BLAKE SHELTON gives TAYLOR SWIFT props for following her instincts into pop. He said, quote, “I love it. It’s taking a stand for where she is right now musically. I never have understood the concept of being pigeon-holed or cornered into a situation, and nobody can take you seriously if you step out of that zone.”
Next year’s lineup for Stagecoach Country Music Festival out in Indio, California has been announced and as always, it’s huge. Country performers include Tim McGraw, Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton, Dierks Bentley, Jake Owen, Kacey Musgraves, Justin Moore, Merle Haggard and The Band Perry. Tickets go on sale October 14th.
Some of the non-country performers are George Thorogood and the Destroyers, Eric Burdon and the Animals, ZZ Top and Gregg Allman. The festival is going down April 24th – 26th in Indio, California. Tickets go on sale October 14th. Grab your details at StageCoachFestival.com.
The Doobie Brothers are preparing for the release of ‘Southbound,’ their country tribute album, which includes a collaboration with the Zac Brown Band on their 1974 tune ‘Black Water.’
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JASON ALDEAN did one of “Us” magazine’s 25 Things You Don’t Know About Me. Highlights include that he used to have a mullet . . . he was kicked off stage at a country bar for refusing to play PRINCE’S “Purple Rain” . . . and that he once autographed a guy’s prosthetic leg. (Check out the full list at UsMagazine.com.)