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Posted on 6/30/2008 10:49:43 AM
Categorized in Music, General, Concerts and Tours
Randy Owen, who entered the Country Music Hall of Fame as the lead vocalist for Alabama, will release his autobiography, Born Country, in November, CountryStandardTime.com reports.
It is, by all accounts, a rags-to-riches story in which the band’s commercial peaks were sometimes accompanied by personal tragedies. That includes the death of his father just weeks before Alabama launched f...
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Posted on 6/30/2008 9:54:43 AM
Categorized in Music, General, Concerts and Tours
Jessica Simpson has booked an appearance during the Country Thunder USA festival in Twin Lakes, Wis., in what her representatives say is her first full concert since shifting from pop music into country.
Jessica’s performance comes July 19, on the final day of a four-day event that features more than 40 acts, including Sugarland, Carrie Underwood, Dierks Bentley, Sara Evans and Taylor S...
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Posted on 6/9/2008 2:54:03 PM
Categorized in Music, General, Concerts and Tours
After four days of rank humidity and righteous country performances, the CMA Music Festival reached its appropriate finale Sunday night as Dwight Yoakam delivered a languid version of Buck Owens’ "Close Up The Honky Tonks" at Nashville’s LP Field, the last in a series of stadium shows that started in a pop vein and gradually moved toward a more traditional bent.
Dwight’s appearance, his...
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Posted on 4/18/2008 10:00:56 AM
Categorized in Music, General, Concerts and Tours
One of the most unusual artistic pairings in recent years came when Alison Krauss teamed up with Led Zeppelin founder Robert Plant for the album "Raising Sand," leading to a Grammy award for the duo earlier this year.
Now Alison and Robert are set to hit the road this Saturday, kicking off the tour in Louisville, Ky., and playing dates in Europe and the U.S. through July 19, when the tr...
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Posted on 3/24/2008 12:02:45 PM
Categorized in Music, TV, Concerts and Tours
Julianne Hough has been around plenty of celebrities at this point in her career. In "Dancing With The Stars," she was partnered with Apolo Ohno and is currently working with Adam Corolla. And after releasing her own country single, "That Song In My Head," she’s getting ready to hit the road this summer on Brad Paisley’s tour.
Still, as familiar as she is with stars, Julianne was comple...
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Posted on 2/14/2008 1:30:02 PM
Categorized in Music, General, Concerts and Tours
For the past five years, Kenny Chesney has prefaced his summer concert tours with his Keg In The Closet run of bar shows at southeastern college towns. But this year, the Keg may have to go back in the closet.
Kenny had plans to do a show at the Jupiter Bar & Grille in Tuscaloosa, Ala. As is custom, the news would not be released to the public until hours before the show. Since Kenny wa...