IN THE NEWS:
Jason Aldean and the Zac Brown Band each picked up eight nominations to lead the field for the second annual American Country Awards, which will be handed out Dec. 5 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
The Grammy Award-winning Zac Brown Band has added fall dates to the the trek promoting last year's chart-topping release, "You Get What You Give."
Selling out Nashville's LP Field for or the second consecutive year with crowds of approximately 65,000 per day, the CMA Music Festival showcased some of country music's most popular stars and rising stars. The four day event, which kicked off on June 9, featured such names as Taylor Swift, Keith Urban, Lady Antebellum, Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert and Trace Adkins, among others.
Jason Aldean's four nominations topped the field for the 2011 CMT Music Awards, which will be handed out during a June 8 broadcast scheduled to air live from Nashville on CMT-TV and CMT.com.
Grammy Award-winning Zac Brown Band will take on a slew of stadium shows this spring and summer as the country outfit continues promoting its chart-topping fall release, "You Get What
You Give."
Miranda Lambert helped to unveil the list of nominees for this year's Academy of Country Music Awards this morning during an event telecast on CBS-TV's "The Early Show," and it turned out that her own name appeared more than any other.
Country star Kenny Chesney, who took a rare break from extensive touring in 2010, promises his 2011 tour will be his biggest in five years.
Kenny Chesney scores his sixth No. 1 album this week with "Hemingway's Whiskey" selling 183,000 copies in the week ending Oct. 3, according to data compiled by Nielsen SoundScan.
The first round of artists confirmed to perform during 44th Annual CMA Awards includes Kenny Chesney, Lady Antebellum, Dierks Bentley, Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton, as well as a pairing of the Zac Brown Band and Alan Jackson.
