I want to wish all of you a very MERRY Christmas.
I am off for the holidays and back on January 5th.
God bless you,
Kat
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Garth Says Touring Has no Guilt Now + Scotty McCreery Performs on Fox & Friends Christmas Special Tonight
With his three daughters in
college now, Garth admits touring has no guilt and says, “now it's like
nothing’s being held back. It’s like you get to eat mashed potatoes with both
hands instead of one.” Because of his daughters, Garth says he’s back on the
road to pay for tuition!
Tonight Scotty McCreery performs
on the Fox & Friends Christmas Special.
December 30, Miranda Lambert
plays a free show at the Belk Bowl’s FanFest in Charlotte, NC.
New Year’s Eve, Blake Shelton
will perform on Carson Daly’s special on NBC. The Band Perry sing on Pitbull’s
New Year’s Revolution on Fox and FGL, Brantley Gilbert and Lady A are on ABC’s New
Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest, performing from Nashville on Broadway.
Keith Urban celebrates New Years
Eve with a free show at Queen Victoria Park in Niagara Falls.
Finally
- Lady Antebellum will sing the national anthem at the CFB National
Championship game New Year’s Day on ESPN!
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Miranda and Blake Give $5 Concert + Music Wasn't Tim McGraw's First Career Choice
Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton
had an impromptu concert at her bed and breakfast, The Ladysmith in Tishomingo, OK on Friday. The show was announced on the B &
B’s Facebook page a few hours before it started. Tickets were only five dollars
and 80 people made it there.
Tim McGraw says music was not his
first career choice. After high school he had scholarship offers for baseball,
football and basketball but he decided to go to Northeast Louisiana University and sing with a group called The Electones. A few
months later tho they kicked him out after he failed his music theory class because
he couldn’t learn how to read music.
Years ago, Garth signed a minor
league contract with the Padres and the Mets and he also did a guest stint with
the Royals and said, “half the people in the baseball park are for you and the
rest hate you and people yelled things at me like, ‘and I hate your music too.”
Finally - Thomas Rhett’s first
concert was the Rolling Stones and one time when he saw them he snuck a camera in
and secretly filmed Mick Jagger during sound-check.
Monday, December 22, 2014
Garth Donates $200,000 + Dierks Bentley Turns Into Clark Griswold
Friday night in Nashville, Garth stopped by Justin Timberlake’s concert to
sing ‘Friends in Low Places’ with him. Justin says Garth’s always been his hero.
Saturday night Garth performed at
Kelly Clarkson’s Christmas benefit for four Nashville charities. At the end of the show, someone told
Kelly they’d raised $200,000. Then Trisha Yearwood whispered in her ear and
made her bawl; she and Garth were gonna match the $200,000.
Sugarland, the concert promoter
and 16 others have to pay $39 million dollars to the families and victims of
that stage collapse in 2011 at the Indiana State Fair where 7 were killed and
100 hurt.
Dierks Bentley says now that he’s a father of three, he’s
turned into Clark Griswold with decorating the tree and putting lights up
around the house.
Finally - Kimberly
from Little Big Town says on Christmas Eve they all get together in the living
room of her sister's house and open one gift at the same time and it’s always matching
pajamas.
Friday, December 19, 2014
Kenny Chesney Gets Picked by Rolling Stone + Hunter Hayes and Darius Rucker Are on Christmas in Washington Tonight
Jason Aldean, Florida Georgia
Line and Dierks Bentley are part of a pre-Super Bowl concert in Phoenix January 3 and tickets go on sale today thru
Ticketmaster.
Garth says when he started out in
music, he and his band’s first bus smelled so bad of diesel that all their
clothes wreaked. If you wanted to go in reverse, you had to put the bus in
neutral and get out and push because it didn’t even have reverse. Garth says,
“it’s those days that make you love these days.”
Trisha Yearwood performs on The Talk today.
Tonight Hunter Hayes and Darius Rucker sing on Christmas
in Washington on TNT
Dan and Shay are on CBS’s adoption special, Home
for the Holidays.
Finally - Kenny Chesney’s
‘American Kids’ is Rolling Stone’s #1 Country Song of the Year.
Kenny says he knew the second he
heard the song that he was going to record it.
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Eric Church is Country’s Top Selling Artist of 2014 + Little Big Town Play Taste of the NFL January 31
Eric Church is country’s top
selling artist of 2014. His album, The Outsiders, had the highest debut and sales
of any record this year, it sold over a million copies and was certified
Platinum.
Little Big Town will play Taste of the NFL Jan 31; a Super Bowl Eve
party and tickets are $700.
Carrie Underwood says her
Christmas tree is fake and her decorations include big, wooden reindeer and lots
of pillows that say stuff. Carrie also puts up stockings for her two dogs.
The only thing on Garth’s Christmas
list this year is time with family. He says, “trying to get 3 girls and Miss
Yearwood at a table for 20 minutes is all I want but the older they get, the
harder that is.”
Trace Adkins has been cast in ‘Roadrunner,’
a big screen action comedy about racing starring Clint Eastwood’s son Scott.
Finally – happy 39th
birthday to Randy Houser today.
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Blake Shelton Wins The Voice Again + The Band Perry's Working on a New Album
Blake Shelton had his 4th
win as a coach on The Voice last night when his guy, Craig Wayne Boyd won the
season finale. Craig’s single, ‘My Baby’s Got a Smile on Her Face,’ will be
released to country radio.
Luke Bryan’s main holiday tradition
is chili dogs on Christmas Eve.
Yesterday Tim McGraw was in the kitchen
prepping his red sauce that he serves over pasta every Christmas Eve.
The Band Perry is working on
their third album right now and I’m not sure if they’ll have any collaborations
but their short list includes Eminem, Jay-Z, Keith Richards and Ringo Starr.
Florida Georgia Line join WWE
superstars for tonight’s Tribute to the Troops on the USA Network. It was taped
a few weeks ago for military personnel and their families stationed at Fort Benning.
Finally - Brett Eldredge tweets,
“to chefs that wear beard nets...thanks! Not only am I pumped not to have to
eat whatever fell out of your beard, they also look glorious!”
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Jason Aldean is Artist of the Year + Tim McGraw's Oldest Graduates Next Year so he's Taking Some Time Off
The American Country Countdown
Awards were last night. The Artist of the Year was Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan &
Miranda Lambert won Male and Female Vocalist. FGL won two – Duo and
Collaboration of the Year with Luke. The highlight for me was Miranda and Kelly
Clarkson paying tribute to Reba; their voices sounded amazing together. Not
sure if she was tired but every time they panned to Carrie Underwood she wasn’t
smiling & looked totally bored.
Miranda Lambert’s on the cover of
Marie Claire’s January issue out today. Among the things she talks about is her
marriage to Blake Shelton.
Keith Urban's calendar for St.
Jude's is on sale for $15 at keithurbanfans.com
Tim McGraw’s daughter Gracie
graduates from high school next year, so he’ll take some time off in 2015 to be
more available for her as she wants to visit several colleges. Tim says he
should get back to touring sometime in June.
Finally – Garth stops by Jimmy
Kimmel Live tonight.
Monday, December 15, 2014
American Country Countdown Awards are Tonight + Luke Bryan Tops Billboard's End-of-Year Charts
The first-ever American Country
Countdown Awards are live from Nashville tonight on FOX hosted by Florida Georgia Line’s Tyler
and Brian. Awards are based on album sales and radio play except the
Breakthrough Artist is fan-voted. Carrie Underwood will kick it off and other
performers include Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean, Eric Church, Lady A and Brett
Eldredge.
Presenters include Sara Evans, Chris
Young, Thomas Rhett, Chase Rice and Cole Swindell.
Kenny Chesney will receive the
Groundbreaker Award tonight after he performs his latest single, ‘Til It’s
Gone.’ The award will be given to Kenny by actor Vince Vaughn.
Reba will receive the first-ever
Nash Icon Award tonight and Miranda Lambert and Kelly Clarkson will honor her
by performing some of her hits.
Finally - Luke Bryan’s not just
Billboard’s top male artist of the year, he’s also the top overall country
artist and the top country albums artist of 2014.
Friday, December 12, 2014
Toby Keith is Country's Highest Earner + Keith Urban's on HSN Sunday
Forbes’s Highest Earning
Musicians of 2014 list is out and Toby Keith was the country leader at #10
making $65 million, Kenny Chesney’s $44 million put him at #20. Also in the Top
25; Jason Aldean at #22 and Luke Bryan #24.
When Jake Owen isn’t touring, he
practically lives on the water. His boating essentials include wakeboarding
shorts, a boat flag, sunscreen and good music. Jake says, “there’s nothing better
than floating down the water, drinking a cold beverage and hanging with your friends.”
Carrie Underwood’s on the Rachael
Ray show today.
Tim and Faith will be given the
Harmony Award by the Nashville Symphony tomorrow night.
Tomorrow, Shania’s run at Caesars
in Vegas ends. Reba and Brooks & Dunn start there next June.
Finally - Sunday, Keith Urban’s on
HSN for the debut of his Deluxe Player 50 piece Guitar collection, a $1,400
value for just under $300.
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Get Your Luke Bryan Fathead + Blake Shelton and Ashley Monroe Perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Luke Bryan’s been declared the
most played artist on jukeboxes across North America. Also in the Top 5; Eric Church and Jason Aldean.
For the Luke Bryan fan on your
Christmas list, he’s selling a FatHead wall decal of his life-size image holding
a guitar for just under $100. It stays up with adhesive that won’t damage your
walls, so you can easily remove it.
Tonight Blake Shelton and Ashley
Monroe perform ‘Lonely Tonight’ on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
I hear Jake Owen tests out every
new song he’s considering on the water in his boat before he ever records it.
Finally - the last thing Eric
Church does before he gets onstage is put his sunglasses on. He says, “then you’re
not the normal guy anymore and you’re not the daddy; you’re the guy that’s
there to play the show.”
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Carrie Underwood's on The Talk Today + Jennifer Nettles Stars on Broadway Next Year
Jake Owen says the weirdest thing
about recently cutting his hair is seeing the back of his neck for the first
time in years. It wasn’t his wife who gave him the idea, Jake’s mom was bugging
him to cut it so that’s when he decided to do something drastic.
Carrie Underwood gives her unborn
baby private concerts and says, "If I’m in my car, I feel like I have to
make it good because he’s listening." You can see Carrie on The
Talk today.
Jennifer Nettles big news
yesterday is she’ll play Roxie Hart on Broadway in ‘Chicago the Musical’ February 2 thru March 29 and tickets
are at chicagothemusical.com.
Eric Church’s first date with his
wife was a Merle Haggard concert at the Ryman. He said Merle wore sunglasses
and when he walked out, he just stood there, the crowd went crazy and it was
three minutes before he even sang. Eric thought it was one of the coolest
things he’d ever seen.
Finally - Randy Houser’s recorded
6 songs for a new album but between being a single dad with a young son and touring,
it’s been hard to find studio time. Randy’s pretty sure tho the new record will
be out sometime next year.
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Carrie Underwood's ‘Greatest Hits: Decade #1’ is Out and Jason Aldean Goes Platinum
Carrie Underwood's ‘Greatest
Hits: Decade #1’ is out with two-discs and 25 tracks that include her #1’s, two
new songs and previously unreleased versions of four others. It
also includes duets with Brad Paisley, Randy Travis and Vince Gill. It was 10
years ago that Carrie won American Idol.
Jason Aldean’s ‘Old Boots, New
Dirt’ has only been out 8-weeks and now we hear it’s the only country album
released in 2014 to sell over a million copies and be certified Platinum.
Blake Shelton says the song he sings
in the shower is the theme to the TV show The Love Boat.
Miranda Lambert says Blake’s the happiest
person on the planet and he pulls her out of her darkness like anxiousness and
worry. Miranda says she’s learned everything doesn't have to be perfect and
that things may even be better flawed.
Jennifer Nettles is going to announce quote “big news” on
the Today Show!
Finally – Sara Evans stops by Live with Kelly and Michael
today.
Monday, December 8, 2014
Miranda Lambert and Eric Church Lead the GRAMMY Nods + Blake Shelton Performs on The Voice Tonight
The Grammy Awards are February 8 and the nominations are
in. Miranda Lambert and Eric Church lead with 4 each. Also getting nods Dierks,
Carrie, Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw, Keith Urban, The Band Perry and Little Big
Town.
Trisha Yearwood will co-host The
Rachael Ray Show today.
Tonight on The Voice, Blake Shelton will perform ‘Lonely Tonight’ with Ashley Monroe.
Here's a look at all the country
categories:
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
Dierks Bentley - Riser
Eric Church - The Outsiders
Brandy Clark - 12 Stories
Miranda Lambert - Platinum
Lee Ann Womack - The Way I'm
Livin'
BEST COUNTRY SONG
(The award goes to the
songwriter)
"I'm Not Going to Miss
You" - Glen Campbell and Julian Raymond (Glen Campbell)
"American Kids" -
Rodney Clawson, Luke Laird, Shane McAnally (Kenny Chesney)
“Automatic” – Miranda Lambert,
Nicolle Galyon and Natalie Hemby (Miranda Lambert)
“Meanwhile Back at Mama’s” – Tom
Douglas, Jaren Johnston and Jeffrey Steele (Tim McGraw /Faith Hill)
“Give Me Back My Home Town” – Eric Church and Luke Laird (Eric Church)
BEST COUNTRY SOLO PERFORMANCE
Eric Church – “Give Me Back My
Hometown”
Hunter Hayes – “Invisible”
Miranda Lambert – “Automatic”
Carrie Underwood – “Something in
the Water”
Keith Urban – “Cop Car”
BEST COUNTRY DUO/GROUP
PERFORMANCE
The Band Perry -
"Gentle on My Mind"
Miranda Lambert With Carrie
Underwood– “Somethin' Bad”
Little Big Town -"Day
Drinking"
Tim McGraw /Faith Hill– "Meanwhile Back at Mama's"
Keith Urban / Eric Church–
"Raise 'Em Up"
Tonight on The Voice, Blake Shelton will perform ‘Lonely Tonight’ with Ashley Monroe.
Carrie
Underwood’s on The Tonight Show and tomorrow she’ll be on the Today Show’s fourth
hour as she has a new record out then.
Finally - Jason Aldean says as far as acting goes, he’d
like to do more if he can find the time but between planning a wedding, touring
and filming hunts for his Buck Commander TV show, he’s just too busy right now.
Friday, December 5, 2014
Jake Owen Cuts His Hair Off + Lady A Say Fake is Better When it Comes to Christmas Trees
Jake Owen shocked everyone yesterday
when he cut off his long hair; something he hasn’t done for 8-years. His 18-year
old nephew texted him that he doesn’t even remember Jake with short hair.
Tim McGraw’s among the artists sharing memories and performing tonight on, A Very Grammy Christmas on CBS.
Lady A perform during tonight’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards in Vegas on FOX Sports.
The new video for Eric Church's latest single, ‘Talladega,’ premieres today on Vevo.com.
Tonight on CMT Canada, Artists of the Year airs honoring Keith Urban, Jason Aldean, Florida Georgia Line, Miranda Lambert and Luke Bryan.
Finally - Sunday night Trisha Yearwood will perform on CNN Heroes. They’ll honor 10 everyday people who are changing the world.
Tim McGraw’s among the artists sharing memories and performing tonight on, A Very Grammy Christmas on CBS.
Lady A perform during tonight’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards in Vegas on FOX Sports.
Speaking of Lady Antebellum, when
it comes to Christmas trees, they all agree fake is better. Charles and Dave are both
allergic to real and Hillary thinks they’re messy plus she doesn’t want to
accidentally burn her house down.
The new video for Eric Church's latest single, ‘Talladega,’ premieres today on Vevo.com.
Tonight on CMT Canada, Artists of the Year airs honoring Keith Urban, Jason Aldean, Florida Georgia Line, Miranda Lambert and Luke Bryan.
Finally - Sunday night Trisha Yearwood will perform on CNN Heroes. They’ll honor 10 everyday people who are changing the world.
Thursday, December 4, 2014
Jason Aldean Says His Wedding will "be Sooner Than Later" + Carrie Underwood Launches Clothing Line
Jason Aldean says as for his upcoming wedding to Brittany Kerr, “with the holidays,
we'll have time off. I can't tell you when, but it’ll definitely be sooner than
later."
DICK’S Sporting Goods and Carrie
Underwood just launched Calia, her new fitness clothing line and it’ll be at their
stores and online in March.
Brooks & Dunn and Reba will take
Shania’s spot and team up for a Vegas residency that starts June 24 at The
Colosseum at Caesars and tickets go on sale this morning.
When Dierks Bentley met George Strait back in 04, they were touring together. George was
walking down the hall when Dierks got up the nerve to say hi but George was
ready to go onstage and couldn’t hear a word Dierks said cause he had ear plugs
in.
Next
time you want to see Tim McGraw in Nashville, he’s a regular at Ensworth High’s football games where
his daughter Maggie’s a cheerleader.
Finally
– Gary Allan tweeted yesterday, “in the studio cutting a song, new music
coming soon!”
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Keith Urban Has a Free Show New Years Eve + Tim McGraw Inducted Into Headwear Hall of Fame
Keith Urban will celebrate New
Years Eve with a free concert at Queen Victoria Park in Niagara Falls. The show costs 3 million dollars to produce and
will be on TV but only in Canada.
Miranda Lambert's Platinum and
Eric Church's The Outsiders made Rolling Stone's list of the all-genre 50 Best
Albums of 2014. Miranda came in at #5 and Eric was #21.
Tim McGraw will be inducted into
the Headwear Hall of Fame next year and says, "I've never been comfortable
with how I looked without a hat because I always felt that I had a really big
head. I don't have a forehead; I have a 'fivehead.”
Brad Paisley thinks the best
thing about his career is Nashville
doesn’t make him conform and says because of that he feels like a new artist
every time he puts something out.
Finally - Trisha Yearwood will perform
on The Ellen DeGeneres Show today and tonight she, Darius Rucker, LeAnn Rimes
and more will perform on NBC’s Christmas in Rockefeller Center.
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
The CMT Artists of the Year Airs Tonight + Luke Bryan Suffers Family Loss Last Weekend
The CMT Artists of the Year hosted
by Larry the Cable Guy airs tonight on CMT & VH1. Stars like Eric Church
and Lady A will honor Keith Urban, Jason Aldean, Florida Georgia Line, Miranda
Lambert and Luke Bryan but he’s had to cancel due to the loss of his
brother-in-law Ben Saturday. Ben was married to Luke’s sister who died 7 years
ago.
Keith Urban says he’d still be
playing music even if he never achieved commercial success. When he started
playing at age 6, his parents were incredibly supportive and drove him to
numerous talent competitions. He wasn’t even old enough to drive when he joined
his first band.
Carrie Underwood always wears
makeup, even on her day off and says, “I just feel better when I have a little
on.” Of course the few times she’s made a late night run to the grocery store
without any are when fans see her and want to take a photo.
Finally - Tim McGraw says as a
child he had an Elvis record he wore out and when he met Faith he was so happy
to find out she too was a huge Elvis fan.
Monday, December 1, 2014
Miranda Lambert Saves a Town + CMA Country Christmas Airs Tonight
Over the weekend, Miranda Lambert
opened the Platinum Ballroom at her Oklahoma bed and breakfast with a concert from The Sideshow
Drifters. She’s also been credited with saving Tishomingo, the tiny town where
she and Blake live. In 2012, when she opened her retail store, the Pink Pistol,
others started doing the same and now Main Street that was nearly empty has only two storefronts empty
right now. The Pink Pistol carries everything from clothes to guitar-shaped
spatulas to a tray that makes bullet-shaped ice. I also found out the lobby of
her B & B has a confessional slash kissing booth and a sofa made from an old
Tilt-A-Whirl car.
The CMA Country Christmas airs
tonight on ABC hosted by Jennifer Nettles. Performers include Carrie Underwood,
Little Big Town, Brett Eldredge, Sara Evans, Hunter Hayes plus Brad Paisley
will play guitar while Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler sings.
When asked if she’ll do any
online shopping today, Carrie Underwood says she’s definitely a “Cyber Monday
kinda girl.”
Finally - newcomer Chase Rice will
make his debut appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight.
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