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Country Music Hall of Fame Readies for CMA Music Fest with Star-Studded Lineup

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As thousands of country music fans prepare to converge on Nashville in June for the CMA Music Festival, the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum stands ready to greet them with special programs and events. During June 5-9, museum visitors will be able to attend autograph signings and/or performances featuring both new and legendary artists.

Foremost among the museum’s Music Fest-week events is the return of its series Live from the Museum Store, Presented by CMT, which will include autograph signings with Lee Brice, Lee Greenwood, the Oak Ridge Boys and Country Music Hall of Fame member Charley Pride and performances and autograph signings with Casey James, Tracy Lawrence, Love and Theft, Joanna Smith and Josh Thompson. The museum will also present a special Songwriter Session with Kellie Pickler and a tribute to Country Music Hall of Fame member Chet Atkins by Steve Wariner, c.g.p. Museum admission is not required for Live from the Museum Store, Presented by CMT events; however, a purchase of artists’ merchandise from the Museum Store is necessary to participate in the autograph signings. The Songwriter Session and Chet Atkins tribute are included with museum admission and are free to museum members.

Visitors who present their official CMA Music Festival badge at the door and those who participate in autograph signings will receive $3 off adult general admission to the museum. Music Fest week will also be a chance for visitors to see the new major exhibition The Bakersfield Sound: Buck Owens, Merle Haggard and California Country, which opened on March 23.

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2013 KY Music Hall of Fame & Museum Inductees Announced

KY Music Hall of Fame

The Kentucky Music Hall of Fame and Museum has announced Steven Curtis Chapman, The Kentucky Headhunters, Exile, Skeeter Davis, The Hilltoppers, Old Joe Clark and Emory & Linda Martin as the 2013 class of Kentucky Music Hall of Fame and Museum inductees. These artists will join other Kentucky native music professionals to be honored for their contribution to music in the state of Kentucky and around the world. The induction ceremony will take place on April 12, 2013 at the Lexington Center Bluegrass Ballroom (430 West Vine Street, Lexington, KY 40507).

Tickets for this prestigious induction ceremony will go on sale April 9, 2012. For more information please visit http://www.kentuckymusicmuseum.com/.

“On behalf of the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame and Museum board of directors and staff I am honored to announce the 2013 Kentucky Music Hall of Fame Induction Class,” said Lawson. “The 2013 class showcases why the state of Kentucky has produced some of the world’s greatest music achievers in all genres of music, and I am truly honored to recognize them with induction into the hall of fame.”

Past inductees include musical legends such as Loretta Lynn, Patty Loveless, Steve Wariner, Keith Whitley, Crystal Gayle, Dwight Yoakam, Wynonna & Naomi Judd, Ricky Skaggs, Tom T. Hall, Bill Monroe and many more.

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Nashville Peeps! Nashville Symphony April Calendar of Events

Steve Wariner

The Nashville Symphony has some amazing shows coming up in April. For the full calendar, detailed information and to purchase tickets for events visit: nashvillesymphony.org.

An Intimate Evening
with Steve Wariner – Featuring a Tribute to Chet Atkins
Thursday, April 5, at 7 p.m.
Friday & Saturday, April 6 & 7, at 8 p.m.

Del McCoury

Preservation Hall Jazz Band with the Del McCoury Band
Monday, April 9, at 7 p.m.

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Steve Wariner Celebrates Launch of Mobile Website

Steve Wariner

Steve Wariner is launching a new mobile website and to celebrate, he’s offering fans a free ringtone, new instructional video clips and the chance to win multiple prizes.

The mobile website launches March 1. Fans simply need go to www.stevewariner.com on their mobile phones where they will automatically be directed to the mobile site. Once there, they will have free access to all the latest news from Wariner, as well as bio, tour and ticket info, all from the convenience of their mobile phone.

Wariner’s new single, Brother Can You Spare A Cup of Gasoline — currently available on itunes, amazon.com and more — will be offered as a free ringtone. Fans can hear the song on the website “jukebox.”

From their computer, fans visiting www.stevewariner.com can join the community at no charge, where Wariner is continuing his popular instructional videos, beginning on March 1 with the song “Sails”. In addition to up-close instruction, Wariner offers insights and stories behind the songs. More clips will be added in subsequent weeks.

By signing in to the community, fans are entered into a contest in which they become eligible to win a signed Steve Wariner guitar, two tickets to the Grand Ole Opry with backstage tour to meet the Country Star (does not include hotel or travel), signed lithographs of Wariner’s art or free guitar lab cds. The contest runs until June 1.

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The Opry is Jammin’ During CMA Music Festival

Country music’s most famous show is jamming during one of country music’s most exciting weeks, as the Grand Ole Opry® presented by Humana® is hosting five star-packed Opry shows, a free Music Fest kick-off Opry Plaza Party, benefit guitar auction, popular artist signings, and more during CMA Music Festival week June 7 – 12.

Two Opry shows Tues., June 7 featuring Carrie Underwood, Lady Antebellum, Martina McBride, Darius, Rucker, Oak Ridge Boys, Jimmy Dickens, Bill Anderson, and Jerrod Niemann are sold out, but fans are invited to party with Niemann and newcomers Edens Edge during a free Opry Plaza Party presented by Humana that evening beginning at 5:00 p.m.

Tickets are still available for other Opry performances, including Fri., June 10, when American Idol winner Scotty McCreery and runner-up Lauren Alaina will make their Grand Ole Opry debuts less than two weeks after this season’s Idol finale. Among others on the Opry that night are Billy Ray Cyrus and Randy Travis, who will be signing copies of his CD “25th Anniversary Celebration” in The Opry Shop before the show.

The 3rd Annual Guitars of the Stars Benefit Auction, set for 4 p.m. Thurs., June 9 in Hall of Fame Park, will feature free performances by Steve Wariner and Josh Thompson and will include guitars created or inspired by Underwood, Rascal Flatts, Lady Antebellum, and more. Wariner and Thompson will also spend part of their day greeting fans at Opry Originals at the corner of the 3rd and Broadway, as will a host of other stars throughout the week, including Craig Morgan, Mel Tillis, and Mark Wills. Updates to the Opry’s schedule will be available at http://www.opry.com/cmafest/.

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