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Martina McBride Moves Family to L.A. to Help Her Daughter Pursue Acting
Martina McBride wanted to be a country star practically from the time she was born. After decades of singing success, McBride can look back and recognize how the support of her parents helped her to get where she is today. Now, as a mother of three, it’s the ‘I’m Gonna Love You Through It’ hitmaker’s turn to support her daughter’s dreams.
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Brantley Gilbert Announces 2012 Headlining Tour Dates
Brantley Gilbert has definitely earned his slot on the list of up-and-coming country stars. This year, the rising hitmaker has watched ‘You Don’t Know Her Like I Do’ become his second-consecutive No. 1 single, and he’s gained major songwriting success, too. Gilbert penned ‘Dirt Road Anthem’ and ‘My Kinda Party,’ both of which Jason Aldean has taken to the top of the country charts. After gaining fans for his fist-pumping, hell-raising stage performances as an opener for Toby Keith and Eric Church, Gilbert has decided to trek out on his own headlining tour.
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Luke Bryan to Appear on ‘Good Morning America’ This Week
Between touring with Jason Aldean and promoting his multi-week No. 1 single ‘Drunk on You’, Luke Bryan is in the midst of a seriously busy summer. But that’s not going to stop the award-winning country star from stepping onstage in Central Park on Friday (July 13) to play a set for the ‘Good Morning America’ Summer Concert Series.
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Sugarland’s Kristian Bush to Help ‘Pretty Little Liars’ Star Lucy Hale Jumpstart a Country Career
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Carrie Underwood Would Pick Reese Witherspoon to Play Her in a Movie
When Reese Witherspoon transformed into June Carter Cash in the Johnny Cash biopic ‘Walk the Line,’ she turned quite a few heads for her spot-on renditions of ‘It Ain’t Me Babe’ and ‘Jackson.’ By now, we all know that Witherspoon has what it takes to play the part of a major country star — and Carrie Underwood knows it, too. In a recent interview with KO Video, Underwood said that if she could choose one actress to play her role in a biopic, it would be Witherspoon.
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Carrie Underwood Hopes to Be Lauren Alaina’s ‘Big Sister’
Carrie Underwood is best known for her off-the-charts singing voice — have you heard her pipes in ‘Good Girl’? — but sometimes country music fans forget that the award-winning songstress is an accomplished songwriter, too. Typically, Underwood is one to record her own work, but her latest tune, ‘Eighteen Inches,’ will be fellow ‘American Idol’ alum Lauren Alaina‘s next radio single. Of course Underwood is excited to have Alaina record the song, but she’s also looking forward to helping the young starlet navigate her country music fame.
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Miranda Lambert Cancels Upcoming Concerts Per Doctor’s Orders
It’s hard to imagine tough-as-nails country gal Miranda Lambert getting so sick that she has to cancel shows, but unfortunately, that’s exactly what has happened this week. The normally energetic country star was slated to play at Jam in the Valley in Varysburg, N.Y. tonight (July 6), but according to Jam in the Valley officials, the ‘Over You’ hitmaker “has taken ill and has canceled all performances for this weekend as per her doctor’s orders.”
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Keith Urban Not Returning to ‘The Voice’ Until His Album Is Done
Although Keith Urban has fully enjoyed coaching talented singers on ‘The Voice’ in Australia, there’s no chance that the ‘You Gonna Fly’ hitmaker will trade in his guitar for a permanent reality TV contract anytime soon. While Urban would be thrilled to do another season of ‘The Voice,’ he told Australian radio’s Kyle & Jackie O Show that making music is still priority No. 1.
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Luke Bryan and Kellie Pickler Line Up for MLB All-Star Game Performances
Major League Baseball is getting countrified this year — and not just because Zac Brown Band will be singing ‘Chicken Fried’ at the State Farm Home Run Derby on July 9. At the main event on July 10, Luke Bryan will take the stage at the MLB All-Star Game in Kansas City to sing the National Anthem minutes before the umpire shouts, “Play ball!” During the seventh-inning stretch, fellow country star Kellie Pickler will perform ‘God Bless America’ from the field.
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Keith Urban Admits Life With Three Girls Has Made Him More of a Crier
You wouldn’t be able to tell from watching his rocking stage performances, but as it turns out, having a wife and two daughters has made Keith Urban a bit of a softie. In a recent interview with the Belfast Telegraph, the ‘For You’ singer admitted that sometimes even the most random things make him cry.
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Tim McGraw Shares What Makes America a Great Place to Live
There’s no day quite like the Fourth of July to make Americans reflect on the freedoms and gifts we too often take for granted as citizens of the U.S.A. And nobody salutes the red, white and blue quite as often or as seriously as country music stars. In light of this year’s Independence Day, longtime country music king Tim McGraw paused to reflect on what makes America a great place to live.
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Lady Antebellum Close Own the Night Tour with Attendance Milestone
Last November, when Lady Antebellum kicked off their 85-city We Own the Night tour in Knoxville, Tenn., they had no idea that by the end of the U.S. leg of the tour, they would have played to more than one million fans. Last Saturday night (June 30), the award-winning trio closed the North American portion of the tour by playing with Darius Rucker and Thompson Square at Milwaukee’s Summerfest, marking an attendance milestone of more than 1 million fans.