TOBY KEITH LOOKS BACK ON GREAT YEAR OF GIVIN' IT UP AND GIVIN' BACKPhoto by HaislopBefore the year started Toby Keith said he was going to be busy, and that he was.He gave it up big time to his fans releasing 3 albums this year, THAT DON'E MAKE ME A BAD GUY, BEER FOR MY HORSES (MOVIE SOUNDTRACK), AND 35 BIGGEST HITS. TOBY ALSO wrote and starred in his feature film, "Beer For My Horses," that opened nationally in theaters and had the highest premiere movie ever on CMT. PLUS, his Biggest and Baddest tour ranks as one of the biggest of the year and extends through January 2009. ALSO, while givin' it up for his fans, Toby has been GIVIN' BACK big time this year. He made his sixth tour to the Persian Gulf war zones and has now performed 100 shows for our Armed Forces abroad, earning him a Resolution from Congress Honoring his commitment to the Military. He'll return to the zone for a 7th trip this spring. He gave back again this year to the tune of $1.2 million dollars to aid children.... $700,000 (through his celebrity golf tournament) for Alley's House that aids children with cancer and their families, and $500,000 dollars to the University of Oklahoma's Children's Hospital.
TOBY'S EXTENDED TOUR DATES1-10 Biloxi, MS1-22 Albany, NY1-23 Uncasville, CT1-29 Peoria, Il1-30 Evansville, IN
CHESNEY AND RASCAL FLATTS IN TOP TEN TOURS OVERALLKenny Chesney scored the highest grossing country tour and the 4th biggest North Ameircan tour overall (grossing $72.2 million dollars).Rascal Flatts had the second highest grossing country tour taking in $58.8 million, making theirs the 8th biggest tour overall. Here's Pollstar's Top Ten North American Tours for 20081 - MADONNA $105.3 Million 2 -CELINE DION $94 3-THE EAGLES $73.2 4-KENNY CHESNEY $72.25-BON JOVI $70.46-BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN $69.37-NEIL DIAMOND $58.88-RASCAL FLATTS $55.89-THE POLICE $48.010-TINA TURNER $47.7
iTUNES TUESDAY LISTS TOP COUNTRY PERFORMERS OF 2008 iTunes is currently listing their top selling and top ranked products in all genres, the Top Singles, Best Songs and Best albums, etc. Taylor Swift dominated the top selling Country Songs with five songs in the top 10.Here's the iTunes Top 10 for 2008:
TOP SELLING COUNTRY SONGSOUR SONG TAYLOR SWIFTFEARLESS TAYLOR SWIFTLOVE STORY TAYLOR SWIFTALL AMERICAN GIRL CARRIE UNDERWOODPICTURES TO BURN TAYLOR SWIFTLAST NAME CARRIE UNDERWOODYOU'RE GONNA MISS THIS TRACE ADKINSSTAY SUGARLANDSHOULD'VE SAID NO TAYLOR SWIFTALL I WANT TO DO SUGARLANDTOP SELLING ALBUMSTAYLOR SWIFT TAYLOR SWIFTFEARLESS TAYLOR SWIFTCARNIVAL RIDE CARRIE UNDERWOODLOVE IN THE INSIDE DELUXE SUGARLANDLADY ANTEBELLUM LADY ANTEBELLUMSTILL FEELS GOOD RASCAL FLATTSLUCKY OLD SON (DELUXE) KENNY CHESNEY5TH GEAR BRAD PAISLEYLEARNING TO LIVE DARIUS RUCKERJUST WHO I AM KENNY CHESNEYBEST SONGSIN COLOR JAMEY JOHNSONI SAW GOD TODAY GEORGE STRATICOWGIRLS DON'T CRY BROOKS & DUNNYOU CAN LET GO CRYSTAL SHAWANDASHE LEFT ME FOR JESUS HAYES CARLLUNBRELLA TAYLOR SWIFTALL THAT YOU HAVE IS YOUR SOUL - EMMYLOU HARRISALREADY GONE SUGARLANDALL-AMERICAN GIRL CARRIE UNDERWOODTILL IT FEELS LIKE CHEATING JEWELBEST NEW ARTISTSLADY ANTEBELLUMTHE LOST TRAILERSCRYSTA SHAWANDAASHTON SHEPHERDERIC DKURRANCEHAYS CARLLJULIANNE HOUGHCARTERS CHORDJOEY + RORYJAMES OTTO
CHESNEY'S STRESS-RELEASING RITUAL
When you have a career running at the high RPMs as Kenny Chesney's for the last few years, the question becomes, how does Chesney vent the stress of a fast-lane career when he's off duty?Kenny says, more often than not he does some, or all, of the following during holiday breaks, "I play golf, work out and just try to get away. I'll go somewhere on vacation. I work hard all year long and in January then I might go somewhere down to the Caribbean and just hang out for a month and not take a guitar.. unplug my phone and you know, not doing anything. I might not tell anybody where I am!"
KEITH URBAN, WIFE AND BABY GO TO CHURCH IN NASHVILLE
Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman celebrated their daughter's first Christmas by taking Sunday Rose with them to Christmas services in a local Nashville Chapel. Nicole says they gave their daughter "a lot of hugs and kisses," for Christmas but she probably liked the the turtle puppet they gave her the most. ALSO, the video for Keith's new single, "Sweet Thing," is set for release next month. In the clip you'll see Urban's own vintage Mustang.
LADY A'S KELLEY POPS THE QUESTION
We still get the occasional question "are Charles Kelley and band-mate Hillary a couple?The answer was always, no, and perhaps they'll believe us now since Charles has popped the question to Cassie McConnell, who said, "Yes!."
TRAILER CHOIR RELEASES NEW SINGLEYesterday Trailer Choir released a new single that signals there's serious depth as deep as the fun they make on records and on stage. It's called "What Would You Say," co-written Butter and Big Vinny.
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