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Brad Paisley Joining American Idol?
Rumors have been flying for days now on who will be the replacement for Steven Tyler on American Idol next season, and many country stars have found their names in the mix. A report out now from Deadline is saying that Brad Paisley is being strongly considered for the new judge on the hit reality singing competition.
Brad has performed on American Idol in the past, and co-hosts the Country Music Association (CMA) awards with former winner Carrie Underwood. There’s been quite a few successful country acts to come from Idol – Kelly Clarkson, Kellie Pickler, Carrie, Casey James, Lauren Alaina and Scotty McCreery, all started their careers on the show.
Brad’s former tour mate, Blake Shelton, is currently one of the four coaches on The Voice.
What do you think about Brad being a judge? Do you think it will steal viewers back from The Voice or are you sick of Idol?
Brad Paisley Promoting Literacy
Brad Paisley is teaming up with Dollar General and Pepsico to help raise money for the Dollar General Literacy Campaign. The campaign, called “Tune In To Giving,” will give fans a download of a Brad tune in exchange for purchasing a two liter bottle of Pepsi and a bag of Lay’s potato chips at Dollar General. With that purchase, they will have a special code on the bottom of the receipt to enter online at dollargeneral.com, and a $1 donation per purchase will be put towards the charity.
Fans the follow through by punching in the code online will be entered to win gift cards from Dollar General, Brad merchandise, or even tickets to a show on his “Virtual Reality World Tour.” The campaign runs until Sunday, August 19th so make sure to stop by Dollar General before then to get your name in the draw! Good luck.
The CW To Broadcast iheartradio Music Festival
There’s some good news today for fans who weren’t able to get tickets for this year’s iheartradio Music Festival, which had sold out in minutes. The CW will be kicking off their Fall Season with an exclusive broadcast of the Festival on Monday, October 1st from 8 pm EST to 10 pm EST. The two-day concert event will take place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas from September 21st to the 22nd with the hottest acts in music participating – including country’s own Miranda Lambert, Brad Paisley, Taylor Swift and Jason Aldean. It’s Taylor’s only date for 2012!
“The inaugural iHeartRadio Music Festival was an amazing experience for our listeners and music fans across America, and this year’s lineup is again going to exceed all expectations. With CW as the Festival’s TV broadcast partner, we can give people who can’t be in Las Vegas the ability to watch this extraordinary event from their own living rooms,” said John Sykes, President of Clear Channel Entertainment Enterprises. “This exclusive broadcast event emphasizes our commitment to bringing great music and content to our audience anywhere they want it.”
The following night, on October 2nd, The CW will air the one-hour season premier of Heart Of Dixie at 8 pm EST.
The Day The Music Died in Ottawa
Dear readers,
When we first started this country music blog, we started out as a site for fans by fans. We listen to what our fans and readers are wanting to hear from us, what features they’d want to see, and even which artists they’d love to see interviewed. The first music festival Jessica and I ever covered together was Capital Hoedown last year, which featured acts like Carrie Underwood, Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, and Miranda Lambert among many talented acts. We were the first ones reporting the Carrie-Miranda live duet/mash-up of “Before He Cheats” with “Gunpowder & Lead” at the festival which helped propel us into being one of Canada’s leading resources for all things country music. Since that August weekend, Capital Hoedown has always been one of the highlights of our brand and we always put an extra shout-out to the festival when discussing artists this year.
This year’s line-up for Capital Hoedown was to be even bigger: with promises of Taylor Swift, Reba McEntire, Ronnie Dunn, Sheryl Crow and Brad Paisley. When I was at the line-up announcement I was more than excited over the line-up organizers had made. We interviewed Concert International CEO, and Capital Hoedown organizer, Denis Benoit back in December before the Christmas rush and he promised in the interview that tickets would be sold-out by Christmas so fans needed to get them asap for this fantastic line-up, saying that they were selling “extremely well.” Tickets weren’t sold-out, and were still on-sale throughout this year. Read our interview with Denis right here on Keepin’ it Country.
Being a fan-first site, we read every Tweet, Facebook message, wall post, and e-mail sent in to us by readers. When we started to get a few mentions and messages from fans asking us what was going on with the Capital Hoedown as some artists had removed the date from their website’s tour pages, we reached out to our friends in those artist teams to inquire about the missing dates. Once we started to receive confirmations that those artists were out, with the okay to post the news, we did so. What happened next is a sea of press interviews, camera time, and paper mentions for our site with Canadian, and American, media and radio stations as we were the first ones to even realize that something was up. We received a “seize and desist” (sic – not ‘cease’) from Denis quickly after our confirmation from artist teams that they were pulling out with promises of “serious legal action” against our site for posting the information. Nothing else ever came from that e-mail as everything we’ve posted has been factual and 100% confirmed, and after speaking with American and Canadian attorneys, we were perfectly fine to post the information.
Read more below:
Miranda, Taylor, Brad & Jason Aldean Join iheartradio lineup
Country music superstars Miranda Lambert, Brad Paisley, Taylor Swift and Jason Aldean are part of the biggest live concert event of the year this year in Las Vegas. The iHeartRadio Music Festival is returning this year on September 21st and 22nd at the MGM Grand. Other artists already announced include P!nk, Bon Jovi, No Doubt, Rihanna, Aerosmith, Usher, Green Day, Linkin Park, Shakira, Mary J. Blige, and Calvin Harris among others. Tickets are not yet on-sale, but for more information, including how to win tickets, visit the iHeartRadio Music Festival website.
Blake Shelton‘s hit reality competition, The Voice, is a sponsor this year so we’re guessing fans could be lucky and see something related to the show there. Are you thinking of going?
“Opening Act” Premieres Tomorrow
Have you ever dreamed of sharing the stage with one of your favorite artists? Have you ever wondered how opening acts get their big breaks? Well, ask no longer, as E! has created a new show to help make those stage-sharing dreams come true!
E!’s newest reality show, “Opening Act,” premieres tomorrow night, July 9, at 10:00 pm EST. While the first episode features non-country superstar, Rod Stewart, future episodes will feature country megastars, Jason Aldean and Brad Paisley.
For a sneak peek of “Opening Act,” watch the video below. And don’t forget to tune in and watch as the dreams of every day aspiring singers come true!
Charges Made At A Rascal Flatts Show
This is one interesting story you might not come across that often: over fifty fans were charged at the band’s show last Saturday night (06/30) in Darien Lake, N.Y.
Fifty-nine fans left the show with charges of underage possession of alcohol and intent to consume alcohol during the concert. Two fans were busted for trespassing after allegedly re-entering the venue after being kicked out, while another fan was charged due to possession of marijuana.
Strangely enough, a fan was charged for slashing another fan in the face just last year when the boys of Rascal Flatts made a stop in Darien Lake. In addition, Brad Paisley‘s visit to the Darien Lake Performing Arts Center last summer saw the arrest of over fifty fans during the show.
The same venue will be home to upcoming performances by both Toby Keith and Brantley Gilbert on July 29th.
Brad Paisley Heading To The White House
Brad Paisley will be spending his Independence Day holiday with some very special people. The country music superstar has chosen to headline the 4th Annual Salute To The Military USO Concert at The White House at 8:10 pm EST on July 4th. The event will include his performance, a barbeque, family-friendly games, and even performances by the United States’ Marine band. It’s an event that Brad is pretty proud to be supporting. He shares:
“The Fourth of July has always been about family, freedom and celebration. I am so honored to be spending my holiday performing a USO concert for our troops and their families, and to be celebrating those freedoms with the men and women who put everything on the line to defend them.”
Brad will stream the concert live online for his fans to help him support the USO on July 4th. Watch the live stream here from the White House when Brad takes the stage.
VIDEO: Brad Paisley – Jack In The Box Ad
Country superstar Brad Paisley might be a little more careful next time he signs autographs. See what happens when he doesn’t pay attention to what he’s signing in his brand new ad with American fast food chain Jack In The Box:
Brad Paisley Heading Overseas
After his 2011 tour of Europe became a huge success for Arista Nashville’s Brad Paisley, he’s decided to come back for a second time to Scandinavia with rising sibling trio The Band Perry. The Virtual Reality World Tour will be hitting Norway and Sweden in November with four stops:
Nov 8th – Stockholm, Sweden
Nov 9th – Goteborg, Sweden
Nov 10th – Oslo, Norway
Nov 11th – Stavanger, Norway
Both Brad and The Band Perry will be performing at Friday’s Chippewa Valley Country Fest in Cadott, Wisconsin. Fans are encouraged to keep their eyes peeled on bradpaisley.com for more information on these four international dates.
