This weekend offers a variety of entertaining options, with Hairball rocking in Sartell, country music giants Rascal Flatts perform at Mystic Lake, SNL alums Kevin Nealon and Norm Macdonald will leave you in stitches at Grand Casino Mille Lacs, Woody Allen's Bullets Over Broadway opens at the Ordway, and GREAT Theatre's Grease wraps up its run at the Paramount Theatre. Read more in The Weekender!
Many of our favorite country stars have been in the public eye for multiple decades, which means that some of them have changed a lot since when they first hit the stage.
When Rascal Flatts first met, things didn't go all that well. Sure, Jay DeMarcus and Gary LeVox are cousins, so they were cool. But LeVox wasn't very kind to Joe Don Rooney. Then, something happened that set them on a course for superstardom. Do you know what it was?
Bristol Palin, the daughter of former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, is engaged, and she has Rascal Flatts to thank. The trio gave Sgt. Dakota Meyer an assist as he dropped to a knee during one of their shows at the Joint inside Las Vegas' Hard Rock Hotel.
Rascal Flatts presented a CMA Foundation grant of $150,000 to the non-profit Little Kids Rock during a recent trip to Miramonte Elementary School in Los Angeles.
For the first time in three years Rascal Flatts find themselves in the Vocal Group of the Year category leading up to the ACM Awards. The trio admit that throughout the 2000s they'd gotten used to being included, so being back after a two-year absence is very sweet.