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Country legends George Strait and Reba McEntire will play the Tacoma Dome on March 27, 2010, according to an itinerary released by Nashville's Front Page Publicity.

The reigning "King" of country music, George Strait, will return to Des Moines to perform April 10 at Wells Fargo Arena in a new tour announced this week.

"You can't be a rock venue without rocking, basically." That is the view of Kent Davis, landlord of The Rainbow pub in Digbeth, Birmingham, where local act UB40 are soon to play a free concert to help raise 30,000 for a sound-insulating roof.

The award-winning country stars will kick off the outing with a Jan. 22 performance in Baltimore, followed by stops in 18 cities throughout the nation.

Country music legends George Strait and Reba McEntire are scheduled to perform Feb.

Twang will replace touchdowns at LSU's Tiger Stadium next Memorial Day weekend. Kenny Chesney, Taylor Swift, Brooks & Dunn and Keith Urban are slated to headline the inaugural Bayou Country Superfest on the Louisiana State University campus in Baton Rouge on May 29-30. Swift and Urban join Kellie Pickler, David Nail and Gloriana at Tiger Stadium on ...

George Strait, the uncontested King of Country, reigns supreme in the December 2009 issue of Cowboys & Indians, The Premier Magazine of the West.

Out of all the new country singers to emerge in the early '80s, George Strait stayed the closest to traditional country.

The John Magaldi Quartet plays jazz at The Cove. Luna has the guitar power of Border Palace.

ONE day it was brown sauce, the next 1,000 bottles of champagne. Life changed quickly for Martin Saunders of The Twang.

Do you want Nashville country or do you want the truth? That seems to be the theme of two digging-in-the-crates 1970s-era LA-centric country mixtapes recently released online.

Shadow on the Ground Bound by genre but separated by style, George Strait and James Hand play and sing music that's still better off danced to than analyzed.

Country star George Strait recorded his last two award-winning albums at Jimmy Buffett's Shrimp Boat Sound Studio in Key West, Florida.

The band has announced they are taking to the stage at South Cheshire Collegea s Dane Bank Avenue campus on Wednesday September at 1pm before giving away copies of their new EP.

BRMB's helping to bring the Brummie band back to their home city this evening for a special acoustic set at Selfridges.

The top 10 country and pop albums and singles according to Billboard Magazine for the week ending Sept.

Patrick Waller plays the title role in the Nashville Children's Theatre production of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer , running September 22-October 11.

Colbie Caillat 's "Breakthrough" is No. 1 on the U.S. album chart this week, Billboard.com reported Wednesday.

From Bo Diddley to the Beatles to U2, Gretsch Guitars have been a key part of rock and roll's big explosion.

There's a bit of twang in the current album chart, as country stars Reba McEntire, George Strait and the ever-resilient Taylor Swift claimed three of the top 10 slots for the week ended Sunday, according to Nielsen Soundscan.