Artist Photos (9-3-13)
Florida Georgia Line performed during TODAY’s Toyota Concert Series yesterday (Sept. 2) on NBC. Live from Rockefeller Plaza, the duo kicked off Labor Day morning with a collaboration with Nelly on a remix of “Cruise,” which has sold over 5.5 million downloads. FGL’s Tyler Hubbard (Monroe, Ga.) and Brian Kelley (Ormond Beach, Fla.) closed out the set with their gold-certified hit “Round Here.”
Florida Georgia Line perform at Today’s Toyota Concert Series. Photo: Troy Johnson
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Craig Campbell recently took part in the Country Music Hall of Fame‘s Summer Concert Series “Hot Nights in the Hall” and produced one of the highest turn-outs to date to the members-only event. The Country Music Hall of Fame also garnered over 25 new members as a result of Craig’s participation in the series.
Craig Campbell performs as part of the Country Music Hall of Fame’s “Hot Nights in the Hall” series.
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Brett Eldredge celebrated his first chart-topping single, “Don’t Ya,” by jumping out of an airplane on Tuesday (Aug. 27) at Skydive Tullahoma in Tullahoma, Tenn. He was joined by family, management, WMN staff, TV and radio personality Storme Warren, USA Today’s Brian Mansfield, AXS Live’s Ashley Eicher and other lucky jumpers. “Don’t Ya” is off of Eldredge’s debut studio album, Bring You Back, which was released Aug. 6 on Atlantic Records.
Pictured: Brett Eldredge with USA Today’s Brian Mansfield, TV/radio personality Storme Warren, AXS Live’s Ashley Eicher, friends, family, management, WMN staff, and other lucky jumpers just prior to his first skydive in celebration of his first No. 1 single “Don’t Ya.”
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Sheryl Crow takes a break prior to releasing her debut country project, Feels Like Home, which releases Sept. 10.
Sheryl Crow vacations at Legoland in Florida ahead of the Sept. 10 debut of her first country album, Feels Like Home.
Prior to Keith Urban‘s concert at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Feb. 1, 2014, Urban will visit downtown Nashville for three shows on Friday, Sept. 6. The shows are in celebration of his forthcoming album, Fuse, which releases Tuesday, Sept. 10. Beginning at 9:30 p.m. on Sept. 6, Urban will perform at Nashville hotspots Legends Corner, Tootsies and The Stage.
BMG and indie music company Primary Wave Music have entered into a joint venture that will focus on signing artists with a proven track record in the industry and releasing new album projects on them. Through the venture BMG will also purchase significant publishing interests currently owned by Primary Wave, including songs like Earth Wind & Fire’s “September,” Hall & Oates’ “Kiss On My List”, John Lennon’s “I Want to Hold Your Hand” and Marvin Gaye’s “How Sweet It Is,” and the two will sign and develop new writers and administer publishing catalogues.
The Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum’s capital campaign has reached approximately $78 million, according to Museum Director Kyle Young. The capital campaign will finance the institution’s 200,000-square-foot expansion. Construction on the nearly $100 million project, which will expand the museum to more than 350,000 square feet, took shape in June 2011 and will be completed in March 2014. The campaign is still seeking the final $20 million needed to complete expansion funding.
Long-time friends Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton will reunite on Rogers’ upcoming album, You Can’t Make Old Friends, which is slated to release Oct. 8 on Warner Bros. Records. Parton and Rogers team for a duet on the album’s title track; 30 years ago, the two released “Islands In The Stream,” a mega-hit for the two entertainers that topped several sales charts and was certified platinum in the U.S. for shipping 2 million copies.