Country music stars sure love Twitter! This week, Reba pokes fun at a hoax claiming she’d died in Austria, Sarah Buxton comes up with a clever invention, Jake Owen  deals with a tired pup, Little Big Town teases their whereabouts, and proud dad Rhett Akins hears his son, Thomas Rhett, on the radio for the first time. Here are our picks for the Top 10 Country Tweets Of The Week.

Photo courtesy of Twitter.com/reba.

Reba – Reba: The rumors of my Austrian death are greatly exaggerated!

Little Big Town – LBTMusic: Yep, we’re in the studio with Vince Gill right now.

Sarah Buxton – SarahBuxton: Invention: The Crack Flap. Comes up over the back of your pants & covers the inevitable plumbers crack caused by today’s low rise pants.

Photo courtesy of Twitter.com/thebandperry.

The Band Perry - TheBandPerry: Thx Las Vegas for an amazing night!!! Fake Brad Paisley has left the building. (np) Continue Reading

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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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Lady Antebellum photo courtesy of Capitol Nashville.

Lady Antebellum’s Own The Night album has been certified platinum for more than one million units sold, just four weeks after its release. The platinum milestone brings the group up to a total of seven million albums sold worldwide.

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“It’s been a dizzying and exciting few months launching this album, but it’s also really energizing to see how the fans are reacting to some of the songs on our new record,” Dave Haywood said. ”The reaction both in the States and overseas has been a huge confidence booster as we are getting ready to launch our first big arena tour.  We couldn’t be more excited to get back out on the road!”

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Country music stars sure love Twitter! In this week’s edition of Top 10 Tweets,  Jake Owen celebrates his first No. 1, Miranda Lambert ‘flirts’ with a fellow artist, Hunter Hayes takes a one minute flight and The Band Perry spies some friends trying to copy The Beatles. Here are our picks for the Top 10 Country Tweets Of The Week.

Photo courtesy of Twitter.com/FrankieBallard.

Frankie Ballard – FrankieBallard: That was the greatest!! Johnny Van Zant is the coolest dude on earth! He gave me his hat after the show:)

Jake Owen – JakeOwen: Wow.. Thanks to every fan, songwriter and country radio for giving me my FIRST #1 record. I’m so blessed and thankful. Ahhh! Happy dance!!

Kellie Pickler – KelliePickler: You can buy an education but you can’t buy common sense.

Photo courtesy of Twitter.com/Miranda_Lambert.

Miranda Lambert – Miranda_Lambert: Shhhh. I’m flirting with @chrisyoungmusic while @blakeshelton is on stage:)!!!! He just looked over here! Hehehe Continue Reading

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Country music stars sure love Twitter! In this week’s edition of Top 10 Tweets, Brad Paisley shares a photo of his European tour (see his timeline for more!), Jake Owen and James Otto celebrate birthdays, the Grand Ole Opry hires a ‘little’ help, Billy Currington shares a George Jones memory and The Band Perry has some interesting fans in line for their show. Here are our picks for the Top 10 Country Tweets Of The Week.

Photo courtesy of Twitter.com/BradPaisley.

Brad Paisley – BradPaisley: You see a priceless French painting…

Billy Currington – BillyCurrington: last time I saw Jones he said hey Dierks hows ur wife. I said I don’t have a wife. He laughed and said u a funny one. Im like not u 2 jones

Jake Owen – JakeOwen: Wow. Thanks for all the Birthday wishes. I’m so thankful for life, happiness, and amazing friends. I’m ready for this chapter in life.

Photo courtesy of Twitter.com/Reba.

Reba McEntire – Reba: Who are all these people????

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Lady Antebellum photo courtesy of The Greenroom PR.

GAC will be the proud sponsor of Lady Antebellum‘s upcoming Own The Night 2011 Tour. The first leg will  kick off in Knoxville, Tennessee on November, 11 and run through December 18 when it wraps with a show in Morgantown, West Virginia. Josh Kelley – the older brother of Lady A’s Charles Kelley – will join the tour as a special guest, along with a combination of Edens Edge and Randy Montana in the opening slot.

“GAC and everyone who works over there have always shown us so much love and support, even from the very beginning of our career and the release of our first single,” Dave Haywood said. “This Own the Night tour has been so much fun to plan. We’re excited that we’ll have our friends at GAC out on the road with us and helping us put together a once-in-a-lifetime experience for country music fans.”

“GAC has loved Lady Antebellum from their earliest days and we’re thrilled to be hitting the road with them in November,” GAC President Ed Hardy said.

Both the tour and the trio’s upcoming album, Own The Night, title were inspired by the album’s second single. “We named our new album Own The Night after one of our favorite songs ‘We Owned The Night’ off the new album, and felt it was a great description of how we wanted our fans to spend each night of tour with us,” Dave said. “When people come out to our live show or hear the song on the radio it’s a call to action. Be confident, live in the moment and enjoy the experiences you’re going through—own them.” Continue Reading

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Country music stars sure love Twitter! Here at GAC, we follow them too. This week, Miranda Lambert and Kellie Pickler show how their dogs are dealing with the heat, Brad Paisley has been a busy man, Taylor Swift’s dad keeps popping up and Frankie Ballard is feeling a little less than special. Here are our picks for the Top 10 Country Tweets Of The Week.

Photo courtesy of Twitter.com/Miranda_Lambert.

Miranda Lambert – Miranda_Lambert: Dog days of summer! Delilah is a coolin her heels!

Brad Paisley – BradPaisley: Busy week. Just got finished negotiatiing the NFL lockout deal, now I’m headed to Washington to work on the debt deal.

Frankie Ballard – FrankieBallard: Im bummed when my friends/fam text me a pic…and then they post it on twitter and Facebook. “I’ll take the large pic minus the special…”

Photo courtesy of Twitter.com/taylorswift13.

Taylor Swift – TaylorSwift13: Dear Dad- Just uploaded my pictures. Thanks for making surprise cameos in 75% of them. #parentalphotobombs Continue Reading

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Randy Montana's self-titled 2011 CD. Photo courtesy of UMG Nashville.

Randy Montana‘s self-titled debut album is now on store shelves. Randy co-wrote 9 of the 11 songs on the album, which includes his debut single “Ain’t Much Left of Lovin’ You” and his current single, “1,000 Faces.” “I am so excited to finally get this music out there,” Randy told GAC’s Nan Kelley on a recent visit to the GAC studio. “For people to finally hear the full length album is really exciting.”

After working to first write the songs then record and finish the album, Randy was anxious to get it to his fans. While the date was circled on his calendar, he had other career opportunities that made the waiting period go fast, like opening for Taylor Swift and playing shows across the country. Continue Reading

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Country music stars sure love Twitter! Here at GAC, we follow them too. This week, Jake Owen tries his hand at the planking phenomenon, Frankie Ballard offers up a cheeky response to Brett Eldredge’s autocorrect dilemma, Randy Montana and his band step back in time and Kellie Pickler introduces her new lead guitar player. Here are our picks for the Top 10 Country Tweets Of The Week.

Photo courtesy of Twitter.com/jakeowen.

Jake Owen – @jakeowen: Fork lift plank. Thank you. You’re welcome.

Frankie Ballard – @FrankieBallard: “@bretteldredge: dude your name autocorrects to “Grannies” on my phone haha” what if Ballard corrected to panties?! Then we’d be cookin!

Chuck Wicks – @ChuckWicksMusic: Connecting in LA and back to Nashville!! Clay Walker Classic was Amazing! Pebble Beach is the shiznat. Yup…I just said shiznat..

Photo courtesy of Twitter.com/RandyMontana.

Randy Montana – @RandyMontana: We weren’t messing around. Continue Reading

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Randy Montana photo courtesy of UMG Nashville.

Randy Montana is gearing up to release his self-titled debut album on July 26 to all digital retailers. Produced by Jay Joyce, the album will include “Ain’t Much Left Of Loving You” and his current single, “1,000 Faces.”  The album also includes the track “Last Horse,” which features Emmylou Harris on harmonies. Continue Reading

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