Official Taylor Swift “Fearless” Album Cover Released

We’ve seen some fake versions of Taylor Swift’s “Fearless” album cover across the Internet this week. But this is the real deal!

Taylor Swift has now officially unveiled the cover of her new Fearless album.

The album is available for pre-order at TheTaylorNation.com and will be released on November 11th by Big Machine records.

Fans also have the opportunity to get their own images featured on the album packaging. A mosaic photo poster will also be featured on the TheTaylorNation website.

If you are thinking about pre-ordering you have three options ranging in price from $13.88 right up to $75.

The most expensive option is a limited edition collector’s box featuring the CD, leather bracelet, t-shirt, photo book, “Taylor Nation” decal and a locker poster.

There is also a special prize up for grabs for fans who purchase the $75 collector box. One fan will win the ultimate Taylor Swift fan experience. The winner will receive an airfare and hotel package for two to attend one of Taylor’s concerts. They will get to meet Talyor and get a tour of her tour bus as well as an autographed guitar!

Kenny Chesney’s New Album “Lucky Old Sun”

Kenny Chesney releases his brand new album “Lucky Old Sun” on October 14th. The album will initially be released as a deluxe edition with four extra bonus tracks.

The regular version of the album will be released on October 21st. The bonus tracks will include “Boston” and “Got a Little Crazy” both of which were recorded at Kenny’s stadium concert near Boston.

The other bonus tracks are “Soul of a Sailor” and “Guitars and Tiki Bars” which was recorded live at the Hogs Breath Saloon in Key West, Florida.

Fans also get the chance to win a trip to attend the opening of Chesney’s 2009 tour with the deluxe edition.

“Lucky Old Sun is a really personal record”, said Chesney. “It comes from some pretty deep places, and it looks at my life, how I’ve evolved and the way the ocean can take you places beyond location. There are a bunch of fun songs on the record, for sure, but nothing quite as immediate as these live tracks. So, in some ways, it’s the very best of what we do in the studio and what we do in people’s hometowns”.

Taylor Swift’s “Fearless” Internet Buzz

The title song, “Fearless” from Taylor Swift’s second is creating quite a buzz on the Internet despite the fact that nobody can listen to the recorded version of the song yet!

Taylor Swift’s second album isn’t set to be released until November 11th but she gave a performance of the title song to fans last year on her tour bus. A radio station posted audio of the performance on the Internet and Taylor’s fans went into a downloading frenzy.

There are currently more than 100 videos on YouTube of fans singing the song. Here is one of the better ones…

Technically speaking the fans are breaking copyright infringement but Taylor’s record company is choosing to turn a blind eye to the fan videos rather than take legal action. When fans react in such a positive way and with the new album to be released soon that’s probably a very wise move.

The record company has certainly spoken with Taylor about the incident however. Taylor Swift told USA Today that, “I wasn’t allowed to play new music for people after that”.

Taylor added, “If you know that somebody’s passionate enough about a song to want to sing it, that’s a really good indicator that it’s going to do well”.

In the meantime, another song from the album is available through iTunes. “Change” is being sold with proceeds going to Team USA.

Tim McGraw Returning Home For Swampstock 2008

Tim McGraw is returning home to Rayville, Louisiana to host “Swampstock 2008″ on Saturday, September 13th 2008.

Swampstock started back in 1994 in downtown Rayville. Proceeds are given back to Mcgraw’s hometown community. The proceeds from previous years have been used towards Rayville Youth Baseball and the Steve Colvin Memorial Scholarship Fund.

Tim McGraw and Faith Hill will be performing on the steps of Richland Parish Courthouse. It’s also been confirmed that Dierks Bentley, Jason Aldean, Halfway to Hazard and Catherine Raney will perform.

Speaking about the event, Tim McGraw said, “We are anxious to return this year with an amazing line up of artists”.

Billy Ray Cyrus Wows Canadian Crowd

Billy Ray Cyrus put on an amazing show for the crowd at Vancouver’s annual PNE fair this Sunday. He was clearly enjoying performing to the large crowd consisting mostly of dads with their kids on their shoulders.

After performing a string of his top songs the country heart throb finished off the free show with a rendition of his 1992 hit “Achy Breaky Heart” much to the delight of the crowd.

Billy Ray Cyrus is enjoying something of comeback to the country music scene partly due to his daughter’s amazing success on the small screen. His single “Somebody Said A Prayer” charted earlier this month and a new album is set for release this fall.