Janvier/january 2007

La rédaction de HIGHWAYFM.com et HIGHWAY TV vous souhaite une bonne année 2007!!!

- KEITH URBAN vient de quitter l'hopital où il résidait en Californie pour se rendre avec sa femme, Nicole Kidman, aux Golden Globe Awards. Keith annonce aussi sa venue en avril en Angleterre et Allemagne pour des concerts.

2007-04-19 Munich, Germany Tonhalle
2007-04-21 Cologne, Germany E-Werk
2007-04-22 Hamburg, Germany Grosse Friheit
2007-04-24 London, UK Shepherds Bush Empire
2007-04-26 Birmingham, UK Academy 1
2007-04-28 Manchester, UK Acedemy 2

- KEITH URBAN a quitté l'hopital de Nashville pour aller passer un peu de temps en Australie.

- 185 artistes issus de major et de labels indépendants forment en ce début 2007 l'actu:.

CMT.com's just-concluded survey reveals that this universe is overwhelmingly made up of male artists, complemented by 48 females and 39 duos or larger groups. Of these, there are 16 recording comedy acts, some of whose works surfaces regularly on the country album charts.

Among the prominent or recently charting artists whose names don't show up in the new tally are Patty Loveless, Hal Ketchum, Billy Dean, Marty Stuart, Lee Roy Parnell, Jennifer Hanson, Diamond Rio, Jamey Johnson, the Wrights and Trent Willmon. Cyndi Thomson, who was rumored to be returning to Capitol, does not appear on that label's roster. Similarly, Scotty Emerick, Toby Keith's frequent writing and performing pal, appears to be missing from Keith's Show Dog lineup.

Here is the overall roster. It includes only labels that focus primarily on contemporary country music.

Arista: Keith Anderson, Brooks & Dunn, Jason Michael Carroll, Alan Jackson, Brad Paisley, Crystal Shawanda, Carrie Underwood, Phil Vassar.

Big Machine: Jack Ingram, Taylor Swift, Danielle Peck, Jimmy Wayne, Dusty Drake, Sunny Sweeney.

BNA: Kenny Chesney, Terri Clark, Pat Green, Sarah Johns, Blaine Larsen, Lonestar, Lost Trailers, Kellie Pickler. (Barbara Mandrell is also listed but is not on the active recording roster. BNA recently released a CD tribute to her.)

Broken Bow: Jason Aldean, Craig Morgan, Megan Mullins, Crossin' Dixon, Sherrie Austin, Chad Austin, Lila McCann, Robert Lee, Fidel Hernandez.

Capitol: Trace Adkins, Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan, Chris Cagle, Eric Church, Amber Dotson, the Jenkins, Jamie O'Neal, Kenny Rogers, Keith Urban, Emily West, Rodney Carrington, Mark Gross, Tim Wilson.

Category 5: Donovan Chapman, Sammy Kershaw, Odiss Kohn, Jerrod Niemann, Travis Tritt.

Columbia: Cole Deggs & the Lonesome, Christian Kane, Miranda Lambert, Ashley Monroe, Montgomery Gentry, Van Zant, Gretchen Wilson.

Curb: Tim McGraw, Jo Dee Messina, Rodney Atkins, Steve Holy, Bomshel, Amy Dalley, Sawyer Brown, Cledus T. Judd, Bellamy Brothers, Jeff Carson.

Curb/Asylum: Cowboy Crush, Wynonna, Hank Williams Jr., LeAnn Rimes, Lee Brice, Clay Walker, Rio Grand.

Dualtone: Guy Clark, Radney Foster, Charlie Robison, Deryl Dodd, BR549, the Greencards, Bobby Bare, Cowboy Jack Clement, Roger Creager, the Peasall Sisters, Norman & Nancy Blake, Mary Karlzen.

Equity: Clint Black, Little Big Town, Carolina Rain, Mark Wills, Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Laura Bryna.

Lofton Creek: Heartland, Doug Stone, Kristina Cornell, Townsend & O'Donnell, Jeffrey Steele, Shawn King.

Lost Highway: Willie Nelson, Mary Gauthier, Donovan Frankenreiter, Night Train To Nashville, Golden Smog, Lucinda Williams, Lyle Lovett, Ryan Adams, Van Morrison, Hayes Carll.

Lyric Street: Rascal Flatts, SheDaisy, Josh Gracin, Marcel, Sarah Buxton, Lisa Shaffer, Trent Tomlinson, Bucky Covington.

MCA: Gary Allan, George Strait, Hot Apple Pie, Josh Turner, Reba McEntire, Trisha Yearwood, Vince Gill.

903 Music: Neal McCoy, Darryl Worley, Drew Davis Band.

Mercury: Lee Ann Womack, Billy Currington, Gary Nichols, Julie Roberts, Randy Rogers Band, Shania Twain, Sugarland.

Show Dog: Toby Keith, Lindsey Haun, Rushlow Harris, Carter's Chord, Flynnville Train.

RCA: Catherine Britt, Sara Evans, Jypsi, Martina McBride, Jake Owen, Chuck Wicks, Chris Young. (Alabama, Jimmy Buffett and Ronnie Milsap are listed but are not on the active recording roster. All three have recent or impending releases.)

Universal South: Joe Nichols, Katrina Elam, Shooter Jennings, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Rockie Lynne, Matt Jenkins, Alvarado Road Show.

Warner Bros.: Big & Rich, Shannon Brown, Joanna Cotton, Faith Hill, Lori McKenna, Lance Miller, Anna Owens, Ray Scott, Blake Shelton, Rick Trevino, Berman Stewart, Brad Stine, Lucky Bucks.

Warner Bros./Raybaw: Cowboy Troy, James Otto, John Anderson.

Warner Bros./Jack: Jim Cosgrove, Bill Engvall, Jeff Foxworthy, Larry the Cable Guy, Lisa Lampanelli, Naked Trucker, Kathleen Madigan, Blue Collar Comedy Tour, Henry Cho, Russell Peters, Ralphie May, Greg Behrendt.

- HEATHER MYLES sera en mai au Disney Country Festival. TOMMY CASH, le frère de JOHNNY CASH, sera bientôt en concert à Paris, ainsi que HAYES CALL, MARK ERELLI et ADAM CARROLL (produit par Lloyd Maines).

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BOB DYLAN
EN TOURNEE EUROPEENNE

Le 23 avril
A Paris Bercy

MARS
Wed   28                 Globe, Stockholm on sale 12/18
Fri     30                   Spektrum, Oslo on sale 12/16

APRIL
Sun    1    Scandinavium, Gothenburg on sale 12/1
Mon    2             Forum, Copenhagen on sale 12/18
    Wed   4            Colorline Arena, Hamburg on sale TBA
     Thu    5                     Munsterhalle, Munster on sale TBA
Fri     6           Forest National, Brussels on sale 12/13
Sun    8                  HMH, Amsterdam on sale 12/16
Mon   9                   HMH, Amsterdam on sale 12/16
Wed   11                 SE&CC, Glasgow on sale     now
Thu     12   MetroRadio Arena, Newcastle on sale now
Sat     14             Hallam Arena, Sheffield on sale now
Sun    15           Wembley Arena, London on sale now
Mon   16        Wembley Arena, London on sale  now
Tue    17                      NIA, Birmingham on sale   now
Thu    19                Phillipshalle, Dusseldorf on sale TBA
Fri     20              Porsche Arena, Stuttgart on sale TBA
Sat     21          Jahrhunderthalle, Frankfurt on sale TBA
Mon   23                         Bercy, Paris on sale 12/15
Wed   25                        Arena, Geneva on sale 12/15
Thu    26                   Palaolympico, Turin on sale 12/12
Fri     27                    Datchforum, Milan on sale 12/12
Sun    29                Hallenstadion, Zurich on sale 12/15
Mon   30                  SAP Arena, Mannheim on sale TBA

- LEE ANN WOMACK sera au 20ème Festival de Craponne et sort son nouveau CD en février.