Melissa's Country News
Posted by
Erin Clifford on
2013/05/21
Toby Keith is among the artists affected by Monday's deadly Tornado in Moore, Oklahoma. He was raised in the area and still has friends and family there.
In a statement, Toby said, "This storm has devastated the community that I grew up in. I...
Posted by
Erin Clifford on
2013/05/21
Chely Wright and her wife, Lauren Blitzer Wright, are the proud parents of identical twin boys.
George Samuel and Everett Joseph, who are named for their great-grandfathers, were born Saturday. The boys weren't expected until the summer, but...
Posted by
Erin Clifford on
2013/05/21
Faith Hill wants to clear things up -- she is not going to be a judge on The X Factor.
She squelched the rumor on her Facebook page, writing, "Heard I was going to be a judge on X Factor? Flattered, but not true.
Posted by
Erin Clifford on
2013/05/21
Taylor Swift snagged the most Billboard Music Awards -- taking eight in all including Top Artist, Top Billboard 200 Artist, Top Country Artist and Top Billboard 200 Album for Red.
Posted by
Erin Clifford on
2013/05/21
Sugarland lead singer Jennifer Nettles announced today that she will release her first solo album this fall. She has enlisted the help of producer Rick Rubin on the project.
"It goes in a lot of cool different directions," Rubin says....
Posted by
Erin Clifford on
2013/05/17
ACM Presents: Tim McGraw's Superstar Summer Night airs Sunday on CBS.
The show, which benefits the ACM's Lifting Lives charity, features performances by John Fogerty, Taylor Swift, Ne-Yo, Pitbull, Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley, Luke...
Posted by
Erin Clifford on
2013/05/17
Taylor Swift is up for 11 awards at Sunday's Billboard Music Awards -- including the the coveted Top Artist trophy. She's also up for the fan-voted Milestone Award.
Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan are both up for three awards, while Hunter...
Posted by
Erin Clifford on
2013/05/17
Tim McGraw came to the rescue of a woman who collapsed during his show in Atlanta last weekend.
The woman, who's been identified only as Paula, says that when she came to, Tim was in front of her with a glass of water. He even kissed her...
Posted by
Erin Clifford on
2013/05/16
Lady Antebellum's Golden is the nation's number-one album, according to the latest SoundScan figures. It sold 167,000 copies in its first week out, besting the Great Gatsby soundtrack by some 30,000.
But Charles Kelley says they didn't really...
Posted by
Erin Clifford on
2013/05/16
Shania Twain, Jennifer Nettles and Florida Georgia Line have scored presenter spots for Sunday's Billboard Music Awards.
Also handing out trophies will be Nashville cast member Hayden Panetierre, Kid Rock, Cee-Lo Green and Miley Cyrus, among...
Posted by
Erin Clifford on
2013/05/16
An obsessed fan was arrested near Taylor Swift's Rhode Island beach home.
A 22-year-old man from Chicago was cuffed early Wednesday morning after he admitted to swimming up to the beach in front of her house in hopes of meeting her.
He...
Posted by
Erin Clifford on
2013/05/16
Kenny Chesney recently established the Spread the Love Fund to help support victims of the Boston Marathon bombing who are paying for prosthetic limbs and care. Proceeds from downloads of his song "Spread the Love," recorded with the Wailers...
Posted by
Erin Clifford on
2013/05/15
Carrie Underwood appears on the cover of the new issue of Marie Claire.
Carrie says she doesn't come from a family of huggers. And her two sisters are much older than she is -- which she believes helped create her independent spirit. She...
Posted by
Erin Clifford on
2013/05/15
Miranda Lambert is not pregnant according to her mother Beverly. She tells Radar Online, “They are totally not expecting! And I’m fairly certain that I would be the first person to know.”
And if you need further proof, Miranda denied the rumors...
Posted by
Erin Clifford on
2013/05/15
Keith Urban is staying on American Idol -- he'll be taking Randy Jackson's chair next season. Keith made the announcement Tuesday on Ellen DeGeneres.
Posted by
Erin Clifford on
2013/05/15
Luke Bryan will release his fourth studio album on Aug. 13 as announced last night on The Late Show with David Letterman.
The title of the disc was not disclosed. Bryan performed the project's first single, Crash My Party, on the show.
The Aug....
Posted by
Erin Clifford on
2013/05/14
Taylor Swift’s Red tourmate Ed Sheeran is going on record, claiming T gets a bad rap as a serial dater.
Ed tells OK! magazine, “The rumor that she dates a lot of people is a misconception, because in the time that I’ve known her, which has...
Posted by
Erin Clifford on
2013/05/14
Keith Urban premiered his new single “Little Bit of Everything” on country radio and the Official Keith Urban App Monday afternoon.
The app is available for free on iPhone, iPad and iPod devices. Once it’s installed, you can stream the song in...
Posted by
Erin Clifford on
2013/05/14
The new Dierks Bentley album -- titled Riser -- will be out this fall.
The project is described as Dierks’s most personal collection to date, anchored by material he wrote in the year following his father’s death. The album title is drawn from...
Posted by
Erin Clifford on
2013/05/13
Dierks Bentley is opening a bar in his home state. Dierks Bentley's Whiskey Row -- a 1920s style saloon with a modern flair -- will open its doors in Old Town Scottsdale, Arizona this summer.
He says, “Opening a bar in my hometown is...
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