Yesterday, the Academy of Country Music continued the 50th Anniversary weekend festivities in Texas with the ACM Charity Motorcycle Ride & Concert and ACM Lifting Lives Celebrity Golf Classic.
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ACM Charity Motorcycle Ride & Concert and ACM Lifting Lives Celebrity Golf Classic
BIG & RICH SURPRISE TEXAS PROM PAIR WITH VIP TICKETS TO ACM AWARDS
Superstar country duo Big & Rich discovered late Friday that Canton, Texas teenager Jenni Sherwood’s dying wish is to attend a high school prom. [Full story here]. Jenni was diagnosed almost two years ago with desmoplastic small round tumors, for which there is no cure. Sherwood, a freshman, built up the courage to ask her acquaintance and high school junior, Clayton Cox, to take her to the prom in a Facebook message. Cox obliged – with the help of the entire neighboring Edgewood High School, and Saturday night is their big night. [WATCH HERE]
VINCE VAUGHN ACCEPTS NASHVILLE KEY TO THE CITY AS PART OF WILD WEST COMEDY FESTIVAL
L-R: Vince Vaugh, Mayor Karl Dean, Butch Spyridon
Vince Vaughn was honored for his efforts in highlighting Music City as a comedy destination with the highly successful Wild West Comedy Festival.
VINCE VAUGHN TO RECEIVE THE “KEY TO THE CITY” FROM NASHVILLE MAYOR KARL DEAN ON BEHALF OF THE WILD WEST COMEDY FESTIVAL
Mayor Karl Dean, along with the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corporation, will present Vince Vaughn, president of Wild West Productions, with an official “Key to the City” in honor of his efforts to highlight Music City as a comedy destination via the highly successful Wild West Comedy Festival. The “Key” presented by the Mayor will be a framed piano key from Nashville artist Ben Folds’ piano that was damaged in the 2010 flood. The event will precede comedian Frank Caliendo’s festival debut.
ACM Lifting Lives Benefit Gala presented by Mattress Firm – April 17
Tonight, ACM Lifting Lives®, the Academy of Country Music’s® philanthropic arm, celebrated its first-ever fundraising gala, hosted by country music luminaries Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood, at the Omni Dallas Hotel. The gala, co-hosted by Nancy O’Dell and Montel Williams, kicked off the 50th ACM Awards weekend with a supersized line-up of performances beginning with Hunter Hayes, Little Big Town, The Band Perry, Lady Antebellum, Keith Urban, and closed with Garth Brooks andTrisha Yearwood.
Kenny Chesney Launches No Shoes TV
Somewhere on the Road: Kenny Chesney has always believed in getting his fans as close as possible. He started the Sand Bar at his shows to let the hardcore fans come down front and dance before it was a country music standard. He launched No Shoes Radio to let fans take the vibe of his music and shows with them anytime, anywhere via smart phone app or online (noshoesradio.com.)
Carrie Underwood’s Greatest Hits Featured in All-New DJ Earworm Mashup!
Carrie Underwood’s current hit single, “Little Toy Guns,” is just one of an array of the seven-time GRAMMY® winner’s biggest hits featured in a new audio & video mashup created byDJ Earworm especially for Underwood’s fans, celebrating 10 years of #1 hits. Viewable online athttp://smarturl.it/CUX1Mashup, the mashup spans such favorites as “Before He Cheats,” “Cowboy Casanova,” “Blown Away,” “See You Again,” “Two Black Cadillacs,” and more, including Underwood’s most recent chart-topper, the Platinum-certified “Something in the Water.” With over 165 million YouTube views and over 650,000 YouTube subscribers, DJ Earworm is one of the most sought-after and respected mashup producers in the field, known for his highly anticipated annual “United State of Pop” mashups.
Miranda Lambert wrote song “Two Of A Crime” for Warner Bros.’ Movie “Hot Pursuit” starring Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara
Miranda Lambert revealed live on Ryan Seacrest ON AIR today that she wrote a song, “Two of a Crime”, after being asked by Reese Witherspoon to contribute a track for the upcoming comedy, “Hot Pursuit.”
THE 50TH ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS® OFFERS VIEWERS A VIP BACKSTAGE PASS VIA SECOND-SCREEN EXPERIENCE – ACM BACKSTAGE
Everyone knows country music is about the fans. The Academy of Country Music is taking that relationship to the next level, by partnering with Glow Motion Technologies and fan-engagement company Mobaglo to make the 50th ACM Awards at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX, a one-of-a-kind spectator experience with ACM Backstage. The ceremony, co-hosted by Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton, will be broadcast LIVE onSunday, April 19, 2015 at 8:00 PM – 11:30PM ET/delayed PT on the CBS Television Network.
