Keith Urban will perform at the sixth annual Grammy Nominations Concert Live!! Countdown To Music’s Biggest Night Dec. 6 on CBS-TV. The hour-long broadcast takes place live from Los Angeles’ Nokia Theatre and will also feature performances by Robin Thicke, Drake and Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. The 56th Grammy Awards takes place Jan. 26.
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NASHVILLE (AP) – Tim McGraw will play a special concert for members of the U.S. military and their families on Veterans Day weekend. McGraw will perform in Jacksonville, Florida, on November 10. The show will be streamed live on the Pentagon Channel and online at www.TimMcGraw.com and McGraw’s YouTube channel. McGraw says it’s easy for him to show up and play music for men and women who have the really tough jobs, but it’s one small thing he can do to show his appreciation.
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NASHVILLE (AP) – The George Jones tribute concert has added more acts to the lineup, including Brad Paisley, Martina McBride and Megadeth. Megadeth? The metal band is indeed on the list of performers. Singer Dave Mustaine says Jones “had a way of putting his finger right into your wounds and letting you know, ‘I understand. I know your pain.”‘ Other artists added to the lineup include Loretta Lynn, Ronnie Milsap, Big and Rich, Lee Ann Womack, Craig Morgan, Thompson Square and Bill Anderson. The concert also has an official name now: “Playin’ Possum! The Final NO Show.” It will be held November 22 in Nashville.
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NASHVILLE (AP) – Kenny Rogers has an old friend to thank for “You Can’t Make Old Friends,” and it isn’t Dolly Parton. Rogers says he played a festival in California and a man introduced himself as Ryan King, son of William King of The Commodores. Rogers remembered King as a kid playing with his son at his house, and King said he had recently told his friends, “You can’t make old friends.” Rogers told that story the next day to Don Schlitz, who wrote “The Gambler” for Rogers. Schlitz asked if he could use that for a song and came up with something the next day. Schlitz offered Rogers a songwriting credit for coming up with that title but Rogers said King should get it. Parton sings that song with Rogers on his new album of the same name. It’s out this week.
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(AP) — Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter as well as Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood are in Denver to help build new townhomes for Habitat for Humanity.
They’ll be working alongside other volunteers and families who will be living in the new homes on Wednesday in the Globeville neighborhood.
In the evening, the former president will also attend a dinner celebrating the project at the National Western Events Center Arena. The lead singer of The Fray, Isaac Slade, is set to perform there.
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Keith Urban has teamed with HSN to offer the Urban Guitar Collection. A limited-edition acoustic and electric guitar line available exclusively on HSN, HSN.com and via HSN Mobile beginning Nov. 3. Packages include two one-hour instructional DVDs. A portion of proceeds will benefit Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation andThe Grammy Foundation. More here.
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NASHVILLE (AP) – Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert and Taylor Swift will grace the stage for the Country Music Association Awards. They are scheduled to perform, along with Jason Aldean, Keith Urban, Luke Bryan, Little Big Town and Tim McGraw. Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley will host. The show will air live from Nashville on ABC on November 6.
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NASHVILLE (AP) – To hear Darius Rucker tell it, there are really only two seasons of the year – not four: “football season and waiting-for-football season.” And once the football season gets under way, he is “always excited.” That should be no surprise if you remember Rucker from his Hootie and the Blowfish days. There’s the lyric in “I Only Want To Be With You” when he complains that his girlfriend thinks he’s “a baby ’cause the Dolphins make” him cry. Rucker says he appreciates American football more as he gets to sample sports in other countries. He says whenever he visits a new country, he tries to check out the national sport. Now that he’s been around some, he declares: “I honestly believe that football is the greatest sport in the world.”
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Kimberly Perry is a pretty fine catch. So it should be no surprise that The Band Perry singer has been “caught” by someone who gets paid to catch. She is engaged Toronto Blue Jays catcher J.P. Arencibia (ahr-en-SEE’-bee-ah). The band’s publicist is confirming the pending nuptials – which was first reported on by The Tennessean newspaper in Nashville. He popped the question Monday night at her parents’ home in Greenville, Tennessee. The Band Perry launches a world tour next month in Sweden. Arencibia is a Miami native who attended the University of Tennessee and was drafted by the Jays in the first round of the 2007 draft.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – It’s tough being a college football fan if you have to work Saturdays. And that’s the deal for Joe Nichols finds himself in. The county music star is a big fan of the University of Arkansas. And he says it’s hard to follow his beloved Razorbacks because he is “always working” Saturdays, especially in the fall. Nichols says he doesn’t get to see many games in person – unless he’s working near the team. He doesn’t see that happening this season. But when he does, he says he enjoys the sport – especially since he can usually score a spot on the sidelines. When he’s on the road, he tries to catch games on his tour bus – but has to make sure he doesn’t hurt his singing voice by shouting too loud.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Scotty McCreery says since he can’t always get to the football games of his favorite college football team – so he has the games come to him. He says he gets to see North Carolina State football in person “once in a blue moon” – but that’s about it. Instead he says he has “all the dagum apps” you can get on his phone so he can keep tabs on NC State. McCreery says he’s “a big sports nut” – and sports and music are his “two loves.”
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Condolences to Sammy Kershaw, whose brotherMinos Cashat, Jr. passed away Friday afternoon (9/27). “The world lost a good-hearted guy today,” Kershaw posted on Facebook. “But heaven gained an awesome soul.” The funeral service was Monday.
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HARTFORD, Ky. (AP) – The Kentucky Supreme Court says it won’t get involved in a dispute over how legendary bluegrass musician Bill Monroe’s name can be used. That means an appeals court ruling on the issue stands. That ruling said that officials of one Kentucky county meant to give organizers the right to use Monroe’s name on a music festival, but failed to seal the agreement. Monroe’s son James had been seeking court permission to bar the festival from using the name – and now plans to press the issue in Tennessee.
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