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Clint Black Files Lawsuit Against His Manager
Clint Black filed a lawsuit against his manager/accountant, Charles Sussman. Black asserts that Sussman and his firm “repeatedly engaged in self-dealing, negligence ...Read More
Jewel Sells New Album for a Dollar
Jewel will be selling copies of her first country album, Perfectly Clear, for a minimum $1 donation to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville. ...Read More
Miller Lite agrees to sponsor Luke Bryan
Luke Bryan signed a sponsorship deal with Miller Lite, starting this week and going through 2009. "The Bryan family and Miller Lite go way way back," joked Bryan. ...Read More
Blake Shelton Releases New Album
If you want to learn more about Blake Shelton, listen to his new album, "Startin' Fires." He calls it the most autobiographical record he's ever made. ...Read More
Miley Cyrus To Perform On Dancing With The Stars Finale
Miley Cyrus will close out Dancing with the Stars‘ season with a special performance of her latest single, “Fly on the Wall” on the ABC show’s season finale on November 25th. ...Read More
Behind The Scenes Of Martina Mcbride's Video With Elvis
Martina McBride steps back in time in the new video for her "Blue Christmas" duet with Elvis Presley. McBride basically walks onto the stage of Elvis' 1968 "comeback" TV special. ...Read More
Jessica Simpson To Appear On The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Jessica Simpson will be appearing on The Ellen DeGeneres Show this Wednesday, November 19. Tune in to hear the latest scoop on Simpson’s move to country music, ...Read More
Boxmasters to Tour With Willie Nelson
The country-rock band led by Academy Award winner Billy Bob Thornton, The Boxmasters, will be winding down the year during a tour with Willie Nelson. ...Read More
Miley Cyrus To Perform At AMAs On Her Birthday
Miley Cyrus doesn't get a day off, even on her birthday. She's joining a long list of performers, including Taylor Swift, ...Read More
Trace Adkins To Add Outdoor Kitchen To His Home On Tv Show
Trace Adkins is adding a rustic, outdoor kitchen to his family farm near Nashville on the show "Indoors Out." The half-hour show documents the build and offers a sneak peek at Adkins' home ...Read More
Brad Paisley's New Cd Debuts At Number One
Brad Paisley's new album "Play" has debuted at number one on the Billboard top country albums chart. ...Read More
Kenny Chesney Flirts With Shania Twain
Kenny Chesney admits that he was flirting with Shania Twain when he accepted the entertainer-of-the-year award from her at the CMAs. ...Read More
Country Stars Performing at Tree Lighting Ceremony
Lots of talent will be present for NBC's annual "Christmas in Rockefeller Center" telecast. Hosted by Al Roker, this 76th formal tree lighting ceremony will feature Faith Hill, ...Read More
Chesney, Paisley and Underwood Named Winners
CMA award winners are determined by votes cast by professional members of the Country Music Association. Winners for the 42nd annual CMA Awards were announced during the live broadcast ...Read More
Lil Wayne joins Kid Rock on Stage at CMA show
Kid Rock brought the best-selling rapper on stage Wednesday as he performed his hit "All Summer Long." But Lil Wayne didn't rap: In fact, he didn't say a word. ...Read More
Paisley, Plant, Krauss and McAnally Are Early CMA Winners
Brad Paisley, Robert Plant, Alison Krauss and Mac McAnally are among the early winners at the 42nd annual CMA Awards which took place Wednesday night ...Read More
Kevin Costner and Modern West Headline CMA Kickoff Concert
Kevin Costner and Modern West headlined the 2008 Chevy CMA Awards kickoff concert on Nov. 11 in front of the Sommet Center in Nashville. ...Read More
Josh Gracin and Wife Welcome New Baby
Josh Gracin and wife Ann Marie welcomed a new addition to their family today. Daughter Isabella Sophia Gracin was born this afternoon ...Read More
John Rich performs at Intrepid ceremony
John Rich performed during a 90-minute ceremony Tuesday for President Bush and thousands of veterans during the rededication of the Intrepid Sea ...Read More
Underwood Leads People's Choice Awards Nominations For Country Artists
Carrie Underwood is leading the nominations among Country artists for the People's Choice Awards. Underwood is up for favorite female artist. ...Read More
Rascal Flatts announces new tour leg
Rascal Flatts announced final leg of their "Bob That Head Tour" kicking off in Kansas City, Mo. on Jan. 17, 2009 with Jessica Simpson opening. ...Read More
Toby Keith Plans To Skip The CMAs
Don't expect to see Toby Keith tonight at the CMA Awards. He tells People.com the Country Music Association "screwed" him. ...Read More
Jason Aldean To Perform New Single At CMAs
Jason Aldean is planning to debut his new single, "She's Country," at the CMA Awards tonight. His fan club, the Aldean Army, will get a free download through jasonaldean.com immediately following the performance. ...Read More
Blake Shelton To Support Girlfriend Miranda Lambert At CMAs
Blake Shelton isn't nominated for any CMA Awards this year, but his girlfriend, Miranda Lambert, is up for two. He says he will definitely be there to support her, and he thinks she'll walk away with at least one of the trophies. ...Read More
"Dancing With The Stars"-Julianne's Return
Julianne returns. Julianne Hough was back on "Dancing with the Stars" last night. She did an energetic jive with her brother Derek, who's also a pro on the program. ...Read More
Billy Ray Cyrus Invites Future First Daughters To Be On "Hannah Montana"
Billy Ray Cyrus is personally inviting future first daughters Sasha and Malia Obama to be guest stars on the TV show "Hannah Montana." ...Read More
Tim McGraw To Host Saturday Night Live
Superstar Tim McGraw will serve as HOST on his first appearance on “Saturday Night Live” on November 22, 2008. ...Read More
Leann Rimes To Star In New Lifetime Original Movie
LeAnn Rimes is starring in a new Lifetime Original Movie, called "Nora Roberts' Northern Lights." It will be released next year. ...Read More
Merle Haggard discharged from hospital following cancer surgery
Merle Haggard went home Saturday, five days after having lung surgery in a Bakersfield, Cal. hospital. It was discovered during a previous biopsy that he had non-small cell lung cancer ...Read More
Reba Releases Box Set
Reba McEntire is out with her first box set just in time for the holidays. The three-disc compilation of her 50 greatest hits begins with songs from 1984 ...Read More
Kenny Chesney, Kid Rock top StageCoach line-up
Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley, Reba McEntire and Kid Rock are the key acts who will spearhead the 2009 edition of StageCoach. ...Read More
CMT Announces Cast For Third Season Of Gone Country
John Rich will host the thrid season of "Gone Country." The new cast includes Tara Conner, who was Miss USA 2006; Mickey Dolenz ...Read More
Doctors Remove Tumor From Merle Haggard's Lung
Merle Haggard is recovering after having a malignant tumor removed from his lung. Friends say Monday's surgery at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital in California ...Read More
Ellen hosts Taylor Swift
The Ellen DeGeneres throws an album release party for Taylor Swift's sophomore album, "Fearless," on Tuesday, Nov. 11. ...Read More
McEntire, Rimes Kick Off Domestic Violence Prevention Campaign
Reba McEntire, LeAnn Rimes, and Wynonna are helping to campaign against domestic violence. Those three, along with Kellie Pickler, Naomi Judd, Sarah Evans, ...Read More
Paisley Gets Hugged By A Fan During An Opry Performance
Brad Paisley had an awkward moment at the Grand Ole Opry this week. He was in the middle of his guitar solo during "Waitin' on a Woman," ...Read More
Jewel To Take On Solo Acoustic Tour In 2009
Jewel is hitting the road this January for a solo acoustic headlining tour. She says it will give her the chance to tell the stories behind her songs and "connect with the fans in an intimate setting." ...Read More
Julianne Hough Dancing With the Stars appearance gets delayed
Julianne Hough's performance of My Hallelujah Song on Dancing With the Stars was pushed back a week to Nov. 18. ...Read More
Blake Shelton Plans To Avoid Pranking Miranda Lambert
Jewel may have pranked Brad Paisley on the last night of the Paisley Party Tour, but don't expect Blake Shelton to pull any practical jokes on girlfriend Miranda Lambert ...Read More
Paisley Vows Revenge On Jewel For Pranking Him
Brad Paisley says he hasn't retaliated against Jewel -- yet -- for hiring retired cops to arrest him at Nashville's airport. Paisley told "The View" ...Read More
Kevin Costner and Modern West plan Opry debut
Kevin Costner and Modern West will debut on the Grand Ole Opry Saturday as the Opry returns to the Ryman Auditorium ...Read More
Trace Adkins, Miley Cyrus To Participate In Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Trace Adkins and Miley Cyrus are scheduled to participate in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York this year. ...Read More
Keith Urban: For The Troops II
Keith Urban is cooking up something special for Thanksgiving. He is among the artists laying down tracks for a special CD to support American troops worldwide. ...Read More
Taylor Swift Voted Early
Eighteen-year-old Taylor Swift says voting in her first presidential election made her feel "so completely American." ...Read More
Randy Owen Goes Solo
Former Alabama frontman, Randy Owen, is releasing his debut solo album today, produced by John Rich. ...Read More
Billy Ray and Miley Cyrus Added as CMA Presenters
Miley Cyrus and her father, singer-songwriter Billy Ray Cyrus, have been added as presenters at the 42nd annual CMA Awards show taking place Nov. 12 ...Read More
Underwood Will Have Performed 137 Live Shows By Year’s End
Carrie Underwood’s “Carnival Ride Tour,” sponsored by vitaminwater®, has become a much-demanded concert ticket this year. ...Read More
Strait Named ACM's Artist of the Decade
George Strait has been named artist of the decade by the Academy of Country Music, which will honor him with a TV special on CBS in 2009. ...Read More
Trace Adkins, Martina McBride on Walk of Fame
Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Randy Travis, Trace Adkins, Martina McBride and Michael McDonald will be honored with a star on the Music City Walk of Fame ...Read More
Toby Keith Releases 'That Don't Make Me a Bad Guy'
Toby Keith released a new album, That Don't Make Me a Bad Guy, on Show Dog Records on Tuesday (Oct. 28). ...Read More
Jo Dee Messina Pregnant
Jo Dee Messina is pregnant and it's a boy! "I am in my third trimester now," says Messina, 38, who celebrated her one-year anniversary with husband ...Read More
Julianne Hough To Have Appendix Removed
Julianne Hough has scheduled minor surgery to have her appendix removed after being diagnosed with endometriosis. The medical condition results in the development of uterine-lining ...Read More
Dierks Demolishes His Website
Dierks Bentley announced to 5,000 fan club members during an online meeting, Oct. 22, that he would be blowing up his website, dierks.com. ...Read More
Rascal Flatts Release Greatest Hits on Oct 28
After spending more than twenty-five weeks at the top of the radio charts and selling more than 17 million albums, country music's favorite band, Rascal Flatts ...Read More
Brooks & Dunn iTunes Original
Brooks & Dunn delivers something extra-special for fans everywhere with this week’s release of Brooks & Dunn iTunes Originals ...Read More
Jewels Strength In Buliding Online Communities
Jewel has been credited with being a pioneer in building online fan communities over the last fifteen years. From the days of the internet reaching the mainstream in the 1990s, ...Read More
Martina McBride Duet With Elvis
Martina McBride will be in Memphis on Nov. 21 to kick off the holiday season at Graceland, Elvis Presley's longtime home. ...Read More
Lorrie Morgan Files for Bankruptcy
Country singer Lorrie Morgan filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in federal court in Nashville, Tenn., listing her estimated liabilities ranging between $1 million to $10 million. The bankruptcy filing showed her with assets of $500,000 to $1 million. ...Read More
Johnny Cash Joins Rock the Vote Campaign
Johnny Cash is featured in a new Public Service Announcement that urges Americans to vote in the upcoming presidential election. ...Read More
Carrie Underwood Immortalized in Wax
Carrie Underwood is now immortalized as a wax figure at Madame Tussauds in New York City. The American Idol winner visited Times Square to attend Wednesday's unveiling of the figure ...Read More
Taylor Swift to Sing at Grammy Nominations
Taylor Swift will perform during a TV special announcing this year's Grammy nominees on Dec. 3 in Los Angeles. ...Read More
Faith Hill Gives Herself A Revealing Birthday Present
Faith Hill is posing in a bikini on the cover of Shape magazine's December issue. She calls it her "41st birthday present" to herself. ...Read More
Julianne Hough Goes To The Hospital
Julianne Hough was treated and released from a Los Angeles hospital Tuesday night (Oct. 21) following her appearance on Dancing With the Stars. ...Read More
Carrie Underwood Releases Holiday Album
Carrie Underwood's holiday edition of "Carnival Ride" was released on Tuesday. It's a two-disc package, featuring the "Carnival Ride" album along with a second disc of five Christmas songs. ...Read More
Swift Ready to Vote
Although the 2008 presidential election was 11 months away at the time, registering to vote was the top priority for Taylor Swift when she turned 18 last December. ...Read More
Brad Paisley Gets Punked By Jewel
Brad Paisley got punked by Jewel. Paisley was handcuffed and thrown into the back of a police car after his private jet landed at Nashville's airport Saturday night. ...Read More
Rascal Flatts builds playground
Rascal Flatts members Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don Rooney teamed up with volunteers from The Home Depot, Academy of Country Music and KaBOOM! in Birmingham, Ala. to build ...Read More
Sugarland Among Latest Platinum Certifications
Sugarland's latest album, Love on the Inside, and Tim McGraw's Greatest Hits are on the list of platinum certifications announced October 20 by the RIAA ...Read More
Keith Urban DVD Coming Soon
Keith Urban has scheduled a Nov. 11 release date for his new concert DVD, Love, Pain and the Whole Crazy World Tour. To be sold exclusively at Wal-Mart stores, including Sam's Club and on Walmart.com ...Read More
Tim McGraw's Book, My Little Girl
A children's book titled "My Little Girl" co-written by Tim McGraw and songwriter Tom Douglas was published Tuesday, October 21 by a Nashville-based publishing company. ...Read More
Taylor Swift and Kid Rock Appear on MTV Special Honoring Veterans
Taylor Swift and Kid Rock are among the artists to be featured on A Night for Vets: An MTV Concert for the BRAVE, part of a cross-network event between MTV and CNN Worldwide. ...Read More
Brad Paisley and Kimberly Williams Expecting
A publicist for Brad Paisley says Paisley and his wife, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, are expecting their second child. An announcement on Williams-Paisley's Web site says the 37-year-old actress is due ...Read More
Kenny Chesney Talks Lucky Old Sun, Renee Zellweger
Kenny Chesney's latest album, "Lucky Old Sun," hits stores this week. The country singer recently revealed that the album was written after his breakup with Renee Zellweger ...Read More
Trace Adkins and Lynyrd Skynyrd Doublebook New Years Eve
Trace Adkins and Lynyrd Skynyrd will play New Year's Eve concerts in both Nashville and Pikeville, Ky., this year. ...Read More
Rascal Flatts Visit Children's Hospital in Nashville
Rascal Flatts performed Thursday (Oct. 9) at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt in Nashville. The bands record label, Lyric Street, is owned by Diney with allowed them to bring along several characters, ...Read More
Taylor Swift's Heart Is Broken
Singer Joe Jonas of teen heartthrobs The Jonas Brothers, has broken up with singer, Taylor Swift, and the split wasn't mutual. Swift and Jonas have been dating for several months and Jonas allegedly broke up with her over the phone. ...Read More
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