BRAD PAISLEY and CARRIE UNDERWOOD were on “The View” yesterday talking about hosting next week’s CMAs. When asked if they worry about offending the audience, Brad said, quote, “We’re a family in that town. We’re not RICKY GERVAIS.
TOBY KEITH still remembers the first time he had one too many. It was a cocktail called a “flaming armadillo”: Quote, “It’s like three liquors and they set it on fire. I remember I said, ‘I want another and another and another.’ I got a little over-served. I puked for like three days. I was really sick.”
DIERKS BENTLEY bought his own plane so he could spend more time with his family: Quote, “You get an extra 12 hours. That’s another night to put them to bed, another morning to make breakfast, to do school. I realized I couldn’t afford to sit in the back of a private jet, but I could learn how to fly and buzz around that way.”
KENNY CHESNEY and JASON ALDEAN are doing their own tours next summer . . . but they’re ALSO going to do 10 stadium dates together. Those shows will stretch from May 2nd in San Francisco to August 28th in suburban Boston.
CHARLIE DANIELS announced the lineup for his “Christmas 4 Kids Concert”, which benefits children in need. This year’s performers include Phil Vassar, Andy Griggs, Ty Herndon, Jamie O’Neal, and The Roys. The show is going down November 24th at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.