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Mike Coppola, Getty Images Trace Adkins, Dwight Yoakam, Rodney Atkins and Tanya Tucker are among the first artists announced by AXS TV as part of the network's live coverage of the upcoming Stagecoach Country Music Festival, April 26-28, The Boot has learned exclusively.

Welcome to a brand-new year that promises to be filled with more country music excitement than ever before! As 2013 unfolds, there will be lots of hot new music -- including very different albums from Brad Paisley and Faith Hill -- plus cool concert tours, TV appearances and many more events taking place all year long that will undoubtedly help boost the genre's popularity even more...