Well... country music is back on XM/Sirius Radio for Christmas. Last year, it was not available... this year, thankfully there is.
Here are the country music related winners of the 2009 American Music Awards:
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Taylor Swift
POP/ROCK
Female Artist: Taylor Swift
COUNTRY
Male Artist: Keith Urban
Female Artist: Taylor Swift
Band, Duo or Group: Rascal Flatts
Album: Fearless, Taylor Swift
ADULT CONTEMPORARY
Artist: Taylor Swift
T-Mobile BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST (ALL GENRES)
Gloriana
Well, another CMT Crossroads has been announced. This one sounds like a lot of fun...
Zac Brown Band and Jimmy Buffett will be the focus of the next episode. It will be recorded in December, and then set to air sometime in March of 2010.
Wow, I wanted to see the tour really bad to begin with, but now Lee Ann Womack has been added to the George Strait / Reba McEntire tour... it is now beyond a required attendance event. Event doesn't even quite come close to the magnitude of talent appearing in one night. This lineup even beats out some of the previous George Strait Country Music Festivals I've attended.
I can't imagine how truly special this show will be.
Once again, here is the tour dates for the 22-city tour:
22-Jan Baltimore, MD 1st Mariner
23-Jan Greensboro, NC Coliseum
29-Jan Knoxville, TN Thompson Boling
30-Jan Charlottesville, VA JPJ Arena
5-Feb Phoenix, AZ US Airways
6-Feb Las Vegas, NV MGM Garden Arena
18-Feb St Louis, MO Scottrade Center
19-Feb Wichita, KS Intrust Bank Arena
20-Feb Tulsa, OK BOK Arena
25-Feb Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
26-Feb Orlando, FL Amway Arena
4-Mar Memphis, TN FedEx Forum
5-Mar New Orleans, LA New Orleans Arena
6-Mar Little Rock, AR Verizon
26-Mar Portland, OR The Rose Garden
27-Mar Tacoma, WA Tacomadome
8-Apr Omaha, NE Qwest Center
9-Apr Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
10-Apr Des Moines, IA Wells Fargo Arena
This April, Kenny Chesney will be on the big screen, and no, not the those big ones that you are used to seeing him on at his sold-out shows. The movie theater big screen, but it will be a lot like those big screens at the concert venue... the movie is titled "Kenny Chesney's Summer In 3-D."
This special event movie will bring Kenny Chesney's concert right to you in your local movie theater as a limited engagement. The 3D footage for the movie was shot over six nights in five locations -- Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Seattle, Foxboro, and Indianapolis -- using a total of 22 3D camera rigs.
The 3-D movie concert experience is set for release in April 2010. You can get more information and sign-up for alerts at http://www.thehotticket.net for when tickets will go on sale in your area.
Sounds and looks very cool to me...
Here is the new Board Members of the Academy of Country Music....
Directors are elected from each category based on the number of members in that category. Each director serves staggered two-year terms, with half the board membership changing each year.
ACM Board Members:
Directors At Large
ACM Lifting Lives Chairman Gary Haber and President Gayle Holcomb and their new Board:
Looks like George Strait will be starring in a new movie titled "A Pure Country Gift."
Reports are saying that the movie will be about three angels who give the gift of a beautiful singing voice to a newborn girl. As she gets older she breaks some of the angels' rules and they take away her singing voice.
Katrina Elam will also be acting in the movie. She is played as a 9-year-old by Kaitlyn Dorff, daughter of Steve Dorff, who composed the music for the original "Pure Country" and will also compose the music for the upcoming movie.
The movie will be directed by Chris Cain, which directed Strait's previous movie "Pure Country" and is being filmed in Nashville where there has been a few chance to be an "extra"
It appears to be a holiday themed movie, and possible release date during the holiday season of 2010.
Here is this year's list of performances. Also provided are clips from those albums that are available for download! Amazon downloads are DRM-free and can be played on any device that supports MP3...
Want to chat just a bit during the show? You can send me a message over on the right side of the blog page under E-mail & Live chat. I'll try to be available as much as I can during the coverage..
I will be using Twitter during the show.. cntryalive is the username to follow, can setup SMS messages if you wont be in front of the computer during the show.
News Channel 5's webcam updates every 5 minutes or so, you can view that to see a little bit of whats going on from the outside.
http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/category.asp?C=101671
WKRN will have live coverage on the red carpet beginning at 7pm EST.
http://www.wkrn.com/global/Category.asp?C=178272
The Country Music Is Love blog is holding a live chat...
http://www.countrymusicislove.com/chat
Country Music Alive will be following the 43rd Annual Country Music Association Awards this year in a few formats...
The live- as it happens comments, winners, and other great information during the award show itself follow me on Twitter! I will begin shortly after 5:00pm EST. If you aren't going to be near a television, follow and add me to your SMS following for updates to your mobile phone. You can find Country Music Alive on Twitter as username: cntryalive
Of course, here on the blog I will have the winners list posted directly after the show, usually within 5 minutes of its conclusion. The performance list (who sang what) will be out shortly after the show or definitely by the next day. Then, in the days after plenty of commentary and such.
In case you don't know...
The CMT Red Carpet Show will air on CMT at 7:00pm EST.
The 43rd Annual CMA Awards will be aired live on ABC at 8pm EST.
Performers for the CMA Awards are: Jason Aldean, Brooks & Dunn, Kenny Chesney and Dave Mathews, Billy Currington, Vince Gill and Daughtry, Kid Rock and Jamey Johnson, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Martina McBride, Reba McEntire, Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley, Darius Rucker, George Strait, Sugarland, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, and Zac Brown Band.
Presenters are Dale Earnhardt Jr., Neil Flynn, Patricia Heaton, Julianne Hough, Randy Houser, The Judds, Kid Rock, Kris Kristofferson, Jake Owen, Kellie Pickler, LeAnn Rimes, Robin Roberts, and Lee Ann Womack.
CMT will air a re-cap show on Saturday Nov. 14 at 1:30pm EST. CMT will also re-air the entire show later this month.
Here are few other websites in what they are predicting for tomorrow night!
Prediction roundup...
Tha Good Life Reviews .com
Entertainer Of The Year…. Taylor Swift
Album Of The Year…. Fearless-Taylor Swift
Female Vocalist Of The Year... Reba McEntire
Male Vocalist Of The Year …. Kenny Chesney
Music Video Of The Year…. “Boots On” – Randy Houser
Musical Event Of The Year…. “Start A Band” – Brad Paisley w/ Keith Urban
Best New Artist Of The Year…. Zac Brown Band
Best Single Of The Year …. “Chicken Fried” – Zac Brown Band
Best Song Of The Year …. “Then” – Brad Paisley
Vocal Duo Of The Year…. Brooks & Dunn
Vocal Group Of The Year…. Rascal Flatts
From Country Universe:
Entertainer: Brad Paisley
Female: Carrie Underwood
Male: Brad Paisley
Duo: Sugarland
Group: Lady Antebellum
New Artist: Darius Rucker
Album: Jamey Johnson
Single: "In Color"
Song: "In Color"
Event: "I Told You So"
Video: "Love Story"
Roughstock.com:
Video: "Boots On"
Event: "Down The Road"
Group: Zac Brown
Duo: Brooks & Dunn
New Artist: Darius Rucker
Female: Carrie Underwood
Male: Brad Paisley
Single: "Then"
Song: "In Color"
Urban Country Blog:
Single: "Then" / "Chicken Fried" tie
Song: "In Color"
Album: Fearless
Group: Rascal Flatts
Duo: Sugarland
Musician: Mac McAnally
Video: "Love Story"
Event: "Start A Band"
New Artist: Zac Brown
Female: Carrie Underwood
Male: Keith Urban
Entertainer: Taylor Swift
My Kind of Country:
Entertainer: Brad Paisley
Male: Brad Paisleu
Female: Miranda Lambert
Group: Zac Brown
Duo: Sugarland
New: Jamey Johnson
Musician: Paul Franklin
Album: That Lonesome Song
Single: "In Color"
Song: "In Color"
Event: "Everything But Quits"
Video: "Troubador"
The 9513
Entertainer Of The Year: Brad Paisley
Male Vocalist of The Year: Brad Paisley
Female Vocalist of The Year: Carrie Underwood
Vocal Group of The Year: Zac Brown Band
Vocal Duo of The Year: Sugarland
New Artist of The Year: Jamey Johnson
Musician of The Year: Mac Macanally and Paul Franklin (tie)
Album of The Year: Jamey Johnson – That Lonesome Song
Single of The Year: Jamey Johnson – “In Color”
Song of The Year: Jamey Johnson – “In Color” and Billy Currington – “People Are Crazy” (tie)
Musical Event of The Year: Randy Travis and Carrie Underwood – “I Told You So”
Video of The Year: Taylor Swift – “Love Story”
Well, first there was the announcement of Trace Adkins and Martina McBride touring together... and now an announcement of another superstar duo hitting the tour schedule in 2010.
George Strait and Reba McEntire will head out on tour together for 2010. Pretty exciting to think of seeing 2 such living legends on the same night and place. Just think all of the hits and record sales they have between them... mind boggling to think about.
2010 TOUR DATES
| Date | City | Venue |
| 22-Jan | Baltimore, MD | 1st Mariner |
| 23-Jan | Greensboro, NC | Coliseum |
| 29-Jan | Knoxville, TN | Thompson Boling |
| 30-Jan | Charlottesville, VA | JPJ Arena |
| 5-Feb | Phoenix, AZ | US Airways |
| 6-Feb | Las Vegas, NV | MGM |
| 18-Feb | St Louis, MO | Scottrade Center |
| 19-Feb | Wichita, KS | Intrust Bank Arena |
| 20-Feb | Tulsa, OK | BOK Arena |
| 25-Feb | Atlanta, GA | Philips Arena |
| 26-Feb | Orlando, FL | Amway Arena |
| 4-Mar | Memphis, TN | FedEx Forum |
| 5-Mar | New Orleans, LA | New Orleans Arena |
| 6-Mar | Little Rock, AR | Verizon |
| 26-Mar | Portland, OR | The Rose Garden |
| 27-Mar | Tacoma, WA | Tacomadome |
| 8-Apr | Omaha, NE | Qwest Center |
| 9-Apr | Kansas City, MO | Sprint Center |
| 10-Apr | Des Moines, IA | Wells Fargo Arena |
