Our News 2 “Messed Up” guy, Andy Cordan, has gotten a hold of Trace Adkins. Zoinks! That’s messed up!

Andy is doing a story about some traffic problems involving Concord Road in the Brentwood area. Seems about 1/2 mile of the road will be shut down for as long as three months, and some parents, including — you guessed it — Trace Adkins think that’s messed up.

After all, school bus routes will get all screwed up, right?

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Ask any country star and they'll tell you with a twinkle in their eye about their first time…making a music video! So to honor the inaugural, the debut, the first videos ever shot by some of country's biggest stars, we're asking you to help decide the Top 20 best of the best. Trace's video for "There's A Girl In Texas" is nominated! Vote Daily!

Demonstrating his unwavering commitment to finding a cure for food allergies, country music star Trace Adkins will once again serve as the National Honorary Chair of the 2009 FAAN Walk for Food Allergy: Moving Toward A Cure.

This year, the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN) is sponsoring a record-number 33 walks in cities across the country as well as online, all in the name of raising funds for food allergy research and education.

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Good news! Country Weekly is doing a cover story on Trace Adkins for their Sept. 7 issue, and they want you to come up with some questions for them to ask him! Whether it’s about his music, his family, his hobbies, his childhood, his farm, his acting, his politics or any of dozens of other topics, we want you to tell them what you’d like them to ask the big guy. The more interesting, funny or thought-provoking the questions, the more likely they’ll be used in our interview with Trace.

So, please submit your three best questions by 9 a.m. CST on Monday, July 27. Then pick up the Sept. 7 issue of Country Weekly (on sale Aug. 31) and check out the Trace cover story to see if we asked your question. Thanks in advance for your help! Ask your questions now!

SUPERSTARS TAKE THE STAGE AND GET UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH THEIR FANS AT "CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY'S NIGHT TO ROCK" MONDAY, AUGUST 31, ON THE ABC TELEVISION NETWORK

High-voltage stage performances by chart-topping superstars, along with revealing special segments about fan favorites, will mark the return of ABC's hottest music event this summer when "CMA Music Festival: Country's Night to Rock" airs Monday, Aug. 31 (8:00-11:00 PM/ET) on the ABC Television Network. The annual music bash, expanding to three hours for the first time, will air in HD with 5.1-channel surround sound.

Scheduled to perform are Trace Adkins,

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"Luke McBain" Is First Original Concept Comic Book Series By A Country Artist

Country music sensation TRACE ADKINS can now add action hero to his ongoing list of career accomplishments. In November, 12 Gauge Comics unleashes "LUKE MCBAIN," a four-issue comic book series featuring a tough Southern hero that is based on the platinum-selling country star.

Other music artists have been involved with the comic book scene including Gerald Way of My Chemical Romance and Tori Amos, but Adkins is the first country artist to be featured as a fictional character in a comic book project.

Writer David Tischman (Red Herring) created the idea with 12 Gauge publisher Keven Gardner, and they spent a lot of time with Adkins to make sure "MCBAIN" feels authentic.

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--Country Star Trace Adkins Volunteers for “Get On The Bus” Campaign--

On July 10, “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” travels to Lancaster, Texas, to meet Carlton Marshall who lost most of his mobility and all of his hearing after being shot while leading a Dallas Police Department SWAT team. Carlton and his wife Susan, a homicide detective, will learn that their home will be rebuilt in seven days – solving rampant structural and accessibility issues and also enabling the Marshalls to continue their long-time volunteer work with a horseback riding therapy program for children and adults with mental and physical challenges.

Country Music sensation Trace Adkins will be the celebrity volunteer for this build.

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By Dal Cannady - WTOC

FT. STEWART, GA (WTOC) - July 4th means more than cookouts and fireworks for our men and women in uniform. They help defend the independence gained more than 200 years ago.

Last Friday night, two mega-performers teamed with our community to give Fort Stewart's troops and families an evening of fun.

Country music star Trace Adkins said the stage at Fort Stewart Friday was a cake walk compared to the places in Iraq where he's performed for American soldiers.

"We have deserts over here, but not like that desert over there. It is the most oppressing, unforgiving, dirty place I've been in my life," he explained.

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Country Star Adkins's Bravado Belies the Warmth and Kindness Beneath
By Moira E. McLaughlin

If you're not familiar with Trace Adkins's music, you might be tempted to dismiss it as simple, formulaic and slightly sexist. He devotes one song, "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk," to a woman's posterior.

"There ought to be a law/Get the sheriff on the phone/Lord have mercy, how'd she even get them britches on?/That Honky Tonk Badonkadonk," he sings.

A video for another tune, "Ladies Love Country Boys," depicts the blond-haired, black-cowboy-hat-wearing Adkins strutting down a city street, with a herd of women trailing him.

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Look for a new GAC series, Soundstage, which features some of country's biggest artists, including Kenny Chesney, Trisha Yearwood and Trace Adkins.

Soundstage originally aired from 1974-1985, before returning in 2003.

"GAC is thrilled to be able to offer Soundstage to our viewers," says Sarah Trahern, senior VP of programming for GAC. "It remains a groundbreaking television concert series and will give fans a chance to see some of country music’s top stars perform in an intimate setting."

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by Beville Darden

Trace Adkins' 'Honky Tonk Badonkadonk,' the song country fans seem to either love or loathe, was certified platinum last week, with sales exceeding one million. Trace is the first to admit he's shocked by the humorous song's success.

"It immediately made me laugh," he tells The Boot of the first time he heard the tune, which was written by Jamey Johnson, Randy Houser and Dallas Davidson. "I thought it would be a hit, but there's no way I could have envisioned a million ring tones and all that kind of stuff. And then for the video to take on a life of its own ... Yeah, it caught me off guard."

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Now YOU get an inside look in to Trace's life on the road! GIG-VID TV will show you what it looks like from Trace's side of the stage, what happens before a show, and so much more! Check out an ALL NEW GIG-VID from Fort Worth, TX!

Now you can embed Trace's GIG-VID player on your webpage and have the latest videos play automatically! Make sure you call Trace and let him know what you think and what you want to see on upcoming GIG-VIDS!