We’re headed to Nashville to accept our CMA awards and we’re bringing you with us!
Wednesday morning: we have CMA co-hosts Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood on the show.
Thursday morning: we will recap the awards shows, the winners, the parties…whewh it will be a long night!!
We will Facebook & Twitter live from Nashville too! Become a friend/follower HERE.
Three hours of Country’s hottest talent and three hours of seeing “who’s wearing what”! My Tivo has a date tonight with CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night To Rock, tonight! I
It starts at 7pm on ABC and is SURE to be quite a show! I, of course, will be on the lookout for what the stars are wearing during the show! Looking forward to quite a show! I’ve attached a video from someone in the crowd that night back in June, so you can get a sneak peak at what Taylor will be performing in on tonights show! LOVE Her sparkling Guitar!
Here’s more information about the event from the www.examiner.com:
The CMA Music Festival was held in June, but not everyone could make it to Nashville for the five day event. ABC brings the event home with a three hour summer blockbuster of all your favorite country artists.
Scheduled to perform throughout the night is a who’s who of country music. Kellie Pickler will be interviewing artists and fans, getting a perspective that only she could find. Darius RuckerBrooks and Dunn will treat fans to one more night of FanFest before retiring next year. will be performing tunes from his platinum selling country debut.
Fans can count on up close stories including Brad Paisley, and Jason Aldean. Aldean will rock out his hit “She‘s Country“. Reigning queens of country Reba McEntire and Martina McBride will perform and also share some stories about fans and the road. Jamey Johnson, Zac Brown Band, Sugarland, Trace Adkins, John Rich, Kenny Chesney, and Miranda Lambert will also bring their chart topping music to the ABC event.
Other stars performing in the show that will run from 8 pm to 11 pm will be Dierks Bentley, Lady Antebellum, Jake Owen and Julianne Hough. The show will be packed with surprises for every type of country music fan. Kid Rock will be performing his hit “Picture” with Martina McBride, and for the first time in 6 years, Wynona teams back up with her momma Naomi as The Judds.
Finally, country music’s favorite little heartbreaker, Taylor Swift, will answer questions from her six biggest fans.
This year over 50,000 fans attended each day of the week long event. Add a little country to the beginning of your week.
Starting Monday, WIL is giving away Tons of Rascal Flatts Tickets. Just listen between 8-5 for your chance to win your free tickets. Plus, when you win, you’ll instantly qualify for the grand prize including backstage passes to meet Rascal Flatts on June 5th, along with a trip for two to the CMT Music Awards in Nashville on June 16th. So the longer you listen, the more chances you’ll have to win Rascal Flatts tickets from 92.3 Today’s WIL.
2009 CMT Music Awards Trip Includes:
Brad Paisley and Martina McBride were among the surprise performers at the Jonas Brothers concert at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on Sunday night (Jan. 4). Paisley joined the pop trio to sing “Waitin’ on a Woman” and “Easy Money,” while McBride stepped on stage to perform “Independence Day,” as well as one of the Jonas Brothers songs, “When You Look Me in the Eyes.” Tim McGraw and Faith Hill introduced the band. Other musical guests included Vince Gill and Phil Vassar, as well as Stephen Curtis Chapman, Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith and American Idol winner Jordin Sparks.
I’ve been a Country Music DJ for 23 years and living this close to Nashville you’d maybe think I go there every other weekend. I have only spent one night in the early 90′s there and another time was back in 2002 when we were on our way to Florida…that’s it. Daisy and I went to the Grand Ole Opry in 02 but we were moving across the country so we had a few things on our minds.
This time we are going to the Country Music Awards but we’ll be there from Tuesday through Thursday and are looking for those little out of the way gems of Nashville. If you have been there please post your ideas here or you can email me directly. Any help would be great!
Click on the CONTEST Tab above to win 2 tickets and $250 to see the taping of CMT GIANTS: Alan Jackson on Thursday, October 30, 2008 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville!
CMT honors the extraordinary life and music of the legendary Alan Jackson in the 90 minute special, CMT GIANTS: Alan Jackson.
The special will be taped before a live audience on Thursday, October 30 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. The tribute will feature live performances by superstars including George Strait, Brad Paisley, Taylor Swift, Dierks Bentley, Lee Ann Womack and Miranda Lambert with other guests to be announced. CMT GIANTS: ALAN JACKSON is scheduled to premiere on CMT on December 5.
Click on the CONTEST Tab above to win 2 tickets and $250 to see the taping of CMT GIANTS: Alan Jackson on Thursday, October 30, 2008 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville!
CMT honors the extraordinary life and music of the legendary Alan Jackson in the 90 minute special, CMT GIANTS: Alan Jackson.
The special will be taped before a live audience on Thursday, October 30 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. The tribute will feature live performances by superstars including George Strait, Brad Paisley, Taylor Swift, Dierks Bentley, Lee Ann Womack and Miranda Lambert with other guests to be announced. CMT GIANTS: ALAN JACKSON is scheduled to premiere on CMT on December 5.
Season seven “American Idol” finalist Kristy Lee Cook has signed with 19 Recordings/Arista Nashville.
The Oregon native, who is preparing for the American Idols Live! Tour 2008, will team with songwriter/producer Brett James (Jessica Simpson) to record her album between tour dates, with a release expected this fall. Her first single, “15 Minutes of Shame,” will go to country radio in August.
Arista Nashville parent Sony BMG Nashville is also home to “Idol” alums Carrie Underwood and Kellie Pickler. Pickler was previously signed to Arista at age 17, but was dropped before any music was released.
“It was tough, because you have a chance and then all of a sudden, it’s gone,” she told Billboard earlier this year. “But if that hadn’t happened, I never would have made it to where I am now. So I guess everything happens for a reason. I ended up moving home and then I auditioned for ‘American Idol.’”
Ken Tucker, Nashville
NASHVILLE STAR NOW CASTING!
NBC is proud to launch the Nationwide search for the next
American Country Music Superstar.
We are scouring the country for the nation’s best Country singers to compete for the musical opportunity of a lifetime… a major label record deal and a chance to represent your country on the world’s stageat the 2008 Olympic Games.
We want you! We’re casting honky-tonk heroes, singingsensations, and performing prodigies who are at least 16 years old and there’s no upper-age limit.
This year, the competition is open to singing duos and trios.
One Dream. One Country.
One Nashville Star!
NASHVILLE STAR NOW CASTING!
NBC is proud to launch the Nationwide search for the next
American Country Music Superstar.
We are scouring the country for the nation’s best Country singers to compete for the musical opportunity of a lifetime… a major label record deal and a chance to represent your country on the world’s stageat the 2008 Olympic Games.
We want you! We’re casting honky-tonk heroes, singingsensations, and performing prodigies who are at least 16 years old and there’s no upper-age limit.
This year, the competition is open to singing duos and trios.
One Dream. One Country.
One Nashville Star!
