Everything's Heating up for Brad Paisley

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Brad Paisley's Bonfires and Amplifies tour has become quite a hot ticket. Playing to more than 250,000 fans through the first 23 shows, Brad has seen an increase in attendance of 42 percent over his 2006 Time Well Wasted tour, which Pollstar ranked as the No. 4 country tour of the year for attendance.

Meanwhile, the music video for Brad's current single, "Online," has topped the iTunes Sales Chart, making it the first time a country video has ever topped the list.

The video for "Online" reunites Brad with friends and guest stars William Shatner and Jason Alexander (who also directed), both of whom appeared in the video for his 2003 chartbuster, "Celebrity."

Mixing concert footage with a bevy of special guests (including consummate dream-girl-next-door Maureen McCormick; Estelle Harris, Jason's TV mom on "Seinfeld"; and Brad's tourmates Kellie Pickler and Taylor Swift), the video follows a humorous storyline showing how easy it is to hide your shortcomings and be "so much cooler online."

 

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Police Arrest Man Posing as Merle Haggard's Son

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A Charlo, Mont., man has been arrested for impersonating Merle Haggard's son, Noel Haggard, The Daily Inter Lake reports.

A man police identified as Mark Sams, 48, was signing autographs and having pictures taken with him for a fee Saturday outside the Valley Club lounge in Ronan, Mont., police said. After receiving several complaints, police made contact with Sams and determined he was not Noel Haggard. He told police his name had been changed when he was a child to protect him.

An agent for the Haggard family told authorities that Sams is an impostor and not related to Merle. Sams admitted to signing autographs and posing for pictures using Noel's name but denied accepting money for them. He was arrested on an outstanding Montana warrant for issuing bad checks, and he also has a warrant for his arrest out of Maryland. He is being held at the Lake County Detention Center.

 

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Neal McCoy Pictured on Old Milwaukee Cans

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Neal McCoy is featured on cans of Old Milwaukee beer in the Ohio area to promote Country Concert, a music festival taking place Thursday through Sunday (July 5-8) in Fort Loramie, Ohio. McCoy, who will provide the final performance of this year's event, has performed at the festival for 10 years, more than any other performer. The special edition cans are also available in Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, parts of Illinois and western Pennsylvania. Other headliners at this year's festival include Trace Adkins, Big & Rich and Toby Keith.

 

 

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Jamie O'Neal, Capitol Nashville Part Ways

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Jamie O'Neal has exited the roster of Capitol Nashville, a label representative has confirmed. She released one album, Brave, on the label in 2005 and notched a Top 10 hit with "Somebody's Hero." A new single, titled "God Don't Make Mistakes," was released earlier this year but peaked at No. 47. She released Shiver on Mercury Nashville in 2000, which brought her two No. 1 hits, "There Is No Arizona" and "When I Think About Angels."

 

 

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Trisha Yearwood to Release New Single

 

Multi-platinum and Grammy-winning recording artist Trisha Yearwood signs on the dotted line alongside Scott Borchetta, CEO & President of Big Machine Records on Thursday, May 10, 2007. Trisha's new CD is expected to be released in early 2008.
Photo by Krista Lee, courtesy of Krista Lee Photography

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July 3, 2007 — Big Machine Records president & CEO Scott Borchetta announced that Trisha Yearwood's first single for the label is set for a July 30 airplay date.

The song, "Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love" will be the first song released from her upcoming album of the same name. The first studio recording from Trisha since 2005, the album is produced by Garth Fundis.

Fans will have the chance to preview a clip of the new single on Trisha's website, trishayearwood.com, and her MySpace page, myspace.com/trishayearwood, beginning July 13.

The single will be delivered digitally to country radio on July 16.

 

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