The 51st annual Country Music Association Awards kicked off with a tribute to the victims of last month’s Las Vegas tragedy. Darius Rucker led an all-star group of country superstars in a rendition of his Hootie and the Blowfish hit “Hold My Hand.” On stage with him was a who’s-who of the country world including Keith…

A backlash has led the Country Music Association to rescind its guidelines telling journalists not to ask about the Las Vegas shooting when interviewing talent at next week’s CMA Awards. “CMA apologizes for the recently distributed restrictions in the CMA Awards media guidelines, which have since been lifted,” the…

Country music star Brad Paisley is making the leap into “Over The Top” video distribution with a new site called My Country Nation. Paisley is teaming with WME, ARC Entertainment, Taillight and presenting sponsor Walmart on the venture, which is being billed as a digital platform for the “country music…

I’ve learned that country star Brad Paisley has become the first musician tapped for a judge seat on ABC‘s summer singing competition reality series Rising Star. Paisley has a long association with ABC and the gig stems from his successful stint on the network’s CMA Awards, which Paisley has been co-hosting with Carrie…

It will be the country stars’ sixth consecutive turn hosting the music awards show. The 47th Annual CMA Awards airs live from Nashville November 6 on ABC. The announcement was made tonight during the CMA Music Festival: Country's Night To Rock special on…

The 19-year-old singer-songwriter/actor Nick Jonas tweeted on Saturday: "The rumors are true… I am being considered to be a judge on American Idol, and it would be a dream come true if it happens.” He even made the hashtag #nickonidol for his fans. Jonas starred earlier this year in the Broadway revival of How to Succe…

EXCLUSIVE: Could American Idol be going country with its next judge pick? I hear the veteran Fox reality series is seriously considering country star Brad Paisley for one of the vacated chairs on its judging panel. Bringing in a country star as an Idol judge appears logical since the show’s most successful winner to…