Zac Brown Band is set to release the new album Jekyll and Hyde on April 28th.
The record features collaborations withSara Bareilles and Soundgarden's Chris Cornell. They'll hit
the road with a tour that kicks off in Nashville on May 1st and includes stops in some ball fields,
including Boston's Fenway Park.
Zac says the album will have "things that people will expect and things that they don't."
The band will perform some of the songs from the new album onSaturday Night Live this weekend.
Nashville News: Thursday, 3/5
Shania Twain will tour for the first time in 11 years. Her 48
date Rock This Country tour begins on June 5th in Seattle and wraps on August 23rd in Fresno,
California.
Shania promises lots of bells and whistles, but she insists she won't be like the show she performed
for her Las Vegas residency. The closest to she will stop to us is in Pittsburgh at the Consol Energy
Center on July 10th.
Darius Rucker is looking forward to hanging out with his opening acts Brett Eldredge, Brothers
Osborne and A Thousand Horses after shows on his tour. But he's issued a word of warning about
the dress code to Brett -- who's known to be a sharp dresser.
Darius's new album, Southern Style, comes out on March 31st. The tour stops at Blossom on August 20th.
Nashville News: Wednesday, 3/4
Congratulations to Carrie Underwood and Mike Fisher on the birth of their baby boy. Carrie
made the announcement via Twitter. "Tiny hands and tiny feet... God has blessed us with an amazing
gift! Isaiah Michael Fisher -- born February 27th."
If you notice a lot of women sporting much shorter hair, you can thank Faith Hill. According to Google
her blonde pixie cut was the most-searched hairstyle from the red carpet at last month's Oscars.
Faith was on hand to support her husband,Tim McGraw, who sang the nominated song "I'm Not
Gonna Miss You," from the documentaryGlen Campbell…I'll Be Me.
Randy Houser just wrapped up his first run of shows opening for Luke Bryan, and performing on
Luke's massive stage is requiring some adjustment for him.
Randy says of Luke- "He's so gracious, gives us access to all the production and everything. It's just
really neat. We've had a blast."
Even though Randy is entertaining the largest audiences of his career, he still tries to create intimate moments during his concerts. He pulled that off recently by playing his latest hit, "Like a Cowboy,"
backed up by a single acoustic guitar. Can you say- can’t wait for that- Randy and Luke will stop at
First Energy Stadium in Cleveland on September 5th.
Nashville News: Tuesday, 3/3/15
It's been nearly three years since Kip Moore released his debut album, Up All Night.
The wait for new music has been frustrating to Kip and his fans. At first he was angry about his label's decision to wait, but now he sees that the delay turned out to be a good thing.
Still no word on a release date for the album.
Miranda Lambert got a new tat! She matching eighth note tattoos with tour matesGwen SebastianandRaeLynnover the weekend in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
The Tulsa date was the last on the Certified Platinum Tour for RaeLynn. Sunny Sweeney will fill her spot opening alongside Justin Moore when Miranda returns to the tour on March 6 in Oklahoma City. Maybe they will get tatted up too!
Nashville News: Monday, 3/2/15
Kelly Clarkson was dropping plenty of hints about "going country" before she gave birth to her
daughter. And though she hasn't made that move on her new Piece by Piece
album, she says you never know what might happen down the road.
She tells Time magazine, "I’ve actually been creating both albums, a country one and this one at the
same time... I’m both people. I have everything on my iPad from country to R&B to pop to rock... I had
a pop record left on my contract, so we decided to put this one out first.”
Piece by Piece is set to hit stores tomorrow.
Blake Shelton isn’t lonely at the top of the Mediabase chart this week. Ashley Monroe joins Blake at
number-one with their hit duet “Lonely Tonight.” It is Blake’s 14th consecutive number-
one and his 19th overall.
Exciting news- Will Hogeis releasing a new album this spring.
‘Small Town Dreams’ is set for release on April 7, the album chronicles Will’s personal experience of
growing up in small town USA and it features the lead single- ‘Made it America.’ This is his 10th studio
album!