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Little Big Town, Kacey Musgraves and Josh Turner, along with Greg Bates have been added to the performance lineup of the “Grand Ole Opry at CRS” show set for February 27th. As previously announced, Grand Ole Opry members Brad Paisley, Darius Rucker and Vince Gill along with Dustin Lynch and Scotty McCreery are also set to perform.

Gill is set to host the special opry performance, and Radio Hall of Famer Bill Cody will be the announcer for the event, which is sponsored by Humana’s My Well-Being.

CRS Executive Director Bill Mayne states, “We are excited about the reaction to this event at the Seminar. Support from both the Radio and Records community has been overwhelming. It will certainly be one of the highlights of CRS this year”.

The event will be held in the Performance Hall of the Nashville Convention Center and open to CRS 2013 attendees.  Register for CRS 2013 at www.CountryRadioSeminar.com. CRS attendees can visit www.opry.com/radio/CRS2013.html for all the details on the show. Plus, the first 50 CRS attendees to register through the special RSVP link on the website will receive two tickets to attend the Grand Ole Opry at the Opry House Sat., March 2.

Keith Urban checks in from onstage in Melbourne, Australia in the latest episode of Urban Chat.

Dierks Bentley complete vignette for his latest single, “Tip It On Back.”

TRT: 3:54

Jon Pardiis excited to hit the road with headliner Justin Moore and Dustin Lynch next month. The Outlaws Like Me trek is set to kick off March 14th in Pikeville, Kentucky and is currently set to run through April 20th in Corbin, Kentucky. “It’s [Justin’s] first headlining tour, so I know he’s excited…I know Dustin really well, so it’ll be cool to have him around and hang out and do stuff,” says the California native. “I know it’s gonna be a wild crowd, so it’s gonna be fun. I’m gonna get in there and do my thing.”

Jon is also getting ready to hit the airwaves with his new single!

OUTLAWS LIKE ME Tour Dates:
March 14 — Pikeville, KY – Eastern Kentucky Expo Center
March 15 — Troy, OH –Hobart Arena
March 21 — Kearny, NE – Viaero Event Center
March 22 — St. Joseph, MO – St. Joseph Civic Arena
March 23 — Farmington, MO – Farmington Civic Center
March 28 — Davenport, IA – Adler Theatre**
March 29 — Brookings, ND – Swiftel Center
March 30 — Bismarck, ND – Bismarck Civic Center
April 13 — Dodge City, KS – United Wireless Arena**
April 18 — Erie, PA – Erie Insurance Arena
April 19 — Johnston, PA – Cambria County War Memorial Arena
April 20 — Corbin, KY – The Corbin Arena

** Jon Pardi will not appear at these dates

AUDIO: Jon Pardi talks about going on the road with Justin Moore’s Outlaws Like Me Tour.

Jon Pardi (Justin Moore tour) OC: …do my thing. :20
“I’m excited and my buddy Dustin Lynch is gonna be on it too. It’s really cool, I don’t know, it’s [Justin’s] first headlining tour, so I know he’s excited and getting me out there was awesome. I know Dustin really well, so it’ll be cool to have him around and hang out and do stuff…I know it’s gonna be a wild crowd, so it’s gonna be fun. I’m gonna get in there and do my thing.”

Lady Antebellum’s Hillary Scott is set to join Adam Levine on the next season of The Voice as a guest mentor. “I was so happy that Hillary was interested in coming on The Voice to mentor my team,” Adam told Access Hollywood. “Maroon 5 and I recorded a song with her for our last studio album and we had a great time collaborating in the studio.” Adding, “She is an incredible performer and artist. I know my team will be able to learn a lot from her.” The Voice” Season 4 premieres on March 25th at 8pm ET on NBC.

Keith Urban has been added as a presenter at the 55th annual Grammy Awards Sunday, February 10th on CBS. Dierks Bentley will team up with tour mate Miranda Lambert for a performance, while Tim McGraw and Faith Hill are also added as presenters. The show will be broadcast live from the Staples Center in L.A.

Little Big Town will play a free concert in California on Wednesday (February 6th) to benefit The Dogwood Project, which helps to comfort young children dealing with the death of a parent. The show is in honor of Kimberly Schlapman’s brother-in-law Allen, who was hit and killed by a drunk driver on Thanksgiving.

Eric Church has scored a bunch of gold and platinum certifications for a number of his singles from the R.I.A.A. “Hell on the Heart” and “Creepin’” have been certified gold for more than 500,000 downloads, while “Drink in My Hand,” “Smoke a Little Smoke” and “Homeboy” have earned platinum certification for one-million downloads. “Springsteen” picks up double-platinum status for two-million downloads.

Eric, who is currently on tour in Canada, is nominated for a pair of Grammy Awards, including Best Country Solo Performance and Best Country Song for “Springsteen”. The 55th GRAMMY Awards will air Sunday, February 10th on CBS.

AUDIO: Eric Church says he owes a lot to his hit, “Smoke a Little Smoke,” from his Carolina album.

Eric Church (Smoke a Little Smoke) OC: …that song. :36
“I think subject-matter wise, it’s another situation where everybody told me…you’re nuts to release that song, there are other things that’ll be easier to get up the chart. I saw the crowd though, I followed the crowd. They’d go crazy on that, and they still do. I mean, I think it’s one of those songs. In our set, what they do during that song, when they tear those walls down and they tear it down, is very, very hard to recover from, show-wise. So, I just followed the crowd on it. And I said, ‘You know, this is what some people think we shouldn’t release, but I’ve seen how people respond to it. Let’s put it out.’ And, it took off. Then the digital part, the sales part, was just huge for that song. I owe a lot to that song.”

In the latest episode of LBTV, Luke Bryan takes you behind-the-scenes of a photo shoot for Dr. Pepper as part of an ACM Awards promotion. You’ll soon see Luke’s handsome face on cans and cases of Dr. Pepper, as well as find out how you can win a once-in-a-lifetime trip to the ACM Awards in Vegas this spring.

This Sunday (February 3rd), millions of people around the world will be tuning in to the Super Bowl, including some of your favorite country artists. Some will be rooting for the San Francisco 49ers, while others will be pulling for the Baltimore Ravens to win the Big Game, which has been dubbed the Harbowl, since brothers Jim and John Harbaugh are the head coaches of the opposing teams. Darius Rucker, Luke Bryan, Lady Antebellum, Easton Corbin, Kip Moore, Keith Urban and Little Big Town are definitely fans of football…however, you probably won’t find Gary Allan in front of the tube in his sweats munching down on chips and salsa or buffalo wings, since he usually doesn’t watch television, much less sports on TV. However, the “Every Storm (Runs Out of Rain)” singer may catch a few plays if one of his football-playing buddies is on the field. Check out all the action on the field on Sunday at 6:30pm ET on CBS.

Darius Rucker (football) OC: …football season. :20
“Ever since I was five years old, I’ve loved football, and I love how physical it is. I love the chess match of the game. I love the speed of the game. I love college football, but for me watching pro football is better because the speed is so much more. For me, there’s two times a year, man — football season and waiting for football season.”

Keith (Nicole and football) OC: …new to me. :04“She
’s a big NFL fan, and she sort of turned me on to it.”

AUDIO: Easton Corbin says you can’t go on the bus during football season without a game being on the television.

Easton Corbin (football) OC: …that’s on. :07
“That’s all that’s on the bus on the weekends. That’s it, and we’ve got three TVs on the bus, so that’s all that’s on.”

AUDIO: Gary Allan isn’t a big TV watcher and the news channels are usually what he’ll watch. So, come Sunday, you probably won’t find him watching the Super Bowl, unless a friend of his is playing.

Gary Allan (football buddies) OC: …see everybody. [laughs] :25
“I’ve got buddies that I follow, you know, Jay Cutler, I’m buddies with him, so I like to watch him play. Tony Scheffler. It’s just guys that I know, that’s what’ll make me watch. Jared Allen, I just did something with him. Great guy. So, it’s different if you know somebody out there. It makes it more fun. I’m not a TV person. [laughs] I’d be the guy that you’d invite to the party, and I’d hang out for the first quarter and go, ‘Alright, it’s good to see everybody.” [laughs]

AUDIO: The members of Lady Antebellum reveal their favorite tailgate foods, just in time for the Big Game.

Lady A (tailgate food) OC: (Charles) …football watching. :21
HILLARY: “Honestly, chips and salsa, salsa or cheese dip or something. That’s like what I always go for. I could eat that every meal. No joke.” DAVE: “Best tailgate food is a big ole burger soaked in Dale’s sauce. That’s all you need.” HILLARY: “Or bratwurst. I forgot that. Those are good.” CHARLES: “Cold beer! A couple of little finger foods, but without cold beer, it’s not football watching.”

AUDIO: Little Big Town’s Karen Fairchild shows she’s a pretty tough chick in the band’s latest video for “Tornado,” and the beautiful and talented woman was just as big a badass when she was playing quarterback for her powder puff football team when she was growing up.

LBT (football story) OC: …my lip. :40
“I was the quarterback to my powder puff team. I was running the ball and I came around the corner – this was in high school – and a foreign exchange student, I think her name was Inga (KIMBERLY: “Inga.”), and I didn’t want to fumble ‘cause my brother and my dad were there, and I come from this very athletic family, so I held onto the ball. I knew I was going to go down, so I let my head hit first and I bit all the way through, but I didn’t fumble and I had a hole in my face, though. The sad thing is that it was just flag football, but I left my flags on and cleats and everything, ‘cause it looked cool, and I had blood running all down my jersey. I went to the emergency room like that, and they sewed up my lip.”