 Taylor Swift will be talking to fans around the world live on the web next week!
“I’ve spent the last two years out on the Fearless tour and working on my new record,” Taylor said. “I’ve gotten so many questions from fans -- on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, my website, everywhere really, and it’s so incredible to see how excited everybody is about what’s next. I want them to be the first to know about my new music, and I can’t wait to talk to everybody as directly as I can!”
Next Tuesday, Taylor will be live from Nashville, answering questions and talking to fans for the first time about her highly-anticipated third studio album.
TIME: 4:00 p.m. CDT – Tuesday, July 20th
PLACE: Taylorswift.com, MySpace.com/TaylorSwift, Facebook.com/TaylorSwift, Ustream.tv/taylorswift
QUESTIONS: Fans can submit questions directly into the live Ustream chat window on all viewing sites.
Taylor, whose online presence continues to grow exponentially, recently ranked #3 on Forbes magazine’s list of the world’s most powerful celebrities on social media and #12 on the title’s list of celebrity online presence. She currently has over 7 million Facebook friends, 3.6 million Twitter followers and has had over 273.6 million music plays on her MySpace page. This summer, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum launched a one-of-a-kind multi-media display focused on Taylor’s innovative use of social networking as part of their “Sing Me Back Home” exhibit.
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Songwriting Legend Hank Cochran Passes Away
Last night, Jamey Johnson, Billy Ray Cyrus and Buddy Cannon dropped by to sing songs with Hank, and this morning the legendary songwriter was surrounded by family and friends when he passed away at his Hendersonville, Tennessee home. A private, family memorial will be held in the near future, and a public service will follow. Details will be forthcoming.
The family asks that you respect their privacy at this time and, in lieu of flowers, request those wishing to honor Hank make donations to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Foundation.
Hank was inducted in to the Nashville Songwriters Association International Hall of Fame by unanimous vote in 1974, and was honored by B.M.I. in June 2009 for his six-decade long career of hits, that includes country classics: "I Fall To Pieces," "Make The World Go Away," "Ocean Front Property," "The Chair" and "Don't You Ever Get Tired Of Hurting Me."
Source: So Much Moore Media
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Pictured L-R: Little Big Town’s Phillip Sweet & Karen Fairchild, label-mate Luke Bryan, Little Big Town’s Kimberly Schlapman & Jimi Westbrook. Photo Credit: Becky Fluke
Capitol Nashville Recording artist Little Big Town raised over $55,000 for the T.J. Martell Foundation at their 4th annual Ride For A Cure event held Sunday, July 11. The event, which included a motorcycle ride from the Tin Roof in Nashville to the Harley-Davidson Superstore in Columbia, TN, featured pre-ride performances by Brett Eldridge, Randy Montana and Cali Rodi and post-ride performances by Little Big Town, Luke Bryan, Randy Houser, Josh Thompson, and The Band Perry.
“We are thrilled with the turn out for this year's Ride for the Cure,” exclaimed Little Big Town’s Karen Fairchild. “It was our biggest ride yet! The T.J. Martell Foundation is close to all of our hearts and we are so lucky to be able to support such an amazing cause so we can find a cure.”
In addition to the ride and performances, the band held an auction which included items donated by country music artists such as Zac Brown Band, Keith Urban, Jamey Johnson, Lady Antebellum, Eric Church and many others. Little Big Town’s Kimberly Schlapman and her husband personally donated their Tennessee Titan’s season football tickets to the highest bidder to attend a game this fall. Hand written and autographed lyrics to Little Big Town’s current single “Little White Church” was also auctioned off.
Proceeds from Ride For A Cure locally supports cancer research at the Frances Williams Preston Laboratories at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. The T.J. Martell Foundation supports leukemia, cancer and AIDS research at eight top hospitals in the United States. The Frances Williams Preston Laboratories were named after Frances Preston, past President and CEO of BMI and past President of the national T.J. Martell Foundation.
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