Luke Bryan Concert Rescheduled After Partial Stage Collapse

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Luke Bryan‘s concert tonight (Jan. 17) at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky. has been rescheduled for Friday, Feb. 21, due to damage sustained to a portion of the stage during production load out after last night’s show in Columbus, Ohio.
According to news site nbc4i.com, officers were dispatched to Columbus, Ohio’s Schottenstein Center at about 12:04 a.m. Friday on a report of a stage collapse. According to the Ohio State University Police Division, four received minor injuries during the collapse. Kyle Davis, 47, of Columbus; Leonard Devrijer, 49, of Columbus; Andrew Gammon, 26, of Nashville; and Steven Meyers, 41, of Bremen were transported to an area hospital and treated for minor injuries.
No serious injuries have been reported.
According to Bryan’s publicist, the damage occurred after the show ended, and no fans were in the building. Necessary repairs to the production element will be made so the tour can continue.

Evans Reveals ‘Slow Me Down' Album Cover And Track Listing

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image004Sara Evans has revealed the album cover and track listing for her seventh studio album, Slow Me Down, slated for release on March 11, 2014. The album will feature collaborations with Vince Gill, Gavin DeGraw and The Fray’s Isaac Slade.
Evans has also released a behind the scenes video of the making of Slow Me Down, which features the singer’s collaborations with Slade and DeGraw. Fans can watch the video here.
The project’s title track is currently No. 14 on MusicRow’s chart.
Check out Slow Me Down’s track listing below.

  1. Slow Me Down
  2. Not Over You – (featuring Gavin DeGraw)
  3. Put My Heart Down
  4. Can’t Stop Loving You – (with Isaac Slade of The Fray)
  5. You Never Know
  6. If I Run
  7. Sweet Spot
  8. Good Love Is Hard to Find
  9. Better Off – (featuring Vince Gill)
  10. I Gotta Have You
  11. Revival

Industry Ink (1/17/14)

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Don Murry Grubbs. Photo by Factory Photography / Goldy Locks


Nashville entertainment PR firm Absolute Publicity is celebrating its 5th anniversary since originally launching in January 2009. Company president Don Murry Grubbs started the firm five years ago and has gone on to represent several Country music clients.
“Pam Tillis was my first client,” said Grubbs. “I am forever grateful to Pam for giving a young kid a shot. Without Pam, I don’t know that others would have taken notice. I owe her a few lunches. I’m still working on those!”
The company currently represents Ricky Skaggs, Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers, Charley Pride, Mel Tillis, Restless Heart, The Marshall Tucker Band, Ray Stevens, Sammy Kershaw, The Bellamy Brothers, Billy Dean, and WWE Hall of Famer Jerry “The King” Lawler.

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countrymusichalloffameThe Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum set an all-time attendance record in 2013, museum officials announced. The 2013 attendance total of 668,777 people is the largest in the institution’s 46-year history.

“We would like to thank our local, national and international visitors for such strong support,” said Museum Director Kyle Young. “Through November 2013, our operating revenues increased by about 25 percent over prior year, we held expenses in check, and we expect those numbers to hold through December 2013. In these challenging economic times, we don’t take this for granted.”

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dark horse recording logo111Amateur and experienced musicians have the opportunity to win a $15,000 recording package at Dark Horse Recording studios in Franklin, Tenn. The winning artist or band will receive five days of studio recording time with a professional engineer and five days of mixing and mastering to create a complete six-song EP. The prize also includes lodging, a professional photo shoot, and graphic design services to create an album cover. Participants can enter at darkhorseinstitute.com.
Artists who have recorded at Dark Horse include Taylor Swift, Tim McGraw, Hunter Hayes, Matchbox Twenty, and The Fray.
To enter, contest participants upload a video of a song performance to the Dark Horse Institute website. Submissions are accepted until February 23. Qualified entries will then be posted on the company’s website for public voting until March 16. The three videos with the highest number of votes as well as one “wild card” submission chosen by the staff at Dark Horse Institute then move to compete against one another for the final round of voting which ends March 31. The winner will be announced on April 1.

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SESAC-LOGO1SESAC and Leadership Music, in cooperation with Metro Nashville Public Schools, have organized a “Songwriting Day” on Jan. 21 at SESAC for approximately 18-20 students from Pearl-Cohn High School and Nashville School of the Arts. Students will learn the “Business of Songwriting” from songwriter Brian White. White earned SESAC’s Country Song of the Year for penning Rodney Atkins‘ “Watching You.” He has more than 300 cuts to his credit, including writing for Trace Adkins, Gary Allan, Terri Clark, Point of Grace, Mandisa, Selah, Avalon and more.
The sessions will include information on copyrights, licensing, royalties, and writer-publisher relations. SESAC president Pat Collins will be on hand to welcome the group.

Blake Shelton Announces 'Ten Times Crazier Tour 2014'

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Blake Shelton will head out on the 20+ date Ten Times Crazier Tour 2014 with sponsors including Pepsi. The tour kicks off in June and will visit cities including Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York City. Joining Shelton will be The Band Perry, Neal McCoy and Dan + Shay.
The first opportunity for fans to buy tickets to the Ten Times Crazier Tour 2014, will be through Live Nation’s Country Megaticket 2014 sales campaign, where fans can purchase multi-show Country music packages at Megaticket.com, beginning next week.
On-sale information and a complete list of dates, cities and venues are yet to be announced.
First Announced Cities of the Ten Times Crazier Tour 2014:
Austin, Texas
Dallas
Little Rock, Ark.
Chicago
New York
Darien Center, N.Y.
Albuquerque, N.M.
Phoenix
San Diego
Fresno, Calif.
Sacramento, Calif.
Mountain View, Calif.
Spokane, Wash.
Tacoma, WA
Vancouver, BC
Boise, Id.
Salt Lake City
Denver
Las Vegas
Los Angeles

Alabama, Eli Young Band, J.T. Hodges Slated for New Cincinnati Festival

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Buckle-UpCincinnati’s new three-day Buckle Up Music Festival has announced an initial lineup of what they expect will include 80 performers, now including Alabama, Eli Young Band, J.T. Hodges, and The Lone Bellow.
The event will take place in downtown Cincinnati at Sawyer Point and Yeatman’s Cove from July 18-20. Performances will span six stages.
“Cincinnati has quickly proven itself as a perfect market for an outdoor summer music festival,” said Bill Donabedian, the festival’s founder. “As with Bunbury Music Festival (the three-day alternative rock festival), the goal with Buckle Up is to feature an eclectic mix of music combined with an unforgettable experience.”
The new music festival expects to highlight a large array of American music including country, folk, bluegrass, Americana, roots rock genres.
Ticket prices range from $55 a day to $325, until Memorial Day. Find tickets at BuckleUpFestival.com.

Weekly Chart Report (1/17/14)

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Tracy Lawrence to Kick Off North American Tour

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Tracy Lawrence’s 28-city North American Headlights, Taillights and Radios Tour 2014 is set to begin Jan. 16 in Detroit Lakes, Minn.
“Performing live is a part of who I am,” Lawrence said. “Last year was an incredible feeling for me to release the new album Headlights, Taillights and Radios which had such great response. I am very excited to share this new music with the fans in concert.”
Additional tour dates will be added.
Headlights, Taillights and Radios Tour 2014 Dates
Jan. 16- Detroit Lakes, Minn., Holmes Theatre
Jan. 17 – Grand Rapids, MN – Myles Reif Performing Arts Center
Jan. 18 – Fairfield, Iowa – Stephen Sondheim Center for Performing Arts
Jan. 24 – Duluth, Ga. – Wild Bill’s
Jan. 28 -Panama City, Fla. – Marina Civic Center
Jan. 31 -Hoffman Estates, Ill. – Sears Centre Arena
Feb. 8 – Fort Worth, Texas – Billy Bob’s
Feb. 14 – Biloxi, Miss. – Studio A, IP Casino, Resort & Spa
Feb. 15 – Bossier City, La. – Diamond Jack’s Casino
Feb. 20 – Ashland, Ky. – Paramount Arts Center
Feb. 21 -Columbus, Ohio – The Bluestone
March 14 –  Lafayette, La. – The District
March 15 -Nacogdoches, Texas – Banita Creek Hall
March 20 – Deadwood, S.D. – Deadwood Mountain Grand Event Center
March 21 -Denver. – Grizzly Rose
March 22 -Greeley, Colo. – Union Colony Civic Center
March 24 – Pocatello, Id. – Stephens Peforming Arts Center/ Idaho State University
March 26 -Redding, Calif. – Cascade Theater
March 27 -Modesto, Calif. – Gallo Center For The Arts
March 28 -Las Vegas – Reynolds Hall, Smith Center for the Performing Arts
March 29 -Northridge, Calif. – Valley Performing Arts Center, Cal. State Northridge
March 30 -Lancaster, Calif. – Lancaster Performing Arts Center
April 1 -Palm Desert, Calif. – Mccallum Theatre for the Performing Arts
April 2 -Tucson, Ariz. – Fox Tucson Theatre
April 4 -West Wendover, Nev. – Peppermill Concert Hall
April 5 -Jackpot, Nev. – Cactus Petes Resort Casino
April 25 -Tulsa, Okla. – River Spirit Casino
April 26 -Fort Worth, Texas – La Polana Ranch

Facebook Launches Trending Topics Feature

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Facebook’s new Trending section brings popular news directly to Facebook users.


Users of Facebook may notice their homepages have a new feature. The social media giant has revealed Trending, a new product designed to reveal relevant and popular conversations in order to help users discover content. The product launched yesterday (Jan. 16). On the right side of a user’s news feed, users will see a list of topics that are currently popular in Facebook conversations.  The Trending section is currently being rolled out in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, India and Australia.
The personalized list includes the most mentioned words, news and phrases of the moment, along with brief explanations of why each is spiking in popularity. A click-through leads to a page of mentions by friends, Pages and public posts.
According to Facebook’s news blog, “Topics are personalized based on things you’re interested in and what is trending across Facebook overall.”

Rdio Follows Spotify In Dropping Caps On Free Ad-Supported Listening

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rdio logo111Music listeners and Rdio fans can now listen to 20 million songs plus numerous albums, playlists and stations for free. Rdio has dropped its time limits on free streaming of music online. Rdio will support its free listening options with a mix of new feature announcements, messages from partner brands, notifications on exclusive content and more.
An ad-free option, Rdio Unlimited, is still available for $9.99 per month for mobile and web access. For current Rdio Unlimited subscribers’ listening experiences will remain the same.
This move comes one day after Spotify dropped all limits on streaming ad-supported music on the web. Previously, Spotify limited users to a certain number of hours a month, after a six-month trial period.

Ratings Report: 'Nashville' and 'Idol' In A Slump

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Deacon and Rayna on next week's (Jan. 22) episode of 'Nashville.'

Deacon and Rayna on next week’s (Jan. 22) episode of Nashville.


Nashville notched a series-low rating last night (Jan. 15), nailing down a 1.3 adults 18-49 rating. About 5.05 million viewers tuned in. This is the first new episode of the ABC series in several weeks. Nashville’s ratings are expected to improve after DVR numbers are factored in.
American Idol was also in a slump last night. The season premiere was one of the lowest rated in its 13 seasons, earning a 4.7 adults 18-49, and attracting 15 million viewers overall. The premiere was up 31 percent from last season’s finale, which earned a 3.6.
The premiere of A&E’s Crazy Hearts: Nashville secured almost 2 million viewers and a .8 rating.
All info is from Zap2It.com.