(AP) — Hayden Panettiere plays a country musician on TV and one day she might be one in real life.
The 23-year-old “Nashville” actress tells US Weekly that she recorded an album when she was younger and always said if she ever went back to music she “would do country.” She says she’s “keeping her fingers crossed.”
Her song “Telescope” — part of the Nashville show soundtrack hit country radio this week.
NEW YORK (AP) — Katy Perry, Quincy Jones, Alicia Keys and Vince Gill are on the same bill: The singers are performing at an event to benefit the late Paul Newman’s The Painted Turtle Camp.
The Dec. 4 gathering at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles is being billed as “You’ve Got a Friend.A Celebration of Carole King and Her Music.” King will perform alongside John Legend, Amy Grant, Herb Alpert and Lani Hall.
Newman’s The Painted Turtle is a camp in The SeriousFun Children’s Network, which the actor founded to assist children with serious illnesses as well as their families.
Tickets for the event go on sale Monday. A VIP party will follow after at The Ray Dolby Ballroom.
Newman died in 2008.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Rascal Flatts fans who missed the one-night-only movie theater debut of “All Access & Uncovered” earlier this year will get another chance to see the film.
The DVD version is set for release November 19. It includes exclusive performance footage of the group’s biggest hits along with music from their current “Changed” album, including their No. 1 hit “Banjo” and their latest single “Come Wake Me Up.”
The band members also share the stories behind several of the album’s songs.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Billy Ray Cyrus released his new album “Change My Mind” this week. Cyrus says the album draws on all of his musical influences and it also draws on many difficult personal experiences.
The song ‘That’s What Daddys Do’ is partly a tribute to Cyrus’s father who died several years ago from an aggressive lung cancer after in a steel mill. It also reflects Cyrus’s own experience as a father.
NEW YORK (AP) – Elizabeth Taylor edges out Michael Jackson as the top-earning dead celebrity of the past year, according to Forbes magazine. Taylor’s total earnings in the past year was $210 million. Most of that came from a series of auctions of her art collection and personal items that earned $184 million. Jackson ranks second with $90 million. Elvis Presley is third with $55 million, followed by Peanuts creator Charles Schulz with $37 million and Bob Marley in fifth, with $17 million.
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Bon Jovi are planning a big tour — of Canada. They will hit the U.S. as well, but they’ve only announced the Canadian dates. Why? Because they can — which happens to be the name of the tour. “Bon Jovi Because We Can — The Tour” begins February 13 in Montreal. U.S. dates will be announced in the coming weeks.
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Aerosmith plan to show up on the streets of Boston on November 5 and just play. Where that will be won’t be revealed until that morning, and they will play around noon. It’s in celebration of the release of their new album, “Music From Another Dimension,” which comes out the next day. It’s also a get-out-the-vote party, because “Music From Another Dimension” comes out on Election Day. Aerosmith say you can vote for whomever you choose, just vote.
(AP) — Toby Keith is a notorious no-show at the CMA Awards. So don’t expect to see him next week even though he’s nominated for Music Video of the Year for his song “Red Solo Cup.” Keith told Country Weekly that he’s “gotta go get a root canal that day, or something fun.”
”Red Solo Cup” is Keith’s first crossover success. He says he thinks pop radio stations have considered him too country in the past and tells Country Weekly that he “always took pride in that.”
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Sam Palladio says he’s having a “bit of a pinch yourself moment.” The British actor relocated from London to Music City for his role on the new TV show “Nashville.”
Palladio plays aspiring singer Gunnar Scott — a part he says he’s been preparing for since childhood. He grew up in a musical household listening to “lots of 70s folk” with a “country nature to it.” He says and went on to write and record music with his own band. Palladio is enjoying living on location in Music City. He says his favorite thing about Nashville so far is the people.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jason Aldean leads the list of top country music stars set to perform on the American Country Awards.
Country’s leading man of the moment will be joined by lead nominee and good friend Luke Bryan, Lady Antebellum, Dierks Bentley and Little Big Town.
Few are hotter than Aldean at the moment. The Georgia native scored the year’s second biggest debut last week, selling 409,000 copies of his fifth album “Night Train,” and recently announced a series of stadium appearances on his 2013 tour.
Producers also announced Scotty McCreery, LeAnn Rimes, Chris Young, Lee Brice, Jana Kramer and Lauren Alaina will make appearances. Fans can vote for the favorite nominees at the show’s website.
Kristin Chenoweth and Trace Adkins return as hosts for the show, aired live Dec. 10 on Fox from the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
