DIERKS BENTLEY FOUND SOMETHING TO DO BEFORE HIS TOUR KICKS OFF IN JUNE … HE FORMED A BAND CALLED HOT COUNTRY KNIGHTS! THEY PERFORM '90s COUNTRY HITS WHILE WEARING WIGS AND '90s CLOTHES … THEY'VE SCHEDULED ONE PRIVATE SHOW SO FAR, BUT DON'T BE SURPRISED TO SEE THEM GO PUBLIC … THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE IS COMPLETE WITH HEADSHOTS, FAKE BIOS, AND A PROMO VIDEO. YOU CAN CHECK IT OUT HERE!
MARTINA MCBRIDE WILL BE GIVEN THE PRESTIGIOUS "HARRY CHAPIN MEMORIAL HUMANITARIAN AWARD" AT THE 2015 MUSIC BIZ AWARDS ON MAY 14TH! SHE'S BEING HONORED FOR HER CHARITABLE ENDEAVORS, INCLUDING HER WORK WITH THE YWCA AND THE KIDS NETWORK, AND TO END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
KEITH URBAN: SPOTTED WITH KIDS AT LAX
APPARENTLY KEITH URBAN GOT A LITTLE ATTENTION OVER THE WEEKEND WHEN HE WAS SPOTTED WITH HIS DAUGHTERS IN THE LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT … PHOTOS WERE SNAPPED OF KEITH GIVING HIS 4 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, FAITH A PIGGY BACK RIDE … KEITH IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON SEASON 14 OF AMERICAN IDOL, WHILE HIS WIFE, NICOLE KIDMAN, IS ON A PROMO TOUR FOR HER LATEST MOVIE, PADDINGTON.
PARMALEE WORKED AS LOGGERS BEFORE BECOMING BIG IN NASHVILLE … THE GUYS DO NOT MISS THE LOGGING JOBS THEY HAD BEFORE THEY FORMED THEIR BAND.
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CHASE BRYANT TELLS AXS AND UT SAN DIEGO THAT HE HAS A DUET BUCKET LIST … "SHANIA TWAIN, STEVIE NICKS, OR LINDSAY BUCKINGHAM ARE ON THE LIST. BUT PROBABLY RIGHT NOW, NICK JONAS … I WASN'T A JONAS BROTHERS FAN BECAUSE ALL THE GIRLS LISTENED TO IT … WE JUST CHASED AFTER THE GIRLS … BUT I WOULD BE INTO A DUET WITH HIM."
BLAKE SHELTON TELLS PEOPLE MAGAZINE THAT HE STILL REMEMBERS THE FIRST MUSIC BE BOUGHT … "IT WAS A SINGLE CASSETTE, AND I THINK IT WAS 'THE RACE IS ON' BY SAWYER BROWN … IT MIGHT'VE BEEN 'HILLBILLY ROCK' BY MARTY STUART … ONE OF THOSE TWO … THAT'S BACK WHEN CASSETTES HAD THAT BIG LONG F—ING PLASTIC THING, SO THERE'S NO WAY YOU COULD STEAL IT, AND YOU HAD TO GO WALKING UP THERE WITH THAT. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? YOU PULL THE CASSETTE OUT, AND IT COMES OUT FOR THREE FEET."
DOLLY PARTON IS 69 YEARS YOUNG TODAY! THERE'S AN INTERVIEW WITH HER IN FEBRUARY'S "WOMAN'S DAY" THAT MAY EXPLAIN WHY EVERYONE WHO MEETS HER, LOVES HER … AT ONE POINT SHE TALKS ABOUT HER TRICK FINDING THE "GOOD" IN EVERYONE SHE MEETS … SHE SAYS, "I LOOK AT THEIR EYES AND THEIR SMILE AND SEEK OUT THE GOOD FIRST — IT'S EASY TO FIND WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IT … YOU LET A PERSON SHINE WITH THEIR OWN LIGHT AND TRY TO CONNECT IT TO YOURS … AS SOON AS I SAY HELLO, I GO RIGHT TO THAT LIGHT AND I DON'T CARE WHO YOU ARE! I KNOW WE'RE ALL PIECES OF THE SAME THING — I GO FOR THAT COMMON LIGHT BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S IN ALL OF US."
SUPER BOWL 49 UPDATE:
IDINA MENZEL, FAMOUSLY KNOWN FOR SINGING THE DISNEY SMASH HIT SONG, "LET IT GO" WILL SING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM … GOLDEN GLOBE WINNER & OSCAR NOMINATED SINGER, JOHN LEGEND WILL PERFORM "AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL" BEFORE THE KICK OFF OF SUPER BOWL 49 ON FEBRUARY 1ST IN GLENDALE, ARIZONA.
