Today's Country Tidbits

Alan Jackson is taking his Freight Train on the road. The cd comes out on March 30, and his tour in support of it hits the road on April 8th in Florida. Josh Turner and Chris Young are his opening acts - that's a lot of testosterone in one tour! No testosterone needed where the video of "It's Just That Way" is concerned - his daughter Mattie is the person who came up with the concept and wrote the script for it. She did it as a lark, but AJ and his record label loved her ideas. Alan will also do a lot of tv appearances in support of his new album - catch him on The Late Show with David Letterman, the Today Show, the Ellen Degeneres Show and probably a few others. You'll get the exact dates here as we get closer.

What's Reba doing today? Shooting the video for "I Keep On Loving You."

You've seen Rascal Flatts' Olympic version of "Unstoppable." Now see the CSI mix, "Unshockable." No lyrical change, but a great preview to their featured roles on CSI Las Vegas March 4th.

To commemorate her third USO trip, Kellie Pickler added a star tattoo to the other two she already had. Word is she took her Grandpa along and he might be sporting some new ink, too.

More tales of tour hijinks on the "American Saturday Night" stage. While 5'7" Justin Moore was singing "I Could Kick Your Ass," two of Brad Paisley's biggest crew members stared him down and menaced him, as if a bar brawl was about to break out. Then, while Miranda Lambert was performing "White Liar," the projection screen behind her showed huge photos of boyfriend Blake Shelton with hoards of female fans. Both Justin and Miranda took the pranks in stride, but watch out, Brad...when those two put their heads together, no telling what they'll cook up to dish out!

Speaking of Brad Paisley, when the Tonight Show with Jay Leno returns on March 1st, he'll be one of the guests, along with Jamie Fox and Olympic medalist Lindsey Vonn.

Congrats to Josh Turner, who's at #1 on the Billboard Country Chart again this week with "Why Don't We Just Dance."

In stores today, Sarah Buxton's "Sarah Buxton - The Pajama Sessions" and Josh Thompson's "Way Out Here."

Happy 38th birthday to Steve Holy today.