It's CMA Fest Week!

Good Monday Morning … and thanks to all who joined The Country Station at some point on this past weekend’s Tour of Las Cruces. It’s always a pleasure to see familiar faces visiting new places in town and entering to win the Harley. Just 19 days to go!

The big news in country music over the weekend was the opening of the new Dallas Cowboys Stadium. George Strait and Reba McEntire co-headlined the show to raise, er should we say open, the roof. It was said that a few songs into the set, George commented about how the roof was supposed to open and set the crowd off chanting to get that done. Opening for George on the inaugural show was Lee Ann Womack, filling in for the ailing Julianne Hough. After the show, guests continued to talk about the after party where Reba and Blake Shelton were seen donning wigs and singing karaoke.

Not since shows in Germany and the UK in '90 has Alan Jackson toured Europe, but that is changing this summer when he stops in Denmark, Sweden and Norway. It will be the first time Alan has performed in Scandinavia. In Norway, 14-thousand tickets were snapped up within days of them going on sale. This marks the first time Alan has played Europe since 1990, when he played Germany and the UK.

She doesn’t just collect honorary badges, she IS a badge. Honorary Girl Scout Dolly Parton will now have a patch of her very own to remember poverty-stricken children. The “Coat Of Many Colors”-inspired patch will be worn proudly by Tanasi Council Girl Scouts, in an effort to remember the 20-percent of American children who live below the poverty line. Dolly also wants the patch to remind Girl Scouts the importance of treating everyone equally. Those who have earned the patch will be honored at a special ceremony at Dollywood on June 13th.