The 25-year-old singer’s boyfriend, Chris Tyrell, popped the question over the Fourth of July weekend at a family getaway in East Tennessee.
Scott and the 24-year-old drummer met while touring with Tim McGraw in early 2010. People first reported the engagement Tuesday.
Scott is the second member of Lady A to end her single ways. Charles Kelley is married, leaving Dave Haywood as the lone available member of the Grammy-winning trio.
Lady A turned in the top-selling country album of 2010 with “Need You Now” and is preparing to release its follow-up, “Own the Night,” due out Sept. 13.
Rick Springfield is battling depression daily as his DUI drama in Los Angeles hits the headlines.
The 1980s rocker, famed for the hit Jessie’s Girl, pleaded not guilty to driving while intoxicated earlier this week and will face trial in August, and Springfield admits the drama is playing havoc with his battles with the blues.
A diagnosed depressive, the singer is currently promoting the re-release of his biography Late, Late at Night.
He says, “Depression is always with me; it’s with me 24 hours a day. I
So far, Adele’s “21″ is the best-selling album of the year, with a little over 2.5 million copies sold. Rick Rubin, who produced several tracks on the album, says while he had no idea the album would connect with so many people, he understands why it has.
“She doesn’t carry any of the baggage of many of today’s pop stars, and it truly is about the music first, and her voice and her lyrics, and baring her soul with what she’s saying. I would say what she makes is her art, and at no time does it feel like product,” he said in a phone interview recently. “So much of pop music feels like product.”
The British singer won Grammys for her debut album “19,” but has catapulted to superstar status with the success of “21″ and hits like the No.
The city of Berlin says renowned conductor Daniel Barenboim has signed a new contract to remain musical director of its Staatsoper opera house for another decade.
The Israeli-Argentinean conductor has been in the role since 1992.
Mayor Klaus Wowereit said Wednesday the new contract for the 68-year-old would take effect when his current one expires at the end of the month.
The famous opera’s 19th-century home on Unter den Linden boulevard in what used to be East Berlin is currently under construction and will reopen at the beginning of the 2014-2015 season.
The Staatsoper has moved across town to the Schiller Theater during the restoration work.
It’s one of three major opera houses in the German capital.
– Katy Perry has unveiled her new video for “Last Friday Night ,” the fifth single from her smash hit album Teenage Dream.
In the video, Perry stars as her nerdy alter-ego Kathy Beth Terry and attends a 1980s retro party where things get a bit out of hand.
Perry is joined by a string of celebrity guests in the video, including viral web sensation Rebecca Black, whose “Friday” video has amassed over 165 million views on YouTube. Other guests include pop stars Hanson, easy listening icon Kenny G and Glee‘s Darren Criss and Kevin McHale.
“Last Friday Night ” was released June 6 and follows her number one hit single “ET,” featuring Kanye West.
