Kacey Musgraves, who picked up the ACM Award for Album of the Year for Same Trailer Different Park, was thrilled that George Strait was voted Entertainer of the Year. In fact, she was so happy for him, she crashed the pressroom while he was talking to the press backstage, telling the Country Music Hall of Famer she loved him.

“Growing up in Texas, George Strait has been a huge influence on me. He has stayed so true to what he is since day one. He has never wavered,” says Kacey. “When you get George Strait, you get quality – quality songs, quality voice. He’s just so classy, and he’s not hard to look at either.”

Kacey is hitting the airwaves with her latest single, “Keep It To Yourself,” from her award-winning Album of the Year.

Kacey Musgraves (George Strait) OC: …look at either. :20
“Growing up in Texas, George Strait has been a huge influence on me. He has stayed so true to what he is since day one. He has never wavered. It’s just quality. When you get George Strait, you get quality – quality songs, quality voice. He’s just so classy, and he’s not hard to look at either.”

Eric Church continues with the latest installment of his San Destino Rising series with a mini-film titled Movimiento De Dos. The 19-minute film expands on the different characters that have been presented in music videos for songs from the North Carolina native’s The Outsiders album. If you caught his performance of his latest single, “Give Me Back My Hometown,” and paid attention to the video screens behind him and his band, then you saw how the story continues in Movimiento De Tres. If you didn’t, catch all the action below.

George Strait picked up the ACM Entertainer of the Year award on Sunday night, and he said he couldn’t have “dreamed” the way the night ended with him winning.

On Saturday (April 5th), chart-topping country music star and ACM Award nominee Darius Rucker hosted the ACM Lifting Lives® Celebrity Golf Classic at TPC Las Vegas for the third consecutive year. The ACM Lifting Lives® Celebrity Golf Classic—the eighth held since 2004—brought together country music artists David Nail, Charles Kelley, Scotty McCreery, Frankie Ballard, Jake Owen and Cole Swindell as well as other members of the music community. This star-studded scramble tournament helped raise funds and awareness for ACM Lifting Lives’ Diane Holcomb Emergency Relief Fund, which provides immediate relief to those in need in the music industry.

The ACM Lifting Lives Celebrity Golf Classic took place in conjunction with “The Week Vegas Goes Country®,”leading up to the 49^th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS­, a star-studded event produced for television by dick clark productions, that will be broadcast LIVE from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Sunday, April 6, 2014 at 8:00 PM live ET/delayed PT on the CBS Television Network.

George Strait, the reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year, proved once more why he is ‘King George,’ recently. It seems paralympian athlete Nikko Landeros, who was on the gold-medal winning USA Sledge Hockey Team, is a big fan of George, and actually got to see him in concert because of social media. He took to Facebook first to ask if anyone had tickets to the Strait concert they would sell him, and then he also tweeted. What happened next was a dream come true for him…and any fan. The King himself tweeted him and said he was putting two tickets to the show at will call in Denver for him and said, “Thank you for representing our country.” Nikko responded, “Thanks a million. You’re the man. Can’t wait to see you tonight. Bringing the #Gold #TeamGeorge #TheKing #America #TeamUSA.” Hope he had a great time at the show.

Read the full article from Dambreaker here.

George is up for this year’s ACM Entertainer of the Year award. Catch all of the action on Sunday night (April 6th) at 8pm ET/delayed PT on CBS.

ashville, TN – April 4, 2014 – Three-time ACM “Vocal Group of the Year” and current nominee Lady Antebellum is giving fans a preview of their upcoming performance with a special release of their song “Golden” featuring Fleetwood Mac‘s Stevie Nicks, available on iTunesnow.
 
“Never in my wildest dreams would I have ever thought we’d have the chance to perform with Stevie Nicks, let alone develop a friendship like we have on and off stage,” said Lady A’s Hillary Scott. “When we first sat down with her, ‘Golden’ was one of our songs that really touched her, so we recently asked her if she’d be willing to record her vocal for it – and she agreed! The timing ended up being perfect and we may have even worked up a little ACM-twist for Sunday’s performance!”
 
“I love Lady Antebellum, and to me, this song is their ‘Landslide’ because it’s just that spectacular,” said Nicks who wrote Fleetwood Mac’s iconic song, which first debuted on their self-titled album 1975 and has remained a legendary hit for decades.
 
The trio will take the stage Sunday (4/6) with Nicks for the 49th Annual ACM Awards, airing live at 7:00P CT on CBS. For more information, visit www.ladyantebellum.com.

Scroll down and find a recent soundbite of Lady A talking about Stevie Nicks.

Check out the video for Luke Bryan‘s “Play It Again” below.

Luke is up for ACM Entertainer of the Year. Go to voteacm.com to cast your vote right now.

Dierks Bentley performs at the Station Inn with surprise guests Kacey Musgraves and the Sandy Bottom Sisters!

Lady Antebellum will be performing with the legendary Stevie Nicks at Sunday night’s (April 6^th) ACM Awards, where they have four nominations, including Vocal Group of the Year, as well as Vocal Event, Single and Song of the Year for “Wagon Wheel” with Darius Rucker.

The group is very excited to team up with the Fleetwood Mac member once again. Last year, they teamed up with Stevie for CMT Crossroads, which was her idea, and Lady A’s Charles Kelley said last year that it was going to be one of the highlights of their career.

“It actually came from her, man, this is the craziest thing. She had a dream one night she joined Lady Antebellum,” he recalls. “So, we’re on the phone with her and she’s telling us this, and I’m like, ‘Um, do you really want to join Lady Antebellum? ‘Cause you can, if you like.’ And it was just really cool. She’s so inspiring, and it’s gonna be one of the most special things for us in our career by far, so it’ll be something that we’ll be soaking in.”

The foursome will perform “Golden,” which is the title cut from Lady A’s latest album and one of Stevie’s favorites from the record. The trio co-wrote the song with labelmate Eric Paslay.

The 49th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards will be broadcast live from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas April 6th at 8pm ET/delayed PT on CBS.

Lady A (Charles on Stevie Nicks) OC: …soaking in. :30
“We’ve been obviously huge fans of Fleetwood Mac for the longest time, and to have that opportunity. It actually came from her, man, this is the craziest thing. She had a dream one night she joined Lady Antebellum. So, we’re on the phone with her and she’s telling us this, and I’m like, ‘Um, do you really want to join Lady Antebellum? ‘Cause you can, if you like.’ And it was just really cool. She’s so inspiring, and it’s gonna be one of the most special things for us in our career by far, so it’ll be something that we’ll be soaking in.”

Reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year George Strait is making his way across the country bidding a fond farewell to fans on his Cowboy Rides Away Tour. While it’s emotional for the Country Music Hall of Famer, it’s very emotional for his fans, one of whom is Toby Keith.

“He’s been a great one and he deserves to do whatever he wants to do,” says Toby. “I’ve always been a big fan, and most people, if you listen to country music, you’ve had a lot of great George Strait songs in your life. But I hope he keeps recording, because it sure would be empty without him.”

Toby — don’t worry! George renewed his deal with MCA Records last fall to make several more albums.

George, who is up for the ACM Entertainer of the Year award on Sunday (April 6th), will wrap his Cowboy Rides Away Tour June 7th at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas (Dallas). His special guests include Eric Church, Alan Jackson, Vince Gill, Jason Aldean, Asleep at the Wheel, Kenny Chesney, Faith Hill, Miranda Lambert, Martina McBride and Lee Ann Womack.

George is currently making his way up the country charts with his latest single, “I Got A Car.”

Toby Keith (George Strait retiring from touring) OC: …without him. :18
“If this were the ‘Cowboy Rides Away,’ good deal, but he’s been a great one and he deserves to do whatever he wants to do. I’ve always been a big fan, and most people, if you listen to country music, you’ve had a lot of great George Strait songs in your life. But I hope he keeps recording, because it sure would be empty without him.”