COUNTRY CLIPS.Byline: ROGER RYAN DESPITE the fact that his last tour was billed as his 'Farewell Tour', Don Williams has just announced dates for a further tour of the UK. He is billed to play six arena dates along with Kenny Rogers and Rita Coolidge - at Newcastle Metro (23 Oct), Sheffield Hallam (24), Wembley Arena (26), Birmingham NEC (27), Manchester Evening News The Manchester Evening News is an English daily newspaper published each week day evening and on Saturdays. It is distributed in Manchester and surrounding areas. It sells around 115,000 copies per day[1] (28) and Nottingham Arena (29). MERLE Haggard will receive the BMI Icon award on November 4 in Nashville, Tennessee during BMI's 54th annual country awards. The Icon designation is given to BMI songwriters and artists who have had 'a unique and indelible influence on generations of music makers.' A two - time BMI country songwriter of the year, Haggard's fourdecade career has already earned him a total of 58 BMI Awards. JERRY Lee Lewis Noun 1. Jerry Lee Lewis - United States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935) Lewis and Linda Ronstadt, right, appear on the newly issued DVD of the 1987 documentary 'Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll.' The two-DVD set includes behind-the-scenes documentary and an hourlong rehearsal segment of the concert. The four-disc set also has Berry and contemporaries Little Richard and Bo Diddley discussing the early days of rock and bonus interviews with Lewis, the Everly Brothers, Roy Orbison and others. BUCK Owens memorabilia will be featured in a new exhibit dedicated to Country music that opens on July 5 in the Kern County, California Kern County is a county located in the southern Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. Established in 1866, it extends east beyond the southern slope of the Eastern Sierra Nevada range into the Mojave Desert, and includes parts of the Western Indian Wells Valley, and museum. The exhibit, entitled 'Grand Ole Opry and Bakersfield Sound: Hard Drivin' Country' will run until August 10. It features historic photos from the Grand Ole Opry Grand Ole Opry, weekly American radio program featuring live country and western music. The nation's oldest continuous radio show, it was first broadcast in 1925 on Nashville's WSM as an amateur showcase. and collectibles from the founding days of the 'Bakersfield Sound.' Some of the Bakersfield artifacts that will be on display include stage costumes worn by Babara Mandrell, and Roy Rogers' cowboy hat and some of Buck Owens' stage costumes and his trademark red, white and blue guitar. |
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