Brice On ‘Today’
Lee Brice returns to the “Today” show on Thurs­day to per­form his cur­rent hit sin­gle, “Hard to Love,” which is climb­ing Billboard’s Top Coun­try Songs chart. This past spring, Brice co-hosted the “Today” show with Hoda Kotb and per­formed his megahit, “A Woman Like You,” which was just cer­ti­fied Platinum.

Trace Adkins Wel­comes Grand­child
Father’s Day was Sun­day, but Trace Adkins cel­e­brated early. Adkins has become a grand­fa­ther to a boy named in his honor. Jack­son Trace Web­ber was born on June 6th to Trace’s eldest daugh­ter, Tarah. To mark Father’s Day, the proud grand­fa­ther posted pic­tures of him­self and the new­born – as well as his own father, Aaron – on his Face­book page. Trace also shared the pho­tos with Peo­ple, and in an inter­view with the mag­a­zine he said he might spend Father’s Day plant­ing apple and peach trees in the grove his wife, Rhonda, and daugh­ters gave him last year. “There’s noth­ing more sat­is­fy­ing than to watch them grow – that goes for the lit­tle ones and the trees,” he said.

Kenny Ches­ney Says ‘No’ To Real­ity Tele­vi­sion
Kenny Ches­ney recently dis­missed any notion of asso­ci­at­ing him­self with a real­ity tele­vi­sion show or a singing com­pe­ti­tion. “Uh, no – not really,” Ches­ney tells Taste of Coun­try when asked if he’d con­sider it. “I don’t think I’d be too good at judg­ing a tal­ent con­test or men­tor­ing any­one.” “I haven’t watched a lot of those shows in the first place,” he admits. “It’s up to any­body to find their own path and real­ize their dream any­way they want to do it. I’m not con­don­ing it at all, but I don’t see myself being a part of any­thing like that really.” Fans hop­ing to catch Ches­ney on the small screen can tune in to ESPN for the singer’s hys­ter­i­cal new com­mer­cial. The ESPN spot shows Kenny attempt­ing to ignore Steve Levy as the pop­u­lar sports­caster tries to sit with him at the cafeteria’s “cool table.”