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Kelsea Ballerini Announces Headlining Tour With Special Guests!

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Country music’s sweetheart Kelsea Ballerini  is continuing on the road to being a superstar! The Knoxville, Tennessee native announced today August 1st that she will be headlining her first tour this fall! The First Time Tour which is named after her debut CD will kick off in Houston, TX on October 21st! The 10 city tour will start in Texas and end with a 2 night stay in Las Vegas where fellow up and coming country star Cam will be her guest for those dates. The tour will have stops all over the United States including Ballerini’s home town of Knoxville and New York City.

 

 

The tour announcement comes just one day after Ballerini attended the Teen Choice Awards, which was a kick off to a busy week for Ballerini! Tonight she will perform on Jimmy Kimmel  Live! Outdoor stage, then on Wednesday she will take part in CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock. Also on Thursday she will co-host the finale of  Greatest Hits, both specials will air on ABC!

 

 

The First Time tour will also feature Carly Pearce, Morgan Evans, Levi Hummon, Jacob Davis has Ballerini’s opening acts on select dates! Ballerini’s current single “Peter Pan” is currently in the top 10 on Billboard Country Airplay charts and Mediabase! Ballerini has taken country music by storm in the last couple of years, she became the first solo female artist in 11 years to have her first new singles go #1 on the country charts! While announcing her tour, Ballerini shared how touring with other artists over the last couple years has shaped the way she approaches touring!

“I’ve been blessed to open for so many incredible artists and people I admire. Getting to watch their shows and learn more about our craft has inspired me to grow as an artist. One of the highlights of touring has been meeting fans and creating new relationships along the way. And for that reason, I was inspired to put together my first headlining tour. I can’t wait to get up close and personal with the people who have made the last few years so incredible. See you this fall!”

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Tickets for The First Time tour will be made available for fan club members beginning Wednesday, August 8th and this Friday August 5th tickets will go on sale to the public! More information can be found at kelseaballerini.com. Fans can also keep up with Ballerini on her social media accounts and see her on the road with Rascal Flatts this summer!

Watch “Peter Pan” video below!

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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

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Jason Aldean Scores 17th #1 And Announces New Album!

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Monday was an exciting day for fans of Jason Aldean! Fans awoke to the news that the Macon native’s latest single “Lights Come On“ had made it to the top of the charts making it Aldean’s 17th #1!! The song which premiered on the ACM awards the night Aldean was named Entertainer Of The Year is the lead single off his 7th Studio album. Little has been known about the album until today. It was just announced that his 7th album They Don’t Know will be released on September 9th! Also revealed were the cover art and the track list!

 

They Don’t Know will once again be produced by Michael Knox, Jason’s longtime producer. The album which features 15 songs also features a duet that may be surprising to some! Kelsea Ballerini joins Aldean on the track “First Time Again.”

They Don’t Know will be different then the past couple projects from Aldean, he told Rolling Stone Country earlier this year that the album goes back to the roots of the first few albums!

 “This album really does go back to what I do best. When you go back and listen to Wide Open and My Kinda Party… It’s sort of the combination of those two albums. It’s just getting back to what we do. At the end of the day, our core sound is up tempo rock and roll, and the slow to mid-range things are a little country. That’s the system that works for us.”

 

 

He also went on to say that this album will have a more mature sound now that he was older and has been in country music for 11 years.

“As you get older, your subject matter of songs starts to change. The things that I cut 10 years ago when I was first getting started, I would not necessarily cut those songs now. I like to think I’m older and a little bit wiser than when I started, but that’s probably debatable. Well, the older part isn’t debatable!”

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They Don’t Know is available for pre-order on iTunes and They Don’t Know bundles which include signed CD’S and t-shirts are available for pre-order on Jasonaldean.com. In the meantime, while fans await his new album they can catch Aldean on his Six String Circus Tour. He will also be one of the performers featured on the special CMAfest:Country’s Night To Rock on August 3rd on ABC! Aldean will also be part of Good Morning America’s Summer Concert series on August 26th! More information can be found at Jasonaldean.com

They Don’t Know Tracklist can be found below!



1. “Lights Come On”
2. “A Little More Summertime”
3. “This Plane Don’t Go There”
4. “Comin’ in Hot”
5. “First Time Again” (feat. Kelsea Ballerini)
6. “Bad”
7. “They Don’t Know”
8. “One We Won’t Forget”
9. “Whiskey’d Up”
10. “In Case You Don’t Remember”
11. “All Out of Beer”
12. “Any Ol’ Barstool”
13. “The Way a Night Should Feel”
14. “Reason to Love LA”
15. “When the Lights Go Out”

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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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CMA Fest: Radio Disney Country Stage Announced!

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For the first time at CMA Fest, there will be a Radio Disney Country Stage! That pretty much sounds like the best thing ever! The line up is crazy good and it’s one you will want to be sure to check out! Get the line up below!

Thursday, June 9

10:oo am – Kelsea Ballerini Q&A

10:30-11:30am – Lauren Alaina Q&A and Performance

11:30am-12pm – Lindsay Ell Q&A and Performance

12:30-2pm – Drew Baldridge Q&A and Performance

2:30-4pm – Megan & Liz Q&A and Performance

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Friday, June 10

10:oo am-11am – Liddy Clark Q&A and Performance

11:00am-12pm – Farewell Angelina Q&A and Performance

12:30-2pm – Matt Gary Q&A and Performance

2:30-4pm – Olivia Lane Q&A and Performance

4pm-5pm – Dan + Shay Q&A and Performance

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Saturday, June 11

10:00am-10:30am – Mickey Guyton Q&A and Performance

10:30am-11am- Cassadee Pope Q&A and Performance

12:oopm-1pm – Jana Kramer Q&A

1:oopm-2pm – Tegan Marie Q&A and Performance

2:30pm-4pm – Kalie Shorr Q&A and Performance

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Sunday, June 12

10:ooam-11am – Granger Smith Q&A and Performance

11:ooam-12pm – Maddie & Tae Q&A and Performance

12:00pm-2pm – Lacy Cavalier Q&A and Performance

2:30pm-4pm – Temecula Road Q&A and Performance