IN THE NEWS:
The Stagecoach Music Festival 2011 took place over the weekend (4/30 - 5/1). The two-day event is fast becoming known as a "Country Coachella," in part because it takes place in the exact same location, Empire Polo Fields in Indio, CA.
This year's iteration of Stagecoach, the two-day, outdoor country music festival held in Indio, CA, brought a lot of familiar names to the roster this weekend (4/30-5/1). Kenny Chesney was on-board for his third run at this relatively young festival, and Carrie Underwood, Rascal Flatts, Darius Rucker and Jerry Douglas were also all in line for visit number two
Reigning CMA Female Vocalist of the Year Miranda Lambert, Vocal Group of the Year Lady Antebellum and Male Vocalist of the Year Blake Shelton are among the acts slated to take the stage at this summer's CMA Music Festival in Nashville.
This year's edition of Stagecoach -- the country music festival that takes place in the same Southern California venue that hosts Coachella -- will be headed up by Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts and Carrie Underwood.
Country favorite Brad Paisley will wrap up his current tour with 16 newly announced North American shows in early 2011. The winter edition of the trek, currently dubbed the H20 Tour, will be rechristened the H20 Frozen Over Tour.
The 7th Annual New England Country Music Festival sold out Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, MA, on Saturday (8/21). Despite cool temperatures, the turnout was reported to be 51,000 people.
