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Hank Williams, Jr., Lynyrd Skynyrd To Hit The Road
January 31, 2007 12:00 AM EST Hank Williams, Jr., and Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Lynyrd Skynyrd will co-headline the Rowdy Frynds arena tour, Billboard.biz has learned. The initial run of shows includes 20 dates, beginning April 11 at the VBCC Arena in Huntsville, Ala. Other ...
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Kernaghan, Cole Shine At Oz Country Awards
January 30, 2007 12:00 AM EST ABC Music/Warner signings Lee Kernaghan and Beccy Cole were the big winners at the 35th Country Music Awards in Australia's "country capital" of Tamworth, in New South Wales. Organized by the Country Music Assn. of Australia (CMAA), ...
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Chesney And Friends To Reveal ACM Noms
January 24, 2007 12:00 AM EST The 42nd annual Academy of Country Music Awards nominations will be revealed March 5 by reigning Academy of Country Music entertainer of the year Kenny Chesney and upcoming tourmates Sugarland and Pat Green, as well as CBS-TV "The Early Show& ...
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Promo Vet Moran Joins Show Dog
January 23, 2007 12:00 AM EST Veteran promotion man Tom Moran joins Toby Keith's Show Dog Nashville as VP of promotion. He replaces Denise Roberts who left the company in Sept. 2006 to join Premiere Radio Networks' "After MidNite with Blair Garner" as direc ...
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Strickland Rises At WB/Nashville
January 23, 2007 12:00 AM EST Warner Bros. Nashville VP of sales and marketing Peter Strickland has been named senior VP for the department. A 20-plus year Warner and WEA veteran, Strickland has worked with Faith Hill, Big & Rich, Blake Shelton, Travis Tritt and Jeff Foxwo ...
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Quesenberry, Morgan Head To Vector
January 22, 2007 12:00 AM EST Artist manager and music marketer Faith Quesenberry joins Nashville-based Vector management. Concurrently, Quesenberry's management client, Craig Morgan, joins the Vector roster, which already includes Lyle Lovett, Hank Williams Jr., Trace Ad ...
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Montgomery Signs With Hallmark Direction
January 17, 2007 12:00 AM EST John Michael Montgomery has signed with Hallmark Direction Company for management representation. The move marks a return to Hallmark for Montgomery, who was represented by the company from 1992-2000. When he left Hallmark in 2000, Montgomery init ...
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Four More Exit UMGN
January 17, 2007 12:00 AM EST On the heels of Universal Music Group Nashville co-chairman James Stroud's recent departure , four more staff members have exited, including three from the A&R department. No longer with the label group are VP of A&R Allison Jones, ma ...
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Crosstown Partners With Producer Huff
January 17, 2007 12:00 AM EST Crosstown Songs has partnered with hit producer Dann Huff to head up the Nashville division for the publisher. Huff and his team will sign country songwriters and introduce Crosstown's international writers to the Nashville market. Huff produ ...
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Stage Three, Brett James Enter Joint Venture
January 16, 2007 12:00 AM EST Stage Three Music has signed the No. 3 Billboard Hot Country Songwriter for 2006, Brett James, to a long-term worldwide co-publishing agreement. The deal includes the acquisition of a co-publishing interest in James' back catalog and the form ...
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UMGN Shuffles Execs
January 16, 2007 12:00 AM EST Universal Music Group Nashville co-chairman James Stroud has exited the company while co-chairman Luke Lewis has signed a contract extension. According to a Universal Music Group spokesman, Stroud decided not to renew his contract and will focus o ...
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Chesney Lines Up NFL Tour
January 11, 2007 12:00 AM EST Country music's top ticket seller, Kenny Chesney, will take his tour to NFL stadiums in 2007 with the "Flip Flop Summer 2007 Tour." The tour kicks off at Heinz Field, home to the Pittsburgh Steelers, on June 9. As with past tours, T ...
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Country Descending On Desert For Stagecoach Fest
January 10, 2007 12:00 AM EST The lineup is set for the inaugural Stagecoach festival, which will be held May 5-6 at Empire Polo Field in Indio, Calif., the site of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival the prior weekend. The bill is headed by George Strait, Kenny Che ...
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Rymer Rings In New Year With Montage
January 05, 2007 12:00 AM EST Music Row veteran Bobby Rymer has joined Nashville-based Montage Music Group as the head of its newly-formed publishing division. Most recently, Rymer had been running his own publishing company, but he previously served as VP/GM of the Nashville ...
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'American Idol' Finalist Signs With Nashville Label
January 04, 2007 12:00 AM EST "American Idol" finalist Bucky Covington has signed with Nashville-based Lyric Street Records, where he joins fellow "AI" alumni Josh Gracin. Following his time on last year's show, Covington performed with his fellow cont ...
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Grand Ole Opry Star Del Reeves Dies
January 02, 2007 12:00 AM EST Del Reeves, a Grand Ole Opry star who sprinkled his performances with humor and hit No. 1 on the country charts in 1965 with the song "Girl on the Billboard," has died. He was 74. Reeves died Monday, New Year's Day, after an extende ...
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Rascal Flatts Gears Up For Tour
December 06, 2006 12:00 AM EST Rascal Flatts will begin the 2007 version of their Me and My Gang tour on Feb. 8 in Charleston, W.V. The tour will play 21 cities before wrapping in early April, at which time the band will take a break from the road to work on a new album. Jason ...
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Winnipeg To Host Canadian Country Music Week In '08
December 05, 2006 12:00 AM EST The Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) has announced that Winnipeg, Manitoba, will be host city for the 2008 Canadian Country Music Week and Awards, which will be held Sept. 5-8, 2008. The awards show will be held at the MTS Centre on Sept. ...
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Independents' Day
December 01, 2006 12:00 AM EST It was not that long ago that the words "independent label" were generally construed to mean "a quick way for an aspiring artist to be bilked out of their life savings by disreputable operators." H Times have changed. Independe ...
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Cardwell Joins CAA
November 14, 2006 12:00 AM EST Will handle sponsorships, endorsements. Industry veteran Marcie Allen Cardwell has joined Creative Artists Agency's Nashville office as a consultant for sponsorships and endorsements. Cardwell's debut project at CAA was closing StubHub a ...
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Brooks & Dunn Dominate CMA
November 06, 2006 12:00 AM EST It was fitting that Brooks & Dunn hosted the 40th Annual Country Music Assn. Awards and performed the show's opening number, "Building Bridges," because with four awards between the duo, the show was all about them. Their inspir ...
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Strait Sets Sights On Winter Tour
November 01, 2006 12:00 AM EST CMA Hall of Fame inductee George Strait will embark on another winter tour, beginning Jan. 11 at the Cajundome in Lafayette, La. Twenty dates have been unveiled as a first leg, concluding March 3 at the Pepsi Arena in Denver. This would be a typic ...
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Chesney Rules As King Of Summer Touring
October 03, 2006 12:00 AM EDT Kenny Chesney is playing live for more people each summer than any country music artist on the planet. In fact, Chesney's five-year attendance total of nearly five million ranks him in the league of such global heavyweight touring artists as ...