In country music news Tobey Keith’s single “American Ride” retreats from number one to number two this week on the Billboard country chats, but his album “American Ride” (yes the same title) debuts at number one on the adjacent list. Nielsen SoundScan measured Keith’s first week CD sales to be a tad over 90,000 copies. Keith has to be feeling pretty good about this. The number two album on the charts was Luke Bryan’s “Doin’ My Thing,” which sold 60,000 copies. Both these guys should be every proud to sell that many copied of their CDs within one week.
In Carrie Underwood news, she is planning a two hour variety special on Fox network that will air on December seventh. The program has not been titled yet, but there already are confirmed guests coming to Underwood performance including Dolly Parton, Brad Paisley, fellow American Idol winner David Cook and a few others who have not been announced yet. Along with her hits and holiday classics, Underwood is suppose to perform music from her new album “Play On,” which is release on November third.
For those of listeners who are in love with Taylor Swift, you might want to tune into Saturday Night Live on November seventh but she will be hosting it that night and also performing during the show. Swift told The Associated Press that she has been thinking about comedy ideas based on her life. She said “There are definitely some hilarious things that have happened to me over the past couple of months that I think will be pretty substantial skits.” Swift also said that she had been invited over the summer to host the show but had to keep it a secret until now and that she hoped to make a digital short music video with Andy Samberg for the episode. Many fans are already posting on Swift’s fan site that they cannot wait until November seventh to see her host the show.
Saving the best news for last Garth Brooks will be coming out of retirement with a solo acoustic show that will begin on December eleventh at the Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas. Brooks will be performing only one show on Fridays and Sundays, but two shows on Saturdays. Wynn is providing a private jet for Brooks to commute from his Oklahoma home where he lives with his three daughters and wife, singer Trisha Yearwood. The deal is a five year deal and it calls for Brooks to perform only during specific weeks each year, which will be announced on a quarterly basis. Tickets will be sold for $125 and will go on sale on October 24th for the first five weekends. The Dates are December 11 - 13, January 1-3 and 22 - 24 and February 12 - 14 and 26 - 28. Brooks has only played a handful of concerts since retiring in the year 2001. His engagement at Wynn Las Vegas evolved from a series of conversations he has with Wynn.
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