Kellie Pickler will soon embark on her first USO tour to perform for service members in the Persian Gulf. Kellie is looking forward to sharing her gratitude to our troops by visiting with them, performing her music, posing for pictures and signing autographs. You may recall she recently joined Brad Paisley, among others for an impromptu concert at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Kellie shares, “I am so grateful to the USO for the opportunity to travel overseas and perform for troops. When I performed for them back in August, it felt really good. Having a chance to offer my sincere thanks again and spend quality time with them is a dream come true.”
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Rascal Flatts will make their first appearance on Oprah this Friday for a “Home For The Holidays with Your Favorite Country Stars” show. Look for the band to surprise Oprah with an appearance by Jamie Foxx for their performance of “She Goes All The Way,” and they’ll share how the two acts came to record together. Also on tap, Vince Gill and Amy Grant talk about their love story and take viewers inside their home, plus a visit with “The Gambler” himself, the legendary Kenny Rogers!
You may recall that a couple of weeks ago Billy Ray Cyrus - through a magazine interview - reached out to troubled Britney Spears, offering her a nice, calm Nashville Thanksgiving. That started the Britney Spears-is-coming-to-Nashville rumors, fueled by the fact that appointments were made for Britney and Billy Ray’s Hannah Montana daughter, Miley Cyrus, for the A Moment’s Peace salon, but only Miley showed at the day spa. According to Nashville’s WKRN-TV, Britney didn’t make it to Music City at all.
Eric Church surprised fans last week when he showed up for what he believed to be the premiere episode taping of a new Food Network show called Singin’ in the Kitchen with the Loveless Cafe’s Carol Fay (the biscuit lady). Eric, who is a fan of the Food Network, took the opportunity and was surprised to learn, along with Carol Fay and the audience, that it was in fact a taping for one of his favorite shows, THROWDOWN! With Bobby Flay. Eric and local chef and restaurateur Martha Stamps, were faced with judging the homemade biscuits and jams of both Carol Fay and Bobby Flay. The episode is scheduled to air sometime in January.
Check out Yallwire’s Big State Episode Featuring Eric Chruch!
Shania Twain, who took five years off from her career, is about to step back into the spotlight. In the December issue of Redbook, she shares, “I struggled a lot internally with my fame, and coping with it has been very difficult. I was at the point where I would never look anyone in the eye. It was like living in prison.” After retreating to her chateau in Switzerland with her husband and son, Shania is ready to re-emerge. In addition to being mom to her 6-year-old, promoting a new perfume and working on an album due that’s due out next year, Twain says she’s learning to look after herself. She elaborates, “I’m not such a slave to pleasing everyone, which I think is a female tendency. I take more time for myself; that’s a very big part of mental, emotional and physical health.” As for getting back into public life, Shania says, “I’m not naturally a spotlight person … [But] I don’t mind being the center of attention in a controlled, comfortable environment.”
She adds that music is an integral part of her life, and she wants “to write and record things that affect people in a positive way.” So what does the future hold for Twain? She jokes, “I’ll probably be in the Canadian wilderness somewhere.”
Rascal Flatts and Trisha Yearwood will perform on CBS’ telecast of New York City’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Thursday morning at 9 AM, ET.
Dolly Parton kicks off this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Thursday morning at 9 AM, ET on NBC. Wynonna Judd will also perform during the three-hour broadcast. She’ll sing “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” aboard Gibson’s Music Bigger Than Life float.
Thursday morning, Dolly Parton will visit CMT Top Twenty Countdown to chat and help world premiere her new video, “Better Get To Livin’.” The show airs at 9:30 AM, ET on CMT.
Relive “Country Music’s Biggest Night” Thanksgiving evening! CMT will re-telecast the 41st Annual CMA Awards Thursday at 8 PM, ET.
Don’t miss Wynonna on NBC’s Today show Friday morning! She’ll be interviewed and will also sing “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel.”
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Trace Adkins is set to become the first country artist ever to launch an album preorder/concert ticket presale with iTunes and Ticketmaster. Beginning Tuesday, November 20, fans will have two weeks to pre-order Trace’s American Man, Greatest Hits Volume II for only $9.99 via the iTunes store. The album available online will include eight of Adkins’ biggest videos and a special digital booklet, in addition to its 13 tracks. Everyone purchasing a copy this way by December 3 will be given a Ticketmaster.com passcode that will allow them to buy tickets to select shows on Trace’s upcoming 2008 tour two days before the public.
The presale will begin Wednesday, December 5 at 5 PM, local time. American Man, Greatest Hits Volume II officially hits stores on December 4.
Miranda Lambert says that she experiences a new side to her persona when Thanksgiving comes around each year:
“I get really domestic during holidays and it’s kind of weird ‘cause it’s so opposite of who I am on stage. I love to bake cookies and cook dinner for the whole family… I mean, I really…that’s my time to just get ultra girly and I love holidays. And also it’s my time off usually because there’s not really a lot going on during holidays and so I really get to spend time with people I really care about.”
Check out Yallwire at Big State with Miranda Lambert!!!
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Rebekah Nickerson has wanted to see Garth Brooks in concert since she heard one of his CDs eight years ago, and now thanks to Garth and the Make A Wish Foundation, her dream has come true - twice! The Peoria Journal Star reports that Rebekah, her parents and her two brothers met Brooks in his dressing room before one of his recent Kansas City shows. Garth had his staff take the family shopping through the concert hall, where they picked up free T-shirts, CDs and key chains. He then invited them to a sound check, where Rebekah got to play the drums, tambourine and sing with him before he invited them to that night’s show as well. During that second show, he spotted Rebekah in the crowd and sang “We Shall Be Free” to her because it’s one of her favorite songs. Rebekah says she was “a little bit nervous” about meeting Garth and loves to dance to his songs. Her father was most impressed with the way the superstar took so much time to make Rebekah feel special, noting, “For whatever reason, he chose to spend the bulk of the afternoon making this one little girl from a small central Illinois town happy.”
Universal Records South award-winning recording artist Phil Vassar is offering his fans the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to appear in his upcoming video for his new single, “Love is a Beautiful Thing,” from the much anticipated album Prayer of a Common Man set to be released in early 2008. In a little over a week, this captivating love song has already reached the Top 40 on country radio.
Phil is asking for his contestants to send wedding photos and video footage, no matter how old, from their own personal weddings and receptions. The photos and videos selected will be included in Vassar’s music video for “Love is a Beautiful Thing.” Photos should be a minimum of 5″x7″ and videos should be in BETA or DVD format and only the contestants should appear in their photos or videos. Interested fans have until December 31 to submit their materials by visiting the entry form link, HERE. All materials should then be mailed to:
Love Is A Beautiful Thing Video Contest c/o Universal Records 40 Music Square Nashville, TN 37203
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