After some three years on the road opening for other people, JUSTIN MOORE believes he's ready to launch his very first headline tour. He's looking at firing that up in March . . . if he can overcome being a bag of nerves. Justin tells "Country Weekly", quote, "We're going to try it. We've been to all these arenas and opened for people and now we're going to pull in and our name is at the top of the marquee, which has not been the case so far. "It's a little nerve-racking because it all falls on you. If nobody comes it's your fault. But it's really, really exciting and kind of hard to believe we've come to that point, in all honesty."

I'm usually bored by silly pranks artists pull on each other in concert . . . but this one made me grin. During a recent stop on the CMT Tour, LOVE AND THEFT and FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE surprised JAKE OWEN by hitting the stage in their underwear . . . or "adult diapers" . . . with pacifiers in their mouths and "bottles" of beer. They were goofing on Jake becoming a father last month. And they stuck with the plan by hanging around and helping Jake perform VAN HALEN'S "Jump".

Toby Keith, Luke Bryan, Thompson Square, Big & Rich, Justin Moore, Gretchen Wilson and Easton Corbin are some of the artists performing at the first-ever Thunder on the Mountain country music festival. It's going down June 6th, 7th and 8th in Ozark, Arkansas. Hit up www.ThunderOnTheMountain.com for more info.