Danny Gokey and wife Leyicet Peralta. Photo courtesy of sophiasheart.org.

Congratulations to Danny Gokey, who married model Leyicet Peralta yesterday. People magazine reports the couple said their vows among family and friends.

“We are so thankful to have found each other and now be able to spend the rest of our lives together,” the newlyweds told People in a statement. “We pray our gratitude grows more every day because there is so much for us to do now.”

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Country music stars sure love Twitter! This week, Christmas was a popular topic as Danny Gokey negotiates with Santa, Lady Antebellum’s Dave Haywood fails to go incognito, Chris Young finds himself locked out on Christmas Eve, and Kellie Pickler questions the intentions behind her grandfather’s gift. Here are our picks for the Top 10 Country Tweets Of The Week.

Photo courtesy of Twitter.com/BradPaisley.

Brad Paisley – BradPaisley: Here it is, your moment of zen:

Danny Gokey - DannyGokey: Dear Santa: I have been good for the past week or so. Lets just focus on that.

Lady Antebellum – LadyAntebellum: Home for the holidays, riding around in moms car with license plate that reads “LADY A”. #notsoincognito Merry Christmas guys! -Dave

Photo courtesy of Twitter.com/CharlieDaniels.

Charlie Daniels – CharlieDaniels: Neither one of them has a drivers license. Continue Reading

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Danny Gokey and fiance Leyicet Peralta. Photo courtesy of sophiasheart.org.

Congratulations to Danny Gokey, who announced his engagement to girlfriend, Leyicet Peralta, on the website of his charity, Sophia’s Heart Foundation. The American Idol alum tragically lost his wife, Sophia, three year ago and started the charity in her honor.

Danny announced his engagement recently to family and friends.  The website reports the couple is planning a wedding for late January, 2012.

Danny & Leyicet have requested to their wedding guests that all gifts be in the form of a donation to Sophia’s Heart. 

In other Danny Gokey news, he recently returned to truck driving for our new series, Day Jobs. See if he can still park a big rig today at 4 p.m. Eastern — and watch a sneak peek HERE.

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Trace Adkins on the set of Day Jobs.

Before the hit songs, awards and thousands of screaming fans, country stars held day jobs just like those who love their music. In Day Jobs, an original series premiering on Sunday, October 2 at 8 PM/ET, several of today’s top stars step away from the stage lights and put in a full day’s work the way they did before they made it big.

Each one-hour episode of Day Jobs follows three stars as they work a shift in a variety of jobs ranging from offshore oil rig roughneck to cattle rancher, women’s shoe salesman, pilot and waitress. As they work, they realize just how far they’ve come and how those early jobs helped shaped their life today.

Every participant agreed to put in a full eight-hour day and some had to undergo additional training. Before Trace Adkins returned to his former job as a roughneck on an offshore oil rig, he had to spend a day in safety training. Joe Nichols had to become certified to drive a forklift before spending a day loading pallets and filling orders in a warehouse. Continue Reading

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Danny Gokey photo courtesy of Sony Music Nashville.

Danny Gokey will help Gildan Activewear break the Guinness World Record for Largest T-Shirt on Saturday, June 11 during CMA Music Festival in Nashville. The t-shirt, nearly the size of a football field, is 170 feet wide and 262 feet long, weighs nearly three tons, and took six weeks to make. It will be used to create 12,000 shirts, which Gildan will donate to Keep the Music Playing, an organization that supports music education in Metro Nashville Public Schools.

“We’re excited to not only break the Guinness World Record but also, more importantly, to align with Keep the Music Playing through our donation,” said Randy Brown, vice president retail sales for Gildan. “Music education is so important to today’s youth and we’re thrilled to support the cause.”

The fabric for the t-shirt was produced at Gildan’s textile facility with yarn from spinning plants in North Carolina. Final construction of the t-shirt took place in Utah over more than four weeks and used sewing machines on a large track that sewed the rolls of fabric into larger panels for assembly. A flatbed trailer was used to bring the t-shirt 1,700 miles to Nashville. It will be unveiled at Centennial Park at 11:30 AM with help from more than 100 volunteers. A Guinness representative will be on hand to confirm the record has been broken. Continue Reading

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Laura Bell Bundy photo courtesy of UMG Nashville.

Laura Bell Bundy will host the Fifth Annual Country Weekly Fashion Show & Concert, Tuesday, June 7 at 9 p.m. at Nashville’s Rocketown. She will also perform during the show along with previously announced Joe Nichols and Steel Magnolia. GAC’s own Suzanne Alexander will emcee the show.

“I am thrilled to participate in this awesome event and to share the stage with one of my favorite people, Suzanne Alexander,” Laura Bell said. “I am excited to perform for the fans and can’t wait to watch my friends strut their stuff. And yes, I am going to be pulling out my inner Simon Cowell.” Continue Reading

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Joe Nichols photo by Jon Smith, courtesy of Universal Records South.

Joe Nichols and Steel Magnolia are set to headline the Fifth Annual Country Weekly Fashion Show & Concert. The event, which will be emceed by GAC’s Suzanne Alexander, takes place  June 7 at Nashville’s Rocketown and will benefit Musicians On Call, an organization that brings live and recorded music to patients in healthcare facilities.

“The Country Weekly Fashion Show is a fun way to kick off CMA Music Fest,” Joe said. “Music fans can sit back, relax and see their favorite artists doing something a little different. Of course, some have that catwalk fashion show strut down a little better than others! But no matter who struts their stuff better, it’s always a fun evening of music and fashion. Continue Reading

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Lady Antebellum & Darius Rucker photos courtesy of Capitol Nashville; Blake Shelton photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Nashville.

Keith Urban, Lady Antebellum, Blake Shelton, KISS,  Amy Grant, Donny & Marie, Darius Rucker, Jennette McCurdy, Danny Gokey and Katy Perry are just some of the celebrities who have donated personal experiences, meet-and-greets, studio experiences and more to help Capitol Records Nashville Sr. Director of New Media, Dawn Gates, raise funds for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Dawn, a candidate for their Nashville Woman of the Year, is hosting the Celebrity eBay Auction as one of many of fundraising efforts to try and personally raise $50,000 by the end of May.

The celebrity auction is hosted in honor of a special young friend of Dawn’s, Tanner Page, who was diagnosed in June 2009 at age 5 with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia. Tanner is currently undergoing chemotherapy maintenance treatments. The auction began April 19, 2011 and will end April 29, 2011. It can be viewed and bids placed at www.ebay.com/allaccessforlls. Continue Reading

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Country music stars sure love Twitter! Here at GAC, we follow them too. This week, Kenny Chesney kicks off his 2011 Goin’ Coastal Tour, Kellie Pickler feels the morning after pain, post-St. Patrick’s Day and Steel Magnolia finds they have a famous follower. Here are our picks for the Top 10 Country Tweets Of The Week.

Photo courtesy of Twitter.com/kennychesney.

Kenny Chesney:  @kennychesney    kickin it off

Martina McBride:  @martinamcbride    Been on vacation a week. Have “baby bump” Not pregnant. If it’s twins I’m naming them “Mai Tai” and “French Fry”.

Danny Gokey:  @dannygokey    Top Tip Of The Week: When going through airport customs & u are asked “do you have any firearms with you?” do not reply “what do you need?”

Sarah Darling:  @SarahDarling    My grandparents are adorable! They call me every time they hear me on the radio. So sweet.

Photo courtesy of Twitter.com/blakeshelton.

Blake Shelton:  @blakeshelton    Ya see!!! I can be a manger too!!! 

Steel Magnolia:  @steelmagnolia11    Just went to follow @DwightYoakam and realized he’s already following us! Made my day! I’m such a HUGE fan!! Xo Meg Continue Reading

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Taylor Swift on stage in Seoul, South Korea on the Asian leg of her 2011 Speak Now World Tour. Photo courtesy of Taylorswift.com.

Taylor Swift has announced the opening acts for the much-anticipated North American leg of her 2011 Speak Now World Tour. Frankie Ballard, Danny Gokey, Hunter Hayes, Josh Kelley, Randy Montana, James Wesley and Charlie Worsham will join Taylor on select dates, along with previously announced opener Needtobreathe.

Taylor has already wrapped the Asian leg of her tour and will be kicking off the European leg on Sunday in Brussels, Belgium. In case you missed them, check out the photos from Taylor’s Asian tour HERE and watch her video blog from Asia HERE! Continue Reading

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