Dierks Bentley gets back on the road with the Locked and Reloaded Tour with pal, Miranda Lambert. The two are playing a bunch of amphitheaters on this leg, so check out all of the action in the latest episode of DBTV.

In the meantime, Dierks is getting ready to hit the airwaves with his brand new single, “I Hold On,” from his forthcoming album, Riser.

Nashville – (August 7, 2013) –  ACM Entertainer of The Year Luke Bryan will be all over the place making the media rounds beginning this weekend to promote his new album, Crash My Party. He kicks off album release day August 13th with an appearance on E!’s Chelsea Lately and a special outdoor mini-concert on Jimmy Kimmel Live!  He will close out his week with an appearance on the Today Show on Thursday, August 15th with Kathie Lee & Hoda and a “Summer Concert Series” performance for NBC’s Today Show on Friday, August 16th.

Luke will perform for the iHeartRadio Live series in New York City on Wednesday, August 14th.  Video from the performance will be available on iHeartRadio.com and on all of Clear Channel’s Country radio stations’ websites. Later this same evening, Luke will be the guest of honor at a People Magazine private album release celebration. The following night on Thursday August 15th, Luke will perform a special album release show for fans at Irving Plaza.

CMT will premiere a Luke “Takeover Weekend” starting on Saturday, August 10th. The programming will include video double-shots, exclusive performances and a half-hour “Making Of” special for Crash My Party.

Luke will make a guest appearance on GAC’s Top 20 show beginning August 9th and “Daily Countdown” beginning August 12th.  The network will also re-air Luke’s 2012 “Farm Tour Special” on August 12th and 13th.

Luke will also perform on the CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night To Rock television special that will air on Monday, August 12th on ABC.

Luke’s fourth studio album Crash My Party, produced by Jeff Stevens, contains the three-week #1 title track song “Crash My Party,” which recently set a Billboard record as the largest 1-week audience since 2005 with 45.5 million listeners and has already sold a million copies!  His latest single from the new project, “That’s My Kinda Night” debuted this week at #21 on the Billboard Country radio chart, and is the highest debuting single of his career.

His career now boasts over four million in album sales with seven #1 singles and is the reigning ACM Entertainer of the Year.  Luke was named the #1 Artist of 2012 and #1 Male Artist of 2012 by Country Aircheck. Billboard named tailgates & tanlines the #2 Country Album and the #3 Country Artist Album of 2012 and claimed Luke as the #3 Top Country Artist of the Year.  Also in 2012, Luke took home 11 music awards, including a record nine wins at the American Country Awards as well as his first American Music Award.  This spring, Luke co-hosted the Academy of Country Music Awards with Blake Shelton and received the coveted Entertainer of the Year award as well as the Vocal Event award with Jason Aldean and Eric Church for “The Only Way I Know.”  At the CMT Music Awards in June, Luke won for Collaborative Video of the Year for “The Only Way I Know.” 

Luke is currently headlining his Dirt Road Diaries Tour through the fall, selling out venues across North America.

For more information, visit www.lukebryan.com.

Duck Dynasty star Willie Robertson stops by a recent Luke Bryan show and helps the his Buck Commander co-hort warm up for the crowd…in the latest episode of LBTV. Make sure to stay until the end for a few outtakes.

The latest episode of DBTV takes fans backstage as Dierks Bentley and his faithful companion, Jake, recently co-hosted and premiered his brand new single, “I Hold On,” during ABC’s The View.

NASHVILLE – August 5, 2013 – In celebration of his upcoming album, superstar Luke Bryan brings the party to CMT, taking the reins for a special LUKE BRYAN CMT TAKEOVER WEEKEND, starting Saturday, August 10. Bryan’s eagerly-awaited “Crash My Party” album debuts August 13th, but fans can catch a glimpse of him in the studio and on the road in a “making of the album” special, LUKE BRYAN: CRASH MY PARTY, premiering Saturday, August 10 at 2:00-2:30 p.m., ET/PTdirectly after CMT HOT 20 COUNTDOWN. The special will re-air on CMT on Sunday, August 11 at 9 a.m. and 2 p.m., ET/PT and Tuesday, August 13 at 9 a.m., ET/PT, and on Palladia on Sunday, August 11 at 9 p.m., ET/PT.

The network will feature Bryan across all of its platforms all weekend long, including a special performance on CMT HOT 20 COUNTDOWN, double-shots of his biggest videos and pop-up graphics of Bryan’s signature moves throughout the day and interviews all week on CMT RADIO LIVE WITH CODY ALAN. Bryan will also crash CMT’s social channels throughout the weekend, with related content on CMT’s official Twitter account @CMT, Facebook, Tumblr and Get Glue, using #LukeCMTtakeover.

Starting today, fans can visit CMT.com and enter the “Crash Luke Bryan’s Nashville Party Sweepstakes” for a chance to see him live in Nashville. Prizing includes two round-trip tickets and accommodations to Nashville, along with tickets to see Bryan perform in concert and an additional semi-private acoustic performance. Fans can enter daily to win through September 16th at CMT.com.

LUKE BRYAN CMT TAKEOVER WEEKEND includes:

Double shots of Luke Bryan’s biggest music videos throughout CMT MUSIC HOURS on Saturday, August 10 and Sunday, August 11 from 6:00-11:30 a.m., ET/PT.

LUKE BRYAN: CRASH MY PARTY special premieres Saturday, August 10at 8:00-8:30 a.m. ET/PT and takes fans into the studio and on the road for an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the making of his new album “Crash My Party.”

Bryan stops by the studio for an exclusive performance on CMT HOT 20 COUNTDOWN, premiering Saturday, August 10at 11:30-2:00 p.m., ET/PT.

Additionally, Luke Bryan videos will air every hour during CMT MUSIC HOURS beginning Monday, August 5.

Luke’s fourth studio album Crash My Party, to be released on August 13th, contains the three-week #1 title track song plus new single “That’s My Kind of Night.” His career now boasts over four million in album sales with seven #1 singles. He is the reigning ACM Entertainer of the Year and was named the #1 Artist of 2012 and #1 Male Artist of 2012 by Country Aircheck. Billboard named tailgates & tanlines the #2 Country Album and the #3 Country Artist Album of 2012 and claimed Luke as the #3 Top Country Artist of the Year. Also in 2012, Luke took home 11 music awards, including a record nine wins at the American Country Awards as well as his first American Music Award. This spring, Luke co-hosted the Academy of Country Music Awards with Blake Shelton and received the coveted Entertainer of the Year award as well as the Vocal Event award with Jason Aldean and Eric Church for “The Only Way I Know.” At the CMT Music Awards in June, Luke won for Collaborative Video of the Year for “The Only Way I Know.” Luke is currently headlining his “Dirt Road Diaries Tour” through the fall, selling out venues across North America.

Keith Urban is set to kick off the new NFL season during NBC’s pregame show – NFL Kickoff 2013 — before the Baltimore Ravens open the season at the Denver Broncos stadium on Thursday, September 5th (7:30pm ET). He’ll perform from a stage floating in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, and will feature new music from his September 10th album release FUSE. This marks the second time that the Grammy winner has helped kick off the NFL season – the last time was prior to the New York Giants playing host to the Washington Redskins in 2008. The show leads into the season opener between the Baltimore Ravens and the Denver Broncos at Sports Authority Field at Mile High in Denver.

Simulcast coverage of the 60-minute pregame show from Baltimore and Denver will air from 7:30 – 8:30 PM ET on NBC and NFL Network.  The live pregame broadcast also will be available via NFL Mobile from Verizon.

Keith is closing in on the top of the charts with his latest single, “Little Bit of Everything,” which he’s performing during his Light the Fuse 2013 Tour.

Luke Bryan is set to release his new album, Crash My Party, next Tuesday (August 13th), and he hopes to make it a huge success. “In my opinion what would define the success of this album is obviously to…sell three or four million albums certainly,” says Luke. “But my main thing is to continue to move the needle on the fans knowing that I’m upping my game constantly and coming with better songs and singing better than ever and fueling the live show in whatever is going to, the ability to grow into bigger and bigger and bigger venues constantly for as many years as I can.”

Luke has hit the charts in a big way with his latest single, “That’s My Kind of Night,” the second release from his new album, Crash My Party.

Luke Bryan (what would make CMP a success) OC: …widely accepted. :58
“In my opinion what would define the success of this album is obviously to…gosh, I don’t know, to sell three or four million albums certainly. But my main thing is to continue to move the needle on the fans knowing that I’m upping my game constantly and coming with better songs and singing better than ever and fueling the live show in whatever is going to, the ability to grow into bigger and bigger and bigger venues constantly for as many years as I can.  And making sure this album continues that upper climb of upward movement to being an even more elite entertainer on a global scale to where my music is me, to where I didn’t change my music to make it global.  I make kind of a more of an audience come to what I’m saying and selling.  And if I can do that on this album it’s a success. So just telling my story and making my story that which is something that is widely accepted.”

David Nail says the first time he saw his wife, Catherine, he noticed there was something special about her. “She was just different,” says David. “When you go to the same places and see the same people, when somebody new walks in the door, you notice them. I knew that was pretty obvious that she wasn’t from around the Nashville area. We had mutual friends, and so the next day, I kinda forced my way over to that house and was just really being silly. Found out she had a boyfriend, so I really didn’t think anything about it…and a couple hours later, they were getting ready to go back to Memphis where she’s from, and I heard her tell a friend, ‘He’s so funny. I just wish we could throw him up in our suitcase and take him home.’ I kinda took that as my invitation, so I kinda manipulated the situation to where I could get in contact with her and just kinda maintain contact, so if the boyfriend, if he ever messed up, I could step in…which I did, and once I stepped in, I made sure I kept her close.”

David is currently making his way up the country charts with his latest single, “Whatever She’s Got.” It’s the first single from David’s forthcoming album, due early next year.

David Nail (how he met his wife) OC: …kept her close. :57
“She was just different. I know that’s such a vague answer. But when you go to the same places and see the same people, when somebody new walks in the door, you notice them. I knew that was pretty obvious that she wasn’t from around the Nashville area. We had mutual friends, and so the next day, I kinda forced my way over to that house and was just really being silly. Found out she had a boyfriend, so I really didn’t think anything about it, just was trying to kind of make everybody laugh and be really lighthearted. And a couple hours later, they were getting ready to go back to Memphis where she’s from, and I heard her tell a friend, ‘He’s so funny. I just wish we could throw him up in our suitcase and take him home.’ I kinda took that as my invitation, so I kinda manipulated the situation to where I could get in contact with her and just kinda maintain contact, so if the boyfriend, if he ever messed up, I could step in…which I did, and once I stepped in, I made sure I kept her close.”

Keith Urban will be returning for Season 13 of American Idol. Fox entertainment chief Kevin Reilly confirmed that Keith will return for the new season of the singing competition at a Television Critics Association session in Beverly Hills last week. “Keith did a great job last year. The fans really liked him. Keith’s a really funny guy,” Reilly said. “You could see how much he loved the show.”

Keith, who tweeted “Thrilled to be back on @AmericanIdol with my pal @RyanSeacrest and dying to know who the other judges will be!!!” Season 12 judges Randy Jackson, Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj all left the show, and Season 10 and 11 judge Jennifer Lopez may join Keith and return to the panel.

Keith says some of the advice he gave to contestants was something he had to overcome early on and may have helped with his new album, Fuse, due September 10th. “I probably became more aware of the advice that I was giving and hearing why am I giving that advice,” says Keith.  “Most of the time it was because I needed to hear that myself, or it was something I had to learn the hard way as well.”

Keith is currently making his way up the country charts with his single, “Little Bit of Everything.”

Keith Urban (AI advice) OC: …put it. [laughs] :51
“I probably became more aware of the advice that I was giving and hearing why am I giving that advice.  Most of the time it was because I needed to hear that myself or it was something I had to learn the hard way as well — over-performing and theatrical sort of performing on stage and this kind of thing. I spent a few years in this theater group when I was seven and their whole thing was just  — you have to, every time you are singing, no matter what the song is. There were some people that came through that had that in them and it’s not their fault it’s just the way in which they’ve come through it’s just where they’re at. I was there too, and it takes a little while to shake all that off.  A friend of mine in Australia was talking about it’s like a cabaret the way your preforming and he said he has to go to recab to get rid of it. I thought that was a great way to put it.”