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Tim McGraw & Faith Hill's Soul2Soul II Tour wraps at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. The couple brought in almost $89 million during the concert run, setting a record as the highest-grossing country tour in history. Originally beginning the run as the Soul2Soul 2006, it was the follow up to the highly successful Soul2Soul tour in 2000.

It quickly became one of the fastest-selling concert events of the year, with additional shows added in 15 cities due to high ticket demand. The first run of the tour ran from April 26th to Sept 3rd, with 73 dates, including a July 5th show in New Orleans with proceeds going to benefit Gulf Coast hurricane relief efforts. Ticket sales passed the one million mark with the one-millionth fan attending the first of three shows in Los Angeles at the Staples Center. The lucky fan was given a Dodge Charger as a thank you gift from the couple.

On February 4, 2007, it was announced that the couple would return to the road in the summer of 2007 with Soul2Soul 2007 due to the success of Soul2Soul II. They aimed to visit U.S. and Canadian cities they could not reach in 2006; the restart a year later was to still mainstain a mostly-summertime schedule, to accommodate their school-age children.

For the year, the Soul2SoulII tour was the third-highest grossing tour in North America (behind The Rolling Stones' A Bigger Bang Tour and Barbra Streisand's Streisand: The Tour); and the fifth-highest grossing tour in the world for 2006. Soul2Soul II Tour 2006 became, and is still, the highest-grossing country music tour of all time.

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    2013

    Thomas Rhett secures a gold single with "It Goes Like This." The title track and third single from his debut album was written by Rhett Akins (Thomas' father), Ben Hayslip, and Jimmy Robbins and was his first #1 single.

    To date, the song has sold more that 1.3 million copies.

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    2009

    ESPN debuted Kenny Chesney’s college football theme song, "This Is Our Moment." The song aired during the network's college football broadcasts throughout 2009.

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    2008

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    1961

    Loretta Lynn signs with Decca Records. She would remain with Decca for 12 years until jumping to MCA Records in 1973, recording 18 albums.

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    1955

    Jim Reeves left The Louisiana Hayride to join the cast of The Grand Ole Opry. His first appearance at the Opry would be October 22 and he would remain a mainstay on the Opry stage until his death in a plane crash in 1964. His final appearance was June 29, 1963.

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    Birthdays

    Singer/songwriter Aaron Henningsen is (The Henningsens) is 32

    Singer Hank Thompson was born on this date in 1925. Over his seven decade career, Hank sold more than 60 million records.

    Although not as prominent on the top country acts in later decades, Thompson remained a recording artist and concert draw well into his 80s. His backing band, The Brazos Valley Boys, was voted the top Country Western Band for 14 years in a row by Billboard.

    Thompson's last public performance was October 7, 2007. After being diagnosed with an aggressive lung cancer, he would cancel the remainder of his 'Sunset Tour' and succumb to the disease on November 1, 2007.

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