Merle Haggard Files Lawsuit Against The World Freedom Train, Aka The Green Train And Its Founder
NASHVILLE, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Merle Haggard PR Team) - Country Music legend Merle Haggard has filed a lawsuit in Nashville, Tennessee against the World Freedom Train, Inc., also known as the Green Train, and its founder Robert K. Wolf. The lawsuit claims that the Green Train represents itself as a 501c3, ...
| Grammy Award Winner Keith Urban To Perform Daytona 500 Pre-Race Show
DAYTONA BEACH, FL. (Top40 Charts/ NASCAR) - Grammy Award winner and country music superstar Keith Urban will perform at the Daytona 500 Pre-Race Show, the pre-race extravaganza leading up to the start of the prestigious ?Great American Race? at Daytona International Speedway, on Sunday, February 15th. ...
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Todd Fritsch Is Back With New Single, Texas Talkin'
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Todd Fritsch Official Website) - Todd Fritsch is saddled up and ready to go with a new single -Texas Talkin' - in hand, and the first leg of a radio tour that kicks off on Monday, January 12 with visits to 17 Texas stations. This "real world" cowboy is back after a brief ...
| Darrell Waltrip, Dierks Bentley Head List Of Latest Additions To Sprint Sound & Speed
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ SunTrust Fan Festival) - Three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Darrell Waltrip, Capitol Records recording artist Dierks Bentley and country legends Connie Smith and Charlie Louvin have joined a slew of racing and country music celebrities announced today for Saturday, ...
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Jamey Johnson Tivo Alert
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Mercury Nashville Records) - Jamey Johnson has been confirmed to perform on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Thursday, February 5th. Jamey's Mercury Nashville debut album THAT LONESOME SONG and single "In Color" have been nominated for three 2009 Grammy awards, including ...
| North American Tour Stops Named For 2009 Keith Urban Tour; Album Set For Release On March 31, 2009
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Capitol Records) - Keith Urban's 2009 is already shaping up to be a busy one. A brand new video for his recently released single "Sweet Thing" is due this month, an as of yet untitled new album is set for release on March 31st and now comes further details of Urban?s already ...
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NBC's 'Saturday Night Live' Returns With Musical Guest Taylor Swift On January 10, 2009
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Big Machine Records) - Coming off a highly heated political season and showing no signs of slowing momentum, NBC's "Saturday Night Live" returns in 2009 with three live shows in January. On January 10, Neil Patrick Harris hosts. The multi-talented Harris can currently be ...
| 2009 KICKS OFF IN A BIG WAY FOR JEFFREY STEELE
Los Angeles, CA. (Top40 Charts/ 101 DISTRIBUTION) - Producer/ songwriter Jeffrey Steele has kicked off 2009 with a bang. This week Rascall Flatts went No l, giving Steele his 9th No l single as a songwriter. Later this week, Steele goes to the Golden Globe Awards and the Critics Choice Awards where ...
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Montgomery Gentry Toast 2008 & Roll In To The New Year
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Columbia Nashville's Montgomery Gentry closed out 2008 celebrating their multi-week No. 1 smash 'Roll With Me' on both the Billboard and Country Aircheck country singles charts. 'Roll With Me' marks the duo's fastest rising track to date and is the follow-up ...
| Amy Speace To Debut 'The Killer In Me' At Joe's Pub
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Wildflower Records) - Singer-songwriter Amy Speace will be debuting new songs from her upcoming album "The Killer In Me" at Joe's Pub on January 15th @ 7pm. The Wildflower Records release will be available in stores March 10, 2009. AMY SPEACE 2 JOE'S PUB Thursday, January ...
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Country Music Legend Ray Price, Will Celebrate His 83rd Birthday And YOU Are Invited!
Carthage, TX. (Top40 Charts/ Texas Country Music Hall Of Fame) - Country Music Hall of Fame Member, Texas Country Music Hall of Fame Member, and Grammy Award Winner Ray Price will be honored at a reception from 11am until 1pm on his 83rd birthday, Monday, January 12. The public is invited to attend ...
| This Is My America Recounts History Of America With All-Star Cast
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ North American Songwriters Association) - Fifty-six award-winning, American songwriters and performers have united to tell the history of the United States in a musically unprecedented, three-disc concept album called This Is My America. Developed by Canadian producer ...
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SGMG Announces New Executive Board
Nashville, TN. (Top 40 Charts/ SGMG) - The SGMG (Southern Gospel Music Guild) elected their 2008-2009 Executive Board during an annual membership meeting in Louisville, Kentucky. Newly elected officers include Judy Nelon, President; Beckie Simmons-Bates, Vice-President; Clarke Beasley, Vice-President; ...
| Jason Michael Carroll Strikes Gold with 'Livin' Our Love Song,' As 'Where I'm From' Sets The Stage For New Album
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Arista Records) - Arista Nashville hitmaker Jason Michael Carroll debuted at No 1 with his first album, Waitin' in the Country, and now the success of the disc's back-to-back Top 5 singles, 'Alyssa Lies' and 'Livin' Our Love Song,' continues as 'Livin' Our Love Song' tops ...
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Eli Young Band Turns Heads With 16 Sold Out Shows In 6 Weeks
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Universal Records South) - Universal Records South/Republic recording artist, Eli Young Band, closed out the holiday season and 2008 by selling out 16 shows in just 6 weeks. With huge growth in hard ticket markets across the country, venues are seeing ticket sales double ...
| Adam Gregory and Soles4Souls Partner for Charity Campaign, Club Tour
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Big Machine Records) - Nashville-based charity Soles4Souls has partnered with Big Machine/NSA/Midas recording artist Adam Gregory to raise money and provide shoes for needy individuals around the world during Gregory's "What It Takes 2009" club tour. "We are very excited ...
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Zac Brown Band Promises 'Rousing Show' (New York Magazine) At NYC's Bowery Ballroom On February 3, 2009
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - The Zac Brown Band will bring down the house on February 3rd at NYC's Bowery Ballroom with a 'live set that will have you grinnin' from ear to ear' (Dallas Morning News). The band will perform songs from 'The Foundation' (Atlantic Records), their major ...
| Country Funny Man Cledus T. Judd Is 'Waitin' On Obama'
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ KOCH Records) - After a three-year hiatus, Country music's most popular comedian, Cledus T. Judd, re-signs with KOCH Records and will release a new single this month, 'Waitin' On Obama.' The song is a parody of Brad Paisley's hit single, 'Waitin' On A Woman,' and a video ...
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Jana Mashonee Performs At Inaugural Ball
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ International Talent Organization) - Grammy Nominated Jana Mashonee, seven time winner of the Native American Music Awards, singer-songwriter, and actress to perform at the 11th American Indian Inaugural Ball "A Celebration of Many Nations - One People" on Tuesday, January ...
| Ed Sadler Not Afraid To Revive The Guitar Solo, Channel Reggae & Country, Or Use Indie Label Tactics To Push The Big, Pop Rock Sound Of Fear Zero
Vancouver, BC. (Top40 Charts/ Fear Zero) - With all the talk of a "dying" music industry, and even sales of the much awaited "Chinese Democracy" below expectations, other acts are using this "recession" as an opportunity to do things a little differently. Canadian recording artists Fear Zero just recently ...
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