Can’t make it to Nashville for the best 4th of July party around? We’ll miss you. But, if you can’t come here, we’ll come to you. That’s just the kind of party we throw.

Music City July 4th: Let Freedom Sing! will stream live from Nashville’s Riverfront Park on Saturday, July 4th.

Music starts at 6:45pm. Fireworks start at 9pm. See Wynonna, Gabe Dixon Band, the Nashville Symphony and the #1 Boom With a View (thank you, AOL). Click Here to Watch the Fireworks!~

Lee Greenwood will perform his debut Country Crossing Records single, “Why Lie” as well as his signature “God Bless The USA” — the song that’s become a 21st century national anthem– on the CBS Early Show to celebrate Independence Day – July 4th.

That same evening, Greenwood will be part of a special all music show that Governor Huckabee will host as part of his own Fox News Channel’s “Huckabee” show. Greenwood will perform “God Bless The USA” during the broadcast.

For additional information on Greenwood, please visit: www.leegreenwood.com

One of our favorite newcomers, Eric Durrance, will return to his Florida hometown to headline the 24th annual Celebrate America festivities July 4 at Tom Brown Park in Tallahassee, with a free and open 8:30 p.m. concert.

For more information on the Independence Day event and concert, including a full list of events/activities and directions to the park, please visit www.celebratetallahassee.com.

Julianne Hough and Jason Michael Carroll will be stopping at Fort Bragg for the July Fourth celebration.  Julianne is set to hit the stage at 5 p.m. and Jason Michael Carroll will perform at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, 5-10 p.m. Fireworks are at 9:42 p.m.

Where: Main Post Parade Field, Fort Bragg

Information: All events are free and open to the public. Pets and glass bottles are prohibited. Attendees are encouraged to arrive early due to heavy traffic flow. Call 396-9126.

Rodeos, Fireworks and GREAT music! 

If you’re in the mood for bull riding and music, here are three Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association sanctioned events on Independence Day: Laramie Jubilee Days Rodeo in Laramie; the Greeley Stampede in Greeley, Colo.; and the Black Hills Roundup in Belle Fourche, S. D.

And the Fourth of July concerts at these events include a top notch country star line up.

The musicians include:

• Eric Church and the Lost Trailers at Laramie Jubilee Days’ Fire in the Sky
• Bucky Covington and Blake Shelton at the Greeley Stampede
• Jake Owen and Little Texas at the Black Hills Roundup.

For more information visit: www.laramiejubileedays.net, www.greeleystampede.org, www.blackhillsroundup.com

Good morning and Happy Friday! My inbox hasn’t looked this hideous since CMA Fest week! I’m not sure what happened. One minute i’m all caught up and the next minute everyone in country music is doing something new worthy! I’m not complaining though…..it’s better than those weeks where everyone is keeping their nose clean and no one steps foot out of their house.

This AMAZING video of Lady Antbellum was dropped in my inbox yesterday from someone who was lucky enough to attend the private show given to prize winners from WSIX the Big 98 here in Nashville. If you had any reservations about the talent that Lady Antebellum is carrying around with them this will put them to rest! WOW!

Meg sent us over a copy of Toby Keith’s brand new single “American Ride” at one of his concerts this week. Let us know what you think of the song……

And while we are on the subject of Toby Keith…..he has helped get Oklahoma cancer charity Ally’s House more than half a million dollars closer to its goals. The sixth-annual Toby Keith & Friends Golf Classic June 12-13 in Norman raised $550,000. This year’s take brings the event’s overall total to nearly $3 million.

Now in it’s 5th year, Festival 4 Stars is an international songwriting contest where everybody wins. Every entrant receives written feedback by a panel of music industry heavyweights…meaning your song will get in front of the right people- and they’ll give constructive feedback- even if you aren’t chosen as a finalist.

Finalists compete for cash prizes and a trip to London to co-write with professional songwriters and producers.

This year Festival4Stars is delighted to welcome the great songwriter, Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees’ and John McLaughlin, famous songwriter, manager & BBC’s Fame Academy judge.

*The Country category is currently very underserved at the moment, meaning the odds of being chosen as a finalist are in your favor!*

You can find out more information and/or enter online here: www.festival4stars.com

Kid Rock Shares His Memories of the Palace of Auburn Hills - Click here for another funny movie.

Every year, Hour Detroit magazine comes up with one person they think exemplifies Detroit in some profound way.

This year, the magazine shook things up a bit and featured a world-known celebrity who keeps his Detroit roots very public — Kid Rock.

Former Detroit News entertainment critic Jim McFarland wrote the profile and explains the magazine’s choice.

Hour Detroit, July 2009: Usually Hour Detroit’s most prestigious annual award has been reserved for titans of local industry, urban-development visionaries, or legal lions. Well, this year our industrialists are scrambling to keep their businesses from circling the bowl. Big-name politicians have let us down. And securing a loan to reshape the city’s skyline?
Hey, good luck with that. It’s been an unconventional year, to say the least. But in the category of creative pioneers, lanky 38-year-old Robert James Ritchie — the boy from Romeo, Mich., with a musical dream and sheer determination in his heart — surely qualifies.

The article lists all the ways the artist has given back to his hometown, including his “Made in Detroit” clothing company, his Michigan-made Bad Ass Beer and promotional appearances, like being grand marshal at the Lifelock 400 at the Michigan International Speedway.

The most invaluable commodity Kid Rock offers Detroit, though, is fame. He’s one of the most famous people that talks about Detroit with pride in his voice, and really, Detroit can use all the publicity it can get right now.

In the video above he is talking about his memories of the Palace of Auburn Hills before playing a sold out show there last year. {source}

Country music great Ferlin Husky, 83, is in critical condition at Summit Medical Center, hospitalized on Thursday with an accelerated heart rate and possible pneumonia.

Husky, known for hits including “Gone” and “On The Wings Of A Dove,” had congestive heart failure in April and recently made his first appearance since that hospitalization.

Well-wishers may write him in care of Summit Medical Center, 5655 Frist Blvd., Hermitage, TN, 37076.

Country Girl wants you to be a Tattle Tale! Have you been to a country concert lately? Run into a country artist while out on the town? We want to hear all about your country music news and entertainment. Email me at countrygirl@countrymusictattletale.com

Richie Fields’s new single “When You Love Someone That Much” is a story that most will relate to. It’s about love’s ability to triumph even during adverse times. The single is already resonating with fans at his live shows, and it drew a big response from a packed house at FUEL nightclub during CMA Music Festival week. Richie says that the song is hitting home with all of his audiences, and adds: “I knew it was special when I first listened to it during a pitch session a few months ago. I actually got goose bumps when I heard this one.”

Richie is currently out on the road and returns to the studio soon to complete the recording of his upcoming CD. Since turning to music full-time in 2006, Richie’s accomplishments include a slot on the CMA’s Who New To Watch in 2009 list, and his national television debut on Inside Music Row in February. Richie was Country Weekly’s “Who’s New” in June, and will be featured in the magazine again in July.

Listen to “When You Love Someone That Much” and let us know what you think!

To find out more about Richie watch CMTT’s interview from CMA Fest 2009 and head over to www.richiefields.com and www.MySpace.com/richiefields.

GAC has listed their top 20 patriotic songs….

“Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue” Toby Keith

“God Bless the USA” Lee Greenwood

“Letters From Home” John MIchael Montgomery

“Some Gave All” Billy Ray Cyrus

“Bumper of My SUV” Chely Wright

“Only in America” Brooks & Dunn

“American Child” Phil Vassar

“The Fightin Side of Me” Merle Haggard

“America” Waylon Jennings

“In America” Charlie Daniels

“Arlington” Trace Adkins

“Ragged Old Flag” Johnny Cash

“They Also Serve” John Conlee

“Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)” Alan Jackson

“Have You Forgotten” Darryl Worley

“I Just Came Back From a War” Darryl Worley

“In God We Still Trust” Diamond Rio

“Where the Stars and Stripes and Eagle Fly” Aaron Tippin

“The Eagle” Waylon Jennings

“American Soldier” Toby Keith

Did your favorite make the list? 

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I was browsing the Internet tonight and found the sweetest clip from the hit reality show “Ruby”.  This is a woman on a mission to loose some major weight and change her life!  She is doing a phenomenal job and has lost 104 lbs!  

She has a butt of an ex-boyfriend who has crept back into her life and they decide to take a night out on the town to a Rascal Flatts concert.  Watch as Jay, Gary and Joe Don help an old friend out! I love how they call the ex-boyfriend out! LOVE IT!

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Rascal Flatts fans get your iTunes account ready! Rascal Flatts will be the first country artist to offer an iTunes Pass allowing fans access to exclusive content including live recordings, lost demos, studio rehearsals and more. New audio will be released each week throughout the summer after the July 21 launch. Price structure was not available at press time, but some other iTunes Pass artists offer the content for $16.99.

Country Girl wants you to be a Tattle Tale! Have you been to a country concert lately? Run into a country artist while out on the town? We want to hear all about your country music news and entertainment. Email me at countrygirl@countrymusictattletale.com

Taylor Swift took to her Myspace blog to chat about the past couple of weeks and the cmt awards, her Glamour magazine shoot, and the 4th of July.

July 4th is coming up. I love Sparklers. They’re sparkly. I love sparkly things. And glitter. Anyway, story time: When I was younger, I was always that little kid who would run around picking up used sparklers off the ground and I would inevitably pick up the SCALDING HOT BURNING end that was still smoldering. Then cue the screaming bloody murder in front of everyone and running into the house to ice your hand. All the adults are shaking their heads because they saw you do the same thing last year. Gotta love humiliating childhood memories. Wish me luck this year. I think I’m gonna wear gloves.

I’m glad I’m not the only one…I”ll be yelling at my kids this weekend for doing the exact same thing I’m sure…go ahead and call the paramedics now…Does anyone else find it strange that Taylor Swift and my 4  year-old have so much in common?  If my daughter starts singing “Pour Some Sugar on Me” she’s going to boarding school.

Got some country music gossip and don’t wanna be a tattle tale?  Email me, Tawny Tucker, Tawny@countrymusictattletale.com

Alan Jackson will be joined by some country new-comers for the Aquapalooza event in Alabama.  On Saturday, July 25th fans can float along to some sweet music provided by Caitlin & Will, Carter Twins, Jypsi, and Matt Stillwell before Alan Jackson hits the stage…or..er..wake.

All you need is a boat so get ready to hit the lake.  Visit www.aquapalooza.com for more information.

Got some country music gossip and don’t wanna be a tattle tale?  email me, Tawny Tucker, Tawny@countrymusictattletale.com

Get those DVR’s ready, tomorrow is a big day for Brad Paisley and Darius Rucker. Brad Paisley kicks off the day in Central Park for Good Morning America’s Summer Concert Series. Then he will head on over to Live! With Regis and Kelly to chat about his new Album American Saturday Night that just came out on Tuesday.

Tomorrow night check out CMT’s latest episode of Invitation Only: Darius Rucker. Country Girl and Tawny were at this show and promise it is one worthy of your DVR space. I really can’t wait to check it out. It is scheduled to premier on Friday, July 3rd at 11:00pm et/10:00 ct.

Heard it through the grapevine? Drop me a line! Peggysue@countrymusictattletale.com

Our buddy Broadway has some new stuff up on his website.  Check out the Electric Barnyard to hear proof that Kellie Pickler is NOT dating Kid Rock, Ryan Laird info, and Trailer Choir talking about hanging out in the barnyard. 

Got some country music gossip and don’t wanna be a tattle tale?  Email me, Tawny Tucker, Tawny@countrymusictattletale.com

Looks like sexy country man Jake Owen is in need of a tour manager.  Any ladies want take him up on the offer?  Stand in line - and enter to win!

Jake is going to hire a couple of fans to be tour manager. I should tell you that, it’s a short-term job and, you won’t get paid. But I have the feeling that won’t stop most fans.

Jake spoke with CMT.com about the contest and had this to say:

But it won’t be all 4 a.m. shopping sprees. The two winning fans, plus their guests, will fly to Nashville for the bus call. Then they will sleep on the bus bunks while it heads down the highway, then get up the next day and get to work. “It’s not slave labor,” Owen told me. “But they will have to round people up for the meet-and-greet, deal with the band and their gear — that kind of stuff. It’s not a contest to be a fan for day. It’s definitely a working day. ”

Owen also said he likes doing out-of-the-ordinary things for fans because it shows them he cares. Plus, he’s a fan, just like everyone else. He said, “If I’d gotten a call to go out on the bus with George Strait or Alan Jackson, I would’ve lost my mind.”

To find out more about the contest and enter to win visit: www.liveatlonghorn.com

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Kid Rock wants to help you out with the beverages this 4th of July weekend. Drinks Americas Holdings, Ltd. announced yesterday that on July 4th it will commence brewing and filling kegs for the launch of Kid Rock’s “AMERICAN BADASS BEER COMPANY(TM)”.

Kid Rock plans to launch kegs of his new American style lager at Detroit’s Comerica Park in time for concert dates July 17th and 18th. AMERICAN BADASS BEER(TM) will be available at kiosks within the park during the concerts and rolling out in Michigan in the coming weeks followed by a number of Midwest market openings.

J. Patrick Kenny, CEO of Drinks Americas, said, “We are very excited about the launch date, the beer and all the work that has been put into making Kid Rock’s AMERICAN BADASS BEER(TM) a success. Based on orders alone we are off to a very good start. We will let the beer speak for itself as people begin to taste this great product.”

In addition to the 150 new jobs at the brewery being created, there will be an estimated additional 250 jobs created statewide dealing with everything from packaging and shipping the beer to marketing efforts.

Meg - i’m starting to think you are a big Kid Rock fan!  You send us lots of great info on him! 

Country Girl wants you to be a Tattle Tale! Have you been to a country concert lately? Run into a country artist while out on the town? We want to hear all about your country music news and entertainment. Email me at countrygirl@countrymusictattletale.com