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Tweet To Find Out Blake Shelton’s ACM Awards Mystery Co-Host!

Jennifer Swirsky — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 02:13:16 +0000

For the first time in years, Reba McEntire will not be hosting the ACM Awards (due to a jam-packed schedule between her television show and other projects). However, as they say in show biz, the show must go on, and it will do so with Blake Shelton on the stage as a co-host. Yes, I said “co-host,” which means Blake will be sharing the stage with another artist.

It would be absolutely remiss of anybody to assume that Blake would openly tell the masses who his co-host will be without causing us all to jump through some hoops! As such, those involved with the ACM Awards are keeping Blake’s co-host a secret until they receive 25,000 tweets through the official ACM Awards website. To have your hand in helping reveal Blake’s co-host for the 2013 ACM Awards, click here so you can tweet the official Twitter message and have your tweet count toward the 25,000 requirement.

And watch the video below to hear Blake talk a bit about this year’s ACM Awards and his mystery co-host.

Brad Paisley Honored By ASCAP

Jennifer Swirsky — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:35:20 +0000

Last night, to kick off Country Music Association (“CMA”) Awards week, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (“ASCAP”) recognized the most successful songwriters of 2012 during an awards ceremony at the Opryland Hotel in Nashville. During the ceremony, Brad Paisley received one of the biggest nods of the evening, being named ASCAP’s Songwriter/Artist of the Year. Brad was honored for his hit songs “Camouflage,” “Old Alabama,” and “Remind Me.”

Ben Hayslip was awarded Songwriter of the Year for his co-writing efforts on Blake Shelton‘s “Honey Bee,” Luke Bryan‘s “I Don’t Want This Night to End,” Martina McBride‘s “I’m Gonna Love You Through It,” and Craig Morgan‘s “This Ole Boy.” Other honors also went to Dierks Bentley, David Nail, and Darius Rucker. And, as a surprise, the King of Country, George Strait, showed up to pick up an award as well.

CMA Awards week continues tonight with the Broadcast Music, Inc. (“BMI”) awards. Thursday night is the event everyone is awaiting — the CMA Awards, hosted by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood, which airs live from Nashville at 8:00pm ET on ABC.

Congratulations to all the award winners! We can’t wait to see who takes home the highly coveted CMA Awards on Thursday night!

Garth, Reba, and Taylor Among Honorees at ACM Honors in Nashville September 19th

Alisha Parramoure — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 04:39:47 +0000

The 5th Annual ACM Honors will take place on September 19th at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Downtown Nashville. The night celebrates the non-televised special honorees and winners from this year’s ACM Awards, held in Las Vegas in April, and includes special tribute performances and award presentations. For the second year, a limited amount of tickets will be made available to fans via Ticketmaster beginning in August. Host, presenters, and performers will be announced later in the summer.

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Award recipients include:

CLIFFIE STONE Pioneer Award- GARTH BROOKS

Poet’s Award- HANK COCHRAN (posthumously)

MAE BOREN AXTON Award- JOHN DORRIS

CLIFFIE STONE Pioneer Award- LARRY GATLIN & THE GATLIN BROTHERS

Poet’s Award- TOM T. HALL

Career Achievement Award- REBA

JIM REEVES International Award- TAYLOR SWIFT

TEX RITTER Award- “Country Strong”

MBI (MUSICIANS, BAND, INSTRUMENTAL) AWARDS:

Producer of The Year – PAUL WORLEY

Audio Engineer of The Year – CHUCK AINLAY