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Billy Ray Cyrus On ‘Today’

Country Girl — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:15:34 +0000

Billy Ray Cyrus returned to co-host NBC’s “Today” show yesterday and this morning alongside Kathie Lee Gifford.

Billy Ray debuted two new songs from his upcoming album “Hillbilly Heart.” “Hope Is Just Ahead” and the title track of the album. “Hillbilly Heart” is also the title of his autobiography due out October 9.

Billy Ray will have a return appearance on “90210,” airing May 1.

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Grammy Awards Red Carpet In Pictures

TawnyTucker — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:35:22 +0000

Take a look at Alison Krauss, Carrie Underwood, Billy Ray Cyrus, Taylor Swift, The Band Perry, Thompson Square, and more at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards.

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Billy Ray Cyrus Signs With Amazon.com On Book Deal

Country Girl — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:30:49 +0000

According to an article from the Associated Press, Billy Ray Cyrus has inked a deal with Amazon Publishing and will put out “Hillbilly Heart” in the spring of 2013.

Cyrus is getting ready to tell all — or most, anyway — in the memoir. The book will be published by Amazon.com and the company says Cyrus will discuss with “great candor” his career, both as a musician and as father of his daughter Miley.

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Has Billy Ray Cyrus Been Abducted by Aliens?

Country Girl — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 23:15:55 +0000

Billy Ray Cyrus may not have not have been picked up by an alien spaceship just yet but he seems to be one step closer to E.T. Billy Ray took to his Twitter to share this picture of what he claims to be his first UFO sighting;

“O.K. My first UFO sighting. Looks like 5 or 6 disk-like shapes hovering. Special moment 4 Dad.”

We learned in September 2010 that aliens have been a long time passion for Billy Ray. He was supposed to start production on a show with his son Trace called UFO: Unbelievably Freakin’ Obvious. I haven’t been able to find out any other information about the show or if it is getting an air date.

DVR Reminder: MDA Telethon with Lady Antebellum, Martina McBride and Darius Rucker

Country Girl — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 14:00:39 +0000

Several country acts will help raise money to fight muscular distrophy at the telethon on Sunday. Darius Rucker, Lady Antebellum and Martina McBride all recorded their appearances at the Grand Ole Opry back on June 7. They’ll be inserted into the six-hour telethon.

Rucker appears in hour two. He sings a solo and also does a duet with MDA Goodwill Ambassador Abbey Umali. Lady Antebellum are in hour three. Jimmy Webb is in hour four. Hour five includes Martina McBride plus winners of the iHeart radio talent contest, Brokedown Cadillac.

The final hour of the telethon includes a performance from Billy Ray Cyrus. Of course, the one person who is missing from the telethon is Jerry Lewis.

Billy Ray Cyrus Admits GQ Interview was a “Big Mistake”

Country Girl — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 20:30:11 +0000

Last night Piers Morgan sat down with Billy Ray Cyrus to talk about his new music, his family and more. Earlier this year Cyrus gave a controversial interview to GQ about the trials and tribulations of fame. By speaking his true feelings on how fame negatively affected his family, in particular Miley, he received subsequent backlash in both his personal and professional life.

Cyrus expressed his regret in giving the statements saying,

“I made a big mistake even giving that interview. It was the darkest time of my life. Dark. It was dark. Turbulent, and that would have been a real good time for me to probably go and sit by the fire alone.”

What do you think? Was Billy Ray wrong to express how he felt fame had affected his family in an interview?

Billy Ray Cyrus Drawn from Soldiers Experience for Upcoming Album

Country Girl — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 15:00:16 +0000

It was a soldier’s reaction to the sound of bombs that was the inspiration for Billy Ray Cyrus to record his new album called “I’m American.”

Cyrus says he was on a USO tour in 2009 and “during a performance in Afghanistan on ‘some Gave All’ when some bombs went off in the background, a young soldier stood up and said, ‘Keep going Mr. Cyrus. We’re used to it.”‘ Cyrus says at that moment, he knew had to go back and re-record “Some Gave All,” using that as the foundation of an album “based solely on taking my hat off and saluting our troops.”

The eight track release “I’m American” will be available this Tuesday.