Hey Maine: Here’s Some Country News

Miranda Lambert won’t be making her homecoming this week as planned in Texas. The singer has been forced to cancel the final three dates on her 2016 Keeper of the Flame Tour, she has been placed mandated on vocal rest. Lambert’s official website confirms that the Corpus Christi, Austin and San Antonio, Texas shows have been canceled, with no current plans to reschedule.

Kenny Chesney will serve as headliner for the fifth-annual Tortuga Music Festival next year. This will be the third time Chesney will be the big name of the beachfront concert. Tortuga Music Festival 2017 will bring live music across three days, running April 7-9 on the beach of Fort Lauderdale Beach Park in Florida. Early tickets have already sold out, but regular tickets are now available for $229 for three-day General Admission and $999 for three-day VIP passes.

Blake Shelton is making a difference in the lives of hundreds of kids who are battling cancer. The singer has donated $600,000 to the Jimmy Everest Cancer Center which is the only full-service children’s cancer program in his home state. The generous act was prompted by a personal experience. Shelton’s cousin’s young daughter Aspen had a cancer scare about a year ago and he told the crowd at his Oklahoma City show on September 10^th when he brought Aspen and her mom on stage as he shared the story. He said they didn’t know what was going to happen while she was being treated at the Jimmy Everest Center. He added: As you can see though, she’s here right now.

After weeks of teasing his forthcoming holiday album,

has revealed that an album full of Christmas classics and an original song will be available sometime this October. The Album will be titled ‘Glow’, an album of timeless Christmas standards, as well as feature a duet with Meghan Trainor. Additionally, the album title Glow comes from a new track Eldredge penned specifically for the project.

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