“Baggage Claim” Climbs the Charts!
Penned by Miranda, Luke Laird and Natalie Hemby, ‘Baggage Claim’ is the first single from Miranda’s forthcoming album, Four The Record. The song’s official add date to country radio isn’t until August 22, but “Baggage Claim” entered at No. 33 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, marking Miranda’s highest single debut of her career.
“It’s the grooviest song I’ve ever recorded,” Lambert said in an email press statement. “It makes you want revenge and want to dance all at the same time.” The song includes background vocals from Lambert’s friend and former touring partner Josh Kelley.
Download “Baggage Claim” from iTunes now!
Four The Record
Miranda’s follow up to the Grammy award-winning Revolution, is set for release on 11/1/11. “Four The Record has so many meanings,” says Lambert in a statement. “I love the play on words and my records always have a little crime in them and this is the fourth record of my career. This album pushes the limits for me in many ways and I collaborate with friends and heroes. It builds on my previous albums with a whole new flair.”
Junk Gypsy Baggage Claim Bonanza
In honor of the new single our friends at Junk Gypsy are having a Baggage Claim Sale. For a limited time get 20% off all orders that include a bag! Choose from totes, hobos, field bags, cinch saks and knapsacks. Don’t forget to check out the new Pistol Annies Hobo Bag! Just enter: baggageclaim at checkout.
Miranda: Behind The Music
Did you miss the VH1 Behind The Music airing? You can watch the full episode and the bonus clips on VH1.com to find out how Miranda fell in love with music at a young age and was determined to one day be a part of the country music world.
Country’s Night To Rock
The CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock event will air on ABC on Sunday, August 14 from 8-11 PM ET.
The three-hour concert special is a television broadcast of the 2011 CMA Music Festival in Nashville, and will include everyone from this year’s lineup at the LP Field Nightly Concerts. That means The Band Perry, Sara Evans, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Rascal Flatts, Reba, Darius Rucker, Blake Shelton, Sugarland, Taylor Swift, and Keith Urban, as well as just-announced Dierks Bentley and Little Big Town.
The Revolution Continues
Miranda will kick off the last leg of her headlining tour The Revolution Continues on September 8th in Terre Haute, IN. Special guests are Justin Moore and Randy Rogers Band. On select dates Little Big Town, Charlie Worsham and Pat Green will also be joining the tour.
“The revolution continues but not for too much longer, this is the last leg of the tour,” shares Lambert. “We have had so much fun and have had so many great bands come out to join us and some great artists as well. Don’t miss your last chance to see us on the road this year.”
For on-sale and up to date information on The Revolution Continues tour visit the tour page.
Pistol Annies News
Who’s the hottest new country act of the year? With one single to their name, a debut album still two weeks away from store shelves, and Miranda Lambert in the lineup, the answer just might be Pistol Annies.
The red-hot trio — consisting of Lambert (Lone Star Annie), Angaleena Presley (Holler Annie) and Ashley Monroe (Hippie Annie) recently sat down to do an interview with Taste of Country to dish a little about their first album, ‘Hell on Heels,’ and discuss the balance between solo songwriting and life as a group.
“We actually met like two-and-a-half years ago,” explains Presley. “Ashley and Miranda had co-written a few songs that didn’t really fit on their solo albums and they didn’t know what to do with them, but they didn’t want to give them away because they were great songs.”
She adds, “Ashley played Miranda some of my music and she loved it and they called me at two o’clock in the morning, forced me out of bed and made me email them my whole record and that’s all she wrote.”
“It’s nerve-wracking for me especially,” says Lambert. “I have a solo career and didn’t want people to compare it or say negative things about the project. So far, knock on wood, we’ve had really great reviews and really great fan response. It feels good to know what we thought was so great, other people do too. Read the entire Q&A interview here.
Pre-order Hell On Heels from iTunes. Watch the video on the Pistol Annies Channel! Buy the all-new Pistol Annies Merch today.
Ran Fans News
The winner of our August sweepstakes drawing was MeghanAlyce from Huntsville, Texas.
In honor of ‘Baggage Claim’ we gave away our Red-Bag-Full-O-Swag! Meghan won a brand new Red 55 Tote Bag full of Miranda gear! Congrats Meghan.
Not a Ran Fan yet? Sign up today and have your name automatically entered into a monthly drawing for great prizes including tickets, meet and greets, great gear and more!
Here are the other benefits from joining our fan family of Ran Fans!
- Pre-sales with reserved and preferred seating
- Meet & greet opportunities
- Members-only chat and forum on MirandaLambert.com
- Free monthly sweepstakes with awesome prizes
- Access to exclusive merchandise
- Private invitation to the annual fan club party
- Ran Fans newsletter
MuttNation Foundation News
MuttNation Foundation finalized the total tally for endowment to the Humane Society Of East Texas. The total was $200,000! With the downturn of the economy this funding will help to keep over 200 animals housed and treated until they can find their forever homes. HSOET is averaging 100 pet adoptions per month thanks to your continued support!
The Tishomingo Animal Shelter is scheduled to open the gates on August 15th. The shelter was constructed using funds from the Hearts & Tails concerts (Blake and Miranda) as well as funds donated from MuttNation Foundation. Tishomingo formerly housed the unwanted and abandoned pets in chain link cages with tarps covering them. The animals of Johnston County send tail wags, licks and thanks to all of you who contributed to the building of the shelter by attending concerts or donating to MuttNation Foundation!
Emergency Relief With Red Star
MNF has partnered with the Red Star Animal Emergency Services to aid the animal victims of the recent floods in Missouri and the Tsunami in Japan. Through our MuttNation Cares bracelet drive and “Miranda’s Closet” rummage sales we have donated over $3500.00 to assist with these crises rescues. Read the blog about the amazing team we joined that spent more than 2,425 hours in Joplin and protected 1308 animals after the deadly storms.
Please help us in our efforts to protect, house and find homes for abused, abandoned and unwanted pets by donating to MuttNation Foundation or purchasing our cool Mutt Merch. Every penny of profit helps us in our fight! New Mutt Merch coming soon!
R.A.C.E. TEAM (Ran’s Animal Care Express)
