on Duke Voice Care Center, visit www.dukevoicecare.org.  Follow us on Twitter @dukevoicecare.

    For more information on World Voice Day activities around the world, see http://world-voice-day.org/

    Event Details:
    Date: Tuesday, March 29, 7 pm
    Location and address: Cary Arts Center, 101 Dry Avenue, Cary NC
    Tickets: $25 Adults; $15 Students
    Ticket or Registration Location/Methods:

    • Purchase tickets in person at The Cary Theater, T-F 11 AM­ – 6 PM and Sat 10 AM – 1 PM
    • Purchase tickets in person at the Cary Arts Center, Mon. 4–8 PM
    • Purchase tickets anytime online atwww.etix.com
    • Purchase tickets through the eTix Phone Center, 1-800-514-3849, M-Sat. 9 AM –8 PM or Sun 12–8 PM

    About Scotty McCreery
    Scotty McCreery is a Mercury Nashville / 19 / Interscope recording artist who can currently be heard on country radio with his hit song “Southern Belle,” the first single from his upcoming new album due out in 2016. The singer/songwriter just finished serving as the Special Guest on the Rascal Flatts RIOT 2015 Tour, which played across the nation all summer. He is also headlining his own solo shows. McCreery scored two consecutive Top 10 hits (the Platinum-certified “See You Tonight” and the Gold-certified “Feelin’ It”) from his last album, See You Tonight, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. It was the ACM and CMT Award winner’s third album to debut at No. 1 on aBillboard chart following his Platinum-certified first album Clear As Day, which debuted at No. 1 on theBillboard Top 200 Albums Chart and featured two Platinum-certified singles (“I Love You This Big” and “The Trouble with Girls”), and his Gold-certified albumChristmas with Scotty McCreery, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Holiday Albums Chart. The Garner, NC-native first came to national prominence when he won “American Idol” in 2011. He will release his first book, Go Big or Go Home: The Journey Toward the Dream, on May 3, 2016.

    For more information and tour dates, visitwww.scottymccreery.com. Follow him on Facebook atwww.facebook.com/scottymccreery and on Twitter@ScottyMcCreery.

  • LUKE BRYAN SURPRISES A FAN…AND HER REACTION IS PRICELESS.

    Luke Bryan recently surprised a fan and her family at home when he showed up unannounced. You see, Diane Taylor kidneys were shutting down, and her daughter, Lisa — who’s a huge Luke fan — decided to donate one of her kidneys to her mother. The selfless act gave her mother an idea to have Luke surprise her. This particular story had a personal effect on Luke and his entire team, since Jacoby Knott, a lady who works in his office, recently underwent surgery when her cousin donated his kidney to save her life.

    Check out the video below to see Lisa’s reaction to having the CMA and ACM Entertainer of the Year knock on her door AND pick her up in his tour bus and take her, her mother and sister to his show that night.

    “Your music has helped me and my mom and my sister get through times that were so dark,” Lisa told Luke.

    “However much you may think that we are making you guys feel good, I swear to God that I haven’t had this much fun in a long time.”

    Luke is currently sitting at No. 1 with his latest single, “Strip It Down.”

     

    Video / Luke Bryan surprises deserving fan

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  • SAM HUNT SET TO HOST A STREET PARTY IN NASHVILLE TO CELEBRATE THE PAST YEAR.

    In celebration of an exceptional year since the release of his critically-acclaimed debut album Montevallo, MCA Nashville breakout star Sam Hunt will host a street party in downtown Nashville this Tuesday evening, Oct. 27th, presented by Bose®. More information to follow.

    Montevallo has produced three consecutive No. 1 Platinum-selling singles with “Leave the Night On,” “Take Your Time” and “House Party,” plus Hunt’s latest Top 25 and climbing Gold-selling single, “Break Up In A Small Town.” Hunt is currently nominated for three CMA awards (New Artist of the Year; Single of the Year; Song of the Year) and three AMA awards (New Artist of the Year; Favorite Male Artist – Country; Favorite Album – Country).

    For more information, touring news and updates on Sam Hunt, please visitwww.SamHunt.com.

    www.SamHunt.com | facebook.com/SamHuntMusic | twitter.com/SamHuntMusic |instagram.com/SamHuntMusic

  • HALLOWEEN LINERS: Brothers Osborne, Canaan, Church, Clare, Darius, David, Dierks, Kacey, Kelleigh, Lady A, Paslay, Sam, Scotty

    Audio / LINER Brothers Osborne (Halloween)

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

    Audio / LINER Canaan Smith (Halloween)

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

    Audio / LINER Clare Dunn (Halloween)

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

    Audio / LINER Darius Rucker (Halloween)

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

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    “Hey guys! It’s David Nail. Happy Halloween!”

    Audio / LINER Dierks Bentley (Halloween)

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

    Audio / LINER Eric Church (Halloween)

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

    Audio / LINER Eric Paslay (Halloween)

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

    Audio / LINER Kacey Musgraves (Halloween)

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

    Audio / LINER Kelleigh Bannen (Halloween)

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    “Hey! This is Kelleigh Bannen, wishing you a very scary and Happy Halloween.”

    Audio / Lady A (Halloween)

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

    Audio / LINER Sam Hunt (Halloween)

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    Hey everybody! This is Sam Hunt. Happy Halloween!”

    Audio / LINER Scotty McCreery

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    “Hey! This is Scotty McCreery. Have a safe and Happy Halloween.”

  • KEITH URBAN CELEBRATES HIS NO. 1 SUCCESS OF ‘JOHN COUGAR, JOHN DEERE, JOHN 3:16.”

    Keith Urban celebrated his recent No. 1 success for “John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16” at a morning celebration – complete with sausage and biscuits and French toast skewers – on Wednesday (October 21st) in Nashville. As per his usual modus operandi at No. 1 parties, Keith performed the song with the tune’s writers – Ross Copperman, Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne – as well as with producer Dann Huff.

    Apparently, the final recording was a bit different from the original demo, however, that didn’t take away from the song. “For me, it was just a great song. It kinda didn’t matter how it was done, it was a great song. It was solid, great melody. Even from a singer’s standpoint, there’s certain things about rhythmic qualities of consonants and vowels and where they fall in a melody and where they fall in the rhythm that matter to me; maybe not even just matter, but they resonate with me that way,” says Keith. “So, you can have a song that’s really well-written lyrically, but it’s not great to sing. It doesn’t sing well. It reads well, but it doesn’t sing well, and this is one of those songs that does everything.”

    Keith, who will perform during this year’s CMA Awards, is nominated for Music Event of the Year for “Raise ‘Em Up” with Eric Church.

    Keith has released his new single, “Break On Me,” which is from his forthcoming album.

    Audio / Keith Urban explains that while he and producer Dann Huff changed up the song’s production from the original demo, “John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16,” it didn’t detract from the song itself.

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    Keith Urban (J3 #1 party) OC: …does everything. :30
    “For me, it was just a great song. It kinda didn’t matter how it was done, it was a great song. It was solid, great melody. Even from a singer’s standpoint, there’s certain things about rhythmic qualities of consonants and vowels and where they fall in a melody and where they fall in the rhythm that matter to me; maybe not even just matter, but they resonate with me that way. So, you can have a song that’s really well-written lyrically, but it’s not great to sing. It doesn’t sing well. It reads well, but it doesn’t sing well, and this is one of those songs that does everything.”

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

    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.”