Nashville News: Thursday, 1/14
Luke Bryan has announced five stadium dates on his Kill the Lights tour. His fans were the first to know on his
mobile app, but he later went on Facebook to talk about the additional shows. The stadium dates include stops
at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Wrigley Field in Chicago and AT&T Stadium in Dallas.
He will return to Blossom for back to back nights on August 11 and 12.
So, are Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani getting married? They attended Blake’s hairstylist’s wedding over the
weekend. And at the wedding reception, Gwen lined up with all the single ladies for the traditional bouquet toss -- and she caught it! No word on whether the two plan on holding up the tradition....
Nashville News: Wednesday, 1/13
Cyndi Lauper enlisted Willie Nelson to help on her upcoming country album, Detour.
She tells Entertainment Weekly that she was overcome with emotion when she first met the legend. “I tried to be
professional, but you know when you’re overwhelmed -- when he came in, I almost cried.”
Now's your chance to look as good as Garth Brooks does in his jeans.
Garth Brooks Sevens -- a line of jeans and shirts inspired by Garth himself -- will be in stores by September. The line reflects his commitment to authentic western wear and his high-energy
stage presence.
This is Garth's first licensed clothing endorsement in his 26-year career.
Luke Bryan added 40 dates to his Kill the Lights 2016 tour. The tour launches on February 16th in Indiana and runs
through the fall with special guests Little Big Town and Dustin Lynch. He will return to Blossom for back to back nights
on August 11 and 12.
Nashville News: Tuesday, 1/12
Keith Urban will be back on the road with his Ripcord world tour this summer withBrett Eldredge and Maren Morris.
He says, “I’m seriously chomping at the bit to kick off this tour. We’ll be playing a lot of new music from Ripcord, all
new production, new cities where we’ve never played…and Brett Eldredge and Maren Morris? It’s gonna be potent and unbridled!”
The tour kicks off on June 2nd in Kansas City, Missouri and wraps up in Brooklyn, New York on November 19th.
Dierks Bentley is set to release his eighth studio album, Black, early this year.
He says, “It’s a relationship album... The songs on Black range from the lonesomeness of an impossible relationship
to ones that describe the feeling of finding that person that makes you forget the one that broke your heart.”
Randy Houser is set to release his new album, Fired Up, on March 11th.
He says, "I'm very excited to finally get some new music out there. Three years is a bit longer than I expected in
between How Country Feels and this record, and so much has happened in that time."
Randy wrote a few of the songs on the album, but also recorded songs written by some of Nashville's hottest writers,
including Chris Stapleton, and Dallas Davidson.
Nashville News: Monday 1/11
Charles Kelley will release his solo album, The Driver, on February 5th.
It promises guest appearances by Stevie Nicks, Miranda Lambert and Eric Paslay and Dierks Bentley, singing on the title
track, which was released as the project's first single.
Charles says his main goal in making the album is to set it apart from his work with Lady Antebellum.
Preston Brust of LoCash and his wife Kristin welcomed a baby daughter into the world.
Love Lily made her way into the world on Tuesday. She's the first child for the couple. They told People, “Love has
changed our whole world."
Love gets her first name as a tribute to Kristin's grandmother. Coincidentally, the duo's latest single is "I Love This Life."