

The 10 finalists will go to Nashville to perform a series of live performances and the grand prize winner will earn a recording contract with Sony Music Nashville. Local winners will then go on to the regional round of competitions, which will take place in five major cities in January. will host auditions over a four week period.

Beginning November 1, radio stations across the U.S. Auditions for Nashville Star began on October 22 at Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. Group members Peter Buck and Michael Stipe have mentioned the possibility of a world tour in support of the album, which will be released in 2003.įollowing the success of Fox-TV's American Idol talent contest, a nationwide search has begun to find the next Country music star. is currently working on its 13th album in a Vancouver studio.

When I heard Cryfor the first time, I heard his voice on it. "I didn't want to put him in the position of having to turn me down when I was on the line. It has also been reported that Faith wanted to have Aerosmith's Steven Tyler record a duet with her on Cry title track. The album sold 472,000 copies in its first week, making it the highest debut in Soundscan history for any Warner Brothers Records artist.įirst week sales of Cry nearly doubled her 1999 Breathe debut, which also hit the Number One spot on Billboard's Top 200 and Country Albums charts with more than 242,000 copies sold in its first week. He has things in his hair and all sorts of jewelry, and he’s just very fun.The week ending November 2, Faith Hill's new CD, Cry, debuts at Number One on Billboard's Top 200 and Country Albums charts. He’s amazing at making weird noises with his mouth, animal noises, a lot of animal noises! He’s very playful and funny and lovely. It was wild.”Īlthough her kids are close to all their grandparents, she said Steven isn’t quite a typical grandfather: “He’s very sweet, it’s just so fun for him, for all the grandparents to get to play. He walked into the room moments before Sailor was born and cut his umbilical cord. “I called Mia, and she came straight to the hospital, and she also called Steven. “I never expected to give birth with my sister and my dad in the room,” she shared. In fact, Steven, along with her sister Mia, were present when Sailor was born six weeks early in 2015 and Gardner was on a flight. Steven’s also been an active part in the lives of Liv’s children: Milo (with ex-husband, Royston Langdon), Sailor, and Lula (with British sports agent Dave Gardner). “I saw her standing at the side of the stage at a concert, and I was literally like looking at my twin,” Liv said, noting they also have similar mannerisms.Īerosmith frontman Steven Tyler with his children (from left): Chelsea Tyler, Mia Tyler, Liv Tyler, and Taj Tallarico. “I felt a connection in a very strong way when I met him as a little girl, and I didn’t know why at first, but I figured it out rather quickly.”Ĭredit that, in part, to her striking resemblance both to him and his daughter Mia Tyler (with his second wife, the actor Cyrinda Foxe), who was born just more than a year after her. “It must be chemical somehow-DNA and genes,” Liv explained. Despite having “no idea who he was,” the actor says she “fell madly in love with him” and even bought and would talk to his posters. She first met Steven when she was around 8 or 9 years old at one of Rundgren’s concerts and recalls him buying her a Shirley Temple at the bar. Liv figured out her biological father’s identity long before she reached adulthood, however. Tupac Shakur, His Mother, and His Song “Dear Mama”īefore knowing he was her father, Liv felt a strong connection with Steven.

