2010 is shaping up to be a great year for country concert tours! We’ve got Reba and George, Carrie Underwood, Garth Brooks in Las Vegas. Now we can add Rascal Flatts to the list!

The Unstoppable tour kicks off mid-January in Connecticut and — so far — goes through to mid-March.
January
January 15 & 16: Uncasville, CT; Mohegan Sun
January 21: Toledo, OH; Lucas County Arena
January 22: State College, PA; Bryce Jordan Center
January 23: Charleston, WV; Charleston Civic Center Coliseum
January 28: London, Ontario; John Labatt Centre
January 29: Ottawa, Ontario; Scotiabank Place
January 30: Hamilton, Ontario; Copps Coliseum
February
February 4: Evansville, IN; Roberts …read more

Rascal Flatts are giving away a free Christmas song to their fans! After filling out a little bit of info, you can download “Away In A Manger” from their website at rascalflatts.com.

The song, which was just recorded by the group last week specifically for the Christmas giveaway, was just released to radio as well.
About the song, keyboardist and bass guitarist Jay DeMarcus says: “This song is a celebration to our fans. From the bottom of our hearts, we are so proud and grateful for all the work you put into promoting Rascal Flatts each and every day.”
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Rascal Flatts have released a small holiday gift for their fans: Unwrapped is a digital-exclusive EP featuring holiday classics White Christmas, God Rest Ye Merry Gentelmen, Jingle Bell Rock and an a capella rendition of I’ll Be Home For Christmas.

They’ve also included a music video for I’ll Be Home For Christmas, which was filmed during an overnight shoot from New York City’s historic Roosevelt Hotel.
The EP can be purchased and downloaded from Amazon.com for $3.96 for all four songs, and they can also be downloaded individually.
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Rascal Flatts have announced plans to release a limited edition Greatest Hits package of their Greatest Hits Volume 1 album.

The set is slated to be released October 5th, and will contain two CDs with 13 hit songs, including four new bonus tracks: live concert recordings of Take Me There, Winner At A Losing Game, Me And My Gang and Summer Nights.
The release will be packaged up in a foil-embossed keepsake box.
The tracklist includes:
Prayin’ For Daylight
I’m Movin’ On
These Days
I Melt
Mayberry
Feels Like Today
Bless The Broken Road
Fast Cars And Freedom
Skin (Sarabeth)
My Wish
What Hurts The Most
Stand
Life Is A Highway
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Here are the two winners of the signed Rascal Flatts CDs!

Congratulations to Jay F., whose favorite Rascal Flatts song is “Skin,” and Holly Gutermann Pamela S, whose favorite song is “Bless the Broken Road.”
Both winners have been notified by email as of 7:37 am PDT and have 24 hours to respond before a new winner(s) is chosen.
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Rascal Flatts have teamed up with JCPenney this summer on their American Living Unstoppable tour. For their summer tour, Rascal Flatts have been sporting American Living apparel, embodying the look and feel of both their sound and the summer.
In conjunction with the tour, Rascal …read more

Rascal Flatts appeared on the Today Show this morning to perform for the show’s concert series.
They performed their mega hit, “Here Comes Goodbye,” in front of the live audience at Rockefeller plaza.
They also performed one of my current favorites, Summer Nights, after an intro and quick interview by Today Show host Matt Lauer, who mentions the group have been recognized by the Academy of Country Music as Group of the Year for seven consecutive years!
Matt also presents a framed plaque that commemorates the group’s 20 million albums that they’ve sold over their ten-year career. Lead singer Gary LeVox, who …read more

Rascal Flatts will be making a television appearance this Friday!

The country trio will be making their way to New York this Friday, July 10, for an appearance on the Today Show on NBC. The show is part of their summer concert tour and they plan to perform a new single from “Unstoppable” as well as a few other biggest hits.
The appearance also coincides with lead singer Gary LeVox’s birthday!
They’ll then head back out on their “Rascal Flatts American Living Unstoppable Tour.” Don’t forget to enter for a chance to win a signed CD!
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Rascal Flatts have teamed up with JCPenney this summer on their American Living Unstoppable tour. For their summer tour, Rascal Flatts have been sporting American Living apparel, embodying the look and feel of both their sound and the summer.

In conjunction with the tour, Rascal Flatts have written “American Living,” a new song inspired by the brand. The song can be heard right now on the official site for the Rascal Flatts American Living tour at jcpamericanlivingtour.com.
I’ve got two signed special version CDs (that include the American Living song) to giveaway to two lucky Country Music Stop winners!
To Enter:

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The 2009 CMT Awards are just a few hours away, and this year’s nominees and performers are getting ready!

Bill Engvall, who is hosting tonight’s awards show, has admitted to being nervous about his job tonight:
“I haven’t been really nervous about a gig in a long time,” Engvall said in a recent interview. “You don’t want to be the guy who made people say, ‘Oh, remember the year when Engvall did it? Ugh.’”
The CMT awards will air live at 8 p.m. EDT tonight on CMT from the Sommet Center in Nashville, Tenn.
A full list of nominees is under the cut!

Rascal Flatts’ Summer Nights is the first country song I’ve heard in a while that really makes me think of summer (not counting Kenny Chesney’s slew of beachy songs!).
Summer Nights is the second single released from their Unstoppable album and was released to radio in May. It debuted at #57 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs before falling off completely before its official release in May. It then hit #53 on the charts and finally entered the Top 40 at #30 two weeks later.
The song was written by lead singer Gary LeVox, and talks about a casual summer parties:
We went …read more