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Lee Ann Womack Will Host ACM Honors Ceremony on September 20th

Lee Ann Womack will host the ACM Honors ceremony for special honorees and off-camera award winners on September 20th at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. Keith Urban will be honored with The Jim Reeves International Award will be given to Keith Urban for his outstanding contributions to the acceptance of country music worldwide. Marty Robbins and Mel Tillis will recieve this year’s Cliffie Stone Award. Songwriters Don Schlitz and Cindy Walker will also be recognized for their career accomplishments with the Poet’s Award. The rest of the awards were handed-out at the ACM Awards this past April.

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Will Reba Return to Broadway?

Photo by Russ Harrington

Reba McEntire says she still isn’t sure if she’ll be going back to Broadway and star in “The Unsinkable Molly Brown.” She tells Cowboys and Indians magazine she’s interested but she hasn’t made a decision.

She says if it does happen “it wont be this year for sure, because it takes so long to mount a play like that.” Reba is one busy person. She says she has “a lot of irons in the fire right now.” Of course, there’s her tour with George Strait and Lee Ann Womack. Plus, she says her Reba brand keeps her busy. She has a clothing line, luggage line, shoe line and line of bed, bath, and table linens and furniture.

You can read the full article by CLICKING HERE.

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Lee Ann Womack, Lyle Lovett and Mark Chesnutt Going Green

There’ll be something for everyone when Lyle Lovett and his Large Band, Lee Ann Womack with special guest Mark Chesnutt, and Marc Cohn with special guest Bettye LaVette take the stage in twilight concerts at The Morton Arboretum August 6-8, at 7 p.m. Ralph’s World performs a family concert August 7 at 11 a.m.

Each concert – held amid lush trees on a gorgeous concert lawn – supports the  Arboretum’s vital work to save and plant trees.

Tickets are on sale via www.mortonarb.org, 630-725-2066, and in person at the Arboretum Visitor Center.

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Taylor Swift Makes Top 3 Grossing Tours of 2010 so Far

Pollstar.com has released the top grossing tours of 2010 so far, and country music is representing in a big way.  Bon Jovi  and James Taylor/Carole King take the top two spots, but third top grossing tour of 2010 so far is Taylor Swift with $34.2 million so far and over half a million tickets sold. The George Strait / Reba / Lee Ann Womack tour rounds out the top five with $29.8 million.

You can see the entire list here. Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood, Brooks & Dunn, Sugarland, Rascal Flatts, Jason Aldean, Zac Brown Band, Alan Jackson, Willie Nelson, and Martina McBride/Trace Adkins all make the top 100 North American Grossing Tours so far of 2010.

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George Strait Adds Fall Tour Dates

George Strait has added a 2nd leg to his tour with Reba McEntire and Lee Ann Womack.  The fall tour will stop in 11 cities throughout September and October.

DATE CITY VENUE
September 9 Columbus, OH Nationwide Arena
September 10 Lexington, KY Rupp Arena
September 11 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena
September 16 Columbia, SC Colonial Life Arena
September 17 Birmingham, AL BJCC
September 18 Bossier City, LA CenturyTel Center
October 14 Pittsburgh, PA Consol Energy Center
October 15 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia
October 16 Buffalo, NY HSBC Arena
October 21 Minneapolis, MN Target Center
October 22 Fargo, ND Fargodome

Visit GeorgeStrait.com for more info.

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CMA Fest Riverfront Stages Line-Up Announced

The CMA Music Festival is really starting to take shape. Today, the CMA announced the Riverfront Stages Line-up for the June 10th-13th festival.

Thursday, June 10: The Judds will give the kick off performance, followed (alphabetically) by Keith Anderson, Diamond Rio, Colt Ford, Joey + Rory, Love and Theft, Neal McCoy, Jake Owen, Josh Thompson, and Clay Walker.

Friday, June 11: Rodney Atkins, The Band Perry, Bucky Covington, Eli Young Band, Jack Ingram, Patty Loveless, Craig Morgan, Sawyer Brown, Gretchen Wilson, and Chris Young.

Saturday, June 12: Big Kenny, Lee Brice, Mark Chesnutt, Emerson Drive, Gloriana, Josh Gracin, Lorrie Morgan, David Lee Murphy, Joe Nichols, and Mel Tillis.

Sunday, June 13: The Bellamy Brothers, Sammy Kershaw, Lonestar, Jo Dee Messina, James Otto, Restless Heart, Steel Magnolia, Pam Tillis, Uncle Kracker, and Darryl Worley.

Also announced, Julianne Hough will be performing at the nightly concerts at LP Field. Julianne will join the Friday, June 11th line-up. Already performing the nightly LP Field concerts are Trace Adkins, Josh Aldean, Easton Corbin, Billy Currington, Danny Gokey, Randy Houser, Alan Jackson, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Martina McBride, Reba McEntire, Tim McGraw, Justin Moore, Brad Paisley, Kellie Pickler, Rascal Flatts, Darius Rucker, Blake Shelton, Josh Turner, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, and Zac Brown Band.

For all things CMA Fest related, visit www.CMAFEst.com

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George Strait & Reba McEntire with special guest Lee Ann Womack – NASHVILLE!

George Strait is setting up his show in Nashville for the first time in 6 years!!!! And he is bringing Reba McEntire and Lee Ann Womack with him!

The show is Wednesday, April 28th at Bridgestone Arena. Tickets go on sale Saturday, March 20th and I KNOW these will sell out fast! Tickets will be available through www.ticketmaster.com

Who’s going?

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Are You Ready to Laugh? CMT Kicks Off Comedy Week with Melissa Peterman

Melissa Peterman performs in her first televised stand-up special, Melissa Peterman: AmI the Only One? premiering Friday, March 12 at 10:00 – 11:00 p.m., ET/PT, as part of CMT’s Big New Comedy Week.

In this one hour special, Melissa shares her take on her day-to-day adventures, including candid encounters with ‘uber’ moms and traumatizing her sons’ birthday party with an Elmo piñata. Taped at the historic Belcourt Theatre and the surrounding neighborhood, the show includes digital shorts as well as tales about her friendship with Reba and audience interaction.

Melissa was recently signed to Big Machine Records to release her first comedy album in the spring and is currently on tour with Reba, George Strait and Lee Ann Womack.

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Sunday in the Country

The Country Music Hall of Fame and New Haven records have joined together to present a 12 song album entitled Sunday in the Country: 12 Inspiring Hits From Today’s Top Country Artists.

“Inspirational songs have always had an important place in the country music canon,” adds Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Director Kyle Young. “The songs that comprise Sunday in the Country uphold this rich tradition, offering hope, fellowship, solace and gratitude. New Haven Records has been releasing meaningful country and gospel recordings for two decades, and we’re pleased to be partners with them on this project

The Track Listing Includes:

Long Black Train
Josh Turner

I Believe
Diamond Rio

But for the Grace of God
Keith Urban

Blessed
Martina McBride

Drugs or Jesus
Tim McGraw

Muddy Water
Trace Adkins

Go Rest High on That Mountain
Vince Gill

Holes in the Floor of Heaven
Steve Wariner

Up to Him
Tracy Lawrence

Angels Among Us
Alabama

Get Up in Jesus’ Name
Lee Ann Womack

I Found Jesus on the Jailhouse Floor
George Strait

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2010 ACM Awards Nominations Are….

The ACM Awards air on April 18th…here are the full list of nominations….

Entertainer of the Year:

  • Kenny Chesney
  • Toby Keith
  • Zac Brown Band
  • Carrie Underwood
  • Brad Paisley
  • Keith Urban
  • Taylor Swift
  • George Strait

Top Male Vocalist of the Year

  • Kenny Chesney
  • Brad Paisley
  • Keith Urban
  • George Strait
  • Darius Rucker

Top Female Vocalist of the Year

  • Miranda Lambert
  • Taylor Swift
  • Carrie Underwood
  • Reba McEntire
  • Lee Ann Womack

Top Vocal Duo of the Year

  • Brooks & Dunn
  • Joey & Rory
  • Montgomery Gentry
  • Steel Magnolia
  • Sugarland

Top Vocal Group of the Year

  • Lady Antebellum
  • Rascal Flatts
  • Zac Brown Band
  • Little Big Town
  • Randy Rogers Band

Top New Solo Vocalist of the Year

  • Luke Bryan
  • Jamey Johnson
  • Chris Young

Top New Vocal Duo of the Year

  • Bomshel
  • Joey & Rory
  • Steel Magnolia

Top New Vocal Group of the Year

  • Eli  Young Band
  • The Lost Trailers
  • Gloriana

Album of the Year

  • American Saturday Night-Brad Paisley
  • Lady Antebellum-Lady Antebellum
  • Play On-Carrie Underwood
  • The Foundation-Zac Brown Band
  • Revolution-Miranda Lambert

Single Record of the Year

  • Need You Now-Lady Antebellum
  • Red Light-David Nail
  • People Are Crazy-Billy Currington
  • Toes-Zac Brown Band
  • White Liar-Miranda Lambert

Song of the Year

  • “You Belong with Me”-Taylor Swift
  • “White Liar”- Miranda Lambert
  • “People Are Crazy”-Billy Currington
  • “Cowboy Casanova”-Carrie Underwood
  • “Need You Now”-Lady Antebellum

Video of the Year

  • “Need You Now”-Lady Antebellum
  • “Boots On”-Randy Houser
  • “Welcome to the Future”-Brad Paisley
  • “You Belong with Me”-Taylor Swift
  • “White Liar”-Miranda Lambert

Vocal Event of the Year

  • “Hillbilly Bone”-Blake Shelton & Trace Adkins
  • “Seeing Stars”-Jack Ingram & Patty Griffin
  • “I Told You So”-Carrie Underwood & Randy Travis
  • “I’m Alive”-Kenny Chesney & Dave Matthews
  • “Honkey Tonk Stomp” -Brooks & Dunn and Billy Gibbons

So….any surprises?  How about ZBB being nominated for EOTY??  or…Lady Antebellum’s freshman album being nominated for AOTY?? Where is Keith Urban’s Defying Gravity?  I know Country Girl was hoping for a Rascall Flatts nomination in EOTY….hmmm…we shall see….Surprise abscences….Martina McBride and Dierks Bentley.

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Ragged and Reckless Tour Announced

They are two of the hottest and most nationally recognized Texas touring bands in the country. Separately, Cross Canadian Ragweed and Reckless Kelly have long led the Red Dirt Revolution and, after partnering for charitable events and awards shows in years past, the two bands will finally join together for a truly Ragged and Reckless tour beginning March 3 in Nashville, Tennessee.

“I’ll probably come back with a couple of good stories from [that run], I imagine,” laughs Willy Braun of Reckless Kelly. “It’s been a while since we’ve done a full-on tour with those guys, so that will be pretty fun.”

The decision to tour together arose after both bands returned from the sold-out 2010 MusicFest in Steamboat Springs where they shared the stage with Robert Earl Keen, Lee Ann Womack, Chris Knight, Dean Dillon and more. However, the relationship between the two bands extends to early days when they had similar performance circuits, including Lucy’s in Austin, Texas—where both bands now call home.

“We’ve toured with a ton of bands,” remarks Cross Canadian Ragweed’s Cody Canada. “The two that we would tour non-stop with year round is Robert Earl Keen and Reckless Kelly. We first saw Reckless Kelly in 1998 in Dallas and our jaws dropped, and we said that’s who we need to jam with. After a couple of years of chasing those guys we finally got to be friends with them. There’s not a harder working band of brothers than our two bands and we wear that like a badge of honor. We look forward to this run and the rehab that follows.”

For more information, visit www.recklesskelly.com and www.crosscanadianragweed.com or follow the bands on Twitter @recklesskelly and @crosscanadian.

TOUR DATES

  • 3/3 Nashville, TN – Cannery Ballroom
  • 3/5 Charlotte, NC – Neighborhood Theatre
  • 3/6 High Point, NC – Aquarius Music Hall
  • 3/7 Raleigh, NC – Lincoln Theatre
  • 3/9 Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
  • 3/10 Birmingham, AL – Workplay Theatre
  • 3/11 Ruston, LA – Rabb’s Steak House

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George and Reba Sell Out….And Quick!

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When you are talking about country music and you say the names George and Reba there is really no need to include the last names of these two legendary artists.  Everyone know EXACTLY who you are talking about. So it’s no surprise these two are selling out their upcoming tour together in record breaking time.

Tickets to the upcoming show in Tulsa, OK for Artist of the Decade George Strait and Entertainment Superstar Reba with special guest Lee Ann Womack sold out in less than an hour on Saturday. This marks the first time in the history of the Bank of Oklahoma (BOK) Center that over 18,000 tickets have been sold for one event.

For more information on George Strait and other upcoming tour dates, visit www.GeorgeStrait.com.

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And the Grammy Nomination Goes To…..

The Grammys

The Grammy Nominations are airing right now and here are your country music Grammy nominations:

Song of the Year

  • Beyonce, ‘Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)’
  • Kings of Leon, ‘Use Somebody’
  • Lady GaGa, ‘Poker Face’
  • Maxwell, ‘Pretty wings’
  • Taylor Swift, ‘You Belong With Me’

Country Duo or Group With Vocals

  • Rascal Flatts
  • Sugarland
  • Lady Antebellum
  • Zac Brown Band
  • Brooks & Dunn

 Album Of The Year:

  • I Am…Sasha Fierce (Beyoncé)
  • The E.N.D. (the Black Eyed Peas)
  • The Fame (Lady Gaga)
  • Big Whiskey And The Groogrux King (Dave Matthews Band)
  • Fearless (Taylor Swift)

Record Of The Year:

  • “Halo” (Beyoncé)
  • “I Gotta Feeling” (the Black Eyed Peas)
  • “Use Somebody” (Kings Of Leon)
  • “Poker Face” (Lady Gaga)
  • “You Belong With Me” (Taylor Swift)

Best New Artist:

  • Zac Brown Band
  • Keri Hilson
  • MGMT
  • Silversun Pickups
  • The Ting Tings

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

  • Hometown Glory – Adele
  • Halo – Beyonce
  • Hot N Cold – Katy Perry
  • Sober – Pink
  • You Belong With Me – Taylor Swift

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals

  • Sea Of Heartbreak – Rosanne Cash & Bruce Springsteen
  • Love Sex Magic – Ciara & Justin Timberlake
  • Lucky – Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat
  • Baby, It’s Cold Outside – Willie Nelson & Norah Jones
    Breathe – Taylor Swift & Colbie Caillat

Best Female Country Vocal Performance

  • Dead Flowers – Miranda Lambert
  • I Just Call You Mine – Martina McBride
  • White Horse – Taylor Swift
  • Just A Dream – Carrie Underwood
  • Solitary Thinkin’ – Lee Ann Womack

 Best Male Country Vocal Performance

  •  All I Ask For Anymore – Trace Adkins
  • People Are Crazy – Billy Currington
  • High Cost Of Living – Jamey Johnson
  • Living For The Night – George Strait
  • Sweet Thing – Keith Urban

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals

  • Beautiful World – Dierks Bentley & Patty Griffin
  • Down The Road – Kenny Chesney & Mac McAnally
  • Start A Band – Brad Paisley & Keith Urban
  • I Told You So – Carrie Underwood & Randy Travis
  • Everything But Quits – Lee Ann Womack & George Strait

Best Country Song

  • All I Ask For Anymore – Casey Beathard & Tim James, songwriters (Trace Adkins)
  • High Cost Of Living – Jamey Johnson & James Slater, songwriters (Jamey Johnson)
  • I Run To You – Tom Douglas, Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott, songwriters (Lady Antebellum)
  • People Are Crazy – Bobby Braddock & Troy Jones, songwriters (Billy Currington)
  • White Horse – Liz Rose & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)

Best Country Album

  • The Foundation – Zac Brown Band
  • Twang – George Strait
  • Fearless – Taylor Swift
  • Defying Gravity – Keith Urban 
  • Call Me Crazy – Lee Ann Womack

Keith Urban also received a nomination for Best Long Form Music Video for his Love, Pain & The Whole Crazy World Tour Live.

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What Do You Get When You Put George Strait, Reba McEntire & Lee Ann Womack on the Same Stage

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What do you get when you put George Strait, Reba McEntire and Lee Ann Womack on the same stage?  One heck of a country concert!

George Strait has announced that he has added Lee Ann Womack to his previously announced arena tour with Reba McEntire. The tour kicks off in early 2010 and continues through late Spring.

Lee Ann jokes, “I’m trying to figure out what to wear…cause you can’t out-starch George and you sure can’t out-spangle Reba!”

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Miranda Lambert & Lee Ann Womack Added to the IEBA Conference

The International Entertainment Buyers Association Conference hits Nashville on October 11th-13th.  The list of performers just grew by a few names when MIranda Lambert, Lee Ann Womack, and Clay Walker were added to the star-studded line-up.  Other’s performing are Jamey Johnson, Joey and Rory, Emily West, Eli Young Band, and our local favorite, Walker Hayes

For more information visit www.ieba.org

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ACM Honors in Nashville

The 2nd Annual ACM Honors Event was held last night at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville. Hosted by Lee Ann Womack, the event honored Merle Haggard, Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers, Randy Travis, Hand Williams Jr, and many more.

Carrie Underwood performed her Randy Travis cover “I Told You So” and honored randy for his excellence in country music over his 24 year career.

You can read more here.

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