Country Stars React to ACM Nominations – First-Time Nominee Lauren Alaina in Tears

Country Stars React to ACM Nominations – First-Time Nominee Lauren Alaina in Tears

Posted on February 16, 2017

The nominations for the 52nd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards were revealed this morning (Feb. 16) and as the stars were learning of the news, they were reacting to their nominations via social media.

Keith Urban leads the way with seven ACM nominations, followed by Miranda Lambert and Maren Morris with six each. But it was Lauren Alaina who couldn’t hold back the emotions when learning of her first-ever ACM nomination for New Female Vocalist of the Year.

Check out all the stars reactions to their nominations.

Keith Urban Reacts to His 7 ACM Awards Nominations: “Today Is Humbling”

Keith Urban Reacts to His 7 ACM Awards Nominations: “Today Is Humbling”

Posted on February 16, 2017

Nominations for the 2017 ACM Awards were announced this morning (Feb. 16), and no one had more to celebrate than Keith Urban, who was nominated for seven awards.

Keith scored seven nominations in five categories, including his seventh for Entertainer of the Year and 10th nod for Male Vocalist of the Year. Keith is nominated twice, as both artist and producer, in the Album of the Year category for Ripcord. He received an additional two nominations, for both artist and producer, in the Single Record of the Year category for “Blue Ain’t Your Color,” which is also nominated in the Song of the Year.

“I’ve been a musician since I was 6 years old,” says Keith. “I just love writing songs, making records and touring. So for the ACMS’s to recognize Ripcord in such a big way today is humbling. I share these nominations with everyone in my life who made it possible—and a big shout-out to all of our fans, who came out to see us on the Ripcord Tour. Can’t wait to play for you all again soon.”

Check out who Keith is up against.

Entertainer of the Year
Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Florida Georgia Line
Carrie Underwood
Keith Urban

Male Vocalist of the Year
Jason Aldean
Dierks Bentley
Thomas Rhett
Chris Stapleton
Keith Urban

Album of the Year (Awarded to Artist/Producer/Record Company–Label)
Black – Dierks Bentley
Producers: Ross Copperman, Arturo Buenahora Jr.
Record Label: Capitol Records Nashville
Dig Your Roots – Florida Georgia Line
Producer: Joey Moi
Record Label: Big Machine Label Group
HERO – Maren Morris
Producers: busbee, Brad Hill, Maren Morris
Record Label: Columbia Nashville
Ripcord – Keith Urban
Producers: Jeff Bhasker, busbee, Nathan Chapman, Nitzan Kaikov, Dann Huff, Tyler Johnson, Johnny Price, Nile Rodgers, Keith Urban, Greg Wells
Record Labels: Hit Red Records, Capitol Records Nashville
The Weight of These Wings – Miranda Lambert
Producers: Frank Liddell, Eric Masse, Glenn Worf
Record Labels: RCA Nashville, Vanner Records

Single Record of the Year (Awarded to Artist/Producer/Record Company–Label)
“Blue Ain’t Your Color” – Keith Urban
Producers: Dann Huff, Keith Urban
Record Labels: Hit Red Records, Capitol Records Nashville
“H.O.L.Y.” – Florida Georgia Line
Producer: Joey Moi
Record Label: Big Machine Label Group
“Humble And Kind” – Tim McGraw
Producers: Byron Gallimore, Tim McGraw
Record Labels: McGraw Music, Big Machine Records
“My Church” – Maren Morris
Producers: busbee, Maren Morris
Record Label: Columbia Nashville
“Vice” – Miranda Lambert
Producers: Frank Liddell, Eric Masse, Glenn Worf
Record Labels: RCA Nashville, Vanner Records

Song of the Year (Awarded to Songwriter/Publisher/Artist)
“Blue Ain’t Your Color” – Keith Urban
Songwriters: Clint Lagerberg, Hillary Lindsey, Steven Lee Olsen
Publishers: WB Music Corp (ASCAP), Music Of The Corn (ASCAP), HillarodyRathbone Music (ASCAP), BMG Gold Songs (ASCAP), House of Sea Gayle Music (ASCAP), Spirit Catalog Holdings (S.a.r.l.), Spirit Two Nashville (ASCAP)
“Die a Happy Man” – Thomas Rhett
Songwriters: Thomas Rhett, Sean Douglas, Joe Spargur
Publishers: EMI Blackwood Music Inc (BMI), Cricket On The Line (BMI), Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp (BMI), Eastman Pond Publishing (BMI), Music of Big Deal (BMI), Nice Life (BMI), Frederic And Reid Music (BMI), BMG Platinum Songs (BMI), Brodsky Spensive Publishing (BMI)
“Humble and Kind” – Tim McGraw
Songwriter: Lori McKenna
Publishers: Songs of Universal Inc (BMI), Hoodie Songs (BMI)
“Kill a Word” – Eric Church Featuring Rhiannon Giddens
Songwriters: Eric Church, Luke Dick, Jeff Hyde
Publishers: Emileon Songs (BMI), Little Louder Songs (BMI), Longer And Louder Music (BMI), Mammaw’s Fried Okra Music (BMI), Sony/ATV Tree Publishing (BMI)
“Tennessee Whiskey” – Chris Stapleton
Songwriters: Dean Dillon, Linda Hargrove
Publishers: Universal-Songs Of PolyGram International (BMI), EMI Algee (BMI)
“Vice” – Miranda Lambert
Songwriters: Miranda Lambert, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne
Publishers: Sony/ATV Tree Publishing (BMI), Pink Dog Publishing (BMI), Smack Hits (GMR), Kobalt Music Group,
Ltd. (GMR), Anderson Fork In The Road Music (ASCAP), Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc. (ASCAP), Smackville Music (ASCAP)

Rascal Flatts’ Gary LeVox Creates New Song Exclusively For Tim Tebow’s Night To Shine Event

Rascal Flatts’ Gary LeVox Creates New Song Exclusively For Tim Tebow’s Night To Shine Event

Posted on February 16, 2017

For the third year in a row, Football player turned baseball player Tim Tebow, hosted his annual Night to Shine event—a prom for people with special-needs—on Friday, Feb. 10.

This year the hunky athlete joined forces with Gary LeVox of Rascal Flatts, to create a song exclusively for the special event. Gary penned the song, “Night to Shine,” to be revealed during Friday’s event and Tim teased the upcoming song on his Facebook page saying, “SO EXCITED! Rascal Flatts has written a brand new song exclusively for NIGHT TO SHINE! Thursday 2/16 at 9:00am EST, we will release the never heard before song as part of the Official 2017 #NightToShine highlight video!!! Thanks Gary!”

Tim’s foundation has created a video, with the song as the soundtrack, to commemorate the special evening.

“IT’S HERE!,” Tim announced on his Facebook page, “Check out the Official 2017 Night to Shine Highlight Video Featuring the never heard before song ‘Night to Shine’ by Gary LeVox of Rascal Flatts, So thankful to my good friend, Gary, for using his platform to help celebrate the Kings & Queens of #NightToShine through this new song. I hope you enjoy it!”

According to the Tim Tebow Foundation website, Night to Shine is an unforgettable prom night experience, centered on God’s love, for people with special needs ages 14 and older. 375 churches, from around the world, hosted Night to Shine for 75,000 honored guests through the support of 150,000 volunteers!

Check out the heartwarming new song from Rascal Flatts’ Gary LeVox.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfSLyfFwDks

Photo by  © Curtis Hilbun _ AFF_USA.COM

Exclusive: Watch Lady Antebellum Perform a Singalong of “I Run to You” With Concertgoers in New York City

Exclusive: Watch Lady Antebellum Perform a Singalong of “I Run to You” With Concertgoers in New York City

Posted on February 16, 2017

Last night (Feb. 15) in New York City, Lady Antebellum recorded a concert for the PBS series Live From the Artists Den, a television program that presents intimate concerts in unique settings. Previous episodes have featured Zac Brown Band, Mumford & Sons, Adele and more.

Our colleagues at NASH FM 94.7 were in attendance last night and recorded Lady A jumping into the crowd for a singalong of their Grammy-winning hit, “I Run to You,”

Watch the exclusive video below.

Sushi, Space Mountain & Shelton: For Four Minutes on “Jimmy Fallon,” All Gwen Stefani Talks About Is Blake

Sushi, Space Mountain & Shelton: For Four Minutes on “Jimmy Fallon,” All Gwen Stefani Talks About Is Blake

Posted on February 16, 2017

Gwen Stefani stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night (Feb. 15) to talk about the upcoming season of The Voice, where she’ll once again serve as a judge with boyfriend Blake Shelton. But The Voice got pushed aside for four minutes in favor of a Blake-dominated conversation as Gwen discussed their recent visit to a sushi restaurant and a trip to Disneyland—a first for Blake.

“Let’s just talk only about Blake, because he’s so awesome,” said Gwen after Jimmy asked how Blake was doing.

Watch the interview below.

Nominations Revealed for the 2017 ACM Awards—Keith Urban Garners 7, Miranda Lambert 6, Maren Morris 6, FGL 5

Nominations Revealed for the 2017 ACM Awards—Keith Urban Garners 7, Miranda Lambert 6, Maren Morris 6, FGL 5

Posted on February 16, 2017

Nominations for the 2017 ACM Awards were announced this morning (Feb. 16).

Keith Urban leads with seven nominations in five categories, including his seventh for Entertainer of the Year and 10th nod for Male Vocalist of the Year. Keith is nominated twice, as both artist and producer, in the Album of the Year category for Ripcord. He received an additional two nominations, for both artist and producer, in the Single Record of the Year category for “Blue Ain’t Your Color,” which is also nominated in the Song of the Year category.

Seven-time Female Vocalist of the Year Miranda Lambert received six nominations and is once again nominated in the Female Vocalist of the Year category. Miranda received her fifth nomination in the Album of the Year category for The Weight of These Wings. Miranda’s “Vice” received nods in the Single Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Video of the Year categories. Also, she received two nominations for “Vice” in the Song of the Year category, as both artist and songwriter.

First-time ACM nominee Maren Morris earned six nominations in four different categories. Maren received nominations in both Female Vocalist of the Year and New Female Vocalist of the Year categories. She is also nominated twice for Album of the Year, as both producer and artist, on HERO. Maren is twice nominated as both artist and producer in Single Record of the Year for “My Church.”

Reigning Vocal Duo of the Year Florida Georgia Line leads group nominations with five nods, including their fifth nomination in the Vocal Duo of the Year category. Florida Georgia Line is also nominated for the second time in the Entertainer of the Year category. They received their second nomination in the Album of the Year category for Dig Your Roots. Also, they received nods for Single Record of the Year for “H.O.L.Y.” and for Vocal Event of the Year for “May We All” with Tim McGraw.

Sixteen-time ACM Award winner Tim McGraw received five nominations in four categories. He earned two nominations in the Single Record of the Year category, as both artist and producer, on “Humble And Kind.” Also, Tim is nominated in the Song of the Year and Video of the Year categories for “Humble And Kind.” In addition, he earned his 13th nod in the Vocal Event of the Year category for “May We All” with Florida Georgia Line.

ACM Awards co-host Dierks Bentley received three nominations, including his fourth nomination in the Male Vocalist of the Year category. Also, Dierks received his third nod in the Album of the Year category for Black, and his second nod in the Vocal Event of the Year category for “Different for Girls,” featuring Elle King.

Thomas Rhett earned three nominations, including his first in the Male Vocalist of the Year category. Also, TR received two nominations as artist and songwriter in the Song of the Year category for “Die a Happy Man.” The song won TR an ACM Award last year in the Single Record of the Year category.

Reigning ACM Male Vocalist of the Year Chris Stapleton is nominated in three categories. Once again, Chris is nominated in both the Male Vocalist of the Year category, and the Song of the Year category with “Tennessee Whiskey.” Also, Chris received a nod in the Video of the Year category for “Fire Away.”

Co-hosted by Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley, the 52 ACM Awards will air live from Las Vegas on CBS on April 2.

(*2016 winner)

Entertainer of the Year
Jason Aldean*
Luke Bryan
Florida Georgia Line
Carrie Underwood
Keith Urban

Male Vocalist of the Year
Jason Aldean
Dierks Bentley
Thomas Rhett
Chris Stapleton*
Keith Urban

Female Vocalist of the Year
Kelsea Ballerini
Miranda Lambert*
Maren Morris
Kacey Musgraves
Carrie Underwood

Vocal Duo of the Year
Big & Rich
Brothers Osborne
Dan + Shay
Florida Georgia Line*
Maddie & Tae

Vocal Group of the Year
Eli Young Band
Lady Antebellum
Little Big Town*
Old Dominion
Rascal Flatts

New Male Vocalist of the Year
Kane Brown
Chris Janson
Chris Lane
Jon Pardi
Brett Young

New Female Vocalist of the Year
Lauren Alaina
Cam
Brandy Clark
Maren Morris
(four nominees only)

New Vocal Duo/Group of the Year
A Thousand Horses
Brothers Osborne
Dan + Shay
LOCASH
Maddie & Tae

Album of the Year (Awarded to Artist/Producer/Record Company–Label)
Black – Dierks Bentley
Producers: Ross Copperman, Arturo Buenahora Jr.
Record Label: Capitol Records Nashville
Dig Your Roots – Florida Georgia Line
Producer: Joey Moi
Record Label: Big Machine Label Group
HERO – Maren Morris
Producers: busbee, Brad Hill, Maren Morris
Record Label: Columbia Nashville
Ripcord – Keith Urban
Producers: Jeff Bhasker, busbee, Nathan Chapman, Nitzan Kaikov, Dann Huff, Tyler Johnson, Johnny Price, Nile Rodgers, Keith Urban, Greg Wells
Record Labels: Hit Red Records, Capitol Records Nashville
The Weight of These Wings – Miranda Lambert
Producers: Frank Liddell, Eric Masse, Glenn Worf
Record Labels: RCA Nashville, Vanner Records

Single Record of the Year (Awarded to Artist/Producer/Record Company–Label)
“Blue Ain’t Your Color” – Keith Urban
Producers: Dann Huff, Keith Urban
Record Labels: Hit Red Records, Capitol Records Nashville
“H.O.L.Y.” – Florida Georgia Line
Producer: Joey Moi
Record Label: Big Machine Label Group
“Humble And Kind” – Tim McGraw
Producers: Byron Gallimore, Tim McGraw
Record Labels: McGraw Music, Big Machine Records
“My Church” – Maren Morris
Producers: busbee, Maren Morris
Record Label: Columbia Nashville
“Vice” – Miranda Lambert
Producers: Frank Liddell, Eric Masse, Glenn Worf
Record Labels: RCA Nashville, Vanner Records

Song of the Year (Awarded to Songwriter/Publisher/Artist)
“Blue Ain’t Your Color” – Keith Urban
Songwriters: Clint Lagerberg, Hillary Lindsey, Steven Lee Olsen
Publishers: WB Music Corp (ASCAP), Music Of The Corn (ASCAP), HillarodyRathbone Music (ASCAP), BMG Gold Songs (ASCAP), House of Sea Gayle Music (ASCAP), Spirit Catalog Holdings (S.a.r.l.), Spirit Two Nashville (ASCAP)
“Die a Happy Man” – Thomas Rhett
Songwriters: Thomas Rhett, Sean Douglas, Joe Spargur
Publishers: EMI Blackwood Music Inc (BMI), Cricket On The Line (BMI), Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp (BMI), Eastman Pond Publishing (BMI), Music of Big Deal (BMI), Nice Life (BMI), Frederic And Reid Music (BMI), BMG Platinum Songs (BMI), Brodsky Spensive Publishing (BMI)
“Humble and Kind” – Tim McGraw
Songwriter: Lori McKenna
Publishers: Songs of Universal Inc (BMI), Hoodie Songs (BMI)
“Kill a Word” – Eric Church Featuring Rhiannon Giddens
Songwriters: Eric Church, Luke Dick, Jeff Hyde
Publishers: Emileon Songs (BMI), Little Louder Songs (BMI), Longer And Louder Music (BMI), Mammaw’s Fried Okra Music (BMI), Sony/ATV Tree Publishing (BMI)
“Tennessee Whiskey” – Chris Stapleton
Songwriters: Dean Dillon, Linda Hargrove
Publishers: Universal-Songs Of PolyGram International (BMI), EMI Algee (BMI)
“Vice” – Miranda Lambert
Songwriters: Miranda Lambert, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne
Publishers: Sony/ATV Tree Publishing (BMI), Pink Dog Publishing (BMI), Smack Hits (GMR), Kobalt Music Group,
Ltd. (GMR), Anderson Fork In The Road Music (ASCAP), Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc. (ASCAP), Smackville Music (ASCAP)

Video of the Year (Awarded to Producer/Director/Artist)
“Fire Away” – Chris Stapleton
Director: Tim Mattia
Producer: Jennifer Rothlein
“Forever Country” – Artists of Then, Now & Forever
Director: Joseph Kahn
Producers: Nathan de la Rionda, Jil Hardin, Charleen Manca, Joanna Carter, Chandra LaPlume, Sarah Trahern, Damon Whiteside
“Humble And Kind” – Tim McGraw
Director: Wes Edwards
Producer: Jennifer Rothlein
“Peter Pan” – Kelsea Ballerini
Director: Kristin Barlowe
Producer: Michelle Abnet
“Vice” – Miranda Lambert
Director: Trey Fanjoy
Producer: Ashley Bergeron Ford

Songwriter of the Year
Ashley Gorley
Luke Laird
Hillary Lindsey
Shane McAnally
Lori McKenna

Vocal Event of the Year (Awarded to Artist/Producer/Record Company–Label)”
“Different For Girls” – Dierks Bentley Featuring Elle King
Producers: Ross Copperman, Arturo Buenahora Jr.
Record Label: Capitol Records Nashville
“Forever Country” – Artists of Then, Now & Forever
Producer: Shane McAnally
Record Label: MCA Nashville
“May We All” – Florida Georgia Line Featuring Tim McGraw
Producer: Joey Moi
Record Label: Big Machine Label Group
“Setting the World On Fire” – Kenny Chesney Featuring P!nk
Producers: Buddy Cannon, Kenny Chesney
Record Labels: Blue Chair Records, Columbia Nashville
“Think of You” – Chris Young Featuring Cassadee Pope
Producers: Corey Crowder, Chris Young
Record Labels: RCA Nashville, RCA Records

WIVK Children’s Hospital Radiothon

WIVK Children’s Hospital Radiothon

Posted on February 16, 2017

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Watch Brandy Clark’s Fiery Lyric Video for “Love Can Go to Hell”

Watch Brandy Clark’s Fiery Lyric Video for “Love Can Go to Hell”

Posted on February 15, 2017

Brandy Clark is all fired up about the release of her new lyric video for “Love Can Go to Hell,” the second single from her critically acclaimed sophomore album, Big Day in a Small Town.

The video begins with images of love notes that reveal the words of the song, but it takes a quick turn once the chorus kicks in and the images of those notes are ripped up and set on fire.

“Love can go to hell  / In a broken heartbeat minute / That’s where I am without you in it / Every day is just another night by myself / Love can go to hell / Like roses in a vase of whiskey / Dying for the way you used to kiss me / Heaven knows I only wish you well / Oh, but love, yeah love  / Can go to hell,” Brandy sings in the chorus.

“Love Can Go to Hell” earned Brandy a Grammy nomination for Best Country Solo Performance at the 59th annual Grammy Awards. The “Girl Next Door” singer will be hitting the road with Charlie Worsham for An Evening with Brandy Clark & Charlie Worsham Tour that kicks off on April 6 in Charlottesville, Va.

Check out Brandy’s lyric video for “Love Can Go to Hell.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yqq402Dxo8w

Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for NARAS

Who’s New: Jackie Lee

Who’s New: Jackie Lee

Posted on February 15, 2017

Age: 25
Hometown: Maryville, Tenn.
Lives: Nashville
Single: “Getting Over You”
Twitter: @JackieLeeMusic
Website: jackielee.com

THE SCOOP

Born 185 miles outside Nashville in the small city of Maryville, Tenn., Jackie Lee heard Music City calling his name at a young age. With music in his blood—his dad is a professional musician—Jackie got his start singing in church. After moving to Nashville at age 17, Jackie began honing his sound. The now-25-year-old recently released his current single, “Getting Over You,” the first song from his upcoming debut album. As Jackie continues putting the finishing touches on the studio album, he’s also gearing up to hit the road in March as part of Dan+Shay’s Obsessed Tour.

SING BEFORE YOU CRAWL

“My first singing engagement, I was three years old. I sang at my aunts wedding. My dad had me doing music from the time I could crawl. Music is something that I have always—literally my earliest memories have to do with music. I was two years old and my aunt, my dads sister, sent me a video—I had just turned two and I could barely speak. I’m sitting there with my dad and I had my little guitar and we’re singing songs, and I could remember all the lyrics to the songs, but I couldn’t read or write. I could barely speak but I remembered the lyrics to the songs.”

REMEMBERING MOM

“I could talk about Mom [who passed away in 2016] all day long. She’s a wonderful person that cares about everyone and really wants to see the best come out of people and expects nothing less than the best. This kind of sums up my mom: In high school, I went to a school that was in the city, it wasn’t event the school that I was zoned for, but I went there originally for the music program. The football team ended up being pretty good too so I played football. I went to a school where a lot of kids didn’t know how they were going to get to school or get home. Didn’t know what they were going to eat. Didn’t know what they were going to wear. Didn’t have deodorant. Didn’t have toothpaste. From seventh grade to my senior year in high school we probably had about 35 kids live with us on and off. My mom had such a heart for people, and she loves people. When I think back about some awesome times in my life she always demanded that I respect myself.

JACKIE’S FIVE MUST-HAVES ON THE ROAD

  1. My Mophie charger because I’ve been on many airplanes and my phone has died and I cannot call an Uber.
  2. I have a bible that is broken up into single days that you read about 10 minutes a day. You can read the whole bible in a year. I’ve been doing that this year.
  3. My girlfriend [Taylor Dye of Maddie & Tae] got me a brown travel Frye bag that I love so much. Like a little satchel thing. I always carry that with me.
  4. Earphones. I can never leave the house without my earbuds
  5. A hat, I’ll definitely bring a hat. I always have an extra hat in my bag.

“I think that’s been the biggest struggle in my personal life is having self confidence. That’s one thing that my mom always had was confidence in herself. She knew that she was a good person. She knew that she cared about people.

“‘Getting Over You’ was one of the last songs of mine that she ever heard. I’ll put it like this, she’s heard it but I never got to play her in person the final version of ‘Getting Over You.’ When I started to go down this path of really exploring who I wanted to be without anyone else’s opinion, that’s when I started to settle in on a sound.”

THE STORY BEHIND “GETTING OVER YOU”

“I went into the writers room with Brent Anderson and Paul DiGiovanni [who is producing Jackie’s debut album]. Brent is a very funny, goofy guy. He’s one of my best friends. We were there for about 40 minutes, 45 minutes and I could tell the he wasn’t himself. I was like, ‘Hey man, you okay?’ He said, ‘No man, I’m a little heartbroken.’ I was like, ‘Well, you want to go get a beer at 10 am?’ He was like, ‘No, I want to write this out.’ I was like, ‘What happened?’ He said, ‘My girl and I broke up last night.’ He started going through text messages on his phone of what they were saying the night before. I saw a lot of text messages I wish I would not have seen. He got to a text message that said, ‘Well Brent, if you think getting over me was hard, try getting over you.’ We kind of had been beating our heads against the wall, trying to find something to write about that day, and he said that and we all three immediately were like, ‘Ah, that’s it.’ We started writing it. We wrote the first verse. Then we wrote the chorus, and I was like, ‘Man, we haven’t messed this up yet, this is pretty cool.'”

THE SOUND OF NEW MUSIC

“I’m super excited about what we got [for the new album]. [Producer] Paul [DiGiovanni] really brings his pop influence for sure. I love singing large melodies. I love singing soulful melodies—R&B. ‘Getting Over Me’ is the perfect blend of all of that. It’s got the more edgy pop sound, but it works on country radio because that’s where I identify. I want it to be fun too. Music is music. I want people to be able to jam. For a long time— I take this as a compliment—but for a long time people were like, “‘Oh, your voice, you just need to sing ballads all the time.’ I don’t want to be an artist that they have to pass out pillows everywhere I go to sing because I’m going to sing an hour and a half full of ballads. I want every song to have, a fun bounce. Whether it’s a happy song, sad song, whatever. I feel super happy with what we have done so far.”

ON THE ROAD WITH DAN+SHAY

“It’s going to be a lot of fun. I was stoked [when I found out]. We were on our way to Memphis to do Country Cares and my manager got a call from their manager. I’ve never been on a tour. It was the first experience of that and it made me really happy. I love being on the road. I love getting to see places in general. Whenever I get to a new city I love to go do something that that city has to offer. Also to be on tour with Dan and Shay I really love their music as a fan. I hope their fan base likes what I do.”

MY GIRL

“She’s awesome [Taylor Dye of Maddie & Tae]. She’s so wonderful, she’s such a sweet person. As great, or as sucky I guess as it is that we don’t get to see each other as much as we’d like to, she’s also the person that I can get off the road and maybe have a few frustrations that someone that doesn’t hit the road doesn’t understand and they want to talk about it. We don’t have to with one another unless we want to. We can just come home and unplug and not have to worry about it. I feel like you give so much on the road, it’s unfair sometimes when you’re in a relationship, that you don’t have anything left to give. It’s also good to sit down on the couch and not have to say anything. We both give each other that space to do that.”

Jackie and Maddie & Tae’s Taylor Dye – Courtesy Jackie Lee Instagram

ON THE HORIZON

“Everyday my management team hits me up with something new we got on the books. The summer is filling up. We’re doing a lot of festivals. We’re really busy until Stagecoach at the end of April. I’m opening up the main stage—solo acoustic. I wouldn’t trade any experience I’ve had so far in Nashville with the way I feel now. Everybody has their own path, everybody has their own journey. I know that I’m still at the very beginning of mine. I look at everything that I’ve done so far as pre-production of setting up the rest. I’m super excited about this year.”

Watch Blake Shelton Sing “Livin’ on a Prayer” With Chelsea Handler in New Trailer for Upcoming Season of “Carpool Karaoke”

Watch Blake Shelton Sing “Livin’ on a Prayer” With Chelsea Handler in New Trailer for Upcoming Season of “Carpool Karaoke”

Posted on February 15, 2017

Carpool Karaoke released a new trailer for its upcoming season and it features a lot of star power, including Blake Shelton, Will Smith, John Legend, Alicia Keys and more. The new show is based on The Late Late Show’s viral videos starring James Corden, who hosts a singalong in his car with a celebrity while they drive around Los Angeles.

While the new show borrows James’ concept, it will primarily feature celebrities who are paired together sans James—although James makes at least one appearance with Will Smith aboard a helicopter as they sing “I Believe I Can Fly.”

On the country music front, Blake Shelton is paired with Chelsea Handler, and it doesn’t look like they do much driving. A clip from the trailer shows the pair drinking at a bar and singing Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ on a Prayer.”

The first season of Carpool Karaoke, which will feature 16 celebrity pairings, will stream on Apple Music. No release date has been announced yet.

Watch the trailer for the new season below.

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