News from CMT - Week of Nov 10 PDF Print E-mail
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All the news from country music's most reliable source.   Week of Nov. 10, 2008

  • Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood Reflect on Wins at CMA Awards
    Brad Paisley has spent most of 2008 in front of country fans, but after Wednesday's (Nov. 12) CMA Awards, Carrie Underwood has certainly seen more of him than most people ever will.

  • Actor David Keith Sues on Behalf of Planned Keith Whitley Movie
    Actor David Keith, best known for his role in An Officer and a Gentleman, has sued an Alabama businessman for failing to provide the financing for a movie on the life of Keith Whitley, the country star who died of alcohol poisoning in 1989 at age 3

  • Boxmasters to Tour With Willie Nelson
    The Boxmasters, the country-rock band led by Academy Award winner Billy Bob Thornton, will be winding down the year during a tour with Willie Nelson.

  • Heavy Metal Bassist Sues "Country Western" Singer-Songwriter John Rich
    It took less than a month for Jerry Montano, former bassist in the heavy metal band Danzig, to file a lawsuit against John Rich in connection with a fight at the Mondrian Hotel in West Hollywood, Calif.

  • Three Girls and Their Buddy Announce February Shows
    Emmylou Harris, Shawn Colvin, Patty Griffin and Buddy Miller will return to the road together in February, billed as Three Girls and Their Buddy.
  • Kenny Chesney's Advice to Fellow CMA Nominees: "Come Get Me"
    Kenny Chesney has just a few words for next year's CMA nominees for entertainer of the year: "Come get me."
  • NASHVILLE SKYLINE: CMA Awards Show a Mixed Blessing
    Hard to pin it down, but there's been something nagging at me about this year's CMA Awards show. It was a nice show, mind you, reminiscent of last year's which I thought was very solid. Nice song after nice song, earnest artist platitude after earnest art
  • Brad Paisley Says Concerts With Keith Urban Are in the Works
    Brad Paisley told reporters at the CMA Awards that he's hoping to tour with Keith Urban in the future.
  • Jason Aldean Provides Free Downloads, Streaming of New Single
    After debuting his new single, "She's Country," on Wednesday night's (Nov. 12) CMA Awards in Nashville, Jason Aldean is providing his fan club members with a free download of the song on his official Web site.
  • Shania Twain Returns to Nashville as CMA Awards Presenter
    Shania Twain presented the CMA Award for entertainer of the year on Wednesday night (Nov. 12) in Nashville, marking her first U.S. television appearance since she separated from her husband, songwriter-record producer Robert "Mutt" Lange, in May.

  • Kenny Chesney Named CMA's Entertainer of the Year -- Again
    The Country Music Association rewarded Kenny Chesney with his fourth entertainer of the year trophy at Wednesday night's (Nov. 12) awards show in Nashville. Along the way, George Strait, Brad Paisley and Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles received two awards ea

  • Hank Williams Jr. Celebrated as BMI's Newest Icon
    Hank Williams Jr. moved one step closer to his father's exalted status Tuesday (Nov. 11) when BMI, the performance rights organization, presented him its Icon award for extraordinary musical achievement. The presentation, which capped BMI's 56th annual co

  • ASCAP Honors Darius Rucker, Clay Mills for "Don't Think I Don't Think About It"
    Well-wishers in Nashville packed ASCAP's lobby wall-to-wall Tuesday (Nov. 11) to see Darius Rucker and Clay Mills honored for their recent No. 1 song, "Don't Think I Don't Think About It."

  • Kenny Chesney Plays Surprise Show at Nashville Honky-Tonk
    Reigning CMA entertainer of the year Kenny Chesney lived up to his title Monday night (Nov. 10) as he played to a jam-packed crowd at Tootsie's Orchid Lounge in Nashville. Only two days prior to Wednesday's (Nov. 12) CMA Awards, this year's seven-time CMA
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