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2010
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Don’t forget to tune in to ABC tonight at 8pm EST for CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock. This year’s three hour special is hosted by Tim McGraw and features Taylor Swift in the first network television performance of her new single “Mine.” Also performing are Trace Adkins, Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley, Billy Currington, Alan Jackson, Jamey Johnson, Kid Rock, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Martina McBride, Reba McEntire, Tim McGraw, Justin Moore, Brad Paisley, Kellie Pickler, Rascal Flatts, Darius Rucker, Blake Shelton, Josh Turner, Uncle Kracker, Carrie Underwood, Urban, and Zac Brown Band.
While you watch, you can join in the 2nd Annual CMA Tweet ‘N’ Greet to chat with artists such as Reba, Jason Aldean, and Keith Urban. Click HERE for more info on tonight’s Tweet ‘N’ Greet.
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Tim McGraw will be in Atlanta this fall to accept the True Ally Award at the 2010 Men Stopping Violence Annual Awards Dinner. The award recognizes “men of conscience–allies who use their influence to advocate for safety, equality and respect for women and girls.” Along with his wife, Faith Hill, McGraw has helped raise thousands of dollars for women’s shelters in Tennessee.
The Men Stopping Violence Annual Awards Dinner will take place on Saturday, October 2, at the Ritz-Carlton Atlanta. More information, including tickets to the event, can be found HERE.
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The Country Music Association will host its second annual live Twitter feed on ABC.com, Wednesday, Sept. 1 (8:00 – 11:00 PM/ET), during the broadcast of CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock.
Fans can log on to ABC.com to see Tweets from artists including Julianne Hough(@JulianneHough), Lady Antebellum (@ladyantebellum), Reba McEntire (@Reba), Tim McGraw (@TimMcGrawArtist), Blake Shelton (@BlakeShelton), Keith Urban (@KeithUrban), and Zac Brown Band (@ZacBrownBand). Fans can also visit CMAfest.com to follow along with the show using their Facebook account. Each artist will be posting their observations about the three-hour concert special as well as behind-the-scenes tidbits, anecdotes about other artists’ performances, as well as memories from past CMA Music Festivals.
The “Tweet ‘N’ Greet” will create an interactive feed between the fans and artists. Fans will have a direct connection to some of their favorite performers, not only allowing them the opportunity to ask questions, but also providing them with behind-the-scenes access. In addition, CMA (@CountryMusic) will be updating fans with information on the participating artists’ upcoming album releases, tour dates, and appearances. The official hashtag for the event is #cmatv. Fans using the hashtag will be entered to win prizes during the show. For more information, visit: CMAfest.com/tweet.
“As an event, CMA Music Festival is about these unique interaction opportunities between the artist community and the fans,” said Ben Bennett, CMA Digital Marketing Manager. “The Tweet ‘N’ Greet is a fun, inventive way of translating that artist/fan connection to the ABC broadcast. The artists and fans get to communicate while they share the common experience of watching the television show.”
CMA’s first “Tweet ‘N’ Greet” occurred during the 2009 airing of CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock. The chatter created in the social media space helped keep CMA Music Festival as a Top 10 trending topic on Twitter for the entire broadcast.
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Faith Hill performed a free concert for victims of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans last night.
“We are here for you still and you are not forgotten,” Hill said yesterday evening.
The concert was hosted by Tide for its Tides Loads of Hope program which provides a mobile laundry service that provides clean clothes to families affected by a disaster. Hill was named the program’s ambassador earlier this month.
“I feel like it’s my responsibility to give back,” Hill said. “When you’ve been given so much, it’s only right that I do what I can to help, if I can.”
The concert was a celebration of how far Louisiana and surrounding areas of Mississippi have come in the five years since the disaster. Hill is a native of Mississippi and her husband, Tim McGraw, is a native of Louisiana.
“My message is ‘Come to New Orleans and experience this great city,’” Hill said. “Yes, there are places that are still rebuilding and are not quite back yet, but when they do come back, they’ll come back better.”
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To mark the 25th anniversary of his first album release on a major label, Randy Travis is preparing to release a duets album. For the new project, Randy will record duets with Tim McGraw, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Josh Turner and Carrie Underwood.
Carrie had major success with her release of Randy’s “I Told You So” and the two are looking to recreate some of that magic. “She wants to do something old,” Randy told The Wilkes-Barre Weekender, “and I don’t even know what we’re going to do yet.”
This won’t be the first time that Randy has worked with Kenny Chesney either. Randy joined Kenny on “Baptism” which was included on Chesney’s first Greatest Hits album.
According to GAC, the new project will be released in the first half of 2011.
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In the latest edition of People Country, some of your favorie country stars revealed their favorite spots for the best BBQ around!…
Joe Nichols
Country Tavern, Kilgore, Texas
• “The best brisket and ribs I’ve ever had. And they’ve got traditional country on the jukebox. It just feels like Texas.”
Blake Shelton
Blue Pig BBQ, Ardmore, Okla.
• “It’s pork barbecue. The name is kind of a dead giveaway, isn’t it?”
Justin Moore
Jack’s Bar-B-Que, Nashville
• “It’s great food, and the atmosphere is always awesome in the middle of the honky-tonks.”
Tim McGraw
Podnuh’s, Baton Rouge, La.
• “P-o-d-n-u-h-s – like saying partner, you know, in Louisiana you say ‘podnuh?’ Best beans. Nobody can stay in the car with me though.”
Dolly Parton
Couser’s Southern Restaurant, Nashville
• “They have the best barbecue. When I first came to Nashville, I used to fill their salt and pepper shakers [in exchange for free food].”
Be sure to pick up the latest edition of People Country, on newstands now.
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Justin Bieber belted out a verse of Alan Jackson’s “Chattahoochee” while in Nashville on Wednesday for a concert at the Bridgestone Arena. CMT.com reports that Bieber sang the verse backstage for the press after being asked about who his favorite country artists were. After naming Tim McGraw, Rascal Flatts, Martina McBride and Alan Jackson, Bieber sang a verse of “Chattahoochee,” a song that topped the charts an entire year before he was born…Who knew he was a country music fan?!
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Faith Hill and Gwyneth Paltrow were spotted in The Big Apple together today. According to Pop Sugar the pair met for lunch in NYC after Paltrow left her vacation spot in the Hamptons.
Paltrow stars alongside Hill’s hubby, Tim McGraw, in the upcoming film Country Strong.
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