MUSIC NEWS: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2015
REBA, BROOKS & DUNN ARE COMING BACK TO THE CMAS
Country superstar Reba and duo Brooks and Dunn, fresh
off a Las Vegas residency, are headed back to the Country Music
Association Awards stage for the first time in seven years.
The three longtime friends and collaborators last performed on
the show in 2008, singing ``Cowgirls Don't Cry,'' and Kix Brooks and
Ronnie Dunn retired as a duo the following year. But they have
reunited for a series of shows with Reba at The Colosseum at Caesars
Palace.
Previously announced collaborations on the awards show, which
include Keith Urban and rocker John Mellencamp, Fall Out Boy
and Thomas Rhett, Dierks Bentley and violinist Lindsey Stirling.
Eric Church and Hank Williams Jr. will open the show.
The show will air at 8 p.m. EDT Nov. 4 on ABC.
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LUKE BRYAN - NFL - HALFTIME
Luke Bryan won't just be watching the
Cowboys-Panthers game on the American Thanksgiving Day. He'll be a
part of it. Bryan will perform during halftime to kick off The
Salvation Army's Red Kettle Campaign. Bryan says he's a football fan
and he's especially excited to be performing on Thanksgiving Day. He
says he's honoured to raise awareness for the great work The
Salvation Army and the Cowboys do.
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KENNY CHESNEY - PITTSBURGH
Pittsburgh is welcoming back Kenny Chesney,
since he can prove he can throw a party without it getting out of
control. Chesney has announced tour dates that include a Pittsburgh
stop on July 2nd. Chesney performed there in 2013 and 73 people were
arrested. He performed there in May but this time the parking lot
was opened later. The May concert resulted in 10 people arrested and
far less trash than the 2013 show. Chesney's ``Spread the Love''
tour begins April 23rd in Auburn, Alabama.
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KID ROCK - CORN MAZE
You could conceivably get lost in Kid
Rock's head. The Saginaw News reports Grandma's Pumpkin Patch
outside Midland, Michigan, has cut its corn maze to look like Rock.
The maze is a picture of Rock singing into a microphone and pointing
to a crowd. The maze is open through Sunday.
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CORY WELLS - MEMORIAL
The family of Three Dog Night singer Cory Wells
plans to hold a private memorial for him. Wells died last week but
the cause of death was not revealed. The family has designated two
cancer charities and a humane society for those who want to
contribute in Wells' memory. Details are on Three Dog Night's
Facebook page. Three Dog Night have not said how they will handle
their tour dates beginning in November.
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JOEY AND RORY - CONCERT DATE
Joey and Rory have called off all their concerts
after their announcement that Joey Feek has terminal cancer, but one
concert still remains on the schedule. Rory Feek will perform
tomorrow and Friday with his daughter Heidi at the Heber Valley
Poetry Gathering outside Salt Lake City. Joey and Rory's manager
says the couple committed to their friends at the festival nearly a
year ago and it's one of their favourite places to play. Rory Feek
is expected to discuss some of the couple's struggles as well as
their blessings.
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CARRIE UNDERWOOD - TOUR
Carrie Underwood plans to be surrounded by fans
for her next concert tour. Underwood will do her first tour of
concerts in-the-round when she kicks off her Storyteller tour
January 30th in Jacksonville. The stage will be in the middle of the
arena floor. Underwood says she is blessed to have this career, but
there's nothing like stepping on a stage to sing and have all the
fans sing along with her.
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``THE VOICE'' - KNOCKOUTS
The coaches are making their final choices
before ``The Voice'' heads into the live shows. There's just one
more week of the Knockout Rounds left. Blake Shelton was feeling
pretty good last night, picking up a singer he had dropped in an
earlier episode. Morgan Frazier had gone over to Team Pharrell after
she was cut by Team Blake. But Blake got her back with a steal on
last night's episode. He welcomed the country singer from Nashville
back to Team Blake. Shelton noted that he won Season 7 with Craig
Wayne Boyd after dropping him, then picking him up again.
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``PITCH PERFECT 3'' - DIRECTOR
Take it from the top. Elizabeth Banks is
returning for another go-round as director of the ``Pitch Perfect''
movie series. Universal Pictures says she will be there to handle
the third of the movies; she also did the sequel. That movie made
286-million dollars internationally _ a 10-fold increase of its
29-million budget.
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ENRIQUE IGLESIAS - CHARITY
Enrique Iglesias' bloody shirt has inspired a
movement to help kids. In May, Iglesias cut his fingers after
grabbing a drone during his concert in Tijuana, Mexico, and he used
his shirt to try to stop the bleeding. Iglesias has partnered with
the charity Save The Children to sell a white t-shirt with a red
heart, based on Iglesias' bloody shirt. The t-shirt sells for $27.50
on Iglesias' website and 12-dollars from each sale will benefit Save
The Children's emergency fund.
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LIONEL RICHIE - TRIBUTE
Stevie Wonder, Usher, Lenny Kravitz and Demi
Lovato are brushing up on their Lionel Richie lyrics. They will be
part of the tribute concert when Richie is honoured by the Recording
Academy as its MusiCares Person of the Year. John Legend, The Roots
and Zac Brown Band will also play, along with Pharrell Williams,
Luke Bryan and Lady Antebellum. The event will be in Los Angeles on
February 13th, two days before the Grammys.
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BLACK SABBATH - FAREWELL TOUR
Black Sabbath are prolonging ``The End.'' They
will extend ``The End'' farewell tour with another go-around of
North America. The tour will kick off January 20th in Omaha,
Nebraska, and run through February 27th in New York before they head
overseas. Black Sabbath will return to the U-S August 17th for a
show outside New York and hit North American cities again in August
and September.
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AWOLNATION - THE ``I AM'' CHALLENGE
Maybe Aaron Bruno of AWOLNation would have changed
how he did the song ``I Am'' in the studio if he had considered how
it would go over in concert. Bruno says ``I Am'' is his most
difficult song to pull off live because the chorus is full on. He
says it's in that range between a falsetto and a scream. Bruno says
the real trick is having enough breath to not faint. He had no
trouble singing it for the record but he acknowledges he delayed
putting it on his set list until it started climbing the charts.
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THE BEACH BOYS - RECORD
What would the ``Beach Boys Party!'' album
sound like without the party? Capitol Records is re-issuing the
album with the party overdubs removed. The Beach Boys recorded the
album in 1965 by just jamming unplugged on their favourite songs,
including the breakout hit, ``Barbara Ann.'' They returned to the
studio with families and friends to record party noises and chatter
to mix over the songs. The 50th anniversary reissue will remove the
party overdubs and adds 69 dialogue tracks and more songs, including
``Satisfaction,'' ''You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'`` and ''Ticket
To Ride.`` ''Beach Boys Party! Uncovered and Unplugged,`` comes out
November 20th.
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(The Associated Press)