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Due to some unfortunate events, Dolly Parton has had to postpone her upcoming US tour. The Country singer was hospitalized due to a serious back ailment. Dolly had released a statement on Monday saying that doctors have advised the singer, songwriter, actress and entrepreneur to take six to eight weeks off of her grueling schedule [...]

Scottish star K.T. Tunstall has lashed out at award-winning country singer Carrie Underwood - for winning a Grammy award. The American Idol winner took home a Grammy for best new artist in February– but Tunstall is unimpressed by her fast-track to fame. Guess she should also be upset with her fans (is she has [...]

Carrie Underwood is still generating hits from her six-million-selling debut, “Some Hearts,” but she’s front and center with a new effort this week. Her sophomore album, “Carnival Ride” (19 Recordings/Arista Nashville) is led by the single “So Small,” which made Underwood the first female to debut in the Hot Country Songs top 20 in 43 [...]

Remember when Britney Spears had that episode on a plane? Apparently, those things don’t just happen to wrecks. Country singer Gretchen Wilson also had an episode.
The redneck woman behaved so badly on a recent flight to LA that American Airlines was forced to issue an in-flight citation or what they call a ‘disturbance report’. Gretchen, [...]

just debuted her first video for the first single off of her sophomore album ‘Carnival Ride’. The video for ‘So Small’ is an emotionally-charged one which could pretty well be the platform for the release of her album on October 23. And hear you me, it is going to be a massively huge release.Country Music [...]

Country singer Reba McEntire has been chosen as ‘woman of the year’ by US music magazine Billboard. “I am touched to be embraced in such a warm way,” McEntire, 52, said. It is the first time Billboard has given such an award. Reba is an inspiration to women everywhere, but it is sad that [...]

These days, Bon Jovi’s a little bit country, a little bit rock ‘n’ roll and the biggest band around. After nearly a quarter-century together, the Garden State quintet landed its first chart-topping bow thanks with the country-infused Lost Highway. For the week ended Sunday, Lost Highway found its way to the top by selling 291,000 [...]

With the success with a country remake of “Who Says You Can’t Go Home” with Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles, which earned them the sole Grammy of their 25-year career, Bon Jovi is releasing the country-influenced album “Lost Highway” on Tuesday on Island Records. And nobody in the band seems sure what the reception will be [...]