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NEWS AND NOTES: Jennifer Nettles, Luke Bryan, Darius Rucker, Scotty McCreery and Eric Church

NEWS AND NOTES: Jennifer Nettles, Luke Bryan, Darius Rucker, Scotty McCreery and Eric Church

Jennifer Nettles will host the ABC television special, CMA Country Christmas, for the fourth time. The show will tape two days after the 47th Annual CMA Awards, on November 8th, in front of a live audience in Nashville. Luke Bryan, Darius Rucker, Trace Adkins, Sheryl Crow, Jake Owen, Kellie Pickler, Rascal Flatts and Michael W. Smith will be among the stars getting into the holiday spirit by taking part in the CMA Country Christmas special.

Scotty McCreery is among the stars on Billboard’s 2013 list of 21 Under 21. The feature acknowledges the biggest underage age acts this year. Scotty came in at No. 6 on the list, for the release of his debut Platinum album Clear As Day, and his upcoming album See You Tonight – along with an endorsement deal with Bojangles. One Direction took the top spot on the 21 Under 21 List.

Luke Bryan and Eric Church are set to headline the forthcoming Kicker Country Stampede, which will take place at the beautiful Tuttle Creek State Park in Manhattan, Kansas, June 26th-29th, 2014.