More than 80,000 fans descended upon Nashville last week, setting a new attendance record for the CMA Music Festival. The nearly 13 percent increase over the 71,000 fans in attendance in 2012 was attributed largely to expanding the event into the new Music City Centre, which nearly tripled the size of the former space in …
Mumford & Sons had to postpone tour dates this week due to a medical emergency involving member Ted Dwayne, who has a blood clot near his brain. The band said on its web site: “Our friend and bandmate Ted has been feeling unwell for a few days, and yesterday he was taken to a hospital …
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The CMA festival is underway in Nashville, and Maverick Magazine is there! We’re making our American festival debut this year, in the home of country music. With such big names as Taylor Swift, The Band Perry and Lady Antebellum all in attendance, we’re in good company. If you’re there, come along to booth 322 and …
One thing is for certain about country music: when it comes to giving back, everyone wants to get involved on some scale. Well stars and fans alike pulled through for Blake Shelton’s Healing in the Heartland benefit concert Wednesday (May 29) in wake of the Oklahoma tornadoes that occurred last month, and together, over $6 …
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The Band Perry will re-join Rascal Flatts on the road at the end of the month for the band’s Live and Loud Tour. The trio was a part of Rascal Flatts’ Changed Tour earlier this year and are looking forward to hitting the road with them once more. “I’m just so excited for Reid, Neil, …
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Darius celebrates his third consecutive No. 1 country album debut with True Believers selling 83,409 albums in the first week. His first two country albums, Learn To Live and Charleston, SC 1966 also both topped the Billboard Country album chart and produced five No. 1 singles including “Come Back Song,†“This,†“Alright,†“It Won’t Be …
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Taylor Swift won in eight categories to dominate the 2013 Billboard Music Awards, held on May 19th in Las Vegas. In addition to a win as top artist, she was also named top female artist, top Billboard 200 artist, top digital songs artist and top country artist during the show. Swift’s RED also won the …
The seven-time GRAMMY winning trio Lady Antebellum scores their third consecutive debut this week atop Billboard’s all-genre Top 200 Chart with their fourth studio album GOLDEN, which sold more than 167,000 copies in its first week. “It’s been so fun to get feedback from our fans,†said Hillary Scott. “There are so many ways for …
With more than 40 artists confirmed, the Bud Light Stage at Bridgestone Arena Plaza will be rockin’ with back-to-back daily concerts during the 2013 CMA Music Festival, Thursday-Sunday, June 6-9, in downtown Nashville. Free and open to the public, the Bud Light Stage lineups kick-off on Thursday, June 6 at 10:30 AM/CT featuring crowd favourites …
Canada’s Dale Boyle won Second Place in the Americana category of the International Songwriting Competition. The ISC drew over 20,000 submissions from 119 countries and three winners were selected in each of the 22 categories. With the competition featuring a prestigious list of judges including Tom Waits, Jeff Beck, and Martina McBride, the New York …
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