December 27, 2006 - Keith Urban reportedly has finished rehabilitation for alcohol abuse and returned to Australia to be with his wife, Nicole Kidman, the Associated Press reported.
Kidman and Urban reunited in the actress' hometown of Sydney.
Urban, 39, checked himself into a rehabilitation treatment center in the U.S.... »»»December 24, 2006 - Songwriter Dennis Linde, who penned hits for Elvis Presley and Garth Brooks, died Friday at 63 of a lung disease.
Among the hits penned by Linde was Elvis' last hit, "Burning Love," which reached number 2 on the Billboard charts in 1972. Linde also wrote "Goodbye Earl," a hit by the Dixie Chicks in... »»»December 22, 2006 - Heidi Newfield, the former lead singer of Trick Pony,intends to head into the recording studio in January 2007.
"I am very excited," said Newfield. "I can not wait until January to get in the studio and begin the creative process of making the kind of music that I've always wanted to make.... »»»December 21, 2006 - Tim McGraw's "Last Dollar" will be played as the first played video of 2007, airing on Monday, Jan. 1, 2007 at 6 a.m. eastern on CMT.
The television premiere will follow the online premiere at CMT.com at 12:01 a.m. eastern earlier that day.
"Last Dollar" was derived from behind-the-scenes and other... »»»December 21, 2006 - Sugarland and Carrie Underwood continued topping the Billboard charts for the week ending, Dec. 30. Sugarland's single "Want To" was number one on the song chart, while Underwood's "Some Love" topped the album chart.
On the song chart, Rascal Flatts' "My Wish" was second and Tim McGraw's "My Little... »»»December 18, 2006 - Charlie Daniels announced Monday the Volunteer Jam Tour will, once again, hit cities all across America in 2007.
The Volunteer Jam started in 1974 when Daniels wanted to record "Fire On The Mountain" in front of a live audience. The War Memorial Auditorium in downtown Nashville set the stage as... »»»December 15, 2006 - Sugarland's "Enjoy The Ride" has gone platinum, meaning it has sold more than 1 million units since it was released Nov. 7.
"After only five weeks, one single and a platinum certification, this album has already proved itself a success," said Universal Music Group Nashville's Co-Chairman Luke Lewis.... »»»December 14, 2006 - Rascal Flatts will end the year as the best selling artist across all genres of music thanks to "Me And My Gang." This is the second consecutive year that the band will wrap the year as the best selling country artist, but the first time in 14 years that a country artist has had the best selling artist album.... »»»December 12, 2006 - Kenny Chesney is back in the studio, only this time it's not to make another album for himself. Instead, he and long-time producer Buddy Cannon are producing Willie Nelson.
"Even I'm excited," said Chesney. "I was out in the middle of the room today, just listening to it all go down… You catch the... »»»December 12, 2006 - Trick Pony will record its final disc as a live album this week, the trio announced Tuesday.
Lead singer Heidi Newfield, Ira Dean and Keith Burns will play the venue where they received their record deal - the Wildhorse Saloon Wednesday. Newfield announced she is leaving the band to pursue a solo career.... »»»December 11, 2006 - Brad Paisley ended his Time Well Wasted Tour tis past weekend in Chicago. The singer, who released his first Christmas album in October, played 87 cities to more than 750,000 fans, traveling over 1 million miles in support of his ACM and CMA Album of the Year, "Time Well Wasted."
Paisley played to a... »»»December 11, 2006 - Five finalists from around the U.S. were named for the 25th annual Colgate Showdown.
The five will compete for $100,000 in this year's National Final Jan. 25 at the Ryman in Nashville. They are Lindsey Earl, Jill James, J Juliano with Adrienne Grove, Megan Peeler and Hailey Stout.... »»»December 11, 2006 - Vince Gill's multi-disc, multi-artist "These Days" album was certified platinum for sales of 1 million units, it was announced Monday. This achievement came during the same week Gill wrapped up the first leg of his and picked up his 35th Grammy nomination.
"It's exciting to be involved in such a... »»»
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December 11, 2006 - Carrie Underwood will soon embark on her first USO tour to the Persian Gulf region. Underwood, who recently received the Country Music Association's "Female Vocalist of the Year" Award and "Horizon" Award, will perform and meet with service members.
Specific dates of her visit were not disclosed by her publicist.... »»»December 7, 2006 - The Dixie Chicks led the country contingent with five Grammy nominations despite getting scant airplay. The Chicks received nominations for overall album and best country album for "Taking the Long Way" and record of the year and performance by a duo/group with vocal for "Not Ready to Make Nice.... »»»December 7, 2006 - "My Wish" by Rascal Flatts hit number 1 on the Billboard country song chart for the week ending Dec. 16, taking over for Carrie Underwood's "Before He Cheats," which slipped to third.
The news was not all bad for Underwood because her album, "Some Hearts," was up one to the top spot, wresting it from... »»»December 7, 2006 - Wedding bells were once again ringing in the Little Big Town camp when Kimberly Roads married longtime friend Stephen Schlapman on Nov. 28. With family and friends, including fellow band members Karen Fairchild, Jimi Westbrook and Phillip Sweet, gathered around them, Roads and Schlapman were married on... »»»December 7, 2006 - Lonestar went forward with their show in corpus Christi, texas, but the lead singer didn't look a lot like Richie McDonald. In fact, it sure looked a lot like Josh Gracin.
McDonald decided to have surgery to repair a disc problem in his back, but needed more time for recovery than anticipated.... »»»December 6, 2006 - "Me and My Gang" will go a lot more gangs of people as Rascal Flatts will hit the road in early February on a new installment of their tour.
The tour, "Me And My Gang 2007," starts Feb. 8 in Charleston, West Va. and hit 21 cities before wrapping in early April.
At that point, the band will take a... »»»December 6, 2006 - Porter Wagoner signed a record deal with Anti- Records in celebration of his 50th year with The Grand Ole Opry in 2007. "Wagonmaster" will be produced by Marty Stuart and is the first in a series of events celebrating Porter's anniversary. The disc will be out in May 2007.
Porter will join a label... »»»December 5, 2006 - Joe Ely is following the path of other artists and forming his own label. The Texas veteran and member of The Flatlanders is releasing not one, but two albums in February.
"Happy Songs from Rattlelesnake Gulch" is a new disc that comes out Feb. 9, 2007 on Rack 'em. Ely produced the 11-song disc.... »»»December 4, 2006 - Rascal Flatts score their sixth number one single as "My Wish" tops the Billboard country chart. The song, written by Steve Robson and Jeffrey Steele, is from the band's latest CD, "Me And My Gang," the best selling artist album of the year. The chart will be released on Thursday by Billboard.... »»»December 1, 2006 - Bluegrass veterans Steve Gulley, Phil Leadbetter and Alan Bibey announced Friday they are forming a new band, Grasstowne.
Gulley was with Mountain Heart and Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, while Phil Ledbetter was with Wildfire and J. D. Crow & The New South. Bibey has played with Blue Ridge and IIIrd Tyme Out.... »»»
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