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Last Update on March 18, 2010 03:09 EDT

"AMERICAN IDOL" - WHO'S GONE

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Lacey Brown has been voted off "American Idol." While she hasn't done country on the show, she says other people have told her to go "the country route." So, if she's successful, we might hear from her in the future. All of the singers during this season of "American Idol" who have touched on country music on the show will continue to compete, including Aaron Kelly and Casey James.

BLAKE SHELTON - BEHIND SCENES WITH MIRANDA LAMBERT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- With Miranda Lambert's first tour as a headliner starting tonight, her longtime boyfriend is revealing some little-known facts. Blake Shelton says in the hours before Lambert needs to get ready for her show, she'll be hanging in her tour bus. He says she'll be watching one of her favorite TV shows like, "The Dog Whisperer" or "Cake Boss." And, "she's sitting there in her pink pajamas, playing with her dogs and just being a total girl." But, Shelton says as it gets closer to show time, Lambert goes through a transformation, putting on "chains and be wearing black and she'd look like a rock star." And, Shelton says when Lambert steps up "on that stage, she would then become a rock star." Miranda Lambert's "Roadside Bars and Pink Guitars" tour kicks off tonight in Beckley, West Virginia. The tour runs through June 5.

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CARRIE UNDERWOOD - FISHNETS

UNDATED (AP) -- Put Carrie Underwood in a pair of fishnet stockings and she's not the same person she is at home. Underwood tells the April edition of Allure magazine that she thinks of "'Carrie Underwood' as being a different person." Here's what she says: "I'm, like, Carrie in my sweatpants. But 'Carrie Underwood' is a person who can, you know, wear all the fishnets and the corsets." And, Underwood adds: it's "a lot of fun, to be able to be a bad girl, you know?"

JUSTIN MOORE - MESSAGE TO THAT GUITAR THIEF

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Apparently the guy who swiped Justin Moore's guitar off the stage after Moore's concert in Royal Oaks, Michigan was drunk. Moore says the guy attached an "I'm Sorry" note that referenced one of Moore's songs. It's "How I Got to Be This Way" and mentions making idiotic mistakes. Moore says if he ever meets this guy he'll buy him a beer, which might not be what he needs. Either way, Moore says the guy "knows he did wrong." And, Moore says there's "no sense in making somebody feel worse than they already do."

SARAH SILVERMAN - HOPES TAYLOR SWIFT OR MILEY CYRUS RECORDS HER SERIOUS SONG

CHICAGO (AP) -- Sarah Silverman is known for her silly songs which sometimes have X-Rated references. But, she also writes serious tunes. And, she tells Playboy magazine she's written a song she thinks would be perfect for Taylor Swift or Miley Cyrus to record. It's about teenage angst. Silverman says despite her silly side, she loves songs about heartache and heartbreak.

REBA MCENTIRE - NEW VIDEO FOR "I KEEP ON LOVING YOU"

UNDATED (AP) -- There's a bride. There's a groom. And, there are lots of guests in the wedding that's the setting for Reba McEntire's new video. It's for "I Keep On Loving You." Except for Reba, who's in a sleeveless, muted green dress, the video is in black and white. Because it's set at a wedding, it can show couples of all generations who have kept on loving each other. Included are a couple of little kids who, in the storyline, might have a future together.

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GARY ALLAN

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Gary Allan feels like his new CD is a, quote, "foot's-been-lifted-off-my-head album." He says "Get Off on the Pain" is "definitely a lot more upbeat" than his last albums: the albums that came after his wife's suicide. Allan says now, it's fun to play live. But he says the album still has some reflection in it. He says the track called "No Regrets" is "just a way of letting everybody know" that he's now "sleeping good at night" and he's "in a good place."

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KENTUCKY MUSIC HALL OF FAME - LOVELESS, WARINER, WHITLEY, OTHERS

LEXINGTON, Ken. (AP) -- Patty Loveless, Steve Wariner, John Michael Montgomery and the late Keith Whitley are just some of the country voices named to the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame. Along with them, the Hall will be inducting bluegrass musicians the Goins Brothers, gospel performer Larnelle Harris and late 1940s country singer Molly O'Day. The ceremony is set for April 7, 2011. The event is open to the public. Tickets are on sale now. Details are at www.KentuckyMusicMuseum.com