In The Pipeline: New Projects From Brad Paisley, Toby Keith

• Brad Paisley released his new single, “Southern Comfort Zone,” to country radio stations tonight. The busy-sounding single, which includes audio clips ranging from “The Andy Griffith Show” to Grand Ole Opry announcer Eddie Stubbs, was written by Paisley, Chris DuBois and Kelley Lovelace, the writing team behind Paisley’s previous No. 1 hits, “Water,” “Online” and “Remind Me.”

“Southern Comfort Zone” is the first single from Paisley’s next album, set for release April 9, 2013. A video on the making of the single is viewable at bradpaisley.com.

This Saturday, Paisley will appear at the iHeartRadio Music Festival at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. His Virtual Reality Tour 2012 will resume the following week in Florida. 

• Toby Keith has revealed the cover art and track listing for his upcoming album via Twitter. The set, titled, “Hope On The Rocks,” will be released on Oct. 30 in both a 10-track regular edition, and a deluxe edition that contains four bonus tracks, two of which were recorded live. Here’s the track listing for the latter edition.

1. Hope On The Rocks

2. The Size I Wear

3. Scat Cat

4. I Like Girls That Drink Beer

5. Get Got

6. Haven’t Had A Drink All Day

7. Haven’t Seen The Last of You

8. Cold Beer Country

9. Missed You Just Right

10. You Ain’t Alone

Bonus Tracks:

11.   Red Solo Cup – Johnny Mac Remix

12.   Beers Ago –  Jason Nevins Remix

13.   Whiskey Girl (Live)

14.   Get Out Of My Car (Live)