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KHAZ Country Music News: Eric Church Takes on Scalpers

khaz eric church 20121231MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Eric Church has resold tickets to his Minneapolis show so the right people get them. Church’s management has identified 902 tickets to his Minneapolis show in September as being held by scalpers. That’s a violation of the sales limits for the show, so the tickets were canceled and put back on sale Friday. Church says in a statement a lot of acts just want to sell as many tickets as they can and they don’t care who buys them. Church says he can’t stop scalpers completely, but he can definitely make it harder for them.

 

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KHAZ Country Music News: Willie Nelson In Austin City Limits Hall of Fame

khaz willie nelson 20130430AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Willie Nelson was the first performer on the TV show Austin City Limits back in 1974. And now he’s part of the first class of the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame. Nelson says the honor “means a lot” because Austin is “the music capital of the world.” During Saturday’s induction ceremony, actor Matthew McConaughey introduced Nelson saying simply: “There would be no Austin City Limits without Willie Nelson.” Nelson turns 81 this week.

 

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KHAZ Country Music News: Special Miranda Lambert Exhibit at Hall of Fame

khaz miranda lambert 20120808The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum‘s Miranda Lambert: Backstage Access exhibit opens May 16, with festivities to include a songwriter session featuring Ashley Monroe, a songwriting program for families and a free film screening of Revolution: Live by Candlelight (2010), which features Lambert telling the stories behind the songs on Revolution. The exhibit runs through Nov. 9.

 

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KHAZ Country Music News: Carrie Underwood Honored by Time Magazine

khaz carrie underwood 20121218Carrie Underwood has been named to the Time 100, the magazine’s annual list of the most influential people in the world. “It’s her decency as a person that is so impressive,” label mate Brad Paisleysummarizes in her introduction. “She’s an advocate for causes like animal rights and the Red Cross. She has publicly challenged lawmakers when she’s disagreed with them, and covered controversial issues in her music … She has faith, a sense of self and loves a good challenge. When most singers tackle a Broadway musical, it’s in front of a thousand people. She did it in front of 20 million.” Others on the list include the Pope, actress Amy Adams, U.S. Secretary Of State John Kerry, Amazon Founder/CEO Jeff Bezos and Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman. See it now here; look for it on newsstands. Underwood will also headline the Time 100 Gala April 29 at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York.

 

 

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KHAZ Country Music News: Twitter Q&A with Dolly Parton Sunday

khaz dolly parton 20140424Nashville, Tenn. (April 24, 2014) – Dolly Parton, one of the most innovative, creative, and trendsetting artists in pop culture, will participate in @TwitterMusic‘s “Legends on Twitter” series to host her first-ever Twitter Q&A with music lovers on Sunday, April 27th at 4pm (CT), just prior to her scheduled live performance on QVC® during the “Dolly Parton Q Sessions Live from Nashville – featuring ‘Blue Smoke'” broadcast. Fans can join the conversation by submitting questions directly to Dolly at https://bit.ly/DollyQA, or by tweeting using the hashtag#AskDolly.

Dolly’s ever growing Twitter fan base includes over 3 million followers, proving why Dolly is the most sought after and honored female country performer of all time. Achieving 25 RIAA certified gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards, she has had 25 songs reach number 1 on the Billboard Country charts, a record for a female artist. She has 41 career top 10 country albums, a record for any artist, and she has 110 career charted singles over the past 40 years. All-inclusive sales of singles, albums, hits collections, paid digital downloads and compilation usage during her Hall of Fame career have reportedly topped a staggering 100 million records world-wide. She has garnered 7 Grammy Awards, 10 Country Music Association Awards, 5 Academy of Country Music Awards, 3 American Music Awards and is one of only five female artists to win the Country Music Association’s Entertainer of the Year Award. Dolly was inducted as a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1999.  And the litany goes on.

Dolly’s career has spanned nearly five decades and is showing no signs of slowing down.  An internationally-renowned superstar, the iconic and irrepressible Parton has contributed countless treasures to the worlds of music, film and television.  Some of her hit films have included Nine to Five, Steel Magnolias, The Best Little Whorehouse in TexasRhinestone, Straight Talk, and Joyful Noise.  Parton received two Oscar® nominations – one for writing the title tune to Nine to Five and the other for Travelin’ Thru from the film Transamerica.
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KHAZ Country Music News: Johnny and June’s Property Sold

khaz johnny cash home 20140424NASHVILLE (AP) – Barry Gibb has sold the former home of Johnny and June Carter Cash. The Nashville Tennessean reports Gibb and his wife, Linda, sold the property to a limited liability company for $2 million. They bought the property in $2.3 million in 2006. The Cashes lived there for more than 40 years. The Gibbs had planned to renovate the property and were almost done with the project when it caught fire and destroyed the house. The Gibbs had announced plans to build a new house and preserve the original foundations of the home.

Above photo from before the fire.

 

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KHAZ Country Music News: Jason Aldean Choosing Bat Girls

khaz jason aldean 20130212UNDATED (AP) – Jason Aldean will help choose the honorary bat girls as part of Major League Baseball’s breast cancer awareness program. Aldean is part of a panel who will choose an honorary bat girl for each of the 30 major league teams. The bat girls will be recognized at games on Mother’s Day or another game in May.

 

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KHAZ Country Music News: Glen Campbell in a Care Facility

khaz glen campbell 20121203NEW YORK (AP) – Glen Campbell has been moved to a memory care facility in Nashville as he deals with Alzheimer’s disease. Campbell’s wife, Kim Woolen, tells People magazine five family members were taking care of him and they were “completely exhausted.” She says they have to watch him every second because he’ll pick up knives and not give them up. His daughter, Ashley, says Campbell will try to drink things like dish soap or olive oil. Campbell moved to the facility at the end of March and he is adjusting well. Woolen says Campbell played a couple of songs for residents there on his first day, thanked them for coming and took a nap on the couch.

 

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KHAZ Country Music News: 2014 Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees Announced

khaz ronnie milsap 20140422This year’s Country Music Hall of Fame inductees are, in the Songwriter category, the late Hank Cochran; in the Veterans Era Artist category, Mac Wiseman; and in the Modern Era Artist Category, Ronnie Milsap. The honorees will be celebrated at the annual invitation-only Medallion Ceremony later this year.

 

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