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Southern Voice Tour
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Southern Living: Tim McGraw will take his Southern Voice cross-country beginning Feb. 11 in Omaha. The Lost Trailers (Feb. 11-April 10), Love And Theft (April 11-Aug. 15) and Lady Antebellum (all dates) will open for McGraw on the seven-month Southern Voice tour. Cities on the itinerary include Tulsa, Atlanta, Phoenix, Dallas, Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City and closer Virginia Beach on Aug. 15.
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Ten McGraw: Your 10th album is released. Your show sells out in three minutes. And the governor names a day in your honor. Who are you? Tim McGraw, of course, whose intimate concert at Chicago’s Joe’s Bar Tuesday (10/20) celebrated the release of Southern Voice. Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn requested “If You’re Reading This” and McGraw’s Tracy Lawrence collaboration “Find Out Who Your Friends Are” as he presented Tim a plaque for the state’s first Tim McGraw Day. During “Real Good Man,” Tim didn’t miss a beat as he signed a plethora of items including clothes, CDs and a woman’s shoulder (which was permanently tattooed within an hour of the show’s conclusion). 
Fearless Leader: She already leads with 
Toby’s Greatest Honor: Un-televised and off most fans’ radar, it’s not the highest profile awards show by a long shot. But you’d never know it from Toby Keith’s reaction. “It’s the most prestigious thing that I’ve ever been given,” Toby said of his Songwriter/Artist of the Decade honor, presented at the 39th Anniversary Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Dinner & Induction Sunday (10/18). “To have your peers, songwriters who are the lifeblood of this industry, recognize you is unbelievable.” Taylor Swift, too, acknowledged the significance of the evening. “Songwriters are my heroes … and the fact that these are the people who vote on awards like this, and the fact that they would pick me, it really makes me happy,” she said of her Songwriter/Artist of the Year award. “I was signed to my first publishing deal when I was in 8th grade,” Swift said in her acceptance speech. “I would go to school then go home to write songs. I felt like I was living a double life like a spy.” Behind-the-scenes songwriters received the bulk of the attention, with Craig Wiseman (“The Good Stuff,” “Live Like You Were Dying,” “Love Me If You Can”) honored as Songwriter of the Decade. Brad Paisley’s “Waitin’ On A Woman” was named Song of the Year, with co-writer Wynn Varble earning Songwriter of the Year.
Like Wife, Like Husband: Brad Paisley is following wife Kimberly Williams-Paisley’s (According To Jim) lead with a self-starring role and songwriting gig for next season’s CW drama Nashville. Paisley is teaming with One Tree Hill exec producer Mark Schwahn, Star Trek’s Zach Quinto and others to produce the show about a rising young female singing star and a male songwriter whose career is uncertain. 
Swift gave a behind-the-scenes tour of her Hendersonville, TN home, where she wrote hits “Our Song” and “Love Story” and a backstage look at her Fearless 2009 Tour. Swift even dished about her new condo and her crushes, or lack thereof. “As far as, ‘Do I have a guy in my life?’ No,” Swift said. “As far as having a boyfriend, I’ve never wanted to be in a relationship that I wasn’t 100% in.” A surprise for twins and über-fans Meg and Liz, and a performance of “Love Story” capped the busy week for Swift, who leads all artists with six nominations for the American Music Awards. She even bests Michael Jackson’s five posthumous nods. Other country stars up for awards include Jason Aldean, Darius Rucker, Keith Urban, Reba McEntire, Carrie Underwood, Rascal Flatts, Sugarland, Gloriana and Zac Brown Band. See a complete nominees list and vote here. The AMAs air live Nov. 22 at 8pm ET on ABC. 