In this edition of our noontime headlines roundup: Faith Hill’s “Comic Strip” poses, Billy Joel gets out of hand with a Sharpie, and Justin Timberlake returns to the Saturday Night Live stage for the 454th time. MORE »
Posts Tagged ‘Tim McGraw’
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Faith Hill Gets Re-Retouched By “Redbook”
everybody's a winner
The ACM Awards Fiddle While Tim McGraw Steams
The Academy of Country Music Awards have some obligation to be slightly edgier due to their Las Vegas location and “always a bridesmaid” relationship to the similarly acronymed CMAs, but other than the spectacle Jamie Foxx shouting out Barack Obama on stage, the show’s reason for existence wasn’t always apparent. The broadcast mostly stuck to its business of acknowledging musicians for their hard work selling lots and lots of records, with a few jokes (Willie Nelson and Michael Phelps are recording an album of Doobie Brothers covers! Hilarious!) and B-list celebrities thrown in for kicks. MORE »
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Are You Ready For Governor McGraw?
The idea of former Senator Bill Frist becoming governor of Tennessee in 2010 is a distressing thought to Tennessee Democrats, the party at large, and those of us still bitter over the crackdown on Internet gambling. (How am I supposed to place my wasted bets on the U.S. to win the World Cup now?) So, it’s time to bring out the big guns, and even Rep. Harold Ford Jr. cannot match up to the starpower of Mr. Faith Hill… I mean, Tim McGraw. MORE »
Tim McGraw will host the Nov. 22 episode of… MORE »
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Damn That Radio Song: T.I.’s Twofer Still Tops, But Airplay Gives One Song The Edge
“Okay, it’s official,” I wrote to Maura midday on Thursday, when Billboard released the new Hot 100. “I have seriously underestimated ‘Whatever You Like.’”
That durable smash by Atlanta rap deity T.I. moves into the penthouse for the third time since late August. Directly behind it is T.I.’s simultaneous hit, the Rihanna duet “Live Your Life,” which moves up to No. 2 two weeks after it spent a sole week in the top spot.
After I bravely predicted a few weeks ago that the irresistible “Life” would dominate the fall and make “Whatever” a distant memory, the T-and-Ri pairing has had a hard time holding onto the top spot. Last week’s coup by Britney Spears’s well-hyped “Womanizer” was pretty predictable. But the idea that T.I.’s new hit would also have to fight off his older one—a loping, sluggish song that’s neither a ballad nor a club jam—was a development few saw coming, least of all me.
If there’s one thing it shows, it’s that for all our talk here in recent weeks about the dominance of digital sales on the charts these days, airplay still matters. “Whatever” wouldn’t still be competing for the top slot without radio’s fervent support. MORE »
Tim McGraw Lucky In Love, Unlucky In Labels
It’s hard to feel too bad for Tim McGraw, since… MORE »
Tim McGraw Proves That Chivalry Is Still Alive And Well
Above, Tim McGraw gives the hook to some guy who had enough money to pay for a front-row seat to his show and enough booze in him to think that getting up in the space of a nearby woman was a good idea. MORE »
Your Country Music Crime Update (Now With More Mindy McCready!)
There are days where I want to stop writing about Vampire Weekend saying they’ve “paid [theiir] dues,” or Roger Waters’ lost inflatable pig, and just write about country music. Miranda Lambert had a benefit for her local humane society! Emmylou Harris was inducted to the Country Music Hall of Fame! I don’t actually enjoy country music, but its news just seems more interesting, and less likely to mysteriously appear on other blogs after being posted here. But my country-only project isn’t quite ready yet, and you can’t really hold a stabbing story until later. Plus, I’m not likely to get sick of hearing more Mindy McCready news anytime soon (or ever). MORE »
In This Magical Era, Your Favorite Musician Can Become A Delicious Corn Chip Like <em>That</em>
Tim McGraw is going to become the (temporary) face of Spicy Jalapeño Fritos through a partnership between Frito-Lay and the country singer, the latest in a line of pairings between corn chips and musical artists (surely you all recall that whole Missy/Doritos co-branding?) MORE »

