Tim McGraw [ tickets ], Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett, Los Lonely Boys, Trace Adkins [ tickets ], Miranda Lambert, Dierks Bentley, Gary Allan and Jack Ingram are among the dozens of acts scheduled to perform in Texas during a newly created event dubbed The Big State Festival.

Set to take place Oct. 13-14 at the Texas World Speedway in Bryan-College Station, the festival will also include performances from Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Wreckers, Robert Earl Keen, Drive-By Tuckers, Charlie Louvin and many others. The complete lineup is posted at the event's website.

The site also includes ticket info; "earlybird" tickets go on sale today (6/5) at a cost of $75 for a two-day pass.

West Coast rapper The Game--real name Jayceon Terrell Taylor--was charged yesterday (6/4) in Los Angeles for a February incident during which he allegedly pulled a gun and threatened a man against whom he'd been playing basketball, according to published reports.

Taylor was charged with making a criminal threat and possessing a firearm in a school zone for allegedly pulling a gun from his red Cadillac Escalade after punching a player on the opposing team and threatening to shoot him, the Associated Press reported. The incident took place during a Feb. 24 pickup basketball game in South Los Angeles.

Police arrested Taylor last month in connection with the incident. He was subsequently released on $50,000 bail.

If convicted, Taylor reportedly could spend more than five years in a state prison.

The Latin Grammy Awards ceremony--which, in the past, has taken place in Miami, Los Angeles and New York--will relocate to Las Vegas this year, organizers announced today (6/5). The 8th annual event is set to take place Nov. 8 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center and will air live on the Univision Television Network, according to a press release.

Don Black [ tickets ], Jackson Browne [ tickets ], Irving Burgie, Michael Masser, Bobby Weinstein and the late Teddy Randazzo will all join the ranks of the Songwriters Hall of Fame during Thursday's (6/7) annual induction ceremony, which will take place at New York City's Marriott Marquis hotel in Times Square. Also scheduled to be honored at the event are Don Kirshner, John Legend and Dolly Parton.

The ceremony will include appearances and/or performances by Little Anthony, Patti Austin, Marc Cohn, Sean Garrett, Ledisi, Rod McKuen, Idina Menzel, Tony Orlando, Neil Sedaka, Kanye West, Toni Wine, Bill Withers and Lizz Wright, according to a press release.

More information is available at the Songwriters Hall of Fame website.