Any singer who steps out on stage to face a crowd that has stood shoulder-to-shoulder for 90 uncomfortable, sweaty minutes while being bombarded with cell phone advertisements has his work cut out for him. Fortunately, the tired and overheated crowd ... more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS- The Samsung at&t Summer Krush is a limited engagement music tour featuring some of the hottest music artists today. The third iteration of Summer Krush hits Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Nashville, New Orleans, San Franci... more info

Buffalo News, New York — NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Dierks Bentley and his band recently jetted to Australia to open six shows for Brooks & Dunn, playing to more than 10,000 people a night in the country's largest cities. more info

Dierks Bentley has been riding high on the charts lately, with the first two singles from Feel That Fire reaching #1. So this seems like the perfect time to go for a home run and release either “Beautiful World” or “Last Call,�... more info

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Detroit Free Press — BRAD PAISLEY: With a cheerful, lyrical wit and a high-energy, rock-fueled country sound, Paisley has staked his claim as one of the decade's standout country stars. The West Virginia native brings his big-budget concert extravaganza to Clarksto... more info

BMI will honor Kris Kristofferson as a music icon during its awards show in November. New releases for the week of June 30, 2009 include: Brad Paisley – American Saturday Night Amazon | iTunes [Bonus: "Then (Single Edit)"] | MySpace Brandon R... more info

Live Daily — Plus: Moby [ tickets ], Levon Helm [ tickets ], more * * * Rob Thomas [ tickets ] "Cradlesong" (Atlantic) The pop/rock star, who came to fame as the frontman for Matchbox Twenty, is finally ready to unveil his second solo record. The first si... more info

Radney Foster’s new album, Revival, is available for pre-order and the first 1,000 fans to do so will receive a free five-song EP. The new CD will be released on Sept. 1 and includes collaborations with Dierks Bentley and Darius Rucker. Congrats to... more info

Live Daily — For the second consecutive year, Taylor Swift [ tickets ] wept the Video of the Year and Female Video of Year categories at the annual CMT Music Awards [ tickets ], taking home a couple of belt-buckle-shaped trophies for "Love Story." "I wore a co... more info