Country music is back on ABC's Dancing With the Stars. Singer Jana Kramer will join the Season 23 cast, becoming the first country contestant since Kellie Pickler won it all in 2013. Earlier this month she revealed that she had separated from husband Michael Caussin. The couple have been married 15 months and have a 7-month-old daughter named Jolie. The show starts Sept. 12.

 

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Zac Brown Band are currently in the middle of their Black Out the Sun Tour this summer.  Zac Brown says he tries to bring his five kids with him when he can. Brown and his wife home school their children, and his family joins him frequently on the road when their schedule allows.

 

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Little Big Town, Dierks Bentley and Keith Urban will join forces for a very special performance during the Sept. 9 Stand Up to Cancer TV broadcast event. The three country acts will perform a cover of David Bowie‘s “Heroes.”  Bowie passed away in January, following a previously undisclosed battle with cancer.

 

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Kelly Clarkson will serve as grand marshal for the 63rd annual Piedmont Natural Gas Nashville Christmas Parade presented by Tootsie’s. The theme of this year’s Nashville Christmas Parade will be “The Musical Mile,” in honor of the estimated length of the parade route. The parade will take place on Dec. 3 at 9AM

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