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Festivals, Music

CMA Fest: Country’s Night To Rock to Air August 3rd!

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“Will you accept this rose?”

That Is the question that country stars Brett Eldredge and Thomas Rhett are asking country fans everywhere! In the sneak peek of the promo that will air during Monday night’s episode of The Bachelorette. The commercial is to promote the 3-hour special that features CMAfest that will air on ABC August 3rd, at 8pm/7c!

 

 

The annual special which is titled CMA Fest:Country’s Night To Rock is Hosted by Eldredge and Rhett. The special features footage from the annual festival that takes place in Nashville, TN! Featured on the program are performances by Jason Aldean, Kelsea Ballerini, Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Brett Eldredge, Florida Georgia Line, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Rascal Flatts, Thomas Rhett, Blake Shelton, Chris Stapleton, Cole Swindell, Steven Tyler, Carrie Underwood, and Keith Urban. Also featured on the program is Little Big Town’s collaboration with Pharrell and Dierks Bentley’s collaboration with Elle King!

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This is the first time Eldredge and Rhett has hosted the special. Past hosts have included Luke Bryan, Little Big Town, Kellie Pickler and Taylor Swift. The two are no stranger to working together though; the two have been longtime friends and also toured together last year on their Suits and Boots tour!

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CMA Fest: Country’s Night To Rock is always a  highlight of the year, as it shows all the fun and events that descend on Nashville every June! The 3-hour Event will air on August 3rd at 8pm EST/7c

Festivals, Interviews, Music

VB Interviews Lindsay Ell: Hey “ByThe Way” She Loves Her Fans!

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My favorite interview of CMA Fest was with the sensational Lindsay Ell! Not only is Ell an amazing Country Artist, she’s also an amazing guitar shredding machine! Plus, she’s amazing with her fans and even gives guitar lessons on social media and in person before concerts! I’ve had the opportunity to meet Ell several times over the last couple of years as a fan, so being able to interview her was pretty amazing!

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It’s wonderful that artists can also cheer on the people who cheer them on, whether it be RTing them or saying how proud they are of everything they are working on. It’s all a team effort and I’m happy to be on the team to help support amazing Country Artists!

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Ell had an incredible week at CMA Fest, she was nominated for a CMT award and chatted about walking the red carpet (she looked stunning!) and what an honor it was to be nominated in the same category as Blake Shelton, Kelsea Ballerini, Brett Eldredge, Jake Owen and Thomas Rhett.

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We also spoke to Ell about her single “By The Way” which is an empowering song about not waiting around being sad about a date or relationship that didn’t work out and getting back out there. Sometimes it just takes a little confidence and this song helps remind you of that! Plus it’s super catchy and one you will want to be jumping up and down to!

Ell had an amazing week at CMA Fest, performing her own shows and also joining Kristian Bush and Natalie Stovall for a show, along with the much anticipated Bobby Bones concert where he brought out a whole bunch of Female Country Artists! Ell is so thankful for everything he is doing for the Women of Country and so are we! Bones recently tweeted about needing to only hear female country artists for the next 3 years!


WATCH VARIETY BEAT INTERVIEW LINDSAY ELL

BONUS: WATCH LINDSAY ELL SNAPCHAT!

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Concert/Live Show, Music

Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani Perform Together on His Birthday – Watch!

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Blake Shelton celebrated his  40th Birthday at Country Jam in Grand Junction, CO this weekend and he had a huge surprise for the crowd! His girlfriend Gwen Stefani came out to perform their duet “Go Ahead And Break My Heart” from Shelton’s new album If I’m Honest.

Afterward, Shelton told the crowd:

“This is fun! Y’all have been so freakin’ nice to me on my 40th birthday and I guess if I had one birthday wish for me personally … I wish I could rock. I wish I was one of those type of artists that could rock but I can’t. For my birthday I wish I could hear an artist who could rock, that’s my birthday wish.”

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The crowd was also treated to Stefani singing her band No Doubt’s hit song “Hella Good.” Earlier in the day Shelton had revealed in his meet and greet line that Stefani had decorated his plane for his birthday (birthday goals). Shelton and Stefani have not been shy about their new relationship since confirming it on November 4th, 2015. They’ve been spotted together numerous times, performed on The Voice together, are featured on each other’s social media and this past weekend changed their twitter profile pictures to pictures of each other (the new Facebook official?).

As seen on Stefani’s snap chat she gave Shelton a guitar shaped birthday cake!

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WATCH GWEN STEFAN AND BLAKE SHELTON PERFORM TOGETHER ON HIS BIRTHDAY

Music

Raelynn and Leann Rimes Ink New Record Deals

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As always CMA Fest has brought a lot of news with it! New record deals were announced for Raelynn and Leann Rimes

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Raelynn recently parted ways with Big Machine Record Label Group after an EP and a number of singles. In April, she signed with Warner Music Nashville, which is also the home of her former The Voice mentor Blake Shelton.

The announcement was made and celebrated Tuesday night June 7th,2016 at Aurora studios. Shelton was in attendance, along with a fellow ‘The Voice‘ constant Nicolle Galyon and songwriter Jimmy Robbins Raelynn, Gaylon and Robbins co-wrote her new single “Love Triangle” with which will be avaible for purchase in the coming weeks.

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While with Big Machine Label Group, Raelynn (who competed on Season 2 of The Voice) released a 5 song EP entitled Me in 2015. It included the hit single “God Made Girls.” Raelynn is currently finishing up her debut album and will hit the road with Shelton on his Fall tour.

 

Leann Rimes has signed a new record deal with RCA Label Group UK!

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The Actress/singer took to her official Facebook page on Monday June 13th to announce the news! Rimes wrote ” So excited to announce that I’ve just signed a new record deal with RCA Label Group UK & will be releasing my 16th album this year! Can’t wait to share my new music with you all… #TheStory”

Along with her label announcement, Rimes has also announced that her new single “The Story” will be released June 24th.  In 2014, Rimes left Curb records after almost 20 years, she signed with the label when she was just 11 years old. Rimes has a long history with trying to leave Curb records filled with legal battles. Her last album for Curb records was the 2013 release, Spitfire.

 

Music

CMT Awards Nominees Revealed!

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Chris Stapleton and Carrie Underwood lead the way for this year’s 2016 CMT Awards Nominees! Taking place in Nashville, Wednesday June 8, 2016 right before CMA Fest kicks off! You can vote for your favorite nominees on CMT thru June 6! Better get to voting to see your favorites take home the buckles!

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VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Blake Shelton – “Sangria”

Cam – “Burning House”

Carrie Underwood – “Smoke Break”

Chris Stapleton – “Fire Away”

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Florida Georgia Line – “Sippin’ On Fire”

Jason Aldean – “Tonight Looks Good On You”

Keith Urban – “John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16”

Little Big Town – “Girl Crush”

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Luke Bryan – “Strip It Down”

Sam Hunt – “Break Up In A Small Town”

Thomas Rhett – “Die A Happy Man”

Tim McGraw – “Humble and Kind”

MALE VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Blake Shelton – “Sangria”

Eric Church – “Like A Wrecking Ball” (From 2015 CMT Music Awards)

Keith Urban – “John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16”

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Luke Bryan – “Kick The Dust Up” (From 2015 CMT Music Awards)

Sam Hunt – “Break Up In A Small Town”

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Thomas Rhett – “Die A Happy Man”
FEMALE VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Cam – “Burning House”

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Carrie Underwood – “Smoke Break”

Jana Kramer – “I Got The Boy”

Kacey Musgraves – “Biscuits”

Kelsea Ballerini – “Dibs”

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Maren Morris – “My Church”

GROUP/DUO VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Brothers Osborne – “Stay A Little Longer”

Dan + Shay – “Nothin’ Like You”

Florida Georgia Line – “Sippin’ On Fire”

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Little Big Town – “Girl Crush”

Old Dominion – “Break Up With Him”

Zac Brown Band – “Loving You Easy”
BREAKTHROUGH VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Brothers Osborne – “Stay A Little Longer”

Cam – “Burning House”

Chris Janson – “Buy Me A Boat”

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Chris Stapleton – “Fire Away”

Maren Morris – “My Church”

Old Dominion – “Break Up With Him”

CMT PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR

Adam Lambert and Leona Lewis – “Girl Crush” (From 2015 CMT Artists of The Year)

Brantley Gilbert and Lynyrd Skynyrd – “What’s Your Name” (From CMT Crossroads)

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Carrie Underwood – “Smoke Break” (From CMT Instant Jam)

Cheap Trick and Jennifer Nettles – “I Want You To Want Me” (From CMT Crossroads)

Chris Stapleton – “Nobody To Blame” (From CMT Artists of the Year)

Darius Rucker – “Alright”(From CMT Instant Jam)

Don’t forget to vote!