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KEITH URBAN PLAYS A SURPRISE POP-UP SHOW AT THE NASHVILLE AIRPORT

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Nashville is a unique city, and we’ve said it many times: you don’t know who you’ll run into or where you’ll see them. Saturday was a case in point.

Travelers passing through Nashville International Airport (specifically nera the live stage at the C Concourse Food Court) were treated to a pop-up concert by Keith Urban. First, how cool is that? And second, how many airports actually have a live music stage?

As Keith took the stage, the airport was quick to post on social media what was going on, and where. “You never know who will popup at BNA! Keith Urban is currently on the BNA Live Stage in the C Concourse Food Court!” So if people were actually monitoring the airport’s social media feeds at that time and happened to be in the terminal, they got a free show from a country superstar. For the rest of the world, you’ll just have to be satisfied with a video of Keith playing, which the airport also posted on their socials.

Source: TasteOfCountry

 

This day in Country Music History

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  • Today in 1967, Merle Haggard’s “The Fugitive” rose to #1 on the Billboard chart for the first time.
  • Today in 1975, Mac Davis won Favorite Male Musical Performer and Olivia Newton-John won the female honor in the first People’s Choice Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. Other winners included: Barbra Streisand, John Wayne, The Osmonds, and Mary Tyler Moore.
  • Today in 1978, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson’s “Mammas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys” sat at Billboard’s #1 spot for four weeks.
  • Today in 1980, Sissy Spacek played the lead role of Loretta Lynn’s life in “Coal Miner’s Daughter” which premiered in Nashville on March 4th.
  • Today in 1983, George Jones married Nancy Sepulveda at his sister’s home, Helen Scroggins, in Woodville, Texas. They ate their wedding-night dinner at a Burger King near Jasper, Texas.
  • Today in 1994, “Reba McEntire’s Greatest Hits” became her fifth double-platinum album.
  • Today in 2003, Toby Keith received eight nods to lead the competition when the Academy of Country Music announced its nominees in Los Angeles at Tiffany’s.
  • Today in 2006, Brad Paisley and Dolly Parton’s “When I Get Where I’m Going” reached Billboard’s #1 spot.
  • Today in 2008, Alan Jackson’s “Good Time” album was released.
  • Today in 2010, Rascal Flatts played a guest role on CBS-TV’s “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.”
  • Today in 2016, Joey Martin Feek, of the duo Joey+Rory, died after a lengthy battle with cancer in Alexandria, Indiana. Named Top New Duo by the Academy of Country Music in 2010, they will earn a Grammy in 2017 with “Hymns That Are Important To Us,” released just weeks before her passing.
  • Today in 2018, the Band Perry’s Kimberly Perry revealed she’d filed for divorce from J.P. Arencibia, her baseball player husband of four years.
  • Today in 2019, Eddie Montgomery, LoCash, RaeLynn and Chris Janson helped raise more than $120-thousand for at-risk youth during the 12th annual Jeffrey Steele & Friends concert at the Franklin Theatre in middle Tennessee. Also appearing: Steve Dorff, Travis Denning and Steve Cropper.

GARTH BROOKS, TRISHA YEARWOOD GETTING THEIR OWN DOCUSERIES

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March is turning out to be a big month for Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood. Trisha is celebrating her 25th anniversary as a member of the Grand Ole Opry March 13, Garth’s “Friends In Low Places Bar & Honky Tonk” is celebrating its grand opening, and now news of a new docuseries featuring the couple.

“Friends In Low Place” is coming to Amazon Prime and will follow the pair as they work on Garth’s new Nashville venue – from the planning stages all the way to the Grand Opening. The series follows the couple and some “friends” as they set out to build a honky-tonk in the heart of Nashville, Tennessee. The plan: to open an epic, four-story bar on Lower Broadway. Those “friends” include Benjamin and Max Goldberg, brothers who are behind Nashville’s culinary and nightlife explosion; and Jenny Deathride Bratt and Camille Tambunting of Strategic Hospitality. The series is set to premiere on Prime this coming Thursday – the same night the venue celebrates its grand opening.

Source: Deadline

This day in Country Music History

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  • Today in 1949, Hank Williams recorded several songs: “Mind Your Own Business,” “Honky Tonk Blues,” “You’re Gonna Change (Or I’m Gonna Leave)” and “Lost Highway.”
  • Today in 1957, The Everly Brothers recorded “I Wonder If I Care As Much” and “Bye Bye Love.”
  • Today in 1968, Johnny Cash and June Carter were married.
  • Today in 1980, Waylon Jennings hit the top of the Billboard country chart with “I Ain’t Living Long Like This.”
  • Today in 1983, Alabama’s album, “The Closer You Get,” was released.
  • Today in 1986, Dwight Yoakam debuted on the country charts with the single, “Honky Tonk Man.”
  • Today in 1990, Mark Chesnutt signed a record deal with MCA records.
  • Today in 1991, the video, “The Real Patsy Cline,” was certified gold.
  • Today in 1992, Garth Brooks was #1 on the charts with the single, “What She’s Doing Now.”
  • Today in 1993, Doug Stone’s 1990 self-titled debut album was certified platinum.
  • Today in 1994, the “Come On, Come On” album by Mary Chapin Carpenter was certified double platinum.
  • Today in 1994, at the GRAMMYs, “Passionate Kisses” won two awards: Best Country Song for Lucinda Williams (the songwriter) and Best Country Vocal Performance, Female for Mary Chapin Carpenter.
  • Today in 1996, the Alison Krauss + Union Station album, “Baby Now That I’ve Found You,” was certified double platinum.
  • Today in 2005, Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett’s “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere” was certified gold.
  • Today in 2007, Jake Owens’ video, “Startin’ With Me,” premiered on CMT.
  • Today in 2010, Carrie Underwood made a guest appearance on “How I Met Your Mother.”
  • Today in 2013, Parmalee made their first appearance at the Grand Ole Opry.
  • Today in 2014, Cole Swindell hit #1 on the Billboard country singles chart for the first time with his debut single, “Chillin’ It.”
  • Today in 2017, Luke Bryan performs at Madison Square Garden
  • Today in 2021, Blake Shelton kicks off a one-month run as the midday personality on Los Angeles radio station KKGO
  • Today in 2023, Carrie Underwood’s concert at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena features two surprise guests: Jason Aldean and Brad Paisley

H & S FEED & COUNTRY STORE PET OF THE WEEK: BAGEL

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This week’s H&S Feed and Country Store Pet of the Week is “Bagel”, a beautiful 2 year old kitty with an affectionate nature. Bagel would love to cuddle up with you on the couch and watch TV while you brush his luxurious coat, and he gets along with other pets, grown-up humans and kids. Bagel is fully vetted, neutered, vaccinated, and his adoption fee is only $50!

If you’d like to set up an appointment to meet Bagel or any of the pets at Stephen Memorial Animal Shelter, visit https://www.stephenmemorial.org/ and fill out an adoption application.

Check out our visit about Bagel with Shanna from Stephen Memorial Animal Shelter here:

Dierks Bentley Shares What He Should Have Chosen For His Professional Name

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Admittedly, “Dierks” is an odd name in anyone’s book, so as he embarked on his country music career, did Dierks Bentley ever consider going to something a little more..stage-worthy? “Taste Of Country Nights” asked him exactly if, when he was first starting out, his record label pressured him to change it to something more relatable to country fans, or if he had thought of changing it himself. “God, wish I had! I would have changed it to something cool, like ‘Buck Bentley,’ adding, “I can’t believe they let me out of the door with ‘Dierks,’ what a weird name!”

This day in Country Music History

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  • Today in 1968, Johnny Cash and June Carter announced their plans to marry during the 10th annual GRAMMY awards in Nashville, as they collected the trophy for Best Country & Western Duet, Trio or Group for “Jackson.”
  • Today in 1992, Travis Tritt joined the Grand Ole Opry, while Trisha Yearwood debuted on the show, singing “She’s In Love With The Boy.”
  • Today in 1996, “John Michael Montgomery” album achieved triple-platinum status.
  • Today in 2000, Faith Hill’s single, “The Way You Love Me,” hit the airwaves.
  • Today in 2004, Alison Krauss performed during the Oscar Awards in a $2-million pair of shoes with Sting, Elvis Costello and T Bone Burnett from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood.
  • Today in 2008, Brooks & Dunn kicked off their first-ever tour of Australia with a concert at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre.
  • Today in 2012, Montgomery Gentry filmed a guest appearance on an episode of the “The Price Is Right.”
  • Today in 2020, Maren Morris headlines the Ballet Ball, a Nashville benefit aiding art programs for impoverished residents
  • Today in 2020, Crystal Gayle performs in the first concert held at the newly-renovated Eagles Theater in Wabash, Indiana

KELSEA BALLERINI TO HOST 2024 CMT AWARDS

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For the fourth straight year, Kelsea Ballerini will be hosting the upcoming CMT Music Awards, it was announced yesterday. She’ll also be performing on the show.

Kelsea has hosted the show in a variety of ways over the last three years; In 2021 and 2023, she hosted alongside Kane Brown; she hosted the 2022 show remotely. Now she’ll be hosting solo from the Moody Center in Austin, Texas on April 7. “I couldn’t be more excited to be back for my fourth year with my CMT family to host this year’s CMT Music awards in Austin, Texas,” Ballerini said. “Hosting an awards show that celebrates the music that the fans love most has been an honor and I know this year will be another unforgettable night.”

The “2024 CMT Music Awards” will air live on April 7 at 8-11 p.m. ET (delayed on the West Coast) on CBS and will be available to stream live and on-demand on Paramount+

Source: TheHollywoodReporter

This day in Country Music History

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  • Today in 1966, at the first Academy of Country & Western Music awards, Roger Miller was named Man of the Year and Top Songwriter. Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, and Bonnie Owens also won big.
  • Today in 1984, at the GRAMMYs, Anne Murray won Best Country Vocal Performance, Female for “A Little Good News.”
  • Today in 1993, Travis Tritt got his first acting role in the TV movie “Rio Diablo.” He starred alongside Kenny Rogers and Naomi Judd.
  • Today in 1996, at the GRAMMYs, Vince Gill won two awards – Best Country Song and Best Male Country Vocal Performance – for “Go Rest High On That Mountain.”
  • Today in 1998, Garth Brooks was the host and musical guest for “Saturday Night Live.”
  • Today in 1998, Stevie Wariner and Anita Cochran’s “What If I Said” topped the singles chart.
  • Today in 2012, “If I Die Young” by the Band Perry became a quadruple-platinum single.
  • Today in 2015, Florida Georgia Line played in Europe for the first time during the Country 2 Country Festival at Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden. The night’s lineup also features Luke Bryan, Brandy Clark and Lee Ann Womack.
  • Today in 2017, Jimmie Allen playeda showcase at The Country in Nashville and receives a call on the way home with an offer to sign a recording contract with Stoney Creek. The set list included his first hit, “Best Shot.”
  • Today in 2019, Lindsay Ell has surgery to remove pre-cancerous cells.
  • Today in 2019, Ryan Hurd’s concert at The Exit/In in Nashville includes a surprise appearance by Maren Morris on “To A T.” Hurd also did two country hits that he wrote for other artists: “You Look Good” and “Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset.”
  • Today in 2019, Brett Young shot a “CMT Crossroads” installment with Boyz II Men at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville. The set list included “On Bended Knee,” “Mercy” and a cover of the Lonestar hit “Amazed.”
  • Today in 2020, Rhonda Vincent was (FINALLY!) invited to join the Grand Ole Opry by Jeannie Seely during an appearance on the show. Vincent, of course, said yes.
  • Today in 2020, Marie Osmond revealed on the CBS show “The Talk” that she’s leaving her inheritance to a charity rather than her children: “I think you do a great disservice to just hand them a fortune because you take away the one most important gift you can give your children, and that’s the ability to work.”
  • Today in 2021, Fox News reported Miranda Lambert’s husband, Brendan McLoughlin, had officially retired from the New York City police force.

NO, REBA’S NOT LEAVING “THE VOICE”

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The internet is an amazing place where literally the wealth of human knowledge is just a few clicks away – but with that, people run the risk of coming across information that may not be 100-percent factual. Reba McEntire had to address just such a situation over the weekend.

In an Instagram post, the singer and “The Voice” coach dealt with just such a situation head-on. She posted a screenshot of an article claiming she was leaving the hit singing competition. Reba reposted the article (which you can see below), with a big red “FALSE” stamped across it.

“Please do not click on any articles that say I am leaving The Voice. This is not true. These are fake websites to lure people in with clickbait where they claim I have a company to sell weight loss gummy products. This is false. I do not sell or promote any type of gummy product. Please report these posts if you see them on Facebook or Instagram.”

Reba’s not the only country star having to deal with this situation. In the past, Lainey Wilson, Dolly Parton and Trisha Yearwood are a few others who have had to tell fans that scammers using their names and likeness are hawking weight-loss gummies without their consent.

Source: TasteOfCountry

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