COUNTRY QUICKIES: 2/22/13

~~ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY:

Keith Urban will host his fourth annual We're All for the Hall concert at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena April 16. Keith and Vince Gill will serve as musical directors, and this year's theme is "Rebels and Renegades, the Outlaws are In."

Keith, Vince, Trace Adkins, Jason Aldean, Rosanne Cash, Eric Church, Brantley Gilbert, Kid Rock, Kris Kristofferson, Loretta Lynn, Tim McGraw, Montgomery Gentry, Willie Nelson, Billy Joe Shaver and Hank Williams Jr. are scheduled to perform. Tickets and VIP ticket package sales will benefit the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.

~~CAUGHT!

Hunter Hayes exchanging digits with Justin Bieber's ex, Selena Gomez.

Allegedly, Taylor Swift has been playing matchmaker and set up a meeting between her friends Selena and Hunter.  

Life & Style reports Selena and Hunter met at a concert earlier this month:  "[They] flirted and traded phone numbers!"
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~~ Justin Moore will perform at the Daytona 500 Feb. 24 as part of Crown Royal's "Your Hero's Name Here" program.

Justin will announce nominations that will award the winner with naming rights to the Indianapolis NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in July. 

~~The Band Perry, Dierks Bentley and a host of other stars will perform in Las Vegas during the ACM Party for a Cause Festival, a two-day event at the Orleans Hotel and Casino, April 5 and 6. 

The festival will lead up to the Academy of Country Music awards show, which takes place Sunday, April 7, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

The ACM Party for a Cause Festival features a lineup of performances by country's top hitmakers and some of this year's ACM award nominees, all in the name of raising awareness and funds for a variety of charities. 

The Band Perry headlines the Friday, April 5, show, which will be sponsored by Outnumber Hunger, an initiative from General Mills, Big Machine Label Group and Feeding America. Also on the bill are Greg Bates, Cassadee Pope, Florida Georgia Line, Brantley Gilbert and Justin Moore.

Dierks Bentley headlines the April 6 show, which also includes Dustin Lynch, Lee Brice, Love and Theft, Kix Brooks, Hunter Hayes and Eli Young Band. That show will feature charitable presentations to the Wounded Warrior Project, Folds of Honor and Nellis Air Force Base Youth Education Programs.