Florida Georgia Line Win 6 AMA's

Florida Georgia Line Win 6 AMA's

Florida Georgia Line won 6 American Country Awards last night including Best New Artist and Single of the Year for the ‘Cruise’ remix with Nelly. Luke Bryan was Artist of the Year and Blake Shelton won four. LeAnn Rimes paid tribute to Patsy Cline and started bawling when the audience gave her a standing ovation. Hosts Trace Adkins and Danica Patrick had no chemistry at all and the low point was when Trace put on a Las Vegas show girl bikini, complete with feather boa head dress. It’s a picture I’m still trying to get out of my head!

Reba + Trisha on Kelly Clarkson's Christmas Special Tonight

Blake Shelton, Reba, Trisha Yearwood and more guest tonight on Kelly Clarkson’s ‘Cautionary Christmas Music Tale’ on NBC.

Willie Nelson Selling Texas Golf Course

Willie Nelson's selling his Cut n' Putt 9-hole golf course in Spicewood, Texas for $3 million. It also includes a recording studio. Golfers also have to abide by a few posted rules like when another player’s shooting, you can’t whistle, hum or clink coins and women are the only ones that can wear bikinis there while golfing.

Taylor Swift Remembers Kanye Moment

Finally – remember when Kanye West interrupted Taylor Swift at the MTV Awards? On the wall of her Nashville home, Taylor has a photo of that and under it she wrote, ‘Life is full of little interruptions.’

Garth Will World Tour in 2014

Garth Will World Tour in 2014

Months ago I revealed Garth would tour in 2014 and yesterday he confirmed it. It’s a world tour that’ll last three years. Trisha’s on the bill and Garth knows where and when it’ll kick off but he’s not telling us yet. He says it will make everything he did before it “look small.”

* - my story from 10/21/13...Garth sent out a cryptic message late Friday that read, “the sevens have aligned. It has begun...Thank you for believing...love, g.” Sevens was his 7th album. In 2012, Steve Wynn said Garth had big plans for 2014; a world tour that would kick off in August but would also take six months to plan. It includes Trisha and my sources say Reba’s in talks to be the opener. I also know Garth’s planning an album ‘cause he’s looking for songs and he’ll also be filming a TV special directed by Martin Scorsese.

Trace Adkins Hosts ACA's Tonight

Tonight it’s the American Country Awards hosted by Trace Adkins and Danica Patrick on FOX. Performers include Jake Owen, Brad Paisley, Florida Georgia Line, Lady A, Justin Moore and LeAnn Rimes. Presenters include Thompson Square, Chris Young and Joe Nichols.

Sara Evans Live Chats This Afternoon

Sara Evans will perform tonight and live chat today, 5 ET/4 CT/2 PT at sheknows.com.

Taylor Swift Sings on CBS Tonight 

Tonight on CBS, Taylor Swift sings on the Victoria Secret Fashion Show.

Blake Shelton’s Team Member Harassed 

Blake Shelton’s The Voice team member, Cole Vosbury was asked to perform at a benefit from a guy he’d never met but he couldn’t do it because of The Voice so the guy started harassing him. He was just arrested and charged with extortion. You can see Cole on The Voice finale in a week. 

Zac Brown Band’s New Album is Out Now

Finally - Zac Brown Band’s new album’s out, ‘The Grohl Session Vol. 1,’ produced by Foo Fighters Dave Grohl. Also out is the debut album from Krystal Keith, Toby’s daughter.

Keith Urban Debuts New Hair

Taylor Swift +Kacey Musgraves Tie With Grammy Nods

The GRAMMY nominations are in and Taylor Swift and Kacey Musgraves tied for the most in country with four each.

Complete list of country nominees:

BEST COUNTRY SOLO PERFORMANCE

“I Drive Your Truck”

Lee Brice

Track from: Hard 2 Love

Label: Curb Records

“I Want Crazy”

Hunter Hayes

Track from: Hunter Hayes (Encore)

Label: Atlantic

“Mama’s Broken Heart”

Miranda Lambert

Label: RCA Records Label Nashville

“Wagon Wheel”

Darius Rucker

Track from: True Believers

Label: Capitol Records Nashville

“Mine Would Be You:

Blake Shelton

Track from: Based On A True Story…

Label: Warner Bros. Records

BEST COUNTRY DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE

“From This Valley”

The Civil Wars

Track from: The Civil Wars

Label: Sensibility Recordings / Columbia Records

“Don’t Rush”

Kelly Clarkson Featuring Vince Gill

Track from: Greatest Hits: Chapter One

Label: RCA Records / 19 Recordings Limited

“Your Side Of The Bed”

Little Big Town

Track from: Tornado

Label: Capitol Records Nashville

“Highway Don’t Care”

Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift & Keith Urban

Label: Big Machine Records

“You Can’t Make Old Friends”

Kenny Rogers With Dolly Parton

Label: Warner Music Nashville

BEST COUNTRY SONG

“Begin Again”

Taylor Swift, songwriter (Taylor Swift)

Label: Big Machine Records; Publishers: Sony/ATV Tree Publishing/Taylor Swift Music

“I Drive Your Truck”

Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington & Jimmy Yeary, songwriters (Lee Brice)

Track from: Hard 2 Love

Label: Curb Records; Publishers: Vistaville Music/Happy Tears Music/EMI Blackwood Music Inc./Watch This Girl Publishing/Great Day At This Music/Beattyville Music

“Mama’s Broken Heart”

Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally & Kacey Musgraves, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)

Label: RCA Records Label Nashville; Publishers: Tunes Of Bigger Picture/Vista Loma Music/Crazy Water Music/Little Blue Egg/Kobalt Songs Music Publishing/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp/351 Music

“Merry Go ‘Round”

Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves)

Track from: Same Trailer Different Park

Label: Mercury Records

“Mine Would Be You”

Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington & Deric Ruttan, songwriters (Blake Shelton)

Track from: Based On A True Story…

Label: Warner Bros. Records; Publishers: WB Music Corp/Doc And Maggie Music/Get A Load Of This Music/Vistaville Music/Happy Tears Music

BEST COUNTRY ALBUM

Night Train

Jason Aldean

Label: Broken Bow Records

Two Lanes Of Freedom

Tim McGraw

Label: Big Machine Records

Same Trailer Different Park

Kacey Musgraves

Label: Mercury Records

Based On A True Story

Blake Shelton

Label: Warner Bros. Records

Red

Taylor Swift

Label: Big Machine Records

BEST NEW ARTIST

James Blake

Kendrick Lamar

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Kacey Musgraves

Ed Sheeran

Kacey Musgraves Gets Gash on Leg

While filming her new video for ‘Follow Your Arrow,’ Kacey Musgraves got a 5-inch long gash on her right calf thanks to an on-set Yucca plant. She says it didn’t hurt as bad as it looked and the video for ‘Follow Your Arrow,’ debuts today on cmt.com.

Keith Urban Debuts New Hair

Keith Urban debuted his new haircut this weekend and I like it better than I thought I would. He also recently had his 16th #1 single and if he gets 5 more, he says he can buy an NFL team. Keith’s fallen in love with American football and he roots for the Titans.

Garth’s  on The View and The Chat Today

Garth’s on The View today and he’s #1 on the country albums chart with his box set; ‘Blame It All on My Roots.’

Rascal Flatts Has a Single Out Jan. 13

Rascal Flatts new single is out January 13. They say their career surreal moment was becoming members of the Opry. You not only get a statue built on a piece of wood from the old Ryman stage and you also get a Costco card.

Lee Brice Becomes New Daddy For 2nd Time

Finally – last Thursday Lee Brice became a dad for the 2nd time with his 2nd son – Ryker.

George Strait's Last Tour Gate Goes on Sale

Carrie Underwood's Reviews Are In 

The Sound of Music was last night and even tho Carrie Underwood’s singing was amazing, she needs to work on the acting and she was missing chemistry with her leading man. The sets were beautiful but I wish they hadn’t added to the script and I also missed the movie’s British accents. As for mistakes, her ankle kinda wobbled in the show open and she called the captain, ‘reverend’ but almost made it seem like that’s what she was supposed to do. If you missed it, it’ll re-air on NBC sometime before Christmas.

Keith Urban Debuts New Haircut Tonight

Tonight, Keith Urban and Taylor Swift perform on the Grammy Nominations Concert Live on CBS where the nominees for several categories will be announced. It’ll also be the first time we get to see Keith’s new haircut that his wife’s stylist did a week ago.

Dierks Bentley Performs for NASCAR

Also tonight, Dierks Bentley performs at the NASCAR Sprint Series Cup Awards in Vegas. It airs on Fox Sports 2 and NASCAR.com at 9ET/8CT/6PT.

Buy Garth's Next Concert Dates This Morning

Garth and his band play the Wynn Vegas Jan. 3 and 4 and tickets go on sale this morning.

George Strait's Last Tour Gate Goes on Sale

Finally - tickets go on sale this morning for the final George Strait tour stop in Arlington, Texas. Show openers are Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney, Eric Church, Miranda, Martina, Faith, Ronnie Dunn, Vince Gill, Alan Jackson, Lee Ann Womack and Asleep at the Wheel. Tickets start at $35.

Eric Church's Upcoming Album 'Wacky"

Eric Church's Upcoming Album 'Wacky"

Eric Church got industry folks together in Nashville last night at a secret location to listen to his upcoming album, ‘The Outsiders.’ People called it adventurous, out there and wacky. During some songs you can hear people talking & moving stuff. Eric wrote 121 songs for it but only used 11 and it also includes an untitled spoken-word piece.

Carrie Underwood Goes Live Tonight

Tonight it’s the live 3-hour production of The Sound of Music on NBC with Carrie Underwood. All of the singing’s live as well. During rehearsal yesterday Carrie hit herself in the head with a guitar and fell on her face playing leap frog so anything can happen tonight! I hear Carrie worked with a dialect coach to eliminate her Oklahoma accent and we’re not sure until tonight if she’ll wear braids like the promo shots show or if producers made her cut her hair short like Julie Andrews had in the movie.  

Brad Paisley + Carrie Facing Lawsuit

Months ago I told you Carrie and Brad Paisley were facing a lawsuit after a songwriter sued them for stealing her tune to write their hit ‘Remind Me.’ Now after listening to all the evidence, a federal judge has decided not to dismiss the songwriters claims and he now has to determination just how similar the songs are and if it’s substantial, Brad and Carrie may go on trial.

Jake Owen Performs on Jimmy Kimmel Live

Finally - tonight Jake Owen performs on Jimmy Kimmel Live.

Garth and Band Play Vegas in January

Garth and Band Play Vegas in January

Garth and his full band will play the Wynn Vegas Jan. 3 and 4 with two shows both nights. Tickets go on sale Friday morning. They’re all priced at $200.

Carrie Underwood on Today Show Tomorrow

Tomorrow morning Carrie Underwood’s on the Today Show to share a behind-the-scenes look at the set of the Sound of Music that airs live tomorrow night. Last night she tweeted, “incredible run-through of the show! I'm literally in tears! Hopefully we can be this great Thursday!”

Luke Bryan’s Truck Totalled

A month ago Luke Bryan’s truck went into his catfish pond. He was feeding them but didn’t realize he’d left the truck in drive so it went into the pond running, the engine was ruined and the truck was totaled. Luke says what’s funny is catfish were eating old Cheese-It’s his boys had dropped inside his truck because the water had come up that high.

Florida Georgia Line Play New Years Eve

Florida Georgia Line will perform on New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest.

Little Big Town Working on New Album

Finally – Little Big Town are busy working on their next album and they’ll release some new music from it in the coming months. They’re writing all the songs on it as well.

Jake Owen Live Chats Today

Blake + Luke Return to Host ACM's

Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan will return to co-host the ACM Awards in Vegas April 6.

Jake Owen’s Days of Gold Out With a Live Chat on Facebook This Afternoon.

Jake Owen’s new album ‘Days of Gold’ is out today but the deluxe version with four bonus tracks including a duet with Florida Georgia Line is only at Target. Today Jake will chat live on Facebook at 1PM ET.

Sound of Music Soundtrack in Stores

The soundtrack to the 3-hour live broadcast of The Sound of Music is out today. The show airs Thursday night on NBC and do you know Carrie Underwood’s been getting hate tweets with people writing, ‘you're not Julie Andrews.’ Julie Andrews herself thinks Carrie’s gonna be great in the role.

CMT Artist of the Year Honors Are Tonight

Tonight it’s the CMT Artists of the Year concert with host comedian Ron White. Honorees are Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line, Hunter Hayes and Tim McGraw. Presenters and performers include Dierks Bentley, Lady A, Alabama, Cassadee Pope and Lionel Richie.

Tonight’s honoree, Jason Aldean says, "any time you get recognized for any award in this business, it’s cool because it's not always going to be that way."

Trisha Yearwood Stops by The View Today 

Finally - Trisha Yearwood stops by The View today.

Taylor Swift Has Power We Didn't Know

Jennifer Nettles Hosts CMA Christmas Special

Tonight on ABC it’s the CMA Country Christmas with host Jennifer Nettles. Performers include Jake Owen, Lady A, Luke Bryan, Hunter Hayes, Trace Adkins, Darius Rucker and Rascal Flatts.

Taylor Swift Has Power We Didn't Know

Jessica Hart is the Victoria’s Secret model who publicly dissed Taylor Swift after Taylor sang on their recent TV fashion show. Even tho she took back what she said days later, sources say company executives are furious and Jessica is off next year’s show and she won’t be in anymore upcoming catalogs either.

Eric Church Offers FREE Shipping Today

Eric Church also has free shipping on his site today if you use the promo code SHIP4FREENOW.

Keith Urban Has Charity Calendar Out Now 

Keith Urban has free shipping for today’s Cyber Monday if you use the code THANKS2013!

You can also pick up Keith’s calendar to support St Jude now at keithurbanfans.com

Jana Kramer Turns 30 Today

Today it’s happy 30^th birthday to Jana Kramer.

Danielle Bradbery Performs on Katie

Danielle Bradbery will perform and chat on Katie today.

John Rich Says Nashville Star May Return 

Finally - John Rich says the talent show he was a judge for that Miranda Lambert was on, Nashville Star, that may be coming back to TV.

Garth Has Big Live Special Tonight

Garth Has Big Live Special Tonight

Today Garth’s on Ellen and tonight it’s his concert special, Live from Las Vegas on CBS.

He says the show will be live, live so what we see is actually happening right then!

Miranda Lambert’s Pink Pistol Goes Black

Miranda Lambert’s Pink Pistol in Tishomingo, OK, population 3,000, is having Pink Friday today with crafts, food and a free street concert by Neal McCoy. Because of Miranda, there's only one vacant building left on Main St. now.

The Band Perry + Fall Out Boy on CMT

Tonight, The Band Perry teams up with Fall Out Boy for CMT Crossroads.

Jake Owen Plays VJ Tonight on CMT

Also tonight, Jake Owen plays VJ for the night on CMT.

Keith Urban Discusses Two Daughters 

Keith Urban says his 5 year old Sunday has a sunny disposition while 2 ½ year old Faith’s introverted and reserved. Keith says she’ll probably be the musician in the family.

Thomas Rhett Embarrasses Fan in Oregon

Finally - Thomas Rhett told me one time he was sitting next to a girl at a club he was playing at in Oregon. She had no idea it was him and she got so embarrassed when he told her he was the guy she’d come out to see.