Reba McEntire News

We were hoping we would be welcoming a new arena to Tucson as the decade draws to a close, but no such luck. So don’t hold your breath for many big-name headline-grabbing acts in the Old Pueblo, or you just might suffocate.

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A limo ride with Bono, chats with each of his U2 bandmates, country cutie Keith Urban sending yours truly a book with a note the day after our talk. Indeed, 2009 proved to be one exceptional year of chin-wags for music critic Jane Stevenson.[...]

A limo ride with Bono, chats with each of his U2 bandmates, country cutie Keith Urban sending yours truly a book with a note the day after our talk … Indeed, 2009 proved to be one exceptional year of chinwags.[...]

Board members of the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in Muskogee know this isn’t the best climate in which to raise $16 million for a new home for their organization. But as board member Mike Martin puts it, “The future waits on nobody. We believe it’s something the state can get behind.” Supporters o… By [...]

While acknowledging that the state’s financial difficulties may make it difficult for legislators to meet his request, the head of the state Historical Society said he has asked for money to help fund a new Tulsa museum in its budget request for next year. Dr. Bob Blackburn, executive director of t… By Mike Easterling.

Britney Spears sang 1-2-”3,” but several other numbers, much higher, also impacted the charts in 2009. Let Chart Beat count the ways …

Carrie Underwood has blogged about her Christmas on her official fan club site: “I think you all know what Santa left under the tree for me this year … a fiancé! Woo hoo! Little Ace is finally going to have a dad! We all couldn’t be happier!!!”

How about a No. 1 single for Christmas? That’s Reba McEntire’s gift as “Consider Me Gone” scrambles into the top spot for the last week of 2009, dislodging Lady Antebellum’s long-running “Need You Now,” which scoots back to No. 2.

With this week’s charts dated Jan. 2, 2010, Janet Jackson and Reba McEntire each register No. 1 songs in a fourth decade.