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10.31.25 · Country Weekly

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Speaker 1: Now it's time to catch up with Country Weekly, where
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we dive into news and gossip from the world of
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country music. I'm your host, Ken Dawkins, and I'll be
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reading from various sources found online now. As a reminder,
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RADIOI is a reading service intended for people who are
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blind or have other disabilities that make it difficult to
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read printed material. And for those of you who remember
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Larry Hurt, who did this program for many years, I
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was able to spend some quality time with Larry on
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Tuesday night at a RADIOI event. He's doing well, We'll
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become of The first article dated October twenty sixth, and
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this is from TheStreet dot com Country Superstar taking over
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historic Las Vegas Strip venue. For nearly eight decades, the
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Flamingo in Las Vegas has embodied the glitz, risk, and
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reinvention that defined the Las Vegas Strip. The Flamingo also
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has a more storied history than most other Las Vegas
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Strip resorts. Open back in nineteen forty six by mobster
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Buddsey Bugsy Seagull, it was the first true resort casino
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on the Las Vegas Boulevard. Siegull allegedly so feared for
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his life that his personal suite had concrete walls that
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were four feet thick. Anyway, the iconic hotel has had
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a starring role in movies like Viva Las Vegas and
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Ocean's Eleven, and been the home of four dozens of
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music residencies, like Donnie and Marie Osmond's seventeen hundred and
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thirty show run. Now, the Flamingo is ready for another reinvention,
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a country music powered transformation led by Luke Combs, one
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of the genre's biggest global stars. Combs will open a
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thirty four thousand square foot entertainment complex on the site
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formerly home to Margaritaville at the Flamingo. According to the
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Las Vegas Review Journal, the new venture, called Category ten,
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will combine a live music hall, rooftop bar, and immersive
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nightlife space. The name nods to Comb's breakout hit Hurricane,
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and the design aims to channel that same high energy storm.
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Backed by Riemann Hospitality Properties and its Opery Entertainment Group,
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the venue will debut in the fall of twenty twenty
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six in partnership with Caesar's Entertainment, which operates The Flamingo.
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The Flamingo's reboot arrives during one of the strip's most
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turbulent economic cycles. Visitor volumes remain shy of their pre
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pandemic highs. According to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority,
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the city hosted forty one point seven million visitors in
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twenty twenty four, still below the forty two point five
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million who came in twenty nineteen. So far, visitor numbers
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are down in twenty twenty five also, but room rates
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are up and spending patterns have shifted toward entertainment and
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dining over gaming. The Flamingos long running Margaritaville closed in
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twenty twenty four, following other high profile shakeups like the
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closure of Mirage's Iconic Volcano attraction and several restaurant turnovers
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at Bellaggio and Luxeoli. But things could be turning around.
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The success of Blake Shelton's All Read Las Vegas A
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location has paved the way for Luke Combe's Category ten
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and many other country nightclubs to open on the strips.
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As Kirk O'Neill, the Street's Las Vegas Expert plans for
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the Category ten outline, a four level venue designed to
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blend honky talk energy with Las Vegas Spectacle Hurricane Hall.
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It's a first floor stage surrounded by three bars and
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a dance floor hosting nightly live shows in line dancing lessons.
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The Beautiful Crazy Women's Lounge. It's an extravagant women's restroom
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lounge with a champagne bar yes you read that right,
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and full glam stations. The Still it's a bourbon centric
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upstairs bar curated by Combs, offering strip views and small
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batch selections. And The Eye Rooftop, a third floor DJ
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in dance terrace overlooking Las Vegas Boulevard. Opry Entertainment executives
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say the project reflects the company's push to export the
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Nashville expres experience to tourism capitals worldwide. Las Vegas is
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a global destination where music, entertainment, and hospitality converge. According
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to Colin Reed, CEO of Rieman Hospitality Properties in the
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Review Journal Report, category tenors are biggest statement yet outside
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of Nashville. The move signals a deeper trend reshaping the Strip. Experiences,
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especially music and sports, now drive revenue more than heads
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and beds. Live music venues, celebrity backed restaurants, and hybrid
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nightlife concepts have become the modern casino's anchor. Tenants Comb's
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broad crossover appeal spanning country pop and even international fans
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give the Flamingo opportunity to tap new markets. Country music
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tourism is booming too. Nashville drew a record seventeen million
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visitors in twenty twenty four, according to the city's Convention
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and Visitors Corporation, and Las Vegas developers are clearly betting
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some of that momentum can travel west. Las Vegas hospitality
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sector is still recalibrating after pandemic era disruptions, labor shortages,
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and rising costs, but projects like Category ten show the
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city can't evolve. Construction is already underway on the Flamingo site.
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If the concept proves to be a hit, it could
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start a comeback for this historic corner of the Las
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Vegas Strip. As Luke Colmbs put it, Vegas is all
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about doing things big, loud, and unforgettable, and that's exactly
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what we're building now. We move over to Southern Living magazine,
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where Landy Wilson is on the front cover, and this
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is the editorial page from Sid Evans, who's the editor
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in chief of Southern Living. A lot on her plate
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Landy Wilson may be busy, but she's keeping her people closed.
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I was standing in Lady Wilson's kitchen when she came
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down the hallway in one of her trademark cowboy hats,
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and the first thing she said was can I get
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you all water or anything? About a dozen people just
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invaded her house for a photo shoot, and we were
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making moving furniture, setting up studio lights, and taking over
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her living room, says Sid. There were cars, vans, pickup
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trucks crowding the driveway. She'd just gotten home from a
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tour the day before, and her French bulldog, Hippie May
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was barking with displeasure in the back bedroom. But Laney
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acted as if we were friends coming over for a
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football game. She gave me a firm handshake and big
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smile and said, so nice to meet you, Sid. Where
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do you need me to be? And when you talk
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to her in person, you would never guess that Lane
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is one of the biggest stars in country music. She
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seems more like someone you already know, a cousin or
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an old friend from college. The first thing you notice
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is her accent, which is thick as Caine's syrup, a
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telling sign that she's never strayed far from her roots.
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She grew up on a farm in Baskin, Louisiana, which
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she once told me nothing but a bunch of cornfields.
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There's not even a stoplight in town. Laney's father put
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her and her sister to work early, raising them on
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a set of values that have helped her navigate the
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ups and downs of a wild ride in Nashville. When
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things have gotten tough, her hometown support network has always
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had her back. All to two one hundred people in
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Baskin are basically my family, she said, and if we're
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not blood related, we might as well be. They're the
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ones that inspire me to get up every single day
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and do what I love to do. After an hour
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or two of photographs, we sat down on her speakes
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He themed basement to record an episode of Southern Living
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podcast Biscuits and Jam, and as always, she was open,
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honest and funny. She joked about her cooking skills, which
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you have taken a back seat to her music career.
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I could mess up hot pockets, she said. I don't
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have that little Louisiana touch like the rest of my folks.
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When asked about her family's Thanksgiving gathering, she said, even
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if there are six people coming over, my mom's cooking
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is like front army. I'm like, Lord, We're going to
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have leftovers for three years. She also emphasized the importance
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of remembering where you came from and visiting often, keeping
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your people close. That's been my method to this madness,
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she said. As our crew was packing up to leave,
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she brought out Hippie May, who was glad to be
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out of jail and happy to see us go. But Lene,
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he gave everyone hugs and handshakes as if it were
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the end of a party, and said, y'all come back
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sometime now. We moved down the road to Saving country
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Music with the first article dated October twenty seventh. Even
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Morgan Wallen thinks Chris Young's new music sucks. There might
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not be a more disappointing artist in the history of
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country music than Chris Young. He's got an excellent voice
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in some of his early songs and albums really set
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him on the right path to having a stellar career,
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but says saving country music chasing trends, muting the twang
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and dialing up the pop sounds of made Chris Young
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one of the most milk toast artists currently making country
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with one forgettable single and album after another not even
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fit for the Rascal Flats catalog. Chris Young just released
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a new album on October seventeenth, and who knew about it?
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And Yep, it sounds just like the last few snoozefests,
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says saving country music full of pop songs being pushed
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to the country market that probably won't even sell or chart. Well,
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what a waste of talent? How bad has it gotten
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for Chris Young? Now, even Morgan Wallen doesn't want to
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listen to that stuff, and that's saying something. It can
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be very revealing of some one's true opinions when you
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hear what they say when they think nobody is listening.
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Morgan Wallen got in a lot of trouble previously for
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being caught on some one's ring door bell camera saying
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a naughty word. In this instance, its audio from a
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bodycam footage when Wallen was being arrested from the notorious
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chair throwing incident back on April seventh, twenty twenty four
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that has folks in a tizzy. Wallen was charged with
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three felon accounts for hurling a metal chair off the
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roof of Eric Church's Lower Broadway bar in Nashville. The
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chair landed very near two Metro Nashville Police officers, and
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if it had hit some one would have probably caused
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serious injury. Willin later pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts
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of reckless endangerment and was sentenced to seven days in
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a d uy education center, as well as two years
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of probation. Segments of the bodycam footage from the erect
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have been trickling out over the last few weeks, and
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the most recent dump has raised the cackles of Chris
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Young fans. While in the back of a patrol car
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headed to the Pokey, Morgan Wallen can be heard saying
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to the officers, please do not play Chris Young on
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this radio, and later, oh, hell no, he's terrible. Not
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to give a ringing endorsement to anything, Morgan Wallen says,
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but having to listen to Chris Jung's music handcuffed in
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the back of a squad car just might be in
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violation of provisions and the Bill of Rights against cruel
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and unusual punishment. This is, according again to Saving Country
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Music along with some other revelations from Wallen on the
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bodycam footage, including that Wallen initially tried to claim he
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didn't even throw the chair. The other notable thing is
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how chummy the officers were with Wallen. It's a star
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contrast from how a lot of other folks would have
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been treated in a similar scenario. That's not how officers
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in Nashville acted with Chris Young. Just a few months
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before the Morgan Wallen Chare incident, during a compliance check
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by Tennessee Alcohl Hollick Beverage Commission officers at the Tin
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Roof in Nashville, where Young was drinking. The singer started
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to ask the compliance officers questions and then proceeded to
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follow them around the bars. They checked the ideas of
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other patrons. When Chris Young in front of the officers,
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one of them pushed him, resulting in Young tumbling to
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the ground and the officers arresting him for disorderly conduct,
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assaulting an officer, and resisting arrest. When video came out
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of the incident, it immediately exonerated Chris Young of any
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wrongdoing and the charges were completely dropped. Young was standing
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up for the other bar patrons who the compliance officers
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were being aggressive with. Overall, Chris Jung seems like a good,
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upstanding guy, much more than Morgan Wallen. Maybe Wallin saying
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Chris Young's music sucks is the pot calling the kettle black.
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But when even Morgan Wallen is going off on your
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music like the dude in The Big Lebowski did the Eagles,
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maybe it's time to reevaluate your career trajectory. More Las
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Vegas News as we had to countrynow dot Com with
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the first article published October twenty seventh. Kenny Chesney to
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shake things up for fans during second residency at Vegas Sphere.
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Kenny Chesney's heading back to Las Vegas for another summer
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at the State of the Art Sphere, and fans can
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expect a brand new experience when he takes the stage.
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I guess that's next summer. The country star or superstar,
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who made history as the first ever country artist to
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headline the Cutting Edge venue, reveal that he's planning to
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shake things up for his second run in Sin City.
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We have to change it some half the show is
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probably going to be completely different, and we're going to
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change some of it that was not you know, there's
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some songs that we haven't done in a while that
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we're going to do. Chesney recently shared on Sirius XM's
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No Shoes Radio. That's the beauty of it, because in
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that environment, you get to do songs that you don't
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get to do at stadium shows. And so we did
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a lot of that this year. We're going to do
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some more of that next summer. But I would say
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probably at least half the show is going to be
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completely different. The Country Music Hall of Famer wants to
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mix things up to give fans a fresh experience. I
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wouldn't want to go to the Sphere one year and
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come back the next year and see the exact same thing,
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he admitted. It's like, oh, well, I went to the
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circus last year and they did the same thing this time.
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Jesney laughed as he hated. I'm just saying, whatever it is,
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it's a circus. I mean, we're a circus act. Jesney's
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return to the Sphere will give fans another chance to
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see as one of a kind production, this time with
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an updated set list. In surprises, only the get Along
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singer can deliver. The eight time Entertainer of the year,
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will perform at the State of the Art venue on
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the following dates, Friday June nineteenth, Saturday the twentieth, Wednesday,
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the twenty fourth, Friday the twenty sixth, and Saturday June
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twenty seventh. He says he was inspired to return after
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witnessing the fan reaction during his first run of shows
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in twenty twenty five. You can't truly understand until you
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start playing music with all the people there, feeling that energy,
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and the way the visuals and songs just consume people,
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Chesney said of the decision to come back, the more
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I watched the fans having this experience, I'm sure they
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couldn't imagine the more ideas I had both to weconfigure
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some of last year's songs and a few songs that
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seem like they should get this immersive treatment and wanted
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to do. He continued, I think there are so many
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ways for people to play this venue, but I feel
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pretty sure nobody has had more fun there, brought more
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joy or that free wheeling sand bar experience than No
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Shoes Nation, and wherever they sat we could hear them too.
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So if you didn't get to see it, come on,
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and if you did well, Come on see these live
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songs again, because this isn't something you get to do
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every single year. This year, fans can also look forward
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to an all new guitars tiki bars experience, plus VIP
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package holders will enjoy exclusive access to a private Vibe
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room complete with its own surf shop bar and dedicated space. Next,
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Post Malone and Jelly Roll to headline Boots in the
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Park twenty twenty six in Albuquerque. Boots in the Park
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is returning to Albuquerque at the Iconic Balloon Fiesta Park
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with an all star lineup headline by Post Malone and
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Jelly Roll. Taking place Friday May fifteenth Andaturday May sixteenth,
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The two day event will showcase some of the biggest
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names in both country and pop. In addition to headliners,
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the park will feature Jesse Murf, Cohetzo mac McNown, Tyler Hubbard,
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and many more, totaling twenty artists across multiple stages. Festivalgoers
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can also enjoy line dancing, whiskey and tequila tastings, craft
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food from local vendors, ice cold beer, handcrafted cocktails, and
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immersive art installations. New this year, Boots in the Park
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is introducing a Texas Country stage, shining a spotlight on
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the rich sound and storytelling spirit of Albuquerque's neighbor to
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the east. Fans can look forward to performances from Cody Jinks,
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Randy Rogers Band, Clay Walker, Josh Abbott Band, bry Bagwell,
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and Moore, each bringing their signature grit, hert and authenticity
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for a true lone star experience. This edition expands the
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festival's line up even further, offering everything from chart topping
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headliners to the soulful sound of Texas country. Jelly Roll,
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was fresh off in award win year in one of
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the country music's biggest breakout successes, will take the stage
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Friday night, delivering his trademark mix of soul barring lyrics
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and genre blending sound. With hits like Save Me, Need
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a Favor and Son of a Sinner, He continues to
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connect with audiences on a deeply personal level. Post Malone
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will headline Saturday night, bringing his chart topping boundary pushing
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energy to the Boots in the Park stage. Following his
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celebrated crossover into country with the smash hit I Had
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Some Help and a highly anticipated country album on the way,
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Post is redefining what it means to be a modern
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day music icon. We're proud to return to Albuquerque for
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year three of Boots in the Parks at Steve Thatcher,
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CEO of Activated Events. New Mexico embraced this festival from
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the start and it's quickly becoming a destination event. With
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a powerhouse line up featuring Post Malone and Jelly Roll
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in the addition of Texas country favorites, this year will
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be our biggest yet. This two day country music celebration
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officially goes on sale to the general public on Friday,
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November seventh. Now we scoot on over to people dot
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com Country a first article dated October twenty eighth, Brad
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Paisley has played before four World Series games. Every single
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one has gone into extra innings. Brad Paisley's continuing a
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quirky Major League Baseball tradition. The country music star, now
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fifty three, performed at World Series Game three on Monday,
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which saw the Los Angeles Dodgers face off against the
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Toronto Blue Jays at Dodgers Stadium. His national anthem performance
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came after Canadian singer songwriter J. P. Sachs performed the
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Canadian national anthem, Oh Canada Paisley's performance marked the fourth
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time he has sung national anthemhead of a World Series game,
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and the fourth time his performance preceded a surprisingly long game.
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The She's Everything singer previously performed at World Series Game
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two in twenty seventeen, which lasted eleven innings, World Series
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Game three in twenty eighteen, which lasted eighteen innings, World
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Series Game one in twenty twenty four, which lasted ten innings,
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and Monday Evenings Game which lasted eighteen innings. Per MLB's
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official x account, both eighteen inning games in World Series
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history were started by Brad Paisley singing the national anthem
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in the bottom of the eighteenth The Dodgers finally secured
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the six to five win with Freddie Freeman's walk off
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home run. The twenty eighteen World Series Third Game, which
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coincidentally saw the Dodgers beat the Boston Red Sox, as
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I said, also lasted eighteen innings. They're both the longest
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games in World Series history. Though Paisley has yet to
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comment on the fan theory, his wife, Kimberly Williams Paisley
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referenced it in a comment on his Instagram video post
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from the performance. Is that your fault and went eighteen
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innings again. Nice of the Dodgers to win for your birthday.
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Brad and Kimberly, meanwhile, have had plenty to celebrate in
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recent days, including Kimberly's fifty fourth birthday. On September fourteenth.
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They marked the occasion by announcing that a donkey had
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just joined their crew, with Brad posting a photo on
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Instagram of Kimberly posing with the animal. A beautiful donkey
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was just born on our farm, the country singer began
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the post's caption. Speaking of he continued, it's the beautiful
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Kimberly Williams Paisley's birthday today. Happy birthday. He then joked,
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as I write this, I realized what a bad idea
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it may have been to combine the two announcements. I'm
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not saying anyway similar or that she is a Maybe
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I should edit this. The couple's romance began in two
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thousand and one when the Whiskey Lullaby musician asked the
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actress to star in one of his music videos, and
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they started dating not long after. Next, country singer Jamison
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Rogers face his lawsuit after allegedly throwing full beer can
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that struck a fan at a concert. Country singer Jamison
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Rodgers is still navigating a twenty twenty two personal injury
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lawsuit stemming from an incident where he allegedly threw a
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full can of beer at a fan while performing at
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ba Foot Country Music Festival in Wildwood, New Jersey. According
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to court documents viewed by People, plaint of Samantha Hawes
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followed a filed a complaint asserting she was hit with
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a full, unopened beer can that defended Jameson Rodgers through
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from the stage as he was performing at the Barefoot
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County Music Festival. The court opinion document, which was filed
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with Superior Court of New Jersey, listed Rogers along with
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Sony Music, Southern Entertainment, and Most and Corps as defendants.
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Hawes noted in her original lawsuit that the can, which
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was allegedly thrown by Rogers, struck her violently and without
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warning in the head and facial area. This, according to Billboard,
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and caused severe, painful and permanent bodily injuries. The lawsuit
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officially initially was filed in May twenty first of that year.
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Per Trellis law has remained active over the past year plus,
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but reached a new point of interest when opinion from
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the Appellate Division shared on October twenty second that Sony
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Music Rogers label must remain involved in the case. Initially,
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Sony Music attempted to re move itself from the lawsuit
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due to its claim that the company does not have
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jurisdiction over what happens at festivals that their artists participate
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in and that they do not operate in New Jersey. However,
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the latest update has determined that Sony will remain involved
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as the court feels it could be determined that Rogers
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may have acted as an agent of his label when
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the incident occurred. People reached out to Sony Music, Molson
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Coor's Southern Entertainment, and Reps for Rogers for comment, but
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they did not immediately respond. Next, Anne Murray Talk's totally
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unexpected new album and why it may be her last
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foray into the music business. In two thousand and eight,
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Anne Murray gracefully retired from courting and performing, choosing to
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conclude a legendary forty year career on her own terms
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and at a point when her voice, which is enchanted
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legions of fans worldwide and led to her being dubbed
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Canada's Snowbird was still at its best. Fast forward to
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twenty twenty five, Murray sits proudly in Nashville, a city
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where many musicians count her as an inspiration made their name.
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She tells people in a rare interview that it feels
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shocking to be at this stage in her life and career,
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discussing her first new body of recorded work in almost
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two decades. It's called Here You Are. It's shocking because
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it came out of left field, just totally out of
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left field. Murray, who's now eighty, shares I never would
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have known about it had it not been for this
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super fan who dug deep and found all these things
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that were in the archives. The iconic artist, whom Elvis
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Presley once called one of his favorite singers, recalls that
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conversations about the forgotten works from her archive began roughly
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five years ago. She admits, I really didn't pay much
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attention because I thought, well, there are songs that have
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been discarded. They've been put to the side. I mustn't
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have wanted them at the time either, so they mustn't
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be that great. Evidently, persistence from the fan led Murray
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to reevaluate her perspective on the tracks. Well, he says, yeah,
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but you should have listened to them. I finally came around,
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and I finally listened, and I have to say I
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was very pleasantly surprised at what I heard. I was shocked, actually,
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as I said, I went, Wow, how could I have
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let left these behind? They're good songs. The valleant efforts
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to bring those recordings to light and into Murray's good
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graces culminate, and here you are, with eleven previously unreleased
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tracks spanning just thirty three minutes of runtime, Murray weaves
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a short but sweet tapestry that effortlessly intermingles her country,
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pop and adult contemporary sensibilities into a cohesive singular voice
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that is certain to delight new and old fans Alike.
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Murray didn't tackle the project alone either. She brought along
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her daughter Don Langstroth and nephew Dale Murray, who recorded
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new vocals and a guitar solo on Bring All Your
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Headaches to Me, which is featured on the product I'm Sorry,
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Let's Bring All Your heart Aches to Me, which is
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featured on the project. She shares, they asked me to
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program them and do whatever I wanted to do. I
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did all that and worked on them a little bit.
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I had my daughter come and do some background vocals.
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I had my nephew play some pedal steel. It was
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so fun to get back on the studio again, and
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after all these years. It was just a labor of
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love that was totally unexpected, Murray says, though she admits
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that this surprise effort to release a project is likely
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to be her last. I think that my last album
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was my album was called Duets. I thought that was
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my last album. That was a real surprise, she reflects.
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I suspect it will be my last foray into the
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music business. But if there's something else on the horizon,
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I don't know. Who knows. You never know. Though Murray
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recognizes here you Are may spark the end of her
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recording career, she adds that she is open to just
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about anything at this stage. In Tandem was celebrating the
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release of her new album. Murray was also lauded as
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country music's most iconic Stage with the Music of My
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Life and all Star Tribute to Anne Murray at the
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Grand Old Opry on Monday, October twenty seventh, The lineup
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brought together Tricia Yearwood and Martina McBride, as well as
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fellow Canadian music royalties such as Michelle Wright and Kadi Lang,
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who all took to the stage to perform in honor
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of Murray's legendary career and impact on country music. Kudo
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she feels honored to receive. However, reflecting on the iconic
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moments throughout her career that culminated in a dedicated oper tribute,
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Murray shares at times were not quite so easy when
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she got started. But there was a time when I
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was back in Nova Scotia and all of a sudden,
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I had a song on the Billboard charts with Snowbird,
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and what's the likelihood of that? It was the farthest
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thing from my mind. The Grammy Juno and CMA Award
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winner says, I just went, well, Okay, if that's the
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way it's going to be. That's the way I felt
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about her all these years later, that if it's coming
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your way, you just go with it. Ultimately, Murray surmises
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that at this stage in her career, she's very proud
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of this album, really happy to be in a position
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where she can both release new work to her legions
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of fans and be present for a legendary night earmarking
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a legendary career in the music industry. The fact that
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I'm having this tribute concert now means that not everybody
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has forgotten, but I'm flattered and I'm honored that this
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is happening. Here you are is available on all major
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streaming platforms. Now now down the block, we go to
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the boot dot com. With the first article dated October
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twenty eighth, Tim McGraw says Faith Hill has had five
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next surgeries. Tim McGraw isn't the only member of his
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household who spent more time in a hospital gown than preferable.
26:16
His wife, Country star Faith Hill has also undergone several surgeries,
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including five on her neck. This isn't the first time
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Hill's next surgeries have made news. In two thousand fifteen,
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she underwent a relatively common procedure called an anterior cervical
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diyskectomy and fusion that came after a twenty eleven procedure,
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had three more neck surgeries, two more on her hand,
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and you're getting an idea of the challenges she's faced
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across the last decade. Fox News shared a video of
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McGrath speaking from the stage on October twenty fifth. Both
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the doctor who did his knee replacements and the doctor
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who did Hill's hand surgeries were on hand for the show.
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During the process of healing physically and mentally, I had
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this idea for this song. It's sort of dealt with
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facing age and facing all that stuff that comes along
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with it, McGraw shares faith Hill is not currently thought
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to be working on new music. In fact, she seems
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to be putting distance between herself and her career. In
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the summer of twenty twenty four, all of her social
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media profiles were deleted and her official website was taken offline.
27:19
She's made a few public appearances with her husband since,
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and the couple has been spotted attending an event of
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support of her daughter, but she's not performed publicly in years.
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And finally, Darius Rutger's children want to be musicians, but
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he is so against it. Darius Rucker was a guest
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on Taste of Country Nights, where he spoke about his
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two youngest children wanting to be musicians and he's not
27:41
thrilled about it. They asked Rutger how his three kids
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are awesome. They're awesome. My two youngest all of a sudden,
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want to be musicians, and I'm so against that, Rucker says,
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because it's such a hard business. Even if you have
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a little bit of success, you're chasing that forever. I
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wanted them to be doctors and lawyers and such. But
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you know, we'll see. Rutger's two younger children, Daniella twenty
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four and Jack twenty one, are two of his three
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kids who want to pursue music. Their dad has been
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active in the music industry for more than thirty years,
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of course, both with Hoody and the Blowfish and his
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solo career in country music. This concludes the reading of
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Country Weekly for this week. If you have any comments
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me and on behalf of everyone here at RADIOI. This
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is Ken Dawkins, wishing you a great day.