Multi-Platinum selling country superstar Jo Dee Messina has teamed up with Country Now, the most viewed and highest-rated dedicated country music YouTube channel, to release a brand new single “Will You Love Me,” that premiered on SiriusXM – The Highway over the weekend. In another innovative move from the country music icon, who released her last album ME through Kickstarter, Jo Dee has partnered with Country Now to release the single, which was recorded in June at Nashville’s historic Blackbird Studios. “Will You Love Me” a Country Now ‘Live From Blackbird’ acoustic single is available now at iTunes http://smarturl.it/JoDeeWYLM and the accompanying video from the session can be seen here http://bit.ly/1UihRxn.
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KIP MOORE TRAVELS COAST TO COAST FOR PERFORMANCES ON JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE! TODAY AND CMA SONGWRITERS SERIES TAPING ON 9/21
MULTI-PLATINUM singer/songwriter Kip Moore is set to perform the live television debut of “Come And Get It” on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Sept. 16 airing on ABC at 11:35/10:35pm CST. A performer that Washington Post deems “is a natural when he’s on stage,” Moore will unleash the feisty track that is taken from his critically acclaimed album WILD ONES available now.
CHRIS YOUNG GOES GLOBAL WITH SOLD-OUT WORLD TOUR
British Country Music Award International Act of the Year CHRIS YOUNG has quickly become an international ambassador for Country Music as he returns to Europe for his “I’m Comin’ Over” World Tour. Young, “one of country music’s most reliable hitmakers,” (USA Today) is headlining nine sold-out shows in England, Germany, Ireland, Scotland, Sweden and Switzerland through September 24. Earlier this year he played to audiences in Australia, South Korea and Japan.
KENNY CHESNEY GEARS UP FOR 2016
The dust hasn’t even settled from Kenny Chesney’s record-smashing Big Revival 2015 Tour – closing with 120,206 fans played to over two nights at Foxboro, Massachusetts’ Gillette Stadium – and the man The Wall Street Journal has deemed “The King of the Road” is ready to kick-off 2016. As is always his way, he’s looking to make his stadium shows the best day of the summer.
“FRONT AND CENTER” AND THE COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCE CMA SONGWRITERS SERIES TAPING WITH KIP MOORE ON SEPT. 21 AT THE IRIDIUM IN NEW YORK CITY
The critically-acclaimed music series “Front and Center” and the Country Music Association (CMA) have announced another special taping for the CMA Songwriters Series with multi-Platinum selling Country star Kip Moore.
CLARE DUNN POSTPONES TRIO OF SHOWS FOR VOCAL REST
With her self-titled EP on the horizon, MCA Nashville’s Clare Dunn is having to take precautionary measures to rest her voice before going into her hectic fall schedule. Unfortunately, this results in postponing upcoming tour stops in Gillette, Wyo.; Oklahoma City, Okla. and her inaugural Heartland Tour date in Lamar, Colo.
Hall of Fame Member Bobby Braddock to Discuss Memoir at the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum
Country Music Hall of Fame member Bobby Braddock will share stories and tales from his new memoir, Bobby Braddock: A Life on Nashville’s Music Row, at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum on Saturday, October 3, 2015, at 1:30 p.m.
CHASE RICE ADDS EVEN MORE MUSICAL MUSCLE TO HIS JD AND JESUS TOUR AND ANNOUNCES DATES FOR 2016
Chase Rice has spent years honing his live show to deliver the same level of passion and intensity that he demands from those who come to see him perform. Having cut his teeth “playing to the most discerning crowd there is: college kids” (Pollstar) and opened for veteran entertainers like Dierks Bentley and Kenny Chesney, Rice has learned a thing or two about what it takes to engage a crowd – and it’s that rare energy he looks for in selecting his own supporting acts for his upcoming JD and Jesus Tour. Rice is calling on a diverse slate of talent to fill out the bill when he embarks on the tour this fall, tapping Dot Records’ Tucker Beathard,, EMI Records Nashville’s Haley Georgia and up-and-coming singer/songwriters Luke Combs, Jordan Davis and Cole Taylor to join him for select shows. He is also extending the JD and Jesus Tour into 2016, with more dates announced today.
THOMAS RHETT SETS THE PACE FOR TANGLED UP WITH FOURTH CONSECUTIVE CAREER NO. ONE “CRASH AND BURN”
As USA Today predicted, “’Crash and Burn,’ is acting like a career-changing hit” for CMA New Artist of the Year nominee Thomas Rhett, who earns his fourth consecutive No. one hit this week, topping the Billboard Country Airplay and Mediabase radio charts with the lead single from his upcoming sophomore release, TANGLED UP (The Valory Music Co.). Even before the album’s Sept. 25 release, the Gold-certified “Crash And Burn” is pushing “the genre into exciting new territory” (Jody Rosen, New York Times) and marks the fastest rising single of his career.
CANAAN SMITH REVEALS PLANS FOR FIRST HEADLINGING “STOMPIN’ GROUNDS TOUR” THIS FALL ON NBC’S TODAYSHOW
Singer/songwriter Canaan Smith made his national television debut this morning on NBC’s TODAY Show performing his new, feel-good single, “Hole In A Bottle.” While chatting with hosts Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb, the Mercury Nashville artist announced that he will head out on his first headlining “Stompin’ Grounds Tour” this November.
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