Celebrities, they're just like us! Even occasionally having uncomfortably close encounters with TSA agents.
I was hangin' on Love & Theft's bus last weekend, and Stephen Barker Liles kept going on about a TSA agent touching his junk. Their manager made them remove an angry tweet about the incident, but that didn't keep them from telling me what happened.
The boys are also good friends with Dallas Davidson, one of the people who penned Luke Bryan's 'That's My Kind Of Night.' Here's what they thought about Zac Brown's comments.
There's more, including a story about Tim McGraw offering Eric his private jet, and how the group would be different if they were still a trio. Head over HERE to hear the clips.
Congratulations to Love and Theft's Stephen Barker Liles who announced today that he and fiance Jenna Michelle Kennedy, who are set to marry next year, are expecting their first child together.
"It's perfect timing," Liles tells People. "December is our freest month of the year so if all goes according to plan, I'll be home with Jenna and the baby."
The couple became engaged on May 28 in Fort Myers, Florida. The couple plans to wed in June of next year.
[Celebrity Babies/Photo: Justin Ross Ward]
In 2008/2009, Love & Theft first came on the country scene, and I was only aware because they were proving very popular with the Taylor Swift fans I was friends with. They had a semi-successful single and faded from view. Fast forward to 2012 and they jump back in with Angel Eyes, a hit that seems to do what they know – teen pop music with a bit of twang. I can definitely see them appealing to a new generation of teenage ‘Swifties’ and others like them.
Their self-titled sophomore album recently came out and if you like the lead-off single, ‘Angel Eyes’, then you’re guaranteed to like the rest of the album, as it’s pretty much more of the same. The first single itself is an upbeat, singalong tune characterised by guitar-based pop with additions of mandolins in the background. It’s references to country are based around religious elements, set around the line ‘there’s a little bit of devil in those angel eyes’. A preacher’s daughter who sings in church but goes out drinking at the bar and acting wild, she is depicted as the ‘perfect country girl’. I can imagine there are a lot of young good girls who imagine themselves to be a bit of a rebel at heart, who will love this song. Honestly, any loving song sung by a hot male is going to get girls of most ages out of breath.
My radio pal CT from Tampa, Florida's US 103.5 recently had the chance to sit down with Love & Theft and ask them a few questions, including whether they are on Taylor's new album 'Red'.
Check it out above.
Awww, too bad for all you Love and Theft fans out there - the trio is about to become a duo.
The group has confirmed to The Boot that Brian Bandas will be leaving the group next year.
"This is something that I've been toying with for a longer time than probably anybody realizes," Brian tells The Boot. "Love and Theft is so important to me that I really didn't want to rush into the decision. I've spent over five years with these guys working on Love and Theft. It was just an unbelievable experience. It's certainly hard to say goodbye to that, but it's also exciting to move forward into new things. It's an adventure. I certainly wouldn't be doing this if I didn't believe on many levels that this was the right step for me. It's sad to move on from something that has been so great in my life, but it's also exciting to see what the next Love and Theft in my life is going to be."
The group lost their record deal a while back when Lyric Street shut their doors and the thought of signing with another record label was one of the deciding factors in Brian's decision.
He says, "As I thought about signing a new deal with Love and Theft, I didn't feel right about that because I knew that my heart was elsewhere."
So what's in store for the parting member? Well he's got a new wife, his recently launched T-shirt business, and he will continue to work on his own music.
As for the remaining members of the group, they will continue on with Love and Theft, but with a new sense of who they are as a group. "I'm going to be 'Love' and Eric's going to be 'Theft'," Stephen Barker Liles says.
Funny. Well let's hope they don't fall into the Sugarland trap and end up highly successful and sued by their former band member.
Wait, that came out wrong. Oh well. Check out the boys' video for Don't Wake Me while you're being sad about the jumping of ship by Brian Bandas.
From a press release...
Eric Gunderson, member of country music trio Love And Theft, married Emily Hagar in a private ceremony at Hazel Path Mansion in Hendersonville, Tennessee on Saturday, April 3.
My radio buddy, Broadway, chatted recently with Love&Theft who showed off a few tattoos along with a good scar story or two.
Some great photos from the world of Twitter.
Brian from Love and Theft caught in a compromising position by Whitney Duncan.
whitneyduncanI caught @Lntweet's Brian asleep w/ my purse...what do u think this means?? http://twitpic.com/fo660
Jennifer Nettles takes flight in Charlottesville {via TodaysCountry}.
@sugarlandmusicHigh above Charlottesville. love j and k
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