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Posted: 5:10 a.m. Thursday, March 14, 2013

Tim McGraw, 'Highway Don't Care' Ships to Radio; Trace Adkins Makes 'Apprentice' History + More: Country Music News Roundup

By The Boot Staff

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The Boot rounds up today's country music news from around the web.

"Highway Don't Care" is the next official radio single from Tim McGraw's Two Lanes of Freedom album. The country superstar duets with Taylor Swift on the lovelorn tune, while Keith Urbanaccompanies them on guitar. "Taylor's voice on there, she just really nailed it," Tim tells The Boot. "And Keith's guitar ... Without those two, this wouldn't be the same record."

Taylor Swift made a 10-year-old fan's dream come true Saturday at Omaha's Children's Hospital & Medical Center. While Lauren Hacker has been battling cancer, her family and friends have been campaigning to get the music superstar to visit her. They even made a YouTube video with the words to Taylor's "You Belong With Me" changed to reflect Lauren's plight. It caught the attention of the "22" singer, who visited with the young girl, listened to her play the keyboard, and showered her with_thumbnail.gifts. [KETV]
 
 
 

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