{"id":22090,"date":"2021-05-04T09:35:20","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T13:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/?p=22090"},"modified":"2021-05-04T05:18:19","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T09:18:19","slug":"on-todays-show-594","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/blogs\/mornings\/2021\/05\/on-todays-show-594\/","title":{"rendered":"On Today&#8217;s Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u27a2 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There&#8217;s a 19-year-old woman named Madison Kohout.\u00a0 And she recently moved from Oklahoma to Arkansas after she found a place online that was just $350-a-month for a two-bedroom.\u00a0 She rented it sight unseen and moved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But after she was moved in . . . she realized she&#8217;d rented a room in a RETIREMENT HOME.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Quote, &#8220;A week later, I saw the sign reading &#8216;Senior Citizen Apartments.&#8217;\u00a0 I realized I accidentally moved into a retirement village.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But believe it or not . . . she says it&#8217;s actually going WELL.\u00a0 She&#8217;s started making friends with her neighbors and, quote, &#8220;I&#8217;ve never had so many home-cooked meals in my life.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Madison is documenting her new sitcom life on\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itsme.madiiii\"><b>TikTok<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0if you want to follow along.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u27a2 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A 12-year-old in North Carolina named Mike Wimmer is about to\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcnc.com\/article\/life\/heartwarming\/salisbury-12-year-old-set-to-graduate-college-with-a-40-gpa\/275-b439d312-d3ec-4489-ac0d-2878b6be5c50\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">graduate<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0from high school and college in the same week.\u00a0 He&#8217;s the valedictorian of his high school, which has its graduation on May 21st.\u00a0 And he&#8217;ll get his associate&#8217;s degree from a community college on May 28th.\u00a0 He&#8217;s planning to go into robotics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u27a2 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here&#8217;s a reminder to double check your work before you have something permanently written on your body.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A 24-year-old woman named Bri Pritchett took a trip to Sedona, Arizona to celebrate getting fully vaccinated last month . . . and she wanted to celebrate by getting the latitude and longitude coordinates of Sedona tattooed on her shoulder.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">BUT . . . she accidentally mixed up north and south.\u00a0 So now she has a tattoo for a random spot in the South Pacific Ocean.\u00a0 She says |<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It\u2019s an easy fix if I want to go that route, but I might just keep it because it\u2019s just as funny this way.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u27a2 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fox is developing a\u00a0<\/span><b><i>&#8220;Flintstones&#8221;<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0show, which is described as a &#8220;sequel&#8221; series.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It&#8217;s called\u00a0<\/span><b><i>&#8220;Bedrock&#8221;<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and it will be a primetime animated show targeted at ADULTS.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The show will follow the Flintstone family two decades after the original, with Fred retiring and Pebbles now in her 20s, embarking on her own career.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>ELIZABETH BANKS\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">from\u00a0<\/span><b><i>&#8220;The Hunger Games&#8221;<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0is onboard as a producer.\u00a0 She&#8217;ll also provide the voice of Pebbles.\u00a0 No other casting has been announced.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The original show ran for six seasons on ABC . . . and it was the first animated series to air in primetime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>TODAY IS\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u201cIntergalactic Star Wars Day\u201d, an unofficial holiday celebrating the Star Wars media franchise. Why today? Because of the painful pun: \u201cMay the 4th be with you\u201d (ouch!). Even though the holiday was not created by Lucasfilm, it has been embraced by Lucasfilm and parent company Disney as an annual celebration of Star Wars.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u201cInternational Firefighters\u2019 Day\u201d, to recognize the efforts of those brave hearts who risk their lives to keep us safe. LINK: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.firefightersday.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">http:\/\/www.firefightersday.org<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">1968 [53] The first McDonald\u2019s \u2018Big Mac\u2019 is served (2 all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions, on a sesame seed bun) in Uniontown, PA. Price: 45 cents<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>_____________________________________________________________________________<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Tim McGraw<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8216;s\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A Place In The Sun<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0was released in 1999<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>_____________________________________________________________________________<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>UP AND AT \u2018EM:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u261e A new study suggests that your career may benefit from your starting the day with a decent breakfast. The survey of 2,000 people \u2014 1,000 breakfast eaters and 1,000 who don\u2019t eat breakfast \u2014 found that those who have a morning meal are more likely to receive a promotion at work. 65% of breakfast eaters say they have moved up in a position over the course of their career. Only 38% respondents who didn\u2019t eat breakfast could say the same.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u261e A new study says that a shot of caffeine before an afternoon sweat session may help you maximize the benefits of working out. Researchers from the University of Granada say having caffeine 30 minutes before exercising in the afternoon increases the body\u2019s ability to burn fat. They determined that about 3 mg\/kg of caffeine (the amount in a strong coffee) is enough to significantly jumpstart fat-burning during aerobic exercise.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>_____________________________________________________________________________<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>FOUR RANDOM FACTS\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> There are 18 fictional characters with stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.\u00a0 The most recent are Alvin and the Chipmunks, who got their star in 2019 . . . Mickey Mouse was first, in 1978.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The U.S. has the highest drinking age in North or South America.\u00a0 The next closest is Paraguay, at 20.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The United States military has a MAXIMUM height cutoff.\u00a0 No one over 6-foot-8 can enlist.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Elephants have more genes related to smell than any other animal. \u00a0They have five times more scent genes than humans . . . and twice as many as dogs.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>______________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><b>GOOD NEWS\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A kid in Kentucky named Walker Smallwood\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox19.com\/2021\/04\/14\/dixie-heights-pitcher-throws-no-hitter-return-mound\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">was<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0a promising pitcher until he got diagnosed with bone cancer in his leg at 15 and couldn&#8217;t play baseball anymore.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The best news is that three years later, he&#8217;s in remission.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But even though he&#8217;ll never make the big leagues now, he wanted to pitch one last time.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So earlier this month, his coach let him start his first varsity game and planned to let him face a few batters.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And instead . . . he threw a complete game no-hitter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>______________________________________________________________________________<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>BIRTHDAYS\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">[62] Randy Travis, country singer\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">[51] Will Arnett, Toronto ON, actor (\u201cArrested Development\u201d 2003-06, 2013)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>______________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><b>SCIENCE NEWS<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uproxx.com\/viral\/steak-umm-neil-degrasse-tyson-twitter\/\"><b>Steak-umms<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. . . yes, the sandwich meat brand . . . called out\u00a0<\/span><b>NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0on Twitter for misrepresenting science.\u00a0 And the crazy thing is, they were right.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Neil said, quote, &#8220;The good thing about science is that it&#8217;s TRUE whether or not you believe it.&#8221;\u00a0 And Steak-umms responded with, &#8220;Log off, bro.&#8221;\u00a0 So people thought they were being rude, or even ANTI-science.\u00a0 But then they correctly explained that science itself isn&#8217;t &#8220;true.&#8221;\u00a0 It&#8217;s an &#8220;ever-refining process to FIND truth.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Researchers in Germany found\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/04\/08\/the-shocking-real-reason-why-gorillas-pound-their-chests\/\"><b>gorillas pound their chests<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">to AVOID a fight, not start one.\u00a0 They do it to show how big and tough they are, so other gorillas will back off.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Experts in Israel found that some ancient\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/04\/08\/cave-painters-may-have-been-inspired-by-hallucinations\/\"><b>cave paintings<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">may have been inspired by hallucinations caused by a lack of oxygen, because caves have bad circulation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Researchers in Egypt unearthed an\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/egyptianstreets.com\/2021\/04\/08\/egyptologist-zahi-hawass-announces-discovery-of-lost-golden-city-in-luxor\/\"><b>ancient city<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">that&#8217;s been buried in sand for 3,000 years.\u00a0 They say it&#8217;s one of the biggest discoveries since King Tut in 1922.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Elon Musk recently said that his Neuralink company could be ready to start\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/02\/03\/elon-musk-neuralink-could-start-implanting-brain-chips-later-this-year\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">implanting<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">computer chips in people&#8217;s brains later this year.\u00a0 But that might not be all they&#8217;re cooking up.\u00a0 Neuralink co-founder Max Hodak\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/04\/07\/elon-musks-firm-neuralink-could-build-a-jurassic-park-co-founder\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, quote, &#8220;We could probably build Jurassic Park if we wanted to.&#8221;\u00a0 He added, quote, &#8220;[It] wouldn&#8217;t be genetically authentic dinosaurs but maybe 15 years of breeding and engineering to get super exotic novel species.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here&#8217;s a clip from the lunch\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0Nz8YrCC9X8\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">scene<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0where Jeff Goldblum&#8217;s character tells the scientists they were more worried about if they &#8220;could,&#8221; not if they &#8220;should&#8221;.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>____________________________________________________________________________<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>A DIFFERENT \u2018SCHOOL\u2019 OF THOUGHT:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After a year of remote learning and socially-distanced classrooms, a school in Spain is introducing \u201cschool on a beach\u201d to combine clear air and a new way of teaching.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mask-wearing children can be seen sitting in front of a portable blackboard in rows of neatly spaced desks \u2014 on the sandy shores of Playa de los Nietos (Grandchildren\u2019s Beach). It\u2019s part of a project known as \u201cFresh Air\u201d, which aims to create better air quality for children during the pandemic, including through open-air learning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Eight classes take part in 20-minute lessons and groups rotate through the different areas. Children at the school are ages 3-12 and remain in their class bubbles. A teacher reports that not only are the beach classes safe for kids, they have fun, and \u201cwhat they learn here, they don\u2019t forget\u201d. There have been no reported cases of coronavirus so far.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>TUESDAY MAY 4<\/b><b>TH<\/b><b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u00a0 FLA 5 &#8211; DAL 4 OT <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">BUF 4 &#8211; NYI 2 <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">BOS 3 &#8211; NJD 0 <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WSH 6 &#8211; NYR 3\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PHI 7 &#8211; PIT 2 <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CAR 5 &#8211; CHI 2 <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">NSH 4 &#8211; CBJ 3 OT <\/span> <b>MTL 3 &#8211; TOR 2 OT\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>OTT 2 &#8211; WPG 1<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">STL 3 &#8211; ANA 1 <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MIN 6 &#8211; VGK 5 <\/span> <b>EDM 5 &#8211; VAN 2\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">LAK 3 &#8211; ARI 2 <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">COL 5 &#8211; SJS 4 OT<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A\u2019s 5\u00a0 Blue Jays 4<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tigers were off\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There&#8217;s a woman from Las Vegas who gives insider tips on TikTok for people planning to visit.\u00a0 Listen to a couple of highlights, here.\u00a0 (We took tips from two different posts.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@annalyseco\/video\/6951169238019083526?lang=en&amp;is_copy_url=0&amp;is_from_webapp=v1&amp;sender_device=pc&amp;sender_web_id=6891329151716197893\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">one<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">where she talks about the difference between The Strip and Downtown Vegas.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a second\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@annalyseco\/video\/6951169618316692741?lang=en&amp;is_copy_url=0&amp;is_from_webapp=v1&amp;sender_device=pc&amp;sender_web_id=6891329151716197893\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">clip<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">where she &#8220;reveals&#8221; that prostitution is illegal in Las Vegas, but not in surrounding areas . . . and those places might even pick you up for free.)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u00a0 Someone in Arizona\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodnewsnetwork.org\/heartwarming-video-police-officers-giving-toy-tractor\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">stole<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a four-year-old&#8217;s John Deere Power Wheel, so cops surprised him with a new one.\u00a0 The officer who took the lead on it got a little choked up when they showed it to him.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u00a0 Jerry Seinfeld has absolutely NO skill when it comes to horseback riding.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Bill and Melinda Gates Are Getting Divorced<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">First it was\u00a0<\/span><b>Jeff\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and\u00a0<\/span><b>MacKenzie Bezos<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and now\u00a0<\/span><b>BILL\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and\u00a0<\/span><b>MELINDA GATES\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">are getting divorced . . . after 27 years of marriage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They issued a statement saying, quote, &#8220;We no longer believe we can grow together as a couple in this next phase of our lives.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They added that they will continue to work together at the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, which helps people all over the world to, quote, &#8220;lead healthy, productive lives.&#8221; \u00a0The charity was founded in 2000, and is now worth over $40 billion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bill and Melinda got married in Hawaii on January 1st, 1994.\u00a0 He&#8217;s 65, she&#8217;s 56.\u00a0 They have three kids . . . a 21-year-old son and two daughters, ages 18 and 25.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bill is worth around $137 BILLION.\u00a0\u00a0They never had a prenup, but Belinda&#8217;s divorce petition says they&#8217;ve already come to a &#8220;separation agreement&#8221; . . . and she will not need spousal support.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>ERIC CHURCH&#8217;S &#8216;SOUL&#8217; ALBUM REPLACES &#8216;HEART&#8217; AT TOP OF ALBUM SALES CHART &#8211;\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Soul<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0album of\u00a0<\/span><b>Eric Church<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2019s new triple album\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Heart &amp; Soul<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0takes over at Number One on the all-genre\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Billboard<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0Top Album Sales chart. He replaces himself in the top spot as\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Heart\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">debuted there last week. Eric also continues to occupy three of the Top 10 spots with<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0Heart<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0at Number Nine, the fan-club exclusive<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0&amp;\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">at Number Three and\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Soul\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">at Number One.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In addition, Eric sits atop the all-genre\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Billboard<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0Artist 100 chart while also becoming the first country artist to simultaneously occupy the top two spots on the\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Billboard\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Vinyl Albums chart since its inception in 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Eric had no set intention on creating three separate albums when he headed to North Carolina with a handful of songwriters to write for this project. He tells us that in the end it just seemed to make sense.\u00a0<\/span><b>[\u201cI didn\u2019t go in there trying to make two albums or three albums. What I found when I listened back to the project is there were a lot of songs that had heart in them or cars or guitars or music, and I think that\u2019s because that\u2019s what was on my mind at the time, and then the thought was raised &#8212; do they belong together and that\u2019s the first time that three albums came out.&#8221;]\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Eric will hit the road this fall to perform some of his new material on\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Gather Again Tour<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>____________________________________________________________________________<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Thomas Rhett on the Time He Had Mono, but Toby Keith Told Him to Man-Up and Perform\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If this isn&#8217;t the perfect example of &#8220;the show must go on,&#8221; nothing is.\u00a0 In a recent interview,\u00a0<\/span><b>THOMAS RHETT<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0talked about opening for\u00a0<\/span><b>TOBY KEITH<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0back when he was a 21-year-old newbie.\u00a0 It was his first tour, but he was really sick.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He finally went to the doctor and found out he had tonsillitis that was caused by mononucleosis.\u00a0 So he told Toby he couldn&#8217;t do the show that night, and was promptly taken to school.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here&#8217;s Thomas telling the story.\u00a0 Quote, &#8220;I notice he&#8217;s holding his stomach. \u00a0I was like, &#8216;Toby, I&#8217;m not going to be able to play tonight, man.\u00a0 I&#8217;m too sick, I can&#8217;t sing.&#8217;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;[And] in a round-about way of using some other language, Toby said, &#8216;Well, it&#8217;s alright man, I had my gallbladder taken out early today so if you want to be a pansy about it, be my guest.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;Needless to say I went out there and played the show and threw my guts up the whole night.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><b>_____________________________________________________________________________<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>TRACE ADKINS WORKING ON 13TH STUDIO ALBUM\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As he approaches the 25th anniversary of his first album,\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Still Dreamin\u2019 Out Loud<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Trace Adkins<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0is back in the studio readying his 13th LP.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The album&#8217;s debut single is called \u201cHeartbreak Song.&#8221; 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