Taste of Country

Star-studded country couple Tim McGraw and Faith Hill are headed Down Under for an Australian tour together. Though they still have seven dates scheduled for their Aussie audience, McGraw and Hill have reportedly announced that they've canceled their concert in Perth, where they were originally scheduled to play at Burswood Dome on Wednesday, March 14.

It was a tight race for the top song on the Taste of Country Top 40 list for February 2012. On one hand, Toby Keith's 'Red Solo Cup' is seemingly everywhere and selling downloads faster than cold beer at the Super Bowl. However, Luke Bryan's hit 'I Don't Want This Night to End' is topping the charts and also selling a ton of downloads. Also making a push for the top sp ...

Carrie Underwood makes a vocal appearance on legendary crooner Tony Bennett's 'Duets II' album. In this behind-the-scenes clip of the duet from Bennett's recent PBS special, you can see how Underwood's personality blends as well with Bennett's as their smooth voices do on the the standard hit. Underwood says singing with the icon was a no-brainer for her.

Apparently, Taylor Swift won't be taking part in 'Les Miserables' after all. Though the 22-year-old pop-country hitmaker was spotted in London recently, presumably working out the kinks of her role as Eponine, she has since been pulled from the 'Les Miserables' cast list.

Blake Shelton will be busier than half the football players playing on Super Bowl Sunday. In addition to kicking off the new season of 'The Voice' when the big game finishes, he and wife Miranda Lambert will take the stage to sing their version of 'America the Beautiful' before the game begins. Shelton and Lambert have just released the song to iTunes.

The lyrics to Zac Brown Band's latest single 'No Hurry' are a refreshing look at slowing life down to enjoy some of the simpler things it has to offer. That's exactly the mind frame songwriter Wyatt Durrette was in when he began writing the song, prior to finishing it with Brown and singer James Otto.

Don't finalize your summer vacation plans quite yet. You may want to include some one-one-one time with Kenny Chesney on the itinerary. Taste of Country and Sony Nashville are giving away a flyaway for one winner and his or her guest to meet Chesney and to see him him live in concert with Tim McGraw on the 2012 Brothers of the Sun Tour.

Reports of Reba McEntire's death turned out to be grossly overestimated, and the star singer had a few words to say on the matter this afternoon. Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles also revealed she'll be part of the Super Bowl festivities and Randy Travis announced that he'll soon be hitting the road.

Finally, we have a little good news to report regarding Blake Shelton, who has had his share of bad news in recent weeks after his father passed away. Shelton's latest chart-topping single, 'God Gave Me You,' has now been certified platinum by the RIAA for digital sales exceeding one million copies sold!

The Country Throwdown Tour, one of the biggest country tours of the year, just announced their 2012 lineup. While the star-studded run was fronted last year by its crowning jewel Willie Nelson, this year's showcase will display the talents of Gary Allan, Justin Moore, Rodney Atkins, Josh Thompson, Eric Paslay and Sunny Sweeney.