Nashville News: Thursday, 11/19
Lee Brice will hit the road with his longtime buddy Tyler Farr for his Life Off My Years tour. Lee and Tyler will play
21 cities starting in Salisbury, Maryland on February 4th and wrapping up in Toledo, Ohio on April 23rd. They will
stop in Youngstown on April 22nd!
The two have worked together in the past -- Lee even appeared in Tyler's "Red Neck Crazy" video a few years ago.
A documentary based on the Lee Ann Womack hit "I Hope You Dance" will air on Thanksgiving on the Hallmark Movies
and Mysteries channel.
I Hope You Dance: The Power and Spirit of Song features commentary by Lee Ann, Vince Gill, Graham Nash and more.
A DVD and a companion book will be available on December 1st.
Billboard recently announced their 2015 Billboard Touring Awards,and the country genre comes out on top with
Eric Church and Kenny Chesney named finalists in the Breakthrough category and Top Draw category, respectively.
The Top Package finalists also include several country bills like Florida Georgia Line’s tour, Kenny Chesney’s Big Revival
Tour featuring a bunch a supporting acts and Luke Bryan’s Kick the Dust Up Tour.
Nashville News: Wednesday, 11/18
Kenny Rogers will receive the Artist of a Lifetime Award at the CMT Artists of the Year celebration
in Nashville next month.
Chris Stapleton will be recognized as Breakout Aritst of the Year for his remarkable success over the last few
weeks. Previously announced honorees are Blake Shelton, Florida Georgia Line, Little Big Town,
Luke Bryan and Sam Hunt.
During the ceremony, stars from music, television and movies will pay tribute to the honorees. The show airs
live on December 2nd on CMT.
Taylor Swift and her album 1989 have achieved something only four other artists have done. She joined the ranks
of some of music’s biggest stars when the record officially crossed the one-year mark for having remained in the Billboard 200’s Top 10.
The other four albums to achieve this honor are Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the USA, Adele’s 21, Celine Dion’s
Falling Into You and Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours.
Jennifer Nettles and Jake Owen are both set to perform during the 2015 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on NBC!
Both have albums due out in 2016. I haven’t been this excited to watch the parade since I was in single digits!
Nashville News: Tuesday, 11/17
Lee Brice has made history -- he's the only country artist to have played all 50 states in less than a year. He finished the feat over the
weekend with a show in Rome, Georgia.
He says, "I'm so excited about this. As soon as I realized how close we were, I just had to make it happen."
Lee is expected to go on his own headlining tour in 2016.
Loretta Lynn will receive the first-ever Legend award at Billboard's annual Women in Music event in New York City next month. She's being honored
for her historic contributions to the industry and artistry of American music.
Loretta will release Full Circle -- her first album in 10 years -- on March 4th.
Kelsea Ballerini will also be at the event to perform and bring home the Rising Star Award.
The show takes place on December 11th and airs on Lifetime on December 18th.
Nashville News: Monday, 11/16
Eric Church, Chris Stapleton and Willie Nelson have signed on to pay tribute to a legend. They'll all be part of
Imagine: John Lennon75th Birthday Concert.
The show takes place at the Theater at Madison Square Garden on December 5th -- three days before the 35th anniversary of his death.
Taylor Swift may not be out of the woods yet in the copyright infringement case that was just dismissed. Not in
her wildest dreams.
The songwriter who sued Taylor, claiming "Shake It Off" ripped off his "Haters Gone Hate," plans to re-file his lawsuit after a California judge dismissed the case earlier this week. Jessie Braham tells TMZ he wants a
different judge to hear the case because the first judge was clearly a Taylor Swift fan. In dismissing the case the
judge quoted Taylor's lyrics, which he believes makes her biased.
Cole Swindell scores his fourth number-one on them Mediabase chart this week with “Let Me See Ya Girl.” Cole’s previous number-ones are “Chillin’ It,” “Hope You Get Lonely Tonight” and “Ain’t Worth the Whiskey.” He also co-wrote
number-ones for Luke Bryan (“Roller Coaster”) and Thomas Rhett (“Get Me Some of That”).