Toby Keith Adds More Dates to His Summer Tour

Toby is starting his tour with Trace Adkins next month and has announced more dates, which means that many more times he won't be coming to us in Burlington! Just kidding, but not really, the closest he is coming to us here is still either Hartford, CT or Buffalo, NY. Here is the full list of dates and places that Toby and Trace will be stopping.

June 18 Holmdel, NJ
June 19 Cleveland
June 20 Indianapolis
June 26 Tampa, FL
June 27 W. Palm Beach, FL
June 28 Jacksonville, FL
July 10 Virginia Beach, VA
July 11 Raleigh, NC
July 12 Charlotte, NC
July 17 Hartford, CT
July 18 St. Clairsville, OH
July 19 Detroit
July 25 Philadelphia
July 26 Boston
July 31 Kansas City, MO
August 1 Dallas
August 3 Sturgis, SD
August 6 Detroit Lakes, MN
August 13 San Diego, CA
August 14 Phoenix
August 15 Los Angeles
August 16 San Francisco
August 20 Albuquerque, NM
August 21 Denver
August 22 Salt Lake City
August 28 Kelseyville, CA
September 3 Saratoga Springs, NY
September 4 Buffalo, NY
September 5 Scranton, PA
September 10 Cincinnati
September 11 Pittsburgh
September 12 Washington, DC
September 17 Atlanta
September 18 St, Louis
September 19 Chicago

Leann on the "Today Show"

Leann Rimes was on the Today Show with Matt Lauer yesterday and among other things talked about her book and alleged affair. The book is called What I Cannot Change and the timing and title of the release of the book is quite curious to this blogger. About the alleged affair, Lauer read a quote and asked Rimes to respond. She said that it has been hard on the family, but refuses and refused to comment on tabloid reporting. Hmmm....I wonder what that means, although the timing of everything just seems too perfect. Anyway, here is video of both the interview with lauer and the performance that followed.

The Interview:


Performance:

New Number One's!!!!

Keith Urban's new album Defying Gravity has debuted at the top of both the country album charts and the Billboard 200. That means he has the number one album in the country in all genres. Congratulations Keith! According to the Nielsen Soundscan, his album moved 171, 525 copies in the first week.

Also being de-throned is Darius Rucker as George Strait's "River of Love" assumes the top spot on the Hot Country Songs chart as "It Won't Be Like This for Long" moves to number 3, with Jake Owen sliding into the number two spot with his single "Don't Think I Can't Love You."

Toby Keith to Join the Rock Band Universe

Along with all of the new country album releases this month, it has been announced that MTV/Harmonix will release "a 6-pack" of Toby Keith songs for their popular Rock Band franchise on April 7th. The songs will be released on both XBOX Live and the Playstation Network. The songs are:
"Beer for My Horses"
"I Love This Bar"
"She's a Hottie"
"Should've been a Cowboy"
"Who's Your Daddy"
"How Do You Like Me Now"
The songs will be $1.99 each or $9.99 for the "6-pack." The other exciting thing about this, is that they are original masters of the tracks, which means that they have not been re-done by other musicians. Now all those daydreams about being Toby Keith are no longer wasted.

A Dixie Chick Goes All Britney On Us

Yep, that's Natalie Maines from the Dixie Chicks. The good folks from TMZ caught up with her and snapped the photo on the left. What happened?

2009 CMA Music Festival

Everyone knows how expensive concerts can be, especially for marquee artists. With summer, not only does it bring great weather and a host of great artists that go on tour, but FESTIVALS. There are many local festivals to be had, and around here we have the Champlain Valley fair to look forward to. But, if you are looking for a marquee, can't miss, willing to tral to festival, this one looks incredible. The 2009 CMA Music Festival confirmed acts include: Trace Adkins, Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley, Martina McBride, Reba McIntire, Brad Paisley and Taylor Swift. New artists are still being added. Tickets are being sold through ticketmaster as 4 days passes, and although you can spend up to 300 on a ticket, prices start at $110. They can be found here.

Juicy Country Affairs = GREAT Ratings

No surprise here! The Lifetime movie "Northern Lights" featuring Leann Rimes and that Eddie guy was the most watched movie so far this year on Lifetime. The movie brought in 4.5 million viewers. Did you watch it? We didn't.