What you can expect INSIDE the new Music City Center!!

1. WiFi will be free for visitors.

2. Music can be played anywhere in the building, including at the Songwriters Hall of Fame, where visitors can listen to song catalogs of Nashville's acclaimed songwriters.

3. If convention organizers want to hang a car from the ceiling of the 350,000 square foot exhibit hall or drive one onto the stage of the Grand Ballroom, they can.

4. Music City Center includes seven outdoor locations for guests to look out over the city. Mayor Karl Dean also recommends the roosts as potential places to watch Fourth of July festivities.

5. Music City Center's kitchen, led by Max Knoepfel, can make 20,000 meals a day, if necessary.

6. Artwork inside includes "Euphony," by Ball-Nogues Studio, about 28 miles of yellow, red and blue beading that hangs about 117 feet long; and "Composition," by Aaron Stephan, which consists of a grid of more than 100 white musical instruments and hangs in front of the Demonbreun Street view.

7. The average size group at the existing convention center is 1,500, compared to 6,500 at the new center.

THE GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION

What: Live Music on the Plaza at the Music City Center with Phil Vassar and Ten Out of Tenn; Nashville Symphony performing in the GrandBallroom
When: 3-7 p.m. Sunday . May 19
Where: Music City Center, 201 Fifth Ave. S.
Admission: free

What: Music City Center Grand Opening Concert with Sheryl Crow, The Time Jumpers with Vince Gill, Fisk Jubilee Singers, Mikky Ekko
When: 6-9 p.m. Monday. May 20
Where: Music City Center, 201 Fifth Ave. S.
Admission: free

CMA FEST RIVERFRONT SCHEDULE:

THURSDAY JUNE 6^TH

Blackberry Smoke

Mark Chesnutt

Sara Evans

Gloriana

Love and Theft

Dustin Lynch

Craig Morgan

Joe Nichols

Phil Vassar

FRIDAY JUNE 7TH

Keith Anderson

Greg Bates

Craig Campbell

Brett Eldredge

Casey James

Aaron Lewis

Jo Dee Messina

Tate Stevens

Darryl Worley

SATURDAY JUNE 8TH

The Grascals

Steve Holy

David Nail

Jerrod Niemann

Eric Paslay

Maggie Rose

Corey Smith

Sunny Sweeney

SUNDAY JUNE 9TH

Tyler Farr

Rachel Farley

Colt Ford

Kristen Kelly

Lonestar

Ronnie Milsap

Gretchen Wilson

OBSESSED TAYLOR SWIFT ARRESTED!

Taylor Swift had plenty reason to make "the face" when an obsessed fan was arrested near her Rhode Island beach home.  The 22-year-old man from Chicago was cuffed early this morning after he admitted to swimming up to the beach in front of her house in hopes of meeting her.  Police arrested him when they spotted him in the water. He's still in custody. 

Everyone knows, stalkers don't get songs written about them...ex-boyfriends do!!

AMERICAN IDOL SEASON FINALE SURPRISES!!!

Thursday's live results show at The Nokia in Los Angeles has a lineup of performers that includes Adam Lambert, Jennifer Lopez, The Band Perry, Frankie Valli and Korean pop star Psy. Judges Keith Urban and Mariah Carey are pre-taping performances.

SONG LIST SPOILERS

Reprise:

• Candice - “I (Who Have Nothing)” by Ben E. King
• Kree - “Up To The Mountain (M.K.K. Song)” by Patty Griffin

Simon Fuller’s Pick:

• Candice Glover - “Chasing Pavements” by Adele
• Kree Harrison - “Angel” by Sarah McLachlan

Coronation Single:

• Candice Glover - “I Am Beautiful”
• Kree Harrison - “All Cried Out”

MIRANDA LAMBERT ON PREGNANCY RUMOURS...AND COUPLE OTHER THINGS!

KEITH URBAN LET IT SLIP

We premiered new music from Keith Urban yesterday!  "Little Bit of Everything" happened to fall into our hands and we just couldn't wait to play it for you!!!  We played it 3 times in the first hour we got it!  Hope you heard it.  Anyhoooo...Keith doesn't like making a big deal over things like that.  He'd prefer the song to quietly slip out, but when it's been almost 2 years since we had a new single from Keith Urban, how could you NOT shout it from the highest mountain top?

Keith will perform "Little Bit Of Everything" on the season finale of American Idol this Thursday!

TRACE and TREAT!

Walgreen's was all out of Trace Adkins "Maple Macadamia Mash-Up" by the time I got there after the kids went to bed. However, I did happen to find some more delicious Trace Adkins treats for YOU! 

His new album "LOVE WILL" is Out today (Tuesday), the 11-track album has Trace hitting NBC’s Today show on Wednesday and FOX News’ Fox & Friends on Friday. Trace will also serve as honorary Grand Marshall at the 2013 National Memorial Day Parade in Washington D.C. on May 27th.  You can preview and purchase the album HERE!

Trace enters the Celebrity Apprentice finale with more than $700,000 raised for the American Red Cross

ARE YOU A DIERKS BENTLEY RISER?

If you didn't know any better, you'd think this was a preview for one of those IMAX films you'd see at the Adventure Science Center, right?  Nope.  This is a little TEASE that Dierks Bentley put together to get you excited for the NEW ALBUM. Music has a way of healing, doesn't it?  We'll take the journey with Dierks as he heals following the loss of his Dad.  The new cd was written and recorded in the year after his Father passed away.  Keep an eye and an ear out for "RISER" this Fall.

LOOKOUT: COUNTRY STARS ON TV TONIGHT

• Taylor Swift on New Girl (FOX)
• Lady Antebellum, Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams, T.I. on The Voice (NBC)
• Natalie Maines on Ellen DeGeneres (synd)
• Pistol Annies on Ferguson (CBS)

POUR DIERKS BENTLY

Arizona native Dierks Bentley is opening a bar in his home state. Dierks Bentley's Whiskey Row -- a 1920s style saloon with a modern flair -- will open its doors in Old Town Scottsdale, Arizona this summer. All menu items will be made from scratch in house, using organic meats and locally farmed produce. And the bar will offer 40 different types of whiskey. It opens on July 4th.

BABS SAYS "SEE YA"

Barbara Walters is hanging up her microphone, but not until next summer.

The veteran broadcaster, who has spent 37 years with ABC News, will make the announcement Monday morning on The View that she's retiring from TV journalism next summer. Before she steps down, she'll continue to report and anchor for ABC News, appear on The View, and host specials, including 20 Years of 10 Most Fascinating People, set for December, an Oscars special and a career retrospective set for May.

KELLIE PICKLER PROFESSIONAL BODY BUILDER?

Kellie Pickler was in AMAZING shape before she even stepped foot on that dance floor.  Now, she's "ripped" and loves it!  She told her husband “I’m excited about getting ripped. I keep joking with him saying I’m going to after the shows I’m going to start entering these muscle women contests and do the women’s weightlifting competitions." I don't know about that, but if she puts out a work out DVD, I'd buy it! Wouldn't you?

Cheer on Kellie and her partner Derek Hough in the DWTS Semi-finals!! We'll find out who wins the Mirror Ball on May 21st!

THE NEW KACEY MUSGRAVES VIDEO IS SMOKIN'!!!