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Miranda Lambert & Little Big Town Added to CMA Fest!

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Miranda Lambert and Little Big Town have joined the performer lineup for the Nightly Concerts at LP Field held during 2012 CMA Music Festival. The event takes place Thursday through Sunday, June 7-10, in downtown Nashville, and will once again be filmed for an ABC television special to air in late summer

Lambert will perform on Thursday, June 7th, and Little Big Town will perform on Saturday, June 9th.

Also during the Nightly Concerts at LP Field, Sarah Darling, Nashville School of Arts Chamber Choir, Oak Ridge Boys, and Julie Roberts will each perform the National Anthem.

The current lineups for the Nightly Concerts are as follows in alphabetical order:
Thursday, June 7: Jason Aldean, Glen Campbell, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Brad Paisley, and Zac Brown Band. National Anthem performed by the Nashville School of Arts Chamber Choir (under the direction of Walter Bitner).

Friday, June 8: The Band Perry, Brantley Gilbert, Ronnie Milsap, Jake Owen, Blake Shelton, and Carrie Underwood. National Anthem performed by the Oak Ridge Boys.

Saturday, June 9: Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Hunter Hayes, Faith Hill, Little Big Town, and Kenny Rogers. National Anthem performed by Julie Roberts.

Sunday, June 10: Dierks Bentley, Alan Jackson, The Mavericks, Martina McBride, Scotty McCreery, and Rascal Flatts. National Anthem performed by Sarah Darling.

Tickets to the individual Nightly Concerts are $40 (plus applicable handling fees) for general admission in the upper deck of LP Field. Fans can purchase their tickets through Ticketmaster at Ticketmaster.com or 1 (800) 745-3000. They can also purchase them through CMAfest.com or 1 (800) CMA-FEST (262-3378).

Four-day ticket packages are also available, from only $125 per person plus handling fees. Four-day ticket package categories correspond to varying levels of seating at LP Field and include admittance to all four Nightly Concerts as well as all daytime Festival activities, including the Fan Fair Fall where artist autograph signing sessions are held. Children 3 years and younger are admitted FREE. For information on ADA seating, please call 1-800-CMA-FEST.

Ticket prices and artists are subject to change without notice. All sales are final and non-refundable.
CMA Music Festival celebrates the unique relationship between Country Music artists and their fans in the heart of Music City USA. The artists participate for free, and on their behalf, CMA has donated half the net proceeds of the Festival to support music education through the Keep the Music Playing program.

To date, more than $6.1 million has been donated to purchase musical instruments and supplies, providing thousands of students in Metro Nashville Public Schools with the resources and opportunities they could not have afforded on their own, and giving many of them a strong reason to remain in school. The total also includes a $1 million endowment gift for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s Words & Music program, which assists language arts and music teachers with classroom instruction in the basics of songwriting.

CMA Music Festival will once again be filmed for a national television special to air on ABC. This is the ninth consecutive year that the event has been filmed for a network television special, a feat no other music festival has achieved. CBS aired the first CMA Music Festival special in 2004, with ABC airing it from 2005 onward through 2021.

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Alan Jackson to Debut New Music at Opry

Grand Ole Opry May Line-Up

Alan Jackson
, an Opry member since 1991, will preview select songs from his new album, Thirty Miles West, on Tuesday, May 8th. During the 30-minute set, Jackson will also sing some of his biggest hits. Thirty Miles West will hit stores on June 5th.

Little Big Town, Thompson Square and Chris Young will also appear on the Tuesday show.

Also appearing in May are Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, Craig Morgan, Carrie Underwood, Kellie Pickler and Josh Turner. Visit Opry.com for tickets.

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Top Country Tweets of the Week – April 29th

Band Perry

10. It may not have been in the budget to fly to Paris, but @TheBandPerry made the next best stop for their latest video shoot. “Shooting our new Postcard From Paris music video in New Orleans! -np”

9. The weather has been crazy this year, @BrettEldredge “is always prepared though. “Holy hail storm Nashville! Looks like I’m gonna have to put on my football helmet again! Bringin back Tight End skillz!”

8. @BradleyGaskin is new to the country music charts, but he is still grateful for what he does. “I’m so thankful the good lord above lets me do what I do……..sang country music !! Yeeeeee haw !!”

7. Dear @CharlieDaniels, I’m pretty sure the rest of the industry feels the same way about you – here’s to another 75! “Little Jimmy Dickens is a national treasure At the age of 91 he still knows how to truly entertain people,I hope he lives another 91 years.”

6. Busy promoting his new single @ThomasRhett is racking up those frequent flyer miles.  “I am boarding my 4th plane.. Today”

Little Big Town

5. I’m glad to hear that @LBTmusic survived this. I hope for many more records to come! “Think we might die in this cab. In case we don’t make it, our new record is really good btw.”

4. Is it just me or should @BlakeShelton do this every night on a tour with Miranda? “Such an unbelievable experience to stand a side and watch my wife shred faces in concert….”

3. @TaylorSwift13 may not be on a tour of world domination right now, but she is working on a new album. “Sitting in my kitchen. Listening to music. Don’t want to go to bed.Was in the studio tonight. Writing tomorrow. Should go to bed. Ok I will.”

2. I don’t think Disney would like @Miranda_Lambert’s idea for an eighth dwarf. “I want to be the 8th dwarf and I want my name to be ‘pissed’”

Dierks Bentley on WhoSay
1. @DierksBentley recently hit a million miles on his bus and soon will be reaching a milestone with his truck.  I want to know how much of his life has been spent in transportation. “198,289 miles later, the inside of my truck looks the same it did the day my dad and i drove it to nashville…”

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CMT Music Awards Nominees to Be Announced Monday on ‘Today’

CMT Music Awards

CMT is heading to Rockefeller Plaza with platinum-selling group Little Big Town as they present the nominees for the 2012 CMT Music Awards live during the 10 a.m. EDT hour of NBC’s “Today” show Monday, April 23rd. The foursome, who will be releasing their brand new single “Pontoon” this month, will sit down with host Hoda Kotb and guest co-host Willie Geist to reveal this year’s nominees in select categories and give their predictions for the night’s big winners. This is the second year in a row that CMT and NBC have partnered to announce the CMT Music Awards nominations. Voting will begin on CMT.com immediately following this announcement.

The 2012 CMT Music Awards mark the 11th anniversary of the awards show and will air LIVE from Nashville on Wednesday, June 6th on CMT and CMT.com. More details to be announced.

Fans can get more information as it becomes available on Twitter (@FollowCMT), hashtag #CMTawards, or become a fan of the CMT Music Awards on Facebook.

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Third Annual ‘We’re All for the Hall’ Rocks Nashville with Surprises!

Keith Urban

Last night, Keith Urban, Vince Gill, and Friends rocked Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena for the Third Annual ‘We’re All for the Hall’ concert benefiting the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. Fans of all ages gathered to get a musical taste of various duos and groups during the “Come Together” themed evening. Although, there were a few solo surprise exceptions.

Vince GillVince Gill & Keith Urban

Unlike year’s passed, Keith Urban didn’t do a mini set of his solo show to kick-off the evening. Instead, Keith sang a couple of songs before inviting Vince Gill on stage with him to perform a few of his songs. This set the tone for the evening which included a two-song set from Little Big Town, Thompson Square, The Pistol Annies, The Band Perry, Alabama, The Oak Ridge Boy, Lady Antebellum, Rascall Flatts, and Diamond Rio.

It’s pretty impressive to see so many legends and so many new folks on one stage. I’m sure many fans, myself included, were seeing someone for the very first time. I never thought I would see Alabama perform together since they retired before I had the chance. And, it’s amazing to hear an arena full of people sing songs that are nearly two decades old; especially when some of the folks in attendance weren’t that old.

Lady Antebellum

Two legendary solo artists graced the stage last night, and the fact they were solo didn’t matter at all. The legendary Don Williams rocked the sold-out crowd to the famed “Tulsa Time” and Merel Haggard sang three or four hits while people sat jaw agape at the very fact they were seeing this legend perform before their very eyes.

Keith Urban Asked to Join the Opry

Probably the most memorable part of the night was when Vince Gill, Rascal Flatts, Diamond Rio, and The Oak Ridge Boys invited Keith Urban to join The Grand Ole Opry via duffel Bag. Keith almost appeared shocked while he tried to gain his composure before speaking. The arena went nuts, to say the least. This is a moment Keith’s fans have waited for almost as long as he has. I’ve spent many Opry performances holding my breath only to be left disappointed and light headed. Last night, everyone screamed and cheered.

All for the Hall

At the end of the night, the entire crowd returned to the stage to perform a very unorganized version of “I Saw Here Standing There.” To be honest, I’m not sure anyone sang anything other than the first verse and the chorus. But hey, all of those folks on stage at one time having the time of their lives…I’ll take it.

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