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November 30, 2010

COUNTRY MUSIC CHART-TOPPER COLLIN RAYE RELEASES NEW SINGLE AT iTUNES

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(NASHVILLE, Tennessee) – Beloved country music icon Collin Raye has announced the release of his latest single, “Undefeated,” which is available exclusively at iTunes. Written by Collin and his daughter Britanny, and produced by four-time SESAC Writer of the Year Regie Hamm (Lonestar, David Cook, Clay Aiken), “Undefeated” marks a new chapter in Collin’s storied career.

“The past year has been a trying time for my family, but my faith has carried me through and made me a stronger person,” explains Collin. “In the midst of those trying times, my daughter Britanny and I wrote ‘Undefeated.’ It was truly a gift from God as the lyrics came to us almost quicker than we could pen them.”

Earlier this year, Collin lost his granddaughter Haley, Britanny’s daughter, who suffered from a serious neurological brain disorder that was never diagnosed. Collin wrote about his enduring love for Haley in the modest hit “She’s With Me,” from his 2009 Time-Life release Never Going Back, which was nominated for Country Album of the Year at the 2010 Dove Awards. “Undefeated” completes that story and offers hope for the future.

Since his debut in 1991, the ten-time Male Vocalist of the Year nominee has recorded 11 studio albums (5 certified RIAA platinum) and charted 30 singles on the Country Chart, with 15 #1 singles, including “Love, Me,” “In This Life,” “My Kind of Girl” and “I Can Still Feel You.” Other hits include “Little Rock,” “What the Heart Wants,” “That’s My Story,” “Little Red Rodeo,” “Someone You Used to Know,” “Anyone Else,” ‘Couldn’t Last a Moment,” “I Think About You” and “The Gift” (with Jim Brickman and Susan Ashton), which won a Dove Award in 1998 for Country Recorded Song of the Year.

In the past year, Collin has appeared on The Tennis Channel’s Community Surface, The Today Show, CBS Early Show, Fox News Channel’s Huckabee and Hannity, The Morning Show with Mike & Juliet, Better TV and more. For his latest tour schedule, please visit the official website at http://www.collinraye.com.

To purchase or preview “Undefeated,” go to iTunes.

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Monday, November 8, 2010

REPUBLIC NASHVILLE HITS A HIGH NOTE WITH MARTINA McBRIDE

Grammy-winning, Country Music Icon Signs New Record Deal

PHOTO ATTACHED: Pictured L to R: President of Republic Nashville Jimmy Harnen, Martina McBride, and President and CEO of Big Machine Label Group Scott Borchetta photo credit: Justin Nolan Key

Nashville, Tennessee (November 8, 2010) – Republic Nashville proudly announces the addition of Country Music Icon Martina McBride to its roster. This special reveal took place earlier today at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in front of industry and press just as CMA Week begins. The four-time CMA Vocalist of the Year – tied only with Reba – could make history if she takes the title again Wednesday night.

Joining forces with an outside-of-the-box operation will provide a natural evolution in an already incredible career. “The passion and excitement Scott, Jimmy and the entire Big Machine Label Group/Republic Nashville team have for my career and music is so inspiring to me. I have been blessed with an amazing career but in so many ways I really feel like the best is yet to come. I am as over-the-top excited about making music today as I was when I first moved to Nashville,” said Martina.

The superstar’s phenomenal talents, coupled with an innovative and passionate record label, provide a solid foundation for a shifting era in the music industry. “When you think about big voices, the name at the top of the list is always Martina McBride.   Her body of work, the important songs, the amazing and moving awards-show performances and all the incredible accolades place her as one of the most important music artists of this generation.  When we found out she might be looking for a new home, we didn’t walk, we ran to be first in line.  She’s completely energized and has a stack of great new songs and ideas.  We can’t wait to plug in as we look forward to continuing and building on this career of excellence,” said Scott Borchetta, Big Machine Label Group President/CEO.

According to Republic Nashville President Jimmy Harnen, “Along with being a gigantic Martina McBride fan it is an honor to have the opportunity to work with one of the greatest female vocalists of our time. Martina and her artistry are timeless.”

Martina will begin recording her new BMLG/Republic Nashville album in December with producer Byron Gallimore. Also look for her hitting the stage with Grammy-winning rockers Train (“Hey Soul Sister,” “Drops of Jupiter,” “Calling All Angels”) on CMT Crossroads, premiering Saturday, November 20 at 8:00 p.m., ET/PT.

About Martina McBride: One of the most spectacular voices in any genre of music is four-time CMA Female Vocalist of the Year and GRAMMY® winning recording artist Martina McBride, who has garnered more than 18 million album sales and 24 Top 10 singles, including six that hit #1. The breadth of her talents – as recording artist, producer, songwriter and concert entertainer – has made her an in-demand performer and personality, appearing on such high-profile programs as Oprah, American Idol, Dancing with the Stars, the Today show’s “Today Throws a Wedding,” VH1 Divas (singing with Jordin Sparks), The Bachelorette, Private Sessions, a 20/20 special and much more. Celebrated for her beauty and sense of fashion, as well as her everywoman perspective in life and music, Martina is a wife and mother of three girls who has been featured on the covers of publications like Redbook and Shape. Among her hits are such anthemic and empowering songs as “Independence Day,” “This One’s for the Girls” and “Ride,” all of which have underscored her incredible popularity as one of music’s preeminent female vocalists. Her last album was the chart-topping Shine.

About Republic Nashville: Monte Lipman, President and CEO of Universal Republic and Scott Borchetta, President and CEO of Big Machine Records, LLC announced the formation of its new label partnership – Republic Nashville – in May 2009. Former Capitol Records Promotion executive Jimmy Harnen serves as President with Borchetta serving as CEO. The imprint is headquartered on Music Row and utilizes the combined resources of Big Machine Records and Universal Republic Records. Big Machine and Universal Republic first joined forces in 2007 to propel country Superstar Taylor Swift to Top 40 radio and beyond, with Taylor becoming the best-selling all-genre artist in 2008. Republic Nashville’s artist roster includes the Top 20-charting rising stars The Band Perry, the Eli Young Band, Jaron And The Long Road To Love, sister act SHEL and honky tonkin’ singer/songwriter Sunny Sweeney.

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Republic Nashville Press:

Erin D. D. Burr, Big Machine Label Group, 615.250.6636/erin.burr@bigmachinemail.com

Martina McBride Press:

Kathy Best, FrontPage Publicity, 615.383.0412/kathy@frontpagepublicity.com

Management:

Brandon Gill, Morris Artists Management, 615.321.5025/bgill22@mac.com

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Note From Manifest Your Dreams: Our Very Own Senior Vice President, Doug Deneve was a part of a panel over 20 years ago that voted MARTINA MCBRIDE into Music Row!

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“It wasn’t that Brooks had grown immune to the rush of thousands of fans cheering him on when he packed sports arenas and concert theaters around the country, or that he’d run out of songs he relished singing. But following the collapse of his marriage, he’d promised his daughters — who were 4, 6 and 8 at the time — to make his family the top priority in his life until all three went off to college, and that simply wasn’t compatible with a hard-touring road hound like Brooks.”

- Los Angeles Times Entertainment

We believe Garth Brooks is a remarkable man “at heart” but does he deserve a $110 per seat pay raise?

From the looks of it, if you compare Garth Brooks’ intimate shows in Las Vegas with that of other Average Las Vegas Entertainers, the tickets appear to be overpriced especially since “a strong demand” prompted a $110 increase in Garth Brooks ticket prices … Are Brooks Tickets Overpriced?

It appears to us that the tickets were in fact “underpriced” significantly., and according to Wynn Resorts Chairman, Steve Wynn, They weren’t even competing with the Average Las Vegas Entertainer ticket at around $85.00. We don’t see how the claim made by Wynn is true considering the ticket price for a Garth Brooks Wynn Las Vegas Ticket WAS $143 before the price spike.

But Nonetheless, I mean we’re talking GARTH BROOKS here, right? The King of Country Performance!

Ticket prices will go from $143 to $253, including taxes and fees. Wynn Resorts Chairman and Chief Executive Steve Wynn said even with the price increase, he believes tickets for Brooks’ shows are still underpriced; not competing with average entertainers.

I mean we’re talking GARTH BROOKS here, right? The King of Country Performance! … I say again.

But a person named Curtis notes  in an article on Las Vegas Review Journal .com, “This annual exercise gets harder to pull off every year. The reasons help explain numbers that seem to run contrary to rampant room-and-restaurant discounting in the face of hard times.”

The arena that Brooks began performing at in 2009 only contained aprox. 1,500 people seated. That is NOTHING compared to the shows he’s done in the past before his retirement.

Should such an Intimate Encounter with (I say again), The King of Country Performance cost way more than say, $200?$300? $400?

According to our research, about the most that Garth made before his retirement in 2001 was only $45 per seat, but then again, that was a different time and age! The economy has seen massive inflation especially in the purchasing of concert tickets. Refer to How Much Do You Really Have to Pay for Live Music? (written by “myself” in 2006).

This is some of what Garth Brooks holds valuable to him about the subject:

There is one facet of the deal that clearly still gnaws at Brooks: ticket costs. Brooks historically kept prices on his concert tours ridiculously low by contemporary standards: $25 or less.

He noted that the highest price for a ticket to a Garth Brooks concert to date was for five benefit shows he did early last year at Staples Center in Los Angeles as a benefit for firefighters and victims of Southern California wildfires that had raged the previous fall.

“That was to raise money for somebody and tickets were 45 bucks, which I thought was crazy,” he said.

Wynn had suggested tiered ticket prices, allowing some seats in the back of the theater to be priced more in keeping with what Brooks fans have been accustomed to, while the middle and front-row seats would be closer to what other top-name acts on the Las Vegas Strip charge.

That idea also ran counter to Brooks’ philosophy that fans shouldn’t get preferential treatment just because they’re financially better off.

- Los Angeles Times Entertainment

Personally, We stand behind the decision to increase Garth Concert Tickets. He’s been my favorite singer since a child, and he deserves, especially with his big heart, to at least get paid what he’s worth if not more!

… But “then again” if I were behind the deal, I’d want to make Garth happy according to his values and beliefs as well. What do YOU think?

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