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KEITH URBAN TO KEEP IT INTIMATE PERFORMING ON HIS CLUB TOUR

Written by Neil Haislop
Feb 27, 2009 at 01:51 AM
KEITH URBAN TO KEEP IT INTIMATE PERFORMING ON HIS CLUB TOUR Keith Urban is all set for a six-city club tour opening March 18 at the House of Blues in Dallas. Markets include San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York and Philadelphia. Tickets to each Verizon VIP Tour Featuring Keith Urbanstop are available by downloading Urban's music, ringtones and ringback tones on Verizon phones. A select number of customers will receive digital tickets to the show, to be scanned at the venue, reports Country Aircheck. _________________________________________ BILLY RAY CYRUS TO BE IN NASHVILLE CRS WEEK Billy Ray will be in Nashville next week meeting the press and talking about his new album BACK TO TENNESSEE and the title-tune first single. The title track is one of two self-penned cuts in the album including "Country as Country Can Be." ALSO, Billy Ray Cyrus proves once again that he loves Tennessee and wants to bring as much work there as possible instead of traveling away from the state to do major projects like films. You might recall that Billy Ray gave up his starring role in the drama, "Doc" that was shot in Canada, when the production refused to move filming of the show to Tennessee. The result is that Hanna Montana The Movie was shot in Tennessee thanks to Billy Ray's efforts to bring it there. The movie that also includes Billy Ray's son, Trace, will be released to theaters April 10, 2009. __________________________________________ TOBY KEITH GOLFING FOR A CAUSE AT 6TH ANNUAL CLASSIC Countryforever.com For the sixth straight year, Toby Keith pledged his support for Oklahoma children with cancer by setting June 12th and 13th as the dates for his 2009 Toby Keith & Friends Golf Classic benefiting Ally's House. To date, the annual event has raised more than $2.3 million for the organization Keith helped establish that assists pediatric cancer patients and their families throughout the state. In a year predicted to be tough for charity events, Keith strongly reaffirmed his support of the cause. "I will always be committed to these kids," Keith said. "More of them are diagnosed all the time and they need our help now like never before." The two-day affair is a combination of a "Denim and Diamonds" Friday night party and Saturday golf. Toby Keith and his foundation have been unwavering in their support of Ally's House, which is named for Allison Webb, daughter of Keith's friend and original bandmate Scott Webb. Ally died of cancer in August of 2003, one month short of her third birthday. Since the organization began its mission in 2004, Ally's House has helped the families of nearly 300 children during their cancer treatments. ___________________________________ TAYLOR SWIFT MEETS UP WITH GIRLS WHO ONCE DISSED HER Taylor Swift never forgot the girls that made fun of her in Junior High school, who later showed up to get her autograph. Taylor is on the cover of Teen Vogue and told the zine, "The kids at school thought it was weird that I liked country -- they'd make fun of me," admits the 19-year-old. Junior high was actually sort of hard, she says, ..."because I got dumped by this group of popular girls. They didn't think I was cool or pretty enough, so they stopped talking to me." Fortunately, when Swift was in the ninth grade she signed a song-writing deal and moved to Nashville, Tennesee. So did she ever see those mean girls again? "I actually did!" she exclaims. "I played a hometown show about a year into my career, and they showed up, wearing my t-shirts and asking me to sign their CDS. It was bittersweet because it made me realize that they didn't remember being mean to me and that I needed to forget about it, too. And really, if I hadn't come home from school miserable every day, maybe I wouldn't have beem so motivated to write songs. I should probably be thanking them!"
Last Updated ( Mar 02, 2009 at 02:14 AM )

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