Thursday, August 12, 2010

Today's Country Tidbits

Luke Bryan's family is now one son larger. Tatum Christopher Bryan arrived yesterday, a week earler than expected, but doing fine. Luke said, "All I ever hoped for was one boy and to have two, it's going to be fun. I've already got new fishing spots picked out for us." He had planned to pick up a gift for his wife yesterday, but when she went into labor, that ended his shopping plans. After their son was born, Luke ran over to a nearby Sonic to pick up a lemonberry slush for Caroline. Big brother Bo, who's 2 years old, is excited to meet his new baby brother today.

Lady Antebellum showed London how it's done last night, playing to a sold-out crowd of appreciative country fans. Last Sunday was their last night on the Southern Voice tour with Tim McGraw, and their Webisode Wednesday features footage of Tim & the Dancehall Doctors pranking Lady A.


The Farm Aid 25: Growing Hope for America performers have been announced. In addition to Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp, Kenny Chesney and Dave Matthews will be donating their time and talents on October 2nd in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Congrats to Taylor Swift, who is the 2010 International Bowling Hall of Fame inductee. Voting opened about six weeks ago, and your votes took Taylor to the top, besting Justin Bieber by 5,000 votes.

The 2010 CMA Music Festival is barely over, and tickets for the 2011 CMA Music Festival are about to go on sale. Starting Monday, August 23, you can get tickets to next year's fun, scheduled for June 9-12, at any Ticketmaster outlet and from the Country Music Association. Prices range from $115 to $325 plus handling fees, and the cost of the ticket depends on the seats you want at the nightly LP Field concerts.

Blake Shelton had a busy morning this morning, appearing on both Good Morning America and the Today show in support of his new 6-pak, "All About Tonight." Tomorrow morning, David Nail will perform on Fox & Friends.

The tweet of the day is from Brad Paisley, who tweeted this last night about tonight's concert: "BradPaisley: Tomorrow I get to sing the words "Daytona Beach" to Daytona Beach."