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KEITH URBAN CMT CROSSROADS TAPING A MUST SEE SHOW
 Our colleague, Becca Walls, attended last night's taping of the CMT Crossroads scheduled for airing this Spring, featuring KEITH URBAN and JOHN MAYER.
She reports the combination of their kindred spirits was "magical," as they exchanged and shared vocals and guitar licks on songs like Keith’s “Til Summer Comes Around,” “Sweet Thing,” “Tonight I Wanna Cry” and “If Ever I Could Love”, and several of John’s songs including “Perfectly Lonely” and “Gravity.”
One of their coolest interludes won't be seen on air. At one point while Keith and John were getting make-up touch ups, they broke out into a very cool, impromptu, instrumental version of “Folsom Prison Blues.” During another make-up break the two guys started noodling on their guitars and ended up playing the theme from Pink Panther. John complimented Urban saying,
“There’s something fun about meeting your match. I’m flying high tonight with someone who can speak the language and I’m just having a blast.” The Keith/John Crossroads will air sometime this spring on CMT.
BRAD PAISLEY’S AMERICAN SATURDAY NIGHT TOUR LAUNCHED ITS SECOND LEG
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American Saturday Night Tour will take a break this week and be back next weekend, Feb. 4-6 in Tupelo, MS, Birmingham, AL and Biloxi, MS. Miranda Lambert and Justin Moore are special guests on the tour.
Tickets for the previously announced Gillette Stadium – Boston, MA show on August 21 go on sale to the public Saturday, January 30 at 10:00am at TicketMaster.com or by phone at 866-448-7849. Ticket prices are $82.50, $52.50 and $29.50. Paisley will headline the show and other artists on the bill for the 7th Annual New England Country Music Festival include Jason Aldean, Darius Rucker, Sara Evans and Easton Corbin.
Paisley’s current single, “American Saturday Night,” is number five on the Billboard and Mediabase Country Singles Charts.
LADY A HANDLED THE SOPHOMORE ALBUM PRESSURE
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LADY A's new one, NEED YOU KNOW, hit stores today...and they're offering some cool things for those that buy the album.
Lady A is offering fans who purchase either the physical or the digital album of Need You Now one bonus track each month in 2010, with the first track available yesterday, Jan. 26.
To purchase the digital album in Lady A's new digital store, click HERE.
To purchase the physical album in Lady A's online store, click HERE.
MATT KENNON'S POWERFUL SINGLE "THE CALL"...CALLS UP MEMORIES FOR MATT
Newcomer, Matt Kennon grew up know that he came this close to never existing. His mother discovered she was pregnant with him after her marriage broke up and both his birth father and mom thought she should abort the pregnancy. When she tried, the baby was too far along and she had to carry Matt to term. Although he was raised by loving adoptive parents, knowing his past caused emotion scars he's come to terms because they, in effect, had saved him.
And, it was that life experience that led to writing his single, "The Call.
He tells us, "You know growing up life can throw you some curves and you can hit a low point in life where I think you can hear a whisper in your ear that says you need a helping hand and a friend or you need to know that somebody cares and that's where song stems from...it's knowing that you're not alone, that whatever you're going through is temporary and this too will pass...make the most of life." He adds, “I don’t want to sing about anything that
I haven’t been through, it’s honest and it’s real."
FINAL PHASE OF VOTING BEGINS FOR BON JOVI'S PERFORMANCE ON THE 52ND ANNUAL GRAMMY® AWARDS
As previously announced, current GRAMMY® Award nominee Bon Jovi will perform on the 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards and participate in a special interactive "You Pick It, They Play It!" fan vote. As part of the band's performance, fans will have an opportunity to decide which Bon Jovi hit the band will perform during their segment and the final phase of voting has now begun. Viewers may vote for one out of three favorite Bon Jovi songs up until the band's performance on Music's Biggest Night® when the results will be revealed live. The three songs were selected from six initial choices by first-round fan voting. The music industry's premier event will take place live on Sunday, Jan. 31, at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast in HDTV and 5.1 Surround Sound on the CBS Television Network from 8 – 11:30 p.m. (ET/PT). Beginning this week, viewers can log on to www.cbs.com/grammys and vote for one out of the following three hit Bon Jovi songs:
1. "Always"
2. "It's My Life"
3. "Livin' On A Prayer."
There is no registration to vote, and fans may vote as often as they wish. Additionally, a 30-second clip of each song may be viewed. Fans may vote at www.cbs.com/grammys for which hit song the band should perform as part of their segment, and voting will continue up until Bon Jovi's performance on the 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards on Jan. 31, when the song with the most votes is revealed.
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