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Kenny Chesney Hits “The Tonight Show” April 15th Couch Time & Offers A Special Performance for “Kenny Chesney: Summer in 3D” “Ain’t Back Yet” Top 10 – Available on Greatest Hits II      Burbank, CA: Only Kenny Chesney would take a year off and make a 3D film that captures the intensity of his stadium shows while offering behind the scenes and archival moments that illustrate how his world as evolved into the million-tickets-sold-each-summer-for-eight-consecutive years, as well as write the preface to ESPN's Mike & Mike in the Mornings' Rules for Sports + Life,    record “Ain't Back Yet,” the end theme for “Kenny Chesney: Summer in 3D” that's the fastest moving single in the Country Top 10 and focus on what will be his first true studio album in almost four years. So the high-energy singer/songwriter - who hardly takes a breath, let alone a break - will have plenty to talk about when he sits down on the couch with Jay Leno on “The Tonight Show” Ap...

MULTI-PLATINUM SINGER /SONGWRITER JEWEL TO PERFORM TWO CHARITABLE CONCERTS AT NASHVILLE’S LEGENDARY   BLUEBIRD CAFÉ  ON APRIL 28 TH All Proceeds From the Concert Benefit “Project Clean Water” A Charity Founded and Supported by Jewel Recording artist and philanthropist,  Jewel , will perform two shows at the legendary  Bluebird Café  in Nashville, TN, to benefit the charity she founded over a decade ago,  Project Clean Water. Jewel  will perform a very special acoustic set at both 6 p.m. and 9 p.m.    Tickets are available at the  Bluebird Café’s  website  www.bluebirdcafe.com “I’m thrilled to be performing at the  Bluebird   and supporting a cause so dear to my heart,  Project Clean   Water, ”  said  Jewel .  “So many country songwriters I admire have performed at the café.  It’s wonderful to perform some of my favorite compositions in such an intimate setting and help those in need ...

    MUSIC ICON MARTY STUART TO RELEASE NEW COUNTRY ALBUM ON SUGAR HILL RECORDS         NASHVILLE, TN- March 30, 2010—Country music icon Marty Stuart has signed with Sugar Hill Records and is set to release a new studio album this summer.  Stuart and the famed independent label have a history together that dates back 27 years, when his first solo album, “Busy Bee Café,” came out on the label in 1982.   "Everyone here at Sugar Hill Records is excited to have Marty return to the label…it's very fitting since Sugar Hill released his solo debut many years ago,” said Gary Paczosa, Vice President of A&R for Sugar Hill Records.   “More than anything though, it's about this new record.  It's an amazing piece of work…deep, thoughtful, soulful, rich and COUNTRY.  I can’t wait for people to hear it.”   “I found a building full of kindred spirits in the people at Sugar Hill Records,” said Stuart.  “I appreciate what they repr...

FOR IM MEDIA TE RELEASE   MARK CHESNUTT TO PERFORM FOR U.S. TROOPS Country Singer Brings a ‘Taste of Home’ to South Korea   NASHVILLE , Tennessee (March 30, 2010)—  Mark Chesnutt  will welcome sunny spring aboard a KC 135 jet alongside the  Tennessee Air National Guard .  Taking his neo-traditional country sound to the Pacific, Chesnutt will play several shows at U.S. Air Force bases in South Korea.   Chesnutt will perform at  Camp Casey April 8 ,  Camp Humphreys April 9 , and  Kunsan Air Base April 10 .  Since Chesnutt has performed for troops in the past, he is looking forward to doing so again. While in Korea, Mark will also tour the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), that separates North and South Korea.   “I’m very happy to be able to go visit our troops again this year,” Chesnutt said.  “ These people just want to have a taste of home, and I plan on giving that to them.”   After spending a week in the Middle East last y...

 The story of Mindy McCready is everywhere today...from CBS to E! and everywhere in between...The story is based on this highly edited press release from VIVID Entertainment....This video they talk about appears to be a VERY x rated amateur video....no clips available and we wouldnt show them if they were...Did she sign off and get paid..we dont know...plenty of folks in LA predict YES she did....  VH1 Reality Star Mindy McCready Takes it off and Gets it on as She Dishes on Roger Clemens, Dean Cain and Alan Jackson LOS ANGELES -- (March 29, 2010) - Country music singer and VH1 reality series star Mindy McCready shows off her  talents in a sizzling video being released by Vivid Entertainment through its Vivid-Celeb imprint. "Mindy McCready, Baseball Mistress" will be available online at www.shopvivid.com and in stores across the country on Monday, April 19th. Between scenes of her having  sex with her ex-boyfriend McCready, who is now 34, talks at length about her ...

Kenny Chesney Hits ESPN-2/Radio's Mike + Mike April 7 With Their RULES FOR SPORTS + LIFE Hitting Stores, Chesney Makes A Call Bristol, CT: Kenny Chesney's taken batting practice with the Boston Red Sox, been drafted - and cut - by the New Orleans Saints, but by far his most full-contact sports activity is getting in the trenches with ESPN Radio/ESPN-2's “Mike and Mike in the Morning,” the freewheeling talk show helmed by a noted sportswriter (Mike Greenberg) and a former Notre Dame/Houston Oiler-Miami Dolphin-Philadelphia Eagle defensive lineman (Mike Golick). As the no-holds-barred, no out-of-bounds team releases  Mike and Mike's Rules for Sports & Life  April 6, Chesney figured it was about time to check in with the two guys he's not seen since the Superbowl. “Mike and Mike keep it so real,” Chesney says of the duo. “They have the most unique take: one of not just an ultimate fan, but as a journalist, he's got that analytic thing down - and the ...

I Got Your Country Right Here  Hits Stores March 30, 2010 (Nashville, Tennessee...) -- March 29, 2010 --Grammy, CMA & ACM Award-winning artist Gretchen Wilson's fourth studio album,  I Got Your Country Right Here,  hits stores on Tuesday, March 30, 2010, and she will perform her "Work Hard, Play Harder" hit single on the "CBS Early Show" on Wednesday morning, March 31. Gretchen produced the album with Blake Chancey and John Rich, and the disc is the first release on her recently-launched Redneck Records label.  The three-star album review in this week's  People Magazine  called the title track "butt kicking" and the "Earrings Song," penned by Rivers Rutherford, Monty Criswell, "a catfight-ready stomp." Michael McCall writes, " Her first album for her own company ratchets up everything she's accentuated from the start: Blustery southern rock touting a hard-partying, one-of-the-boys attitude and an in-your-face al...

Alan Jackson Celebrates Tuesday Release of  FREIGHT TRAIN  with  New York  Visits to  Today , Letterman New Album Features Hit First Single, “It’s Just That Way” Upcoming TV to Include  Private Sessions ,  Leno ,  Ellen ; Tour Kicks Off April 8 Nashville, TN - Superstar Alan Jackson will celebrate tomorrow’s launch of his new album,  FREIGHT TRAIN , with street-date performances on NBC’s  Today  show in the morning, followed by a late-night visit to CBS’  Late Show with David Letterman .   The appearances are the kick-off to the continuing excitement surrounding  Jackson ’s new album, with his  New York  visit also set to include a taping of A&E’s acclaimed interview & performance series,  Private Sessions with Lynn Hoffman .    Featuring an extended interview, as well as performances of classic  Jackson  songs and material from  FREIGHT TRAIN , the hourlong episode...

Carrie Underwood’s “Temporary Home” Becomes Her 12th #1 Single   Beautiful Track Is Second Chart-Topper from Underwood’s  Play On  Album Nashville, TN – Superstar Carrie Underwood’s gorgeous “Temporary Home” today becomes the 12th #1 single of her career and the second chart-topper from her Platinum-certified  Play On collection.    Sprinting to the top of  Billboard ’s Hot Country Songs in just 18 weeks, the song hit the chart summit faster than any other single this year.   One of seven tracks that Underwood co-wrote for  Play On  - and her fifth co-written single to top the charts - “Temporary Home” may portray poignant life moments, but the message is one that Carrie has always seen as uplifting, as she says, “It’s hopeful, and each person in each story, in each different place in their life, knows that things are going to be okay.” On the CMT  Top Twenty Countdown  episode that premiered this past Friday, the touching...

ARTIST NEWSFLASH ■ EXCLUSIVE AOL BLOG PREVIEW-JEWEL PROVES YOU CAN GO HOME AGAIN:  Jewel’s  popular  AOL  blog series continues this week with the sixth installment in the series that finds the superstar touching on topics ranging from body image issues to her Texas motorcycle trek with husband Ty Murray.  In an exclusive preview of her newest blog [available tomorrow, Monday 3/29 at  www.theboot.com ], Jewel pays tribute to her hometown of Homer, Alaska, and bucks the cliché that you can’t go home again.  “Everyone thinks their hometown is special,” notes Jewel in her AOL blog.  “And I know that with time, nostalgic memories can surface, tugging at one’s heartstrings, casting a gauzy halo when thinking back to childhood haunts.  I know that with time, the unpleasant attributes can fade; giving way to only the rosy feeling of long ago, further aided by the fact that with distance, the heart can overlook any dark spots that once marred the im...

ARTIST NEWSFLASH ■ JUST IN:  Taylor Swift  took home two more trophies this weekend on the  Annual Nickelodeon Kid’s Choice Awards  where the superstar was named Favorite Female Singer and awarded Favorite Song for “You Belong With Me”.  Taylor was unable to attend the show in-person due to a sold-out concert in Detroit, but Taylor acknowledged the awards LIVE from the concert.  Click  here  to see her thank the fans for the awards from the stage. ■ STEEL MAGNOLIA’S MEGHAN AND JOSH EXCITED TO JOIN BRAD PAISLEY’S H2O TOUR:  Steel Magnolia’s  Meghan Linsey and Joshua Scott Jones will be joining  Brad Paisley’s H2O World Tour , it was officially announced this week.  With Chevy as the title sponsor,  H2O World Tour  will hit more than 75 cities in the United States, Canada and Europe over the next 12 months.   Special guests will be Darius Rucker and Justin Moore.   H2O World Tour  will include a “Water ...

“KEEPER”: 2004 PREVOST XLII STATUS: SOLD Price: $325,000 Click for Slideshow COACH NAME:  “Keeper” DIMENSIONS:  45 Ft. long   |   102" wide   |   Raised roof LAYOUT:  12 bunks   |   Seats 13   |   Sleeps 13 ENGINE:  Series 60   |   398,977 miles TRANSMISSION:  Allison Automatic TIRES:  Front: 85%   |   Tag: 55%   |   Drive: 50% ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 20 KW Kubota generator Power steering Jake brake Bus air Aluminum wheels 5 Roof air units with heat strips Refrigerator Ice box Coffee maker Microwave/convection oven Toaster 2500 Xantrex inverter 110 Gallon fresh water tank 115 Gallon black water tank 12 Gallon hot water tank 20K pound trailer hitch Driver stereo Back up camera 7" LCD in front of jumpseat Playstation 2 in front and rear lounge 37" TV in front lounge Bose stereo system 20" TV in...