November 30, 2011 During last night's taping of CMT's 'Artist of the Year' celebration, Hank Williams Jr. walked off the stage without explanation during a live performance of 'Tattoos on This Town' with one of the night's honorees, Jason Aldean. Later, he tried to explain through his management team that he didn't feel he was doing the song justice.
October 26, 2011 Toby Keith says he'd consider taking over Hank Williams Jr.'s role as 'Monday Night Football' rebel rouser, only if the ESPN came to him with a very, very good idea. But in an interview with Buffalo, N.Y. radio station WYRK, Keith gave no impression that either side had made any move toward a deal -- the conversation just turned to the controversy.
October 14, 2011 It seemed like our review of Hank Williams Jr.'s new song would be the runaway winner for this week's hottest country music news story, but the death of a well known sideman quickly overtook Bochepus's spot atop the list. 'Keep the Change' still wins the award for the most commented on story of the w
October 12, 2011 Hank Williams Jr.'s defiant new song was an overwhelming hit on yesterday. 'Keep the Change' has been downloaded over 150,000 times since it was made available for free on Tuesday morning. The song is still available at the singer's official website; all one has to do is enter his or her email address to download it.
October 11, 2011 It's rare a song written from pure, uncompromising rage is worth the ink wasted, and Hank Williams Jr.'s new song 'Keep the Change' is no exception. In addition to being a thinly veiled attempt to make a few dollars off of an unfortunate controversy, Williams' song does nothing but point fingers.
October 10, 2011 We haven't heard the last from Hank Williams Jr. The country legend is taking his dispute with ESPN and FOX News to iTunes, announcing that he'll release a new song called 'I'll Keep My …' for download later today or early Tuesday. Williams is also ramping up a media tour, with scheduled appearances on 'The View' and 'Hannity.'
October 7, 2011 It wasn't a good week for Hank Williams Jr. Regardless of how one feels about his comments on 'Fox and Friends,' the end result -- being kicked off the ESPN 'Monday Night Football' intro -- wasn't satisfying. The original story, his two follow-up statements and the press release stating that the two pa
October 7, 2011 One is a Country Music Hall of Famer, and the other is an NFL Hall of Famer, but that's about all Hank Williams Jr. and former Detroit Lion running back Barry Sanders had in common, until now. "OK, I admit it, I'll be at MNF this week and doing the intro," Sanders tweeted on Thursday.
October 6, 2011 While both sides claim they ousted the other, the end result is the same. Hank Williams Jr. will no longer be featured in the iconic opening to ESPN's 'Monday Night Football' following the comments he made Monday morning on 'Fox and Friends.'
Hank Williams Jr. may have issued a statement clarifying his Obama/Hitler comments yesterday, but his son, Hank Williams III, has offered his own comments (sort of) on his father's controversial declarations. Hank III came out and said that musicians should not be making political statements.
