July 31, 2012 One more win and she's in. Lauren Alaina is on the verge of having a second song enter the Taste of Country Showdown Hall of Fame. Her new one, 'Eighteen Inches,' mopped up 'Let There Be Cowgirls' by Chris Cagle yesterday and last night on Taste of Country Nights radio. If the third single from 'Wildflower' can top the new song from Toby Keith, it will join 'Georgia Peaches' in the Hall.
It's hard to keep tough-as-nails Toby Keith down for more than a few days. The proof is in his bounce-back rate. This week, the 'I Like Girls That Drink Beer' hitmaker will undergo a minor outpatient procedure to have his gallbladder removed. And by Friday (August 3), he'll resume his Live in Overdrive Tour in Detroit Lakes, Minn. If that's not tough, then we don't know what is!
The 'American Idol' rumor mill is turning again, and this time, Toby Keith is the person of interest. Word has it that in an upcoming cover story for Inland Empire Weekly, the 'Beers Ago' singer dishes that he was asked to sit in the judges' panel for the upcoming 'Idol' season, but he turned them down.
It doesn't look like Toby Keith is ready to stray from making drinking-themed country tunes just yet. On Saturday (July 21), Keith announced that his latest single, 'I Like Girls That Drink Beer,' would be available for download this week. While most of us had to wait to hear Keith's new tune, lucky concertgoers at the country star's Country Thunder stopover in Wisconsin got to catch the new tune live a few days ago.
July 24, 2012 Toby Keith has found a fast racecar, and he's not getting out of it until it falls apart. 'I Like Girls That Drink Beer' is his 12th booze-fueled single in 20 years, including three recent ones in a row. The man sings what he knows, and it works... mostly.
Days after the news that his "raise your glass" (well, cup) anthem 'Red Solo Cup' had gone double platinum, moving two million digital downloads and becoming the biggest-selling song of his career, Toby Keith tweeted that his new single 'I Like Girls That Drink Beer' will drop on July 24. He's keeping that beverage-consuming motif going, ain't he?
July 18, 2012 Never underestimate the power of partying. Toby Keith's party-hearty anthem 'Red Solo Cup' has been certified double platinum by the RIAA after selling two million digital downloads, which also makes it Keith's career top seller. The news comes just six months after the song was certified as the first platinum single of his career in January.
Bret Michaels recruited some big names –ranging from country legend Loretta Lynn to Southern rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd to Rascal Flatts' Jay DeMarcus, among others- to appear on his new album, 'Bret Michaels and Friends: Get You Rock On.' The album drops in September, but to hear Michaels speak about it, he'd like to have it be an ongoing thing, since he has so many friends in high places. He even revealed that he'd like Toby Keith to be part of a future installment of this series, provided there is one.
His current gold-selling collection, 'Clancy's Tavern,' may still be churning out hits, but as soon as his current Top 10 single, 'Beers Ago,' runs its course, Toby Keith will already have his new album prepped, as he has "14 or 15 things" already recorded for his 17th studio album.
July 11, 2012 Jason Clucas has his brother to thank for winning the Toby Keith flyaway to Las Vegas. The Peabody, Mass. native says he wouldn't have gotten into country music without his bro's influence. That led him to Toby Keith, who he is a huge fan of, then to Taste of Country -- and now, to Sin City to watch the singer play at the Red Rock Casino on August 11.
