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Country Superstar Martina McBride stunned the audience and viewers today when she made a surprise appearance on ABC’s The View, singing her GRAMMY-nominated hit “I’m Gonna Love You Through It” with students from the PS22 choir in Staten Island.
When “The View” called Grammy-winner Lee Ann Womack to appear on a special show honoring the military, she was scheduled for a vacation with her family. But considering the show – where she’d appeared after receiving her 2015 Best Country Album Grammy nomination for The Way I’m Livin’ – she asked her family if she could take a two-day detour to Manhattan before meeting them in Montana for their camping trip.
Pictured L-R: The View’s Jenny McCarthy, Sherri Shepherd, FGL’s Brian Kelley, The View’s Whoopi Goldberg, FGL’s Tyler Hubbard, guest host MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts and The View’s Barbara Walters
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Florida Georgia Line appeared on ABC’s The View yesterday (4/30) to bring awareness the national Outnumber Hunger campaign, which helps fight hunger in local communities across the country. Every 1 in 6 Americans struggles with hunger and this partnership between the Big Machine Label Group, General Mills and Feeding America has helped secure more than 25 million meals to date. General Mills gifted the audience with specially marked products to encourage participation in the program. The ACM Vocal Duo of the Year also performed their Gold-certified, Top 5 smash “This Is How We Roll” (featuring Luke Bryan), which has sold over 1 million digital downloads. Watch here. The live daytime show wrapped with an announcement that the superstar duo will perform on Billboard Music Awards, airing May 18 at 8:00P Eastern on ABC. FGL is nominated for four awards that evening – Top Country Artist, Top Country Song (“Cruise” Remix featuring Nelly), Top Country Album (HERE’S TO THE GOOD TIMES), Top Duo/Group.
FGL has skyrocketed since releasing four consecutive, multi-week #1 smashes from their chart-topping, PLATINUM-certified debut album HERE’S TO THE GOOD TIMES (Republic Nashville); the PLATINUM-certified hits “Stay,” “Get Your Shine On,” “Round Here” and 6X PLATINUM “Cruise,” making them the only artist in history to join Brooks & Dunn in achieving this accolade. Breaking the record for longest #1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs Chart, “Cruise” has sold over 6.9 million downloads and is the best-selling digital Country single of all time (SoundScan). Comprised of Tyler Hubbard (Monroe, Georgia) and Brian Kelley (Ormond Beach, Florida), FGL is currently on the road with Jason Aldean and will embark on their headline run – THIS IS HOW WE ROLL SUMMER SERIES 2014 – featuring special guests Nelly and Chris Lane later this month. This fall, they will host “This is How We Cruise” aboard the Norwegian Pearl. For tour dates and more, check out FloridaGeorgiaLine.com.
Three weeks after kicking off the release of her critically-acclaimed Right On Time album with a performance on “The Today Show,” Gretchen Wilson heads back to New York to guest co-host “The View” on Thursday, April 25, 2013. She will join Whoopie Goldberg, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Sherri Shepherd and Barbara Walters, as longtime co-host Joy Behar transitions out of the show.
“I’m not sure if they knew what they were getting themselves into, when they booked me for the show,” said Gretchen. “This will be completely different from what I do every day, but I’m really looking forward to hanging out with these strong women and maybe even stirring things up!”
Gretchen’s first album in three years, the 13-cut Right On Time, hit stores nationwide on Tuesday, April 2. Associated Press said of the new music, “…Wilson rocks as hard as she desires while choosing songs that represent her lifestyle and point of view – just as she always has…it continues the fiercely autobiographical stance that distances Wilson from most modern country artists in all the right ways.”
