Lee Brice had the time of his life performing at Clemson University last weekend. Lee wrote the Clemson Tigers’ new fight song, “Orange Empire,” and sang it as the final song during his concert at the school’s Littlejohn Coliseum Friday night. The next day, Lee watched as the Tigers ran into the stadium to the song before taking on South Carolina.

He says, “We had a blast this weekend in Clemson…even though our guys didn’t take the win.”

The gig was even more special since Lee used to play on the Tigers football team.  He adds, ” It was a really cool moment for me as a former player, a musician and a fan!’”

Lee has a few more football-related gigs coming up. Look for him to kick off the ACC Championship game in Charlotte, NC on Saturday. He’s also set to perform the halftime show at the Sun Bowl in El Paso, TX on New Year’s Eve.

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Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood recently joined nearly 600 other volunteers for Habitat for Humanity’s 29th annual Jimmy and Rosalynn CarterWork Project in Leogane, Haiti. The crew helped build 100 homes in the Santo community to replace those destroyed in the 2010 earthquake.

Garth and Trisha took part in the project last November as well. For more information on Habitat for Humanity’s work in Haiti, go to Habitat.org.

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Kip Moore’s latest video, “Beer Money,” starts off with a tense scene between Kip playing a mechanic and his boss, who tells Kip he’s been slacking off at work due to too much partying.  The boss is played by Kip’s manager Shawn McSpadden, and Kip didn’t have any problem arguing on camera with him.

“We bicker a lot with each other, so it kind of came natural to us,” Kip says.  “We get along great, but he makes me mad sometimes so I just kind of carry that anger into that little scene.”

Kip and Shawn had a good time filming that little dramatic bit, but it wasn’t in the original plans for the video shoot.  Kip went back and added that part because he wanted to capture what it was like for him pursuing music while working a day job.

He says, “I was always trying to write songs while I was at work or doing other things, and I always had bosses getting on to me, especially the whole time I was here in Nashville.  So, that was a very true scene to my coming through this town.”

Kip won’t be returning to a day job any time soon as “Beer Money” continues its race up the country chart.  He’s currently on the road with Eric Church’s Blood, Sweat & Beers tour playing Atlanta Thursday night.

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Trace Adkins and Scotty McCreery were among the musical performers on the NBC special Christmas in Rockefeller Center Wednesday night.

Adkins performed his version of “We Three Kings” at the tree lighting ceremony in New York City. He just released that song as a digital single.

McCreery put his own spin on “A Holly Jolly Christmas.” Speaking to ABC News Radio, he said both he and his band were excited to take part in the annual event. He said, “It feels great. I mean, this is something that you see on TV each year, you see the lights and the tree, so it’s really cool. Wanted to just be here and see it personally, but also to be able to perform, it’s really incredible.

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Blake Shelton is giving his fans 25 Days of B.S. this holiday season with the launch of his new website 25DaysofBS.com.  From now until December 21, the site will be updated daily with messages from Blake, special giveaways and more in connection to his new holiday album, Cheers, It’s Christmas, now in stores.

Blake’s first holiday special, Blake Shelton’s Not So Family Christmas, is set to air Monday, December 3 on NBC at 10 p.m. ET following The Voice.  Look for Blake to perform and sit down for an interview on NBC’s Tonight Show with Jay Leno Wednesday night to promote the special.  He’s also slated for an interview on E!’s Chelsea Lately Thursday night.

Blake is giving even more to his fans this holiday season with the release of his CMT Invitation Only special on DVD December 18 exclusively at Target.  The set features performances of Blake’s hits “God Gave Me You,” “Honey Bee” and “Home” as well as a question and answer session with fans.

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Trace Adkins is in Japan this week performing at four military bases on his seventh USO tour in 11 years. After all that time, he now considers the USO like family after all this time.  “Of course, we can never forget who we’re doing this for, the brave individuals in uniform and those who support them around the world,” Trace notes.

So far, Trace has performed for more than 29,000 troops. Look for him to perform “We Three Kings” on NBC’s Christmas in Rockefeller Center Wednesday night at 8 ET. He also co-hosts the 3rd Annual American Country Awards with Kristin Chenoweth December 10 on Fox.

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Little Big Town has postponed two concert appearances due to a loss in the immediate family of a band member’s family. Their November 29 show at the Wiltern in Los Angeles will now take place on February 8, 2013. Little Big Town will also reschedule their November 28 in Riverside, CA at a later date.

Little Big Town has also canceled their Tuesday night performance on NBC’s Tonight Show with Jay Leno. They say in a statement, “The band would like to thank their fans for their understanding and compassion during this very difficult time.”

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Newcomer Greg Bates has scored a top 10 hit with his debut single, “Did It for the Girl.”  That means Greg is hearing his song quite a bit when he fires up the radio while on tour.

Greg tells ABC News Radio, “When we get to hear it, it’s always exciting.  It’s always new every time.”

Greg sings about getting dressed up, cleaning his truck and buying flowers all to impress his girlfriend in “Did It for the Girl.”  The guys in Greg’s concert crowds don’t always like admitting they do those kind of things to impress their love interests.

He says, “It seems like every guy rolls their eyes, and every girl hits their guy and says, ‘Yeah, you’re exactly like that.'”

Greg has a show with Randy Houser coming up Thursday at Toby Keith‘s I Love This Bar & Grill in Cincinnati, OH.

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