KIX-KLASH RE-HASH
February 18, 2026
Wednesday 18th February 2026
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Ask a country artist if they have a “road prank story” and they’ll give you one. Jason Aldean remembers the time Tim McGraw hijacked his ear monitor, while he was on stage TRYING to perform. “He [got] the microphone where my ear monitor guy is, where he talks to us in our ears. Tim got ahold of that. “I’m trying to sing and all the sudden, I hear somebody talking or singing a different song, and I’m trying to hear my band and all I can hear is McGraw . . like right in the middle of my show. [And] he’s singing like ‘Indian Outlaw’.”, “I look over and he’s laughing on the side stage.”
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In his new memoir, ”Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing”, Matthew Perry writes that he and Cameron Diaz were fixed up in 2007 after she dumped Justin Timberlake. The couple was playing a game of Pictionary at a dinner party when Matthew flirted with Cameron. She went to punch his shoulder, but missed and ended up hitting him in the face…did she though…miss?
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Lainey Wilson’s new album “Bell Bottom Country” is out tomorrow. She says the title means “country with a flare.” Her team put brightly-colored bell bottoms on a “bunch of mannequins located at Nashville’s Music Row Roundabout.
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Travis Denning said one of his “most proud AND embarrassed” Halloween costumes was when he went as Terry from “Reno 911”. “I had the roller skates the short-shorts, the tied-up shirt. Looking back, it wasn’t the manliest thing I ever did, but it got a lot of laughs and I think that year my favorite candy was Busch Light.”
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American idols Katy Perry tells The Cut that she meditates her hangovers away. “I try to meditate in the morning if I didn’t get enough sleep or if my sleep was like an Imax movie — I use it for jet lag, hangovers, creativity. Sometimes, I just slip away for 20 minutes in the middle of the day.
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Music Row magazine says Miranda Lambert has debuted a new fragrance called Idyllwind Velvet Rodeo. She says, “This scent was created for all you strong-spirited, take no prisoners, queen of hearts. Saddle up… and go get ‘em girls!”
You can catch The List, weekdays at 2:20 and 4:20 on Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1
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Keith Urban is reportedly planning a Bahamas getaway with Nicole Kidman and their daughters to reconnect as a family. Because nothing fixes family tension like sunshine, ocean views, and drinks with tiny umbrellas. Sources say the Bahamas is neutral territory, not tied to Nashville, LA, or lawyers.
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AJ McLean says it’s time for a ‘90s pop Super Bowl halftime show featuring Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, NSYNC, and 98 Degrees. Basically, he wants the halftime show to look like your middle school dance playlist. And honestly, I’m not mad. One “Bye Bye Bye” dance break and half of America is throwing out a knee.
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Megan Moroney is doing something shocking in 2026…charging affordable ticket prices. Her new “Cloud 9” pop-up tour is nine shows in nine cities for just nine bucks a ticket. Nine dollars. That’s less than a beer, less than parking, and definitely less than your emotional support concert hoodie.
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Hollywood legend Robert Duvall has passed at 95, and Tim McGraw paid tribute to his Tender Mercies co-star and friend. Tim said they even texted each other over the years about movies and memories. Which is wild, because somewhere out there was Robert Duvall…just casually texting Tim McGraw like, “Hey man, Tender Mercies is on again.”
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