In this exclusive Urban Chat extra you’ll never guess what song Keith Urban threw into the setlist for the Wisconsin shows!

Little Big Town’s “Pontoon” has been called “the hit of the summer,” and may be linked to the spike in sales of pontoon boats. The response from the Top 5 song – written by Natalie Hemby, Luke Laird and Barry Dean – has been overwhelming for the band as they’ve made their way across the country as part of Rascal Flatts’ Changed tour. “Now, for the first time we don’t have to say a word,” says LBT’s Phillip Sweet. “We just have to start the song and the crowd immediately knows what it is – that’s started happening, so it’s been so fun to see that.” Bandmate Kimberly Schlapman agrees, especially after the opening notes of the song. “They go crazy! It’s so fun.”

“Pontoon” is the first single from the band’s forthcoming album, Tornado, available September 11th.

Luke Bryan’s Spring Break…Here to Party debuted atop the Billboard Top 200 album chart with nearly 150,000 copies sold. The songs included in the collection are from his previous four Spring Break releases — 2009’s Spring Break…With All My Friends, 2010’s Spring Break 2…Hangover Edition, 2011’s Spring Break 3…It’s A Shore Thing and last year’s Spring Break 4…Suntan City – as well as two new songs, “Just a Sip” and “Buzzkill.”

“We’re just proud that we started a little idea and that it’s grown into something,” says Luke. “We just felt that it was time to put a physical CD together that people can go purchase in all kinds of all environments.”

Luke will perform the second show of a two-night stand in Panama City Beach tonight (Wednesday) and travel to Gulf Shores for a show in Orange Beach, Alabama tomorrow (Thursday).

The ACM-Entertainer of the Year nominee and ACM Awards host can be seen on the small screen this weekend and next. His CMT special, Luke Bryan: Spring Break…Here to Party, will air Sunday (March 17th) at 2pm ET and on GAC’s Top 20 Countdown on March 22nd at 8pm ET.

Luke Bryan explains why it was time to put together an entire CD of his Spring Break songs.

Luke Bryan (proud Spring Break music has grown) OC: …all environments. :25
“The toughest hurdle is making sure that you’re looking at the body of the songs and make sure that they’re good enough to be what you wanna represent yourself with, and we’re just proud that we started a little idea and that it’s grown into something. And we just felt that it was time to put a physical CD together that people can go purchase in all kinds of all environments.”

Nashville, TN – May 6, 2013 – On the heels of their multi-week chart-topping lead single “Downtown,” GRAMMY winning trio Lady Antebellum released “Goodbye Town” today as the second single off their fourth studio album GOLDEN – out tomorrow, May 7. The result of a session between Haywood, Kelley, Scott and Josh Kear, “Goodbye Town” was written backstage during the trio’s OWN THE NIGHT 2012 WORLD TOUR. The official ADD DATE for “Goodbye Town” is May 13th!

“Josh came out to see us on the road because that’s where we did so much of the writing for this album,” said Kelley. “There’s just something about this song that I think people can relate to. It’s that time after a breakup when everything about a place reminds you of that person, so all you want to do is just get the hell out of there. We really wanted the production to reflect that almost haunting feeling.”

Fans can listen to “Goodbye Town” as part of Rolling Stone’s exclusive stream of GOLDEN today on RollingStone.com.  For a press preview, click here:

Lady A kicks off GOLDEN release week tomorrow with performances slated for Good Morning America, The Ellen DeGeneres Show and two nights on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, as well as an exclusive and intimate release show at New York City’s newest hot spot The McKittrick Hotel for the Lady Antebellum GOLDEN Release Show presented by Citi. Since its 2006 inception, Lady A has risen quickly to become Country Music’s most influential current group. The group has won the “Vocal Group of the Year” honor from both the CMA and from the ACM’s three times in a row, earned seven GRAMMY awards and sold 11 million albums worldwide. Nine of the band’s singles are certified Gold, with four surpassing the Platinum mark. For a full list of upcoming performances and for more info on new music, visit www.ladyantebellum.com.

Reigning CMA Vocal Group of the Year Little Big Town will world-premiere their video for current single, “Your Side of the Bed” this Thursday on ABC’s Good Morning America. An exclusive CMA Music Festival Announcement will also take place in the 8:30am hour.

The video, shot last month by Becky Fluke (Pistol Annies/The Civil Wars), takes place at the historic Tennessee Theater and The Oliver Hotel in Knoxville, TN and captures a look into one night, highlighting the tension and honesty in the song’s lyrics.

“Your Side of the Bed” written by Little Big Town and Lori McKenna follows up previous #1 hits “Pontoon” and “Tornado” and has been described as “stunning” and “…an unusually subtle power ballad.”

The video can be viewed in its entirety exclusively on http://goodmorningamerica.com all day Thursday.

Darius Rucker releases his latest album, True Believers, this week – the new collection features the hit song “Wagon Wheel,” which rolled into the #1 spot on Billboard’s country chart to start the week. The song, as you may know, is Darius’ take on the tune originally recorded by the band Old Crow Medicine Show, but what you may not know is that their original wasn’t the version that gave Darius the idea to record it. In fact, the light bulb went off for him in a very unexpected setting – “I’m at my daughter’s high school talent show…sitting in the audience with my family…and the faculty band gets up – it’s just the faculty from her school – and they play ‘Wagon Wheel’,” he recalls. By the time they were midway through the chorus, Darius knew he had to record the song! (AUDIO)

• “Wagon Wheel” features backing vocals by Darius’ friends Charles Kelly, Hillary Scott and Dave Haywood of Lady Antebellum.

Darius Rucker shares the moment when he “discovered” “Wagon Wheel” and decided he needed to record it for his new album, True Believers. (:27)

“I’m at my daughter’s high school talent show. And I’m sitting in the audience with my family – we’re watching my daughter. And the faculty band gets up, and – it’s just the faculty from her school – and they play ‘Wagon Wheel.’ And I’m sitting in the audience and they get to the middle – they get into the middle of the chorus, and I turn to my wife and I go, ‘I’ve got to cut this song!’ I’m serious! This all happened in three-and-a-half minutes, four minutes while they’re playing the song! You know I came back, we cut it, and it was great after we finished it.”

Jon Pardi may sing about being “Up All Night” in his new single, but actually living those kind of hours when he’s touring can be tough…especially when it comes to trying to stay healthy. “My biggest challenge on the road? Putting on the pounds!” Jon admits. Like many musicians, Jon has found that the easiest thing to grab to eat after a show is often pizza…and getting up early to exercise isn’t always easy the day after a gig. “It’s hard workin’ out and kind of like managing my time,” he says. “Sometimes it just feels good to sleep in, I tell ya, instead of waking up to go jogging.”

Jon Pardi says it can be a challenge stay healthy on the road. (:24)

“My biggest challenge on the road? Putting on the pounds, man! Whew! It’s hard workin’ out and kind of like managing my time…’cause sometimes it just feels good to sleep in, I tell ya, instead of waking up to go jogging, but…other than that – that’s probably the hardest thing. And pizza! It’s the pizza, man! We had to outlaw pizza. Like, no more pizza after the shows!”

NASHVILLE – Reigning CMA Vocal Group of the Year Little Big Town will host the summer’s hottest television music event when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on Monday, Aug. 12 (8:00-11:00 PM/ET).

“It’s an incredible honor to be hosting this year’s CMA Fest,” said Karen Fairchild of Little Big Town. “We could not be more excited about the party that’s going to break out at LP Field every night!”

Little Big Town members Fairchild, Phillip Sweet, Kimberly Schlapman, and Jimi Westbrook first entered the music scene more than 13 years ago with hits such as “Boondocks,” “Bring It On Home,” “Good As Gone,” and the Grammy-nominated single “Little White Church.” The quartet’s fifth studio album Tornado was released on Sept. 11, 2012 and debuted at the top of the Billboard Country Chart where it stayed in the No. 1 position for five consecutive weeks. The album, which is certified Gold, was produced by Jay Joyce and includes the double-Platinum-selling, No. 1 hit single “Pontoon” and the follow up single and title track “Tornado,” which also reached No. 1. Their current single, the emotionally-charged “Your Side of the Bed,” is at radio now and quickly climbing the charts.

Collectively, the group has earned more than 25 award nominations and has taken home the trophies for CMA Single of the Year (“Pontoon”) and CMA Vocal Group of the Year, and a Grammy Award for Best Country Group/Duo Performance (“Pontoon”). The foursome has played in front of more than four million people to-date and recently wrapped “The Tornado Tour,” their sold-out headlining tour across the U.S. and Canada. They will join Keith Urban on tour later this summer.

Filmed during CMA Music Festival Thursday through Sunday, June 6-9, the special features many of today’s most exciting Country Music stars as they hit the stage during the four-day party and celebration of America’s music. The annual event is unlike any other, with autograph signings in the new Fan Fair X, live music on 11 stages, more than 450 artists and celebrities, and a guest list of 71,000 avid singing-and-dancing-till-dawn fans.

The special first aired in 2004 and is marking its 10^th anniversary in 2013. This is the ninth time ABC will broadcast the special – which invites the whole country to America’s largest Country Music celebration. Artists appearing in the television special have not yet been announced. The special will air on ABC through 2021.

Artists performing as part of the sold-out Nightly Concerts at LP Field during 2013 CMA Music Festival include Gary Allan, Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Kelly Clarkson, Florida Georgia Line, Hunter Hayes, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Kip Moore, Jake Owen, Brad Paisley, Blake Shelton, Taylor Swift, The Band Perry, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, and Zac Brown Band. Several legacy acts are performing, too, including Lee Greenwood, Tracy Lawrence, The Oak Ridge Boys, and Randy Travis. Brett Eldredge; Gloriana; Lorrie Morgan and Pam Tillis; and The Oak Ridge Boys are scheduled to perform the national anthem.

Many collaborations are happening on Keith Urban‘s Light the Fuse Tour 2013, but here’s one between him and Little Big Town on his No. 1 hit, “You Gonna Fly.”