And more news on Miranda- Shehas just released her own signature rose to sell.
The "Miranda Lambert Rose" is a hot pink flower. It is a Hybrid Tea with large
vivid pink blossoms which measure more than five inches in diameter and has a fruity scent.
They won’t be available till next year, but when they are, half the proceeds will be given to
Miranda's MuttNation Foundation, which helps save and rescue pups all over the United States.
Nashville News: Thursday, 3/19
Tim McGraw has honed his acting skills on movies, but he says he wouldn't be opposed to doing a
Broadway or movie musical if the right one came along.
Tim's next movie, Tomorrowland, casts him as the father of a teenager who's trying to
uncover the secrets of a mysterious place called Tommorrowland. The movie, starring George Clooney,
opens in theaters May 22nd.
Luke Bryan's Spring Break days may be coming to end, but he’s going out on top.
His final Spring Break release,Spring Break...Checkin' Out is the nation's top-selling country album in its first week out, selling over 100,000 copies.
This gives Luke his 5th career #1 album debut: three of those have been from the Spring Break themed series.
And in breaking news: Luke Bryan and Brett Eldredge have both joined SnapChat! Yes, it is true! It is yet
another way for the boys to reach their fans. You can follow Luke at lukebryansnaps and Brett at
brett_eldredge.
Nashville News: Wednesday, 3/18
All six of Johnny Cash's albums produced by Rick Rubin are being released together as a vinyl box set. The
albums will be available on March 24th. Some say they represent some of Johnny's most creative work.
Eric Church has started thinking about the followup to his 2014 The Outsiders album, but he says it will take
some time to complete it- and he probably won’t begin working on new music until the summer.
Although he hasn’t actually started working on his next release, Eric has been spending plenty of time thinking about a musical direction for it. He says, “I do feel like Outsiders is kind of our outlier album, no pun intended. And it freed me up a little bit. I feel like it is kind of the crazy one and I kind of shook that tree a little bit. And I don’t know where we’re going next.”
Tim McGraw narrates the ESPN documentary Shaq and Dale, about the friendship betweenShaquille O'Neal
and his Louisiana State University coach, Dale Brown.
The gig is perfect match for Tim, a Louisiana native and big LSU fan. The documentary premieres on April 13th.
Nashville News: Tuesday, 3/17
Zac Brown Band,Lady Antebellum and Kacey Musgraves will take part in March Madness. They'll perform at
the 2015 March Madness Music Festival in Indianapolis, home to the Final Four, on April 5th. The three-day music festival will be held at White River State Park and is free to the public.
Sam Hunt’s current single ‘Take Your Time’ has officially been certified gold for sales and downloads of over
500,000! The video for the song was released last week and can be viewed now on his website, samhunt.com or YouTube.
And in a very funny way, Taylor Swift responded to National Enquirer gossip claiming she had her legs insured
for $40 million. Over the weekend, Taylor took to Twitter with a picture of a cat scratch on her upper left leg,
captioning, “GREAT WORK MEREDITH I WAS JUST TRYING TO LOVE YOU AND NOW YOU OWE ME 40 MILLION DOLLARS.”
Taylor also took to Twitter to give some love to another female country singer. She recently discovered Kelsea Ballerini, and she’s obsessed! She tweeted yesterday at Kelsea, “Driving around with her EP on repeat. So
lovely:)
Nashville News: Monday, 3/16
Brett Eldredge is #1on theMediabasechart this week with “Mean to Me.” It’s his third love song to hit number-one following “Beat of the Music” and “Don’t Ya.” Brett says he does not mind being know as the guy who
sings all the love songs.
Luke Bryan’s final Spring Break in Panama City, Florida was one for the record books! The concerts hosted
more than 400,000 partiers for the free, twoday event. Also in attendancewere Luke’s wife, nephew
and mom. Because a family that Spring Breaks together, stays together!
Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler is reportedly set to sign with Big Machine Records with the plan to make a country
solo album. According to Billboard, Steven has already relocated to Nashville and started working with some
of the best songwriters in town. The story is still unfolding and I will keep you posted!