In the News – 5/2/11

 Posted by at 4:15 pm on May 2, 2011
May 022011
 

A bit of a busy day for Country Music news, so here’s a brief re-cap of what’s going on…

-Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson will be playing Charley Pride in an upcoming biopic.

Randy Travis will be releasing a new album via Cracker Barrel.

Craig Campbell‘s single, “Family Man” will be featured in an upcoming episode of True Blood.

Taylor Swift will be the headlining closing act for CMA Festival 2011 in Nashville next month.

Reba McEntire will be joining the new hit show, “The Voice” as an adviser.

Sara Evans‘ single, A Little Bit Stronger” has hit #1 for this week.

Bill Engvall will have a guest-starring role in the upcoming season of Hawthorne on TNT.  Surprisingly, it is a serious, non-comedic role for Engvall.