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01/31/2011

• Miranda Lambert Announces Tour Dates
• Book Excerpt: Wynonna's Restless Heart
• Dierks Bentley Streams Recording Sessions on Website
• Sugarland's Incredible Machine Certified Platinum
• OFFSTAGE: Nicole Kidman Opens Up About Faith Margaret
• Lady Antebellum's "Stars Tonight" Remixed for Super Bowl XLV
• Around the Web: Gretchen Wilson Finds the Missing Piece
• OFFSTAGE: Carrie Underwood Shows Soul on Silver Screen
• OFFSTAGE: Come for the Super Bowl, Stay for the Lady A Glee
• HOT DISH: Willie's Wonderland
• Vegetable Salad

01/29/2011

• Kenny Chesney's "Somewhere With You" Remains on Top

01/28/2011

• Taylor Swift Celebrates Career With Party at Nashville's Hard Rock Cafe
• Working Class' Melissa Peterman Just Wants You to Laugh
• Aaron Lewis Explores "Country Boy" Roots
• OFFSTAGE: Can You Duet's Chelsee & Rob Charm American Idol Judges
• Keith Urban, Sara Evans Set for Good Morning America Concerts
• Around the Web: Trace Adkins' Co-Star Fits Him Like a Glove
• OFFSTAGE: Darius Rucker Says "Let Her Cry" Was Country
• OFFSTAGE: Garth Brooks to Hang Out at Super Bowl of Super Camps

01/27/2011

• NASHVILLE SKYLINE: Hall of Famer Charlie Louvin's Music Is for the Ages
• Jimmy Buffett Leaves Hospital After Falling From Stage
• Carrie Underwood Will Sing National Anthem at CRS
• Gretchen Wilson, Chris Young Join CMA Songwriter Series
• OFFSTAGE: Idol Will Look So Good in Nashville
• Luke Bryan Plans Spring Break EP, Sweepstakes
• Around the Web: Carrie Underwood Shines in Soul Surfer Trailer
• OFFSTAGE: Patty Loveless Wants to Breathe Life Into Your Song
• OFFSTAGE: Tim McGraw Fuels Songwriter in Leighton Meester

01/26/2011

• Charlie Louvin Dies at 83
• Jimmy Buffett Hospitalized After Stage Fall in Australia
• ACM Reveals Lineup for Girls Night Out Taping
• Kenny Chesney, Zac Brown Band Add Second Gillette Stadium Date
• OFFSTAGE: Will Carrie Underwood Be a Nashville Predators Superfan Soon?
• The Band Perry Book Leno, Ellen
• OFFSTAGE: Josh Thompson Goes Busking After Breakup
• OFFSTAGE: Sunny Sweeney's Tattoos Tell So Many Stories
• Luke Bryan Will Host Student Concert in Nashville
• Craig Morgan Will Visit Troops in Iraq, Kuwait

01/25/2011

• The Band Perry's First No. 1 Single Celebrated at BMI
• Ronnie Dunn Schedules Solo Single, "Bleed Red"
• OFFSTAGE: Keith Urban Talks About "Without You"
• Blake Shelton Announces Tour Dates
• OFFSTAGE: Trace Adkins Predicts John Rich Takeover at Celebrity Apprentice
• Joe Nichols' Greatest Hits Among New Releases
• OFFSTAGE: Taylor Swift's Vinyl Collection of Benatar, Police, Coldplay and Petty
• Country Strong Earns Oscar Nomination

01/24/2011

• Rascal Flatts Concert Warms Up Minnesota Fans
• Steve Earle Plans New Album, Debut Novel
• OFFSTAGE: Brad Paisley Was Packers' Good Luck Charm
• ACM Nominations Will Be Revealed Feb. 1
• OFFSTAGE: The Band Perry Holster Their Guns Before Shows
• Chuck Wicks Exits RCA Nashville
• OFFSTAGE: Steven Tyler Doesn't Hate Country
• Around the Web: Steel Magnolia Steal Country Fans' Attention
• HOT DISH: Getting Acquainted With Lee Brice
• Cabbage Wedge Meal in One

01/22/2011

• Kenny Chesney Topples Tim McGraw With "Somewhere With You"

01/21/2011

• Brad Paisley: 10 Prime Hits
• Lady Antebellum Join Grammy Lineup
• Eddie Montgomery's Cancer Treatment Successful
• Martina McBride, Joe Nichols Performing at AFC Championship Game
• OFFSTAGE: Taylor Swift Will Have to Write a Long Song About Jake Gyllenhaal
• Toby Keith Sets DVD Release of 10 Music Videos
• OFFSTAGE: Carrie Underwood Food Fave and Craves
• Marty Stuart Ready for UK Tour
• OFFSTAGE: Kenny Chesney: Nothing Ever Stays the Same

01/20/2011

• NASHVILLE SKYLINE: Anne Murray Was Right
• Alan Jackson Leaves Arista Nashville
• Little Jimmy Dickens Celebrates His 90th Birthday in Downtown Nashville
• Country Throwdown Tour Returning With Willie Nelson
• OFFSTAGE: Who Will Be the Next Carrie Underwood?
• Dierks Bentley Announces Spring Tour
• OFFSTAGE: Don't Put Zac Brown in a Box
• Willie Nelson Leads Country Music at New Orleans Jazz Festival
• Around the Web: Brad Paisley Keeps Critics Guessing
• OFFSTAGE: Relive the Taylor Swift Album Launch Mayhem

01/19/2011

• Gretchen Wilson Says Kanye West Should "Grow Up"
• OFFSTAGE: Dierks Bentley's Car Burns, Charles Kelley Comes to Rescue
• Keith Urban Performing at Super Bowl Pregame Show
• Nashville's Grammy Nominees Gather for Pre-Awards Celebration
• Lionel Richie's Country Duets Album Nearing Completion
• Alison Krauss & Union Station Plan New Album
• OFFSTAGE: Jason Aldean Is a Touring Addict
• Darius Rucker Shoots "This" Video at Ryman
• Ricky Skaggs' Memoir Set for Fall Release
• OFFSTAGE: How Will American Idol Fare Without "Mean Music Critic"?

01/18/2011

• Steel Magnolia: The CMT Insider Interview
• CMT Crossroads Unites Faith Hill, Pretenders
• Rascal Flatts Confirm ABC Special
• OFFSTAGE: Ronnie Dunn Says St. Jude Is There for the Whole Family
• Keith Urban, Nicole Kidman Welcome Second Daughter
• Around the Web: Kid Rock Turns 40 in "Born Free" Style
• Sugarland Will Headline ACM Fan Jam
• OFFSTAGE: Bar Mitzvah Skit Saves Gwyneth Paltrow
• Jason Aldean's My Kinda Party Certified Platinum
• Tim McGraw, Fragrance Company Raise Money for Neighbor's Keeper Charity

01/17/2011

• OFFSTAGE: A Carrier for Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman's Baby
• Oxford American Excerpt: Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
• HOT DISH: Darius Rucker's Label Team Rubbed the Right Way
• Buffet Potatoes

01/15/2011

• No Change at Top: Taylor Swift, Tim McGraw Still Penthousing

01/14/2011

• Rascal Flatts: 10 Prime Hits
• John Rich Part of Celebrity Apprentice Cast
• OFFSTAGE: Faith Hill Comes Clean With Jimmy Fallon
• Tommy Crain, Former Charlie Daniels Band Member, Dead at 59
• Steel Magnolia Added to Country Thunder Arizona
• OFFSTAGE: E.T. Inspires Taylor Swift's "Back to December"
• Lee Brice, Jerrod Niemann Plan Tour
• OFFSTAGE: What "Chocolate Bunnies" Mean to Carrie Underwood

01/13/2011

• NASHVILLE SKYLINE: Star and Songwriter Rodney Crowell Examines His Life
• OFFSTAGE: Taylor Swift's New Video Mourns Lost Love
• Lady Antebellum Plan Benefit Concert for Nashville Music School
• Around the Web: Zac Brown Band Plays Follow the Leader
• OFFSTAGE: Kid Rock's $225,000 1964 Bonneville Has Rich History
• Kellie Pickler Performs USO Concert in Basrah, Iraq
• OFFSTAGE: Asian Tour Thrills Taylor Swift, Angers Kuh Ledesma

01/12/2011

• Shania Twain Named to Canadian Music Hall of Fame
• Miranda Lambert Will Perform at Grammy Awards
• Tim McGraw's Tour Dates Announced
• Kenny Chesney Reveals 41 Tour Dates
• Blake Shelton Will Co-Host ACM Awards With Reba McEntire
• OFFSTAGE: Keith Urban Postponing Brisbane Ticket Sales
• Margaret Whiting, Who Spent 17 Weeks at Top of Country Chart, Dies
• Toby Keith Books First Opry Show Since 2002
• OFFSTAGE: How Gwyneth Paltrow Became Kelly Canter
• Around the Web: Carrie Underwood Dives Into Movie Biz
• OFFSTAGE: Miranda Lambert Counts Blessings and Dogs

01/11/2011

• Drivers, Start Your Buses! Country Stars Ready to Tour
• Bellamy Brothers Feel "Ripped Off" by Britney Spears' New Single
• Steel Magnolia Release Debut Album
• Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood Display CMA Wardrobe
• Jewel, Ty Murray Expecting Their First Child
• OFFSTAGE: Jay DeMarcus' Baby Not a Diva After All
• Around the Web: Faith Hill Gets Vase Time During Super Bowl
• Sara Evans Will Sing at Tennessee Governor's Inauguration
• OFFSTAGE: Lucky Numbers for Steel Magnolia
• OFFSTAGE: What to Expect When Jewel's Expecting

01/10/2011

• Tim McGraw, Country Strong Stars Discuss Their Roles
• Motherhood Made Nicole Kidman Question Involvement in Her Latest Film
• Garth Brooks Announces Latest Concert Dates in Las Vegas
• OFFSTAGE: Is Dierks Bentley Enough to Make Garrett Hedlund Country?
• Houston Rodeo Adds Lady Antebellum, Tim McGraw
• Kenny Chesney Produces Documentary on Quarterback
• Black Added to White's Celebrity Salute to the Troops
• OFFSTAGE: New American Idol Ain't What It Used to Be
• OFFSTAGE: You're Never Too Old for Kid Rock
• HOT DISH: George Jones in the Hospital
• Lemon Pound Cake

01/08/2011

• Charlie Daniels' Barn Destroyed by Fire
• Taylor Swift's Speak Now, Tim McGraw's "Felt Good" Still Chart Champs

01/07/2011

• Gwyneth Paltrow: The CMT Insider Interview
• Brad Paisley Hosting James Bond-Themed Fundraiser
• Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert Join Grammy Album
• OFFSTAGE: Will Taylor Swift Go "Back to December" Now?
• LeAnn Rimes Will Sing for Barbra Streisand
• OFFSTAGE: Faith Hill Tried to Warn Me About Country Strong
• OFFSTAGE: Keith Urban Buys Lingerie for His Wife

01/06/2011

• NASHVILLE SKYLINE: No Earworms for Taylor Swift
• Country Album Sales Drop 5 Percent in 2010, Rap Increases 3 Percent
• OFFSTAGE: Carrie Underwood: Not a Hockey Groupie Wife
• Around the Web: Miley Cyrus' Hacker Arrested
• Brad Paisley Guitar Auction Reaches $2,730
• OFFSTAGE: Keith Urban Is Literally God's Gift
• OFFSTAGE: Bikini Wax and Ambien Define McGraw-Paltrow Marriage

01/05/2011

• George Jones Hospitalized in Nashville
• Country Strong's Garrett Hedlund Has Friends in High Places
• Carrie Underwood Tour Reaches 1 Million Fans
• Darius Rucker Joins Volunteers in New Orleans
• The JaneDear Girls' Debut Album Due Feb. 1
• OFFSTAGE: Kellie Pickler Tweets as Mrs. Jacobs
• Around the Web: Keith Urban Answers Nicole Kidman's Prayers
• OFFSTAGE: Hillary Scott Swims With Dolphins
• OFFSTAGE: Country Strong Star Shows Respect

01/04/2011

• Brad Paisley, Sara Evans, Joe Nichols Ready Albums for New Year
• Taylor Swift Not Dating Actor, Says People
• Kellie Pickler Marries on New Year's Day
• OFFSTAGE: "Undo It" Rouses Republicans
• Gwyneth Paltrow Will Host Saturday Night Live
• Around the Web: Tim McGraw Sheds "Good Guy" Persona
• Johnny Cash Classics Now on Rock Band 3
• OFFSTAGE: Dierks Bentley Chills on New Year's Day
• OFFSTAGE: Taylor Swift's Stylish Fans Hit Repeat

01/03/2011

• Ten Albums You Might Have Missed in 2010
• Tim McGraw Plans Spring Tour, TV Appearances
• OFFSTAGE: For Shania Twain, 1/1/11 Makes Two
• Toby Keith Surprises Bar Patrons on New Year's Eve
• Around the Web: Taylor Swift Finds a Big Sister in Gwyneth Paltrow
• ACM Reveals Top New Artist Nominees
• OFFSTAGE: Brad Paisley Tweets His Family's First Guitar
• HOT DISH: Merle Haggard and Oprah Winfrey Bond at Kennedy Honors
• OFFSTAGE: Jennifer Nettles Books Solo Show

01/01/2011

• Shania Twain Gets Married on New Year's Day in Puerto Rico
• Tim McGraw Starts the New Year With a No. 1 Single