Saturday night, Brad Paisley headlined a huge, sold-out country music stadium festival in Foxboro, Massachussetts. Along with Brad were Jason Aldean, Darius Rucker, Miranda Lambert and Easton Corbin. The show was smokin' hot, and the concert reviews were uniformly glowing. Robin Roberts of Good Morning America showed up, film crew in tow, so some of it will end up on tv, no doubt. Many people think of country music as a "southern thing" or a "midwestern thing" but New England proved that country music fans are everywhere.
Reba and George Strait are about to take their show out on the road again. Next month, they'll embark on a short tour that takes them into some of the country's top arenas, and Reba remembers 40 years ago, when her shows didn't reach quite so many people. “I was on a flatbed truck doing two shows for the same 78 people. So to be in an arena filled with people is a wonderful thing. When you walk out there and hear that audience screaming and clapping and having a wonderful time, it’s great!”
Miranda Lambert will be out with a six-song acoustic dvd, "Revolution: Live by Candlelight" on October 12th. It'll include performances of her favorite songs from "Revolution" and the stories behind the songs. Amazon.com has it available for pre-preorder now.
Congrats to Blake Shelton for topping both the album and single charts last week with "All About Tonight."
The Today Show goes country this week. Blake Shelton co-hosts the 4th hour today, Martina McBride tomorrow, John Rich on Wednesday, Trisha Yearwood Thursday and Josh Turner takes the seat on Friday.
Tonight on CMT, Miranda Lambert's "Invitation Only" episode premiers. She sings all of her fan favorites, and a few of her own favorites, too. And Willie Nelson performs on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson tonight.
The tweet of the day is from Blake Shelton: "Blake Shelton's tip of the week... If you don't think you're insecure, then why do you insist that you're not?"
