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NEWS AND NOTES: Keith Urban, Jon Pardi, Luke Bryan, Darius Rucker, Eric Paslay

NEWS AND NOTES: Keith Urban, Jon Pardi, Luke Bryan, Darius Rucker, Eric Paslay

Keith Urban will team up with John Mayer again to perform on The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles. The TV special, which will also feature Maroon 5, Alicia Keys, John Legend and the Eurythmics, airs Sunday, February 9th at 8pm ET on CBS, exactly 50 years ago to the day, date and time of the Beatles first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. broadcasts on CBS Sunday, February 9th at 8 p.m. ET, exactly 50 years to the day, date and time of the Beatles first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.

Jon Pardi performed at the ESPN BCS Championship Ultimate Tailgate Party on Monday afternoon prior to the game pitting Auburn against Florida State.

Luke Bryan closed out 2013 with one of the year’s best-selling albums overall! Nielsen SoundScan released the 2013 year-end album tallies and the ACM Entertainer of the Year’s Crash My Party, hit the list at No. 3 with sales of more than 1.52 million copies, behind Justin Timberlake’s The 20/20 Experience and Eminem’s The Marshall Mathers LP 2

Darius Rucker has been tapped to perform at the T.J. Martell Foundations 2014 Nashville Honors Gala on March 10th, along with Kenny Chesney. The two will pay musical tribute to the honorees, which include Universal Music Group Nashville President Mike Dungan and Kenny’s manager Dale Morris. Proceeds from the event will go to raise awareness and funds for cancer research.

Eric Paslay has been tapped to tour with Brantley Gilbert, who will launch his Let It Ride 2014 Tour March 27th in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. The trek, which is currently scheduled to wrap May 18th in Denver, will also feature Thomas Rhett.