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Brad Paisley’s new album, Wheelhouse will include celebrity guests – including LL Cool J.  Wheelhouse is due in stores April 9^th.

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The Zac Brown Band is headed to the races!  They’ll perform at the Daytona 500 Budweiser Pre-Race Show before the start of NASCAR’S 55^th Annual Daytona 500.  The event will air on FOX February 24^th.

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Lady Antebellum is claiming the highest chart debut in their seven-year career this week with their new song “Downtown”.  They debut the song at #25 on the Billboard chart.

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After making an appearance on ABC’s hit drama Nashville…and getting engaged to actress/singer Jana Kramer… one may think that Brantley Gilbert has caught the acting bug.  But the “BG Nation” has nothing to worry about! 

In other Brantley news…Mountain Dew has introduced him as the newest member of the Dew family.  Brantley promises big things are coming soon!

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Congrats to Gary Allan.  His new album Set You Free debuts at #1 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart this week.  This is Gary’s first album to debut at #1 on this chart.  The first release, “Every Storm (Runs Out of Rain)” is also the #1 song on the country charts this week!