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Posted on 12/3/2008 6:15:45 PM
Categorized in Music, Politics
Aaron Tippin has returned to his home in Tennessee after spending Thanksgiving in Iraq, as part of a 10-day tour there. He traveled to the Middle East with Fox News contributor Bill Cowan on behalf of Stars for Stripes, a nonprofit organization that provides entertainment to troops deployed overseas. "It is amazing how well things are going," Tippin said about Iraq's current state. "Once again, ou...
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Posted on 12/3/2008 5:08:19 PM
Categorized in Music, TV, Awards
Taylor Swift is representing the country genre at the Grammy nominations concert on Wednesday night (Dec. 3) in Los Angeles. She is co-hosting the event with LL Cool J. The concert will air on CBS at 9 p.m. ET. Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Foo Fighters, B.B. King and John Mayer are also scheduled to appear. This is the first time the nominations will be revealed in prime time. However, not all of th...
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Posted on 12/3/2008 1:57:17 PM
Categorized in Music, General
Kenny Chesney hinted last month that he’ll launch his 2009 tour in April, but he’s already looking past that with an Aug. 15 concert at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. — the fifth straight year he’ll play the NFL venue. It’s just one of numerous live events beginning to take shape for next year.
Kenny hasn’t announced his warm-up acts yet or any other dates on the tour, but he’s h...
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Posted on 12/3/2008 10:58:26 AM
Categorized in Music, General, CD and DVD Releases
Keith Urban has been working steadily on a new album since the summer tour schedule ended, and he’s now ready to release it March 31.
No title has yet been designated for the CD, although the first single, "Sweet Thing," is already in the Top 25 on the national country charts. It’s not clear whether Keith’s duet with Brad Paisley, "Start A Band," might also be part of the project.
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Posted on 12/2/2008 7:03:37 AM
Categorized in Music, General
A cluster of singles that shaped the sound of several generations and genres of country music are among 28 new titles being added to the Grammy Hall of Fame as the hall finally realizes a physical home.
Lynyrd Skynyrd’s "Sweet Home Alabama," a 34-year-old classic-rock song that heavily influenced contemporary country and was sampled in a Kid Rock hit from the summer, is the newest relea...
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Posted on 12/2/2008 7:03:37 AM
Categorized in Music, General
This week marks a year since the release of Trace Adkins’ American Man: Greatest Hits Volume II. It gave him the biggest single of his career with "You’re Gonna Miss This," and just last week he released X, his latest CD of all-new material.
Typically the hits are what generate the most sales for an album, but it’s the other material that gives fans the full picture of the artist creati...