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Top Country Music Concert Tours Include Taylor, Keith, Jason and More!

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Taylor Swift’s Speak Now tour has just been bumped from its first-place spot to second on Pollstar’s weekly list of top concert tours for the year. “Cirque du Soleil — Michael Jackson: The Immortal” is in first in the all-genre tour list. The other country or country-flavored artists on the list are Keith Urban in eighth place and Jason Aldean in ninth. In 12th is “American Idols Live” with Scotty McCreery and Lauren Alaina. New to the top-20 list is Alison Krauss and Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas.

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Tonight Is Country Night At The White House

 

The White House goes country later today as a part of a special concert that tops off a day of student workshops about the history and cultural significance of country music. The performers include Lauren Alaina, The Band Perry, Dierks Bentley, Alison Krauss, Kris Kristofferson, Lyle Lovett, Darius Rucker and James Taylor. The concert will stream live from the White House website, www.whitehouse.gov/live starting at 7 tonight, Eastern time.  It will also air Wednesday on PBS.

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Keith Urban Announces Annual “All For the Hall” Benefit

Keith Urban and an all-star lineup of friends will return to Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, January 18th, for a concert to benefit the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum. Reserved seating tickets, which are priced at a family friendly $25 and $35 (does not include Ticketmaster surcharge), will go on sale November 4th at 10:00 a.m. A limited number of VIP ticket packages will also go on sale on November 4 at Ticketmaster.com.

The show—which will feature performances from an all-star line-up including Keith, Country Music Hall of Fame member Vince Gill, Rascal Flatts, Alison Krauss and Union Station, Little Big Town, the Oak Ridge Boys and additional artists to be announced later—again promises to be a one-of-a-kind, once-in-a-lifetime evening of music, friendship and camaraderie.

All for the Hall is the Museum’s first-ever non-bricks-and-mortar fundraising initiative. The campaign addresses the not-for-profit educational institution’s need for long-term financial security and provides a safety net for its work. Through ongoing exhibit schedules, scholarly publications and hundreds of school and family programs annually, the Museum teaches its audiences about the enduring beauty and cultural importance of country music. Museum Board President Gill created and has led the institution’s All for the Hall fundraising initiative since 2005.

“The support that this event has received over the past couple of years, I think, really speaks to the commitment to and the importance of preserving the past and protecting the future of country music,” Urban said. “We’ll have some great bands performing—part of our ‘All Together Now’ theme for the night—an especially fitting concept that we hope will capture the spirit of the evening.”

“The first two We’re All for the Hall concerts have been landmarks for this institution,” said Museum Director Kyle Young. “They have been the most successful fundraisers in the museum’s history, together raising roughly $1 million. And they have not only set a new standard for fundraising and event coordination, but also brought together an entire community and helped us to see what can be done by individuals when there is a collective passion for a cause.

“It is beyond gratifying” Young continued, “when the artists we love and chronicle, artists like Vince and Keith, offer us their leadership and financial support. Keith Urban grew up in a home where country music was cherished. He knows the music’s history and its heroes. He is one of country music’s greatest champions and he is one of this museum’s heroes.”

Reserved Seating Tickets:

Tickets ($25 and $35, plus Ticketmaster surcharge) go on sale November 4 at 10:00 a.m. Tickets are available at Ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster locations, the Bridgestone Arena box office or by phone at (800) 745-3000. Phone, internet and outlet orders are subject to a convenience fee.

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Country Music Billboard Charts – 5/27/2011

   

Brad Paisley is sitting on top of Billboard’s country songs chart with “Old Alabama.” Rascal Flatts has gone from fourth place last week to second with “I Won’t Go.” And Miranda Lambert’s “Heart Like Mine,” drops from first to third.

Not much movement on Billboard’s country albums chart. Just like last week, Jason Aldean’s “My Kinda Party” is in first place and Taylor Swift’s “Speak Now” is in second. The third and fourth place albums have switched places so “You Get What You Give” from the Zac Brown Band now is in third and “Paper Airplane” from Alison Krauss and Union Station is in fourth.

Country Music Billboard Charts – 5/13/2011

   

Sara Evans stays in first place on Billboard’s country songs chart with “A Little Bit Stronger.” Miranda Lambert goes into her wedding weekend in second place with “Heart Like Mine.”  And, Brad Paisley’s single, “Old Alabama,” featuring the band, Alabama, moves up from fifth place to third.

It’s first place again on Billboard’s country albums chart for Jason Aldean with “My Kinda Party.” Alison Krauss and Union Station stay in second place with “Paper Airplane.” Colt Ford’s new album, “Every Chance I Get,” debuts in third place

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