Country News for Friday, July 18
He may've started later, had lower ticket prices and didn't play as many shows, but that didn't stop KENNY CHESNEY from being the only single play or non-festival event in the Top 20 when Pollstar released its Top 100 Single Events for the first half of 2008. Equally impressive was his landing at #4 for the first half of the year tour grosses -- with his $75.28 average over 21 shows, versus Bon Jovi's $87 average over 39 shows, Bruce Springsteen's $99 over 29 shows and Van Halen's $103 over 35 shows.
BLAKE SHELTON will headline the Got To Be NC AG Jam, September 13 in Raleigh, North Carolina. TRACY BYRD, ERIC CHURCH, HEARTLAND and JAKE OWEN will also perform at the event, which will include food from local vendors in the community.
JULIANNE HOUGH has been nominated for an Emmy Award for choreographing a dance during her stint on ABC’s Dancing With The Stars. The choreographer awards will be handed out September 13 during a ceremony in Los Angeles.
KEITH URBAN and Nicole Kidman are proud new parents who are probably a little nervous, as most new parents are. But actor Will Ferrell, who played husband in 2005's Bewitched, says if they need any parenting tips, he's available. Will joked to People magazine that the key to raising kids to to "talk to your children, at least once a week. If you've got time, do it two or three times a week."
The Boston Herald reports Red Sox outfielder Brandon Moss is a distant cousin to ALAN JACKSON. He discovered the relationship at a family reunion and was very surprised. Still, the Georgia native says the musicians he’d most like to meet are HANK WILLIAMS JR. and WILLIE NELSON.
KATHY MATTEA is continuing to explore coal mining history. She’s planning to visit a restored jail in Charleston, West Virginia, today (Friday) where miners facing treason charges were once held. The event will take place at Old Jefferson County Jail and Kathy will participate in a panel discussion about the jail’s history. Kathy’s latest CD, Coal, is what she calls a coming together of many threads in her life as her parents grew up in a coal mining camp and both her grandfathers were miners.
RANDY TRAVIS wraps up a week of promoting his new CD, Around The Bend, this morning (Friday) with an appearance on NBC’s The Today Show.
LEE ANN WOMACK recently filmed the music video for her latest, Last Call in New York. The tune is the first release from her upcoming CD, Call Me Crazy, due out this fall.
KEITH ANDERSON says it can sometimes be hard to sing his latest, I Still Miss You, during his shows, because the lyrics take on an even stronger meaning in the wake of his mother’s passing. But Keith says he's received great support from his band and crew. In fact, seven of the ten guys who travel with Keith have lost their moms, also, and have been able to offer support and empathy.
JOSH TURNER, STEVE WARINER and MEL TILLIS will be among those performing at the Grand Ole Opry this weekend.
DARRYL WORLEY, LORRIE MORGAN and WILLIE NELSON are at work on new albums for the newly formed label Stroudavarious Records. No timetable has yet been set for their releases.
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