Lady Antebellum share the stage with the legendary Stevie Nicks in the new installment of CMT’s Crossroads. The episode pairs the two acts in which they trade vocals on each other’s songs. Check out their performance of the Fleetwood Mac classic, “Rhiannon,” below.
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LUKE BRYAN GOES BEHIND-THE-SCENES OF RECORDING HIS TARGET DELUXE VERSION OF ‘CRASH MY PARTY.’ (VIDEO)
Luke Bryan takes fans behind-the-scenes of the making of the four extra songs on his Crash My Party Target Deluxe Edition. Those songs include ‘What Is It With You,” “Your Mama Should’ve Named You Whiskey,” “Better Than My Heart” and “Sunburnt Lips.” Check it out!
Video / LBTV Thursdays 2013! Episode 32
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KEITH URBAN READY TO HIT RADIO WITH ‘WE WERE US.’ (AUDIO)
Keith Urban is releasing the follow-up single to his recent two-week No. 1 single, “Little Bit of Everything.” He’s decided on “We Were Us,” a duet with Miranda Lambert, as his new single, which will be hitting radio later today (Monday). “She’s just the real deal. I just love her. I love her artistry. Her voice is awesome,” says Keith. “She would get up and play with us when we were touring with her, and I just felt like our voices went together really well.”
“We Were Us” is from Keith’s new album, Fuse, due in stores tomorrow (Tuesday).
Audio / Keith Urban talks about getting Miranda Lambert to duet on the song, “We Were Us.”
DownloadKeith Urban (We Were Us-Miranda) 1 OC: …backing vocalist. :46
“Miranda, of course, she opened for a us a lot of years ago. She’s just the real deal. I just love her. I love her artistry. Her voice is awesome. She would get up and play with us when we were touring with her, and I just felt like our voices went together really well. So, it was another person that I always had in the back of my mind and was hoping I could find a song for us one day. The song called ‘We Were Us’ came along and it’s actually written as a duet, but the girl sings first, so I thought ‘Let’s do it! Let’s call Miranda up.’ She liked the song, came and sang it, and various people were going ‘Well you can’t have her singing first!’ Why not? It sounds fine! Again, it was always just about how the song works best. The song just works best that way. It’s a duet. She’s not a backing vocalist.” -
GEORGE STRAIT WILL ANNOUNCE CITIES AND DATES FOR 2014 LEG OF HIS ‘COWBOY RIDES AWAY TOUR’ ON MONDAY. (AUDIO)
George Strait is expected to announce cities and dates for the 2014 leg of the Cowboy Rides Away Tour during a press conference on Monday (September 9th) at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Strait began the Cowboy Rides Away Tour earlier this year.
Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2006, Strait is scheduled to receive several additional honors in November, including Billboard‘s Legend of Live Award in New York City. He is the first country artist named to receive the magazine’s most coveted touring award. He’ll also be presented ASCAP’s Founders Award which honors songwriters and composers who have made pioneering contributions to music by inspiring and influencing their fellow music creators.
Monday’s press conference will be streamed live at Noon ET on Strait’s official website, georgestrait.com.
AUDIO: George Strait has to pick and choose which songs he’ll perform live, and it’s not the easiest job in the world for him.Audio / George Strait (set list)
DownloadGeorge Strait (set list) OC: …changing anyway. :33
“When you’re putting the song list together for a live show, it gets a little tough, because you don’t want to leave things out that you know people want to hear, but unfortunately, you don’t have time to do them all and it’s just one of those things. And so you just try to pick the best stuff that you can. And of course, I’ll cut one or two or three or so from a show for a year or two, and then it seems we always come back to them eventually and throw them back in the mix. It’s just a constant thing you’ve got to keep changing anyway.” -
NEWS AND NOTES: Easton, Lady A, Dierks, Darius, David, Scotty
Easton Corbin will perform his current single, “All Over The Road,” on FOX News’ Fox & Friends on Monday (September 9th).
Lady Antebellum’s Dave Haywood and Charles Kelley are among the artists added to the lineup for the 7th Annual ACM Honors on Tuesday (September 10th). The event, being held at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, is an evening of musical tribute performances and award presentations celebrating the non-televised special honorees and winners from the 48th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards. Hosted by Dierks Bentley, the event will also feature appearances by Darius Rucker, David Nail, Vince Gill and Paul Franklin, Emmylou Harris, Steve Wariner and many more. The members of Lady Antebellum will be honored with the Jim Reeves International Award.
Scotty McCreery releases his new album, See You Tonight, on October 15th, and he’s offering several different pre-sale packages, including the Ultimate Package featuring an autographed guitar, digital copy, CD and T-shirt. For more information, go to his website, scottymccreery.com.
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KEITH URBAN LIGHTS THE FUSE IN NASHVILLE.
Nashville, TN – In anticipation of the release of his new album on Tuesday (September 10th), Keith Urban lit the “Fuse” Friday night (September 6th) in Nashville. He kicked it off with a 45-minute set for ticket winners and industry folks at the Cumberland Park next to the river and the Titans stadium. He performed such hits as “Long Hot Summer,” “Sweet Thing” and “Somebody Like You,” as well as cuts such as “Good Thing” and “Cop Car.” He also brought out a surpise guest, Eric Church, who also is his duet partner on Fuse‘s “Raise ‘Em Up.”The Cumberland Park show was taped for a live webcast as part of Yahoo! Music’s Ram Country Live! series with an viewing in Times Square. The series is also expected to rerun September 25th.
Next, Keith made appearances at three h honky-tonks on Lower Broad, including Legends, Tootsies and The Stage where he performed some hits and some cuts from his forthcoming album at each of the three clubs. At Tootsies Orchid Lounge, he was joined by rocker Steven Tyler on the Aerosmith hit, “Walk This Way.”
Check out Keith’s website, keithurban.net, for more information on his new album, Fuse.
PHOTO 1: Keith Urban and Steven Tyler share the stage at Tootsies.
PHOTO 2:Keith Urban pauses to meet fans between honky-tonk performances in downtown Nashville, TN
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DAVID NAIL ANNOUNCES FALL TOUR. (PRESS RELEASE)
Nashville, TN – MCA Nashville recording artist David Nail announces his Fall 2013 tour set to begin on September 12th (Davie, FL) and currently scheduled to run through November 22nd (Atlanta, GA). The tour will take David through New York City, Atlanta, Tampa, Minneapolis, Fort Worth, Chicago and Boston to name a few. See bottom for full list of tour dates.
In May, Nail released “Whatever She’s Got,” the debut single off Nail’s forthcoming 2014 album. “Whatever She’s Got” was written by Jimmy Robbins and Jon Nite and is a song that Nail said he recorded for his wife, Catherine.
Date Venue City
9/12 The Roundup Davie, FL
9/13 Dallas Bull Tampa, FL
9/18 The National Richmond, VA
9/19 Musicfest Café Bethlehem, PA
9/21 Dusty Armadillo Akron, OH
9/27 The Blue Note Columbia, MO
10/3 Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill Minneapolis, MN
10/4 8 Seconds Indianapolis, IN
10/5 Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill Detroit, MI
10/11 Grizzly Rose Denver, OH
10/16 The Graduate Sacramento, CA
10/17 Crystal Palace Bakersfield, CA
10/18 Club Rodeo San Jose, CA
10/19 The Ranch San Miguel, CA
10/23 Showbox Seattle, WA
10/24 Knitting Factory Spokane, WA
10/25 Knitting Factory Boise, ID
10/29 Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill Mesa, AZ
10/30 Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill Tucson, AZ
11/1 Billy Bob’s Fort Worth, TX
11/7 The Bluestone Columbus, OH
11/8 The Intersection Grand Rapids, MI
11/9 Joe’s on Weed Street Chicago, IL
11/13 Gramercy Theatre New York, NY
11/14 Asylum Portland, ME
11/15 Royale Boston, MA
11/16 Prospector’s Mt. Laurel, NJ
11/17 The Fillmore Washington, DC
11/21 Iron City Birmingham, AL
11/22 120 Tavern Atlanta, GA
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KEITH URBAN LIGHTS THE ‘FUSE’ FOR HIS ALBUM RELEASE. (AUDIO AND PRESS RELEASE)
Keith Urban, who is currently on the road with his “Light The Fuse Tour 2013”, will kick off a massive one-week, whirlwind promotional tour today in support of his seventh studio album FUSE, which has already produced his fifteenth #1 song “Little Bit Of Everything”. The tour gets underway tonight at 7:30 P.M. EST in Baltimore, with a live network television performance for NBC’s NFL Kickoff Show – to be simulcast on the NFL Network.
Friday will be Urban’s first ever, live, streamed performance for Yahoo! Music, during which he’ll debut songs from FUSE like “Cop Car”, “Good Thing” and “Raise ‘Em Up”, featuring Eric Church. After the 45-minute concert, Urban will take to Lower Broadway in Nashville, where he’ll perform in three landmark clubs – Legends, Tootsies and The Stage. With show times no longer then 30 minutes apart, Urban will simply walk from club to club.
Also, on Friday (September 6th) at 9am ET Eastern, Keith is taking over CMT for one hour to play his favorite videos! Keith Urban’s VJ FOR A DAY will re-air on Saturday at 10am ET and September 10th at 9am ET.
On Monday, Urban will arrive in New York City where he’ll chat with readers on USAToday.com and record an episode of The Wall Street Journal Café. On release day, Tuesday, September 10th, Urban performs on NBC’s Today Show and appears before an Apple invite only audience at the Soho Apple Store in downtown New York (6:30 P.M. EST). There he’ll take questions from the nearly 200 attendees and perform with a three-piece band.
Wednesday, Urban, who just this week completed judging the Boston auditions for the 13th season of American Idol, will perform on The View and Late Show With David Letterman. He heads out to Cleveland, Ohio on Thursday to continue is his “Light The Fuse Tour 2013.”
AUDIO: Keith Urban talks about the songs he choose to put on his new album, Fuse.Audio / Keith Urban (songs on Fuse)
DownloadKeith Urban (songs on Fuse) OC: …come together. :31
“I cut about 24 song, 25 songs, and certain ones just kept hitting me a certain way where I felt very strong about them as songs, and I felt strong about them for their energy, for they were saying, even sort of escape of songs that just made me feel good, like good thing sort of songs that are just fun. They’re unabashed fun. They aren’t meant to be anything else than just that. They all had merit and so, slowly, this particular group of 16 songs, for me, started to really come together.” -
SCOTTY McCREERY KICKS OFF SIX-CITY MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TOUR TO PROMOTE YOUTH BASEBALL. (PRESS RELEASE)
NASHVILLE, TN–As platinum-selling country artist Scotty McCreery prepares for the much-anticipated release of his sophomore album, See You Tonight, he is taking time out of his busy schedule to support youth baseball with a six-city Major League Baseball ballpark tour.
In addition, the new video for his current single, “See You Tonight,” simultaneously premieres today at www.PopCrush.com and www.TasteofCountry.com.
At the baseball park tour’s culmination, McCreery will have donated $50,000 to youth baseball programs, including Major League Baseball’s RBI (Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities) program, this year.
“I learned some of my greatest lessons playing sports and being a team member,” McCreery says. “Sports teach you so many life lessons about self-discipline, responsibility, teamwork, setting goals, and being fit. It’s awesome that Major League Baseball provides opportunities for kids who might not have a chance to play baseball and softball elsewhere. I’m proud to provide assistance to this program.”
McCreery’s baseball park tour began on Thursday, Aug. 29, at the home of the Tampa Bay Rays, where he presented a personal $5,000 check to a Tampa youth baseball organization before the game. In addition, he threw out the first pitch and sang “Take Me Out to the Ball Game.”
Referring to McCreery’s donation to the Rays Baseball Foundation, the Tampa Bay Rays tweeted, “Great job by @ScottyMcCreery with today’s first pitch (he throws gas)–and thank you to him for his donation to RBF!”
At each game, McCreery will invite local radio winners to be his guest as he throws out the first pitch, provides CDs for lucky-row giveaways, sings as part of the seventh-inning stretch, and serves a guest broadcaster and/or participates in other various activities that day. Fans can follow the activities at every game in real time by following McCreery on Twitter at @scottymccreery.
Founded in 1989, the RBI youth outreach program is designed to increase participation in baseball and softball with underserved and diverse youth, as well as encourage academic achievement and teach important life lessons. The program has served more than 1 million young people, including more than 220,000 baseball and softball players in 2013.
Baseball has played an important part in McCreery’s life, so he is excited to have the opportunity to give back to the game that has given him so much. Indeed, it was baseball that first provided him with the confidence to perform in public. He started pitching at an early age, following in the footsteps of his father, who was also a baseball pitcher. As a pitcher for Garner Magnet High School in Garner, N.C., all eyes were on him, and that’s where he learned to be focused and handle pressure. Fortunately, all of that training paid off, as evidenced by his success in high school. During McCreery’s senior year, he continued to pitch while spending weekends opening for Brad Paisley’s Virtual Reality Tour. McCreery finished that season with a 0 .88 ERA while striking out more than 40 batters.
Another thrill was when he sang the national anthem at the 2011 World Series Game One in St. Louis.
McCreery’s MLB tour is as follows:
Thursday, Aug. 29: Tampa Bay Rays v. Seattle Mariners, at Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Sunday, Sept. 8: San Diego Padres v. Colorado Rockies, at PETCO Park, San Diego
Thursday, Sept. 12: Philadelphia Phillies v. San Diego Padres, at Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia
Sunday, Sept. 15: Chicago White Sox v. Cleveland Indians, at Comiskey Park/U.S. Cellular Field, Chicago
Sunday, Sept. 22: Washington Nationals v. Miami Marlins, at Nationals Park, Washington, D.C.
Friday, Sept. 27: Atlanta Braves v. Philadelphia Phillies, at Turner Field/State Mutual Stadium, Atlanta
Earning both a platinum and gold album before turning 20, Scotty McCreery is poised to become country’s newest superstar. He has sold an impressive 1.6 million albums in less than two years.
With more than 150 live shows under his belt across the U.S., Canada and the Philippines, McCreery has become a fan favorite appealing to all ages. His first headlining tour has been so successful—with numerous sell-outs and additional shows added to meet demand–that a fall 2013 run has been announced.
His debut album, Clear As Day, was the best-selling solo album released by a country artist in 2011. Indeed, he became the youngest man in history to have his first album debut atop the all-genre Billboard Top 200 albums chart.
Clear As Day was certified platinum for sales of one million in just 13 weeks, and the first two singles from that album were each certified gold. In 2012, his Christmas album was also certified gold. He was named Top New Artist by Billboard and won best new artist awards at the Academy of Country Music Awards, the American Country Awards, and the CMT Awards.
He co-wrote his current single, “See You Tonight,” which is the title track to his sophomore album that will be released Oct. 15.
Fans can pre-order the upcoming album, See You Tonight, at www.scottymccreery.com, which also offers opportunities for fan club memberships, autographed guitars and limited edition T-shirts. The pre-sale offer was available Tuesday night, and McCreery has agreed to sign all CDs ordered in the first 48 hours of the offer.
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GEORGE STRAIT WILL JOIN THE DALLAS COWBOYS ON THE FIELD ON SUNDAY. (PRESS RELEASE)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – September 5, 2013 – Country music icon George Strait will join the Dallas Cowboys on the field Sunday night, September 8th, when they open their season against the New York Giants at AT&T Stadium. Strait will serve as an honorary captain for the coin toss prior to kickoff. This will make Strait’s second visit to the home of the Cowboys, having performed here in 2009 as the first event ever held at the venue.
The following day, Monday, September 9th, Strait is expected to hold a press conference from the stadium regarding his 2014 The Cowboy Rides Away Tour that will be streamed live on GeorgeStrait.com and YouTube.com/georgestrait or by following @georgestrait on twitter beginning at 11 a.m. CDT.
About George Strait:
With over 68 million albums sold, George Strait has influenced and inspired Country music, fellow artists and fans for more than 32 years. He has achieved 60 No. 1 singles, a feat unmatched by any artist in any genre, and earned more than 60 major industry awards. Strait is the only artist in music history to achieve at least one Top Ten hit each year during his 30-year career and was only the second artist at the time (after Eddy Arnold in 1966) to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame (2006) while still actively recording and producing chart topping hits and albums. Strait will receive Billboard’s Legend of Live Award in November in a ceremony in New York City. This is the magazine’s most coveted touring award, and he is the first country music artist to achieve this honor. Also in November, he will receive ASCAP’s most prestigious award, the Founders Award, presented to songwriters and composers who have made pioneering contributions to music by inspiring and influencing their fellow music creators, and who are musical innovators who possesses a unique style of creative genius that will enrich generations to come. His current two-year final U.S. tour, The Cowboy Rides Away Tour debuted in the No. 1 slot of POLLSTAR‘s “Concert Pulse” earlier this year. Strait sold out all venues on the 2013 leg of The Cowboy Rides Away Tour within minutes, including record-breaking attendance figures in Knoxville, Tenn., Lexington, Ky., San Antonio, Tx. and Houston, Tx.