Steve Nedved
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Aug 01
Get Kenny Chesney’s new album for a “Song” to help the Virgin Islands
Blue Chair/Warner Bros. NashvilleBy all estimations, Kenny Chesney’s new Songs for the Saints album is on track to have a huge first week, having already surpassed his label’s predictions for what it would sell on iTunes. The “Get Along” hitmaker is donating all his proceeds from the record to hurricane relief in the Virgin Islands. Now, Kenny’s cutting …
Aug 01
“boom.” Walker Hayes gets ready to debut new music via Instagram
ABC/Image Group LA Walker Hayes is busy working on the follow-up to his debut album, boom., and in August, he plans to give his fans a preview. Each Tuesday this month, the Mobile, Alabama native will play a new song for his followers via Instagram Live. So far this summer, Walker’s entertained more than 250,000 fans on tour, …
Aug 01
Jason Aldean, Luke Combs and Lauren Alaina aren’t just playing stadiums — they’re playing softball, too
ABC/Mark LevineIt was only a couple of weekends ago that Jason Aldean, Luke Combs and Lauren Alaina played a sold-out show at the Atlanta Braves’ new stadium. And while that may be the High Noon Neon Tour’s biggest brush with Major League Baseball this summer, it turns out the three tourmates are in the habit of running the bases in …
Aug 01
Carrie Underwood suits up for season six of “Sunday Night Football”
NBC/Paul DrinkwaterCarrie Underwood returns this fall for her sixth season as the voice of NBC’s Sunday Night Football. The “Cry Pretty” hitmaker’s already filmed this year’s opening sequence, along with ten of the NFL’s top players. Super Bowl champions Carson Wentz, Lane Johnson, Zach Ertz, and Fletcher Cox from the Philadelphia Eagles will join her, along with six others: the Dallas Cowboys’ Dak Prescott, …
Aug 01
No Shoes Nation gives Kenny Chesney hope that we can all “Get Along”
Allister AnnKenny Chesney chose his latest hit, “Get Along,” as a reminder that we can all work together and be kind, even in divisive political times. So now that the lead single from his Songs for the Saints album is so popular that it spent two weeks at #1, does he feel like we’re doing any better in …
Jul 31
Kelsea Ballerini counts down to ABC’s annual CMA Fest special with multiple TV appearances
ABC/Mark LevineThe countdown is on to the annual three-hour CMA Fest special on ABC, and Kelsea Ballerini is taking to TV to promote it. For the second year in a row, the “Legends” hitmaker hosts the show alongside her pal Thomas Rhett. Kelsea kicks off her TV appearances this Wednesday on Late Night with Seth Meyers, which starts at …
Jul 31
Kenny Chesney gets a million reminders why his fans love “Live in No Shoes Nation”
Blue Chair/Columbia NashvilleJust as Kenny Chesney’s new album, Songs for the Saints, is selling big numbers in its first week of release, there’s even more good news for the “Get Along” hitmaker: His Live in No Shoes Nation collection has just been certified platinum, for sales of one million units. Kenny hand-picked the 29 songs himself, from his extensive …
Jul 31
Don’t worry, Keith: If the spiders are “Coming Home,” Nicole can take care of it
ABC/Image Group LA If Keith Urban happens to be away on tour, Nicole Kidman has proven she can take care of any minor crises involving creepy-crawlies all by herself. The Oscar-winning actress recently shared an Instagram video of a rather menacing-looking arachnid crawling toward the pool, as the couple’s daughters screamed in the background. “Get back, mom! Step back!” ten-year-old Sunday Rose and …
Jul 31
That don’t impress me much: Shania Twain helps out the Arizona DOT as she plays Phoenix
ABC RadioShania Twain not only played a show Monday night in Phoenix, she also did her part for public safety in the state of Arizona. LED signs over the interstate across Arizona simultaneously quoted a Shania smash from 1998 to warn drivers. “Speeding?” “Unbuckled?” “Aggressive driver?” the signs asked. They all provided the same reply: “That …
Jul 31
More “Tequila” shots: Dan + Shay celebrate their first #1 in Canada
ABC/Image Group LA Three weeks after topping the chart in the States, Dan + Shay now have their first #1 in the Great White North. This week, “Tequila” ascends to the top of the Canadian country chart, after spending two weeks on top in the U.S. Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney may be first-time chart-toppers in Canada, but they’ve already …