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56 min ago | News9 Oklahoma City

Ticket Scalpers Ruin Spirit Of Tornado Benefit Concert

Oklahoma's Own Blake Shelton and Reba McEntire are just two of the country music stars putting on a benefit concert to raise money for tornado victims.

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Related Topix: Blake Shelton, Celebrities, Reba McEntire, Chesapeake Energy, Energy, Oil & Gas, Oklahoma City, OK

Sat May 25, 2013

FansShare

Carrie Underwood donates $1 million to help Oklahoma tornado victims

Carrie Underwood is giving back to her home state of Oklahoma by writing a check of $1 million to the Red Cross in aid of those affected by the massive tornado damage earlier this week.

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Related Topix: Carrie Underwood, Tornado, Natural Disasters

Mt. Airy News

East Surry Class of 2013 Graduation Ceremony goes a little bit country

East Surry Principal Diane Beane and graduate Cameron Sheets mug it up for the photographers at a graduation ceremony held on the athletic field on Friday night.

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Related Topix: Darius Rucker, Pilot Mountain, NC, Surry County, NC

TheIndyChannel

Jo Dee Messina to fund new album via...

Country star JO DEE MESSINA has become the latest celebrity to turn to 'crowdfunding' to raise cash for a new project.

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Related Topix: Jo Dee Messina, Entertainment

The Province

Blatchford: Suspect in wife's burn death portrays himself as hero in videotaped police interview

The Interstate 5 bridge collapse into the Skagit River was caused by an oversize truck hitting the span, the Washington State Patrol chief said.

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Related Topix: Carrie Underwood, North America, Canada, World News, Recipes

WMDH-AM New Castle

The Band Perry Recalls Their Family's Mississippi Memorial Day Tradition

Before their touring schedule got out of hand, The Band Perry made it a point to head back to their grandmother's house in Mississippi for her church's annual Memorial Day event.

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Related Topix: The Band Perry, Pop/Rock

Fri May 24, 2013

Lite 98.7

Jennifer Hudson Reportedly Confirmed as 'American Idol' Judge

The judging panel for Season 13 of ' American Idol ' is starting to take shape and Jennifer Hudson is reportedly the first celeb to sign on for one of the four open spots.

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Related Topix: Game Show, American Idol, Reality TV, Entertainment, Television, Jennifer Hudson, Kelly Clarkson, Dance, Pop/Rock

Alamogordo Daily News

Darius Rucker rides 'Wagon Wheel' to top of charts

In this April 28, 2013 file photo, singer Darius Rucker poses for a portrait backstage on day 3 of the 2013 Stagecoach Music Festival at the Empire Polo Club, in Indio, Calif.

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Related Topix: Darius Rucker, Nashville, TN, Old Crow Medicine Show, Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid, Western, History Movies

KMCX-FM Ogallala

Blake Shelton organizes concert for Oklahoma tornado relief

Blake Shelton has announced a special concert to benefit those affected by the devastating tornadoes that swept through Oklahoma earlier this week.

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Related Topix: Blake Shelton, Vince Gill

WNEM-TV Saginaw

Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert at country fest

Some of country music's big names, including Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Darius Rucker and Zac Brown Band, take the stage at the Bayou Country Superfest at LSU's Tiger Stadium for a Memorial Day holiday jamfest.

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Related Topix: Darius Rucker, Zac Brown Band, Staind, Pop/Rock

Lethbridge Herald

Jewel's music experience comes in handy for key part in Lifetime's 'Ring of Fire'

This publicity image released by A&E Television Networks shows Matt Ross as Johnny Cash, left, and Jewel as June Carter Cash in a scene from the Lifetime Original Movie, "Ring of Fire," premiering Monday, May 27 at 9pm ET/PT on Lifetime.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Western, Drama Movies, Ride with the Devil, Johnny Cash, Television, Media, AE Television Networks, June Carter Cash, Music!, Walk the Line, Biography Movies

ACC TOP 40

Carrie Underwood Donates $1 Million in Tour Proceeds to Red Cross

Carrie Underwood is giving back to her home state of Oklahoma following the devastation caused there by Monday's tornadoes.

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ACC TOP 40

Lady Antebellum's Hillary Scott Reveals Which Beyonc Song She'll Rock in the Delivery Room

It goes without saying that the members of Lady Antebellum are huge music fans, and they're sharing some of their favorite songs and albums in the new issue of People .

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Related Topix: Lady Antebellum, Pop/Rock, Mumford & Sons

Thu May 23, 2013

WWWQ-FM Atlanta

"American Idol" Winner's Coronation Song Sales Hit All-Time Low

American Idol ratings this past season weren't great, to say the least, and now the winner's record sales seem to be suffering as well.

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Related Topix: Kelly Clarkson, Dance, Pop/Rock

AM 1320 and 1450 The Dove

He posted a YouTube clip in response to T-Swift's '22' music video

If you take it from Taylor Swift , the average 22-year-old journals about feelings, enjoys vintage bikinis and porkpie hats, and has an endless supply of gal pal clones to eat ice cream with.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Taylor Swift, Pop/Rock, Hot Chicks

Shetland Today

Veteran country legend Kris Kristofferson to play Clickimin

Legendary American country singer Kris Kristofferson is to play a solo acoustic concert in the Clickimin Centre later this year.

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Related Topix: Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, The Highwaymen

WMDH-AM New Castle

Craig Morgan Co-Hosts Memorial Day Edition of "GAC Top 20 Country Countdown"

Craig Morgan co-hosts a special Memorial Day edition GAC Top 20 Country Countdown with Nan Kelley this Friday night at 8 ET.

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Related Topix: Craig Morgan, Clarksville, TN

Eater

Special Engagements: Barbecue Hot Shot Aaron Franklin Plans NYC Pop-Up

Aaron Franklin , the owner and pitmaster of Austin's absurdly popular Franklin Barbecue , will be smoking meat at Hill Country on June 6 as a part of the "TMBBQ Pop-Up Joint ." $50 tickets include all-you-can eat brisket, sausage, and ribs, plus all-you-can drink Lone Star and Shiner beer.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Bar-B-Q, Lonestar, Texas

Seattle Times

Celeb birthdays for the week of May 26-June 1

May 26: Sportscaster Brent Musburger is 74. Steel guitar player Gates Nichols of Confederate Railroad is 69.

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Related Topix: Confederate Railroad, Stevie Nicks, Pop/Rock, The Guess Who, Thriller, Miami Vice, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Philip Michael Thomas, Celebrities, Pam Grier, Entertainment

Wed May 22, 2013

MetroMix

Darius Rucker: Racist tweeter an 'idiot'

But the suggestion that the Wagon Wheel singer "leave country music to white folk" seemed so random and out of the blue that it made for a shocking disruption to a Sunday afternoon spent with friends.

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Related Topix: Darius Rucker, Twitter, Music, Entertainment