Yesterday in Nashville, Brad Paisley and Jimmy Dickens were part of history. They placed the circle of pine stage from the original Ryman stage into the Grand Ole Opry House stage, symbolizing the continuity of country music through the decades. Brad Paisley brought his guitar, and everyone joined in for a rendition of "Will the Circle Be Unbroken." The Grand Ole Opry House will be ready for a show on September 28th, and country music's biggest stars are lining up to celebrate. The work of cleaning and rebuilding after the flood is nearly done, and Brad Paisley, Blake Shelton, Josh Turner, Dierks Bentley, Jason Aldean, Trace Adkins, Montgomery Gentry, Charlie Daniels Band, and more country stars will be on hand to perform in the circle. Tickets are on sale now for the Grand Ole Opry homecoming show.
Zac Brown Band has made it even easier for you to send a letter to a service member overseas. The Letters for Lyrics campaign has moved online, and it's easy for you to invite friends to participate, too. Write a letter, get the free ZBB compilation, Breaking Southern Ground, or you can have the cd sent to a soldier. More information, along with the 6th installment of the band's documentary, "For Those Who Serve," is online, too.
Blake Shelton's having a great week. Not only is he celebrating having the #1 album last week and the #1 song for two weeks in a row, he also had fiancée Miranda Lambert join him onstage for their duet, "Dragging the River." Look at the love on that man's face in this video!
Did you miss John Rich co-hosting the Today Show yesterday? Here he is now!
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Trisha Yearwood was today's co-host, and Josh Turner co-hosts the Today show tomorrow. Luke Bryan is on Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight. Little Big Town plays the Good Morning America summer concert series tomorrow morning, and here's a TiVO alert - Kenny Chesney's documentary, "The Boys of Fall," has been whittled down to a one-hour feature that will air on ESPN Sunday afternoon at 2 eastern. The full-length documentary is due out on DVD in November.
Blake Shelton will be the focus of a GAC special airing on September 8th. Called "Blake Shelton Live: It's All About Tonight," it will feature Blake onstage and behind the scenes. Knowing Blake, there'll be some outrageous stuff on that show!
Congrats to Trace Adkins, who's "Cowboy's Back in Town" is the number 1 country album this week. It's Trace's 4th #1 album and his first for Show Dog-Universal, Toby Keith's record label.
The tweet of the day is from Brad Paisley: "The circle is back in place at the Opryhouse. And the world is right."
