Trace Adkins is going back to Persian Gulf to visit troops

Trace Adkins is taking a weeklong trip to visit US troops.

He’s going to perform, visit bases, sign autographs, pose for pictures and, of course, talk about whether Donald Trump’s hair is real.

OK, maybe not that last part.

Trace has always spent lots of time with soldiers during his career, and you might remember he had that song in 2005 called Arlington, a tribute to the fallen.

I do love the idea that soldiers overseas soon will be hearing Honky Tonk Badonkadonk.

Let freedom ring, baby!

Def Leppard has a duet on Tim's latest greatest hits CD

Wacky collaboration, no?

But yeah, earlier this year, the guys from Def Leppard (Pour Some Sugar on Me) got together with Tim McGraw to write a song called Nine Lives. Heck, Tim even sang on it.

And the Def Leppard guys made it the lead single from the latest album, Songs from the Sparkle Lounge.

Now, Tim is returning the favor: He’s putting the song on his latest, Greatest Hits 3, out Oct. 7.

The tracks:

1. Back When
2. Last Dollar (Fly Away)
3. If You’re Reading This
4. Do You Want Fries With That
5. Unbroken
6. Can’t Be Really Gone
7. Angry All The Time
8. Suspicions
9. Find Out Who Your Friends Are (featuring Tracy Lawrence)
10. Let It Go
11. Real Good Man
12. Nine Lives (featuring Def Leppard)

Country singer Coley McCabe wants to make a comeback

Coley McCabe had a hit nearly 10 years ago with Grow Young With You, and one record deal and one nasty divorce later, she’s ready to jump back into the fray.

Coley had a showcase Monday night at the Rutledge, and she attracted quite a few Music Row power players.

Here are some pics from the showcase and an interview she did afterward.

Billy Ray Cyrus' son is getting pretty famous too, ya know

Do you know that super catchy pop song Shake It?

You know: “Shake, shake, shake shake ah shake it!”

The group is Metro Station and it is fronted by a well-tattooed Trace Cyrus, son of Billy Ray Cyrus and sister of Miley Cyrus.

Billy Ray is offering a nod to his rocker son in Billy Ray’s latest video, for the new single, Somebody Said a Prayer. The video was shot Sunday in California, and that’s where this picture comes from.

Billy Ray’s album, Back to Tennessee, coming out later this year. The video will be out in a few weeks.

Kenny, Kellie, Lee Ann honor First Family of Music Row

Kenny Chesney, Ronnie Milsap, Kellie Pickler, Lee Ann Womack, Mandy Barnett and others showed at Vanderbilt Loew’s Plaza for an awards ceremony for the family of the late Music Row architect Owen Bradley.

Owen, guitarist extraordinaire Harold Bradley, ASCAP chief Connie Bradley and longtime Music Row execs Jerry and Patsy Bradley each got a Leadership Music Dale Franklin Award.

Keith Urban tells crowd he has a slipped disc in his back

Keith Urban flew back to the States this past weekend to play a gig in California, and he told the crowd he has a pain in the back, CMT.com reports.

In particular, Keith has a slipped disc, he said, which Keith’s publicist has confirmed to several media outlets.

The injury won’t affect his touring schedule, and a CMT reporter said Keith gave a lively show at the Konocti Harbor Resort & Spa in Kelseyville, Calif.

Keith even was playful, whipping out his digital camera so he could send a message back to his wife, Nicole Kidman, and their two-month-old baby, Sunday Rose.

“So she knows what I’ve been doing,” Keith said, according to CMT.com.

Keith’s next gigs: This weekend in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Sept. 5 in New York for the NFL’s kickoff show.

Kenny Rogers puts out Cracker Barrel greatest hits CD

If only they offered free biscuits with each album.

Kenny Rogers joins Josh Turner, Amy Grant, Sara Evans and others in offering “Cracker Barrel only” CDs for sale.

Kenny Rogers: 50 Years goes on sale today.

The Gambler, Lucille and Coward of the County are on there, fer sure.

There are also three new songs on there, She’ll Believe in You, Something’s Wrong In Vegas and Only Time Will Tell, all produced by Music Row vet Tony Brown.

All for the low low price of $11.99!

Mark yer calendar: CMA Awards tix go on sale Sept. 19

The CMA Awards will be open to the public again this year.

And they again will happen at the Sommet Center, on Nov. 12, to be exact.

You can watch them live right here on News 2, but if you want to be in the middle of the action, you can. You just better start saving up those pennies.

The lower level Gold seating is $382.50 a ticket. Silver (club level) is $327.75 and Bronze (upper level) is $110.

They’ll go on sale through Ticketmaster outlets starting at 10 a.m. Sept. 19, so get on it!

Jimmy Wayne broken heart leads to Patty Loveless duet

Yep, that Jimmy Wayne, he of Stay Gone fame, is back after a few years off with a brand new album, Do You Believe Me Now, and it’s out today.

Jimmy has always been a fave with the ladies, and in fact, a break-up with his girlfriend of five years lead to one of the new album’s best songs.

The song, No Good for Me, is about his ex, who was great on paper, but the two clashed “like crazy,” Jimmy told me.

“We got to the point where, like, you know, I’m no good for you, and you’re really not good for me. So we called it quits right there at the door,” he said.

That lead to the song, which lead to it becoming a duet with Patty Loveless.

Jimmy ended up seeing the ex at his gym, and he played the song for her. She remembered the conversation that sparked the song.

And, she might’ve been a little sad, a little melancholy — but that didn’t stop her from calling her mom and friends to go, “HEY! I’m a Jimmy Wayne song!”

Dolly Parton says she's alive and kicking, thank you

Have you seen all the rumors that Dolly Parton died of some sort of heart ailment?

Just Google “Dolly Parton dead” and you won’t believe how many entries pop up.

This apparently started Friday night, and the rumors have spread so far and wide that they reached Dolly herself, who of course had a hilarious reaction.

In an exclusive statement to News 2, Dolly said:

“I’m fine. I did about have a heart attack when I found out I was dead. But I am feeling better than ever.”

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