Tim McGraw finds his 'Freedom' (Updated 9/13/13)

Even though he's still locked in a long-standing feud with former label Curb Records, Tim McGraw has found his freedom. Or make that "Two Lanes of Freedom."

The aforementioned album, McGraw's latest, officially bowed on February 5, 2013 as his very first project for Big Machine Records. It debuted at No. 2 on the charts by selling 108,000 copies, and spawned smash hits "Truck Yeah," "One of Those Nights" and "Highway Don't Care," featuring Taylor Swift and Keith Urban. The fourth single, "Southern Girl," is also climbing the charts.

McGraw performed in support of his album on the "Two Lanes of Freedom Tour," with the trek unofficially wrapped in late July with shows in Canada, New York and Virginia. The singer was joined on the road by up-and-comers Brantley Gilbert and Love and Theft, but still has a few more stops on the schedule. After that, McGraw and his wife, Faith Hill, will return to the Venetian in Las Vegas in limited encore performances of their joint stage show "Soul2Soul." It returns to the Strip beginning October 25-26 and includes 10 select weekends through April 2014.

As if McGraw hasn't been busy enough, he's also apparently been "sworn to secrecy" over a new movie role, which would be his first since 2010's "Country Strong." The new film, rumored to be called "Five Good Years," apparently focuses on a coal miner forced into a boxing ring to save his critically-ill mother. McGraw has also previously starred in "The Blind Side," "Four Christmases," "The Kingdom," "Flicka," "Friday Night Lights" and "Black Cloud."

Updated November 5, 2012: McGraw jumps the Curb

With total album sales exceeding 40 million units in the United States and 11 consecutive albums that debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard album charts, it may have been foolish to think anything or anyone could derail the career of one of country's hottest stars. But a contract dispute between Tim McGraw and his former label, Curb Records, put the brakes on the release of his 11th studio album, "Emotional Traffic," until 2012, though it was completed in late 2010.

The controversy that wound its way through Tennessee's Court of Appeals ended with McGraw's jump to rival label Big Machine Records. On October 30, 2012 he announced his upcoming twelfth studio album will be entitled, "Two Lanes of Freedom." It will be released on February 5, 2013. He debuted the lead single, "One of Those Nights," at the CMA Awards on November 1, 2012. Other new songs will include, "Nashville Without You," and "Mexicoma."

Tim and wife Faith Hill will begin a limited engagement at the Venetian Resort, Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas beginning December 7-8. They are confirmed to perform four shows during each of the 10 weekends through April 2013 at the 1,815 seat venue.

The most recent of McGraw and Hill's three tours together ended in 2007. McGraw is coming off the Brothers of the Sun tour with Kenny Chesney. Their stadium dates ended with back-to-back concerts at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass. The pair won the 2012 CMA Award for Musical Event of the Year for the song "(Whatever Makes You) Feel Like a Rock Star."

About Tim McGraw

Tim McGraw is notably one of the most successful country singers of all time. He got his start in the music industry in 1990 but did not see much success until 1994 with the release of his second album "Not a Moment Too Soon". The album became the best selling country album of that year and features the hit song "Indian Outlaw" and McGraw's first number one single "Don't Take the Girl." He has seen continued success from 1995 to the present day with hits such as "I Like it, I Love it, It's Your Love" (featuring wife and fellow country superstar, Faith Hill), "Please Remember Me" and "Live Like You Were Dying." You can find Tim McGraw tickets for all his shows here at SeatGeek.