2008 Academy of Country Music Awards nominations were announced at a press conference at the Ford Theater at the Country Music Hall of Fame(R) and Museum in Nashville. Kenny Chesney leads with eleven nominations; Rodney Atkins with six nominations; Sugarland, Brad Paisley, and Big & Rich each received four nominations.
The 43rd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards will be held Sunday, May 18, 2008 at the MGM Grand Graden Arena in Las Vegas and broadcast live fat 8:00 PM ET on CBS.
Sugarland's new album, Love On The Inside,will be released July 22, 2008. Sugarland will premiere the album's debut single All I Want To Do on the Academy of Country Music awards live from Las Vegas May 18 on CBS . The new single will ship digitally to radio across the country immediately following their performance, which promises to be a showstopper.
The world premiere of the music video for All I Want To Do, which was shot in Hawaii and directed by Shaun Silva, will be featured on Yahoo (www.yahoo.com/music ) after their live ACM performance. This third release is the follow up to their two previous, multi platinum-selling records Enjoy The Ride and Twice The Speed Of Life.
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2008 CMT Music Awards winners were announced live from the Curb Events Center at Belmont University in Nashville on Monday, April 14, 2008. ACountry salutes Sugarland, winner of Duo Video Year for "Stay." Taylor Swift took home the buckle for Video of the Year for "Our Song," while Kellie Pickler won three buckles - Performance of the Year, Breakthrough Video of the Year, and Tearjerker of the Year. Additional winners include Trace Adkins, Brad Paisley, Alison Krauss and Robert Plant, Bon Jovi featuring Leann Rimes, and Rascal Flatts.
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Dinosaurs return to the earth in Walking With Dinosaurs - The Live Experience, based on the award-winning BBC Television Series. After playing for ten sold-out weeks in five cities in Australia, where it was seen by an audience of over 300,000, Walking With Dinosaurs - The Live Experience is currently on a two-year arena tour across North America.
ACountry presents your chance to win FREE tickets to Walking With Dinosaurs : The Live Experience in Saskatoon, SK,; Ft. Wayne, IN; Kansas City, MO; and Cleveland, OH.
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Sugarland and Brad Paisley led the nominees for the 2008 CMT Music Awards - vote now to determine the winners. The CMT Music Awards will be broadcast live from the Curb Events Center at Belmont University in Nashville on Monday, April 14, 2008 at 8 PM (EST) on CMT. “Voting for the 2008 CMT Music Awards is at an all-time high, making the awards more competitive than ever,” said Brian Philips, executive vice president and general manager, CMT. Fans can vote online at CMT.com through Friday, April 11 to determine the winners. The final nominees for Video of the Year will be announced at the beginning of the show, and fans can vote at CMT.com throughout the live broadcast (8-10 p.m. ET/CT only) to determine the night's big winner.
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2008 CMA Music Festival perfomers include Sugarland, Taylor Swift, Josh Turner, Faith Hill, Alan Jackson, Carrie Underwood, Dwight Yoakam, Jewel, Rodney Atkins, Kellie Pickler, and Lady Antebellum.
"What's amazing about this year's lineup is that we have artists who are fan favorites, those who support the event year after year, coming to perform once again as well as an outstanding list of artists who are making their first appearance or retuning to our event after time away," said Tammy Genovese, CMA Chief Executive Officer.
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Kenny Chesney's Poets & Pirates Tour will visit 34 cities - including 14 stadiums. Anchoring the rotating cast of artists on 10 stadium dates is Keith Urban. Also joining the line-up for various shows are industrial strength four time Entertainers of the Year Brooks & Dunn, Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Sammy Hagar, outlandish country duo Big & Rich, newcomer Luke Bryan, California country icon Gary Allan and Grammy-winning Poets & Pirates tour mate LeAnn Rimes. Chesney brings this super-sized show to Columbia, SC, Baltimore, MD, Cleveland, OH, Detroit, MI, Pittsburgh, PA, Atlanta, GA, Dallas TX, Philadelphia, PA, Phoenix, AZ, Nashville, TN, Chicago, IL, San Francisco, CA, Foxboro, MA and Indianapolis, IN. Kenny Chesney tickets are on sale now.
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First round voting for the 2008 CMT Music Awards ends February 25 - vote now to determine the finalists for CMT's seventh annual awards show, broadcast live from the Curb Events Center at Belmont University in Nashville on Monday, April 14, 2008 at 8 PM (EST) on CMT.
The first round of voting runs through February 25 only at CMT.com, where fans will select from the top eight nominees in each of the 2008 CMT Music Awards categories. On March 6, CMT will announce the four finalists in each category except Video of the Year. Fans can then vote online at CMT.com through Friday, April 11 to determine the winners. The final nominees for Video of the Year will be announced at the beginning of the show, and fans can vote at CMT.com throughout the live broadcast (8-10 p.m. ET/CT only) to determine the night's big winner.
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Gary Allan will perform on the Late Show With David Letterman January 30 on CBS. Allan will sing his smash hit "Watching Airplanes" off of his critically acclaimed album Living Hard.
As Allan heads to New York this week, "Watching Airplanes" climbs to #3 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart. Look for Allan in the March edition of Playboy magazine for their Sex and Music Issue on stands next month and out on the road with Kenny Chesney for the 2008 Poets and Pirates Tour.
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