Revolution: Live

Miranda Lambert To Release Her First Performance DVD

Revolution: Live By Candlelight Now Available For Pre-Sale At Amazon.com, In Stores Everywhere October 12

ACM Award-winning Top Female Vocalist Miranda Lambert will release her first performance DVD, Revolution: Live By Candlelight on October 12. The six-song DVD features rare, acoustic performances of five songs from her 2010 ACM Album of the Year, Revolution, including her back-to-back #1 singles, “White Liar,” and “The House That Built Me.” As an added bonus, the DVD also features one of her favorite songs, “Love Is Looking For You,” from her Kerosene album.

Revolution: Live By Candlelight also includes exclusive, never-before-seen footage of the stories behind the songs. The DVD was filmed in an intimate setting – a dimly lit stage surrounded with candles – which actually set off the fire alarm while recording!
Miranda is set to announce this year’s CMA Award final nominees in five categories with Dierks Bentley on Wednesday, Sept. 1 live from ABC’s “Good Morning America” studios in the heart of New York City’s Times Square. The announcement will air in the 8:30 AM/ET half-hour segment of the morning news program. That same morning, Miranda will also be appearing on NBC’s Today Show in the 10:00AM hour.

Lambert is also among the performers featured in that evening’s three-hour special “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock,” on ABC (airs Wednesday, Sept. 1 8:00-11:00 PM/ET). She performs her current single, “Only Prettier,” which is now beautifying the country radio charts.

Fans can pre-order their Revolution: Live By Candlelight DVD copy by clicking here.

Pickler, Miranda,and Underwood all to Wed

Kellie Pickler, 23, will join Carrie Underwood and Miranda Lambert in making wedding plans soon. Her boyfriend,songwriter Kyle Jacobs, proposed to her on a Florida BeachonJune 15th.

People Magazine reports:The couple met through friends about 2½ years ago, and Pickler, who was raised by her grandmother after her mother left and her father went to jail, says she learned how to have a healthy relationship from her new fiancé. “Kyle took away all my fear of marriage and has shown me the way love is supposed to be,” she says.

Surely one of the networks wants to pitch Carrie, Miranda, or Kellie a TV special as they plan the nuptuals!

Blake and Miranda set to Wed

The timing must have finally felt right for country stars Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert.  The two are engaged according to THE BOOT and People Magazine. They say he popped the question in Oklahoma May 9th

Shelton, 33, and Lambert, 26, are both riding high with award accolades and hit records (like Hillbilly Bone and House That Built Me) and a stars aligning engagement may be the one thing o push them both into superstar status.    Blake had recently joked about ring shopping and Miranda says Blake called her dad to get his blessing.

Miranda is proud of the ring (rightfully so) she’ll be showing it off in the next issue of People Magazine (out May 14th).

Miranda - People's Choice

Fresh off of her first Number One Single with, “White Liar,” Miranda Lambert’s new single, “House That Built Me,” is off to a quick start.

In fact, it’s the fastest rising single in her career achieving Top 20 status in just 5 weeks.     The powerful song about returning to a cherished childhood home, has yielded an equally powerful video that will World Premiere on iTunes on Tuesday, April 6.  iTunes: All Your Music, All In One Place

UPDATE — See it HERE

Along with the exclusive 48-hour video premiere, the album Revolution, which includes “House That Built Me,” “White Liar” and 13 other tracks, will be available all week on iTunes for $7.99. The album has been certified Gold and achieved that status faster than her previous two albums, which have been certified Gold and Platinum.

Next week Miranda will travel to Las Vegas for the Academy Of Country Music Awards where she will perform “The House That Built Me.” She is the second most nominated artist with nominations for “Top Female Vocalist,” and “Album of the Year.”

With Revolution, Lambert received rare perfect reviews from countless publications including 4 stars from Rolling Stone and USA Today, an ‘A’ from Entertainment Weekly and exuberant praise from SPIN, NY Times, Washington Post and more. Many claimed Revolution the “Best Album of the Year” in any genre. In 2008, she won the coveted ACM Album of the Year and in 2007, ACM’s Best New Female Award. She is currently headlining her “Roadside Bars & Pink Guitars” Tour.

Paisley

Brad Paisley capped off his American Saturday Night Tour in North Charleston, South Carolina last night with the usual pranks and surprises.  Unfortunately, for Brad, he suffered a painful surprise ending.

In the final moments of what was a near flawless show Paisley tripped and took a hard fall on the stage.   Some concert goers thought the fall – during his hit Alcohol – was planned but quckly saw Paisley’s look of pain (or anger? embarrassment?) on the HD Giant screens.    Paisley immediately wrapped up the show with a grimace and left the stage.    All post show meet and greets were cancelled with management telling fans he was headed to the hospital.

Later Brad took to his Twitter page to tell fans he was OK, thought he had broken ribs, and says there are MEET and GREETS in it for the first one to post the fall on You Tube.

Indeed one fan reported seeing an ambulance backstage by the busses immediately following the show.

Most fans agree the spill did not look too bad or serious from the crowd.

The rest of the show was sprinkled with the pranks that Paisley tour has become known for… funny photo shopped  photos popping up on the big screen and on stage surprises.

Justin Moore was surprised with very girly pictures of himself in a tu-tu and photo shopped on women’s bodies during his tough guy song “I Can Kick Your Ass.”    During “Hank It”  another pic of Justin and Hank Jr’s heads on toddler bodies flashed on the screen.

Later Paisley was greeted by Moore onstage wearing a cutoff Paisley t-shirt and a team of men in Speedos charged the stage during Paisley’s “Water.”

Reigning CMA and ACM Male Vocalist of the Year Brad Paisley has announced the continuation of his highly successful American Saturday Night tour into 2010.  Special guests for the 19 added dates will be Miranda Lambert and Justin Moore.

Country music superstar Brad Paisley is a consummate singer, songwriter, guitarist and entertainer, which has earned him three GRAMMY’s, 12 Academy of Country Music Awards and 11 Country Music Association Awards and is currently the most nominated for the upcoming CMA Awards with seven nominations.  He will also co-host the show with Carrie Underwood for the second year. Paisley has released eight critically acclaimed studio albums that has accumulated sales of over 10 million units, including 2x-Platinum 2005 ACM and CMA Album of the Year, Time Well Wasted.  His most recent album, American Saturday Night, released on June 30 debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums sales chart.  Paisley has 14 #1 singles – the last 10 consecutive – extending a streak already unmatched by any other country artist in the 19-year history of Nielsen BDS- monitored airplay.  Paisley’s innovative and entertaining tours have consistently placed in the Top 5 in Pollstar for attendance.

Singer/Songwriter Miranda Lambert started a Revolution last week with the #1 debut of her critically-acclaimed third album.  Revolution joins her previous two releases that debuted at the very top of Billboard’s Country Albums Chart, making her one of three artists in Soundscan history whose first three albums all landed the #1 spot out of the box (Lee Ann Rimes and Gretchen Wilson).  The two-time GRAMMY nominee and platinum-selling artist received rare perfect reviews from countless publications including 4 stars from Rolling Stone and USA Today, an ‘A’ from Entertainment Weekly and exuberant praise from SPIN, NY Times, Washington Post and more.  Many have claimed Revolution as the “Best Album of the Year” in any genre including Houston Chronicle and NPR’s All Things Considered.  She is currently nominated as this year’s CMA Top Female Vocalist and has won ACM’s 2007 Best New Female Award and 2008 ACM Album of the Year.  With this much artillery under her belt, it’s no surprise the fiery Texas bombshell packs a pretty hard punch -  and her live shows are no exception.

Born and raised in Poyen, Arkansas (Pop. 272), Southern Country Stylist Justin Moore embodies the soul and character of a kid from a small town with his tough-talking, straight-shooting brand of Country.  His single, “Small Town USA” recently topped both country charts, making Moore the ONLY new artist to have a #1 hit in 2009, and the first solo artist to have a song from his/her debut album go #1 since Taylor Swift’s “Our Song” in December 2007.  Moore has been profiled in The Washington Post, People Country, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Nashville Lifestyles, Chicago Daily Herald, Billboard, and Country Weekly. He’s been featured on NPR, WGN Midday News, Fox News Channel, AP, 2009 CMT Music Awards, Crook & Chase, GAC and Better Nashville.  Moore has previously toured with Trace Adkins, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Hank Williams, Jr.  For more information on Justin Moore visit:  www.moorejustinmusic.com

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Miranda Lambert on Country Weekly

NASHVILLE, TN – With her new song, “Dead Flowers” taking root in Country radio’s Top 40, Miranda Lambert will unleash her third album, Revolution on September 29. The rave reviews continue to pour in on her self-penned, debut single including a “Hot Download” review in the current issue of People Magazine that proclaims Miranda “gets to the heart of the matter on the break up ballad, ‘Dead Flowers.’”

On the new album Miranda said, “I think this record is truly the most artistic project I have ever done. I really put my entire being into the making of it. From the writing to the recording to finding the perfect mixture of things I wanted to say. The inspiration was easy to come by, because it’s a compilation of everything I have ever listened to and fell in love with. It’s not an album where you listen from song to song, it’s a state of mind, a way of life. I hope people have as much fun getting to know me through listening as I did getting to know myself in recording it. And maybe it will do just as its title says….start a REVOLUTION.”

Revolution, the follow-up to Miranda’s sophomore album Crazy Ex- Girlfriend which won the 2008 ACM Album of the Year Award, continues her evolution as an artist. She alone wrote three songs on the album and co-wrote a majority of the balance with a cross-section of writers including Blake Shelton, Ashley Monroe, Allen Shamblin and Lady Antebellum’s Dave Haywood and Charles Kelley who lends background vocals on “Love Song.”

A cornerstone of Miranda’s music is her independence and diversity and that is further illustrated with song credits by the legendary and Grammy winning John Prine and the highly revered Julie Miller. And, as always, the breadth of the album ranges from love and contentment to crime and transgression.

Frank Liddell and Mike Wrucke return to produce Revolution and final touches are being made in preparation of the September 29 release date. The two-time Grammy nominee has seen both of her previous albums debut at Number One on the Country Album Chart. Miranda continues to tour the country with superstar Kenny Chesney and will help closeout The CMA Music Festival on Sunday night with a performance at LP Field.

Miranda - People's Choice

(May 4, 2009) – Nashville, TN — One thing is certain when it comes to country star Miranda Lambert, it’s not just her looks that turns heads or makes headlines – although People Magazine did include her in their 100 Most Beautiful list.

Since the live debut at the ACM Awards fans and critics have taken notice of her new single on Columbia Nashville – “Dead Flowers.” The bombshell delivered what was touted by many as the night’s best performance.

“There’s a sense that the song is always on the verge of exploding — and Lambert is one of the fiercest singers in any genre, “ noted the Los Angeles Times.

Slant Magazine says, “Dead Flowers’ makes it clear that Lambert is more interested in forging her own artistic path than in bending to ill-fitting trends…”

This single off her highly anticipated third album (due out September) will hit radio on May 4 and retailers May 12. Miranda wrote the song based on a real life scenario. She’d received a bouquet of flowers for Valentine’s Day but soon after the holiday, had to hit the road for a string of shows. In her absence the flowers suffered from lack of attention and upon her return she tossed them in the back yard. That image translated to the powerful and prolific lyrics of “Dead Flowers.” The song has worked its way into her live set and Miranda’s thrilled to be sharing it with audiences across the country as she continues on as Special Guest to Kenny Chesney’s Sun City Carnival tour.

And in typical fashion Lambert has also turned heads on and off the stage and made some interesting headlines this week. At the Stagecoach Festival in Palm Springs, the fiery Texas native told Kid Rock she’d shoot him if he kept messing with the lyrics of the song during their duet of “Picture.” EW.com remarked, “It was the line of the night.” Las Vegas Weekly was stunned with the country star’s will to continue playing with a bloody gash in the knee and wrote, “Blood-stained and sweaty, Miranda Lambert ain’t no southern belle.”

Later this month she will take part in her second annual “Cause for the Paws” event in Tyler, TX. Last year over $113,000 was raised for the Humane Society of East Texas and she hopes to top that this year. Boyfriend Blake Shelton, Kacey Musgraves, and Adam Hood with join Lambert for an acoustic show, wine tasting and delicious food from local eateries (Tickets on sale at www.mirandalambert.com).

Miranda will make a special stop on June 14 in Nashville for the upcoming CMA Fest.