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This weekend’s Pepsi Gulf Coast Jam in Panama City Beach, Fla. has been canceled as Tropical Storm Hermine approaches. Eric Church, Brad Paisley and Jake Owen were among the performers scheduled for the three-day music festival.
The construction of the venue takes nearly a week to complete, and the stage and tents had to be taken down in anticipation of the five inches of rain and 40MPH winds expected on Thursday.
Over the weekend, Tim McGraw gave two newlyweds the surprise of a lifetime when he crashed their wedding in Philadelphia and performed during the father-daughter dance. A new video shows the bride, Lisa, in shock the moment she realizes it’s really McGraw singing live and not a recording of “My Little Girl” while dancing with her father. It was a big surprise pulled off by her dad.
It’s been over a decade since winning his first Entertainer of the Year award at the 2005 CMA Awards, Keith Urban has been nominated once again for the coveted prize. He says the nod is “extraordinary. ”The 2016 CMA Awards nominees were revealed on Wednesday morning. In addition to being nominated for Entertainer of the Year, Urban has also been named a nominee for Male Vocalist of the Year, Album of the Year for Ripcord and Musical Event of the Year for “The Fighter,” which features Carrie Underwood.
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