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CHRIS YOUNG'S "The Man I Want To Be," moves up 1 to Top the MediaBase chart this week...and has been #1 Billboard for two weeks. JOE NICHOLS' "Gimme That Girl," gives back the Top spot slipping one to #2...while...
KENNY CHESNEY's "Ain't Back Yet," holds fast at #3 with...
GEORGE STRAIT's "I Gotta Get To You" gets closer to the top spot moving up one to 4th place...with...
MIRANDA LAMBERT's "The House That Built Me," builds momentum moving up two to round out the Top 5 this week.
CHESNEY BURNS IT DOWN IN VEGAS
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Kenny did that by hitting Las Vegas this weekend and he rocked the strip.
“You know, when people thought I could go a whole year without playing live, I wondered who they were talking about,” Chesney laughed. “Certainly not me. I love making music, especially making music for people, too much! There was no way… I needed to get my foot off the gas, but that didn't mean I wanted to cut off the thing that makes me happiest.”
Mixing a few large festival plays - to reach the most fans possible - with a two weekend stand at The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino's storied The Joint, Chesney was able to scratch an itch that is the essence of his unbridled Keg in the Closet shows that are famed for their on'n'on bottomless energy.
Broadcasting live on No Shoes Radio (www.noshoesradio.com) the first night, Chesney's freewheeling set was the essence of Keg in the Closet: obscure older songs, rock, alternative and country covers and all the hits that the fans want to hear. Clocking in at 2 _ hours, it was the best of the traditional shows fans have come to expect and the ragtag Keggers that are as much about the music that influenced the man as is own hits.
“We blew it up Friday night,” admits the 4-time Country Music Association and 4-consecutive Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year. “We knew we were broadcasting on No Shoes Radio and that the Hard Rock was matching donations at the door, so we were going for it… and the fans were loving it, so why stop playing?” TAYLOR RECEIVES ANOTHER AWARD  cf.com JEWEL TO WORLD PREMIERE NEW MUSIC VIA EXCLUSIVE HD PERFORMANCES LIVE IN THEATERS & RESTAURANTS NATIONWIDE
This spring, fans of GRAMMY-nominated singer/songwriter Jewel can place themselves at the center of an evolution in entertainment, a new model that will help define how artists bring their music to the marketplace. FIRST SPIN, the private performance platform of Pittsburgh-based VELOCITY Broadcasting, the largest global, private High-Definition broadcasting network; and Big Machine Label Group will launch Jewel’s new album “Sweet and Wild” via a live, High-Definition broadcast event on Monday, June 7, 2010.
MORE: The ticketed, interactive concert will give fans across the country the opportunity to hear Jewel perform songs from her new album even before it is officially released to the public on Tuesday, June 8. Fans can see and hear the concert in VELOCITY HD Digital SuitesTM located in some of the nation’s top clubs and restaurants – Morton’s The Steakhouse, Maggiano’s Little Italy and the private clubs of ClubCorp. The concert will also be broadcast in select movie theaters in more than 75 cities across the United States and Australia.
Jewel will also perform hits from her previous best-selling albums, and the concert will include an opening performance by country duo STEEL MAGNOLIA, whose hit song, “Keep on Lovin’ You” is a Top 5 hit at Country radio. REBA PAYS TRIBUTE TO PALS BROOKS & DUNN ON CBS-TV SPECIAL
Reba is part of the upcoming CBS-TV special honoring Brooks & Dunn, and not only did the superstar come out and do a killer version of “Indian Summer”, she also took part in another surprise moment. We asked Reba why she chose “Indian Summer” and also, given her vantage point, what she feels Brooks & Dunn have brought to the format through the years. “I chose ‘Indian Summer’ because I loved that song the first time I heard it on the radio. I love Ronnie’s vocal on it, the melody and the story aspect of it. You know I’ve always been a sucker for a story song,” Reba notes.
Brooks & Dunn and Reba will perform a special duet on the LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN, Friday, May 21 on the CBS Television Network. The duo will perform one of their classics, "Cowgirls Don't Cry," with Reba on the broadcast. Their LATE SHOW performance with Reba comes just days before the premiere of the all-star tribute concert special, ACM Presents: Brooks & Dunn – The Last Rodeo, which will be broadcast on CBS, Sunday, May 23 (8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT).
FOLLOWING THIS WEEK’S TOP 5 SUCCESS OF ‘BACKWOODS’, JUSTIN MOORE LAUNCHES NEW SINGLE: Following the chart success of his second consecutive Top 5 hit “Backwoods”, Justin Moore is gearing up for the release of his new single “How I Got To Be That Way”, and for Justin, the song is an autobiographical snapshot. “You know who I am, now you’re gonna get to see why with this song,” Justin proclaims. “It’s a Justin Moore song, it sounds like me, but it’s a little different storyline and stuff. I think it’ll be good for the summer. Honestly, everybody’s done stupid stuff growing up, and it’s just about that and learning from it and how that made you who you are. I’m proud of the song. I wrote it with my producer Jeremy Stover and Rivers Rutherford, who’s written hit after hit after hit.
STEEL MAGNOLIA KICK OFF BRAD PAISLEY’S WATER-THEMED H2O WORLD TOUR NEXT FRIDAY
Steel Magnolia’s Meghan Linsey and Joshua Scott Jones kick off their opening run on Brad Paisley’s H2O World Tour next Friday in Virginia Beach, VA as part of the WaterWorks Stage. Given the water-themed nature of the tour, we asked the rising stars if they are into water sports. “I grew up on the lake, so we always took a boat out and hang out. I never really got into the water, though. That was my whole thing. I wasn’t into alligators and snakes where I’m from,” says Meghan, who grew up in Louisiana. Regardless of their affinity for the water, the duo is looking forward to spending time with their tour mates. “It seems like we play a lot of shows with Easton Corbin and his guys. They’re fun. I was talking with Drew, his guitar player, about Frisbee golf. So, I think we’re gonna get some Frisbee golf goin’ on,” Josh notes.
JARON AND THE LONG ROAD TO LOVE’S DEBUT ALBUM SHOWS MORE THAN JUST A FRUSTRATED SIDE OF LOVE: Jaron And The Long Road To Love’s runaway hit “Pray For You” hit the Mediabase Top 20 this week, but the break-up anthem is just one perspective on love presented on the Georgia native’s debut solo album Getting Dressed In The Dark (in stores 6/22). With the words ‘The Long Road To Love’ following his name, many believe Jaron has a band with him, but it’s just Jaron and his quest for love. “It's my journey,” he proclaims. “It's my way of letting listeners know that my songs are about my personal experiences of falling in and out of love. It's an account of where I got it right and where I got it wrong. That's what this album is all about." Currently the song chronicling where Jaron got it wrong is making all the noise, but the singer-songwriter is quick to point out that the album has tracks about the highlights he's experienced in relationships as well. “I have a song on the album called ‘That’s Beautiful To Me' and I receive hundreds of emails every week from fans telling me they're going to walk down the aisle to this song,” continues Jaron. “This song represents the sweetest moments I have found in love. When you start dating someone, everything they do is cute. After a while some of the cute things become annoying. But if you stick around long enough, it all becomes Beautiful again. I chose to end the album on a positive note because I truly believe that the stings you get from love are worth the sweetness of the honey.” Fans can hear that song and several other tracks as part of a sneak peek album preview here.
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