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Sarah Kay's Nashville News, Week of 3/25/19

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Friday, 3/29

Luke Combs is coming to town…
Blake Shelton is lending his voice to a movie…

 

Luke Combs extented his Beer Never Broke My Heart tour into the fall by adding not 10 dates, not 20, but 29 dates with special guests Cadillac Three, Morgan Wallen and Jameson Rogers on select shows. 
Luke will stop at the Q in Cleveland with Morgan Wallen and Jameson Rogers on November 16th. 

The track listing is out for the UglyDolls movie soundtrack, which features Blake Shelton, Bebe Rexha and Kelly Clarkson and others. 
In the movie, Blake voices OX, who thinks of himself as the mayor of Uglyville. 
The soundtrack will be available on April 26th. The movie opens on May 3rd. 

 

Thursday, 3/28

Carrie Underwood’s husband is now a U.S. citizen…
Luke Combs keeps making history… 

Carrie Underwood's husband, Mike Fisher, is now a U.S. citizen.
Mike, who was born in Ottowa, Canada, shared the news on Instagram with the caption- “Big day, I’m officially American.”

For the second time this month, Luke Combs is simultaneously on top all five of 
Billboard’s country charts (Hot Country Songs, Country Airplay, Country Streaming Songs, Country Digital Song Sales and Top Country Albums).
Luke’s “Beautiful Crazy” is No. 1 on four charts, while his album, This One’s for You, is No. 1 on one chart. Luke is now the only artist in country music history to top all five charts for two weeks. Kane Brown was No. 1 on all five charts for only one week in October 2017.
As if that weren’t enough, Luke’s “Beautiful Crazy” is No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart for the fifth straight week and Mediabase’s Country Airplay Chart for the the third week in a row.

 

Wednesday, 3/27

Collaborations coming to the ACMs
Brantley Gilbert to be a dad again… 

Lots of collaborations have been added to the 54th ACM Awards. 
George Strait and Miranda Lambert will perform together, and Brooks and Dunn and Luke Combs as well as part of the ACM Flashback segment honoring classic country hits. 
And there’s more- Jason Aldean and  Kelly Clarkson, Dierks Bentley and Brandi Carlile, Eric Church and Ashley McBryde, Dan and Shay and Kelly Clarkson, Florida Georgia Line and Jason Aldean, Maren Morris and Brothers Osborne ,and Khalid and Kane Brown.
The ACM Awards, hosted by Reba, will air live from Las Vegas on April 7th on CBS. 

Brantley Gilbert and his wife Amber are expecting another baby- a girl in September. 
Brantley said, “I was so sure it was a boy. I wasn’t ready for it to be a little girl -- and man, when it was! I just wanted a healthy, happy baby, but a little girl means a whole other deal.”
The Gilberts already have a son, 16-month-old Barrett.

 

Tuesday, 3/26

Early ACM winners announced…
The Voice advisors are going country… 

Luke Combs, Ashley McBryde and LANco are early ACM Awards winners. 
Carrie Underwood called each of them and told them the news that they are the ACM's New Male Artist of the Year, New Female Artist of the Year and New Group of the Year winners.
The 54th Academy of Country Music Awards, hosted by Reba air live from Las Vegas on April 7th on CBS. 

Brooks and Dunn are on team Blake Shelton on The Voice.
KIx and Ronnie are now special advisors for contestants in the battle rounds for the next few episodes. 
Kelly Clarkson also enlisted some country help- Kelsea Ballerini is her team’s advisor through the battle rounds. 

 

Monday, 3/25

Billy Ray Cyrus is back with new music…
Eric Church to tour longer… 

Billy Ray Cyrus has a new album, SnakeDoctor Circus, on the way. 
He says, "My goal has always been to make music that would touch people's lives around the world. I'm excited about getting the music to the people."
A release date will be announced soon. 

Eric Church has added more dates to his Double Down tour- 13 shows that is- in 8 cities. 
He says, “I can't thank you enough for what this is and what I'm seeing every night. I appreciate everybody giving me everything they've got and I look forward to seeing you on the road!”
Eric will be at the Q in Cleveland on April 19 and 20th!

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