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Dave Matthews & Kenny Chesney to Duet at CMA Awards
Originally posted 10/19/2009 08:00AM
Dave Matthews will join country's biggest names at this year's CMA Awards, delivering a duet with Kenny Chesney and adding another rock presence to the ceremony's lineup. Last week, it was announced that Daughtry – along with Vince Gill – would perform on the show, which will air on ABC Wednesday, Nov. 11, 8 p.m. ET.
Matthews, 42, will be making his debut appearance on the awards show, where he will perform "I'm Alive," a Top 10 country hit from Chesney's Lucky Old Sun album.
Already announced to perform on the awards show are Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood and others.
– Eileen Finan
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Brad Paisley Leads CMA Nominations
Originally posted 09/09/2009 09:50AM
Brad Paisley led the Country Music Association Awards nominations with six nods, it was announced Wednesday morning.
Keith Urban, Taylor Swift, Jamey Johnson, George Strait and Zac Brown Band each received four nods.
Paisley, the two-time reigning male vocalist of the year is once again up for the award, along with video of the year for "Start a Band," his duet with Keith Urban. He'll also be rivaling four-time entertainer of the year Kenny Chesney for the top honor.
Strait, who was honored earlier this year by the Academy of Country Music, as the Artist of the Decade, received nominations for musical event of the year (for his performance with Lee Ann Womack), male vocalist and entertainer of the year.
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Kenny Chesney: Jessica Simpson Never Flirted with Me
Originally posted 07/29/2009 11:45PM
Kenny Chesney is blasting a tabloid report that he and Jessica Simpson flirted in front of Tony Romo at a July 4 party just days before the couple's breakup.
"Tony's a friend, and I wouldn't flirt with a buddy's girlfriend," Chesney tells PEOPLE. "More importantly, Jessica was just being sweet and there was nothing else to it. It's not funny. There were no problems. Everybody got along great. After the party, everybody went their own way and nobody thought anything more about it. Period. End of story."
Permalink | Filed Under: Breakups, Jessica Simpson, Kenny Chesney, Tony Romo
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Kenny Chesney Headlining 2010 BamaJam Festival
Originally posted 07/08/2009 02:20PM
Kenny Chesney is following in the footsteps of Taylor Swift and Kid Rock.
The award-winning country singer, 41, will headline the third annual Verizon Wireless BamaJam Music & Arts Festival, a 3-day, 3-night music extravaganza, from June 3 to 5 in Enterprise, Ala., next year.
Chesney joins a lineup that includes Alan Jackson, Brooks & Dunn, Jamey Johnson, Jason Aldean, The Black Crowes and Kid Rock.
BamaJam celebrates "the human spirit through music and arts," according to the festival's Web site, and was created "to provide financial support to help serve the needs of the people of Coffee County and the surrounding area."
– Eunice Oh
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Carrie Underwood Grocery Shops in Sweats
Originally posted 04/10/2009 11:55AM
Carrie Underwood just took home the Entertainer of the Year Award at the ACMs, so what's it like for fans to meet her now?
"I think they're disappointed," Underwood says on the April 14 episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show. "I do my grocery shopping kind of late at night. There's nobody really there. I can probably wash the makeup and I'm in a ponytail, glasses, and my sweatpants at the grocery store, and people won't tell me, 'Are you Carrie Underwood?' They'll say, 'Wow, you look like Carrie Underwood.' Because Carrie Underwood wouldn't be at the Harris Teeter [at] 11:00 o'clock at night in her sweatpants."
The 26-year-old country star joins Kenny Chesney, Darius Rucker and Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles to perform and discuss their lives with Winfrey, dishing about everything from childhood dreams to their love lives.
"It's really strange," Underwood says of dating in Hollywood. "I mean, you're under a microscope, and even if you start – you're getting to know somebody, you just met them – they have you married off next week, you know what I mean? So it's a little difficult and it's a little difficult to know people's intentions."
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Kenny Chesney Ready for Grammys – And Sushi with Kid Rock
Originally posted 02/07/2009 12:30PM
Right smack in the middle of preparing for his upcoming tour, which kicks off in April, Kenny Chesney has decided to warm up his vocals on the Grammy stage Sunday night.
Though this will be his first ever performance on the award show, Chesney says he isn't nervous.
"Preparing for the Grammys is just a day of prep," he tells PEOPLE at his rehearsal Friday, adding, "The surroundings are the same as all of the other awards shows so I'm kind of comfortable."
Plus he'll have good pals like Kid Rock there to cheer him on. "I haven't seen him on this trip [yet]," chuckles Chesney. "I imagine we'll go eat some sushi somewhere or something. See what we can get into!"
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Katy Perry, Kenny Chesney to Perform at Grammys
Originally posted 01/14/2009 11:45AM
From a same-sex kissing pop tart to a Caribbean-loving country star, this year's Grammy performers will be an eclectic bunch.
Nominees Katy Perry, Kenny Chesney, Coldplay, Lil Wayne – who is up for eight awards – and the Jonas Brothers will take the stage at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 8.
"As an artist and a songwriter ... you always dream about being nominated for a Grammy," Nick Jonas said of being nominated with his brothers in the best new artist category. "And if we do win – wow, that would be amazing."
CBS will broadcast the ceremony live from Los Angeles's Staples Center on Feb. 8.
Permalink | Filed Under: Music News, Coldplay, Grammy Awards 2009, Jonas Brothers, Katy Perry, Kenny Chesney, Lil Wayne
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Kenny Chesney 'Wails' at Impromptu Show in Nashville
Originally posted 11/11/2008 04:30PM
The CMA Awards aren't until Wednesday, but Kenny Chesney is already ready to knock fans' cowboy boots off.
As preparation for his upcoming performance, the singer played a impromptu gig with legendary reggae band The Wailers at Tootsie Orchid Lounge in Nashville Monday night.
Word of the "commando show" had leaked to fans, who flooded the club to watch the award-winning singer run through nearly four hours of his own hits and reggae favorites that The Wailers helped popularize with Bob Marley. At one point, Chesney's friend Kid Rock even joined in for a few songs.
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Taylor Swift and Kenny Chesney Headline CMA Awards
Originally posted 09/29/2008 03:10PM
Country's best and hottest not only received multiple nominations for this year's 42nd Annual CMA Awards, they're going to perform as well.
Sugarland, Taylor Swift, Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney and George Strait are among the star-studded lineup of performers for the Nov. 12 show, the CMA announced Monday.
The performers are all up for some impressive awards.
Swift, 18, received her first female vocalist of the year nomination. Her single "Love Story," off her second album Fearless is currently No. 5 on Billboard's Hot 100.
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Kenny Chesney Hits the Football Field
Originally posted 08/12/2008 01:10PM
Kenny Chesney is no stranger to stadiums – his Poets and Pirates tour has been packing sports arenas all summer long. But on his way to his New Orleans concert this Thursday, he hit the football field for real.
For the second year in a row, the country superstar lived out his gridiron fantasies by practicing with the New Orleans Saints in Jackson, Miss., according to the Associated Press.
Donning a white Saints game jersey with his name sewn on the back, Chesney, who is pals with the team's coach, Sean Payton, ran plays with the team and caught a long pass from quarterback Drew Brees.
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