Country Music

Tampa, Florida -- It'll be a big concert Saturday night at Raymond James Stadium, as country stars Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw perform together. But first McGraw wanted to give back: he's helping give away 25 mortgage-free homes on every stop of his tour ...  

TAMPA, Fla. -- This is no ordinary friendship — or concert tour. When country superstars Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw kick off their highly anticipated 22-city stadium tour Saturday in Tampa, it will be the high point of their careers and ...  

On September 1st, country music star Toby Keith brings his talent to the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Maryland Heights, Missouri. Tickets will go on sale Friday, June 1st. The date is a stop on his summer/fall 2012 tour that begins on June 14th in Salt ...  

Family musical groups are as common as cowboy boots at the Grand Ole Opry. The Band Perry joins a long list that includes the Jackson 5, the Bee Gees, the Pointer Sisters, even the Von Trapp Family Singers. Still, fans have an endless ...  

Taylor Swift has only one show on her 2012 tour schedule, and Taste of Country — along with Big Machine Records — wants to make sure you’re there. Enter below to win a flyaway contest ... is a perfect chance to beat back a stifling summer while ...  

As Kenny Chesney gears up to release his latest album, Welcome to the Fishbowl, on June 19, he sat down with Billboard magazine to discuss his new music. The new project challenges both Kenny and his fans as he pushes his creative boundaries ...  

He’s one of the hottest performers in country music, and this morning (June 1) Brad Paisley gave a killer concert on “Good Morning America.” The “Mud on the Tires” singer took the stage at Rumsey Playfield in New York City’s Central Park to ...  

When Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney were hanging out in each other's apartments in Nashville 20 years ago, they weren't dreaming about country superstardom. "Back then we were just getting over hangovers together and worrying about having enough ...  

(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that's happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.) For Kenny Chesney, a song has to be the peg that fits in a lot of holes. It can't just work in the studio ...  

Brad Paisley, Ronnie Dunn, The Band Perry and Terri Clark were among the other country stars without Capital Hoedown on their tour schedule, despite earlier announcements of their performances. Organizers said nobody should be worried about refunds when ...  

We still struggle to make those things fit together, but they fit for me now." Chely, who wed GLBT activist Lauren Blitzer last year in Connecticut, regrets the years she dated men, including Brad Paisley, while trying to cover up her sexuality.  

With summertime just around the corner, country superstar Kenny Chesney is putting the finishing touches on the Brothers of the Sun with Chesney and Tim McGraw which also features opening acts Jake Owen and ... down with Storme Warren for Conversations ...  

After his very public falling out with Curb, Tim McGraw his signed with Big Machine Records. The label, which was a small player in Nashville when it started seven years ago, has since become home to some of country music's biggest moneymakers. Big Machine's roster includes Taylor Swift, Rascal Flatts, The Band Perry, and now McGraw....Read Full Post  

BayoubuzzUnderwood, Urban, Rascal Flatts to play Bayou Country Superfest this weekendKingsport Times NewsBy STACEY PLAISANCE AP NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A horn section backs up country singer Jerrod Niemann this weekend in south Louisiana's Bayou Country Superfest, a two-day festival that includes Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Rascal Flatts, Jason Aldean, ...Two-day Bayou Country Superfest lineup includes Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban...  

NME.comZooey Deschanel to Hit Broadway - as Loretta LynnPeople MagazineBy Stephen M. Silverman Cast by the country icon herself, Zooey Deschanel will play Loretta Lynn in an upcoming stage musical about the singer's life, Coal Miner's Daughter, producers for the Broadway-bound production have announced.Loretta Lynn picks Zooey Deschanel to star in "Coal Miner's Daughter" musicalCBS NewsZooey Deschanel to Play Loretta Lynn on BroadwayWall...