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Kenny Chesney announced today that he would be playing one stadium show in 2017! This comes after the superstar announced that he would take a break from touring next year! Chesney will play at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts. Gillette is almost always in Chesney’s list of tour stops. In a video on his social media accounts Chesney talks about how he couldn’t imagine his summer without making a visit to the Stadium.
The concert will happen on August 25, 2017 and coming along for the event will be Thomas Rhett and Old Dominion! Thomas Rhett’s 2017 is gearing up to be pretty busy as he is fixing to head out on his first headlining tour The Home Town Tour which kicks off in February!
Chesney has had a big year, he was on tour for much of 2016 and released a brand new album! The Spread The Love Tour which featured Miranda Lambert on the Stadium dates. Chesney also released a brand new studio album Cosmic Hallelujah a few weeks ago. He received the Pinnacle Award at the 50th annual CMA Awards earlier this month!
Tickets for Chesney’s Gillette Stadium show go on sale for American Express customers this week. Tickets will be available everywhere on December 2nd! For more information visit kennychesney.com
Then. Now. Forever Country, Has been the catch phrase used to describe the CMA Awards for most of this year and they delivered tonight! The 50th annual broadcast kicked off with stars of the past and present joining together on legendary songs.
Vince Gill started the show off on a sober note singing a tribute to Merle Haggard who passed away earlier this year with Haggard’s son BenHaggard on guitar.
Then came host Brad Paisley with Roy Clark from Hee Haw fame. They launched into “Pickin’ and Grinning.” CMA award host Carrie Underwood belted out the Tammy Wynette classic “Stand By Your Man.” Charlie Pride joined Paisley for Pride’s song “Kiss An Angel Good Morning.” Alabama kept the nostalgia going with their song “Mountain Music.”
Paisley and Charlie Daniels team up on Daniels’s hit “Devil went down to Georgia.” Following Paisley and Daniels were Reba McEntire , Dwight Yoakam and Clint Black all singing their own songs! Wrapping up the opening performances was Ricky Skaggs and Paisley dueling guitars on Skaggs’s Song “Country Boy At Heart” then Alan Jackson brought 90’s country back to life with his hit “Don’t Rock The Juke Box.”
All through the opening numbers as an artist finished they stayed on the stage but moved to the background which led to the magical moment that took place at the end of the opening number. Paisley and Underwood brought Randy Travis to the stage and sang his hit song “Forever and Ever Amen” with Travis finishing the song out with the very last word Amen which was a miracle in its self since just a few months ago it was believed Travis would never sing again because of a stroke he suffered in 2013.
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The opening performance set the stage for the entire show which was an amazing walk down memory lane as well as a look what the future holds. The 50th annual CMA Awards from Nashville, TN saw many amazing team ups and moments that will for sure be remembered for years to come. The show featured performances by Brooks & Dunn with Superstar Jason Aldean, Florida Georgia Line with Tim McGraw, and Dierks Bentley and Elle King with their hit song “Different for Girls.”
Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood sang a melody of hits from years past including some iconic duets from some of country music’s greatest couples! Also Joining forces were Alan Jackson and George Strait who sang their songs “Remember When” and “Troubadour” which were used for the in memoriam portion of the awards show, which honored the memories of the stars that have passed on. Tonight’s award show also saw superstar Beyoncé joining The Dixie Chicks on the CMA Awards Stage!
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As always there was plenty of jokes and songs from hosts Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley, as always no topic was off-limits. There was jokes about the election, drinks named after artists, Willie Nelson‘s hobbies and of course there was some Tim McGraw and Faith Hill jokes.
While the night revolved around the country music of past, present and future it was also a night of honoring the accomplishments of many of the artist in attendance! This year’s awards saw a lot of artists taking home their first or second CMA awards as well as a country legend returning to the top! The Winners of the 50th CMA Awards:
Single of the Year –Thomas Rhett “Die A Happy Man”
Song of the Year-“Humble and Kind” Lori McKenna
Musical Event of the Year- “Different For Girls” — Dierks Bentley featuring Elle King
New Artist of the Year- Maren Morris
Musician of the Year- Dann Huff (guitar)
Music Video of the Year- “Fire Away” — Chris Stapleton; directed by Tim Mattia
Album Of The Year-Eric Church – Mr. Misunderstood.
Vocal Duo Of The Year –Brothers Osbourne
Vocal Group Of The Year- Little Big Town.
Pinnacle Award-Kenny Chensey
Female Vocalist Of The Year-Carrie Underwood
Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award –Dolly Parton
Male Vocalist of The Year- Chris Stapleton
Entertainer Of They Year- Garth Brooks
The Entertainer of The Year Award was presented to Brooks by Taylor Swift who returns to the CMA Awards stage after being absent from the awards show since 2014 when she crossed over to Pop music full-time!
It’s no secret that 2016 has been a challenging year for America and one artist is using his music to speak out. Buddy Brown is a country artist originally from Mississippi, whose current single “I Call BS On That” talks about some of the struggles that America faces today!
We had the pleasure of talking to Buddy Brown just a few days after his EP I Call BS on That released! We talked about the inspiration behind the songs on his EP, allowing himself to be vulnerable, Hunting, Halloween plans (and what he does with the extra candy), Holiday Traditions and more!
Listen to the interview below!
Even though Brown is not yet signed to a label, his self-released EP still debuted at #1 on the iTunes Country Music charts. The singer-songwriter wrote every song on the EP and his first single has amassed over 4.1 million views on Facebook!
It’s been quite the journey for Brown who started out by posting videos on YouTube and now tours the country with some of country music’s up-and-coming artists!
Victoria Lane burst onto the music scene a few months ago with her first single “Don’t Regret It.” Now she’s back with her newest single “Lights Off.” The story is one that’s all too familiar, ‘He’s Just Not That Into You.’
It’s a tale that most girls can relate to, finding a guy that you think is perfect and realizing he’s not.
Listen to “Lights Off” by Victoria Lane
We had the pleasure of talking with Lane earlier this month about her new single and her journey thus far!
Variety Beat: You released a single last month called “Don’t Regret It.” Can you tell us the inspiration for the song?
Victoria Lane: It’s upbeat, sad, hopeful, and sassy all at once! At the time that I wrote it, I was traveling back and forth between my hometown of Miami and my dream hometown of Los Angeles every couple of weeks. I found myself leaving Miami behind in exchange for some time in L.A., where a lot of my good friends live and where I felt there was more opportunity for me. I decided to take that feeling of being in the push and pull of a relationship — in this case, my relationship with Miami — and make it sound like a traditional breakup song. (By the way, there was ultimately a happy ending: I made a clean break with Miami and now live in L.A. — and I don’t regret it!)
VB: And you’re gearing up to release another single later this month “Lights Off.” What do you hope fans take away from it? What’s the meaning behind the song?
VL: I wrote “Lights Off” as I was getting dressed to go out the night after a guy — one who had fooled me into thinking he wasn’t the bad guy I thought he was — told me I was pretty in a pitch black room. Total jerk move, right? I want fans to feel the need to sing along to “Lights Off” at the top of their lungs every time they hear it because they’ve been through a similar situation. It’s fun and angry, and I think it’s relatable because there’s quite a bit of vulnerability woven into it as well.
VB: How has being raised somewhere like Miami influenced your sound/you as an artist?
VL: Miami had an influence not as much on my sound as much as on my development as an independent artist. My high school had an incredible chorus that I was a part of — and became president of my senior year — that helped me fall in love with singing! But I really began to pursue this dream while I was living in Miami thanks to encouragement from my friend Cody who I drove up to visit in Orlando one weekend. And the amazing team at Afflux Studios, who were just up the street in Wellington, produced both the cover videos that introduced me as an artist and the music video for “Don’t Regret It.”
VB: You graduated college and worked in the corporate world for a while, what made you realize music was what you wanted to do?
VL: I went to watch some friends play a show in Downtown Orlando one weekend. I remember standing in the crowd, watching my friends have an absolute blast and realizing that I was missing out on the fun and passion that came with being an artist. I already was in love with music, and I figured that fear was the only thing holding me back! And so, here we are!
VB: Who are some of the biggest music influences to you? VL: Hayley Williams, hands down. She is flawless. I’ve also found myself listening to Katy Perry, Tove Lo, and Tory Lanez a lot. And the seasoned songwriters I write with have had the greatest influence on me — on not only my sound but also my confidence.
“Lights Off” can be found at all major digital retailers including iTunes. More information can be found www.iamvictorialane.com
The 50th annual CMA Awards are fastly approaching and the first round of performers were announced! Hosts Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood are performing along with their hosting duties. Joining them as performers are Dierks Bentley, Eric Church, Keith Urban and Maren Morris! This is just the first round of performers, with many more to come. Since it’s the 50th anniversary of the CMA Awards it promises to be one of the biggest shows ever!
The Nominees were announced in late August By Bentley, Urban and newcomer Cam at the Grand Ole Opry! It has also been announced that Dolly Parton will receive the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award!
Since it’s the 50th anniversary the Country Music Association is going all out! They recently released what is one of the most Unique things ever done they gathered Country super stars from the past, present and the future. The project is called Forever Country and it is a mashup of multiple country classics sang by the legends and superstars of country music!
