PLANO, Texas (AP) – Randy Travis is out of the hospital and has been transferred to a physical therapy facility. Travis checked into a hospital July 7 after a viral illness affected his heart. Doctors had stabilized his heart with a pump, and as they removed it, he suffered a stroke three days later. His fiancee’, Mary Davis, thanks fans for their support.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) – Brad Paisley will pay a visit to “America’s Got Talent” tonight. He will debut his new single, “I Can’t Change The World.”
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Dierks Bentley will host the7th Annual ACM Honors Sept. 10 at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. Jason Aldean, Guy Clark, Blake Shelton,Tommy Wiggins, Lady Antebellum and The Judds will be honored, as well as Keith Whitley and Hank Williams, posthumously, and off-camera category winners from the 48th ACM Awards including Songwriter of the Year Dallas Davidson. More here.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – The oldest daughter of Loretta Lynn has died. A family representative says Betty Sue Lynn died yesterday of complications from emphysema. She was 64 – and passed away in Waverly, Tennessee – near her mother’s ranch in Hurricane Mills. She was one of Lynn’s six children. The family says it is thankful to friends and fans for their thoughts and prayers.
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UNDATED (AP) – Gary Allan is rocking a brace these days after having knee surgery. Allan had a torn meniscus in his left knee repaired last Monday, according to his Facebook page. His surgeon was Dr. Burton Elrod, who is the team physician for the Tennessee Titans. Allan has already resumed his tour with a gig outside Memphis this past weekend.
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Congratulations Kevin Shaffer and Mary Schmeidler. They each won five tickets to the Friday, August 2, 2013 Phillipsburg Rodeo Performances. Plus, a meal before the rodeo catered by 3rd Street Bakery and Catering of Phillipsburg for them and their guests.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Grandpappy Garth? It’s true. Garth Brooks has announced the arrival of his first grandchild, Karalynn. The baby was born to his daughter August earlier this week. In a statement, Brooks says he wants to thank people for “their warm wishes and sweet celebration of Baby K’s arrival.” Brooks is 51 – and has been in semi-retirement as he raises his daughters in Oklahoma. His daughter August was the second to graduate from high school – and Brooks says he’ll consider returning to music full-time when his youngest daughter graduates from high school next year.
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NASHVILLE (AP) – Martina McBride has raised more than $40,000 for cancer research. Her nationwide volunteer group Team Martina donated the money to Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville to fund breast cancer research. The donation was made in honor of Team Martina member Taira Baughman, who died of breast cancer earlier this year. She appeared in McBride’s video for “I’m Gonna Love You Through It.”
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NEW YORK (AP) – Loretta Lynn and Vince Gill are among the musicians bringing the music of the Civil War back to life. They are part of a two-disc set of Civil War songs called “Divided and United.” Other artists include Dolly Parton, Lee Ann Womack, Ralph Stanley, T Bone Burnett, Jamey Johnson and Steve Earle. The collection comes out this fall, but you can hear Lynn’s version of “Take Your Gun and Go, John” on RollingStone.com.
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NASHVILLE (AP) – Dierks Bentley managed to bring in $476,000 in a little over a week. That’s how much Bentley raised with his Country Cares Concert last night in Prescott Valley, Arizona, that also featured The Band Perry and Randy Houser. The money will be donated to the families of the Granite Mountain Hot Shots firefighting team that died in recent wildfires.
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Congratulations to Dawn Kenyon, Brian Steinert and Jim Kronewitter! Each wins a pair of tickets and meet and greet passes for the Kevin Fowler Concert at the Graham County Fair in Hill City Saturday, July 27, 2013.
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NASHVILLE (AP) – One of Luke Bryan’s marks of success is seeing his family more. He says he was “super super busy” the beginning of the year, but now he sometimes gets a weekend off. He says they even had a two-week vacation together. Bryan says he now travels on his own bus, so he can have his family travel with him. Before that, he used to travel with 12 guys, and he says that wasn’t a good environment for a wife and kids. Bryan has announced he will do another “Farm Tour” in October to raise money for scholarships for students from farming families.
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Easton Corbin sings about talking his way out of a traffic ticket in his latest single, “All Over the Road,” but he wasn’t so lucky with a cop who pulled him over in Illinois. Easton was hauling a motorcycle he’d just purchased back to Nashville in his truck when he hit a construction zone. The interstate went down to one lane, and Easton had to speed up to merge in front of a semi truck.
He tells ABC News Radio, “You know, it’s only about 45 or 50 in this construction zone. Well, by the time I get past this semi, I’m going 80.”
Immediately after Easton got in front of the truck, a cop came speeding up behind him, pulled him over, and told him he was actually doing about 85 miles per hour.
Easton admits, “I just started cringing — a construction area going that fast. And he said, ‘Man, I just couldn’t let you go.'”
As if getting the ticket wasn’t enough, one of Easton’s fans posted the news about his ticket on his Facebook page. He took a big financial hit from the ticket as well.
“I had to hire an attorney to come pay my ticket,” Easton says. “It ended up costing me a thousand bucks. I was like, ‘I will never speed again in my life.’ I was about to pass out when I heard what it was gonna be.”
Luckily, Easton has someone else to drive his tour bus as he heads to Adrian, MI for a show Wednesday night.
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