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NEWS AND NOTES: Keith Urban, Kacey Musgraves, Little Big Town, Kip Moore, Billy Currington, Darius Rucker, Lady Antebellum and Eric Paslay

NEWS AND NOTES: Keith Urban, Kacey Musgraves, Little Big Town, Kip Moore, Billy Currington, Darius Rucker, Lady Antebellum and Eric Paslay

Keith Urban and Kacey Musgraves have been added to the lineup of performers for the Grammy Awards on January 26th. They’ll be joined Taylor Swift, Sara Bareilles, Carole King and the two living BeatlesPaul McCartney and Ringo Starr, on the bill. The Grammys air January 26th at 8pm ET on CBS.

Keith Urban, along with Rascal Flatts, are set to headline the two-day ACM Party for Cause Festival at the Linq in Las Vegas in April. The Flatts will headline on April 4th, while Keith will close the show April 5th. Joe Nichols, Thomas Rhett, Chris Young, Jerrod Niemann, Cadillac Three and the ACM New Artist of the Year Nominees will also perform at the event, hosted by Outnumber Hunger and ACM Lifting Lives. Tickets go on sale January 24th at ticketmaster.com.

Keith Urban, Little Big Town, Kip Moore and Chris Stapleton are among the acts performing at this year’s Faster Horses Festival, taking place July 18th, 19th and 20th in Brooklyn, Michigan. Tickets for the three-day event, which will also feature Tim McGraw, Miranda Lambert, Brett Eldredge and Cole Swindell, among others, go on sale January 23rd at 10am ET. For more information, visit fasterhorsesfestival.com.

Billy Currington will perform a private concert during Monday night’s (January 20th) episode of ABC’s The Bachelor. He’ll sing his latest No. 1 hit, “Hey Girl,” and his current single, “We Are Tonight,” during the show, which will air at 8pm ET.

Darius Rucker is headed back to school to host a special class on songwriting at The College of Charleston’s Arts Management Program January 27th.

Lady Antebellum have signed on to perform, in addition to Tim McGraw, on the NBC-TV special, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit: 50 Years of Beautiful, airing February 3rd at 9pm ET. Models Kate Upton, Tyra Banks, Christie Brinkley and Kathy Ireland are set to appear on the special along with host Heidi Klum.

Eric Paslay will perform as the Grand Ole Opry kicks off this year’s Country Radio Seminar February 19th. The star-studded lineup willalso include Carrie Underwood, Rascal Flatts, Thompson Square, Love & Theft, Brandy Clark, Will Hoge and Ole Crow Medicine Show.