NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 29, 2014) –Alan Jackson has recorded “A Million Ways to Die,” the title track from Universal Pictures and MRC’s upcoming comedy, A Million Ways to Die in the West, on the forthcoming Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for the film. The movie features a score by Emmy Award-winning composer and conductor Joel McNeely, along with the new song sung by Jackson and written by McNeely and Seth MacFarlane, the film’s director, producer, co-writer and co-star. MacFarlane, the creative force behind the 2012 blockbuster Ted and TV’s Family Guy, personally approached Jackson to record the song for the film and its soundtrack. “A Million Ways to Die” debuted yesterday exclusively on www.ew.com and is available digitally today on Back Lot Music, with the album’s release to follow on May 27th, both physically and digitally. The film arrives in theaters on May 30th.

MacFarlane plays the role of the cowardly sheep farmer Albert in A Million Ways to Die in the West. After Albert backs out of a gunfight, his fickle girlfriend leaves him for another man. When a mysterious and beautiful woman rides into town, she helps him find his courage and they begin to fall in love. But when her husband, a notorious outlaw, arrives seeking revenge, the farmer must put his newfound courage to the test. Starring alongside MacFarlane in the film are Oscar® winner Charlize Theron, Liam Neeson, Amanda Seyfried, Giovanni Ribisi, Sarah Silverman and Neil Patrick Harris.

www.amillionways.com

Hear the song: http://music-mix.ew.com/2014/04/28/seth-macfarlane-alan-jackson-a-million-ways-to-die-song/

Buy the song: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/a-million-ways-to-die-single/id869217990

Here’s the third installment of Keith Urban’s new video series, Idle Chatter .The American Idol judge and award-winning entertainer takes fans behind the cameras for an informative and humorous look at what happens backstage at the popular FOX-TV show.

Go backstage with Keith as he takes you into the control room for this episode of Idle Chatter.

NASHVILLE, TENN. (Apr. 28, 2014) – Country music superstar Josh Turner, who has sold more than five million albums and entertained fans with sold-out shows across the nation, will release his first book, Man Stuff: Thoughts on Faith, Family, and Fatherhood, tomorrow, April 29. The book is centered on his Christian faith, with Turner telling stories and revealing lessons learned throughout his life as a father, husband, son, brother, and friend. Man Stuff, featuring a forward written by “Duck Dynasty” star Jase Robertson, is published by Thomas Nelson, an imprint of Harper Collins Christian Publishing.

*Turner will be in New York City this week making the media rounds in support of Man Stuff. He will appear on ABC Television’s “The Chew” on Wednesday, April 30th; Fox News Channel’s “FOX & Friends” and GAC’s “Headline Country” on Thursday, May 1st, and will tape the nationally-syndicated “The Better Show” for an upcoming airing later in the month.  He will also appear on the Christian Broadcasting Network’s “700 Club,” currently scheduled to air on May 5, in a segment taped earlier this month at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.

In addition, Turner and his book are the subjects of a story running in Country Weekly in the May 5 issue, on stands this week.  Look for more media appearances and interviews from Turner to appear throughout the Spring season on People.com, FOX News Radio, People Country, FOX 411, Sirius/XM Satellite Radio, Billboard.com, ArthurKade.com, TheBoot.com, TasteOfCountry.com, Roughstock.com, NashvilleEdge.com, and more.

About Josh Turner  

MCA Nashville recording artist Josh Turner is one of country music’s most successful artists.  With a rich, deep voice and unique style, Turner is a double-platinum-selling singer/songwriter and a disciple of traditional country music, a mentor to up-and-coming artists —and one of the youngest members of the Grand Ole Opry.  From his 2003 Platinum-selling debut Long Black Train to his most recent 2012 Billboard No. 1 release Punching Bag, Turner has received six Inspirational Country Music Awards and garnered multiple GRAMMY, CMA, and ACM nominations.  Turner’s hits include “Time Is Love,” “Why Don’t We Just Dance,” “Firecracker,” “Would You Go with Me” and more. 

This year Turner added author to his list of accomplishments.  His first book, Man Stuff: Thoughts on Faith, Family and Fatherhood comes out April 29, 2014 and his sixth studio album is expected to follow later this year. The Hannah, S.C. native has been songwriting and performing since he was a young child, and in support of music education, created The Josh Turner Scholarship Fund to assist students interested in pursuing a future in arts and music. As a high school student, Turner had very little access to music education, therefore realizes first-hand the importance of arts education in schools. For more information on Josh Turner including a list of his upcoming tour dates, visit www.JoshTurner.com.

Billy Currington talks about his fans and what they mean to him in the latest installment of “On the Road.”

Lady Antebellum will perform at the James Brown Arena in Augusta, Georgia Tuesday (April 29th). Proceeds from the show will go to the Ronald McDonald House in Augusta and will be earmarked for a $5.9 million campaign to build a larger house for families of pediatric patients of the Children’s Medical Center of Georgia. The show was originally supposed to take place at their namesake venue – Lady Antebellum Pavilion in Evans, but most likely due to the weather forecast, they wanted to have an indoor venue for the show for obvious safety reasons.

Dierks Bentley and Miranda Lambert will be among the list of famous faces attending this year’s Barnstable Brown Gala event in Louisville, Kentucky on Friday (May 2nd), prior to the Kentucky Derby. Kix Brooks, Travis Tritt, Lee Ann Womack, Heart, Bon Jovi’s Richie Sambora, Gene Simmons of KISS, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and Olympic skier Bode Miller will also attend.

Scotty McCreery will perform a free outdoor concert on Friday prior to Saturday’s 140th running of the Kentucky Derby in Louisville. 

Brothers Osborne will perform at the annual Julep Ball Friday (May 2nd) at the KFC Yum! Center. Proceeds will go to support the work of the James Graham Brown Cancer Center at the University of Louisville. Laura Bell Bundy is also scheduled to perform.

Brothers Osborne and Lauren Alana will suit up for this year’s City of Hope Celebrity Softball Game June 7th in Nashville. They’ll be joined by Florida Georgia Line, Brantley Gilbert, Craig Morgan, Dustin Lynch, Jamie Lynn Spears, Kree Harrison and many more. 

Luke Bryan is set to headline Summerfest 2014 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin June 28th. He’ll be joined by various other performers at the event, including Darius Rucker, Brad Paisley and Zac Brown Band.

Josh Turner and Jennifer Nettles will be among the artists performing at the Grand Ole Opry June 3rd as part of a kick-off to CMA Music Fest Week. Carrie Underwood, Terri Clark and the Oak Ridge Boys are also scheduled to perform.

Eric Church is poised to hit the top of the country charts with his latest single, “Give Me Back My Hometown,” and he says it’s one of the loneliest songs he’s ever recorded.

“Something that anybody knows more than anybody else is their hometown. That’s where they’re most comfortable, that’s their comfort,” says the North Carolina native. “The loneliest thing about this song to me is here’s a guy who’s left in that place that should be the most comforting place to him, and it’s actually the place that haunts him because the girl left him and there’s memories of her everywhere.”

“Give Me Back My Hometown” is from Eric’s latest album, The Outsiders.

Eric Church (Hometown-lonely) OC: …more lonesome songs. :38
“Something that anybody knows more than anybody else is their hometown. That’s where they’re most comfortable, that’s their comfort. And the loneliest thing about this song to me is here’s a guy who’s left in that place that should be the most comforting place to him, and it’s actually the place that haunts him because the girl left him and there’s memories of her everywhere. And I just thought that the loneliness of that is that emotion of that is really what I think a lot of people in the song, and myself, are attached to emotionally. It’s one of the more lonesome songs that we’ve ever done. It may not sound it production-wise, but if you listen to it, it’s one of our more lonesome songs.”

Kacey Musgraves gets her song ideas from real life, and for her latest single, “Keep It To Yourself,” it’s no different. The inspiration for the song came from a previous relationship, but did you know the title of the song came from…her mother?

“My mom, she’s always sending me song ideas. Here and there she’ll text me, and some of ‘em are doozies,” says Kacey. “But she had this one, she said, ‘Keep It To Yourself,’ one day, and I thought that’d be a really cool song title…I typically don’t start writing sessions off with a title, but I brought it one day to Shane McAnally and Luke Laird, and they loved it.”

Kacey is making history again by becoming the first country artist to perform at the 25^th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in New York May 3rd.

Kacey, who picked up the ACM Award for Album of the Year (Same Trailer Different Park), will appear in the new installment of CMT Crossroads with Katy Perry June 13th.  

Kacey Musgraves (Keep It To Yourself-Mom) OC: …in again. :38
“So, ‘Keep It To Yourself,’ it’s funny, because my mom, she’s always sending me song ideas, here and there she’ll text me, and some of ‘em are doozies. But she had this one, she said, ‘Keep It To Yourself,’ one day, and I thought that’d be a really cool song title, and I just had it. I typically don’t start writing sessions off with a title, but I brought it one day to Shane McAnally and Luke Laird, and they loved it. It was a really fun one to write, because I feel like I can definitely identify with being in a position to say, ‘Look, I still have feelings for you, but I don’t need to hear about yours, because I don’t want to get sucked in again.’”

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Apr. 25, 2014 – Tickets are selling quickly for all shows on the first leg of Eric Church’s recently announced and highly anticipated “The Outsiders World Tour” with special guest Dwight Yoakam, and fans are encouraged to make their purchases now in order to guarantee a seat for what will undoubtedly be one of the hottest concert tours of 2014.

Over 14,000 tickets have been sold since Friday at Target Center in Minneapolis making it one of the hottest stops on the first set of announced dates. In fact, currently only a small number of seats directly behind the stage—unofficially coined “The Choir Loft”—in the upper bowl remain for Minneapolis fans who want to purchase seats for Church’s Sept. 16 show. However, that will change momentarily this afternoon (Apr. 25) at 5:00 PM/CDT, as 902 tickets have been identified as being purchased by scalpers that were in violation of the sales limits of the show. Those ticket orders have been cancelled, and the 902 tickets will be put back into the system for sale at that time.

“A lot of acts just want to sell as many tickets as they can and they don’t care who they sell them to,” said Church, a long-time foe of ticket scalping. “I want my fans to be the ones who buy tickets to my shows, and I want scalpers to back off. I can’t stop ticket scalpers completely, but I can definitely make it harder for them.”

All ticket orders for Church’s “The Outsiders World Tour” will be scrutinized to combat scalping as much as possible so that the fans can have the best opportunity to see the concert for the originally intended price.

Opening the tour on different dates throughout the first leg will be rising country music duo Brothers Osborne, critically acclaimed singer/songwriter Brandy Clark, or the hard rocking band Halestorm.  For ticket dates and information, visit www.ericchurch.com.

Eric Church (ticket scalpers) OC: …important to me. :58
“As everybody knows, I’ve always been very adamant against scalpers. I feel like the people that should end up with the tickets, the best tickets, the best seats are the fans, are the ones who’ve been there since the beginning, and they shouldn’t have to pay five-times face value to get the ticket. So, we’re gonna do a couple of things without getting too specific right now, of course the pre-sales are the initial way through the Church Choir and the best way, to get the tickets. But we’re also going to do some platinum pricing tickets through Ticketmaster and other things that, a portion of proceeds will go to charity or the tickets will go to charity, and we’ll be able to, again, keep scalpers as best we can, at bay. They have better technology and they have a lot of will to get these tickets, and it’s difficult, it’s a difficult challenge. But we’re doing everything we can to make sure the fans that ends up near the stage with us, which is what we want. So, there’s going to be a number of things we do, but it’s very, very important to me.”

Luke Bryan gives a little insight into his recent No. 1 song, “Drink a Beer,” in the latest episode of LBTV. Also, check out some of the cool moments when he performs it live in concert.

Eric Paslay is featured in Yahoo! Music’s Ram Country Covers program, and not only does he “cover” his own single, “Song About a Girl,” but he also covers Sheryl Crow‘s “I Shall Believe.” Eric and Sheryl have collaborated before on his song “Deep As It Is Wide,” which Amy Grant covered on her latest album, How Mercy Looks From Here.

The two have become great friends, and recently on this year’s ACM Red Carpet, when Sheryl saw Eric, her eyes lit up and she yelled, “I Love You!”

Check out the two performances below.

Note: “Song About a Girl” is the follow-up to Eric’s recent No. 1 “Friday Night.” The songs are both from his self-titled debut album.