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RCA Nashville Platinum recording artist Jake Owen will perform multiple times in NYC during release week for his highly anticipated fifth studio album entitled American Love, being released on July 29th and available for pre-order now. Continue Reading →
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Rising New Artist Kelsea Ballerini will close out 2015 with numerous national TV appearances this week, including Billboard’s Women In Music event, American Country Countdown’s “Top 10 Stories of 2015” special and iHeart Radio’s Jingle Ball two-hour concert special in addition to continual airings of PBS’ National Christmas Tree Lighting broadcast throughout the month of December.
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From London to Las Vegas, superstar Carrie Underwood has been in the spotlight in multiple ways this week following a Sunday performance of her new single, “Heartbeat,” on the smash UK series, The X Factor.
Country superstars Big & Rich are celebrating the holidays with a must-see Christmas Eve appearance on NBC’s Today show by teaming with correspondent Jenna Bush Hager and legendary Brenda Lee. Big & Rich will take center stage on ESPN during theAutoZone Liberty Bowl halftime show on Monday, December 29, 2014 in Memphis, Tennessee. In addition to being featured among the biggest highlights of the game, Big Kenny and John Rich will be honored with the bowl’s Outstanding Achievement Award at the President’s Gala on December 28. Past recipients include Danny Thomas, Elvis Presley, B.B. King, Lou Rawls, Alabama and The Temptations.
Rising country music singer and Pretty Little Liarsactress Lucy Hale will be spending Thanksgiving Day with more than 60 million of her closest friends when she performs her latest single, “Lie A Little Better,” from New York City during the 88th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on November 27 on NBC. The perennial holiday favorite draws 3 million people each year to line the streets for the Thanksgiving Day tradition.
Miranda Lambert will unveil her long anticipated new RCA Records Nashville album, Platinum, next week with a wave of television appearances. On Sunday, June 1, CBS’ Sunday Morning will air a comprehensive profile on Miranda from her hometown of Tishomingo, OK. Monday, June 2, she will perform her top 5 single “Automatic” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and she will rise early on Tuesday, June 3, for an appearance on Good Morning America.
On Wednesday, June 4, “Somethin’ Bad” is coming to the CMT Music Awards when Miranda and Carrie Underwood perform their new duet, which debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Country Digital Songs chart this week. Miranda leads the pack with six nominations at this year’s CMT Awards. On Friday, June 6, Miranda returns to The View where she will be lead guest and perform “Automatic.” Miranda wraps up the week Friday night in Nashville at LP Field with a performance at the CMA Music Festival.
“I’m so excited to finally be releasingPlatinum, and I can’t wait for everyone to have the opportunity to hear it,” said Miranda of theJune 3 album which contains 16 tracks. “I feel I have a responsibility as a female artist, songwriter and musician to keep reinventing myself and stay fresh. I didn’t know exactly what that was going to be but I didn’t want a concrete plan that we were locked into. So I actually felt pretty vulnerable writing this album and picking songs, and I think you can hear that on the record.”
Platinum will be available June 3 or preorder now at http://smarturl.it/mlplatinum and receive “Somethin’ Bad” and Miranda’s hit single, “Automatic,” now.
Multi Platinum-selling recording artist Sara Evans, one of the most compelling and authentic vocalists in country music, continues to show no signs of slowing down in support of her critically acclaimed seventh studio album Slow Me Down. On Friday, May 23rd Evans will kick off the Fox & Friends Summer Concert Series at 8am EST on FOX (check local listings). Evans is also set to hit the road starting next week for her Slow Me Down Tour with shows across the country including a performance at LP Field Saturday, June 7th during the 2014 CMA Music Festival, where she will also have several other performances and make a few special appearances. For up to date information on tour dates and Sara Evans you can go to www.saraevans.com.
The title track from Slow Me Downshowcases Evans at her finest with her signature powerful vocals and marked Evans’ fourteenth Top 20 single. Slow Me Down is the follow-up album to 2011’sStronger. The album, which debuted at #2 on the Country Album Chart and landed in the Top 10 on the Billboard 200 chart, continues to win over fans and media alike and has been highlighted for Evans’ collaborations with Country legend Vince Gill, Isaac Slade and a cover of Gavin DeGraw’s “Not Over You.” Fans can also purchase Slow Me Down now by going tohttp://smarturl.it/itunesslowmedown.
Sara Evans is enjoying a prolific recording career with nearly 6 million records sold and 5 #1 Country singles, including “Suds In The Bucket, “A Real Fine Place To Start,” and “A Little Bit Stronger,” which spent 2 weeks at #1 and was certified Platinum by the R.I.A.A. Evans has garnered numerous accolades over the course of her stellar career, including the Academy of Country Music’s Top Female Vocalist honor and the Country Music Association’s Video of the Year for her hit chart-topping single, “Born to Fly” from her double-platinum album of the same name. Named to People Magazine’s “50 Most Beautiful People,” Sara’s career also includes the Platinum-selling studio albumsReal Fine Place and Restless, the Gold-certified No Place That Far and the double-Platinum selling Born To Fly.
Slow Me Down Tour Dates:
May 24th Caruthersville, MO Lady Luck Casino
June 7th Nashville, TN LP Field
June 12th Lemoore, CA Tachi Palace Casino
June 13th Oroville, CA Gold Country Casino
June 14th Santa Rosa, CA Sonoma Country Fairgrounds
June 21st Cullman, AL Rock The South
July 5th Bossier City, LA Margaritaville Resort
July 10th Duluth, MN Bayfront Park
July 11th Clinton, IA Wild Rose Casino & Resorts
July 12th Emmetsburg, IA Wild Rose Casino & Resorts
July 13th Rhinelander, WI Hodag Country Festival
July 18th Bremen, GA Mill Town Music Hall
July 19th Panama City, FL Bay Pointe Marina
July 25th Deadwood, SD Deadwood Mountain Grand
July 26th Colorado Springs, CO World Arena
July 27th Denver, CO Coors Field
August 1st Waverly, IN Bremer County Fair
August 2nd Michigan City, IN Blue Chip Casino
August 9th Sedalia, MO Missouri State Fair
August 15th West Wendover, NV Peppermill Concert Hall
August 16th Lewiston, ID Clearwater River Casino
August 17th Brownsville, OR The Willamette Country Music Fair
August 29th Cohasset, MA South Shore Music Circus
August 30th Hagersville, Canada Hagersville Summer End Festival
August 31st Jackson, NJ Six Flags
September 1st Woodstock, CT Woodstock Fair
September 5th Thief River Falls, MN Seven Clans Casino
September 6th Fort Yates, ND Prairie Knights Casino
September 27th Fort Worth, TX Bass Performance Hall
October 19th Thousand Oaks, CA Kavli Theater
October 23rd Santa Ynez, CA Chumash Casino
October 24th Reno, NV Grand Sierra Resort
For more official Sara Evans news and ticket information go to www.saraevans.com.
Country music supergroup Rascal Flatts will release their ninth studio album REWIND on Big Machine Records tomorrow (5/13) with several national TV and radio performances in addition to exclusive promotional events.
The album comes just as the lead single “Rewind” is nearing the top of the Country Radio charts.
As the best-selling Country group of the past decade, Flatts have debuted their last seven studio albums at No. 1 on the Billboard Country Albums chart, a rare feat only achieved by four other artists. They’ve sold more than 22.5 million albums, scored 14 No. 1 singles, sold over 28 million digital downloads and earned more than 40 industry accolades, including six consecutive wins as the Country Music Association’s Vocal Group of the Year.
Exploring new sonic territory, REWIND chronicles the joys and complexities of life. Spearheaded by bassist Jay DeMarcus, Flatts co-produced more than half of the album with acclaimed producers Howard Benson and Dann Huff contributing to several of the 13 standard and four deluxe tracks.
“Music has changed so much in the last few years and in order to stay relevant you have to change with it, but we also had to be true to ourselves,” says DeMarcus. “REWIND is a combination of staying with what people know and love, the familiar Flatts, but also bridging the musical gap into today’s Country music and pushing the envelope a little bit. There is a delicate balance and I think we’ve done a pretty good job. There are songs on the record where people are going to say, ‘That’s vintage Flatts! That’s what I fell in love with’ and a whole new generation of country music listeners are going to go, ‘Wow! I didn’t expect this from them!’”
To promote the release of REWIND, Rascal Flatts will appear on the following:
Monday, May 12
iHeart Radio LIVE Q&A and Performance at the iHeart Radio Theater in Los Angeles
(Live Broadcast and Stream at 7PM PT)
In-depth profile on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams
(NBC, 6:30PM Eastern/5:30PM Central)
Performance of “Rewind” on The Voice
(NBC, 8PM Eastern/7PM Central)
Rascal Flatts Album Release Event presented by Citi ®
(Tickets available at CitiPrivatePass.com)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(NBC, 11:35 PM Eastern/10:35 PM Central)
Toyota Concert Series on TODAY
(NBC, 7 AM in all markets)
For REWIND TOUR dates and more, visit RascalFlatts.com.
