In her first European performance Taylor Swift has sold out the famous London music venue at King’s College. She will also meet the staff from Universal Records UK who will be in part releasing her album, Fearless, with a worldwide marketing approach later this year. This marks one of the few country influenced artists ever to sell out a show outside the continental United States.

Trace Adkins will be singing the national anthem tonight to start off the final night of the GOP convention. He is expected to perform at around 7:30pm ET. His performance will be his second of the convention as he arrived earlier this week to perform for the Tennessee delegates. The performance can be seen on various news networks from CSPAN to CNN.

Country music icons don’t get any bigger than Willie Nelson. Now, his foray into fiction adds to his already legendary career as an award-winning singer/songwriter, author and gritty modern-day hippie. A Tale Out of Luck, co-authored with Mike Blakely, is a classic western tale, that brings to life characters and themes central to any great Wild West novel—Texas Rangers, cattle rustling, Indians warriors, women of ill repute, saloons, shootouts and more. A Tale Out of Luck was written by Nelson as the back story ...

We got a chance to sit down with CMT Top 20 Countdown host, radio host, and author Lance Smith to talk about his new children’s book, his favorite artist he’s interviewed, and much more. Check it all out below. 1. For all of those country music fans with no TV or radio give us a quick explanation of who the “Face of CMT” Lance Smith is. He’s a peculiar fellow with a penchant for buffalo wings. Actually the “Face of CMT” does tend to sum it up. For over seven ...

Kenny Chesney will release his latest album entitled “Lucky Old Sun” on October 14th as a deluxe edition which will feature four bonus songs. The four bonus songs will be cuts of various live recordings from this year’s tour. The regular edition of the CD will be out later in the month on the 21st. Included in the deluxe edition will be a chance for fans of Chesney to attend the opening of his 2009 tour. We will bring you the latest developments with this album as this marks the ...

As many know John Rich has a song supporting John McCain’s run for presidency called “Raising McCain”. At the political rally where he shot the music video for the song he made a statement that if Johnny Cash was still alive he would be a big McCain supporter. In response the daughter of the late Johnny Cash had harsh words for John Rich and any others who invoke the legends name. “It is appalling to me that people still want to invoke my father’s name, five years after his death, ...

CMT.com and Comcast have partnered to bring live local auditions throughout the month August to the cities of Nashville, Knoxville, Pittsburgh and Atlanta as the network searches for the next breakout country music act in the third annual MUSIC CITY MADNESS. Undiscovered singer/songwriters will have a chance to video tape an original song and submit it to CMT.com’s national on-line competition. The local auditions will be held in August, and grand prize winner from each city will be guaranteed a spot in the top 64 finalists and ...

If there is one thing that Kenny Chesney is known for it is picking good songs. The songs can range from sexy tractors to seeing your children grow up and move away but he always seems to be able to pull through making the songs hits in his unique way. His latest single “Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven” is an upbeat song with a more positive and fun vibe than expected after looking at the titles subject. The songs based around how people all want to go to heaven ...

Classic country variety show to anchor network’s Sunday night programming NASHVILLE, TN – August 12, 2008 – One of the most popular and longest running variety shows in the history of television, HEE HAW returns to a regular weekly TV slot for the first time in over ten years when it premieres on RFD-TV Sunday, September 7. The vintage HEE HAW episodes will anchor RFD-TV’s new Sunday night line-up at 8pm EST, 7pm CST, 6pm MST, and 5pm PST and repeat Monday mornings. RFD-TV plans to air the HEE HAW episodes ...

This months Next-Up is Jon Nite. The Texas native is building one of the fastest fanbases in country music from lonestar honky tonks to the internet his rabid base is rivaling that of established country musicians.