Glen Campbell News

STAR POWER: Keith Urban and his wife Nicole Kidman arrive at the 2009 American Music Awards in Los Angeles.

Ray Barton took his wife Pat out on the night of their 14th wedding anniversary for a special treat to watch country singer Glen Campbell.

The promoter of country singer Glen Campbell's New Zealand tour has gone to ground as angry concert-goers say they will fight for a refund.

From the vaults of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum comes one of the most memorable gatherings of talent ever assembled in front of a national television audience.

American country singer Glen Campbell has cancelled his Wellington show tonight after falling ill with laryngitis.

Glen Campbell returns to Australia following his reinvigorating release Meet Glen Campbell.

When I get a chance to interview a country artist, I try to ask questions about what's happening right that minute.

THE old maxim that "the family that plays together stays together" has been tested to its limits by a few famously fractious musical clans such as the Wainwrights, the Jacksons and the Nolans.

The Rhinestone Cowboy, Glen Campbell himself, will return to New Zealand later this month for three shows.

George Strait may rule the roost when it comes to the traditional country genre, but Alan Jackson runs a close second.

Glen Campbell had a big pop hit, "By the Time I Get to Phoenix," in which he leaves his wife, sweetheart, or otherwise romantic figure, whom he had "left so many times before," and sings about the things she's probably doing, while he's passing through places like Phoenix, Albuquerque and Oklahoma.

Matt Damon is in discussions to star in writer-director Ethan and Joel Coen's remake of "True Grit." He would take on the role Glen Campbell played in the 1969 original, a Texas Ranger tracking an outlaw along with a gruff U.S. marshal.

The best American actor never to win an Oscar might get a little heavyweight support in the remake of a film that finally won John Wayne his Academy Award.

Matt Damon and Josh Brolin are in discussions with Joel and Ethan Coen to join the cast of "True Grit," the redo of the 1969 Western that Paramount will put into production in March for release late next year.

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In August 2008, Capitol records released a new CD by 72-year-old Glen Campbell, and there was no hiding the notion behind this much-trumpeted "comeback" album - Campbell was paired up with songs by the Foo Fighters, U2, English twee rockers Travis and others.

Beginning in the late '60s, composer Jimmy Webb and singer Glen Campbell teamed for a string of hits that included "Wichita Lineman," "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" and "Galveston." Their lasting contributions to pop music will be on display this weekend as the Nashville Symphony backs the duo for the first concert in its Bank of America Pops ...

The checkout clerks at grocery stores don't understand anymore when he hands over his driver's license and says, "Now, don't make fun of me." Even the receptionist at his own office didn't get it.

Sunday, 13 September 2009, 1:47 pm Press Release: The Publicity Machine Glen Campbell, whose graceful vocal and guitar skills earned him a spot in the Country Music Hall of Fame, returns to New Zealand in November for three concerts in Auckland, Wellington and Rotorua, accompanied by his vocalist daughter Debby and band.