This day in 2012: Brad Paisley appeared in the Season Sixteen episode, “Cartman Finds Love”, where he sings the national anthem before the L.A. Clippers and Denver Nuggets basketball game. He also performed “I Swear” in a duet with Eric Cartman.
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Luke Bryan Has Fun “Catching Up” With Blake & Gwen
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Luke Bryan was recently a third wheel on Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani’s date night in Los Angeles, and he recently talked to “Us Weekly” about what a night out with the pair is like.
“We speak about the shows [‘Idol’ and ‘The Voice’], but we’re really just catching up, wanting to know how the family and everybody else is doing,” Luke shares. “It was just fun hanging with them, and anytime I’m able to see them having fun and being happy, it’s great to be around them.”
And while Luke says he and Blake have “a fun competition” since they are on competing talent shows, the truth is, Luke says Blake has been nothing but supportive.
“When I found out that ‘Idol’ was interested in me being a judge, certainly I called Blake, and he’s like, ‘Man, you’re going to love it. It’s right up your alley.’ He spoke of how much he’s enjoying his role with ‘The Voice,’” he says. “And he was right. I’ve enjoyed it. It’s a new element in your life. It’s a new challenge. It’s tackling something new, and you learn a lot about entertainment throughout the whole process.”
This day in 1993: Farm Aid 5 is held in Ames
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On this day in 1993, Willie Nelson held Farm Aid 5 in Ames.
All of America watched as the Flood of ’93 left thousands of Midwest families homeless. Heavy rains caused the Mississippi and Missouri rivers to rise up and overflow their banks, swallowing entire towns along the way. Eight million acres of crops were destroyed and 20 million acres were damaged. With their backs already against the wall due to heavy debt and low farm prices, Midwest family farmers had few resources left to deal with the effects of the flooding.
In response to the flood, Farm Aid created the Family Farm Disaster Fund to support organizations that worked directly with farm families stricken by the flood. When farmers needed help to avoid foreclosure due to losses from the flood, Farm Aid-funded groups were there to help them save their farms.
The 1993 concert included performances by Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews, the Highwaymen, Sawyer Brown, Bruce Hornsby, Martina McBride, the Kentucky HeadHunters, Marty Stuart, Dwight Yoakam, Ringo Starr, Waylon Jennings, Bryan Adams, Paul Simon, Travis Tritt, Ricky Van Shelton and many others.
Toby Keith Launches Tour To Support New Single
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TOBY KEITH announced that his next single is called, “That’s Country Bro!” . . . and it’ll be out May 3rd. Keith co-wrote the song with Bobby Pinson and co-produced it with Pinson, Reid Shippen and executive producer, Arturo Buenahora. He calls it “a quick sprint down a country icon heritage trail.”
“That’s Country Bro” will be available May 3 and it’s the first piece of music since “Don’t Let the Old Man In,” an original ballad Keith wrote for the latest Clint Eastwood film, “The Mule.”
He’ll follow that up with his “That’s Country Bro! Tour” . . . which kicks off May 26th at the Tree Town Music Festival in Forest City, Iowa.
This day in 1956: Elvis bombs in Vegas
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On this day in 1956, Elvis Presley (with Scotty Moore and Bill Black), played the first night of a two-week engagement (playing 2 shows a day) at the New Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas – and bombed!
It was Elvis Presley’s very first Vegas gig — a two-week stand for a measly $17,000, with the man who would be King wedged in between the velvet-toned Freddie Martin Orchestra and borscht-belt shtickman Shecky Greene — and he bombed royally. The audience of mostly middle-aged marrieds from Middle America stared in slack-jawed silence as Elvis wailed such tunes as ”Blue Suede Shoes.” Newsweek described his performance as ”a jug of corn liquor at a champagne party” and reported that the crowd ”sat through Presley as if he were a clinical experiment.”
”I don’t want no more nightclubs,” he fumed to the press after one performance. ”An audience like this don’t show their appreciation the same way. They’re eating when I come on.” As if that weren’t humiliating enough, after a few days Elvis’ name on the hotel’s marquee was dropped from first to third billing — beneath the comedian and orchestra leader.
He didn’t return to Vegas until 1969.
Kelly Clarkson speaks out about alleged feud with Carrie Underwood
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Kelly Clarkson has a bone to pick with “Star” magazine. The tabloid recently ran a story claiming she and Carrie Underwood were feuding. Well, not only is the story untrue, but Kelly is not at all happy with the picture they used of her on the cover.
“Someone just sent me this & I’m like why does she get the good pic & I have the worst expression I’ve ever made w/zero muscles being used in my face ha!,” Kelly tweeted alongside a picture of the mag. “ I officially have a feud w/whoever used this pic! At least give me a good pic if y’all are gonna be lying is all I’m sayin’.”
Kelly recently commented on rumors of a feud between she and Carrie and insisted it doesn’t exist. “People always try to put it together like we’re enemies. And I’m like, ‘We don’t even know each other well enough to be enemies,’” she told Entertainment Tonight. “We’re both happy women, and we’re mamas and we’re CEOs and we’re killing it. So … don’t do that to us.”
This day in 1998: Tim & Faith win big at the ACMs
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- Today in 1998, country music’s reigning super-couple, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, were the big winners at the 33rd annual Academy of Country Music Awards. They nabbed four awards (for Single, Song, Video and Top Vocal Event) for their duet, “It’s Your Love.”
Tim McGraw Is Going On A Book Tour
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Tim McGraw is hitting the road but not to perform. The singer has teamed with Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian Jon Meacham on a new book about music that defined America, and now the pair is going out on a book tour together.
“Songs of America: Patriotism, Protest, and the Music that Made a Nation” is set to hit shelves on June 11th, with the pair launching a seven-city tour on June 10th in New York City.
According to a press release, the tour will “give an intimate, behind-the-scenes look at what went into creating the book, and their friendship as they combine their individual perspectives as writer and artist to create a unique view of the role music has played in uniting and shaping our nation.”
Check out the tour dates below. Tickets for the tour go on sale today.
- June 10: New York, NY – Beacon Theatre
- June 11: Charleston, SC – Gaillard Center
- June 12: Washington, DC – The Anthem
- June 21: Waco, TX – Magnolia Market
- June 22: Atlanta, GA – Coca Cola Roxy
- June 23: Charlotte, NC – Belk Theatre
- June 24: Raleigh, NC – Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
This day in 2000: Shania’s “Come On Over” wakes boy from coma
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- Today in 2000, the British paper, “The Weekly News,”reported that Shania was responsible for helping a 14-year-old boy come out of a coma. In October 1999, the child was struck by a car and left in a coma. The boy’s mother said that doctors told her to expect the worst for her son. Then, a few weeks into the boy’s treatment, his family brought him a personal stereo and a copy of Shania’s “Come On Over” album. Reportedly, every time the hospital staff switched off the CD for any reason, there were immediate changes in his vital signs. Slowly, he started to come out of his coma and in late December, his mother heard the precious words, “I want my mum!” A few weeks later, the boy’s family was given the best news of all – that he could come home permanently. At last check, the family said that everything is improving and that “Come On Over” is still his favorite album.
Rodney Crowell Announces New Guest-Filled Record
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Rodney Crowell has just announced a new record. The singer has enlisted some A-list friends for his upcoming release, “Texas,” which is set to drop August 15th.
The album will feature 11 tracks, and special guests like Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett, Ronnie Dunn, Billy F Gibbons, Randy Rogers, Vince Gill, Lee Ann Womack, Steve Earle, and Ringo Starr.
“For the last few years, I’d been writing Texas-centric songs and revisiting some of my tunes from as far back as the mid-seventies,” Rodney explains. “Last year, I started referring to the collection of songs as the ‘TEXAS’ album.”
Rodney says he initially planned to just record with Earle and Gibbons, but things then started to grow. “Interestingly it all started with Ringo Starr who, through a mutual friend, let me know he was keen to record a track,” he says. “Before I knew it, Lee Ann Womack, Ronnie Dunn, Willie Nelson, Randy Rogers, Lyle Lovett and Vince Gill had climbed on board. … Man, was it a fun record to make.”
Check out the trackilst below:
- “Flatland Hillbillies” (featuring Lee Ann Womack & Randy Rogers)
- “Caw Caw Blues” (featuring Vince Gill)
- “56 Fury” (featuring Billy F Gibbons)
- “Deep In the Heart of Uncertain Texas” (featuring Ronnie Dunn, Willie Nelson & Lee Ann Womack)
- “You’re Only Happy When You’re Miserable” (featuring Ringo Starr)
- “I’ll Show Me”
- “What You Gonna Do Now” (featuring Lyle Lovett)
- “The Border”
- “Treetop Slim & Billy Lowgrass”
- “Brown & Root, Brown & Root” (featuring Steve Earle)
- “Texas Drought Part 1”
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