Artist Updates (1/3/14)

• Rodney Atkins rang in his New Year’s Eve in a big way, performing for millions of fans in New York City’s Times Square. The entertainer performed his new single “Doin’ It Right” and chart-toppers “It’s America,” “These Are My People” and more for the massive crowd. Atkins is currently on The Most Hits For The Money Tour with fellow artists Frankie Ballard and Rose Falcon.

• Eddie Montgomery of Montgomery Gentry filed for individual bankruptcy Tuesday in Lexington, according to Kentucky.com. Montgomery listed $13.4 million in liabilities and $1.9 million in assets in the document filed, and his debts reportedly stem from millions owed on his failed Harrodsburg restaurant Eddie Montgomery’s Steakhouse, which closed last May.
The restaurant is scheduled to be sold in a master commissioner’s sale Jan. 10 with the proceeds going to pay nearly $12.7 million in default loans to Central Bank & Trust of Lexington. He and former wife Tracy Nunan opened the restaurant in 2009 and have since divorced.