IN THE NEWS:
Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean and Lady Antebellum lead the nomination pack for this year's Academy of Country Music Awards, which will accept fan input leading up to the April 1 ceremony.
One month after he won a lawsuit against his longtime label, country superstar Tim McGraw's long-delayed "Emotional Traffic" album finally has a release date.
Kenny Chesney, Juanes and K'naan have been added to the list of performers at "A Decade of Difference: A Concert Celebrating 10 Years of the William J. Clinton Foundation."
A round-up of concert cancellations due to the approach of Hurricane Irene on the East Coast.
Kenny Chesney has pushed his tour-ending Sunday (8/28) show in Foxboro, MA, up a couple days due to a hurricane threat.
Clear Channel Radio today announced the first ever iHeartRadio Music Festival, promoting it as "the largest concert event in radio history featuring an unparalleled line-up of the biggest names in music."
The number of concert tickets sold worldwide went down during the first half of 2011, but the actual dollars spent increased to a whopping $1.65 billion worldwide, according to concert industry magazine Pollstar's annual mid-year report.
Kenny Chesney's May 25 concert at the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater in tornado-ravaged Alabama will go forward as planned, with all of the proceeds going to storm relief efforts.
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.
