CMACountry stars took to social media on Tuesday to express joy and surprise over their CMA Nominations, announced live from Luke Bryan’s new Nashville restaurant this morning.  Here’s a roundup of their reactions: Luke Combs: “Humbled and honored to have been nominated for Male Vocalist of the Year and New Artist of the Year at …

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ABC/Craig SjodinThe nominations for the 52nd Annual Country Music Association Awards were announced live from Nashville this morning by Luke Bryan, Sugarland and Dan + Shay.  The CMA Awards, hosted by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood, air live November 14 on ABC. Here is the first batch of nominees in the main categories:     …

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Broken Bow RecordsJason Aldean doesn’t have many sorrows to drown these days. His latest hit “Drowns the Whiskey,” his duet with Miranda Lambert, is number one on the Billboard Country Airplay chart for a second week.  It’s the second straight multi-week #1 from Aldean’s current album Rearview Town, following “You Make It Easy.” Jason’s name …

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ABC/Image Group LACole Swindell‘s fans are all in when it comes to his new album, All Of It. The disc, Cole’s third, debuted at #1 on Billboard’s country album chart this week, and #7 on the all-genre Billboard Top 200.  “I am so grateful to have been given the opportunity to record and release even …

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ABC/Randy HolmesGarth Brooks is giving away his new live album for free…to a few lucky fans. Monday, Garth announced that a limited number of the copies of the album, Triple Live, will be available for free download tonight with a special download code, via Ticketmaster.  You will only be able to download it onto a …

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Tammy GonzalesMiranda Lambert wants to hear about how you share her passion for helping rescue animals. During her recently concluded Bandwagon tour with Little Big Town, Miranda’s fans donated record amounts of dog food, treats, toys, supplies and money to Fill the Little Red Wagon, the on-the-road program of her MuttNation Foundation charity.  One animal …

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ABC/Image Group LAGarth Brooks has now announced all the details of his upcoming show at Notre Dame Stadium, the first concert event ever held at the Indiana venue. Tickets for the October 20 show, sponsored by Amazon Music, will go on sale September 14 at 10 a.m. ET.  Tickets are available only through Ticketmaster.com/GarthBrooks or …

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ABC/Craig SjodinWhen Luke Bryan announces this year’s CMA nominations Tuesday on Good Morning Americawith Sugarland and Dan + Shay, he’ll be pinching himself a little bit. “You know, the ability to welcome GMA and the CMAs and ABC in my bar in downtown Nashville is pretty amazing,” Luke admits. “It kinda tells me, like, I don’t understand how I’ve gotten here. But through …

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ABC/Image Group LA Miranda Lambert is “happily single,” she revealed in a new interview to promote the third album from Pistol Annies, which is due this fall. Most recently, Miranda had been involved with Evan Felker of The Turnpike Troubadours, who joined her on her Bandwagon Tour with Little Big Town, which wrapped this weekend. Previously, she dated Americana artist Anderson East, …

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TAS Rights ManagementTaylor Swift may primarily be a pop star these days, but she was showing her country roots Saturday night as she played for a crowd of 50,000 at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium. Tim McGraw and Faith Hill even joined her onstage to sing her breakthrough hit, “Tim McGraw,” and Taylor also delivered an acoustic version of “Better Man,” …

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