JASON ALDEAN must be tired of answering questions about "getting caught" with former "American Idol" contestant BRITTANY KERR.  Jason faced up to it in an interview this week.  He said, quote, "You can go hide and run from it, or you can get up and face it and deal with it.  And that's kind of what we tried to do and just kind of move on."

 Jason is mostly thankful for the people who didn't rush to judgment.  He says, " I really appreciate it, and it's just been a really unfortunate thing.  Really embarrassing, I think, more than anything." It also looks like Jason's marriage might survive his foolishness.  He adds, quote, "The main thing is that me and my family are okay, and everything's good there.  So I think it's been a tough deal.” 

Happy birthday to Scotty McCreery, who turns 19 Tuesday. Since winning American Idol two years ago, he's rubbed elbows with the likes of Tim McGraw and Josh Turner. And he's tour with Brad Paisley for the last few years. Scotty says the Nashville music community has really made him feel right at home.  Scotty has kept pretty down-to-earth himself. He attends classes at North Carolina State Universitymost days during the week and opens for Brad on the weekends.

Taylor Swift previewed a new song from her upcoming album Red on Monday's Good Morning America. Called “I Knew You Were Trouble,” the song chronicles a time of self-frustration after falling for someone with a lot of "red flags." It's the second of the four songs off Red that she's previewing on GMA.

Jake Owen launches the 11th annual CMT on Tour Wednesday in New York City with special guests Love and Theft and Florida Georgia Line. And though it's Jake’s first headlining trek, he’s no stranger to CMT on Tour. In 2007, he shared the bill with Little Big Town and Sugarland.