{"id":5206,"date":"2019-04-05T09:35:09","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T13:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/?p=5206"},"modified":"2019-04-05T05:26:28","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T09:26:28","slug":"on-todays-show-132","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/blogs\/mornings\/2019\/04\/on-todays-show-132\/","title":{"rendered":"On Today&#8217;s Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><u>FRIDAY APRIL 5<sup>TH<\/sup> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WHAT\u2019S HAPPENING<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The GPS equivalent of Y2K is happening\u00a0this Saturday.\u00a0 GPS satellites are on a ten-digit code, which rolls over every 20 years or so.\u00a0 The last time it happened was 1999, but no one had GPS back then.\u00a0 So it could potentially be a big deal . . . but probably not.\u00a0 Unless you&#8217;re using an old GPS system, you&#8217;ll probably be okay.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s one of the architects of GPS.<\/p>\n<p><strong>______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A single Mom in Nevada has been\u00a0struggling recently, and didn&#8217;t have a car.\u00a0 So her 13-year-old son got on Facebook . . . found a cheap 1999 Chevy Metro . . . and traded his Xbox for and worked off the rest.\u00a0 He says he got the idea after he saw YouTube videos of people surprising their mom with a new car.<\/p>\n<p><strong>______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>ENTERTAINMENT<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cShazam!\u201d (PG-13, Action\/Adventure): \u00a0We all have a superhero inside us, it just takes a bit of magic to bring it out. In 14-year-old Billy Batson\u2019s case, he just needs to shout out one word \u2013 SHAZAM! (Zachary Levi, Michelle Borth)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPet Sematary\u201d (R-Rated, Horror): \u00a0Dr. Louis Creed and his wife, Rachel, relocate from Boston to rural Maine with their two young children. The couple soon discover a mysterious burial ground hidden deep in the woods near their new home. (Jason Clarke, Amy Seimetz)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Best of Enemies\u201d (PG-13, Drama): \u00a0Civil rights activist Ann Atwater faces off against C.P. Ellis, Exalted Cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan, in 1971 Durham, North Carolina over the issue of school integration. (Taraji P. Henson, Sam Rockwell)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>TODAY IS\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cDeep Dish Pizza Day\u201d, celebrating the creation of Chicago\u2019s Uno Chicago Grill, which opened in 1943.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>SATURDAY-<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>\u2022 \u201cTwinkie Day\u201d, originally filled with banana cream, the oldest existing Twinkie is 43-years-old.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>SUNDAY-<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>\u2022 \u201cBeer Day\u201d, an unofficial holiday in the US marking the day in 1933 when Americans could legally buy, sell, and drink beer for the first time in 13 years, thanks to Prohibition.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2008 Apple\u2019s iTunes overtakes Walmart to become the largest music retailer<\/p>\n<p><strong>______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>APRIL 5<sup>TH<\/sup>, 2000\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Toby Keith hit #1 with \u201cHow Do You Like Me Now\u201d it spent 5wks at #1<\/p>\n<p><strong>_____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>A Guy Blows Up Someone&#8217;s Car . . . for Honking at His Girlfriend in the Drive Thru <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Back in early February, a 31-year-old woman was at a McDonald&#8217;s drive thru in Illawarra, Australia.\u00a0 And when she was getting her food, she swerved near another car . . . and that driver HONKED at her. Well . . . that honk was enough to send her and her 33-year-old boyfriend over the edge.\u00a0 His name is Ryan Sharp.<\/p>\n<p>First, she called the cops to report the other driver for honking.\u00a0 The cops obviously said there was nothing they could do about it.\u00a0 So . . . the couple spent the next several weeks hunting down the car. And six weeks after they honked at her . . . Ryan found the car in a driveway and BLEW IT UP with a PIPE BOMB.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s facing a ton of charges, including stalking, intimidation, destroying property, placing an explosive in a car, possession of a prohibited weapon, and more.\u00a0 His girlfriend was charged with stalking and being an accessory after the fact.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Man Is So Excited It Warmed Up\u00a0 He Goes for a Drunk Joyride on His Lawnmower<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The cops in Atikokan, in northern Ontario, pulled over a 31-year-old guy last week after he took his riding lawnmower for a drunk joyride.<\/p>\n<p>Why?\u00a0 Because he was so excited it was warming up a little and summer was on the way.<\/p>\n<p>What does &#8220;warming up&#8221; mean in northern Ontario?\u00a0 The day he went for his ride, it was a whopping -10 celcius.<\/p>\n<p>But that temperature is way up from back during the polar vortex, when it was about -30 most days and this was the warmest day since October.<\/p>\n<p>_______________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>RANDOM REPORT<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>More than 300 million Slinkys have been sold, and if they were all uncoiled and joined together, they&#8217;d go around the Earth more than 126 times.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><strong>LeBron James<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Steph Curry<\/strong>\u00a0were both born at Akron General Medical Center in Akron, Ohio . . . 38 months and 14 days apart.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><strong>Arnold Schwarzenegger<\/strong>made $21,429 for every word he said in\u00a0<em><strong>&#8220;Terminator 2: Judgment Day&#8221;<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 He only said 700 words and made $15 million, so that&#8217;s $21,429 per word.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>The word &#8220;escalate&#8221; comes from the word &#8220;escalator,&#8221; not vice versa.\u00a0 The escalator was invented in the late 1800s, and the word &#8220;escalate&#8221; originated in 1922.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>TODAY\u2019S GOOD NEWS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Liz Smith\u00a0is the director of nursing at a hospital in\u00a0Brighton, Massachusetts, near Boston.\u00a0 And about two years ago, she got obsessed with one of her patients . . . an eight-month-old baby named\u00a0Gisele.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She noticed Gisele being wheeled down a hallway and asked another nurse about her.\u00a0 It turned out she had a bunch of issues, because her mom was a drug addict.\u00a0 And she was less than two pounds when she was born.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But here&#8217;s the really heartbreaking part:\u00a0 The nurse told her that in the five months Gisele had been there, NO ONE had come to visit her. Social services had been trying to place her in foster care.\u00a0 So that night, Liz decided SHE&#8217;D take care of her.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s in her 40s, and doesn&#8217;t have any kids of her own.\u00a0 But she&#8217;s always wanted kids.\u00a0 So three weeks later, she got permission to take Gisele home temporarily.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That was two years ago . . . Gisele still has some health issues, but she&#8217;s doing a lot better now.<\/p>\n<p>And\u00a0<em><strong>&#8220;The Washington Post&#8221;<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0just did a story on them, because Liz was finally able to officially ADOPT he.<\/p>\n<p><strong>______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>BIRTHDAYS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[69] Agnetha F\u00e4ltskog, J\u00f6nk\u00f6ping, Sweden, singer (ABBA-\u2018Waterloo\u2019, \u2018Dancing Queen\u2019)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[38] Mike Eli, country singer-guitarist (Eli Young Band-\u2018Drunk Last Night\u2019, \u2018Crazy Girl\u2019)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[30] Lily James, actress (\u2018Lady Rose Aldridge\u2019 on \u201cDownton Abbey\u201d 2012-2015)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0_________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Couple&#8217;s Sleeping Arrangement Has Twitter Users in Disbelief<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Steve O\u2019Rourke, a writer from Dublin, Ireland, took to Twitter after a casual conversation he had with some colleagues at work about what side of the bed each of them slept on.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When asked, O\u2019Rourke explained that he and his partner Amy didn\u2019t have a fixed side of the bed as they regularly swapped, news that seemed to upset his peers greatly.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We were just chatting in work and apparently it\u2019s weird that Amy and I don\u2019t sleep on the same side of the bed every night,<\/em><em>\u201d<\/em><em> O\u2019Rourke wrote on Twitter. <\/em><em>\u201c<\/em><em>Some nights I like to sleep by the window, some nights the door, he added. It\u2019s not really that unusual, is it?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Poor old O\u2019Rourke certainly got an answer, because the tweet generated thousands of comments from total strangers, many of whom were irate.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Undeterred, O\u2019Rourke plowed on, explaining that the couple even has a set of rules when they side swap. He claimed the couple sometimes could go \u201cdays or weeks without swapping \u2026 And when we do swap, it\u2019s rarely discussed, just whoever goes to bed first decides.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0_____________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Tyler Perry Complains about Pricey Bottled Water: <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An Instagram post Tyler Perry made is getting quite the reaction. Thousands of people are cracking up about his comments regarding the $9 price tag of bottled water at a Minnesota hotel.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>They can\u2019t be serious right?! NINE DOLLARS!! NINE DOLLARS!!! What the hell this water do, cure cancer? Make hair grow? Did Jesus bottle it when he met that woman at the well?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Perry wrote in the Instagram post. \u201cY\u2019all got to be kidding me. I will swallow spit and die of dehydration before I pay 9 dollars for a bottle of water!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As of Sunday afternoon, the post has been liked nearly 150,000 times and has generated about 15,000 comments, many with the laughing emoji.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>______________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>APEELING CONCEPT:<\/u><\/strong><strong><u><br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>It\u2019s no secret that citrus fruits are good for you\u2026but good for your hair?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Apparently grabbing a tangerine will not only give you a healthy dose of vitamin C, but could also delay your hair going grey.\u00a0 Nutritionist Frida Harju-Westman says that Tangerines\u2019 Vitamin B12 works to slow the greying process.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Greying occurs when the body lacks B12, which causes it to produce hydrogen peroxide\u2014making your hair turn gray. And of course, that isn\u2019t the only benefit.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Eat a lot of citrus fruits and you can expect better skin, improved digestion, regulated blood pressure, and a host of other benefits.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>FRIDAY APRIL 5<sup>TH<\/sup> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>TODAY\u2019S BIRTHDAYS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[38] Mike Eli, country singer-guitarist (Eli Young Band-\u2018Drunk Last Night\u2019, \u2018Crazy Girl\u2019)<\/p>\n<p>[30] Lily James, actress (\u2018Lady Rose Aldridge\u2019 on \u201cDownton Abbey\u201d 2012-2015)<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong><u>NHL<\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Tampa Bay\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Toronto\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1<\/p>\n<p>Buffalo\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ottawa\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2<\/p>\n<p>Washington\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Montreal\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1<\/p>\n<p>Nashville\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Vancouver\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Detroit\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>MLB<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cleveland\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Toronto\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1<\/p>\n<p>Detroit\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kansas City\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>\u2022 \u201cShazam!\u201d (PG-13, Action\/Adventure):<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cPet Sematary\u201d (R-Rated, Horror):<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cThe Best of Enemies\u201d (PG-13, Drama): \u00a0Civil rights activist Ann Atwater faces off against C.P. Ellis, Exalted Cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan, in 1971 Durham, North Carolina over the issue of school integration. (Taraji P. Henson, Sam Rockwell)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>SATURDAY-<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>\u2022 \u201cNCAA Basketball Tournament\u201d (CBS): A Final Four semifinal. From U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.<br \/>\n<strong><u>SUNDAY-<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>\u2022 \u201cThe 54th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards\u201d (CBS): Reba McEntire hosts. Performers include Dierks Bentley, Brooks &amp; Dunn, Brandi Carlile, Eric Church, Kelly Clarkson, Luke Combs, Dan + Shay, and Florida Georgia Line.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>Here&#8217;s something that people THOUGHT was an April Fools&#8217; joke but is real:\u00a0 The people at Lunchables are rolling out a new product called BRUNCHABLES.\u00a0 Basically, they&#8217;re just breakfast sandwiches that come with a muffin, and they should hit stores soon.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>Stand up airplane seats . . . a guy who stole $122 million from Google and Facebook . . . and an adopted woman who didn&#8217;t know she was white until she was seven years old. (From Colbert, Corden, and Seth on Thursday, April 4, 2019)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>_________________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>BRETT YOUNG TO PERFORM CURRENT HIT ON &#8216;AMERICAN IDOL&#8217;<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Brett Young<\/strong>\u00a0will perform his current Top 15 hit, &#8220;Mercy,&#8221; on\u00a0<em>American Idol<\/em>\u00a0on Sunday (April 7th) night during the All-Star Duets segment. The singer is surprisingly no stranger to reality singing competitions, having tried out for NBC&#8217;s\u00a0<em>The Voice\u00a0<\/em>multiple times.\u00a0\u00a0[&#8220;I auditioned for The Voice three times and never got the call back either time, and then, right after I moved to Nashville, I got an e-mail saying, you know, we reviewed your tapes and this season was kind of light in terms of talent, and you can skip the audition process and move straight to The Blinds, to TV.\u00a0 We would love for you to come be a part of the show.\u00a0 And so I said yes and I went and did the psych evaluation and everything in L.A..\u00a0 And I was a couple days from flying to L.A. to start filming.\u00a0 And you know, when you get there, you sign the final agreement and everything, which ends up being your record deal and this whole thing.\u00a0 And it was like less than a week before I left that I had my first meeting with Big Machine.\u00a0 And so yeah, I would have done it, absolutely, and would have been so grateful for the opportunity.&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><em>American Idol\u00a0<\/em>airs at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>LUKE BRYAN SAYS ACM NODS ARE A &#8216;BIG DEAL&#8217; &#8211; (04\/05\/2019)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Luke Bryan\u00a0<\/strong>goes into this year\u2019s\u00a0<em>ACM Awards\u00a0<\/em>with a pair of nominations for Entertainer, an award he&#8217;s taken home twice, and . Single of the Year for his multi-week Number One hit \u201cMost People Are Good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[\u201cI\u2019m very, very proud to be nominated for Entertainer of the Year at the\u00a0<em>ACM<\/em>s. That\u2019s always the highlight going out there. If I\u2019m nominated for Entertainer of the Year, it\u2019s such a big deal for me, but to have \u2018Most People Are Good\u201d nominated, is so, so special for me for my fans and the songwriters of that song and to have the opportunity to potentially win an ACM Award is such a big deal for me. So excited.\u201d]<\/p>\n<p>Luke is also set to perform his brand new single, &#8220;Knockin&#8217; Boots,&#8221; during the 54th\u00a0<em>Academy of Country Music Awards<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>BROOKS &amp; DUNN GIVE THEIR HITS A &#8216;REBOOT,&#8217; IN STORES TODAY &#8211; (04\/05\/2019)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Brooks &amp; Dunn<\/strong>&#8216;s new project,\u00a0<em>Reboot<\/em>, sees release today (Friday, April 5th). It&#8217;s a collection of a dozen of the duo&#8217;s biggest hits revisited by\u00a0<strong>Kix Brooks<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Ronnie Dunn<\/strong>\u00a0along with today&#8217;s hottest rising country stars like\u00a0<strong>Kacey Musgraves, Kane Brown, Brett Young, Thomas Rhett, Ashely McBryde\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Luke Combs<\/strong>, to name a few.<\/p>\n<p>Actually, the idea for\u00a0<em>Reboot\u00a0<\/em>was sparked by something Luke was doing in his live shows. [&#8220;Luke kind of started this by posting &#8216;Brand New Man&#8217; with some of his band banging out the song and next thing you know Kacey&#8217;s doing &#8216;Neon Moon&#8217; in her show. Ronnie sends me a copy and he goes, &#8216;Hey, check this out,&#8217; and Clarence said, &#8216;I think there could be a project here,&#8217; so he came back a few weeks later and said, &#8216;Hey, I want to talk to you guys. 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