The latest from Jimmy Carter in Nashville

LUKE BRYAN TO APPEAR ON LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON AND GOOD MORNING AMERICA Appearances Set for Wednesday, September 5 and Thursday, September 6 Nashville- (August 28, 2012) - Country music superstar Luke Bryan will head to the Big Apple next week to make appearances on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon and Good Morning America on Sept. 5th and Sept. 6th respectively. Luke will perform his new co-written smash hit single “Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye” from his Platinum-selling album tailgates & tanlines. In addition, Luke will also be in town promoting the ABC Television Special “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night To Rock,” which Luke co-hosts with Kimberly Perry of The Band Perry. The special will air on Monday, Sept. 17, 8:00-11:00 PM ET. Luke Bryan recently scored his third consecutive Platinum single with “Drunk On You” from his Platinum-certified album, tailgates & tanlines. The single joins previous Platinum tracks “Country Girl (Shake It For Me)” and the t...

TOUR TO RESUME THIS THURSDAY, AUGUST 30 INCLUDING RESCHEDULED CANADIAN SHOWS WYNONNA JUDD has released a new statement on husband/drummer Cactus Moser’s recovery following his August 18 motorcycle accident: “We continue to feel loved and supported by the outpouring of messages from people around the world. Cactus continues to improve every day as he begins his road to rehabilitation. We are looking forward to the day when we will be back together on stage again and I believe we will be stronger than ever. Until then I will be out on the road with the rest of the band while I wait lovingly and patiently for my husband to return to The Big Noise. “We have received hundreds of inquiries from people wanting to show support to Cactus in some way. In lieu of flowers, gifts and cards, Cactus is asking for family, friends and fans to make a donation in his name to Homes For Our Troops, a non-profit, non-partisan organization committed to helping military personnel who have returned ho...

TAYLOR SWIFT REACHES #1 ON BILLBOARD HOT 100 CHART IN FIRST FULL WEEK OF SINGLE RELEASE SWIFT SETS NEW FEMALE DIGITAL SALES RECORD WITH OVER 623,000 U.S. DOWNLOADS OF NEW SONG IN A SINGLE WEEK DOMINATES ITUNES CHARTS AROUND THE GLOBE Nashville, TN – August 22, 2012 – Taylor Swift, who released her lead single “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” from her forthcoming album, Red, just last week, has set the new all-genre record for female digital song sales. Billboard reports, “It's official: Taylor Swift has set the record for the biggest digital sales week ever for a song by a woman. ‘We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together’ sold 623,000 in the week ending Aug. 19 -- according to Nielsen SoundScan -- and it thus debuts at No. 1 on Billboard's Digital Songs chart. Not only is it the best week ever for a woman, but the second-largest ever overall. Swift also nets the largest debut week among women.” In addition, in only one full week of release, “We Are Never Ever G...

LUKE BRYAN ANNOUNCES “FARM TOUR” 2012 October 3 – October 13 Nashville - (August 17, 2012) – Country superstar Luke Bryan will embark on his fourth-annual “Farm Tour” 2012 set for this October with eight concerts planned through several southern states, including five in his home state of Georgia. The “Farm Tour” 2012 concerts will be held in the following cities with locations to be announced soon: (Dates & cities subject to change) October 3 *Claxton (Statesboro), GA October4 *Clemson, SC October 5 *Auburn, AL October 6 Valdosta, GA October 10 Villa Rica, GA October 11 *Colbert (Athens), GA October 12 Tallahassee, FL October 13 *Macon, GA For specific ticket and venue information, including where to get tickets locally, stay tuned to www.lukebryan.com/farmtour. *Tickets for Claxton, Clemson, Auburn, Colbert and Macon will be available for purcha...

STATEMENT FROM WYNONNA JUDD Wynonna Judd has postponed her scheduled concerts in Canada next week due to a serious motorcycle accident involving her husband and drummer, Michael Scott "Cactus" Moser. Moser and Judd went for a ride together on separate bikes before her scheduled concert in Deadwood, SD yesterday. Moser collided with an oncoming vehicle and was transported to a local hospital. He is being treated for serious but non-life threatening injuries. Wynonna was not involved in the accident. "The outpouring of prayer and support from friends, family and fans has been a blessing to both Cactus and I. Cactus is a champion. I love him deeply and I will not leave his side," said Wynonna. They were married this past June in Tennessee. I shot this before a recent Nashville show..Cactus is a lot of fun!!!

Nashville, TN – August 13, 2012 – Taylor Swift’s highly-anticipated fourth studio album will be released worldwide on October 22nd, Taylor herself announced this evening during a live YouTube web chat with her fans. Entitled Red, the album will be released on Big Machine Records and contains 16 tracks. After writing her last album (Speak Now) entirely by herself, for this record Taylor collaborated with several artists, producers, and songwriters she had always wanted to work with. “For the last two years, I've been working on an album called Red,” Taylor says. “I called it Red because of the tumultuous, crazy adventures in love and loss that it chronicles. In my mind, when you experience love that's fast paced and out of control and mixes infatuation, jealousy, frustration, miscommunication, and all of those lovely emotions…in retrospect, it all looks red.” The first single from Red, “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” (written by Taylor Swift, Max Martin, Shellba...

THE VENETIAN® LAS VEGAS ANNOUNCES ITS BIGGEST MUSICAL EVENT EVER COUNTRY MUSIC SUPERSTARS TIM MCGRAW AND FAITH HILL BRING AN ALL-NEW “SOUL2SOUL” TO THE VENETIAN® LAS VEGAS Pre-sale tickets for this limited engagement begin tomorrow, Aug. 8; Tickets for the general public go on sale Monday, Aug. 13 TWEET: It’s official! Country music’s hottest couple @TheTimMcGraw and @FaithHill bring their #Soul2Soul to @VenetianVegas beginning Dec. 7 #Vegas LAS VEGAS (August 7, 2012) – Collectively, they’ve sold 70 million albums, won eight Grammy Awards, 14 Country Music Association Awards, 14 American Music Awards, seven People’s Choice Awards and 26 Academy of Country Music Awards. Today, at a live ‘town-hall’ press conference, The Venetian® Las Vegas announced the biggest musical event in its history – Tim McGraw and Faith Hill “Soul2Soul.” This limited engagement, which opens on Dec. 7 and covers 10 weekends through April 2013, will take place in the 1,815-seat Venetian Theater. A t...