Hank Williams Jr. performs "Waymore's Blues" at an Outlaw Country All-Star Celebration of Waylon Jennings and the tribute album "WAYLON: The Music Inside Vol. II."

Townes Van Zandy performing "Pancho & Lefty" in 1993 on
TNN's "American Music Shop"

Sugarland, Lady Antebellum and Trace Adkins are among the artists joining Keith Urban on the soundtrack for “Act of Valor,” an action film about an elite team of Navy SEALs and a mission to rescue a kidnapped CIA operative. Urban provided an original song, “For You,” which is featured in the film’s closing credits. Other new songs are performed by Sugarland (“Guide You Home”), Lady Antebellum (“I Was Here”), Adkins (“If the Sun Comes Up”), Lori McKenna (“Two Soldiers Coming Home”), Jake Owen (“The Best I Can”), Montgomery Gentry (“What It Takes”), Josh Kelley (“The Best of Me”), Hunter Hayes (“Where We Left Off”) and Wynonna (“Whatever Brings You Back”). The soundtrack will be released on February 21st and the film will open in theaters on February 24th.

Tom T. Hall is giving a major shout out to his home state and a major road that helped make it famous. The country music legend is promoting a Country Music Highway Road to Fame contest. It will show off the musical abilities of the residents of eastern Kentucky. The Country Music Highway runs through the mountains of that region and gets its name from the long list of Nashville stars who came from the area. They include Loretta Lynn, Naomi Judd, Billy Ray Cyrus, Patty Loveless and Ricky Skaggs. Find out more at http://cmhroadtofame.com.

Willie Nelson is going home. Sony Legacy announced that Nelson is rejoining the label for at least five new albums starting this spring. From 1975-1993, Nelson cut top-selling singles and albums for Columbia Records, beginning with 1975’s smash “Red Headed Stranger.” Upcoming Nelson titles under the Legacy imprint will include newly recorded songs and performances as well as archival releases, personally curated by Nelson, drawn from all phases of his career including his recordings for RCA Records and others.

Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles has recorded Hank Williams’ “Your Cheatin’ Heart” for a Pepsi MAX TV ad to debut Sunday during Super Bowl XLVI. The ad, part of the company’s “cola wars” campaign, centers around a sales rep for a competing soft drink company who buys a bottle of Pepsi MAX at a grocery store, wins a major contest and is greeted by Regis Philbin. The company is also sponsoring a concert series in Indianapolis leading up to the Super Bowl. The Univision Pepsi Musica Fan Jam concert, set for tomorrow, will feature Latin music stars. The VH1 Pepsi Super Bowl Fan Jam, featuring Gym Glass Heroes, B.o.B and the All-American Rejects, airs live Thursday on VH1. The company’s pre-Super Bowl party, featuring One Republicand Melanie Amaro, is set for Friday. The third Fan Jam concert, “CMT Crossroads: Steven Tyler & Carrie Underwood From the Pepsi Super Bowl Fan Jam,” premieres Saturday on CMT. 

In 120 years, the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville has only had two stages. It's time for it to get a third. The first was installed in 1901 and the second in 1951. It's heavily scarred from performers that have included Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Taylor Swift and countless other acts. An 18-inch strip of oak from the old stage will run on the edge of the new one. The last scheduled concert is Opry At The Ryman on Friday, featuring The Oak Ridge Boys, Charley Pride and Keith Urban, who's back after vocal surgery. Work begins Saturday. The Band Perry are scheduled to hit the new stage on February 20.

Alabama – “40 Hour Week”

Darrell Scott – “Long Ride Home”

Glen Campbell – “It’s Just a Matter of Time”

Other releases include:

Del McCoury – “Old Memories: The Songs of Bill Monroe”
Gretchen Peters – “Hello Cruel World”
Gretchen Wilson – “Playlist: The Very Best of Gretchen Wilson”
Montgomery Gentry – “Playlist: The Very Best of Montgomery Gentry”
Tony Rice – “The Bill Monroe Collection”

LIAM NEESON has the new #1 movie in America.  His survival thriller "The Grey" finished 1st at the box office this weekend, opening with a better-than-expected $20 million.  The other new releases didn't do as well . . .

KATHERINE HEIGL'S attempt at action-comedy, "One for the Money", made $11.8 million in 3rd place .