Toby Keith

Toby Keith began his performance of his monster hit 'Red Solo Cup' while walking through the crowd at the 2012 ACM Awards tonight (April 1) with a  -- you guessed it -- red Solo cup in one hand and a microphone in the other. The singer roamed amongst the people for the course of the entire song, and most of the audience members were also holding their own disposable receptacles -- aka the things that are not just a cup but a friend. Nothing like a prop to make a point!

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Toby Keith announced his own ACM Award win during the red carpet broadcast on Sunday night. The singer was chatting with GAC-TV's hosts when he was surprised with an envelope to open for Video of the Year. It would have been awkward had he been stopped to announce someone else's win, but 'Red Solo Cup' took home the trophy.

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Toby Keith took a moment to appear on Chelsea Handler's show 'Chelsea Lately' Tuesday night (March 27) to talk to the comedic host about his career, enjoy a shot of tequila and explain why he's not a conservative Republican, as many might assume. After admitting that she actually had Keith confused with Trace Adkins until she saw him and realized it wasn't Adkins, Handler jumped in her matter-of-fact, straight-faced way from topic to topic -- after first enjoying a shot of the restaurant owner's own brand of Mezcal, which he calls Wild Shot.

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It's country music week on the 'Today' show as Kathie Lee Gifford takes a vacation. So far, Josh Turner and Lee Brice have filled in, and two more country stars are planned for later this week. Taylor Swift also found time to sit down and chat about her new song 'Eyes Open,' and a stuffed animal has an important message regarding this year's ACM Awards.

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Summertime is just around the corner, which means country music's hottest artists are gearing up for tour season to launch into overdrive. And there's no exception for Toby Keith, who just announced his 2012 tour coming in June.

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The Single Record of the Year at the ACMs is an award given to the artist, the producer and the record label. It rewards high quality production, and innovative or memorable instrumentation. Conversely, the Song of the Year award rewards the songwriter, who comes up with lyrics and melody

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The 2012 ACM Awards are in less that two weeks, so each weekday until the April 1 broadcast Taste of Country will explore the categories and break down what each artist needs to have happen to win in their respective category. With the exception of two fan-voted awards, the winners are decided by members of the Academy. That includes artists, radio station staff and music industry personnel.

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Hit songwriters never know when inspiration will strike for lyrics to a song, and that was exactly the case for Bobby Pinson when he started hashing out the new Toby Keith single, 'Beers Ago.'

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Toby Keith is making the national TV rounds this week. Fresh off the mid-afternoon performance of his smash single 'Red Solo Cup' on 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show,' Keith promptly hit 'The Tonight Show With Jay Leno.' It was a fantastic way to spend a late Friday night (March 16) as the singer rolled through his ode to tossing back a beverage. It's not lost on us that Keith is doing a TV run right smack dab in the middle of Spring Break season and the night before St. Patrick's Day either. Let's have a party, right?

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If you listen to country radio at all, and we know you do, you know to watch this video clip at your own risk. Toby Keith performed his can't-ever-get-it-out-of-your-head catchy hit 'Red Solo Cup' today on 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show,' and the audience seemed to love the creative drinking anthem. Keith even cut the music right in the middle of the song to really play up the part where he proclaims that the cup is more like a friend to him than anything.

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