NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – It’s taking care of two things with one performance. Keith Urban and Rascal Flatts are headlining the Academy of Country Music’s Party for a Cause Festival in April. And at the same time, they will be helping to open a new entertainment district at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Rascal Flatts will play the festival on April 4, while Urban takes the stage the following day. The ACM Awards will cap the weekend April 6. Others scheduled to perform include Chris Young, Thomas Rhett, Jerrod Niemann and Joe Nichols.

 

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Looks like Trace Adkins has had a setback in his sobriety. The singer is back in rehab after getting into the bottle during a country music cruise trip. His publicist confirms the reports about Adkins’ leaving the ship to check into a program. But People.com indicates the incident that led Adkins to seek help was more involved than just him knocking back a few. People says an intoxicated Adkins got into a fight with a Trace Adkins impersonator who was singing karaoke at a ship bar. Adkins is 52 – and back in 2001, went into alcohol rehab after his family staged an intervention. He’s been open about how his abuse of booze has hurt himself – and those around him.

 

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Keith Urban and Kacey Musgraves will perform at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards. Musgraves and Taylor Swift are each up for seven awards, and Urban has one nod. They join previously announced performers Merle Haggard, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson and Blake Shelton. The show will air live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles Jan. 26 on CBS-TV.

 

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Justin Mooreand wife Kate, who are expecting their third child this summer, joining big sisters Ella Kole (3) and Kennedy Faye (2).

 

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Last week, his friend and fellow country star Jason Aldean announced he was doing a some gigs at baseball stadiums this summer. Now, Luke Bryan taking things up a notch – by doing three shows at football stadiums as part of his “That’s My Kinda Night” tour. The shows will be in Pittsburgh in June – and in Philadelphia and Chicago in August. Few acts these days have the drawing power to fill a stadium. But there’s been a growing trend for country acts to sell out stadiums in the right markets. Bryan says he’s happy to follow stars like Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw and Taylor Swift who have done stadium shows.

 

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Tim McGraw will launch the Sundown Heaven Town 2014 Tourin Sacramento in May. Tickets for the 30-city summer tour will begin to go on sale Jan. 24 as part of Live Nation‘s Country Megaticket here.

 

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Congratulations to Joe Nichols and wife Heather, who are expecting their second child together. Baby Nichols is due in early summer.

 

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NEW YORK (AP) – Peanuts, Cracker Jack – and Jason Aldean? That will be on the menu for fans in several major league ballparks later this year. The country star is teaming up with Major League Baseball to do a 50-date tour that will see him play at several ballparks. Among the venues on the schedule will be Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, as well as the stadiums in Pittsburgh and Cincinnati. It’s part of a tour that will also see Aldean play arenas. But he’s most excited about being on the same field that big-league baseball players play. He once played Fenway Park in Boston and recalls that stepping out onto the field there was one of his fondest memories.

 

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Nominees Taylor Swift, Blake Shelton, Kacey Musgraves, Tim McGraw and Jason Aldean will be featured on the 2014 Grammy Nominees album set for release Jan. 21. “For more than 20 years we have been creating some incredible editions of the Grammy Nominees album, which again represents some of the great songs and talented artists that make up this year’s remarkable nominees,” says The Recording Academy Pres./CEO Neil Portnow. Fans who pre-order a copy by Jan. 20 here could win a trip to the 56th Annual Grammy Awards Jan. 26 in L.A. Fans who buy it in stores could win a trip to next year’s show.

 

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SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) – Before you hear it, sing along with it, hum it or dance to it, someone has to come up with the idea and set it to music. That’s the idea behind an event set for Grammy week – and it will feature performances from artists like Bonnie Raitt and Kris Kristofferson. They will take part in the event “A Star Is Born” – also known as the Grammy Foundation Legacy Concert. Aside from Raitt and Kristofferson, performers will include Jimmy Webb, Steve Cropper and Paul Wilson – as well as current Grammy nominees Sklar Gray and John Rzeznik.

 

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HARRODSBURG, Kentucky (AP) – A Kentucky restaurant run by Eddie Montgomery is being sold off. The auction sale of Eddie Montgomery’s Steakhouse in Harrodsburg is set for January – and the proceeds will go toward wiping out $12.7 million in defaulted loans. Central Bank & Trust of Lexington won a judgment against the eatery, forcing the sell-off. Montgomery is half of the country music duo Montgomery Gentry, which had a string of hits between 1999 and 2008. The restaurant opened in late 2009 but closed in early May.

 

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