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Nashville, TN – Superstar Carrie Underwood has now surpassed a personal best that she set with her debut single, “Jesus, Take the Wheel,” as her GRAMMY®-nominated smash “Something in the Water” achieves a seventh cumulative week at #1 on Billboard’s airplay/sales/streaming-based Hot Country Songs chart. The Gold-certified “Something in the Water” recently topped Rolling Stone’s year-end social media readers’ poll of the “10 Best Country Songs of 2014,” and it continues to be red-hot on the radio airwaves, currently approaching the summit of both the Billboard and Country Aircheck country airplay charts. It was actually nine years ago this week that Underwood was enjoying her first Hot Country Songs success in the midst of her six-week run at #1 with “Jesus, Take the Wheel.” “Something in the Water” also continues its record-setting ways on Billboard’s Hot Christian Songs chart with a 16th week at #1, the longest such tenure for a female artist, according to Billboard. Th

COUNTRY MUSIC SUPERGROUP RASCAL FLATTS ANNOUNCE RIOT TOUR 2015 Trio Brings Along Special Guest Scotty McCreery For Multi-City Tour - Tickets On Sale 1/26 Nashville, TN - Jan. 20, 2015 – Multi-Platinum selling group Rascal Flatts revealed plans today for their headlining RIOT TOUR 2015. The coast-to-coast tour will kick off May 29 in St. Louis, MO and will continue throughout the summer with special guest Scotty McCreery. Tickets will be available for fans to purchase beginning Jan. 26 for select cities as part of tour promoter Live Nation's Country Megaticket at www.Megaticket.com and additional information will be available in the coming weeks at www.rascalflatts.com. Before their headlining tour kicks off this summer, Rascal Flatts will start the first-ever country residency at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, from Feb. 25 to March 14 with The Voice winner Craig Wayne Boyd tapped for the opening slot. Tickets for Rascal Flatts Vegas Riot! are on sale

Nashville, Tenn. (January 16, 2015) - In celebration of his 25th year in music, country singer Aaron Tippin is teaming with Stonehaus Winery to release his very own brand of wine. Stonehaus Winery’s "Aaron Tippin Country Jam" wine is set to make its shelf debut this Valentine’s Day. The new barrel select blackberry wine, taste-tested and approved by the "Hardest Workin' Man in Country Music" himself, is being bottled especially for Tippin as a commemorative 25th anniversary item. On February 14, 2015, Valentine's Day, Tippin will host a special release party at the Stonehaus Winery in Crossville, Tennessee. The event is free and open to the public and will offer fans a chance to meet Tippin and have their purchased "Aaron Tippin Country Jam" bottle autographed by its namesake. During the event, Tippin will personally unveil his new wine and may even bring along his guitar. Tippin's new wine will be available for purchase at the event.

LOS ANGELES- January 16, 2015- Garth Brooks has sold over 140,000 tickets for nine shows at the Pepsi Center in Denver, shattering his previous Denver ticket sales record. On July 17-19, 1996, he played 3 shows at McNichols Arena in Denver selling 50,685 tickets. Today's ticket sale has nearly tripled that number and he is still selling! Concerts will be: Wednesday, March 18th, 7:30 PM Thursday, March 19th, 7:30 PM Friday, March 20th, 7:00 PM Friday March 20th, 10:30 PM Saturday, March 21st, 7:00 PM Saturday, March 21st, 10:30 PM Sunday, March 22nd, 3:00 PM Sunday, March 22nd, 7:00 PM Tuesday, March 24th, 7:30 PM Tickets are still selling for all nine shows! There is an eight ticket limit per purchase. Tickets can be purchased at www.altitudetickets.com/garth or 1-844-63GARTH (1-844-634-2784). Tickets will cost $57.00 plus a $4.00 facility fee and a $5.50 service charge for a total of $66.50.

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. - Jan. 16, 2015 - NBC has signed a development deal with Dolly Parton, one of the most honored female country musicians of all time and an American icon. "I am so excited to be involved with my friend Bob Greenblatt, who produced the Broadway version of '9 to 5: The Musical' with me, and my longtime friend and former agent Sam Haskell. We want to create projects for NBC that are both fun and inspirational with a family audience in mind," said Dolly Parton. In conjunction with production partner Sam Haskell of Magnolia Hill Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television, NBC will develop a slate of two-hour TV movies based on the songs, stories, and inspiring life of Dolly Parton. This extraordinarily prolific country music artist and movie star will produce these projects that are meant to appeal to an inclusive family audience. "I don't know anyone in the world who doesn't love Dolly Parton, and the idea of developing television movi

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WILLIE NELSON & FAMILY, BOYZ II MEN, SUBLIME WITH ROME, LORRIE MORGAN & PAM TILLIS COMPLETE RODEO AUSTIN’S 2015 LINEUP Austin, Texas, January 9, 2015 – Rodeo Austin is excited to announce the final list of big-name entertainers who will perform during the 2015 Main Stage Concert Series. Entertainment Dates: March 14 – Willie Nelson & Family March 15 – Dwight Yoakam March 16 – Eli Young Band March 17 – Panic! At the Disco March 18 – The Beach Boys March 19 – Randy Rogers Band March 20 – Joe Nichols March 21 – Turnpike Troubadours March 22 – Lorrie Morgan & Pam Tillis March 23 – Tyler Farr March 24 – Boyz II Men March 25 – Sublime with Rome March 26 – Martina McBride March 27 – Lee Brice March 28 – Kevin Fowler Tickets go on sale to the public Friday, January 9, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. and may be purchased at RodeoAustin.com or by calling 512-477-606

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (January 7, 2015) Country superstar Alan Jackson kicks off his 25th Anniversary KEEPIN’ IT COUNTRY TOUR this week in Florida with stops in Ft. Myers tomorrow and Tampa on Friday. Sponsored by Kubota Tractor Corporation, the tour will also make stops over the coming months in Los Angeles, San Diego, Dallas, Phoenix and Nashville, to name a few, wrapping for the spring with a show at the famed Red Rocks Amphitheater in Denver (Morrison), CO on May 17, 2015. Joining Jackson on his KEEPIN’ IT COUNTRY TOUR will be Capitol Records Nashville’s Jon Pardi and Grammy/CMA/ACM nominated hit singer/songwriter Brandy Clark. Critically acclaimed singer/songwriter and Warner Bros. recording artist Ashley Monroe will open with Jon Pardi in Dallas (Grand Prairie, TX) on March 6. Alan Jackson’s 25th Anniversary KEEPIN’ IT COUNTRY TOUR will be a memorable celebration for his longtime fans as well as legions of new fans who are discovering his music through the many songs that have with

The Trio Continues Their 7FOR7 Initiative Surprising Seven Deserving Families With The Help Of Quicken Loans Hunter Hayes and Special Guest Sam Hunt Stack Lineup For The 65-City Trek Beginning May 1 Nashville, TN – Jan. 6, 2014 – In advance of their performance on tomorrow’s People’s Choice Awards in Los Angeles, Lady Antebellum dropped by CBS' The Talk today to announce their headlining WHEELS UP 2015 TOUR presented by Quicken Loans. The band will kick things off on Feb. 28 with a European trek through Norway, Sweden, Ireland, Scotland, the UK and Australia and begin the North American leg on May 1 in Lubbock, TX. The tour will continue through the fall with triple-threat entertainer Hunter Hayes and red-hot newcomer Sam Hunt rounding out the electric lineup. Citi is the official credit card of the WHEELS UP 2015 TOUR with Citi cardmembers having access to pre-sale tickets through Citi’s Private Pass Program at www.citiprivatepass.com, or visit www.LadyAntebellum.com to join t