Kenny Ches­ney Receives Six for Six Plaque from Pitts­burgh Steel­ers Owners

Kenny Ches­ney and Tim McGraw’s Broth­ers of the Sun Tour played for a sell­out crowd of more than 53,000 in Pitts­burgh over the week­end. This marked Kenny’s sixth time to play for a sold out crowd at Heinz Field and in recog­ni­tion of the feat, the Rooney fam­ily, own­ers of the Pitts­burgh Steel­ers, pre­sented Kenny with a cast iron Six For Six plaque to com­mem­o­rate both his six sold shows and the Steel­ers six Super Bowls Championships.

“I believe this might be the best gift I’ve ever got­ten on the road,” Kenny said. “It epit­o­mizes all the heart and energy and pas­sion that this crowd has, that this town has.”

Kix Brooks’ Solo Album Due Sept. 11

Kix Brooks will release a solo album, New to This Town, on Sept. 11 on Arista Nashville. Brooks pro­duced the album, with co-production by Ras­cal Flatts’ Jay DeMar­cus on the title track. Brooks co-wrote nine of the 12 songs on the album. He will make his solo debut on the Grand Ole Opry on Tues­day (July 10). Prior to form­ing Brooks & Dunn, Brooks released a solo album on Capi­tol Nashville in 1989.

Hunter Hayes’ Sin­gle ‘Wanted’ Goes Gold

Hunter Hayes’ lat­est sin­gle, ‘Wanted,’ has obvi­ously been, well, “wanted” by many. It has just been cer­ti­fied gold for dig­i­tal down­load sales exceed­ing 500,000 copies, mark­ing the first gold-selling sin­gle in the 20-year-old’s career