“Billboard” asked MITCHELL TENPENNY about his favorite performance of “Drunk Me”. He said , “It was the first time we heard it sung back, at Chicago LakeShake. We had a full crowd, and when I started singing the first words I had everyone singing it back. I started crying. It was hard for me to even hit the first chorus. “That’s everything you dream about. I turned around, looked at the band and said, ‘This is why we do this.'” “Drunk Me” made the “Billboard” Top 10 this week. Here’s something else that’s interesting about Mitchell. He was born and raised in Nashville, and always wanted to do music, but not the country kind. In middle school he started with a rock band called Reserved.
LADY ANTEBELLUM is doing a Vegas residency next year at Pearl Concert Theater. If you’re interested, don’t drag your feet before buying tickets. They’re only doing 15 shows. Five dates each in February, May, and August. There won’t be a ton of tickets to go around. The theater only has a capacity of 2,500 seats. The small venue means they can dig into their catalogue of stuff they don’t perform a lot. They can also do acoustic versions of their hits . . . and they plan to bring out some of the songs’ co-writers to share behind-the-music-type stories.
JIM PARSONS from “The Big Bang Theory” tops a list of the Highest Paid TV Actors . . . and EIGHT of the Top 10 are either from that show or “Modern Family”. Jim made an estimated $26.5 million over the past year.
Kacey Musgraves, Pistol Annies, Thomas Rhett, Dierks Bentley with Brothers Osborne, plus Florida Georgia Line with Bebe Rexha have been added to the lineup of performers at the CMAs. Previously announced performers include Luke Bryan, Kenny Chesney, Kelsea Ballerini, and Keith Urban.
BRAD PAISLEY and CARRIE UNDERWOOD star in a new CMA Awards promo where they talk about what an honor it is to host the show. There are no jokes. It’s very serious. Anyway, it also features clips of Johnny Cash, Garth Brooks, Kane Brown, Dan + Shay, Maren Morris, and Lauren Alaina.
Richard Gere and his wife Alejandra Silva enjoyed a day out in Madrid after the couple announced they were expecting their first child together. Gere is 69, Silva is 35.
ARIANA GRANDE says her music and her pig are helping her get through stuff. Meanwhile, PETE DAVIDSON has canceled another gig due to “personal reasons.”
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE had to postpone last night’s show at Madison Square Garden because of severely bruised vocal cords.
JOHN LEGEND and CHRISSY TEIGEN are doing a Christmas special. “A Legendary Christmas with John and Chrissy” will air on Wednesday, November 28th on NBC.
“Thursday Night Football” at 8:00 p.m. on the Fox. The Houston Texans host the Miami Dolphins.
Chely Wright is 48.
Katy Perry is 34.
Marion Ross is 90.
