Brad Paisley played Kansas City, Mo. on Sunday night, which means he got a special greeting from the Westboro Baptist Church. Like Vince Gill and others have done before, he confronted the group. But he put a very Paisley-like spin on his interaction.
Brad Paisley was asked to go on a very special secret mission to Afghanistan before Memorial Day. He hopped on Air Force One with the President and was ready to play and thank the troops before the holiday, but to make it happen Paisley had to change his schedule and take a pay cut -- not that he was complaining.
Brad Paisley has finally joined the throngs of country stars sharing photos and videos on Instagram. However, his first post wasn't about what he was eating, or the cool vacation he was on. Instead, it was a lot more meaningful.
Taste of Country Music Festival headliner and overall good guy Brad Paisley went way out of his way to honor the troops over Memorial Day weekend. He flew to Afghanistan for a surprise visit to Bagram Air Base where he played an hour-long acoustic set for about 3,000 U.S. troops!