NEW YORK (AP) – Fleetwood Mac, Jimmy Buffett and Aerosmith have been nominated for inclusion in the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Ray Davies of The Kinks, Elvis Costello, Foreigner, Eurythmics, B.B. King, Jeff Lynne of ELO, Steve Winwood and Linda Perry of 4 Non Blondes are also on the ballot. The hall of fame will vote to decide the inductees. The inductions will be in New York in June.
NEW YORK (AP) – There’s new Rolling Stones music today. Their new single, “Doom and Gloom,” is available on iTunes today. It’s the new song added to their “Grrr! Greatest Hits” collection, out November 13. It’s also the first time the Stones have been in a studio together in seven years. The collection will also include another new song called “One More Shot.”
JASON ALDEAN: FAMILY ‘OK’ AFTER PHOTO SCANDAL
UNDATED (AP) – Jason Aldean says his family is “OK” after a tabloid caught him kissing another woman at a bar in Hollywood. Aldean tells CMT that he has said what he needed to say to his wife and two daughters, and hopefully they understand that he knows he screwed up. He says now the family has to deal with the incident in private and try to fix it. Aldean and his wife Jessica have been married for 11 years. His new album “Night Train” is out October 16th.
‘NASHVILLE’ PREMIERES TONIGHT ON ABC
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Hayden Panettiere (pan-uh-TYEHR’) calls the new drama “Nashville” a “dream come true.” She stars as a pop-country singer and loves that the role allows her to act and sing at the same time. Panettiere also has legitimate country roots: her grandmother is from Texas and her mom’s from Kentucky. “Nashville” premieres tonight on ABC.
“THE VOICE”
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Blake Shelton’s steal wasn’t successful. Both Shelton and Cee Lo Green tried to “steal” indie rocker Caitlin Michele on last night’s edition of “The Voice.” The new twist in the series this season is that coaches can pick up singers dropped from other teams. Team Adam let Caitlin go, leading to Green and Shelton attempting to add her to their teams. Shelton tried to convince Caitlin that he had insight into singers with a unique talent. But Green went a step further, telling her his middle name was “Unique.” Caitlin turns down Team Shelton to hitch a ride with Team CeeLo.
LUKE BRYAN LEADS AMERICAN COUNTRY AWARD NOMINEES
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Luke Bryan leads this year’s American Country Awards with seven nominations. Lady Antebellum and Zac Brown Band are next with six nominations apiece, while Eric Church and Taylor Swift each have five nods. Bryan, Swift, Lady A, Zac Brown Band and Jason Aldean are up for the night’s top honor, artist of the year. The ACAs will air live Dec. 10 on Fox from Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Kristin Chenoweth and Trace Adkins are returning as co-hosts. Voting is open on the show’s website: theACAs.com.
AMERICAN MUSIC AWARD NOMINEES ANNOUNCED
NEW YORK (AP) – Luke Bryan and Carrie Underwood are up for two American Music Awards each. They’re competing against each other for favorite country album along with Lionel Richie’s country duets project. Bryan is up against Jason Aldean and Eric Church in the favorite country male artist category, and Underwood’s got stiff competition in the country female category from Miranda Lambert and Taylor Swift. Lady Antebellum, Rascal Flatts and Zac Brown Band are the nominees in the favorite country band, duo or group category. Nicki Minaj and Rihanna lead the AMA nominations with four each. The show airs live from Los Angeles on November 18th. Fans can pick the winners at AMAvote.com
SHANIA TWAIN WANTS TO MAKE A CHRISTMAS RECORD
UNDATED (AP) – The next music Shania Twain records might have a holly, jolly jingle to it. She tells Up! Magazine that she’s been “dying to do a Christmas album for so long” and now is the best time to do that. Twain is launching her “Still The One” concert series in Las Vegas in December. She says once the show is underway, she’s going to get nostalgic and make the Christmas record happen.
COLLIN RAYE, MARSHALL TUCKER BAND GET POLITICAL
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Collin Raye and The Marshall Tucker Band are getting political this week. Raye is performing his new patriotic single at a campaign rally for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in Springfield, Ohio, today. The song is called “Never Gonna Stand For This.” Tomorrow, The Marshall Tucker Band will perform directly after the vice presidential debate at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky.
LONDON (AP) – The band Traffic was supposed to be in The Beatles film “Magical Mystery Tour.” The Beatles asked Traffic to perform their 1967 single “Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush,” but that was cut from the film. It’s now part of the bonus material included in the film’s release this week on iTunes. Other bonus material includes a scene John Lennon shot called “Nat’s Dream” and one with actor Ivor Cutler, who played the bus conductor, called “I’m Going In A Field.” Three new edits are included of “Your Mother Should Know,” “Blue Jay Way” and “The Fool On The Hill.” Paul McCartney provides director’s commentary.
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Mike Love has said he didn’t fire Brian Wilson from The Beach Boys. Wilson says it sort of feels like he did. Wilson writes in the Los Angeles Times they’ve had several offers to continue their reunion tour, and since it’s been fun, why wouldn’t they want to continue. Love had said they had only intended to do a certain number of shows, and he had planned for a Beach Boys tour after the reunion tour that only featured himself and Bruce Johnston. Wilson says they never discussed the offers that came in once the reunion was underway. He says he still loves Love and he welcomes a call from him.
NEW YORK (AP) – Jimmy Page says if Led Zeppelin didn’t reunite in the five years since the “Celebration Day” concert, why does anyone think they’re going to do it now? Page says that show was so good because they had no warm-up gig and they knew they had to get it right the first time. Robert Plant says they were so happy they got it right because they were hanging on for dear life. Plant says doing one show is fun, but “the responsibility of doing that four nights a week for the rest of time is a different thing.” “Celebration Day,” based on their 2007 reunion show in London, will be in theaters October 17, then released on DVD in November.
NEW YORK (AP) – Peter Criss of Kiss knows what a .357 Magnum tastes like — because he shoved the barrel of one down his throat in a suicide attempt. Rolling Stone has published an excerpt from his upcoming autobiography, “Makeup to Breakup: My Life In and Out of Kiss.” Criss writes it was 1994 and he felt like a has-been, with two failed marriages, a floundering career and hardly any money. Then the Northridge earthquake hit Southern California and destroyed what little he had. Criss says that’s when he decided to kill himself. In the rubble of his apartment, with the gun in his mouth, he saw the photo of his daughter was not damaged. That’s when he decided life was worth living. “Makeup to Breakup” comes out October 23.
‘THE VOICE’
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Blake Shelton was caught stealing last night. But he’s not in trouble with the law. There’s a new wrinkle this season on “The Voice.” It’s the steal. Once a singer is dropped from a team, the other judges can pick them up. That happened twice on last night’s show. Team Blake picked up Collin McLoughlin after he was dropped by Team Adam. Adam Levine also picked up a singer dropped by Cee Lo Green. Tonight on The Voice, more of the battle round.
LEANN RIMES HOSPITALIZED FOR DENTAL INFECTION
UNDATED (AP) – A dental infection is to blame for sending LeAnn Rimes to the hospital recently. She tweeted that she felt like she got hit in the right side of her face with a baseball bat and calls it the “WORST way ever to kick off a tour.” The illness forced her to postpone a show. Rimes blogged that she’s been dealing with painful dental issues for 10 months, but she’s getting back on track.
JOHN RICH PROTEGE WINS ‘THE NEXT’
UNDATED (AP) – John Rich’s protege is the first winner of the CW music talent show “The Next.” Country singer Michael Ray won the fan-voted competition, earning a recording contract with Atlantic Records and the chance to open for his mentor on the show, John Rich. Rich dropped to his knees when Ray was named the winner, saying “You earned it, buddy.”
MORE CMA AWARDS PERFORMERS
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Carrie Underwood will be pulling double duty at the Country Music Association Awards again this year. She’s co-hosting with Brad Paisley and will perform, too. Kenny Chesney, Eric Church and The Band Perry have also recently been added to the line-up. Previously announced performers include Paisley, Jason Aldean, Kelly Clarkson, Miranda Lambert and Zac Brown Band.
KEITH URBAN MAKES WIFE FEEL SEXY
UNDATED (AP) – Keith Urban makes his wife feel sexy. Nicole Kidman tells Harper’s Bazaar magazine in its November issue that Urban gave her confidence by being kind and understanding. She says he opened her up to her sexuality and trying new things.
JERROD NIEMANN WANTS FANS TO ‘FREE THE MUSIC’
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – The title of Jerrod Niemann’s new album, “Free The Music,” has different meanings. Neimann says for him, it was about freeing his mind in the studio, but for fans, he hopes the music frees them from their job, school, ex-boyfriend-girlfriend-wife or whatever it may be. Niemann studied country music history and used old school sounds like horns throughout his album.
EDENS EDGE SINGER MARRIES
UNDATED (AP) – The lead singer of Edens Edge is a married woman. Hannah Blaylock tied the knot with Justin Wakefield during a quiet ceremony in the band’s home state of Arkansas. They exchanged vows under a White Oak tree decorated with fisherman’s rope and glass floats from Alaska, where Blaylock grew up. She walked down the aisle to a song her brother wrote about his wife called “Falling Over You.” The newlyweds are taking some time for a honeymoon before Edens Edge joins the Rascal Flatts “Changed tour.”
WASHINGTON (AP) – Robert Bell of Kool and the Gang says he never thought the group would get as much mileage as it did out of the song “Celebration.” But he notes that recently it was used by NASA as part of the final space shuttle flight. Bell says the hit has surpassed the group’s expectations by far. But Bell reminds people it isn’t the group’s only hit – and songs like “Jungle Boogie” and “Summer Madness” are still very popular, too.
NEW YORK (AP) – You might read a rock biography that starts at the beginning and continues chronologically. Neil Young’s autobiography doesn’t do that. Young says if you have a conversation with people, it isn’t always linear. He says they might be distracted by something outside the window, so he thought that was a natural way to write his book. Young says his whole idea was that it would be off the top of his head and he would not spend any time organizing anything, because that’s worked for him on everything else he’s done. The book is called “Waging Heavy Peace” and it’s out now.
