A Road Warrior Kicks Back In Costa Rica For The Holidays And Then A Busy 2015

Kip Moore:  “I’m gonna do a little solo radio tour for a while right after this tour, and I’ll probably be doing that until the second week of December. And then I’ll go to Costa Rica to surf for a couple of weeks, then I’ll spend Christmas, and then I go back out on the radio tour for another two weeks. Then I have like two weeks off in January where I’ll go surfing one more time, and then we hit it hard for the rest of the year.”

Country Is Well-Represented In Film

Thomas Rhett, Hunter Hayes, Lady Antebellum, Eric Paslay, Kacey Musgraves, Kip Moore, David Nail, Thompson Square and Colbie Caillat, among others, are among the artists featured on The Best of Me soundtrack.

“Having a song in The Best of Me soundtrack is really cool for me," says Thomas. "Me and my wife have been huge fans of Nicholas Sparks for a long time. I thinkt hat most girls were since they saw The Notebook. For me, I actually got to read the book, The Best of Me, which was awesome. This is the first song I’ve ever had in a movie before. So, it’s a really cool thing,"

Hunter agrees, and says it's a dream come true for him to have a song in the movie. "One of the coolest things as a songwriter is being anywhere at any point in time and being caught off guard by hearing your song," says Hunter. "And one of the coolest, I’ve always thought, one of the biggest dreams is sitting in a movie theater watching a movie [and having your song come on]."

The soundtrack to the film was released this week, while the film adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' film hits theaters nationwide October 17th.

LA And Kip Moore Exchange Gifts

It was his last night on Lady Antebellum's Take Me Downtown Tour and so a special event was in order.

Click to watch the video.

Final ACM New Artist of the Year Nominees Announced

The fans have spoken, and the final three nominees for ACM New Artist of the Year Presented by Kohl’s Department Stores are Brett Eldredge, Kip Moore, and Justin Moore. All three artists now move on to the final round of voting, where you, the fans, will once again have a say in determining the ACM New Artist of the Year!

The final round of voting will begin at CBS.com on March 24^th. Cast your vote by logging onto www.VoteACM.com.

Kip Moore Wraps 2013 Tour

Kip extinguished his BURN THE WHOLE WORLD DOWN tour last weekend wrapping up with a sold-out show at Cleveland's House of Blues on Saturday night. 

Moore's album UP ALL NIGHT was the best selling debut album from any solo male country artist released in 2012 and 2013, and produced three back-to-back No. one singles with "Somethin' 'Bout A Truck," "Beer Money" and "Hey Pretty Girl."  

From national TV appearances like TODAY, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Conan, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno to his first stadium slot as part of CMA Music Festival: Country's Night to Rock and a photo spread in PEOPLE Country's "Hottest Guy's" issue, Moore has captivated a loyal following in both fans and critics.  This year also brought Moore his first CMA Award nomination in the "New Artist Of The Year" category.

As he heads into 2014, Moore is armed with the recently released lead single, "Young Love," from his upcoming sophomore album.  A constant road warrior, Moore will pick up with Lady Antebellum on their TAKE ME DOWNTOWN TOUR on Jan. 10 in Peoria, IL.

CMA Songwriters Miranda Lambert, Kip Moore, Brett James and Bob DiPiero Perform In Boston

Miranda, Kip, Brett and Bob will be streaming the CMA Songwriters Series live from the Royale Boston Nightclub July 11.

The series showcases the best of Country's mega-hit songwriters.

Each night of the series features successful songwriters, who line up on stage and, with guitar in-hand, take turns telling the stories behind their hit songs and performing them in the raw as originally written.

Kip Moore Does "Fox And Friends"

It's a long way from a small Georgia town to New York City and Kip shared the journey on TV last Friday (click to watch it).

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CRS New Faces Show Rocks Friday Night

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Vince Gill On "Nashville"

Gill, right, with Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys.  Vince will be portraying himself on an upcoming episode of ABC’s new blockbuster series, “Nashville.”  The episode will air Wednesday, February 27 and will feature other Nashville performers including Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys, Pam Tillis, Kate York and Kip Moore.

The episode, titled “Dear Brother,” features a surprise birthday party for Deacon, played by actor Charles Esten, and will take place at The Bluebird Café.  It was filmed in mid-February.

"I had a really fun time hanging out with the cast and crew," commented Gill.  "I really do enjoy watching the show and I think it's great for Nashville.  Plus, I was playing myself which wasn't a big stretch." 

“Nashville” stars Connie Britton as Rayna Jaymes, Hayden Panettiere as Juliette Barnes, Clare Bowen as Scarlett O’Connor, Eric Close as Teddy Conrad, Charles Esten as Deacon Claybourne, Jonathan Jackson as Avery Barkley, Sam Palladio as Gunnar Scott, Robert Ray Wisdom as Coleman Carlisle and Powers Boothe as Lamar Wyatt.

This episode of “Nashville” will be available on ABC.com the day after air for users to watch online.

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(Photo credit: ABC/KATHERINE BOMBOY-THORNTON)

Kip Moore's #1 For Week #2

"Somethin' 'Bout a Truck" has captured the No. 1 spot for the second consecutive week on the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart and the Mediabase/ Country Aircheck chart, making Kip the first new country artist in four years to have a debut album's first single go No. 1 for multiple weeks.

"Somethin' 'Bout a Truck" is the first single from a new country artist's debut album to reach No. 1 for multiple weeks since 2008, when Zac Brown Band and Darius Rucker made their first appearances atop the country charts. He will perform the hit on the 2012 CMT Music Awards on Wednesday, June 6, at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT on CMT and CMT.com.

In addition, Entertainment Weekly has named Moore as one of five Music Summer Breakouts in its issue called "Your Summer Must List." He was the only country artist to receive the honor. "The Georgia native, 32, has crashed the country charts with 'Somethin' 'Bout a Truck.' And his debut, Up All Night, crackles with fresh energy-thanks in part to his evocative rasp, which works equally well on summery kick-back jams like 'Truck' and romantic, arena-ready anthems," the magazine says.

Moore had just finished performing the song Tuesday on the Fox News Channel's Fox & Friends when he received the news of his two-week No. 1.  "I was on the bus after Fox & Friends and my manager, Shawn McSpadden, told me and we gave each other a hug," Moore says.

When CNN Covers You, You're "Today's News"

And, that's where Kip Moore finds himself today:

"I've been writing about two songs a day for about seven or eight years," the 32-year-old singer told CNN from a tour stop in New Hampshire last month. "(When I moved to) Nashville, it was a move because that's what I really wanted to do. I think it's natural when you get to a town like that, you question, 'Are you good enough?' every single day.

"I was below the bar I needed to be when I first got there. I questioned going home all the time my first few years. You see your friends around you building a foundation with their jobs, retirement, family -- not that those things are what I want now, but you could look up, and you're 40 years old -- all of a sudden you have nothing to show for it."

Before moving to Nashville in the early 2000s with songwriting aspirations, Moore credits the time he spent in Hawaii after college for helping him get his songwriting skills up to snuff.