(AP) – Shania Twain is gearing up for her Las Vegas residency, and she’s already had what she calls her “first favorite moment.” She tweeted a photo of her with Elton John, saying “a genuine welcome hug from music hero Elton John backstage in ‘our’ dressing room.” Her show, called “Shania – Still The One” begins December 1st at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace.
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(AP) – Jason Aldean’s efforts are paying off in the fight against breast cancer. He raised over $509,000 during his seventh annual “Concert for the Cure” in Dallas. The money will help support the local chapter of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Aldean played to a sold-out crowd of more than 20,000 people on the last stop of his “My Kinda Party” tour.
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(AP) – Jason Aldean says he’s “curious” about things like album sales and chart positions, but those aren’t the most important things in his career. He told a group of reporters recently that he “hasn’t even called his record company in four years.” They probably don’t mind too much because his new album, ‘Night Train,’ debuted at the top of both Billboard’s country albums chart and its multi-genre albums chart, selling 409,303 copies its first week. Aldean wraps up his “My Kinda Party” tour this Saturday in Dallas with his annual Concert for the Cure to benefit breast cancer research. He then heads to Nashville for the CMA Awards, where he’s nominated for three trophies, including Entertainer of the Year.
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On Friday, October 26, 2012, 99 KZ Country will feature Blake Shelton in celebration of Country Music Month. Through October, an artist is featured each day with a song every hour. You can see when your favorite artists will be featured with this calendar: Country Music Month October 2012
Congrats to Audrey Ummel!
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(AP) – It’s almost that time of year again. November 4 marks the end of Daylight Saving Time – the traditional time to change smoke alarm batteries. Bucky Covington is teaming up with Kidde – a manufacturer of fire safety products – and local and national fire officials to launch a new awareness campaign, “Be a Hero, Save a Hero.” Based on the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation’s original program, the new campaign urges Americans to help reduce the risks that firefighters face by pledging to take some simple home fire safety steps. For each person who takes the pledge and shares their support through social media, Kidde will donate $1 to the Fallen Firefighters Foundation and Help the Good Guys, organizations dedicated to aiding families of injured and fallen firefighters.
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(AP) – Jason Aldean’s album “Night Train” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 chart this week. Aldean says this past week has been “beyond anything” he’s ever expected. Last week Aldean spent a day jetting across the country to make surprise appearances at Boston’s Fenway Park, Chicago’s Wrigley Field and the University of Georgia’s Sanford Stadium to announce that his 2013 tour will make stops at each of the stadiums next year. Aldean, who’s a big baseball fan, is nominated for Entertainer of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year and Single of the Year at next week’s CMA Awards.
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(AP) – Toby Keith is a notorious no-show at the CMA Awards. So don’t expect to see him next week even though he’s nominated for Music Video of the Year for his song “Red Solo Cup.” Keith told Country Weekly that he’s “gotta go get a root canal that day, or something fun.” “Red Solo Cup” is Keith’s first crossover success. He says he thinks pop radio stations have considered him too country in the past and tells Country Weekly that he “always took pride in that.”
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(AP) – It’s safe to say Brad Paisley met a lot of his fans on tour this year. He played to over one million fans in the U.S. on his “Virtual Reality World Tour.” The domestic run just wrapped up, but he still has six international shows scheduled for November. Paisley is also hosting and performing on the CMA Awards November 1st.
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(AP) – Tim McGraw and Faith Hill will be performing on the CMA Awards next week. Hill will sing her new single, “American Heart,” and McGraw will debut new music from his upcoming album. They’ll return to the stage together with Lady Antebellum and Blake Shelton for a special tribute to Willie Nelson. The CMAs air live from Nashville November 1st on ABC.
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(AP) – Miranda Lambert and Dierks Bentley are going on tour together next year. They’re kicking off the co-headlining “Locked and Reloaded” tour on January 17th. The two toured together in 2006 on Bentley’s “Locked and Loaded” tour with Lambert as an opener.
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(AP) – Scotty McCreery is performing songs from his new Christmas album on QVC today. He will also offer viewers an opportunity to order his album as part of a two CD set, including his platinum-selling debut album “Clear As Day.” The Christmas record includes classics like, “Let It Snow” and “Jingle Bells,” along with two originals.
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(AP) – Jamey Johnson is launching a fall tour, called “Living For A Song.” It’s named after his new tribute album to Hank Cochran, released on October 16th. The tour kicks off in Knoxville, Tennessee, November 8th. The dates run through December 31st in Montgomery, Alabama, with more to be announced soon.
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(AP) – Garth Brooks is kicking around ideas for a comeback. He says “we’re just going to start. It’s going to be fun.” Brooks retired to raise his kids, and now his youngest daughter, Allie, is a junior in high school. His wife, Trisha Yearwood, says Allie is ready for the couple to go on the road again because she is doing every after-school activity possible. Brooks said great songwriters “can birth a career, but the greatest ones can bring life back into one.” He said they will be “looking hard for songs just to see what the future might hold.” Brooks is 50 years old.
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