• LUKE BRYAN THANKS THE FANS FOR HIS NUMBER-ONE ALBUM. (VIDEO)

    Luke Bryan debuted at the top of the Billboard Album Chart with his Spring Break…Here to Party album last week, marking his first time at the top of the overall chart. He took time from his Spring Break shows in Panama City to tape a video thanking you, the fans, for making it the number-one album! Check out the clip below!

    Video / Thank you fans!

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  • KEITH URBAN SHARES OUTTAKES FROM ROAD TRIP WITH LITTLE BIG TOWN AND DUSTIN LYNCH. (VIDEO)

    Check out this Urban Chat Extra with hilarious outtakes from the Road Trip video with Keith Urban, Little Big Town and Dustin Lynch!

    Video / Urban Chat Extra: Road Trip Outtakes!

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  • MEET NEW ARTIST DRAKE WHITE AND HIS DEBUT SINGLE, ‘THE SIMPLE LIFE.’ (VIDEO)

    Newcomer Drake White is getting ready to hit the airwaves with his debut single, “The Simple Life.” Check out the video below as the first introduction to this charasmatic performer.

    Video / The Simple Life - (Add this Record 3/25/13)

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  • DARIUS RUCKER ‘TEASES’ HIS ‘WAGON WHEEL’ VIDEO. (VIDEO)

    Get a preview of the fun new video for Darius Rucker‘s single, “Wagon Wheel,” and download the single here: http://smarturl.it/nojubb

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  • LUKE BRYAN CELEBRATES SPRING BREAK WITH 120,000 IN PANAMA CITY BEACH. (PRESS RELEASE)

     NASHVILLE, TN – (March 15, 2013) – Luke Bryan’s career continues its hot streak this week with the number-one debut of his Spring Break…Here To Party CD and a 2-day crowd total of 120,000 fans who swarmed Spinnaker’s in Panama City Beach, Florida this week for his fifth annual spring break performances.

    Luke topped the Billboard Country sales chart and earned his first number-one album earlier this week on Billboard‘s Top 200 chart with Spring Break…Here To Party, selling 149,515 units in its first week. This is the first full-length physical album released from Luke’s five-year “Spring Break” series. The 14-track album features two new tracks as well as a collection of songs from his previously released digital Spring Break EPs.

    Catch the Georgia native at his Orange Beach show on GAC’s Top 20 Countdown on Friday (March 22nd) at 8:00pm ET.

  • DIERKS BENTLEY TAKES FANS BEHIND-THE-SCENES OF HIS TIME IN VEGAS AT THE ACMS. (VIDEO)

    It was a full weekend for Dierks Bentley in Las Vegas for the ACM’s. Take a look at everything the guys got into in this week’s DBTV.

    Video / Dierks Bentley - DBTV - Episode 102: 2013 ACM Awards

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  • KACEY MUSGRAVES PREPARES TO HIT THE ROAD WITH KENNY CHESNEY. (AUDIO)

    Kacey Musgraves has been in rehearsals at a Nashville sound stage this week gearing up to play stadiums, arenas and huge venues on Kenny Chesney’s No Shoes Nation Tour. The Texas native just wrapped up her opening stint on Little Big Town’s Tornado Tour a couple of weeks ago, which played to sold-out crowds. She’s now getting ready to embark on Kenny’s trek, which includes a handful of huge stadiums that house 70,000 people or more. So, we asked her if she is prepared to hit the stage on Saturday (March 16th) at Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium.

    I don’t know if any amount of preparation could prepare me for getting out on stage in front of 70,000 people. I mean what human knows what to do with that at first? I don’t know,” says the “Merry Go Round” singer/songwriter. “I’m excited, though. That’s got to create a whole new level of energy that I’ve never been able to experience until now. I mean, taking what I do as a songwriter and figuring out how to apply that to such a massive scale is going to be a learning experience for me, but who better to learn from than such an entertainer, I mean, across all genres.”

    Kacey is the only female on the road, since the other acts on the trek will include Eric Church, Zac Brown Band and the Eli Young Band.

    Don’t forget to catch Kacey performing her Top 10 hit, “Merry Go Round” on NBC’s Today Show on Tuesday, March 19th – the same day her new album, Same Trailer, Different Park

    AUDIO: Kacey Musgraves just finished a run with Little Big Town a couple of weeks ago and is about to open up for Kenny Chesney on his No Shoes Nation Tour, which kicks off in Tampa on Saturday.

    Kacey Musgraves (preparing for Chesney tour) OC: …hear me first. :55
    “Oh my gosh. Well I don’t know if any amount of preparation could prepare me for getting out on stage in front of 70,000 people. I mean what human knows what to do with that at first? I don’t know. I’m excited, though. That’s got to create a whole new level of energy that I’ve never been able to experience until now. So yeah, I mean taking what I do as a songwriter and figuring out how to apply that to such a massive scale is going to be a learning experience for me, but who better to learn from than such an entertainer, I mean, across all genres. I don’t care if you listen to his music or not. There’s no denying the fact the he is an amazing entertainer on a grand scale. I’m just excited to be a part of something so big. I’m the only girl on the tour and I think that’s cool. So, I’m just excited. I hope his fans like it and are into it, and come early enough to get a little buzz going on and hear me first.”

  • DIERKS, KEITH AND LADY A ADDED TO THE ALL-STAR LINEUP AT TIM McGRAW’S SUMMER NIGHT CONCERT. (PRESS RELEASE)

    Encino, CA (March 14, 2013) – The Academy of Country Music and dick clark productions announced today that Country Superstars Dierks BentleyKeith Urban and Lady Antebellum, along with International Music Sensation Pitbull have been added to the all-star lineup of artists scheduled to perform at the ACM PRESENTS: TIM McGRAW’S SUPERSTAR SUMMER NIGHT, taping Monday, April 8, 2013 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.  These artists join previously announced performers Jason Aldean, Luke BryanTaylor Swift and Ne-Yo. The special will be broadcast at a later date on the CBS Television Network. 

    Fifteen-time ACM Award winner Tim McGraw is spotlighting the hottest music of the summer and calling on his friends to help kick off the 2013 touring season. ACM PRESENTS: TIM McGRAW’s SUPERSTAR SUMMER NIGHT will feature high-octane performances and musical collaborations in a two-hour, star-studded concert event to benefit ACM Lifting Lives, the philanthropic arm of the Academy of Country Music dedicated to improving lives through the power of music.

    Dierks Bentley is an ACM Award-winning singer/songwriter who has forged his own brand of country music combining classic country songwriting, influences of bluegrass instrumentation and the energy of rock & roll. Bentley’s sixth studio album Home, released in 2012, debuted at #1 and has spawned three chart-toppings hits, marking 10 career #1 songs as a singer and songwriter. He is currently on the “Locked & Reloaded Tour” with longtime friend Miranda Lambert. On April 6, Bentley will headline the ACM Party for a Cause Festival, a two-day outdoor music festival during “The Week Vegas Goes Country®,” and on April 7, will perform at the ACM Fan Jam.

    Keith Urban is a seven-time ACM Award winner, who has sold more than 15 million albums. This spring will bring the release of brand new music, his fourth annual All For The Hall benefit, a highly anticipated tour, which gets underway this July, and continued filming for American Idol.  He has celebrated 14 No. 1’s, including 28 Top 5 hits and has had five consecutive platinum or multi-platinum albums.  In 2010, he was given the Academy’s prestigious Jim Reeves International Award in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the acceptance of country music worldwide.  

    Lady Antebellum is an ACM award-winning trio comprised of Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood. The band recently received their fourth ACM Award nomination for Vocal Group of the Year, an award they have won for three consecutive years.  Lady Antebellum’s current single, “Downtown” is the lead single off of their upcoming fourth Capitol Nashville release Golden, scheduled to come out May 7. The track hit big out of the gate, becoming the trio’s highest-charting debut on the Country radio charts.

    Tickets for ACM PRESENTS: TIM McGRAW’s SUPERSTAR SUMMER NIGHT are on sale NOW at Ticketmaster, priced at $105, $155 and $205. Proceeds from ticket sales will benefit ACM Lifting Lives, the charitable arm of the Academy, and an organization that McGraw was closely affiliated with during his last tour.

    For more information, log onto www.ACMLiftingLives.org or www.ACMcountry.com or follow on Twitter at @ACMawards for more immediate updates.

    About Tim McGraw
    For 20 years, McGraw has been providing that kind of powerful connection with his audience. With Two Lanes of Freedom, his new album—and first release for Big Machine Records—the singer is covering his broadest emotional range yet, with a set of songs that looks forward and back, gets deep and gets loose, and reveals that even the biggest stars can continue to grow with consistency and maturity.

    In his record-shattering career, McGraw has sold more than 40 million albums, and dominated the charts with 33 No. 1 singles. Since the release of his debut album in 1993, he has won three GRAMMYs, 15 Academy of Country Music Awards, 12 Country Music Association Awards, and 10 American Music Awards, while simultaneously maintaining a parallel career as a successful actor in such films as “The Blind Side,” “Country Strong,” and “Friday Night Lights”—as well as hosting Saturday Night Live, a rare honor for a singer in any genre. McGraw has never been afraid of breaking new ground; over the years, he has collaborated with musicians from Nelly to Tony Bennett to Def Leppard and Ne-Yo.

    About ACM PRESENTS: TIM McGRAW’s SUPERSTAR SUMMER NIGHT 
    ACM PRESENTS: TIM McGRAW’s SUPERSTAR SUMMER NIGHT will feature high-octane performances and musical collaborations in a two hour star-studded concert event to benefit ACM Lifting Lives. The special will be produced for television by dick clark productions and will be taped at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Monday, April 8, 2013 at 7:30 PM PT, with the broadcast airdate to be announced at a later time on the CBS Television Network.  Allen Shapiro, Orly Adelson and R.A. Clark are executive producers.  Barry Adelman is producer, and Bob Bardo is the executive in charge of production. Bob Romeo is executive producer for the Academy of Country Music. 

  • GARY ALLAN’S LATEST SINGLE, ‘PIECES,’ TAKES SOMETHING FROM EVERYONE. (AUDIO)

    Gary Allan’s new single, “Pieces,” is a unique and positive way to look at previous relationships. He co-wrote the song with Sarah Buxton and Odie Blackmon, which was the first time the three of them had written together.

    “‘Pieces,’ that was Sarah [Buxton]’s hook. She came with a little bit of it written. I wrote it with Odie Blackmon and her…it was our first time we had written together, and it was a great write,” says Gary. “I love the song…and it is a song about taking something from everybody, and you do. You take things through life in every relationship, and that kind of spits you out as who you are.”

    “Pieces” is the follow-up to his previous number-one single, “Every Storm (Runs Out of Rain).”

    AUDIO: Gary Allan talks about the song, “Pieces,” which he co-wrote with Sarah Buxton and Odie Blackmon.

    Gary Allan (Pieces) 1 OC: …who you are. :20
    “‘Pieces,’ that was Sarah [Buxton]’s hook. She came with a little bit of it written. I wrote it with Odie Blackmon and her…it was our first time we had written together, and it was a great write. I love the song, though. And it is a song about taking something from everybody, and you do. You take things through life in every relationship, and that kind of spits you out as who you are.”

  • KACEY MUSGRAVES TITLED HER DEBUT ALBUM AFTER ONE OF HER FAVORITE LYRICS. (AUDIO)

    Kacey Musgraves arrives in stores with her debut album, Same Trailer, Different Park, on Tuesday (March 19th). She wrote or co-wrote all 12 tracks on the project, which she also co-produced with celebrated tunesmiths Luke Laird (“Pontoon,” “Drink in My Hand,” “Take a Back Road”) and Shane McAnally (“Merry Go Round,” “Somewhere With You”).

    The title of the album came her Top 10 hit “Merry Go Round,” and she says it’s one of her favorite lyrics. “All along I wanted the title to be something that stands out. I never wanted it to be one-dimensional or completely obvious — you know, Kacey Musgraves… Or even Merry Go Round, you know? I kind of love it when album titles make you think, and sometimes they don’t even have anything to do with the actual, it’s just an abstract idea,” says Kacey. “This came from a lyric in ‘Merry Go Round’ and it’s one of my favorite lyrics in the record. The lyric is ‘Same hurt in every heart/same trailer, different park,’ and it kind of just means we’re all kind of in this together. We’re all hurt the same way. We all feel the same way, although we’re all different.”

    Catch Kacey perform her hit single on NBC’s Today Show on Tuesday — the same day her album hits stores!

    AUDIO: Kacey Musgraves describes how she came up with the title of her debut album, Same Trailer, Different Park.

    Kacey Musgraves (title of album) OC: …I love it. :40
    “All along I wanted the title to be something that stands out. I never wanted it to be one dimensional or completely obvious — you know, Kacey Musgraves… Or even Merry Go Round, you know? I kind of love it when album titles make you think, and sometimes they don’t even have anything to do with the actual, it’s just an abstract idea. This came from a lyric in ‘Merry Go Round’ and it’s one of my favorite lyrics in the record. The lyric is ‘Same hurt in every heart/same trailer, different park,’ and it kind of just means we’re all kind of in this together. We’re all hurt the same way. We all feel the same way, although we’re all different. That’s why I love it.”