by Alanna Conaway- The Boot

Trace Adkins is back out on the road with Toby Keith on his American Ride tour. The trek kicked off toward the end of June, with Trace admitting that, thanks to Mother Nature, it a little tough to get all the kinks worked out.

"That first weekend was a little chaotic because Toby and his crew were having to work with all totally brand new gear because they lost everything in the flood," Trace tells The Boot. "I felt bad for them. It kind of made things a little frantic, but we pulled it off."

Over the years, Trace has learned how to handle all the unexpected problems that come along with major tours. Just last year, the singer was part of two of the highest-grossing tours in country music -- the co-headlining Shine All Night tour with Martina McBride and the first leg of Toby's American Ride tour.

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Headline Country traveled to St. Louis, Missouri, over the weekend to catch up with label-mates Toby Keith and Trace Adkins on the "American Ride" tour. Both artists opened shows with new music from their upcoming albums and united during Keith's encore for his pair of American anthems ("American Soldier", "Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue"). Check out full coverage, including interviews with both artists, on GAC.

Air Times:

July 29, 2010 9:00 PM ET
July 30, 2010 1:00 AM ET
July 30, 2010 1:30 PM ET
July 30, 2010 7:30 PM ET
July 31, 2010 12:30 PM ET

By: Alison Bonaguro - CMT

Michael Connelly is a brilliant writer. His books are the ones that make me lose sleep night after night because I literally cannot put them down. So now that his 2005 bestseller, The Lincoln Lawyer, is being made into a movie with Trace Adkins in a small role, I will be first in line at the theater when it opens. (Not until sometime in 2011, sadly.) The story is about a criminal defense attorney who uses the backseat of his Lincoln Town Car as his Los Angeles office to represent some very heavy hitters and bad guys.

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Opry.com has launched a new interactive game and not only is it fun, but it’s also for a good cause! The Country Music Video Challenge features video clips of Opry performances – including Trace Adkins – followed by questions about those clips and the artists featured in them. Plus, Opry Presenting Sponsor Humana® has pledged to pay $1 for each of the first 25,000 fans who play the game.

In addition to showing off your country music trivia mettle and assisting with continuing flood relief efforts, by playing the game you will also be entered to win one-of-a-kind Challenge prizes, including an autographed Gibson guitar, $500 cash, and a trip to Nashville including VIP tickets to the Opry!

Go to oprychallenge.com to check the game out for yourself. Be warned … it can be addictive!

By Tom Roland - ABC News

(Billboard) - When Trace Adkins rolled into Spencer, Iowa, on September 20, 2009, to headline the Clay County Fair, little did the veteran country singer know that the date would change the course of his career.

"Here we are at this fair in Iowa in the middle of nowhere," Adkins recalls, his reedy speaking voice rattling through a small, comfortable second-floor room at his publicist's Music Row office in Nashville. "We saw these people beginning to gather, and somebody told me that I had played that fair before. I just made the comment, 'Oh, cowboy's back in town.'"

Within hours, Adkins and a couple of songwriting buddies -- Kenny Beard, who co-wrote his 1997 hit "The Rest of Mine," and singer-songwriter Jeff Bates -- had turned that "cowboy" phrase into a song about a woman in a relationship with someone who's often in another city. The three writers performed "Cowboy's Back in Town" acoustically for the first time that night in Spencer, and the song became a shining example of Adkins' mantra as he shifts his career. more!

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Here is your chance to Pre-order an EXCLUSIVE version of the deluxe edition of the Cowboy's Back In Town CD and special fan bundles perfect for every Trace fan! Only available at TraceAdkins.com for a limited time. Pre-order Trace's new album Cowboy's Back In Town with a limited edition cover and every 10th copy sold will be signed by Trace!

Also available is a limited edition bundle that includes the deluxe version of Cowboy's Back In Town with exclusive cover and an exclusive T-shirt! Every 10th pack sold will include a signed CD while supplies last. Last but not least our Ultimate bundle includes the limited edition deluxe version of the album with the exclusive cover, the T-shirt, and a cowboy hat just like Trace wears! While supplies last, every CD and cowboy hat in the ultimate bundle is signed by Trace himself. All made in the USA! Tell your friends to 'Cowboy' Up at TraceAdkins.com!

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If you weren't able to be in Nashville to see Trace perform at the "Let Freedom Sing" concert at Riverfront Park in Nashville, TN on July 4th, Click here to see a few photos from the event!

Humorous Collection Of Short Videos Showing Them In Each Other’s World

Known just as much for their talents as they are for wearing their signature cowboy hats, country music superstar Trace Adkins, and racing legend and NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard Petty, have begun a humorous “rivalry” of one-upsmanship about who experiences the toughest pain.

Through the series of spoofs, jabs, challenges and contests, Adkins and Petty boldly take on new experiences in each other’s profession that sometimes work and sometimes don’t. The funny moments have been captured on film and will be posted to pickapowder.com. For example, you’ll be able to watch 6-foot-6 Trace get in and try to get out of Richard’s Petty’s car, and you’ll be able to hear Richard sing Karaoke. Fans of either or both men will be brought into the fold to help decide which brand is the favorite among powders users and which one of the two men truly suffers from the toughest pain.

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Check out Rhapsody's exclusive, behind-the-scenes footage for Trace Adkins' new single, "This Ain't No Love Song." Watch it here!