Jake Owen decided it was time to call back his fans. People have been leaving him messages and Jake wanted to personally thank some of them. Talk about fan interaction. Check out video of some of his phone calls below.
Want to leave Jake a message, call 615-823-4984.
You may not know his name, but you definitely know his work. Since his stint on the first season of Nashville Star, Travis Howard has been racking up quite a resume. The Georgia native has music in his blood from his mom who was 60’s gospel singer. Once his uncles taught him how to play the guitar, there was no stopping him.
While performing at coffee shops around LA, a producer from Nashville Star approached him about being on the show. Apprehensive at first, a friend at Sony told him “Seriously. What are you doing now? Bartending? And that’s better than being on a TV show? Just do the f***ing show.” Next thing you know, he is a contest on season 1 of Nashville Star.
While he did not win Nashville Star, he and Miranda Lambert - a fellow contestant - stayed close friends. Unless you live under a rock, you’ve heard a song he wrote called ‘Famous In A Small Town’ which was on Miranda’s album ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ that took home album of the year at the 2008 Academy of Country Music Awards.
In addition to his writing skills, Howard has dabbled in acting with a role in Elizabethtown as well as in Lamberts’ video for ‘Kerosene’. “I was the naked guy in the bed licking all over the girl as Miranda is lighting us up.”
Currently, he is working with Miranda on her third album and producing another musician from LA. If you happen to be in Nashvile on a Wednesday night, be sure to catch his current show ‘Give-A-Damn Wednesdays’ at 12 & Porter with Kyle Wyley and Nathan Lee. All proceeds from these shows go to charity.
Pretty awesome resume so far. We expect him to be around for quite some time. Be sure to check out his myspace page to hear some music!
We saw this over on Nashville Gab, and Z100’s website confirms it. Taylor Swift told Z100 that she and Kellie Pickler will be touring together. Tour dates will be announced on Friday! AMAZING!
We wonder if Kellie will be bringing her new pet monkey on the tour?
Faith Hill will be making a trip to the Superbowl this year in Miami. She’ll be singing “America the Beautiful”. Faith is the only artist to perform both The National Anthem and “America the Beautiful” in the Super Bowl pre-show. Pretty darn cool!
Faith Hill Heads To Tampa To Make History At Superbowl XLIII
Grammy Award winner Faith Hill will return to the Super Bowl stage this Sunday, February 1st at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay for a performance of “America the Beautiful” that will mark history. Not only will Faith become the first artist to ever perform The National Anthem and “America The Beautiful” in the Super Bowl pre-show, she will become only the fourth* in Super Bowl history to sing “America The Beautiful.”* Faith sang the National Anthem at Super Bowl XXXIV in Atlanta.
“I love a good football game, but I’m not making any predictions just yet,” said Faith. “But the chance to perform this song, especially during these times, is especially meaningful to me. I’m just so grateful to have been given the opportunity.”
In addition, as the voice of NBC’s Sunday Night Football (for the past two years), Faith took the time earlier this month in Nashville to film and record a brand new Super Bowl opener.
A note from Jewel:
Its freaking cold out here!!!! It’s been sub-zero this whole tour, but I gotta say, I’m having so much fun! I can’t tell u guys how much I enjoy singing for you each night. I really feel like I have the best fans in the world. What I do solo acoustic is not really very modern- I mean, today almost all shows are full of pyro, big light shows, and dancing. It’s an entertainment circus people come to see. My shows are old-school, a throw back to the stuff I was inspired by as a kid. It’s just a guitar and the truth, MY truth.
Its awesome that 13 years later in my career, folks pack into a theatre to hear nothing but my voice and the lyrics I wrote with the simple accompaniment of my acoustic guitar. It feels so good to just talk and be myself without the hype or pomp and circumstance of modern music. I have always been myself- wherever it has taken me down the road as it twists and turns. I feel so proud to be where I am, and that you all have stayed with me for my ride as I explore my wonderland of music.
I’ve noticed that I am enjoying the process of touring more this time. For most of my career, I felt like I just fought and fought for it; that I was too tired and too stressed to enjoy it. Now I feel comfortable and more relaxed, like I have earned my career, and I’m happy with where it is. I’m just enjoying the process as much as the performing.
There are 4 of us on the road- Amy, my assistant, Curt, my tour manager, and Adrian, my sound engineer. Virginia, the brunette, is my manager that comes out with us sometimes. I thought I would share a video clip we recorded the other night in Dubuque, Iowa. We were in a casino that had a private bowling alley! Our bus wasn’t due to depart until 1 AM, so after the show we all went to this amazing private bowling alley. We put the silly shoes on and bowled amidst disco lights and a giant screen that blasted random music videos. I was bowling (badly) when my own video came on- it was so surreal- so I got up and made fun of the moment by making this little silly video. Then we all took turns being silly and dancing (again, badly!)
Anyway- enjoy, and I will see u guys on the road!!!
xxj
Nashville Narc has just posted more Keith Urban tour dates. New Yorkers should be very happy with these additions.
Jimmy Wayne took to his blog today to share with his fans, big moments in his career. Way to go Jimmy!
Three defining events have taken place in my career. These events are turning points, and/or milestones, or winks from the old man above. However, just to simply spell it out, these events changed my life! They are as follows: (a) getting signed to The Valory Music Company, (b) finding “Do You Believe Me Now”, and for the third one I must intro it properly. Here goes….
(c) Today was a very big day! Brad Paisley invited me to join him on his tour beginning in June-Oct. Dierks Bently will also be with us! This invite came to me through my managers Jenny Bohler and Mike Kraski. Jenny said “Jimmy, let me start by saying “Brad”, then Mike said “Paisley”. I must have jumped flat-footed five feet off the floor! This was the most incredible news! I’d been hoping for this day to come for a very long time! Thanks Brad!
Dierks and I as well as Brad go a long way back. I met Dierks at a cookout at a friends house when I first moved to Nashville almost eleven years ago. He’s always been very cool to me. I’m looking forward to the reunion!
I hope to see each and every one of you at a show! You guys helped make this happen by giving me more than just “fanship”. You guys have been like family! All the years of support, the miles traveled, show after show regardless of me not being on top of the charts. You guys showed what a true fan really is by showing up anyway! I’ll never forget that!!!
I plan to take this thing to another level. All aboard, we’re going somewhere!!
-Jimmy Wayne
Brad Paisley has posted tour dates for his 2009 American Saturday Night tour. Don’t worry if your city isn’t on this list. He says on his myspace page that they will be announcing more dates. Jimmy Wayne and Dierks Bentley will be opening for Brad throughout the tour.
Check out the dates below:
June 5 Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
June 6 Raleigh, NC Time Warner Cable Pavilion at Walnut Creet
June 12 Boston, MA Comcast Center
June 13 Hartford, CT New England Dodge Music Center
June 18 St. Louis, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
June 19 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
June 26 Oshkosh, WI Country USA
June 27 Cadott, WI Chippewa Valley Country Festival
July 10 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
July 11 Fort Loramie, OH Country Concert at Hickory Hills Lake *
July 17 Toronto, ON Molson Amphitheatre *
July 18 Sarnia, ON Bayfest *
July 24 Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
July 25 Bristow, VA Nissan Pavilion
July 26 Harrington, DE Delaware State Fair
August 7 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
August 8 Indianapolis, IN Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
August 14 Darien Lakes, NY Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
August 15 Camden, NJ First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
August 27 Meadville, PA Crawford County Fairgrounds
August 28 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center
August 29 Bethel, NY Bethel Woods Pavilion
August 30 Essex Junction, VT Champlain Valley Exposition
September 1 Halifax, NS Metro Centre
September 2 St. John, NB Harbour Station
September 3 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
September 5 Allentown, PA Allentown Fair Grandstand
September 12 Dallas, TX Superpages.com Center
September 17 Albuquerque, NM Journal Pavilion
September 18 Denver, CO Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
September 19 Salt Lake City, UT USANA Amphitheatre
September 25 San Francisco, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
September 26 Sacramento, CA Sleep Train Pavilion
October 1 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Pavilion
October 2 San Diego, CA Cricket Amphitheatre
October 3 Irvine, CA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
October 15 Jacksonville, FL Jacksonville Arena
October 16 Tampa, FL Ford Amphitheatre
October 17 West Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheatre
*Jimmy Wayne will not be appearing on these shows
New details surrounding Keith Urban’s upcoming Escape Together World Tour were posted today. Check out all the people who will be opening for him and where they’ll be performing. And for you lucky Canadians, apparently the tour dates for you have leaked! Lady Antebellum posted their opening dates on their myspace page. KUCountry spotted this one.
Sept 16 -Vancouver
Sept 18-19 Calgary
Sept 20-22 Edmonton
Sept 23-24 Saskatoon
Sept 26-27 Winnipeg
Sept 30- Oct 1 London, Ontario
SUGARLAND WILL JOIN KEITH IN THESE CITIES:
Uncasville, CT State College, PA
St Louis, MO Memphis, TN
Greenville, SC Charlotte, NC
Raleigh, NC Denver, CO
Fresno, CA Los Angeles, CA
Glendale, AZ Little Rock, AR
Tulsa, OK Washington, DC
Cleveland,OH Charlottesville, VA
Knoxville, TN Nashville, TN
Albany, NY New York, NY
Buffalo, NY
TAYLOR SWIFT WILL JOIN KEITH IN THESE CITIES:
Cincinnati, OH Ft. Wayne, IN
Atlanta, GA Des Moines, IA
Moline, IL Boston, MA
Philadelphia, PA Rochester, NY
Kansas City, MO Detroit, MI
JASON ALDEAN WILL JOIN KEITH IN THESE CITIES:
Omaha, NE
Wichita, KS
Dallas, TX
Pittsburgh, PA
Columbus, OH
Hershey, PA
LADY ANTEBELLUM WILL JOIN KEITH IN THESE CITIES:
Vancouver, Canada
Calgary, Canada
Edmonton, Canada
Saskatoon, Canada
Winnepeg, Canada
London, Canada
ZAC BROWN BAND WILL JOIN KIETH IN THESE CITIES:
St. Paul, MN
Chicago, IL
Green Bay, WI
Charleston, WV
DIERKS BENTLEY WILL JOIN KEITH IN THESE CITIES:
Roanoke, VA
Huntsville, AL
GLEN CAMPBELL WILL JOIN KEITH IN:
Las Vegas, NV
Taylor Swift graces the cover of the March 2009 Teen Vogue and answers some fun questions. We were thrilled to see she answered one of our favorite questions
On her ‘I’ve finally made it’ moment: “Oh, no, I’m never going to have that moment. All of this is amazing, but it doesn’t guarantee anything about the future. I still haven’t made it to where I want to be.”
Check out more of her interview and pictures over a JustJaredJr.