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Houston Rodeo: Taylor Swift Tickets

Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American country music singer-songwriter. Signed to the independent Big Machine Records label in 2006, Taylor made her debut on the U.S. Billboard country charts with the release of her debut single “Tim McGraw”.

Her self-titled debut album was released in late 2006, and has since been certified double platinum by the RIAA for selling more than two million copies in the United States. To date, it has produced three Top Ten singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs, including the Number One single “Our Song”; all three of her singles have also reached Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album was re-issued in late 2007 with a set of bonus tracks. She has been nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of Best New Artist.

In 2007, Swift won the Country Music Association’s Horizon Award, which is awarded to up-and-coming country music acts. She has been nominated for a Grammy in the category of Best New Artist.

Taylor Swift was born in Reading, Pennsylvania and lives with her parents in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Swift’s influences include her grandmother, who was an opera singer and LeAnn Rimes. Although her grandmother was a professional opera singer, Taylor’s tastes always ran more toward country and she developed a love for Patsy Cline and Dolly Parton at an early age. At the age of ten, Swift began singing at karaoke contests, festivals, and fairs, she also started writing her songs at age 10. Her first exposure to the music business consisted of recording demo tapes at a studio. At age 11, Taylor made her first trip to Nashville in hopes of obtaining a record deal by handing out a demo tape she had made of her singing along to karaoke songs. She handed this tape to receptionists at every label on Music Row. When she performed at Nashville’s premier songwriters’ cafe, The Bluebird Café’, she caught the attention of Scott Borchetta. Scott signed her to his newly-formed record label, Big Machine Records.

Taylor Swift’s first single, “Tim McGraw”, was released to radio in Summer of 2006. On October 24, 2006, her self-titled CD was released. The album, on which Swift wrote or co-wrote all of the songs, debuted at No. 19 on the Billboard 200 and sold more than 61,000 during its first week. It later peaked at No. 1 at Billboard Top Country Albums and No. 5 at Billboard 200. It also spent eight consecutive weeks at the top of Top Country Albums. Swift has surpassed the 20 million mark for music streams on MySpace, she was able to rise to the top where she is currently ranked at #15 for the most MySpace visits for all genres of music.

Swift’s debut single, “Tim McGraw”, was released in Summer 2006. “I wrote the song in my freshman year of high school,” she says. “I was dating a guy named Brandon Borello, and i was about to move. I knew we were going to break up so I started thinking of all the things that I knew would remind him of me. Surprisingly, the first thing that came to mind was that my favorite country artist is Tim McGraw.” The song’s music video set a record by appearing for 30 consecutive weeks on GAC’s fan-voted weekly Top 20 music countdown show, and reached #1 on CMT’s video charts; the video also won Swift a “Breakthrough Video of the Year” at the 2007 CMT Music Awards. Her pursuit of country music stardom was the subject of “GAC Short Cuts”, a part-documentary, part-music video series airing since the summer of 2006 on the country music channel.

On May 15, 2007, Swift performed “Tim McGraw” at the Academy of Country Music Awards. She sang the song to Tim McGraw in the audience, and introduced herself for the first time to him. Swift has been an opening act for Tim McGraw and Faith Hill on their Soul2Soul 2007 tour. She has opened in the past for George Strait, Brad Paisley and Rascal Flatts as well. On August 21, 2007, Taylor Swift performed live on the season finale of America’s Got Talent.

Taylor Swift prides herself on writing or co writing each song on her album. She has written “over 200 songs” and has been writing since age 12. In October 2007 Swift’s songwriting peers at the Nashville Songwriters Association International honored her with their Songwriter / Artist of the Year Award, making her the youngest artist ever to win the award.

On November 7, 2007, Swift won the 2007 CMA Horizon Award and also performed “Our Song”, which would go on to become her first No. 1 song the week of December 22, 2007.

Taylor also recorded a holiday album “Sounds of the Season” that was released October 16, 2007 and exclusive to Target stores. While not as successful as her self-titled debut, the album featured both holiday classics such as “Last Christmas”, and songs that she has written herself.

Swift’s second studio album is slated for a fall 2008 release. In a repeat of her debut album, Swift is expected to have at least a co-writing credit on every track; John Rich and Colbie Caillat contributed writing to the album’s early songs, according to Billboard Magazine. On September 21, 2007, Swift launched a campaign to protect children from online predators. Swift has teamed up with Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen to combat internet crimes. The year-long campaign, launched in partnership with the Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police, will distribute Internet safety information and materials to parents and students across the state.
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Neal Blaisdell Tickets

Neal Blaisdell Center is a multi-purpose facility conveniently and centrally located in downtown Honolulu, minutes from the downtown business district, restaurants, major shopping areas and Waikiki hotels.

The arena is suitable for concerts, sporting events, large meetings, conventions, consumer shows, family shows and other specialty events.

The Center was constructed in 1964 on the historic Ward Estate with the original name Hawaii International Center. But later it was renamed after the Mayor of Honolulu Neal S. Blaisdell.

This premier complex is composed of an internationally renowned arena, concert hall and the exhibition hall comprising of galleria and meeting rooms. It was remodeled and expanded in 1994. It is also the home of the Hawaii Basketball League Honolulu Bandits.

The Arena at Neal Blaisdell Center has an open floor of 190 feet diameter circle. The stage is up to x 64 foot wide and 63 inches in height while the diameter is of 40 foot. The pressure barricade available and there are 4 foot by 8 foot platforms at various heights.

There is a 24″ x 24″ boxing ring in the arena. There is also a basketball court in the arena with the volleyball set up on it. The floor load of the court is 100 lbs/sq. ft. with removable, modern scoreboard and message display in center of the court.

The seating capacity of this arena is determined by its set up according to the event. The seats have unobstructed view and is segregated ah the upper level has 5, 451 upholstered theatre style fixed seats while the lower level has padded chairs on scaffolding risers and floor.

If the arena is holding a stage show it can accommodate approximately 8,700 patrons, for boxing matches around 8,800 and for basketball approx. 7,775. The Concert Hall is Hawaii”s premier performing arts theater for the Honolulu Symphony and the Hawaii Opera Theatre.

Broadway productions such as Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserable, Rent, Miss Saigon, Chicago, Cats and other national touring shows have performed here. The stage of this hall is made of pine deck painted flat black which is 72′ wide and 47′ deep.

The 11′ x 45′ orchestra pit on lifting reduces seating by 2 rows that make the total of 50 seats, while on scaffolding it reduces seating of additional 3 rows that is 90 seats. The seating of the hall is of continental style with the capacity of 2,157 spectators. It has 140 removable pit seats.

On orchestra level is has 1,310 permanent seats and on balcony 706 patrons can be seated. The hall has a full complement of standard stage lighting while there is built-in sound system and infrared hearing assist system benefiting the listeners.

There is a 65,000 square feet Exhibition Hall in this center with the seating capacity of 5,000 people if used as a theatre venue, 3,500 to 30,000 for banquet events and 7,200 for the standard receptions. There is an overall public address system installed in this venue.

It consists of The Carla Coray Galleri; a gateway to trade and consumer shows held in the Exhibition Hall and the meeting rooms. The meeting rooms comprise of the Hawaii Suite, Pikake Room and Maui, Oahu and Kauai Rooms. The Hawaii Suite is the most versatile meeting space at Blaisdell Center on the first floor.

The Suite is easily divided into twelve individual 22′-6″ x 30′ breakout rooms. Each room is air conditioned with acoustical walls and can be combined to open to larger spaces.

All the twelve rooms of the suite can be transformed into one large area for small exhibit shows with a capacity of 50 booths or can open to the Exhibition Hall, creating an additional 8,100 square feet of exhibit space.

The Pikake Room can be used as a theater or for parties, catered events and meetings. The Maui, Oahu and Kauai Rooms are permanent walled function rooms ideal for seminars, breakout rooms, small meetings, luncheons and on-site offices.

Currently, the arena is home to the Hawaii Hurricanes of the American Basketball Association’s current incarnation. It was previously home to Honolulu Hurricanes and the Hawaii Hammerheads, and most recently the af2’s Hawaiian Islanders.

The arena also hosts the start of the exhibition season for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. Elvis Presley had a sold out concerts in this arena and the world famous “Aloha from Hawaii” concert was also held here.

The recent concerts in this venue featured artists like Elton John, Van Halen, Bon Jovi, M?tley Crue, No Doubt, Fleetwood Mac, Celine Dion, Ricky Martin, NSYNC, LeAnn Rimes, Jimmy Buffett, Chris Brown, 50 Cent, Nine Inch Nails, and Gwen Stefani.

Other events at the arena include World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), Disney on Ice, Sesame Street Live, college basketball and volleyball, and international gymnastics.
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Taylor Swift Tickets – Taylor Swift to Headline Her Very Own Tour

As she continues to ride the Billboard charts, young country star Taylor Swift will embark on another journey-her first headlining tour. Taylor Swift’s tour will kick off in Evansville, Ind. April 23 and, according to http://Billboard.com, will feature multiple costume changes and a fairy tale theme. Swift’s sophomore album Fearless has spent eight straight weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart and moved 2.4 million since its November 2008 release. The tour will be in support of the album, which is the top seller of 2009 so far with 287,000 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan. Swift will play three one-offs before the tour, including a March 20 show at Houston’s Livestock Show and Rodeo; Kelli Pickler and up-and-comer Gloriana will open all dates. Swift is slated to play fall dates in the U.K. after her run in North America and a trip to Japan is also on the horizon. Last fall Scott Borchetta, president of Swift’s record label Big Machine, commented on Swift’s stint on the road: “It will be super thrilling for her fans in the States to see photos of her in front of Buckingham Palace, downtown Tokyo and then the next time she’s in Cedar Rapids [Iowa] she’ll be that much a bigger star, but still Taylor-approachable.” Check out http://www.stubhub.com/taylor-swift-tickets for Taylor Swift tickets.

Although one might assume she is a southern belle because of her country songs, Taylor Swift actually hails from Reading, Pennsylvania. Swift grew up listening to country artists like Dolly Parton, LeAnn Rimes and Patsy Cline and persuaded her family to relocate to a suburb of the country music Mecca of Nashville when she was just 14 so she could pursue her dreams of stardom. Big Machine Records president Scott Borchetta heard Swift’s demo take and quickly swooped up the fledgling singer. In 2006 Swift’s debut single, “Tim McGraw,” was released, followed by her eponymous debut album. “Tim McGraw” was a breakaway hit and its music video put a face with a name-err, voice-making Swift the biggest up-and-comer on the country scene. Subsequent singles “Our Song” and “Teardrops on My Guitar” were also successful and in 2007 Swift became the youngest artist to win the Songwriter/Artist of the Year award at the Nashville Songwriters Association.

After “Love Story” became her next hit single, Taylor Swift released her sophomore album, Fearless. The singer, who is known for wearing her heart on her sleeve, penned nearly all of the songs on the album and drew from personal experiences such as breakups. Although most teenage girls don’t get the chance to date Joe Jonas, Swift often transforms her diary entries into songs and that is the reason for her relatability. (The middle Jo Bro broke up with Swift in a 25-second phone call so expect a song about the messy breakup to appear on the singer’s next album!) Now 18 years old, Swift has notched six autobiographical songs on the Billboard charts and doesn’t appear to be slowing any time soon! Get your Taylor Swift tickets soon!

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George Strait Tickets – Another Summerfest to Celebrate

George Strait has consistently been one of the top-selling country music artists to grace the Nashville scene over the last few decades, and it’s only fitting that this contemporary country icon should land a slot as the first headliner at the world’s largest music festival. Summerfest, heralded as the largest music festival by the Guinness Book of World Records in 1999, is the event of the year for Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and it has just been announced that Strait will perform at next year’s event, which will take place from June 25 to July 5, 2009.

The annual Summerfest event took form in 1968, when then-Mayor Maier started the festival in an attempt to bring pride and attention to Milwaukee’s downtown. Summerfest came about after Maier was inspired by a visit to Oktoberfeset in Munich, Germany, and the “Milwaukee World Festival,” which eventually turned into “Summerfest,” took off from there.
The incredible George Strait will take his fun-loving country music act to the big stage (or one of them, anyway) next summer at Milwaukee’s 75-acre Henry Maier Festival Park for the 10-day event, performing alongside all the big names in the music industry. Last year’s list of performers included LeAnn Rimes, Gnarls Barkley, Little Big Town, Three Dog Night and more, and Summerfest’s upcoming lineup is sure to promise just as many stellar acts to perform on one of the event’s 12 stages, including the 23,000 seat Marcus Amphitheater for headlining acts such as George Strait.

Before he was headlining the world’s biggest music affairs, the outstanding vocalist Strait was toying around with rock ‘n’ roll music in a garage band as a teenager in Pearsall, Texas, where he was born and raised in the 1950s and ’60s. After graduating from high school, Straight enrolled in college but dropped out and married his high school love, also enlisting in the Army. Stationed in Hawaii, Straight started playing gigs with an Army-sponsored country band called Rambling Country, and by the time he left the Army in 1975 the young Texan was left with a mouthful of music he couldn’t quite spit out. Straight spent a short span of time at Southwest Texas State University at San Marcos, studying agriculture while developing the makings of his own country band Ace in the Hole. Ace in the Hole furthered George Strait’s music dream, but ultimately he was signed onto MCA Records as a solo country artist in 1980, putting his name on the map for the first time with the hit single “Unwound” in 1981. As soon as the country crooner touched his feet down on Nashville soil with “Unwound,” the hits started flooding in. Strait breezed through the rest of the ’80s with smash singles such as “If You’re Thinking You Want a Stranger (There’s One Coming Home)” and “Fool Hearted Memory,” diving right into the ’90s with “I Cross My Heart,” “Easy Come, Easy Go,” “Heartland,” “Blue Clear Sky” and “True.”

These days, George Strait is still burning up the country music charts, also making hearts skip a beat with his crooked smile and gentle nature. Strait has met screaming crowds with George Strait tickets onstage armed with nothing but a microphone and a guitar, singing the peaceful country summer nights away with his sweet down home anthems. The country music icon most recently released his new single “River of Love” at the 2008 CMA Awards Show, where he was honored with the Single of the Year Award for the hit song “I Saw God Today,” also bringing home top honors for Album of the Year with Troubadour, taking his grand total of CMA Awards to 22. This longtime country legend is nowhere near retirement, so check out http://www.stubhub.com/george-strait-tickets to get concert tickets to an upcoming George Strait show!

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Bon Jovi Tickets – Aiding the Clinton Cause

In the midst of a struggling economy, it’s not only blue collar workers who are feeling the pinch for money as the New Year begins. Politicians are also experiencing the crunch, and one in particular is especially down in debt: Hillary Clinton. The New York senator and former presidential candidate spent millions of dollars in a failed campaign in 2008, and she’s turning to any means possible to help make up for some of that (current) .3 million debt racked up while trying to win the democratic nominee position in the presidential campaign.

While Clinton begins rebuilding, one musician will aid her personal cause: Jon Bon Jovi. The New Jersey-hailed rocker will perform later this month as part of the event dubbed “a final evening in support of Hillary Clinton for President Debt Relief,” a fundraiser set to take place at Manhattan’s Town Hall on January 15. Tickets for the Bon Jovi-led performance/fundraiser range from to ,000.

While Bon Jovi is taking current steps toward social activism in helping Clinton pay off her campaign debt, the 46-year-old musician is no new face in politics. He also performed for former Presidents George Bush and Bill Clinton when the two won the Liberty Medal in 2006. With his upcoming performance, Bon Jovi joins the ranks of other Garden State natives Frank Sinatra and Bruce Springsteen, who have both used their music to aid political campaigns (Sinatra in 1960 for John F. Kennedy and Springsteen for John Kerry in 2004).

An influential musical figure these days, Jon Bon Jovi (whose real last name is Bongiovi) started his music career as a janitor at the New York recording studio the Power Station, which his cousin Tony owned. Eventually, Bon Jovi recorded songs in the studio, and the demo “Runaway” garnered incredible attention, scoring the rocker a band and a recording contract with Polygram/Mercury in 1983. Equipped with fellow rockers David Bryan, Alec John Such, Tico Torres and Richie Sambora, the band called Bon Jovi rode the wave from “Runaway” straight to the Billboard charts, following up the song’s success with the 1986 album Slippery When Wet.

Showcasing the number one singles “You Give Love a Bad Name” and “Livin’ on a Prayer” as well as Top Ten single “Wanted Dead or Alive,” Slippery When Wet exploded on the music scene, establishing Bon Jovi as a leading pop-metal band of the decade. 1988’s New Jersey succeeded the band’s 1986 album with an immediate number one on the Billboard charts, as well.

Bon Jovi was one of the few bands of the ’80s to continue onward in the ’90s with a similarly successful career, and the band kept throwing out hits into the 2000s.

Most recently, Bon Jovi has released Lost Highway, a 2007 release featuring songs with country artists LeAnn Rimes and Big & Rich, gaining a considerable country following in the process. Lost Highway scored big in the U.S., Japan, Australia, Canada and Europe, and Bon Jovi meanwhile has been performing numerous gigs around the globe. It’s never too late to see Bon Jovi live, so check out http://www.stubhub.com/bon-jovi-tickets for Bon Jovi tickets!

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The Circle (2009?present) of Bon Jovi Tickets at YourTicketMarket

Bon Jovi In April 2009, Phil Griffin’s documentary on the band, “When We Were Beautiful,” debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival, chronicling Bon Jovi’s ups and downs over 25 years and following the band on their latest Lost Highway tour.
In June 2009, Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora were inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame. That month they also recorded a cover of the song “Stand By Me” with Iranian singer Andy Madadian, to show solidarity for those affected by political unrest in Iran. Parts of the song were sung in Persian.

On November 10, 2009, the band released their 11th studio album, entitled The Circle. The album debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200, selling 163 000 copies in its first week. The album is a return to rock n’ roll after their Nashville influenced album, Lost Highway. To promote the album, Bon Jovi performed “We Weren’t Born to Follow”, the first single off the album, on the result show of the rock week of the TV show, The X-Factor. The song also was performed during the Fest der Freiheit on November 9 in Berlin, a memorial for the Fall of the Berlin Wall..

On December 12, 2009, Bon Jovi were ranked #9 on Billboard’s top 25 touring artists of the decade after grossing (US)9,481,741 from 249 shows, of which 244 were sellouts.Touring begins again for the band on February 19, 2010, when they embark on ‘The Circle’ tour, their largest tour since the Jersey Syndicate tour in the late 1980s. The tour will consist of 135 shows in 30 countries.

In June 2007,released their tenth studio album, Lost Highway. The album influences the band’s rock sound with that of country music following the success of a country version of the band’s 2006 single “Who Says You Can’t Go Home”, a duet with Jennifer Nettles.
To promote the new album, Bon Jovi made several television appearances, including the 6th annual CMT Awards in Nashville, American Idol, and MTV Unplugged, as well as playing at the Live Earth concert at Giants Stadium.They also performed ten promotional gigs in the U.S., Canada, the UK and Japan.

As part of the ‘tour’, Bon Jovi were the first group to perform at London’s new O2 Arena (formerly the Millennium Dome) when it opened to the public on June 24, 2007. The 23,000-seater stadium sold out within 30 minutes of tickets being released. Reviews for the CD were not very strong. Rolling Stone said “This was a very weak effort. To be honest, this has been a terrible band for the last 3 albums.”

Lost Highway topped the charts in United States, Japan, Australia, Europe, and Canada. The album was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album and the albums first single “(You Want To) Make a Memory” was nominated for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal at the 2008 Grammy Awards. The albums third single “Till We Ain’t Strangers Anymore” won the CMT Music Award for the Collaborative Video of the Year in 2008.Presenter LeAnn Rimes accepted the award on behalf of the band, as Bon Jovi was not at the awards ceremony.The song was also nominated for the Academy of Country Music Award for Vocal Event of the Year.

In October 2007 Bon Jovi band announced the Lost Highway Tour. Starting with the 10 shows to open the brand new, Newark, New Jersey Prudential Center, the band toured Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, the U.S. and then Europe, finishing in the summer. In early December 2007 the band took time off from their Canadian tour to become the first ever American band to headline the Royal Variety Performance in Liverpool, England, performing in front of the Queen herself. While the band was on tour in Australia, Bon Jovi have landed eight albums in ARIA Charts in the wake of their first tour in 12 years.

The tour was the highest grossing tour of 2008 in Billboard’s rankings, with ticket sales of 0.6 million, reported from November 14, 2007 through Nov.11, 2008.In all, 2,157,675 tickets were sold during 2008. Combined with .4 million in 2007 from the Newark shows, making a combined gross of 7 million in ticket sales. In Pollstar’s calculus for North America, the Lost Highway Tour had the fifth-highest gross for 2008 at .4 million.
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Swift Concert Tickets Fearless Tour

And that’s not all there is to this attractive young woman! Taylor has already earned plenty of awards that comprise of three Grammys.

This Pennsylvania born singer began writing songs at the age of 10. At about the same age she also started attending and partaking in singing events including festivals, public or state fairs and karaoke shows not far from Wyomissing. She’s even said to have won a poetry skills contest when she was in fourth grade. Her entry was titled “Monster In My Closet,” that that covered three pages.

Her primary brush with song writing happened after she learned to play three chords on the guitar, taught to her by a man who repaired computers. Swift penned a song titled “Lucky You,” and followed it with others which she used as therapy to deal with her difficulty fitting in the classroom.

Inspired by country vocalists such as Dolly Parton, Tina Turner, LeAnn Rimes, Shania Twain, Patsy Cline and the Dixie Chicks, Swift, made it to Nashville when she was 11, wishing to strike a record deal based on the demo she’d taped of her performing abilities. Unfortunately, nothing came of that but an introduction to rejection.

Taylor didn’t give in. Soon after her return Swift gained media highlight for her rendition of the national anthem, performed at the US Open tournament. She began using the 12-string guitar by the age of 12 and didn’t stop driving down to Nashville, teaming up with locally known lyricists and writing songs.  By age 14 her father and mother made up their minds to relocate to a suburb in Nashville where Swift was presented a contract with RCA Record at 15, but opted against signing up with them.

Shortly afterwards, Taylor was noticed by  Scott Borchetta who’d recently started a new label – Big Machines Records. She put out her first single titled “Tim McGraw” in 2006. It reached No 6 on the Billboard Country Chart. She released her first album, titled ‘Taylor Swift,’ a couple of months later. It created a massive storm. In two years’ time that album has sold over 3 million copies and recorded downloads of 7.5 million singles.

Her ensuing album, Fearless, debuted approximately two years later in November, 2008. It climbed right to the top of the Billboard 200 Album Chart and made history on several other counts. The stupendous success instigated Taylor to organize her first tour named after Fearless. The Fearless Tour 2009 got rolling on the 23rd of April, 2009 in Evansville, Indiana. It spanned 6 months spanning 50 cities around the world with all shows achieving sold-out status rapidly, making it the most attended and talked about tours in 2009.

After seeing its success Taylor has now announced the second leg entitled the Fearless Tour 2010 which will kick off in Australia in February 2010 and draws to a close on the 2nd of June in North America. Taylor Swift tickets for the Fearless tour are now on sale for all tour dates. Obtain cheap Taylor Swift tickets for providing promo code ” Wizard5 ” at checkout on TicketsWizard.com to get 5% off your concert tickets.

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Montgomery Gentry Tickets – Montgomery Gentry Honored With Acm Award Before Awards Show!

The 45th annual Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards aren’t until April 18, but Montgomery Gentry is already a winner. ACM Awards host Reba McEntire and Blake Shelton announced this year’s batch of nominees on CBS’ The Early Show on March 2, also revealing that Montgomery Gentry will be honored with the ACM/Home Depot Award this year.

The Boot reports that one-half of the duo, Eddie Montgomery, said of receiving the prestigious honor, “Thanks to everyone out there who has helped us to get where we are today. We just want to make sure we do our part in making the world a little better.”

Montgomery Gentry is following in the footsteps of country artists like LeAnn Rimes and Rascal Flatts, past recipients of the Humanitarian Award. Eddie Montgomery and bandmate Troy Gentry have donated their time and raised funds to support a myriad of causes, such as the U.S. military, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Hospice of the Bluegrass, Make-a-Wish Foundation of Middle Tennessee, Camp Horsin’ Around in Lexington, Ky., TJ Martell Foundation, Leukemia & Lymphoma Foundation, Multiple Myeloma Foundation and more.

The Academy of Country Music isn’t just recognizing Montgomery Gentry for the duo’s good deeds, however, as the group earned a nomination in the Top Vocal Duo of the Year category. Montgomery Gentry will compete against Brooks & Dunn, Joey + Rory, Steel Magnolia and Sugarland for the prize at the 45th annual awards show. The 2010 edition of the ACM Awards will be held at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 18.

The list of presenters and performers for the ACM Awards has yet to be announced, but CMT.com revealed on March 2 that Montgomery Gentry will host the ACM Chairman’s Ride as part of the festivities taking place during the week of the awards show. After hosting the invitation-only motorcycle ride, Montgomery Gentry and Randy Houser are slated to perform a free private show for those stationed at the Nellis Air Force Base outside of Sin City. Other events that week include free concerts by Lady Antebellum and Miranda Lambert.

Montgomery Gentry is currently finishing up the duo’s seventh studio album, Freedom, which will arrive via Columbia Nashville later this year. The lead single off Freedom, “Oughta Be More Songs about That,” arrived in November 2009 and debuted at No. 59 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart. Produced by Blake Chancey and recorded in the country music capital of Nashville, the album includes a track with the working title “Shotgun Wedding” as well as the patriotic track “Freedom Never Goes out of Style.”

While fans wait for Montgomery Gentry’s new album, they can pick up Montgomery Gentry tickets from StubHub.com. The duo has a few lone dates this spring before embarking on the Country Throwdown Tour with Jamey Johnson on May 14. The first foray into country music by Warped Tour producers 4fini Production, the Country Throwdown Tour will also feature performances by Little Big Town, Jack Ingram, the Eli Young Band, Eric Church, the Lost Trailers, Heidi Newfield, Emily West, Ryan Bingham and the Dead Horses and Jonathan Singleton and the Grove. Montgomery Gentry and the rest of the country acts will stop in cities like West Palm Beach, Fla.; Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio; Cincinnati, Ohio; Charlotte, N.C.; Saratoga Springs, N.Y. and more.

LeAnn’s 4th video. LeAnn is the original singer of this song not Trisha Yearwood. (read history below). Albums: You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs & Greatest Hits Writer: Diane Warren © 1997 Curb Records, Inc. History of How Do I Live: “How Do I Live” is a 1997 song, written by Diane Warren, that was released originally by LeAnn Rimes, and shortly afterward by Trisha Yearwood. The song was originally intended for release as a single for the 1997 action blockbuster Con Air soundtrack. Warren wrote the song for Rimes to sing. The producers felt that Rimes’s version had too much of a pop feeling to it, and requested that she re-record it to fit their standards. She refused, and the producers chose Trisha Yearwood to record the song. Her more country-style version was released on May 27, 1997 and appeared in the film. When Rimes heard of the release, she quickly released her version. Despite only peaking as high as number seven in the UK Singles Chart, LeAnn Rimes’ version of How Do I Live spent thirty-four weeks in the chart. It set a record for staying on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for sixty-nine weeks. The song entered the Top 25 US Country singles chart on June 21, 1997 and was still there in February 2003, a record 291 weeks (five and half years) later. How Do I Live was covered by FIR (Faye and Real featuring LeAnn Rimes). FIR invited Rimes to record a portion of the song for their third album Flight Tribe in 2006. The song has also been performed on the hit …
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Rascal Flatts Tickets – Rascal Flatts Celebrates 10 Years

The last decade has been quite a rollercoaster ride for the men of Rascal Flatts-if that rollercoaster only went up and never plunged down. 2010 marks 10 years since the trio first appeared on the scene, and they are showing no signs of slowing down any time soon. Their continued success should quiet any naysayers who once doubted their staying power, as Rascal Flatts is poised to perpetuate their rise for many more years. Their success could also be measured by the popularity of <a rel=”nofollow” onclick=”javascript:_gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’, ‘/outgoing/article_exit_link’]);” href=”http://www.stubhub.com/rascal-flatts-tickets/”>Rascal Flatts tickets</a> for their dates around the country, which routinely sell out. The best place to find tickets is at <a rel=”nofollow” onclick=”javascript:_gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’, ‘/outgoing/article_exit_link’]);” href=”http://www.stubhub.com/”>StubHub.com</a>.

Jay DeMarcus, Gary LeVox and Joe Don Rooney are still riding high off of the chart-topping success of their 2009 album Unstoppable, but that hasn’t slowed their drive to create a new album. The new album will launch a new era for the trio, as it will be under a different label than all of their previous releases. Their longtime label Lyric Street is set to close. The group has yet to find a new home, but the decision will likely be made soon, as their new album is expected in early fall, with a new single released even earlier. They are expected, though, to remain with a Disney entity, as Lyric Street was a Disney company.

The spring months are eventful for Rascal Flatts with two high-profile performances. The first will come on Wed., April 28, when the trio makes a stop at Fox’s American Idol. Viewers will be treated to two different performances by the group. The first will be their current single “Unstoppable.” They will follow it up by joining Shakira on her song “Gypsy.” It won’t be Rascal Flatts’ first time on the show, as they made appearances in 2005 and 2007.

On May 1, the trio will head to Churchill Downs for the 2010 Kentucky Derby. Rascal Flatts will be singing “The Star Spangled Banner” to kick off the race. According to Wave3.com, track spokesperson Julie Koenig said, “This new element of the Derby experience was an instant hit and was warmly embraced by Derby fans. We are confident that country music’s hottest trio will deliver an unforgettable performance for the 150,000-plus fans listening in person at Churchill Downs as well as the millions of viewers worldwide.” Last year, LeAnn Rimes did the honors.

Rascal Flatts fans were likely excited when the trio announced a set of high-profile gigs for the summer. They are set to hit many top dates around the nation, like Cincinnati, Atlanta, Indianapolis, Louisville and more. The group also has a chance at winning a CMT Music Award. The 2010 CMT Music Awards are set to take place in Nashville on June 9. Rascal Flatts is nominated twice in the same category: Group Video of the Year. The videos for their songs “Here Comes Goodbye” and “Summer Nights” both earned nominations. Rascal Flatts is up against the Zac Brown Band (“Highway 20 Ride” and “Toes”), Lady Antebellum (“American Honey” and “Need You Now”), Gloriana (“How Far Do You Wanna Go”) and Trailer Choir (“Rockin’ the Beer Gut”).

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Jason Aldean Tickets ? Three CMT Music Awards Nominations for Jason Aldean

Along with Lady Antebellum, Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift, Jason Aldean led the pack of nominees for the upcoming CMT Music Awards. The four country acts secured three nominations apiece when the finalists for the upcoming awards show were announced on May 11. The first round of nominations were announced in April and fans voted to strip each category down to just four finalists, although finalists for the coveted Video of the Year won’t be announced until the beginning of the CMT Music Awards, which will be held in the country music capital of Nashville on June 9.

Jason Aldean’s “The Truth” is in the running for the Video of the Year honor, along with Toby Keith’s “American Ride,” Carrie Underwood’s “Cowboy Casanova,” Lady Antebellum’s “Need You Now,” Kenny Chesney’s “Out Last Night,” Keith Urban’s “‘Til Summer Comes Around,” Zac Brown Band’s “Toes,” Brad Paisley’s “Welcome to the Future,” Miranda Lambert’s “White Liar” and Taylor Swift’s “You Belong with Me.” Fans can begin voting for their pick out of the 10 nominees via text message at the beginning of the CMT Awards, which will be hosted by Kid Rock.

“The Truth” is also nominated in the Male Video of the Year category. Aldean will compete against Toby Keith’s “American Ride,” Billy Currington’s “People Are Crazy,” Tim McGraw’s “Southern Voice” and Keith Urban’s “‘Til Summer Comes Around.” Jason Aldean’s third nomination is in the Collaborative Video of the Year category, for “Heaven,” his duet with Bryan Adams. The other three songs nominated for Collaborative Video of the Year are “Best Days of Your Life” (Kellie Pickler and Taylor Swift), “Hillbilly Bone” (Blake Shelton and Trace Adkins) and “I’m Alive” (Kenny Chesney and Dave Matthews).

Country’s biggest stars will flock to Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena for the awards show on June 9, and many of those stars—including Jason Aldean—will return to the venue for a benefit concert on June 22. Country power couple Tim McGraw and Faith Hill are putting on the “Nashville Rising: A Benefit Concert for Flood Recovery” in order to assist victims of the floods that wreaked havoc on Nashville and Middle Tennessee. McGraw and Hill will perform along with Jason Aldean, Lynyrd Skynyrd, LeAnn Rimes, Martina McBride, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift, Michael W. Smith, Miranda Lambert, Amy Grant, Luke Bryan, Brooks & Dunn and Miley Cyrus.

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