George Strait News

Out of all the new country singers to emerge in the early '80s, George Strait stayed the closest to traditional country.

John Rich salutes as he performs "Amarillo by Morning" at the ACM Artist of the Decade All Star Concert in honor of George Strait on Monday, April 6, 2009, in Las Vegas.

DALE EARNHARDT JR. WAS DREADING THE CMA'S? Dale Jr. tells THE KAT that because the experience was "way outside" his comfort zone, he "dreaded every moment up until it started happening.

26 in Baltimore. Dates are currently set through an April 10 performance in Des Moines, IA, with stops in 18 cities along the way.

Listen Live Exciting news for George Strait fans! Not only is he launching a huge tour with Reba McEntire next year, he's back on the big screen! If you loved "Pure Country" like I did, get ready for the next version, "A Pure Country Gift!" Let's take a look back at the 1992 movie trailer Here's Paul Bond's story from the Hollywood Reporter about ...

As mentioned in A Pure Country Gift with Katrina Elam, Travis Fimmel, J.D. Parker and appearances by George Strait , I had the opportunity to work as an extra in the upcoming movie A Pure Country Gift .

Long before Britney Spears was making the jump to Crossroads , or Mariah Carey was melting the silver screen in Glitter or Madonna was showing us why she never made the jump to film earlier with Swept Away , country star George Strait was making his acting debut in the 1992 film Pure Country .

Country music A-lister George Strait will star in a follow-up to his 1992 film "Pure Country" for Warner Bros.

Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood, the reigning CMA male and female vocalists of the year, host The 43rd Annual CMA Awards from the Sommet Center in Nashville.

The 43rd Annual CMA Awards are being billed as "Country Music's Biggest Night," and from listening the performances on Wednesday, it lived up to its reputation.

Country Music Association voters largely turned their back on tradition in anointing teenage country-pop star Taylor Swift and a whole slate of relative newcomers with most of its top honors at Wednesday's CMA Awards ceremony in Nashville, Tenn.

The biggest question on the red carpet at the Country Music Association Awards is whether Taylor Swift -- this year's top-selling music artist in all genres outside of Michael Jackson -- can end Kenny Chesney's reign and become the first female solo artist to win the category since 1999.

The CMA Awards 2009 are tonight. The CMA Awards 2009 are in Nashville. The CMA Awards 2009 are awards for the best country artists in the country.

George Strait will have a "very limited role" in A Pure Country Gift , a new film starring singer-songwriter Katrina Elam, his publicist confirmed Tuesday .

Brad Paisley will be back, leading the pack with seven nominations at the 43rd annual CMA Awards, which will be broadcast at 7 tonight on ABC.

There was a time in the '90s when Texan Clint Black was the maybe the third- or fourth-hottest thing in a cowboy hat and stacked jeans.

He Said was lucky to have spent twenty-five years on Earth with his Grandpa Hlavaty, who passed away in the summer of 2008 of a brain hemorrhage.

Singer and songwriter Luke Bryan comes by his country influences naturally -- he grew up in Leesburg, GA, a small town 100 miles from the Alabama border where his father grew peanuts and sold fertilizer for a living.

George Strait is headed back to the big screen. He's apparently teamed up with the director behind his first film Pure Country for a new movie, titled A Pure Country Gift , a sequel to his 1992 film.

GEORGE JONES BLASTS CARRIE UNDERWOOD AND TAYLOR SWIFT'S MUSIC... Hall of Famer George Jones isn't fond of how pop-influenced the genre he loves has become in recent years.