Big Machine Records
- As a new component to their partnership with Taylor Swift, Diet Coke is launching a limited-edition “Sleek Can” featuring Taylor’s signature all over the can. The thinner, taller can also features the quote, “If you’re lucky enough to be different, don’t ever change.” The can will begin showing up on store shelves next month. See the can here.
- Taylor Swift has made a huge new fan in rocker Ozzy Osbourne. According to his wife Sharon, Ozzy met Taylor for the first time over the weekend when they were out shopping. Sharon shared on her daytime show, The Talk, that afterward, “He was so blown away with her beauty and the aura that she projects. He said to me, ‘I have finally met somebody that I can say is a true superstar.’ He said, ‘She reminds me of Grace Kelly or Audrey Hepburn.’ He called her the most magnificent young girl he’s met in his lifetime. He was so blown away by her.”
- Winner of season four of The Voice, Danielle Bradbery, will make a cameo on the CW’s Hart of Dixie. She will appear in the eighth episode of the new season, which kicks off on October 7th, and she’ll be performing her debut single, “The Heart of Dixie.” Other country artists who have appeared on the show include Scotty McCreery and Gloriana.
- Danielle Bradbery, winner of season four of The Voice, will release her debut album on November 19th. The album will feature her first single, “The Heart of Dixie. It feels like I just walked off The Voice stage so it’s crazy to think I’m about to release my first album,” exclaimed Danielle. “Nashville has been so welcoming to me throughout this entire process and I couldn’t be more proud of the music we’ve created. I am so excited to get all the songs into the hands of the fans who gave me this amazing opportunity in the first place!”You can hear some preview clips of some of the songs that will be on Danielle’s album by checking out some of her radio tour visits, where she debuted several of the songs as she traveled across the country performing at various radio stations. Danielle will open for Brad Paisley on his Beat This Summer Tour beginning in November.
- Laura Bell Bundy returned to TV last week as a recurring character on Charlie Sheen’s hit show Anger Management. Laura Bell plays Dr. Jordan Denby, the new sex study research partner of Sheen’s character. Laura Bell will be featured in a number of upcoming episodes, so be sure to tune into FOX on Thursdays at 9:30/8:30 CST to catch the show.
Republic Nashville
- The Band Perry rocked out with the group Fall Out Boy yesterday afternoon in Nashville for an upcoming episode of CMT Crossroads. The groups combined to perform one another’s songs, including a fiercely energetic version of “DONE,” “Better Dig Two,” “If I Die Young” and The Band Perry’s latest single, “Don’t Let Me Be Lonely.” Plus, the country trio more than held their own on some of Fall Out Boy’s biggest hits like “My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light ‘Em Up),” “Sugar We’re Going Down Swinging,” and their newest single, “Alone Together.” At one point Kimberly Perry was having such a great time she said, “I think a tour together would actually be a really good idea.”The two bands closed out the show with Queen’s “Fat Bottomed Girls.” You’ll be able to see their performances on the new CMT Crossroads when it premieres on November 29th.
- Congratulations to The Band Perry’s Kimberly Perry, who is now engaged to Toronto Blue Jays starting catcher J.P. Arencibia. Read the full story about the romantic proposal here.
- FGL will not only be hitting the road this Fall on their first HEADLINING tour, but they will also be releasing NEW music! HERE’S TO THE GOOD TIMES… THIS IS HOW WE ROLL will be released October 25th! Click here for a complete list of tour dates and VIP packages!
- Cassadee Pope, whose debut album FRAME BY FRAME is available on Tuesday, premiered her CMT DOCU-SERIES on Friday (10/4). The 6-episode series follows Cassadee on her journey of making her first solo album, traveling along with her on her radio tour and on the road with Rascal Flatts. If you missed it, you can see the first episode here. Check out this article in Rolling Stone about her upcoming album.
The Valory Music Co.
- After having the #1 song AND album in the Country last week, Justin Moore couldn’t be any hotter right now. His latest single “Letting The Night Roll” is turning heads and catching fire! Download it off his brand new album, OFF THE BEATEN PATH here!
- Thomas Rhett’s debut album IT GOES LIKE THIS is only a few weeks away! For more album information, visit his website here and don’t forget to download his hot new single, “It Goes Like This” today at iTunes.
- Download ALL the latest music from the hit ABC series Nashville on iTunes right here! Tune in every Wednesday night at 10|9c to catch the new episodes!