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Carrie Underwood, Kenny Chesney & Eric Church Added as CMA Award Performers
The CMA Awards are building quite the lineup of performers for their 46th Awards show. ABC has announced that the show’s co-host Carrie Underwood will perform, as will Kenny Chesney, Eric Church & the Band Perry.
The new group of performers join previously announced performers, including Underwood’s co-host Brad Paisley, Jason Aldean, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan, Kelly Clarkson & the Zac Brown Band.
The show will air on ABC on November 1st, live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena ABC.
Jason Aldean, Little Big Town & Kelly Clarkson to Perform at CMA Awards
ABC has announced the first round of performers for the 46th CMA Awards, taking place at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on November 1st. Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley, Kelly Clarkson and Little Big Town are the first acts to be announced with many more to come.
While Aldean, Bentley & Little Big Town aren’t surprises, we have to wonder what Kelly Clarkson will be performing. Will we be getting a countrified ”Mr. Know It All” or is KC finally releasing a full country single. We sure hope that it’s the latter!
The show will be hosted by Brad Paisley & Carrie Underwood. It airs on ABC on November 1.
Twelve-Year-Old Boy Is Blown Away By Carrie Underwood
When twelve-year-old Chase attended Carrie Underwood‘s concert in Louisville, Kentucky on Saturday night, he never would have expected that what seemed like just a dream would actually come true. During the concert, Chase held up a sign to Carrie that asked “Will you be my first kiss?” Surprising Chase, Carrie noticed the sign and called him up on stage. Before planting a kiss directly on to Chase’s lips, Carrie warned the cowboy casanova that her husband was somewhere in the building and would likely be looking for him later.
And boys, don’t get any fancy ideas! Carrie has already stated this will be the first and only time she will fulfill such a wish!
Carrie Underwood Kicks Off North American Tour
Today’s the big day for Carrie Underwood and her North American fans. She’ll kick off the American leg of her “Blown Away” tour tonight in Manchester, NH. Special guest Hunter Hayes, who is nominated for the Country Music Association’s New Artist of the Year Award, will open for her on the 55-city tour.
Carrie will be donating $1 from each ticket sold for her tour to the American Red Cross to assist in disaster relief in areas such as shelter, food, and support to people whose lives are affected. Her ticket sales should boost the organization’s fundraising efforts as her last two tours have each sold more than one million tickets.
The “Blown Away Tour” will finish just in time for Christmas in Sunrise, Florida on Saturday, December 22nd. Check out her list of tour dates below and let us know if you’ll be heading to any:
Kira Isabella Joining Carrie Underwood’s Tour
Canada’s own Kira Isabella joins superstar Carrie Underwood as a support act for the Canadian dates on “The Blown Away Tour” this fall. The burgeoning songstress hits several cities opening for Underwood, including Calgary, Vancouver and Kira’s hometown of Ottawa. Hunter Hayes is also support on the tour. A full list of dates is below.
Kira shares:
“To be on a tour with one of my ultimate idols, and on an arena tour, is simply incredible. Carrie is someone I really look up to as an artist. I can barely contain my excitement!”
Just in time for the tour, Kira announced today her debut album will be in stores October 2, 2012. Titled for her first 2011 single, “Love Me Like That” also features Kira’s previously released track, “A Real Good Radio” and current single that’s racing up the country charts, “A Little More Work.”
Racking up accomplishments before even releasing her debut album, Kira is nominated for the 2012 CCMA Rising Star Award. Catch her perform live on the awards broadcast on September 9. Kira Isabella is Canada’s brightest young country music star. At just 18 years old she took home the “Country” award at the 2012 Canadian Radio Music Awards and has appeared at major Canadian country music festivals this past summer, including Boots and Hearts and Big Valley Jamboree.
See the full list of tour dates that Kira will join Carrie for below:
Carrie Underwood’s Blown Away Certified Platinum
Congratulations to Carrie Underwood and the team at Arista Nashville and 19 Entertainment! Her new album “Blown Away” has just been certified platinum by the RIAA for selling more than one million copies digitally since its release. The news comes the same week that Carrie found out she is nominated for the seventh time for the Country Music Association’s’ Female Vocalist of the Year Award. She’ll be hosting the award show once again alongside superstar friend Brad Paisley this November on ABC.
On Friday, September 14th Carrie will launch the North American leg of her “Blown Away Tour” in New Hampshire. Warner Music Nashville’s Hunter Hayes is the special guest of the tour. For a full list of tour dates, and to get your tickets before they sell out, visit Carrie’s official website.
Preparing For a Hurricane? Download These Storm Savvy Songs!
This post is aimed at (primarily) my fellow Floridians as they anticipate and prepare for Tropical Storm/Hurricane Isaac. All of you who have been through one of these dreaded storms know that when the electricity goes out, it can be days (sometimes weeks) before it is restored. We at Keepin’ It Country thought it would be fun to give you some last minute storm savvy tunes to load on to your iPods. Hey, if you can’t avoid Isaac, welcome him with open arms … and great weather-related music!
VIDEO: Little Big Town Has a Pontoon Party with Some Familiar Faces
Little Big Town‘s “Pontoon,” a playful ode to mmmmmotorboating, has certainly been the undeniable country hit of the summer. With its infectious hook, cheery beat and playful lyrics, the song certainly has a ton of appeal…including with celebs! With appearances by everyone from Carrie Underwood to Luke Bryan to Lady Antebellum, Darius Rucker and Hunter Hayes, this fun video certainly celebrates 2012′s summer anthem.
Check it out:
Brad Paisley & Carrie Underwood To Host CMA Awards
The Country Music Association announced today that Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood will be returning once again as co-hosts for the 46th Annual Country Music Association Awards on November 1st. It’s the fifth time the pair are co-hosting the award show together, which will air November 1st at 8 pm EST on ABC live from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.
“I think I can speak for both of us when I say that we are extremely excited to be back for a fifth year hosting the CMA Awards,” said Underwood. “Each year we work harder so that we can help present the best show possible.”
“We’re waiting on someone to do something really stupid between now and then,” said Paisley. “I have faith. We are excited. I think you walk out there with people expecting a certain thing now and that’s a great place to be. I think they know who we are. They know what we do up there together and we’ve become something different together than we are separately I think, which is fun.”
Paisley has won 14 CMA Awards since receiving the Horizon Award (now the New Artist Award) in 2000, including Entertainer of the Year (2010), Male Vocalist (2007, 2008, 2009) and Album (2006 for Time Well Wasted). He won Musical Event of the Year three times, first in 2004 with Alison Krauss for “Whiskey Lullaby,” second in 2006 for “When I Get Where I’m Going” with Dolly Parton, and a third time in 2009 for “Start a Band” with Keith Urban. He claimed the Vocal Event of the Year trophy in 2001 for “Too Country” with Bill Anderson, George Jones, and Buck Owens and won Music Video of the Year three times, first in 2002 for “I’m Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin’ Song),” second in 2004 for “Whiskey Lullaby” (again with Krauss), and third in 2007 for “Online.” He is No. 5 on the list of top CMA Award winners of all time.
“I really think that the CMA Awards are a very special thing in our town,” said Paisley. “When they say it’s ‘Country Music’s Biggest Night™,’ it is. It’s the biggest night of ratings that we ever get. The reason that I think it has worked is because we both take it so seriously that we’re ready when we walk out there. We are focused on making sure that we’re not just crossing our fingers that it works, that what we have ready is ready.”
Underwood has received five CMA Awards in her career, including three consecutive wins as Female Vocalist (2006, 2007, 2008), as well as Single of the Year (2007 for “Before He Cheats”), and the Horizon Award (2006).
“I feel like each year our hosting gets better and better,” said Underwood. “We want to top that every year, so it’s a good challenge.”
Mike Fisher To Be Guest Speaker at Boots & Hearts
Canadian NHL player Mike Fisher will be making his first festival on-stage appearance at Boots & Hearts Music Festival this weekend. He’s part of the free gospel breakfast on Sunday, August 11th at the main stage which will features performances by High Valley and Michelle Wright. Mike, along with TSN’s Gino Reda, will speak to fans during the continental breakfast. Mike’s wife, Carrie Underwood, will be headlining during the Festival.
Mike won the NHL Foundation Award for the 2011-2012 season for his charitable work in the community. The Nashville Predator was recognized with the award for applying the core values of hockey – commitment, perseverance, and teamwork – to enrich the lives of people in need. He will be doing a question and answer segment with TSN’s Gino Reda during the breakfast on his faith.
“Having grown up right down the road, it’s exciting to see a world-class music festival like this being brought to our region. When I heard the concept the promoters were working on for Sunday morning, I was happy to help any way that I could,” said Fisher. “Faith is obviously something that’s played a vital role in my life, and I think the idea of providing a free breakfast to festival goers while great artists perform their favourite gospel songs is really cool. It’s something that I’ve never seen or even heard of at another festival before.”
Mike is a World Vision Ambassador and recently visited El Salvador to see first-hand the impact the charity makes on the lives of those in need.
Boots & Hearts runs August 9th through to the 12th in Bowmanville, Ontario. It’s the inaugural year for the festival, which plans on becoming an annual event.
