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Post by yoohoo on Nov 13, 2008 11:53:38 GMT -5
Kenny Chesney wins CMA’s Entertainer of the Year; Shania Twain returns By JOHN GEROME • ASSOCIATED PRESS • November 12, 2008
Read Comments(1)RecommendPrint this page E-mail this article Share this article: Del.icio.us Facebook Digg Reddit Newsvine Buzz up! NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Kenny Chesney won his fourth entertainer of the year award — tying Garth Brooks for the most wins in the category — at Wednesday’s CMA awards, a ceremony highlighted by a lavish performance by Taylor Swift, a surprise appearance by rapper Lil Wayne, and the return of one of country’s biggest stars, Shania Twain.
“You look really good,” Chesney remarked to Twain, who wore a sexy, low-cut dress as she presented Chesney with his award. Twain is one of country’s best-selling artists, but has spent the last several years out of the spotlight. She hadn’t been on the show in four years.
After winning the evening’s top award, Chesney said: “As much as tonight is about awards, I really believe that being able to stand up here is more about great songs, more about the fans, more about being on stage every night in front of a lot of people that really make it happen for me and the band out there.”
“This is my fourth time standing up here, and I’m really humbled and I really appreciate it,” added Chesney.
The award — his third straight win in the category — helped Chesney avoid a shutout. He was the night’s lead nominee with seven but did not pick up a trophy in the other categories.
George Strait won single and album of the year. Strait thanked the songwriters for “letting me sing such a beautiful song” after the poignant “I Saw God Today” won single of the year. He later won album of the year for “Troubadour.”
“Everybody says they’ve got the greatest fans. Well, I’ve really got the greatest fans,” Strait said in accepting the album award.
Also winning two awards was Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland. Sugarland won the award for duo of the year, and earlier, Nettles won song of the year for Sugarland’s hit “Stay.”
“It’s just been a gift from the beginning and been a gift to write and I hope it’s been a gift and touched your heart,” she said in accepting the award.
Carrie Underwood, who co-hosted the show with Brad Paisley, won her third consecutive female vocalist award.
“I just want to say Mom, it’s real hard to sing when you’re in the second row crying,” a teary-eyed Underwood told her mother during her speech. It came after her performance of her No. 1 hit “Just a Dream,” about a woman who lost her loved one in war. The song was introduced by Leslie Ponder who lost her husband in Afghanistan.
The former “American Idol” champ also thanked country fans. “I got here in an unconventional way, and you guys didn’t have to accept me at all.
Paisley, who won video of the year earlier, hugged Keith Urban and kissed the stomach of his pregnant wife, actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley, as he went up to collect his award.
Rascal Flatts won their sixth straight vocal group of the year award, beating out the Eagles, Emerson Drive, Lady Antebellum and Little Big Town for the honor.
“Thank you to all our fans who came out to see us all year long,” said Jay DeMarcus, who wore a jacket with a bright floral print. “I’m glad this happened early in the show because I’ve got to get mamaw’s curtains back soon.”
Lady Antebellum, a trio that is one of country music’s most promising acts, won best new artist. As they picked up their award, their awe-struck guitarist, Dave Haywood, said: “It’s not supposed to happen like this.”
While the awards may have been the main point of the evening, it was the performances that dominated the show.
Kid Rock performed his hit “All Summer Long,” and, perhaps in a nod to his hip-hop roots, brought out top-seller Lil Wayne on stage, though the rapper didn’t utter a word — he just mimicked playing a guitar onstage. He may have been the first true rap act to perform at the CMAs.
Swift brought her hit “Love Story,” which features characters named Romeo and Juliet, to life with an elaborate set which featured her wearing a medieval-looking purple gown with a castle backdrop: She later shed the gown to reveal a sweeping white dress.
Brooks & Dunn have said that “Cowgirls Don’t Cry” was inspired by country great Reba McEntire, and she joined them on the song, an ode to a tough woman.
Chensey performed his reggae-flavored hit “Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven” with the reggae band the Wailers backing him up. They also performed the Bob Marley classic “Three Little Birds.” The Eagles, whose return to the top of the charts has a lot to do with their recent country leanings, performed “Busy Being Fabulous.”
Paisley and Keith Urban opened the show with dueling guitars as they performed their duet, “Start a Band.” The song is the first single from Paisley’s new mostly instrumental album, “Play.” The two incorporated elements of classic rock anthems such as “Layla” and “Smoke on the Water” as they played.
Paisley also performed a musical tribute to singer and guitarist Jerry Reed, who died this year.
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Post by yoohoo on Nov 19, 2008 12:16:23 GMT -5
US: Crown Imports extends Corona, Chesney partnership 18 November 2008 | Source: just-drinks.com editorial team
view image Crown Imports is extending Corona's partnership with country singer Kenny Chesney.
Corona has developed a display card to promote Chesney's new album 'Lucky Old Sun', which launched in October, it said yesterday (17 November).
The card can be used to gain US$2 off the CD or a digital download from the album's website. It will include a tearpad with information for the consumer.
The programme, which kicked off this month, will run throughout January.
Crown Imports is a joint venture that imports, distributes and markets the Modelo portfolio and other beer brands across the entire US.
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Post by yoohoo on Nov 24, 2008 12:01:27 GMT -5
I Don’t Believe Kenny Chesney Posted: November 21st, 2008 at 5:01 pm | By: Alison Bonaguro When I worked in the advertising business, I always had to be really concerned about the believability factor. I couldn’t just make grandiose claims, like “this baby food will make your baby get into Harvard,” because nobody would believe it. But with country music, I’ve realized that I don’t have to believe what the artist is claiming. I will love the songs regardless of how absurd the claims are.
Like in Kenny Chesney’s “Ten With a Two.” It’s on his new album, and it’s your basic guy-gets-drunk, guy-gets-girl, guy-wakes-up-and-realizes-girl-is-ugly story. Now, Kenny Chesney seems like a very nice guy. Even a little shy. And from the looks of his rock star body he surely must limit his alcohol intake. So he’s hardly the picture of a boozing womanizer perched on a barstool sizing up the women for a potential one-night stand. Chesney, to me, actually seems like way more of a gentleman.
So when he’s singing, “My whole head got light, I lost my eyesight, I ain’t been that drunk in a while/Along about one, I spotted a queen, and I started to make my move./Aw, she was believing every line I was laying, Lord I was just too cool/Well, I thought I died and gone to heaven, but Lord did I look like a fool/Last night I came in at two with a ten, but at ten, I woke up with a two,” we’re supposed to believe this: that Chesney has his beer goggles on, but by the time the morning rolls around, he realizes the supermodel he brought home last night is actually not that attractive. He says, “I ain’t never gone to bed with an ugly woman, but I sure woke up with a few.” Please. There’s no way Chesney is living that life. If he was, Oprah would’ve done an entire episode on “The Ugly Girls Who’ve Gone Home With Kenny Chesney.”
So I don’t believe one word of it, but here I am, singing along with every one. Loudly. And loving every minute of the funky little calypso beat. That’s the power of country. That the music itself manages to transcend the believability factor.
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Post by yoohoo on Nov 25, 2008 11:54:13 GMT -5
Kenny Chesney: I'd 'Love' to Play for Boston Red Sox By Bethany Lye and Joey Bartolomeo
Originally posted Wednesday July 16, 2008 10:45 AM EDT Kenny Chesney If country crooner Kenny Chesney weren't playing his guitar, he'd be playing baseball.
"Deep down I would love to play second base for the [Boston] Red Sox," the singer, 40, told PEOPLE Tuesday night in New York, while in town for the All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium.
"When I was little I wanted to be a baseball player. I wanted to be Pete Rose." Although Chesney played on his high school team, he eventually diverted his attention away toward music.
"I got into music and then I realized that I didn't want to eat, drink and sleep [baseball]," he says. "I just wanted to eat, drink and sleep."
Growing up in Knoxville, Tenn., where there is no major-league franchise, Chesney chose to became a fan of the Boston team.
"I loved watching baseball on Saturdays and they played a lot of Yankees-Red Sox games [on TV]," said Chesney, who's currently promoting MasterCard's "Roots of Rock" sweepstakes. The winner of the contest will be flown with three friends to Nashville to meet Chesney, get a tour retracing his roots in the city, and see him perform.
These days, he counts several major league ballplayers among his best friends – including Kevin Millar from the Baltimore Orioles and Nick Swisher from the Chicago White Sox – and says they have a lot in common.
"My life on tour is exactly like a baseball season. It starts in April and ends in September or the first of October," he says. "So, their off-season is my off-season, so I get to hang out [with them]."
Also being pals with other pro athletes, he notes that such friendships offer another perk: "I get free tickets."
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Post by marieantionette on Nov 26, 2008 18:06:22 GMT -5
I Don’t Believe Kenny Chesney Posted: November 21st, 2008 at 5:01 pm | By: Alison Bonaguro When I worked in the advertising business, I always had to be really concerned about the believability factor. I couldn’t just make grandiose claims, like “this baby food will make your baby get into Harvard,” because nobody would believe it. But with country music, I’ve realized that I don’t have to believe what the artist is claiming. I will love the songs regardless of how absurd the claims are. Like in Kenny Chesney’s “Ten With a Two.” It’s on his new album, and it’s your basic guy-gets-drunk, guy-gets-girl, guy-wakes-up-and-realizes-girl-is-ugly story. Now, Kenny Chesney seems like a very nice guy. Even a little shy. And from the looks of his rock star body he surely must limit his alcohol intake. So he’s hardly the picture of a boozing womanizer perched on a barstool sizing up the women for a potential one-night stand. Chesney, to me, actually seems like way more of a gentleman. So when he’s singing, “My whole head got light, I lost my eyesight, I ain’t been that drunk in a while/Along about one, I spotted a queen, and I started to make my move./Aw, she was believing every line I was laying, Lord I was just too cool/Well, I thought I died and gone to heaven, but Lord did I look like a fool/Last night I came in at two with a ten, but at ten, I woke up with a two,” we’re supposed to believe this: that Chesney has his beer goggles on, but by the time the morning rolls around, he realizes the supermodel he brought home last night is actually not that attractive. He says, “I ain’t never gone to bed with an ugly woman, but I sure woke up with a few.” Please. There’s no way Chesney is living that life. If he was, Oprah would’ve done an entire episode on “The Ugly Girls Who’ve Gone Home With Kenny Chesney.” So I don’t believe one word of it, but here I am, singing along with every one. Loudly. And loving every minute of the funky little calypso beat. That’s the power of country. That the music itself manages to transcend the believability factor. I actually think I do believe it. When he is not on tour he really lets loose. He admits openly he loves cruzan and dt, beer, and all kinds of mixed drinks. Do I think he drinks like a fish when he is on tour, only sometimes. Look at how many songs he sings about alcohol - I think it very well could happen to him. I don't think his friends would pull him aside and say hey, no way Kenny, not her. Let me tell you this story. I went out of town to Kenny Concert this year and the people that were next to us in the pit were really nice. We hung out together not wanting to move from the front row. We went the baseball game the night before the concert. And come to find out so did they. Everybody was looking around the stadium for him, knowing how much he likes to watch baseball, sports, etc... They had heard he was on a particular level so they went to check it out. They were waiting for the elevator and when it opened they couldn't believe that it was Kenny and a tall blonde girl, maybe back then it could have been Allison. They started to try to say hi and talk to him. He spilled his beer and ran behind her and told her to close the elevator door. They said he looked so drunk and that he was slurring his words, etc... This was the Friday before the Sat concert. So this was not 1st hand knowledge obviously. But I think when he goes down to the islands and tries to be incognito, I think Ten With a Two could be true for him at least once in his life. Then again, maybe he wrote it about members of his band or his friends. I could see how that could happen easily.
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Post by yoohoo on Dec 1, 2008 12:01:20 GMT -5
Marieantionette, I agree with you. I felt the same way when I read the article. Thank you for your reply and your wonderful story!
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Post by yoohoo on Dec 1, 2008 12:04:48 GMT -5
2008 CMAs: The Best (ahem, Sugarland) and Worst Nov 13, 2008, 07:28 AM | by Whitney Pastorek
Categories: About Last Night, Country Y'all!, Music, Television
Hey, the CMAs happened. It's country music's biggest night! Except for that other big night they have in Vegas in May where they rearrange the acronym and do it all over again! And dear god, PopWatchers, was it loooong. Why was it soooo looooong? My esteemed colleague Chris Willman was there in person, and I can only hope that at some point today he'll weigh in on that question for us. Because from my couch in L.A., it was like a Chevy commercial that wouldn't end but instead kept bumping up against an ad for Ambien starring Jewel. To misquote an old proverb employed by host Brad Paisley in order to introduce the Eagles in the dullest way possible: When you drink from a well, and that well was dug by the CMAs, don't operate heavy machinery.
Maybe it was the power outage in downtown Nashville this afternoon that killed the energy, but even under ideal conditions three hours is painfully gratuitous for a show that hands out a whopping nine awards on air -- especially if those awards are distributed to artists for things they did a year ago. And the endless string of performances is comprised largely of soul-killing mediocrity. And the end result, time after time, is exactly the same. Oh. FYI. Ladies and gentlemen, your Entertainer of the Year: Mr. Kenny Chesney (pictured).
So use your flip-flop to pop open a beer, check out the full list of winners here, Chris Willman's backstage report here, and settle in after the jump as I run down the bests (sneak peek: Sugarland, Urban, Underwood) and many, many worsts (sneak peek: Phantom of the Swift). But please, drink responsibly. The least you can do is have some thoughts for the comments section, if we ever get there.
BESTS
1. Sugarland Yes, I am a broken record. I love this band. Full disclosure: I've kept in touch with Kristian Bush since doing a feature on the pair this summer, but I don't think I'm crossing the personal bias line in pointing out that he and Jennifer Nettles write terrific songs. And last night, instead of trotting out "Already Gone" or "All I Want To Do" for another tired go-round, they went with "Love," a big anthem rooted in U2's "Beautiful Day" backbeat that showcased both of their distinctive voices, their charming live energy, and their hammy love of Beijing Olympic-style stagecraft (nice one, Paisley). As Nettles suggested while they were picking up that second straight Duo award: Go see one of their shows. In these dicey economic times, I guarantee an hour and a half of Sugarland is cheaper and more effective than therapy.
2. Carrie Underwood Yes, it was cheating to bring out the wife of a deceased soldier to introduce "Just a Dream" and get the waterworks going before she even sang a note. But this was a true showstopper, the emotional equivalent of Sugarland doing "Stay" last year, and official notice that we can now stop looking down on Ms. Underwood because of how she got here. The girl is learning how to use her voice for something other than blowing the doors off the joint every time she steps to the bedazzled mic -- and then she went ahead and blew the doors off anyway. I didn't breathe during this. (Bonus points for the classy way she alluded to Idol during her Best Female Vocalist acceptance speech, the cute shout-out to her mom, and admirably keeping up with Paisley during her hosting duties all night.)
3. Keith Urban Yes, the new song, "Sweet Thing," is more of his jingly car-stereo pop, but on a night where mid-tempo snoozers were crawling around the floor like windup toys on their last legs, I needed the Aussie zip.
4. Kid Rock Yes, because I enjoyed this, I should be taken out and shot along with whoever allowed "Sweet Home Alabama" to be bastardized by "All Summer Long." But who else would have brought out Lil' Wayne, previously ranked a close second to William Ayers on my list of "People Who Will Not Be Appearing At The CMAs"? Regardless of what you think about the song or its presence on country radio, it is really hard to deny that Kid Rock is having way more fun than all of us.
5. Miranda Lambert "More Like Her" was the perfect song to prove the Chris Daughtry of Nashville Star's got a powerful, throbbing heart under all that kerosene and gunpowder and lead. Hang in there, honey -- your time will come.
Awards of special merit: Hootie, a natural performer who really did write a very good country song in "Don't Think I Don't Think About It" (and okay, Hootie's name is actually Darius Rucker); Lady Antebellum winning Best New Artist and being generally cuter than Puppycam; George Strait, because he is George Strait; and Paisley for obviously rewriting several of his jokes at the emcee mic, resulting in occasional brilliance. ("Left game controller," heh-heh.)
WORSTS
Deep breath. You know what? I'm not even gonna list 'em. Let's just go to my notes. Opening number! "Start a Band"! This was a wonderful guitar skills competition between Brad Paisley and Keith Urban. Also, it was kinda boring, in the same way that watching your boyfriend and his buddy noodling around at Guitar Center on a perfectly beautiful Saturday afternoon is kinda boring. Paisley and Urban are both incredibly talented noodlers. We know. Move it along!
Next up, Carrie Underwood's shockingly evident support undergarments under Dress 1 (FAIL)! And Kellie Pickler's incompetence as both a country music superstar and/or Pat Benatar! I give her props for bringing everyone to tears during last year's performance of "I Wonder," but she has now skidded back to zero on the cred scale, and from the look of Reba McEntire smiling through gritted teeth after enduring Pickler's warblings on "Best Days of your Life," I'm not alone in that thought. Also not alone: Any one of the poor folks seated in the first 15 rows who got mobbed by the line dancers who were doing their best to distract from the fact that Alan Jackson's "Good Time" goes nowhere and does nothing except make me miss the crap outta the Chattahootchee.
Not even Billy Ray Cyrus' ongoing inability to read a teleprompter convincingly could spoil seeing Jennifer Nettles break up the sausage party to win Best Single for "Stay," after which my euphoria lasted through Carrie Dress 2 (elegant!), Miranda's simple loveliness, and the exuberance of the Lady As. It was then promptly killed by the realizations that 1) I'd pay almost any amount of money to hear Martina "Pipes" McBride sing a song about giving up on your dreams and staying in bed all day feeling sorry for yourself, just to break up her inspirational monotony, and 2) Rodney "No, Really, Please Buy a Chevrolet" Atkins is totally the Rick Astley of country music. In light of these two realizations, Rascal Flatts winning Best Vocal Group was such a minor inconvenience that I actually chuckled at Jay-Dawg's crack about his jacket being made of "Mamaw's curtains." (Note: that guy's name might not actually be "Jay-Dawg.") At this point, we'd been here an hour, and they'd handed out three awards. Right on pace, turbo!
I will go easy on Taylor Swift because if I went hard on the little dead-eyed darling and her ridiculous ballroom dancing fairy tale fiasco (your move, Twilight), I'd probably never get my rage back under control. So she can't sing, has exactly zero stage presence, and has now used the same My-Costume-Change-Will-Blow-Your-Mind gag on two straight awards shows. That's fine. She's very pretty and sells a lot of records, and makes pre-teen girls happy. Carry on, my wayward waif. I'll be over here, getting my thang on with Lil' Wayne, who -- based on the way he gave up on that guitar-playing stunt halfway through "All Summer Long" -- clearly knows his limitations. I will also hang out with George Strait, because even when he's drafting off Kenny Chesney's island vibe, he's still the greatest country singer of my lifetime.
Carrie Dress 4 almost made me put my eyes out with a Twizzler (belly cutouts = EPIC FAIL) until I saw Reba take the stage with Brooks & Dunn. I got excited, and then I went ahead and smacked myself in the face repeatedly anyway because how dare they bring Reba McEntire on stage and put her next to that Muppet-haired Ronnie person who always looks like he's had one too many Aleve and not turn her mic up properly??? "Cowgirls Don't Cry"? This one did. (Seriously, though, I heard that song on the radio the other day and I liked it. Until last night. This, CMA producers, is what we call "a problem.")
I didn't like Brad Paisley's "Waitin' on a Woman" as much as I probably should have, but I think once you've put a song on three straight albums, I'm allowed to be waitin' on you to play something else. Strong block followed of Urban, Underwood, and Sugarland, while James Otto seemed like a sweet kid who should not be taking hair tips from any of the following people: Billy Ray Cyrus, Ronnie Dunn, or that one dude in Little Big Town. And if I'm to believe that Kenny Chesney and his nervous tic motion of the head to the left are what makes for a 97-time Entertainer of the Year, I should hope he'd come packing more than Bob Marley's backing band, now fronted by the reggae equivalent of that Filipino dude Journey found to impersonate Steve Perry. I'm sorry, Wailers lead singer Elan Atias. You seem very talented (and that does appear to be your real name) but I am not on a cruise, and I'd like to be entertained by Kenny Chesney, who I have been sitting here for close to three hours to see. I know many, many people love Kenny -- but I can't stop respectfully wondering how much rum is involved in that affection, because I just don't get it, and I'm trying to get it, and a bar-band rendition of "Three Little Birds" is not helping me get it. Was Trace Adkins really that good on "You're Gonna Miss This," or was Kenny really that pointless? You tell me. Right about now I'd probably have watched Julianne Hough dance, just to have something new to do with my brain.
We ended with the night's Big Special Guest(s), Shania Twain, who did not sing, but instead gave Kenny his EOTY award, got ogled, and disappeared into Canada for what I hope is not another six years of winter. Please come back, Shania. While you're at it, bring Garth Brooks, Faith Hill and, I dunno, Alabama with you. Open your mouths and turn these disposable, auto-tuned posers to dust that blows into the upper recesses of the Sommet Center, never to be heard from again. I know that's mean to the disposable posers, and doesn't give enough credit to the talented folks still holding it down with all their might. And I know that the crossover success of people like Shania and Garth and Faith is greatly responsible for the Pickle(r) we're in now. But if this was country's biggest night (until May)... that don't impress me much.
Um, yeah. I shudder to ask: What did you think, PopWatchers?
2008 CMA AWARD WINNERS:
Entertainer of the Year: Kenny Chesney
Female Vocalist of the Year: Carrie Underwood
Male Vocalist of the Year: Brad Paisley
New Artist of the Year: Lady Antebellum
Vocal Group of the Year: Rascal Flatts
Vocal Duo of the Year: Sugarland
Single of the Year: "I Saw God Today," George Strait; produced by Tony Brown and George Strait
Album of the Year: Troubadour, George Strait; produced by Tony Brown and George Strait
Song of the Year: “Stay,” Jennifer Nettles
Musical Event of the Year: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, “Gone Gone Gone”
Video of the Year: “Waitin’ On A Woman,” Brad Paisley featuring Andy Griffith; directed by Jim Shea & Peter Tilden
Musician of the Year: Mac McAnally –- guitar
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Post by BeachTenant on Dec 1, 2008 13:36:04 GMT -5
I actually think I do believe it. When he is not on tour he really lets loose. He admits openly he loves cruzan and dt, beer, and all kinds of mixed drinks. Do I think he drinks like a fish when he is on tour, only sometimes. Look at how many songs he sings about alcohol - I think it very well could happen to him. I don't think his friends would pull him aside and say hey, no way Kenny, not her. Let me tell you this story. I went out of town to Kenny Concert this year and the people that were next to us in the pit were really nice. We hung out together not wanting to move from the front row. We went the baseball game the night before the concert. And come to find out so did they. Everybody was looking around the stadium for him, knowing how much he likes to watch baseball, sports, etc... They had heard he was on a particular level so they went to check it out. They were waiting for the elevator and when it opened they couldn't believe that it was Kenny and a tall blonde girl, maybe back then it could have been Allison. They started to try to say hi and talk to him. He spilled his beer and ran behind her and told her to close the elevator door. They said he looked so drunk and that he was slurring his words, etc... This was the Friday before the Sat concert. So this was not 1st hand knowledge obviously. But I think when he goes down to the islands and tries to be incognito, I think Ten With a Two could be true for him at least once in his life. Then again, maybe he wrote it about members of his band or his friends. I could see how that could happen easily. Thanks for the comment Marientionette I sooo agree with you! I really enjoyed reading that!!
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Post by yoohoo on Dec 2, 2008 11:35:28 GMT -5
Paper Doll Bidding Kicks Off Paper doll creations fashioned by such stars as Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Carrie Underwood and several others will be up for bid at ebay.com/paperdolls, beginning Friday, Nov. 28 Nearly 100 paper dolls have been decorated and autographed by stars from country music, sports, film and television for the Project Paper Doll campaign. The proceeds raised from the auction will benefit the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt in Nashville, one of the top research facilities in the country. The bidding concludes Dec. 17.
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Post by yoohoo on Dec 4, 2008 11:37:50 GMT -5
Grammy nominations announced!
Best Country Collaboration With Vocals
Shiftwork Kenny Chesney & George Strait
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Post by yoohoo on Dec 4, 2008 11:41:44 GMT -5
CHESNEY DUMPAGE
Country megastar Kenny Chesney and longtime GF, Allison Stewart, are calling it quits but somebody ought to tell her.
So we are.
Chesney became peed-off with blonde real estate agent when she went all diva at the Country Music Awards in Vegas, says an insider.
What's worse, pals say Chesney's convinced she's planting rumors the couple are getting hitched.
After the CMA, rumors swirled higher than a sagebrush fire, Ches and Ally were doing the two-step nup but The ENQUIRER has exclusively learned Kenny didn't even speak to her for ten days after the event.
Like most breakups it takes time," a source revealed to The ENQUIRER.
"But Allison has moved to the bottom of Kenny's priority list."
Most likely somewhere in the vicinity of the trough.
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Post by yoohoo on Dec 8, 2008 11:49:08 GMT -5
Kenny Chesney’s “I Go Back” Goes on the Front
Posted: December 5th, 2008 at 12:10 pm | By: Alison Bonaguro Add this to the list of big ideas I wish I’d thought of: Simple lyric T-shirts. The company identitee is making T-shirts for music lovers that will feature expressive lyrics that begin with “I.” Right now, the only country one is “I go back” by Kenny Chesney. But they’d like to hear what lyrics are suitable for wearing. You can go to the site and add yours or post them here. If it was up to me, this would be my new T-shirt wardrobe for 2009: I am tired of being lonely. I stirred my last batch of gravy. I saw God today. I still miss you. I should’ve been a cowboy. I still feel like I’m where I’m supposed to be. I am so much cooler online. I was a young troubadour. I was riding shotgun with my hair undone. I guess I should’ve been more like her. I guess that’s just the cowboy in me. I told you so. I wonder what you’d say to me
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Post by yoohoo on Dec 9, 2008 11:43:13 GMT -5
Grammy Firsts For Randy Travis And Kenny Chesney
It's been almost 25 years since Randy Travis released his first album, and he's finally been nominated for a Grammy in the best country album category. Travis says he spent years going through songs with his long-time producer Kyle Lehning for "Around The Bend," and now he feels like his career "has really come full circle." This year's nominations are also a first for Kenny Chesney. He's never been nominated for a Grammy before, and now he's up for best country collaboration with George Strait for the song "Shiftwork."
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Post by yoohoo on Dec 10, 2008 11:57:53 GMT -5
Watch a very special performance by country superstar Kenny Chesney! Kenny takes us on his boat and performs songs from his new album, Lucky Old Sun, which hits shelves on October 14th. Available On Demand!... www.foxcountry.net/iplaylist/artist/64127/
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Post by yoohoo on Dec 11, 2008 11:44:37 GMT -5
Kenny Chesney's 2009 Tour Is the Sun City Carnival December 9, 2008
Kenny Chesney has named his 2009 tour the Sun City Carnival, according to a publicist for BNA Records. Among the tour stops is an Aug. 15 visit to Gillette Stadium near Boston where he has headlined several all-day concerts that also featured A-level country artists. Other shows include the Apple River Country Splash festival in Somerset, Wis. (June 19), the Stagecoach festival in Indio, Calif. (April 26), the Calgary Stampede in Calgary, Alberta (July 10), the Merritt Mountain Music Festival in Merritt, British Columbia (July 11) and Cheyenne Frontier Days in Cheyenne, Wyo. (July 24-25).
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