Tuesday Newsday

Kenny Chesney has earned his 20th career number one song with “Boys of Fall.” He also releases his album Hemingway’s Whiskey today. The project is something he was able to record during his down time while taking a year off from touring. He says for the past four or five albums, he was constantly rushing in and out of the studio and this time he was able to really focus on this project along with his producer Buddy Cannon. To promote the new project, look for Kenny on NBC’s Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Friday, and a Monday he’ll be a guest and performer on the Ellen DeGeneres Show.

The Grand Ole Opry will reopen tonight after suffering an enormous amount of damage during the floods that hit Nashville in May. Brad Paisley was on hand recently to return the historical circle of wood back to the center of the stage, and he said that although he lost a lot personal items in the flood, the news of the damage done to the Grand Ole Opry was the most painful. “My moments and my milestones happened here. So when this was destroyed, of all places, that was the most heartbreaking thing about the flood was this. No personal loss of property came anywhere near this,” said Brad. Trace Adkins, Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley, Charlie Daniels Band, Del McCoury Band, Martina McBride, Montgomery Gentry, Blake Shelton, Brad Paisley, Keith Urban, Josh Turner and many more will take the stage tonight in honor of the reopening of the Grand Ole Opry.

Taylor Swift’s highly-anticipated third album, Speak Now, will be released worldwide on October 25th, and each week leading up to its release, a new track from the album will be available for purchase on iTunes. Each song will also be available in advance as an exclusive 30-second preview, along with a brief interview with Taylor, each week on Comcast On Demand, online at XfinityTV.com, and on E! News Daily. The iTunes / Comcast countdown pre-release tracks and previews are scheduled to launch as follows:

Song, “Speak Now”
- October 4th: 12:01 a.m. - Preview and interview available on Comcast on Demand and XfinityTv.com. Clip and interview featured on E! News that evening.
- October 5th:12:01 a.m. - “Speak Now” available for purchase at iTunes.com
Song, “Back To December”
- October 11th: 12:01 a.m. - Preview and interview available on Comcast on Demand and XfinityTv.com. Clip and interview featured on E! News that evening.
- October 12th: 12:01 a.m. - “Back To December” available for purchase at iTunes.com
Song, “Mean”
- October 18th: 12:01 a.m. - Preview and interview available on Comcast on Demand and XfinityTv.com. Clip and interview featured on E! News that evening.
- October 19th: 12:01 a.m. - “Mean” available for purchase at iTunes.com

And finally, it will be nice to see Travis Tritt in another movie roll. He is currently on location in Georgia playing the role of Eddie Waters in the Christian-based story about two brothers who lead two different lives in the 1950’s. Alan Jackson was also considered for the part. Fishers of Men will be released in January 2011.