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MIRANDA LAMBERT ANNOUNCES THE LIVIN’ LIKE HIPPIES TOUR LAMBERT TO EMBARK ON 23 CITY TOUR  BEGINNING JANUARY 18   Nashville, TN -- Vanner Records/RCA Records Nashville GRAMMY Award-winner Miranda Lambert announces her new  Livin’ Like Hippies Tour  that will kick off January 18, 2018 in Greenville, SC. The  Livin’ Like Hippies Tour  receives its name from the lyrics of Lambert’s aptly titled song “Highway Vagabond” which appears on  The Nerve  side of Lambert’s 24-song, double album,  The Weight Of These Wings. The new album,  The Weight Of These Wings , is the Texas native’s sixth studio album and since its release in November 2016 the record has been certified PLATINUM by the RIAA, spawned two GRAMMY Award nominations for its lead single “Vice,” been awarded the  ACM  Album of the Year, and most recently racked up FIVE nominations for Lambert at the upcoming  CMA  Awards including a coveted Album of the Year nod...

NASHVILLE, TN - Sept. 26, 2017 - CMA “Male Vocalist of the Year” nominee Dierks Bentley joins forces with Sheryl Crow for Apple Music’s new original program  Carpool Karaoke: The Series , available to watch  now . With the new installment based on  The Late Late Show with James Corden ’s popular viral series, Bentley and Crow add to recent guests including John Legend, Will Smith, Alicia Keys, LeBron James, Miley Cyrus, Metallica, Seth MacFarlane and more while adding their own personal twist, crashing local bands’ sets at Nashville’s famous honkytonks for surprise performances.  To watch Bentley and Crow's episode of Carpool Karaoke: The Series, click here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCyWQEXc45g&feature=youtu.be Bentley recently announced his participating in “Hold The Light,” his first-ever song written and recorded for a motion picture. Also featuring Bon Iver’s S. Carey, “Hold the Light” is featured in Columbia Pictures and Black Labe...

Garth Brooks is set to release part 1 of what is going to be a massive 5 part anthology. Part 1, The First Five Years, is a detailed look at the first 5 years of his career. Told by Garth himself and those involved with the creating, recording, and promotion of the first five albums. Not only that but Garth has packaged 5 CDs inside the first book he has ever written. You get to experience the beginning of Garth's career and modern country music right there in Garth's inner circle. You are there as “The Thunder Rolls” is recorded and about to be released by another artist.  When "Friends in Low Places" and “The Dance” are almost never recorded at all!  For the first time ever, come inside the very private and historical “Jack’s Tracks Recording Studio” where cameras were never allowed. Not only hear about how "That Summer" was rewritten and rerecorded, but actually HEAR the two different master versions.  And finally, be there, read about, and listen to ...

Nashville, TN - September 25, 2017... One of the most diverse and successful songwriters and composers of the last twenty-five years, Steve Dorff has penned over 20 Top 10 hits for pop and country artists around the world, including Barbra Streisand, Celine Dion, Blake Shelton, Smokey Robinson, Kenny Rogers, Ray Charles, Anne Murray, Whitney Houston, George Strait, Dolly Parton, Judy Collins, Cher, Dusty Springfield, Ringo Starr, and Garth Brooks. He has scored for television shows, including  Growing Pains ,  Murphy Brown ,  Murder She Wrote , and  Reba , and many feature films, such as  Every Which Way but Loose , for which he penned the titular song. More recently, he has returned to his first love, musical theater, with his forthcoming musical  Josephine . In addition to winning the NSAI Songwriter of the Year award, Steve has been honored with more than 40 BMI awards, 14 Billboard No. 1s, and 15 Top 10 Hits. His songs span all ge...

Nashville, TN - Sept. 25, 2017 - Reigning CMA “Entertainer Of The Year” Garth Brooks surprised fans in Sioux Falls, SD, inviting special guest Scotty McCreery to open the show on Friday night (9/22). The special appearance marked a memorable moment as part of the continuing three year Garth Brooks World Tour with Trisha Yearwood, and took place midway through Brooks’ overwhelming stint that saw him play 9 shows in 6 days in Sioux Falls, SD coming to a close last night (9/24). 

NASHVILLE,  Tenn.  - (September 22, 2017) – The Grand Ole Opry celebrated the 40 th  Anniversary of Reba McEntire’s Opry debut tonight with surprise appearances by Dolly Parton and Carrie Underwood with Vince Gill as host. McEntire first played the Opry on September 17, 1977.   U nderwood surprised the audience with an unannounced performance of three of her biggest hits followed by another appearance with McEntire to duet on the Grammy-winning “Does He Love You.” “It’s always an honor to be on this stage, especially tonight. You are an inspiration to us all,” Underwood said to McEntire.  Parton had made a last-minute Opry appearance on the night of McEntire’s debut, reducing McEntire’s set to one song. Recalling that 40 years ago she had taken one of the songs McEntire was to have performed, Parton said,  “ I just wanted to give it back to you tonight ... and say hello and congratulations and how much I love you.”   "She's a n  old,...

Tickets for Nov. 14 Taping at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville On Sale Oct. 6 at  Opry.com Track List for Icon's  My Kind of Christmas Revealed , Album Out Oct. 13 NASHVILLE — Iconic entertainer  Reba McEntire  will debut as host for the eighth annual “CMA Country Christmas” event from Nashville’s famed Grand Ole Opry House on  Monday, Nov. 27 , 8/7C. The two-hour holiday music celebration that airs on the ABC Television Network will feature performances by McEntire and a lineup of today’s best in Country sharing their favorite sounds of the season. “Christmas is such a special time. It reminds me of growing up in Oklahoma and singing carols with my family,” said McEntire. “I’m just tickled to join a group of some of my best Country buddies onstage to celebrate the holiday season. This is where my love of music began.” “Reba epitomizes Country and the cheer of the holiday season,” said CMA Chief Executive Officer Sarah Trahern. “She’s also the most...

A public celebration of life has been set for Montgomery Gentry member  Troy Gentry , who  died Friday, Sept. 8  in Medford, N.J. He was 50. The celebration of life will take place Thursday, Sept. 14 at 11 a.m. CT at the Grand Ole Opry House, located on 2804 Opryland Dr. in Nashville. A private, family internment will follow. For those unable to attend the celebration of life event, a live stream can be viewed at  opry.com on Thursday. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to T.J. Martell Foundation or The American Red Cross for hurricane relief.