The Ram Truck brand will wrap up its Road to the Ram Jam country music series with the auction of Easton Corbin’s 2012 Ram 1500 Laramie Longhorn. Starting today, March 18 at 7 p.m. EST, fans can bid for Corbin’s truck with all the proceeds from the auction benefiting the Freedom Alliance Scholarship Fund, which honors Americans in our Armed Forces who have sacrificed life or limb defending our country by awarding college scholarships to their children.
“All of the proceeds from the auction of Easton’s Ram truck, are going to help the sons and daughters of American heroes achieve their dream of a college education,” added Tom Kilgannon, president of Freedom Alliance. “Every scholarship we give out is a reminder to the student that their parent’s sacrifice will never be forgotten by a grateful nation.”
As part of the Road to the Ram Jam series all five participating artists – Kellie Pickler, Brantley Gilbert, Billy Currington, Zac Brown Band, and Corbin – received a one year lease on a 2012 Ram 1500 Laramie Longhorn truck. Zac Brown’s truck was auctioned off last week and raised $39,300 for Camp Southern Ground. Pickler’s truck was auctioned off at the end of January raising $36,200 for the USO Warrior and Family Care program, Gilbert’s truck was auctioned off in early February raising $34,552 for the IAVA and Currington’s truck was auction off at the end of February raising $34,578 for Team Rubicon. Corbin’s truck will be the last truck to be auctioned off as part of the Road to the Ram Jam all-star country music series.
“The whole purpose of the auction is to help other people and knowing that the proceeds from the truck will do this – is a great thought,” said Corbin. “I definitely encourage my fans to bid on the auction. They get a great truck out of the deal and also provide college scholarships to some well-deserving young people.”
To get more information on the charity auction hosted on eBay Giving Works and to bid on Easton Corbin’s truck please visit www.ebay.com/roadtoramjam.

Gloriana will perform their latest hit single “Can’t Shake You” in the season finale of The CW series Hart of Dixie May 7. Fans can tune into The CW at 8 p.m. EST (check local listings).
The trio is currently on the road performing headlining shows across the country in support of their critically acclaimed second studio album, A Thousand Miles Left Behind, and will be taping their Hart of Dixie guest appearance in Los Angeles on March 18.

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Rascal Flatts will end their first visit to Australia this weekend and are already celebrating with two sold-out shows. The promotional tour began in Sydney on Monday with a round of media that included national radio and television appearances.
The band’s two special theatre shows for their Australian fans took place at the Brisbane Convention Centre on Wednesday, March 13 and The Palais Theatre in Melbourne on Friday, March 15. They will conclude their visit as part of the two-day event “CMC Rocks the Hunter 2013 Festival” this Sunday, March 17 at Hope Estate.

Florida Georgia Line got in the Spring Break spirit with a packed house of fans during their headlining show at Sharky’s in Panama City Beach. The Republic Nashville duo then joined Luke Bryan at the famous Spinnaker Beach Club to perform their double platinum, multi-week #1 smash “Cruise” and Top 15 hit “Get Your Shine On.” Both songs are featured on their debut album Here’s To The Good Times, which earned the highest debut album sales of 2012 for a new Country artist and showcases FGL’s fresh combination of eclectic beats and expressive lyrics.

Pictured (L-R): Florida Georgia Line’s Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley get their “Shine On” before joining Luke Bryan on stage at Spinnaker’s Beach Club. Photo: Sweet Talk Publicity.

 

The Grand Ole Opry and the National Women’s Survivors Convention will celebrate women cancer survivors Aug. 24, when participants from the Nashville-based National Women’s Survivors Convention being held at Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center attend the evening’s Opry performance.

As they put the finishing touches on his upcoming No Shoes Nation tour, Kenny Chesney knows how to get his team ready for the musical gridiron.
Sports aficionado Chesney enlisted ESPN “Monday Night Football” analyst and the youngest coach to win a Super Bowl Jon Gruden to address his entire team before taking the stage for a last rehearsal at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa.
“Jon is easily one of the most passionate people I know,” says the man who’s played to over a million fans on each of his last ten tours. “He knows how to inspire and fire people up… and to have someone like that talk to me and the guys, well, I couldn’t think of any way better to get this year started!”
Stressing the importance of effort, enthusiasm and initiative, Gruden balanced humility – recognizing the sacrifice of leaving families for the three months invested in putting it together and the six months spent touring – and humor – tales of his own moments of miscommunication.
“This is a pretty amazing thing,” Chesney acknowledges. “I’m a kid from a small town in East Tennessee. I wanted to be a baseball player. Nobody trades that dream for thinking, ‘I’ll play music in football stadiums.’ It doesn’t work like that…And to believe you can do something like that, you have to believe there’s a way. This team, all these people out there, made me think we  could and that’s more than half of it. When you have people whose drive matches your own, who have skill sets like the folks I get to work with, anything is possible!
“Because I promise when I decided to try doing stadiums, a lot of people thought we were crazy! But not this group… Nope, they dug in and went, ‘Let’s do it!’ Now this summer, we’re gonna do it again – and we’re gonna have a lot of fun doing it. That’s the thing above all of it: it’s about having fun while you’re making it come true. Between the band, the crew and the incredible No Shoes Nation, I know we got that covered.”