NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Capitol recording artist Jon Pardi will be featured on an upcoming episode of The Bachelorette. The episode will feature Jon performing his song “Happens all the Time” at Mohegan Sun’s Mist, during a one-on-one date with one lucky suitor and the newest Bachelorette, Andi Dorfman. The episode is scheduled to air Monday (June 2nd) at 8pm ET on ABC.

Andi Dorfman, 27, a beautiful and successful woman, has it all at first glance — a loving family, great friends and even her dream job. But she realized there was something missing, so she put her busy life on hold last September to try and find love on The Bachelor. She thought she had found her match in Juan Pablo, but in the end it was not meant to be, and Andi walked away. She did not, however, walk away from love or let that experience stop her desire to find her perfect soul mate. Follow Andi’s search for her soul mate in the 10th edition of The Bachelorette Mondays (8:00–10:01 p.m., ET) on ABC.

ABOUT JON PARDI
California native and Capitol Records rising country star Jon Pardi released his debut album, Write You A Song, on Jan. 14, 2014.  The release features the Gold-selling Top 10 hit, “Up All Night,” along with “Happens All The Time,” “Missin’ You Crazy” and his current catchy, relatable tune, “What I Can’t Put Down.”  Pardi has a laid back, fun-loving approach towards life and it comes through in his music and his raucous live show.  His charisma and authenticity strike a chord with county audiences, as he wins over fans one-by-one and show-by-show. He is now selling out venues from the Pacific Northwest to South Georgia and stops all along the way.

Pardi’s sound is undeniably country — paying homage to some of his musical heroes such as Dwight Yoakam, George Strait and Alan Jackson.  Discovering his ability for performance back at the tender age of three when he sang ALABAMA karaoke with his grandmother, Pardi has since shared the stage with Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan, Eric Church and many more of today’s hottest country artists.

For more information on Jon Pardi, visit www.JonPardi.com.

ABOUT THE BACHELORETTE
On ABC’s hit primetime reality series The Bachelorette, one lucky woman is offered the chance to find true love. A single and eligible Bachelorette embarks on a romantic journey, getting to know 25 handsome and intelligent men, gradually narrowing the field as she continues her search for Mr. Right. At the end of her romantic voyage, if she has found Mr. Right, will there be a proposal and from whom — and will she say yes? Hosted by Chris Harrison, The Bachelorette is produced by Next Entertainment in association with Warner Horizon Television. The tenth season of The Bachelorette airs Mondays (8:00–10:01 p.m., ET) on ABC.

For more information on The Bachelorette, visit http://abc.go.com/shows/the-bachelorette.

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Jon Pardi (The Bachelorette) OC: …pretty cool. :34
“It was actually a lot of fun. The people who run the show are really cool; they do a really good job, and we had a blast playing. It was a lot fun. It was at a casino, and it had this really cool backdrop that the guys had scouted out. It was like this big waterfall kind of looking thing, and it looked really cool. Actually, the director said it was the best band performance he had ever taped. They danced along and they danced again, and we played ‘Happens All The Time,’n and that’s like the most countriest song pretty much that’s ever gonna be on The Bachelorette [laughs] I think, so it was pretty cool.”

Little Big Town return next week to host the CMA Music Festival. Fans who can’t make it to Music City can catch the action on the ABC-TV special Country’s Night to Rock on August 5th. The announcement was made on People.com, and you can check out the big reveal in the video below.

The fest is just one of many big events happening for LBT next week. On Tuesday, June 3rd, the group will release their new single “Day Drinking,” off their upcoming, still-untitled sixth album, before performing the song at the CMT Music Awards on Wednesday (June 4th). Then the CMA Fest, which promises 424 music acts on 12 stages, kicks off the morning of June 5th (when will these four sleep?!) before wrapping up on Sunday night, June 8th. 

The band will also release their new single, “Day Drinking,” next week.

LBT (CMA Music Fest 2014) OC: (Phillip) …the best, man. :43
KAREN: “To me that the most fun you can ever have…CMA Fest, Stadium shows. It is an energy unlike anything else. It was over the top and I could just come out of my skin at those moments. KIMBERLY: “Me too.” KAREN: “It’s like you just want to float.” PHILLIP: “And it’s like the best country crowd you could ever compile. Every country fan from all over the world wants to be there.  That’s like the crux of country music awesomeness.  [laughs] I’m telling you it is the best fun.” KAREN: “It’s the best feeling out there.” KIMBERLY: “They let them line up and all come across the stage so you have all these people that are so giddy, crazy giddy, because they get to walk up close to the stage.” PHILLIP: “And they’re waving and their arms are about to fall off. They’re just so excited. It’s the best, man.”
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Luke Bryan wins big at the 2014 Billboard Music Awards! He took home the awards for Top Country Artist and Top Country Album for Crash My Party. Check out behind-the-scenes of the country superstar at the show.

(Nashville, Tenn.) – May 27, 2014 – Capitol recording artist Luke Bryan, who recently took home two trophies at the Billboard Music Awards, takes the top spot at country radio with “Play It Again,” making this his tenth career No. 1 single.  The multi-week chart-topper, written by Ashley Gorley and Dallas Davidson, is his fourth consecutive No. 1 single from Crash My Party, which was recently named Top Country Album at the Billboard Awards earlier this month.

Luke also makes Billboard chart history by reaching the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart with “Play It Again” and “This Is How We Roll” with Florida Georgia Line claiming the No. 2 spot.  Luke becomes the first artist to ever hold the two top positions since the chart began in 1990. 

Additional news out this week finds Luke as the cover subject of People Country’s “Sexiest Men” special issue.  The cover, shot in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. in April, will be available on newsstands this week.  This weekend, Luke will resume his “That’s My Kind of Night Tour” with shows in Charlotte, N.C., Washington, D.C. and Holmdel, N.J.  This summer, Luke’s tour will include his first-ever headline stadium shows – June 21 at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, Penn., August 15 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Penn. and on August 31 at Soldier Field in Chicago, Ill.

For more information on Luke and his “That’s My Kind of Night Tour,” visit www.LukeBryan.com or follow Luke on Twitter @LukeBryanOnline, Instagram and Facebook.

NASHVILLE, TN – MAY 27, 2014 – GRAMMY award winning group Little Big Town preps for the release of the debut single “Day Drinking” off of their upcoming sixth studio album on Capitol Records Nashville. The record will be available for download June 3rd, landing at Country Radio at 6am ET that morning and officially going for adds on June 9th.

“Day Drinking,” written by Little Big Town’s Karen Fairchild, Jimi Westbrook, Phillip Sweet and co-writers Barry Dean and Troy Verges, was produced by Jay Joyce and features Fairchild on lead vocals.

“We are so excited to finally be putting out our new single ‘Day Drinking,’” says Jimi. “It’s the first song off of our new album which will be coming out in the fall. We wrote this with our buddies Barry Dean and Troy Verges and had such a good time writing that day that it seemed to carry over into the spirit of the song. It makes me think about those summer days when all that’s on the agenda is hanging out, relaxing, and having a good time with friends. So, if that’s your plan, here’s your song! ‘Why don’t we do a little day drinking?’”

Little Big Town returned to Watertown, Tennessee, the location of their award-winning video for No. 1 hit “Tornado,” to film a teaser video for the new single and the forthcoming album. The video can be viewed below or at littlebigtown.com.

CMT recently announced Little Big Town as performers on the 2014 CMT MUSIC AWARDS airing LIVE on CMT Wednesday, June 4th at 8pm ET.  This will be the television debut performance of “Day Drinking.” The foursome is also nominated for Group Video of the Year for “Your Side of the Bed” at the telecast.

LBT (Day Drinking) 1 OC: …record goes. :52
KAREN: “We wrote ‘Day Drinking,’ gosh, how many months ago?” JIMI: “It was probably close to a year ago.” KIMBERLY: “Yeah, close to a year.” KAREN: “We, I don’t know, it’s just like so much fun, and then we thought this is going to lead the record. I mean, we, just right off the bat, we thought this song should lead the record. We were that confident about it. Then when we were making the record with Jay [Joyce], it still felt like it should lead the record. We were trying not to talk about it too much, because we thought we’ve got to see how it all plays out.” JIMI: “We were excited. [laughs]” KAREN: “And the reason why it needs to lead the record is it’s fun; it’s…” (JIMI: “It’s bold.”) “…bold, it’s loud. You should turn this one up loud, and you should turn the whole record up loud and have a good time. It is a good indication of where the whole record goes.”

Kacey Musgraves, Keith Urban, Jennifer Nettles, Lady Antebellum, Little Big Town and Dierks Bentley have been added to the list of performers for next week’s CMT Music Awards. They’re joined by Brantley Gilbert, Hunter Hayes, Jake Owen and Lee Ann Womack. Previously announced performer’s for the show include Luke Bryan, Eric Church, David Nail, Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, Florida Georgia Line, Brett Eldredge, Cole Swindell, David Nail, Thomas Rhett and Tyler Farr.

The CMT Music Awards will air live June 4th at 8pm ET on CMT.

Dierks Bentley visits New York City to perform “Drunk On A Plane” on the NBC’s Today Show and Late Show with David Letterman. Check out the behind-the-scenes action in the latest episode of DBTV.

David Nail has been added to the list of performers for this year’s CMT Music Awards. He’ll be among the artists playing the Nationwide Insurance Stage during the show, along with Brett Eldredge, Cole Swindell, David Nail, Thomas Rhett, Tyler Farr  Dan & Shay and Danielle Bradbery. The CMT Music Awards will air live June 4th at 8pm ET.

Lady Antebellum will hit the Jersey Shore with a free show in August. The trio will be presented by the Atlantic City Alliance, Live Nation and DO AC. They’re scheduled to perform August 3rd. While the show is free, you still need tickets. Distribution for both concerts begins June 4th at 10am ET.

Billy Currington has been hard at work in the studio recording songs for his next album. He tweeted, “Working on album 6! Looking forward to sharing this new music with you.”

Scotty McCreery, Little Big Town and Josh Turner are among the artists will celebrate this year’s CMA Music Festival with the Grand Ole Opry. They’ll all sign autographs at the Opry Originals store on 3rd Avenue and Broadway at some point during the event.

Alan Jackson will perform at Celebrate Virginia Live in Fredericksburg on August 23rd, the concert series announced this morning. Tickets go on sale Friday (May 30th) at 10am ET. Dierks Bentley will headline September 12th.

Dierks Bentley is among the headliners for the Atlantis Live Paradise Music Festival running August 29th – 31st at Paradise Island in the Bahamas. For more information, go to Atlantis.com.

Dierks Bentley hit the tees on Memorial Day for The Patriot Cup, hosted by The Folds of Honor Foundation in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was paired with Kid Rock for 18 holes…check out the photo below.

Luke Bryan’s “Play It Again” spends another week at No. 1 on the Billboard country chart and tops the Country Aircheck/Mediabase chart this week. “Play It Again” is about a song that helps two people fall in love. Luke says he and his wife, Carolyn, had one of those songs when they were dating in college.

“Our go-to song all through college was an old Lenny Kravitz song called – (sings) I just can’t get you off of my mind,’” says Luke. “That’s kind of like Carolyn’s ‘Oh my God, that is her song.’”

“Play It Again” is Luke’s fourth consecuitve chart-topper from Crash My Party.

He brings his That’s My Kind of Night Tour to Charlotte, North Carolina Thursday (May 29th).

Luke Bryan (go to song– Play It Again) OC: …be the one. :22
“Carolyn and I, our go-to song all through college was an old Lenny Kravitz song called – (sings) I just can’t get you off of my mind.’ I’m not even sure if it was a Lenny Kravitz single, but that’s kind of like Carolyn’s ‘Oh my God, that is her song.’ So, that would be the one.” 

Luke Bryan takes the whole show up to Canada for a two-week tour. Check out how much fun he and the crew had up North in the latest episode of LBTV.