NEWS IN BRIEF LeAnn Rimes to Tour With Kenny Chesney Tue. November 06.2007 6:45 PM EST
LeAnn Rimes will be Kenny Chesney's special guest next year on his Poets & Pirates tour. Specific dates have not been announced, but work is already underway on the concert production. "I think LeAnn Rimes is as good a singer as there is out there, and she knows how to have fun onstage," Chesney said. "I am a big fan, and everybody better be ready for a pretty incredible time. I know I'm looking forward to seeing her out there and getting to hear her sing." Chesney's upcoming road work follows this year's Flip Flop Summer Tour which included appearances at six NFL stadiums. Ticket sales totaled more than 1.2 million for the 57 dates of his 2007 tour. Rimes performs Tuesday night (Nov. 6) on Dancing With the Stars and will sing with Reba McEntire on Wednesday's CMA Awards show. Both programs will air on ABC. Rosanne Cash to Undergo Brain Surgery Tue. November 06.2007 3:41 PM EST Rosanne Cash will undergo brain surgery in New York for a rare but benign condition, it was announced Tuesday (Nov. 6) on her official Web site. The singer-songwriter, daughter of the late Johnny Cash, has been diagnosed with chiari I malformation, a congenital malformation of the skull that affects the brain and spinal cord. "It's nothing like a tumor or hemorrhage or anything," manager, Danny Kahn, told the Associated Press. "It's elective surgery." As a result, Cash has canceled the final four dates of a national tour promoting her latest album, Black Cadillac. The cancellations include shows this week in Kansas City, Lafayette, Ind., and Kent, Ohio, and a Nov. 30 date in Washington, D.C. Following her recover, she plans to return to the studio to finish work on her debut album for Manhattan Records, resume touring and complete a new book to be published in early 2009. Clay Walker Donating $25,000 to Multiple Sclerosis Research Tue. November 06.2007 6:45 PM EST Clay Walker announced Tuesday afternoon (Nov. 6) at the Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital in Nashville that his foundation, BAMS (Band Against Multiple Sclerosis), will donate $25,000 for research toward a cure for multiple sclerosis. Walker also said the foundation plans to donate a similar amount toward MS research annually during the next three years. Walker, who was diagnosed with MS in 1996, said, "It is important for me to give back now because I have been so blessed." He later added, "There are a lot of people out there who aren't doing so well with multiple sclerosis, and we want to be their ray of hope." View photos from Clay Walker's presentation. Gill, Mandrell Among Walk of Fame Inductees Tue. November 06.2007 3:41 PM EST Rodney Crowell, Bob DiPiero, Vince Gill and Barbara Mandrell were inducted into the Music City Walk of Fame during ceremonies Monday (Nov. 5) in Hall of Fame Park in downtown Nashville. Inducted posthumously were music publisher and record producer Buddy Killen and rock icon Jimi Hendrix, who spent time playing in Nashville clubs during the early '60s after completing his military service at nearby Fort Campbell, Ky. His sister, Jaine Hendrix, represented the family at Monday's induction. Kay --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
