Friday Artist Newsbytes

Montgomery Gentry turned their website pink today (10/1) for Breast Cancer Awareness month. The homepage of www.MontgomeryGentry.com will be pink for the entire month of October before launching a brand new site on Nov. 1.

Trace Adkins is slated to appear on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Tues, Oct. 5 on NBC at 11:35 pm CT to perform the title cut to his album Cowboy’s Back In Town.

Stoney Creek Records’ husband and wife duo Thompson Square will perform at the inaugural Big 98 Guitar-B-Que event held on Wednesday, Oct. 6 at 6pm on Division Street, directly in front of Losers Bar and Grill in Nashville, TN. This event is free to the public and open to all ages. Other acts on the line-up include Randy Rogers Band, Uncle Kracker, Chris Young, Jake Owen and David Nail.

Rodney Atkins, Billy Currington, Troy Gentry, J.T. Hodges, Cindy Heath, Laura Wright, Ashlyne Huff and others were named in the 25 Most Beautiful People 2010 list by Nashville Lifestyles. The publication celebrated its 11th Anniversary and the unveiling of the 25 Most Beautiful People issue on Sept. 29 at the new Virago location on the corner of 12th and McGavock. The full list is available here.

Jo Dee Messina has added more dates to her Music Room Series Tour including six West Coast concerts Oct. 16-24 in California, Oregon and Washington. Messina will perform in the interactive format of her recent “Music Room” tours—modeled after the music room in her home—with a simple stage with piano and four backing musicians.