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Brett Young Chooses Singles Based On His Live Shows

Brett Young says he loves to get realtime feedback on his music when he’s out on the road playing for fans. His latest album, Ticket to L.A., has been out…

Brett Young Makes Career Moves Based On His Live Shows
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Brett Young says he loves to get realtime feedback on his music when he's out on the road playing for fans.

His latest album, Ticket to L.A., has been out for about seven months now, and Brett shares, “It’s been really special watching people react to the whole album. Because everything is so digital, you can kind of watch what songs are grabbing onto people and how you pick the songs for your set, which album tracks.”

Young adds, “We get to watch them react to these songs live. And that’s always my favorite, when we’re picking what the next single will be or where to shift things around in the set, it’s always fun to watch people react to them live. It really helps to kind of direct your next move as an artist as well, and so it’s always kind of a little bit nerve wracking but exciting and fun at the same time.”

He plays a show at the Madison County Fair in Madison, Nebraska on Saturday (7/13).

Brett recently shared a photo of he and his pregnant wife Taylor in a photo shoot from the June CMT Awards posting, "First award show and red carpet for this little angel baby."

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Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.