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LADY ANTEBELLUM HAS ‘BIG LOVE’ FOR A SONG FROM HEART BREAK.
Lady Antebellum recently released their latest album, Heart Break, and they just posted a video piece about on the songs,”Big Love in a Small Town.” Check it out below.
The members of Lady A are heading up the country charts with “You Look Good.”
Between the melody & harmonies in #BigLoveInASmallTown, we knew it was something special before we even finished it. https://t.co/DIL3ikJohj pic.twitter.com/YzbwW56aiG
— Lady A (@ladya) August 8, 2017
EASTON EATS GOES TO A MEAT-AND-THREE.
In the fifth episode of “Easton Eats,” Easton Corbin‘s YouTube series, he visits world-famous Arnold’s Country Kitchen in Nashville, Tennessee. Arnold’s is one of Easton’s favorite restaurants that serve a “meat-and-three” country cooking, complete with cornbread and black-eyed peas.
Easton is making his way up the country charts with his latest single, “A Girl Like You.”
Video / Easton Eats-Arnolds
ViewLUKE BRYAN ANNOUNCES ‘ALL ACCESS PASS’ FOR HIS ARTIST APP.
In the summer of 2015, Luke Bryan launched his first-ever Fan App through mobile technology company Disciple Media as a way to connect with his millions of online fans. Fan reaction to the App was overwhelming and as part of the second anniversary of its release, Luke is announcing the All Access Pass, a portal that links his Nut House Fan Club and the Luke Bryan App users. Luke’s All Access Pass is the ultimate Luke Bryan fan experience, bringing together access to both the Nut House fan club and the official App. With an All Access Pass fans enjoy all the amazing Nut House and App benefits at a discount including live streams from Luke, photos and videos from every show, ticket presale access and meet & greet lotteries.
“We’ve been so amazed at how the fans have responded to the App,” shared Luke. “Creating the link between the fan club members and the mobile fans seemed the perfect next step. We love being able to have instantaneous responses and communication with them.”
Luke’s App is available to download from the Apple App Store and Google Play.
About Luke Bryan
Country music superstar Luke Bryan is a two-time Academy of Country Music and Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year and has hosted the ACM Awards for five consecutive years. Since the debut of his first album in 2007 he has placed 18 singles at No.1, sold over 10 Million albums, sold more than 40 million tracks with three Billion music streams.
Luke’s concert tours have consistently sold out shows across North America including many NFL Stadiums like the Patriot’s Gillette Stadium where he played back-to-back sold out concerts last summer. Luke has also sold out Chicago’s Soldier Field, Cleveland’s First Energy Stadium, the AT&T Stadium in Dallas, Denver’s Sports Authority Field at Mile High, Ford Field in Detroit, home of the Vikings at US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh’s Heinz Field, and Levi Stadium in San Francisco. In the last three years, Luke has performed to nearly five Million fans on tour.
BRANDON LAY’S DEBUT SINGLE, ‘SPEAKERS, BLEACHERS AND PREACHERS,’ IS THE NO. 1 MOST ADDED SONG AT COUNTRY RADIO.
EMI Records Nashville singer-songwriter Brandon Lay’s debut single “Speakers, Bleachers and Preachers” is the No. 1 most-added song at Country radio. The Jackson, TN native co-wrote the autobiographical single with Luke Laird and Shane McAnally. “Speakers, Bleachers and Preachers” quickly hit the Spotify U.S. Viral chart upon release cresting as high as No. 7 due to immediate reaction and is part of a two-pack of singles released that also includes “Let It” co-written by Lay, Paul DiGiovanni and Brad Tursi.
“Growing up my life revolved around sports and church with Country music always coming through the speakers,” shares Brandon. “My dad is a preacher and my mom was a teacher, so if we weren’t at church, or school, we were playing football, baseball or basketball.”
Brandon co-wrote every song on his debut album, which he co-produced with Paul DiGiovanni. Over the last few years he has built an established college-based following, touring with the likes of Old Dominion, Cole Swindell, Dierks Bentley, Cannan Smith, Hank Williams Jr., Eli Young Band, Brantley Gilbert, Jake Owen, Randy Rogers Band, to name a few.
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LUKE BRYAN TAKES FANS BEHIND-THE-SCENES OF THIS YEAR’S ‘CMA FEST’ TV SPECIAL.
Go behind-the-scenes of this year’s CMA Music Festival with Luke Bryan. Watch him and more than 20 of today’s biggest Country stars during the TV special, CMA Fest, next Wednesday, August 16th at 8pm ET on ABC.
Go behind-the-scenes of #CMAfest w/ @LukeBryanOnline! Watch him & 20+ of today's biggest Country stars next Wed 8/16 at 8|7c on @ABCNetwork. pic.twitter.com/WEAbu5CBNa
— CMA Country Music (@CountryMusic) August 7, 2017
KEITH URBAN DOESN’T TELL ANY ‘BIG LITTLE LIES.’
Keith Urban’s wife, Nicole Kidman, is an extraordinary actress and has won numerous awards, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for Best Actress in The Hours. This year, she’s up for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie for her role as “Celeste” in HBO’s Big Little Lies. What’s even more remarkable is she helped make the nominated series actually happen, which impressed her husband even more.
“Everything about it was done with such a raw authenticity. It was extraordinary work and, for me, among some of Nic’s finest work ever,” Keith tells Toronto’s Metro News. “What I love especially is it was all them, it was all the girls that made this happen. This wasn’t a project that got brought to Nic or Reese (Witherspoon). This was them — Reese — reading the book, Nic getting on a plane and flying to Australia to meet (author) Liane Moriarty and seeing if they can get their support in securing the rights in getting it made into a series.”
Nicole’s role as a lawyer caught in an abusive marriage was very emotionally draining on her, but by being a loving husband, Keith was there to comfort and support her and help her get through those difficult scenes.
“Nic is an accessor more than an actor, meaning that, for me, she accesses everything that you’re seeing or feeling on camera. If she’s getting tossed around or she’s being traumatized, she’s really feeling it. It’s legit,” he says. “Those scenes were pretty heavy. She would call me after a day of shooting and be just really shaken. I could hear it in her voice. Luckily, we’re both artists and I get the passion and commitment in her life, in storytelling.”
Nicole is currently in the process of filming Aquaman, in which she plays Queen Atlanna. The movie also stars Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Patrick Wilson and Willem Dafoe.
Keith, who just scored his latest No. 1 single “The Fighter” last week, is set to perform for fans North of the border beginning August 11th with shows in Ontario, Quebec and Montreal.
BILLY CURRINGTON TOPS THE CHARTS FOR A SECOND WEEK.
Billy Currington scores a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard Country Chart with “Do I Make You Wanna,” which also climbed into the top spot on the Country Aircheck/Mediabase country chart. The Georgia native said he just had to record the song, which he listened to on repeat several times.
“It just felt good. The lyrical content is written so perfect,” says Billy. “It’s a question. ‘Do I make you wanna dance real slow/do I make you wanna go fly down a two-lane road/am I that guy/am I the one that’s making you happy ‘cause I wanna know/do I make you wanna.’ It just spoke to me. I became a big fan. I listened to it over and over, so I had to record it.”
Billy is set to perform at the Ventura County Fair on Monday (August 7th), followed by a show Wednesday (August 9th) in Hollywood, California.
Audio / Billy Currington talks about the feel of “Do I Make You Wanna.”
DownloadBilly Currington (Do I Make You Wanna) 2 OC: …record it. :24
“It just felt good. The lyrical content is written so perfect. It’s a question. ‘Do I make you wanna dance real slow/do I make you wanna go fly down a two-lane road/am I that guy/am I the one that’s making you happy ‘cause I wanna know/do I make you wanna.’ It just spoke to me. I became a big fan. I listened to it over and over, so I had to record it.”
KIP MOORE IS OPEN AND READY FOR THE FUTURE.
Kip Moore’s “More Girls Like You” is poised to enter the Top 10 on the country charts, and the song, which he co-wrote with Steven Olsen, Josh Miller and David Garcia, is one that is a good representation of where he would like to be some day.
“I wanna always make records that depict where I’m at at that particular place in my life,” says Kip. “This is where I’m at in my life now where, I’m still a wildcard. I’m still aloof and I’m still like might be a little ways away from that, but as I’ve traveled and I’ve been around and seen so many different walks of life and so many cultures, and it’s this constant thing. I’ve watched dads being enamored of their daughters and I look forward to that now. I’m a lot more open to that now. So, that’s what the song is finding that person that you find so amazing that you hope they turn out like that amazing person does.”
“More Girls Like You” is the first single from Kip’s new album, Slowheart, which will be available September 8th.
Audio / Kip Moore talks about his single, “More Girls Like You.”
DownloadKip Moore (More Girls Like You) OC: …100 percent. :53
“I wanna always make records that depict where I’m at at that particular place in my life. This is where I’m at in my life now where, I’m still a wildcard. I’m still aloof and I’m still like might be a little ways away from that, but as I’ve traveled and I’ve been around and seen so many different walks of life and so many cultures, and it’s this constant thing. I’ve watched dads being enamored of their daughters and I look forward to that now. I’m a lot more open to that now. So, that’s what the song is finding that person that you find so amazing that you hope they turn out like that amazing person does. It’s just a song that I, as I was writing it down, you know ‘I’ve been living like a wild old mustang/out in Montana fields.’ It’s like that’s just 100 percent to a T, that was the first line I said, where it was like we’re all on board; we know where it’s going, and the reason why I connect to it is I feel it 100 percent.”
Audio / LINER Kip Moore (More Girls Like You) 2
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DownloadLADY ANTEBELLUM ‘CHOP TO THE TOP’ FOR NEW SPONGEBOB MUSICAL.
It was announced last week that Lady Antebellum was going to have a song in the upcoming Spongebob Squarepants musical opening on Broadway December 4th. The song is called “Chop to the Top” based on a particular scene in the musical. The band wrote the tune a few years ago, and it’s just now resurfacing.
“The Spongebob musical opportunity kind of came about randomly. We got approached if we could write a song for it and they gave us the scene and kind of a direction. We wrote the song called ‘Chop to the Top’ [laughs], and it was funny, we didn’t hear much about it for so many years,” says Charles. “Those musicals must take forever to put together, because we were like, ‘Well, I guess it fell through,’ and all of a sudden, years later it resurfaced that it’s coming out. So, I can’t wait to see it. It’ll be fun to take the kids.”
Lady A’s currently making their way up the top of the charts with their single, “You Look Good,” which they’ll perform during their You Look Good World Tour making a stop in Darien Center, New York on Thursday (August 10th), followed by shows in Holmdel, New Jersey and Mansfield, Massachusetts.
Audio / Lady Antebellum talk about their involvement in the new Spongebob Squarepants musical.
DownloadLady Antebellum (Spongebob musical) OC: …take the kids. :39
CHARLES: “The Spongebob musical opportunity kind of came about randomly. We got approached if we could write a song for it and they gave us the scene and kind of a direction. We wrote the song called ‘Chop to the Top’ [laughs], and it was funny, we didn’t hear much about it for so many years. We wrote this…” DAVE: “It was before kids we wrote it.” CHARLES: “Yeah, way before kids.” HILLARY: “Eisele was a newborn. It was one of those first writing appointments we did after Eisele was born, ‘cause y’all came over to my basement.” CHARLES: “Those musicals must take forever to put together, because we were like, ‘Well, I guess it fell through,’ and all of a sudden, years later it resurfaced that it’s coming out. So, I can’t wait to see it. It’ll be fun to take the kids.”
