reba and blake raise money for tornado victims
Reba McEntire and Blake Shelton raised $500,000 for victims of recent tornadoes in Atoka County, OK. The sold-out disaster relief concerts was 25-26 May 2011 at the Choctaw Events Center in Durant, OK. Kelly Clarkson made a surprise guest appearances at the 26 May concert. McEntire and Shelton co-headlined the event and opened the show with a duet of "Oklahoma Swing." McEntire was born near Kiowa, a community located some 30 miles from the greatest devastation. Shelton was born in Ada and currently resides in Tishomingo, less than 50 miles from the Atoka County line. All proceeds from both shows, as well as donations from the Choctaw Nation and fans, will go toward Atoka County's ongoing relief efforts through the Tushka Disaster Relief Fund. Additionally, a special mobile fundraising campaign is underway through the mGive Foundation. Fans can text OKGIVE to 27722 to make a one-time donation of $10 to be billed to their monthly cell phone bill.
tim mcGraw files countersuit
Tim McGraw has filed a countersuit against Curb Records, the Nashville record company that helped launch his career nearly 20 years ago but that McGraw now says wants to enforce his “involuntary servitude” by trying to keep him under a long-standing contract.
It’s the latest legal twist in one of the longest-running country music industry relationships in Nashville — one that made McGraw a star, spawned numerous hit songs and earned both parties millions of dollars before turning ugly.
McGraw is seeking unspecified punitive damages against Curb Records, an advance payment for his latest recordings and a legal ruling he has fulfilled the terms of his contract at Curb and is free to move on.
“After a nearly 19-year relationship with Curb Records which has provided unprecedented success for both parties, Curb has taken actions that are harmful to Tim McGraw’s career,” a McGraw spokesman said. “It is with great regret that he responds with a countersuit, but the label has left him with no other option.”
The relationship soured in recent years, with McGraw publicly railing at the terms of his Curb contract. It came to a head two weeks ago when Curb Records, headed by music mogul Mike Curb, filed a breach of contract suit against McGraw.
The legal dispute centers on McGraw’s latest album, Emotional Traffic, which the singer called his “absolute last album with Curb if it kills him.”
Meanwhile, Curb officials complained McGraw “dumped” the album on the record label.
The label claims McGraw is obligated to record two more albums with the label. McGraw’s countersuit claims he has fulfilled terms of the deal and should be released.
While McGraw’s attorneys don’t dispute that the recordings were made in late 2009 and 2010, during the period his album Southern Voices was released, they dispute that the contract requires him to record songs in a specified time period.
Curb attorney Jay Bowen said the contract’s language is clear, and that McGraw’s legal filing is an admission he didn’t fulfill the terms of that deal.
“Tim McGraw has admitted he did not comply with the recording contract that clearly sets out when he must record,” Bowen said.
It’s the latest legal twist in one of the longest-running country music industry relationships in Nashville — one that made McGraw a star, spawned numerous hit songs and earned both parties millions of dollars before turning ugly.
McGraw is seeking unspecified punitive damages against Curb Records, an advance payment for his latest recordings and a legal ruling he has fulfilled the terms of his contract at Curb and is free to move on.
“After a nearly 19-year relationship with Curb Records which has provided unprecedented success for both parties, Curb has taken actions that are harmful to Tim McGraw’s career,” a McGraw spokesman said. “It is with great regret that he responds with a countersuit, but the label has left him with no other option.”
The relationship soured in recent years, with McGraw publicly railing at the terms of his Curb contract. It came to a head two weeks ago when Curb Records, headed by music mogul Mike Curb, filed a breach of contract suit against McGraw.
The legal dispute centers on McGraw’s latest album, Emotional Traffic, which the singer called his “absolute last album with Curb if it kills him.”
Meanwhile, Curb officials complained McGraw “dumped” the album on the record label.
The label claims McGraw is obligated to record two more albums with the label. McGraw’s countersuit claims he has fulfilled terms of the deal and should be released.
While McGraw’s attorneys don’t dispute that the recordings were made in late 2009 and 2010, during the period his album Southern Voices was released, they dispute that the contract requires him to record songs in a specified time period.
Curb attorney Jay Bowen said the contract’s language is clear, and that McGraw’s legal filing is an admission he didn’t fulfill the terms of that deal.
“Tim McGraw has admitted he did not comply with the recording contract that clearly sets out when he must record,” Bowen said.
songwriter commits suicide
Joseph Brooks, who wrote Debby Boone's 1977 hit "You Light Up My Life," was found dead Sunday, 22 May 2011, at his home in New York City. Police said one of Brooks' friends found the 73-year-old songwriter on a couch with a plastic dry cleaning bag and a towel wrapped around his head and a tube attached to a helium tank. A suicide note was found at the scene. At the time of his death, Brooks was awaiting trial on rape and sexual abuse charges after pleading innocent in 2009 to alleged attacks on 13 women. In January, his son Nicholas Brooks was charged with the death of his ex-girlfriend, swimsuit designer Sylvie Cachey. Boone's recording of "You Light Up My Life" reached No. 1 on the Billboard pop chart and No. 4 on the country chart. It won an Academy Award in 1977 for best original song and a Grammy in 1978 as song of the year.
david nail schedules flood relief benefit
David Nail is returning to his home state 27 May 2011 to headline the David Nail Flood Relief Benefit Concert in Sikeston, Mo. All proceeds from the event will go to the SEMO Health Network's Flood Relief Fund to assist the thousands of Southeastern Missouri residents who have lost their homes and/or belongings to the recent floods.
"It's human nature to want to help out anytime you see those struck by the devastation that the recent weather has caused in parts of the southeast and Midwest," David says. "Being from Southeast Missouri, obviously their struggles have hit me the hardest. This show will hopefully rally the spirits of those affected!"
The David Nail Flood Relief Benefit Concert will begin at 7:00 pm May 27 at the Sikeston High School Fieldhouse (200 S. Pine Street, Sikeston, Mo.) Tickets are $10 and may be purchased by calling 1-800-821-3093.
"It's human nature to want to help out anytime you see those struck by the devastation that the recent weather has caused in parts of the southeast and Midwest," David says. "Being from Southeast Missouri, obviously their struggles have hit me the hardest. This show will hopefully rally the spirits of those affected!"
The David Nail Flood Relief Benefit Concert will begin at 7:00 pm May 27 at the Sikeston High School Fieldhouse (200 S. Pine Street, Sikeston, Mo.) Tickets are $10 and may be purchased by calling 1-800-821-3093.
tim mcGraw being sued
The independent record label Curb Records has filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit against Tim McGraw, claiming the country superstar failed to provide a fifth and final album that met contractual obligations by an April deadline.
A statement from McGraw's spokeswoman says the singer turned in "Emotional Traffic" last fall and that Curb is holding the album "hostage" in an attempt to keep the singer "perpetually" under contract. The label contends some of the songs were recorded so long ago they violate terms of the deal.
Curb asks a judge to force McGraw to turn in new material for a fifth album, bar him from signing with another label and nullify a 2001 agreement that eliminated a sixth record from McGraw's contract.
A statement from McGraw's spokeswoman says the singer turned in "Emotional Traffic" last fall and that Curb is holding the album "hostage" in an attempt to keep the singer "perpetually" under contract. The label contends some of the songs were recorded so long ago they violate terms of the deal.
Curb asks a judge to force McGraw to turn in new material for a fifth album, bar him from signing with another label and nullify a 2001 agreement that eliminated a sixth record from McGraw's contract.
blake and miranda get hitched
Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert - tied the knot 14 May 2011 in Texas with about 550 of their closest friends.
Shelton and Lambert married at the Don Strange Ranch in Boerne, Texas, near San Antonio. Among the guests were Reba McEntire, Kelly Clarkson, Cee Lo Green, singer Josh Kelley and his wife Katherine Heigl, Martina McBride and Laura Bell Bundy.
"I'm married to my best friend," Lambert told Us weekly after the ceremony. "Looking forward to a lifetime of laughter."
Shelton said, "I wanted to be married to Miranda the day I proposed. Finally, it's official."
Us Weekly, which had an exclusive on the event, reported that Lambert wore her mother's wedding dress.
Shelton proposed last May near Lambert's Tishomino, Okla. home. This is Lambert's first marriage, while Shelton was previously married.
Shelton and Lambert married at the Don Strange Ranch in Boerne, Texas, near San Antonio. Among the guests were Reba McEntire, Kelly Clarkson, Cee Lo Green, singer Josh Kelley and his wife Katherine Heigl, Martina McBride and Laura Bell Bundy.
"I'm married to my best friend," Lambert told Us weekly after the ceremony. "Looking forward to a lifetime of laughter."
Shelton said, "I wanted to be married to Miranda the day I proposed. Finally, it's official."
Us Weekly, which had an exclusive on the event, reported that Lambert wore her mother's wedding dress.
Shelton proposed last May near Lambert's Tishomino, Okla. home. This is Lambert's first marriage, while Shelton was previously married.
luke bryan to release tailgates & tanlines
Luke Bryan announced he was released his third studio disc, "Tailgates & Tanlines," on Capitol Records Nashville 9 Aug. 2011.
Bryan made the announcement via Facebook. He performed several new album songs live - Drunk On You and Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye. He also revealed behind the scenes footage shot during the making of his new video Country Girl (Shake It For Me).
"I'm so excited to be giving my fans new music," said Bryan. "Writing and recording this project has been a blast. I feel like I continue to grow in my artistry, and I hope that feeling never goes away. I think being out there on the road so much and seeing what the fans want make it much clearer for me to know what to give them. I hope they are as excited to hear it as I am to know what they think. 'Tailgates & Tanlines' pretty much sums up a good time, and that is what I go out there every night wanting to accomplish. I want everyone that hears my music to forget about all the other things in their lives that might stress them out and just raise their hands and sing along."
The first single, Country Girl (Shake It For Me), co-written with Dallas Davidson, has become a Top 20 hit. The song was his fastest rising single to date and also debuted as a number one country digital single.
Bryan is on tour this summer on Tim McGraw's "Emotional Traffic" tour.
Bryan made the announcement via Facebook. He performed several new album songs live - Drunk On You and Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye. He also revealed behind the scenes footage shot during the making of his new video Country Girl (Shake It For Me).
"I'm so excited to be giving my fans new music," said Bryan. "Writing and recording this project has been a blast. I feel like I continue to grow in my artistry, and I hope that feeling never goes away. I think being out there on the road so much and seeing what the fans want make it much clearer for me to know what to give them. I hope they are as excited to hear it as I am to know what they think. 'Tailgates & Tanlines' pretty much sums up a good time, and that is what I go out there every night wanting to accomplish. I want everyone that hears my music to forget about all the other things in their lives that might stress them out and just raise their hands and sing along."
The first single, Country Girl (Shake It For Me), co-written with Dallas Davidson, has become a Top 20 hit. The song was his fastest rising single to date and also debuted as a number one country digital single.
Bryan is on tour this summer on Tim McGraw's "Emotional Traffic" tour.
more artists added to CMT disaster relief concert
Trace Adkins and Little Big Town have joined the lineup for Music Builds: CMT Disaster Relief Concert on Thursday, 12 May 2011. As previously reported, the roster will also include Hank Williams Jr., Alabama, Ronnie Dunn, Sara Evans, Alan Jackson, Lady Antebellum, Tim McGraw and Keith Urban. ESPN reporter Erin Andrews, HLN anchor Robin Meade and comedian Ron White will serve as co-hosts. Filmed without a studio audience, the special will air live from Nashville at 9 p.m. ET/PT on CMT and will be simulcast on CMT.com. All money raised will benefit the American Red Cross disaster relief efforts for people affected by the recent devastating storms, floods and tornadoes.
seal gets married again
Singer Seal and Project Runway hostess Heidi Klum have renewed their wedding vows for the sixth time holding a ceremony in Florida.
The couple marked their wedding anniversary with a ceremony attended by their children - Leni, 7, Henry, 5, Johan, 4, and 19-month-old Lou and 100 of their closest friends at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach.
The couple had originally planned to celebrate the occasion in Mexico at Seal's beachfront home where they originally tied the knot May 10, 2005, but recent unrest in the country due to drug violence led them to change the location at last minute.
The couple marked their wedding anniversary with a ceremony attended by their children - Leni, 7, Henry, 5, Johan, 4, and 19-month-old Lou and 100 of their closest friends at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach.
The couple had originally planned to celebrate the occasion in Mexico at Seal's beachfront home where they originally tied the knot May 10, 2005, but recent unrest in the country due to drug violence led them to change the location at last minute.
blake shelton - what about mom?
Blake Shelton was all about his mom on Mother's Day. And it says a lot about what kind of man he is because of what a good job she did raising him. And how hard it was to let him move to Nashville at 17. "She is protective and a worry wart, but she's also smart enough to know that had she tried to stand in my way, we probably would have gotten sideways over it," he said. "It was one of those things where she had to grin and bear it." But it sounds like that mother-son relationship only got better from there. "We're closer now than we've ever been. I think a lot of that has to do with me growing up and becoming an adult and realizing that I wasn't the smartest person on earth from 17 to 29, like I thought I was. I've leaned on her more in the last four years than I have in my entire life for advice. We've gotten to know each other beyond mother and son. We've become friends. When my mom pulls into the driveway, I don't roll my eyes like a lot of people do when they see their mom coming," he admitted. "I'm excited because she's so much fun to be around, the older I get, especially."
musicians help tornado victims
Country music stars Keith Urban, Tim McGraw, Lady Antebellum, and Hank Williams Jr. are to hold a concert to raise funds for victims of storms and tornadoes that struck Alabama and nearby states.
CMT and organizers said they felt the devastation was overshadowed by media coverage of the British royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, and news that a U.S. strike team killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.
"The other seismic news events of the past few days have had the unintended effect of limiting media coverage of this massive, historic American disaster," CMT President Brian Philips said in a statement.
CMT will air the benefit concert live from Nashville, Tennessee, on 12 May 2011. All money raised will benefit American Red Cross disaster relief efforts.
About 350 people were killed last week by tornadoes and flooding in the southern United States. More than 230 people died in Alabama alone.
Williams, the 61 year-old son of late country music legend Hank Williams, took the first steps to organizing the benefit concert when he reached out to CMT executives.
The 90-minute concert will also feature Ronnie Dunn, formerly of the duo Brooks & Dunn, singer Sara Evans, Alabama and others.
The storms are estimated to have destroyed or damaged more than 13,000 homes across six U.S. states, according to the American Red Cross.
CMT and organizers said they felt the devastation was overshadowed by media coverage of the British royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, and news that a U.S. strike team killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.
"The other seismic news events of the past few days have had the unintended effect of limiting media coverage of this massive, historic American disaster," CMT President Brian Philips said in a statement.
CMT will air the benefit concert live from Nashville, Tennessee, on 12 May 2011. All money raised will benefit American Red Cross disaster relief efforts.
About 350 people were killed last week by tornadoes and flooding in the southern United States. More than 230 people died in Alabama alone.
Williams, the 61 year-old son of late country music legend Hank Williams, took the first steps to organizing the benefit concert when he reached out to CMT executives.
The 90-minute concert will also feature Ronnie Dunn, formerly of the duo Brooks & Dunn, singer Sara Evans, Alabama and others.
The storms are estimated to have destroyed or damaged more than 13,000 homes across six U.S. states, according to the American Red Cross.
eric church to release chief
Eric Church will release his new album, 'Chief', on 26 July 211 on EMI Records. He titled the album after a childhood nickname given to him by his grandfather. Church co-wrote the project's first single, 'Homeboy,' with Casey Beathard. The music video for “Homeboy,” was filmed at Nashville’s Tennessee State Prison.
Church co-wrote 10 of the 11 tracks, with titles such as 'Jack Daniels,' and 'Springsteen.' Church's hits include 'Love Your Love the Most,' 'Hell on the Heart' and 'Smoke a Little Smoke.' He will open for Jason Aldean through 5 June 2011 and join Toby Keith's tour beginning 30 June 2011 and continuing through the fall.
Chief track listing
1. Creepin’ (Eric Church / Marv Green)
2. Drink In My Hand (Eric Church, Michael P. Heeney, Luke Laird)
3. Keep On (Eric Church / Ryan Tyndell)
4. Like Jesus Does (Casey Beathard / Monty Criswell)
5. Hungover & Hard Up (Eric Church / Luke Laird)
6. Homeboy (Eric Church / Casey Beathard)
7. Country Music Jesus (Eric Church / Jeremy Spillman)
8. Jack Daniels (Eric Church / Jeff Hyde / Lynn Hutton)
9. Springsteen (Eric Church / Jeff Hyde / Ryan Tyndell)
10. I’m Gettin’ Stoned (Eric Church / Jeff Hyde / Casey Beathard / Jeremy Cradey)
11. Over When It’s Over (Eric Church / Luke Laird)
Church co-wrote 10 of the 11 tracks, with titles such as 'Jack Daniels,' and 'Springsteen.' Church's hits include 'Love Your Love the Most,' 'Hell on the Heart' and 'Smoke a Little Smoke.' He will open for Jason Aldean through 5 June 2011 and join Toby Keith's tour beginning 30 June 2011 and continuing through the fall.
Chief track listing
1. Creepin’ (Eric Church / Marv Green)
2. Drink In My Hand (Eric Church, Michael P. Heeney, Luke Laird)
3. Keep On (Eric Church / Ryan Tyndell)
4. Like Jesus Does (Casey Beathard / Monty Criswell)
5. Hungover & Hard Up (Eric Church / Luke Laird)
6. Homeboy (Eric Church / Casey Beathard)
7. Country Music Jesus (Eric Church / Jeremy Spillman)
8. Jack Daniels (Eric Church / Jeff Hyde / Lynn Hutton)
9. Springsteen (Eric Church / Jeff Hyde / Ryan Tyndell)
10. I’m Gettin’ Stoned (Eric Church / Jeff Hyde / Casey Beathard / Jeremy Cradey)
11. Over When It’s Over (Eric Church / Luke Laird)
rick springfield goes to the clinker
Rick Springfield was arrested 1May 2011, by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies on suspicion of drunken driving.
The Los Angeles Sheriff's Department says in a press release that Springfield was stopped around 8 p.m. after a deputy spotted him speeding in his 1963 Corvette on Pacific Coast Highway.
According to the Los Angeles Times, officers smelled alcohol on Springfield's breath and administered a breathalyzer test. The department says Springfield's blood-alcohol content was .10 percent. The legal limit in California is .08.
The singer was released Monday, 2 May 2011 around 2 a.m. on a $5000 bond, according to the paper. Springfield is due in a courtroom in Malibu for a first appearance on 5 July 2011.
The Los Angeles Sheriff's Department says in a press release that Springfield was stopped around 8 p.m. after a deputy spotted him speeding in his 1963 Corvette on Pacific Coast Highway.
According to the Los Angeles Times, officers smelled alcohol on Springfield's breath and administered a breathalyzer test. The department says Springfield's blood-alcohol content was .10 percent. The legal limit in California is .08.
The singer was released Monday, 2 May 2011 around 2 a.m. on a $5000 bond, according to the paper. Springfield is due in a courtroom in Malibu for a first appearance on 5 July 2011.
jewel to host Veria tv show
Jewel has signed on as the host of the third season of "The Incurables," Veria TV's series about patients who have become passionate advocates of natural lifestyles after overcoming life threatening illnesses.
Veria is a network with programming that covers holistic health and natural wellness. The new season of "The Incurables" will feature 13 episodes and will premiere in late summer 2011.
Veria is a network with programming that covers holistic health and natural wellness. The new season of "The Incurables" will feature 13 episodes and will premiere in late summer 2011.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)