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LeAnn Rimes Reveals “30th Anniversary of ‘Blue’ Tour”

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LeAnn Rimes announced yesterday she’s hitting the road in celebration of the 30th anniversary of her breakout hit “Blue.” Her “30 Years of Blue: The Voice, The Journey, The Truth” tour will kick off in the spring. Just seven dates have been announced so far, but more will be added. Presales start today, followed by the general sale on Friday at 10AM local time. See the first seven dates of the tour below, check out LeAnn’s announcement to the right, and visit her website for more information.

LeAnn Rimes 30 Years of Blue 2026 Tour Dates:

  • Apr 19 – Dallas, TX @ Winspear Opera House
  • Apr 30 – Spokane, WA @ Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox
  • May 1 – Seattle, WA @ Benaroya Hall
  • May 8 – Waukegan, IL @ Genesee Theatre
  • May 9 – Wilmington, OH @ The Murphy Theatre
  • May 15 – Washington, DC @ Warner Theatre
  • May 17 – Wilmington, NC @ The Wilson Center at Cape Fear Community College

This day in Country Music History

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  • Today in 1955, Carl Perkins recorded his most enduring song, “Blue Suede Shoes,” at Sun Studios in Memphis.
  • Today in 1994, Mary Chapin Carpenter topped the country charts with “Shut Up and Kiss Me.”
  • Today in 1995, George Strait’s box set, “Strait Out of the Box,” was certified for sales of 5-million. It’s since gone on to sell over seven million copies, making it the third best-selling box set in history. The only boxes that have sold more were by Led Zeppelin and Bruce Springsteen.
  • Today in 1996, Mark Chesnutt released his “Greatest Hits” album.
  • Today in 1997, LeAnn Rimes’ album, “The Early Years,” went gold, platinum and double platinum simultaneously.
  • Today in 2001, Georgia Representative Mac Collins read the lyrics to Alan Jackson’s single, “Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning),” are read into the Congressional Record.
  • Today in 2002, Shania Twain’s “UP!” album arrived in stores. It was a hot seller, too. A week later, it debuted atop the country and all-genre album charts after selling nearly 900,000 copies.
  • Today in 2002, Dwight Yoakam’s box set, “Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Brothers Years,” was released.
  • Today in 2002, Keith Urban was enjoying his eighth week at #1 on the country singles charts with “Somebody Like You.”
  • Today in 2003, Lonestar teamed up with employees of the Home Depot, local community volunteers, the Boys and Girls Club of Jackson-Madison County and organizers from KaBOOM!, a national non-profit organization. To build a playground in Jackson, Tennessee. The band earned the opportunity to have a community playground built in the town of their choice after wining the Home Depot Humanitarian Award at the ACM Awards in Las Vegas the previous May.
  • Today in 2004, Josh Turner flagged down his first platinum album, “Long Black Train.”
  • Today in 2010, Tim McGraw’s “Felt Good On My Lips” video debuted on CMT.com.
  • Today in 2013, Craig Campbell’s “Keep Them Kisses Comin’” hit the airwaves.
  • Today in 2017, Keith Urban took home three trophies during ABC’s telecast of the “American Music Awards” from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles: Favorite Male Country Artist; Favorite Country Song (for “Blue Ain’t Your Color”) and Favorite Country Album (for “Ripcord”).
  • Today in 2017, Mel Tillis died at Munroe Regional Medical Center in Ocala, Florida. A member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, he earned the CMA’s Entertainer of the Year in 1976. The self-proclaimed stutterin’ boy had hits as an artist and as the writer of “Detroit City” and “Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love To Town.”
  • Today in 2018, Jon Pardi’s album, “California Sunrise” was certified platinum by the RIAA.
  • Today in 2018, Luke Combs’ single, “Beautiful Crazy,” hit the airwaves.
  • Today in 2018, three of Glen Campbell’s children – Travis, Kelli and Wesley – ended their court battle in Nashville contesting their father’s will, which excludes them from his inheritance.
  • Today in 2018, Taylor Swift announced she’d signed a label deal with Republic Records that gives her full ownership of her future recordings.
  • Today in 2019, Blanco Brown performed “The Git Up” as he made his Grand Ole Opry debut at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.
  • Today in 2019, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum held a dedication ceremony celebrating the donation of songwriter/producer Jack Clement’s Gibson J-200 guitar. The event included performances by Charley Pride, Shawn Camp, Crystal Gayle and John Prine, who offered “Ballad Of A Teenage Queen” using Clement’s guitar.
  • Today in 2019, the RIAA awarded a gold single for “Heartless,” a track credited to Thomas Wesley featuring Morgan Wallen and performed by Diplo.

Dolly Parton Accepts The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award From The Academy

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Dolly Parton was awarded the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for “outstanding contributions to humanitarian causes” on Sunday night by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and while she wasn’t on hand to accept the honor in person, she did appear via video. Looking healthy as ever, Dolly’s video was shown as her “9 To 5” co-star Lily Tomlin presented the award.

“Well hi, everybody! I wanna thank my good buddy Lily Tomlin for presenting me with this award. Hi Lily, I love you,” Parton began. “I also want to thank the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for this great honor…this award tonight… It’s an honor just to be considered … I don’t take this kind of thing lightly.” She added, “It makes me want to dream up new ways to help lift people up. Isn’t that what we’re supposed to be here for? So from my heart to yours, I truly thank you.”

This day in Country Music History

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  • Today in 1970, Jerry Lee Lewis and his second wife, Myra – who was also his cousin – were divorced. Their 1958 wedding, which took place when she was just 13 years old, caused such a scandal that it effectively ruined his career. In fact, the only thing illegal about the marriage was the fact that Jerry hadn’t divorced his first wife when he wed Myra.
  • Today in 1994, Patty Loveless’ CMA-winning album, “When Fallen Angels Fly,” went gold.
  • Today in 1996, Jeff Foxworthy’s “Crank It Up–The Music Album” went gold.
  • Today in 1996, Brooks & Dunn released the single, “A Man This Lonely.”
  • Today in 1998, Garth Brooks’ TV special “Garth Brooks: Double Live” aired on NBC. The show was actually performed live three times, for three different time zones.
  • Today in 1998, Reba McEntire was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame.
  • Today in 1999, Faith Hill found out that her album, “Breathe,” debuted at #1 on the “Billboard” pop albums chart. The project sold 242,000 copies its first week out, good enough to knock the rock group Rage Against the Machine out of the top spot.
  • Today in 2002, Jamie O’Neal left the country for a USO Tour of the Balkans and the Mediterranean Sea. She was overseas through the end of the month.
  • Today in 2003, Reba McEntire’s album, “Room to Breathe,” is in stores. It’s her first studio album in 4 years.
  • Today in 2003, LeAnn Rimes’ “Greatest Hits (To Be Continued)” was released.
  • Today in 2003, a DVD of Shania Twain’s NBC concert special, “Shania: UP! Live in Chicago,” appears in stores.
  • Today in 2005, The Johnny Cash biopic “Walk The Line” opened in theaters, with Joaquin Phoenix in the starring role. Reese Witherspoon portrays June Carter, Shelby Lynne took the role of Cash’s mother, and Shooter Jennings played his own late father, Waylon Jennings.
  • Today in 2008, The Zac Brown Band’s album, “The Foundation,” was released.
  • Today in 2011, Taylor Swift met Bruce Springsteen when he attended her show at the RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina. Also in attendance: Scotty McCreery.
  • Today in 2012, Luke Bryan, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood and Lady Antebellum each won during ABC’s American Music Awards at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.
  • Today in 2015, Jimmy Buffett’s “Margaritaville” was announced as a new addition to the GRAMMY Hall of Fame. The class also featured James Carr’s “The Dark End Of The Street,” plus music by the Andrews Sisters, Lead Belly and The Sir Douglas Quintet.
  • Today in 2016, funeral services were held for Leon Russell at the Victory Baptist Church in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. Steve Ripley, formerly of The Tractors, was a pallbearer. Honorary pallbearers included Elton John, Sam Bush, John Cowan, Mike Lawler, T. Graham Brown, Jim Halsey and Willie Nelson.
  • Today in 2016, Dan + Shay’s Dan Smyers announced on social media that he’d gotten engaged to his girlfriend, Abby Law, in Hawaii. They got married in May 2017.
  • Today in 2016, George Strait’s album ,”Strait Out Of The Box: Part 2,” was released.
  • Today in 2019, with Taylor Swift in the midst of a public argument with Big Machine over her rights to perform some of her older songs on the American Music Awards, a pair of fans paid $1,000 to have two digital billboards in Nashville calling for the label to “let Taylor perform her own songs.”
  • Today in 2019, Billy Ray Cyrus visited the White House in Washington, D.C., with the family of Channing Smith, a Tennessee teen who committed suicide, to discuss cyber bullying with first lady Melania Trump.
  • Today in 2020, Brad Paisley sang “This Is Country Music” during the 14th annual Stand Up For Heroes event, raising millions online for a military charity. Also aboard were Bruce Springsteen, Sheryl Crow, Ray Romano, Jon Stewart and Mickey Guyton, who covers “To Make You Feel My Love.”

This day in Country Music History

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  • Today in 1994, Kathy Mattea’s album, “A Collection Of Hits,” was certified platinum.
  • Today in 1994, Sammy Kershaw’s “Feeling Good Train” album was certified gold. The same day his “Haunted Heart” project was certified platinum.
  • Today in 1994, Billy Ray Cyrus’ “Some Gave All” CD was certified for sales of 8-million.
  • Today in 1997, LeAnn Rimes’ version of “How Do I Live” was certified double platinum – the only country single ever to reach that mark at that time. On the same day, Rimes’ “Blue” album was certified for multi-platinum sales of 5-million.
  • Today in 1997, Shania Twain’s “The Woman In Me” made Shania Twain the first female country artist to have an album certified for shipments of 10-million copies
  • Today in 1998, Garth Brooks’ “Double Live” album was released, the same day new albums from Jewel, Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston hit record stores. After the dust had settled on what record stores called “Super Tuesday,” Garth emerged victorious. He captured the #1 spot on the album charts – and set a first-week sales record of 1.9-million copies.
  • Today in 1998, “The Prince Of Egypt – Nashville” soundtrack was released. The album featured songs by Vince Gill, Wynonna, Reba McEntire, Clint Black, Faith Hill and Jessica Andrews.
  • Today in 1999, Tim McGraw’s album, “A Place In The Sun,” was certified double-platinum.
  • Today in 1999, Faith Hill’s Breathe album debuted at the top of both the “Billboard” country and all-genre album charts.
  • Today in 2000, Pam Tillis’ “All of This Love” album was certified gold.
  • Today in 2000, Alabama’s “For the Record: 41 Number-One Hits” collection was certified quadruple-platinum.
  • Today in 2011, Scotty McCreery picked up a gold album for “Clear As Day.”
  • Today in 2012, the Zac Brown Band took the prestigious Madison Square Garden in New York for the first time – noting, “We have to make a new bucket list after tonight.”
  • Today in 2016, Luke Bryan’s single, “Huntin’, Fishin’ And Lovin’ Every Day,” went platinum.
  • Today in 2017, Kenny Rogers received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum in St. Louis.
  • Today in 2017, the animated Christmas movie, “The Star,” debuted in theaters. Kris Kristofferson, Kelly Clarkson and Opry Winfrey provided voices for the picture, while the soundtrack featured Kelsea Ballerini, Jake Owen, Pentatonix and Jessie James Decker
  • Today in 2017, the Chase Rice album, “Lions & Lambs,” was released. On the same day? Tim McGraw & Faith Hill’s “The Rest Of Our Life” album dropped as well.
  • Today in 2018, the Hallmark Channel premiered the holiday movie “Christmas At Graceland,” which starred Kellie Pickler as a Chicago businesswoman. The soundtrack uses six Elvis Presley holiday recordings, including “Santa Claus Is Back In Town,” “Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town” and “Blue Christmas.”
  • Today in 2018, Pistol Annies’ “Interstate Gospel” debuted at #1 on the Billboard country albums chart.
  • Today in 2019, Jordan Davis and his wife, Kristen, welcomed their daughter, Eloise Larkin Davis.
  • Today in 2019, Keith Urban headlined a Concert for Recovery at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, with proceeds earmarked to fight the opioid crisis.
  • Today in 2020, Lucinda Williams suffered a stroke at her home in Nashville
  • Today in 2021, Cole Swindell & Lainey Wilson’s collaboration “Never Say Never” was released.

Trailer For Eric Church’s IMAX Film Released

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The trailer for Eric Church’s IMAX concert film “Evangeline Vs the Machine: Comes Alive” is now out. The film hits IMAX theaters across North America for two nights only: February 11 and February 14. Featuring a complete run-through of his album “Evangeline Vs. The Machine” as well as live versions of some of his biggest hits, Church says of the film, “This project was never about fitting into a box – it’s about breaking the damn thing wide open. Seeing it in IMAX takes that to another level. The scale and sound experience is like nothing else.” Tickets for the IMAX screenings can be bought here. 

 

Kenny Chesney’s Book Tops The Best Seller List

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Kenny Chesney has topped the country charts dozens of times, but he’s just topped a different chart for the first time. Chesney says he got a text from the editor of his new book “Heart Life Music.” “When our editor sent a text asking to Zoom,” Chesney said, “I figured he wanted to let us down easy. After all, ‘The New York Times’ is such a big deal…Everybody wants to be part of, if not number one on, their best-seller lists. Rather than send an email, obviously, he was going to soften the news.” Instead, there was no letting down to be done. “Heart Life Music” was #1 on both the ‘New York Times” “Hardcover Nonfiction” and the “Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction Best Sellers Lists.” Kenny Chesney: chart-topping country legend and now, chart-topping author.

This day in Country Music History

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  • Today in 1977, the single, “Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue,” by Crystal Gayle was certified gold.
  • Today in 1977, Crystal Gayle’s “We Must Believe In Magic” album was certified gold.
  • Today in 1989, the “When I Call Your Name” album by Vince Gill was released.
  • Today in 1992, Whitney’s Houston’s version of “I Will Always Love You” debuted on the pop charts. It made its way to #1 — and stayed there for 14 weeks. Whitney’s chart-topping rendition of the Dolly Parton classic provided the song’s third trip to the top of the charts. Dolly Parton had previously hit #1 with the song in 1974 and 1982.
  • Today in 1994, the “Without A Song” album by Willie Nelson was certified platinum.
  • Today in 1995, John Berry’s debut album, “Standing On the Edge,” was certified gold.
  • Today in 1995, Raul Malo of the Mavericks welcomed his first child, Raul Joaquin Martinez Malo III, who’s known as “Dino,” after Dean Martin.
  • Today in 1996, Raul Malo of the Mavericks welcomed his second son, Victor – on his first son Raul’s first birthday and he’s been expanding his family ever since. In March of 2000, Raul’s third son, Max was born.
  • Today in 1997, Shania Twain’s single, “Love Gets Me Every Time,” was #1 on “Radio & Records’” Country Top 50 chart.
  • Today in 2000, Cledus T. Judd’s album, “Another Day In Parodies,” and “The Mercy Project” album, which featured Martina McBride and Amy Grant, arrived in stores.
  • Today in 2001, George Strait’s album, “The Road Less Traveled,” debuted at #1 on “Billboard’s” Top Country Albums chart.
  • Today in 2001, Garth Brooks hit the stage at the LA Forum for the first of three live concert specials that air on CBS over the coming month.
  • Today in 2004, Toby Keith claimed two trophies at the American Music Awards. Other country winners included Kenny Chesney, Gretchen Wilson, Brooks & Dunn and Reba McEntire.
  • Today in 2005, the Grand Ole Opry held a show at Carnegie Hall, with Trace Adkins, Alan Jackson, Vince Gill, Martina McBride and Brad Paisley.
  • Today in 2010, Grand Ole Opry performances by Keith Urban, LeAnn Rimes and Carrie Underwood were featured in ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.”
  • Today in 2012, Carrie Underwood’s single, “Two Black Cadillacs,” was released.
  • Today in 2015, Thomas Rhett’s “Die A Happy Man” rose to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart – and was there for a total of 17 weeks.

H & S FEED & COUNTRY STORE PET OF THE WEEK: MR HYDE

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This week’s H&S Feed and Country Store Pet of the Week is “Mr. Hyde”, a sweet 11 month old kitty who gets along great with other cats, and doesn’t seem to mind dogs. Mr. Hyde likes to play with people and other cats, and he loves kids! Mr. Hyde is fully vaccinated, vetted, neutered and microchipped. And he would love to meet you!

And since Mr. Hyde is the Pet of the Week, his adoption fee is only $30 this week!

If you’d like to set up an appointment to meet Mr. Hyde 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 Mr. Hyde with Izzy from Stephen Memorial Animal Shelter here:

Field & Stream TV, Backed By Morgan Wallen And Eric Church, To Launch In January

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They’re putting the “stream” in streaming…and on broadcast television. Field & Stream and media company Outdoor America are partnering up, with Outdoor America’s free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channel being rebranded as Field & Stream TV in January. The two companies also plan to distribute programming on broadcast TV, available to 90-million households weekly through broadcast syndication, with additional details to be announced. The rebranded channel will feature “exclusive new content, original series and special programming, offering sponsors the largest combined audience reach in outdoor media,” the companies said in a statement. The Field & Stream brand was obtained by country stars Morgan Wallen and Eric Church last year.

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