Arturo Holmes/ACMA2022/Getty Images for ACM Hey country stars — if you’re ever considering not showing up at a major awards ceremony, just think about Miranda Lambert. The superstar singer missed the Academy of Country Music Awards for the first time in 17 years Monday night… and ended up winning Entertainer of the Year for the very …
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Mar 07
Nashville notes
Presale tickets for Maren Morris‘ Humble Quest Tour will be available to members of her fan club starting Tuesday at 8 a.m. local time and until Thursday at 10 p.m. local time. Jon Pardi set a personal record with his headlining performance at Rodeo Houston over the weekend, performing for nearly 73,000 fans. Brett Young has shared a …
Mar 07
Thomas Rhett’s not expecting to hang onto his ACM Male Artist of the Year title: “It would be shocking”
Bryan Steffy/Getty Images for ACM Thomas Rhett is the reigning ACM Male Artist of the Year, and he’s nominated again this year, but he’s not expecting to hang onto the title. “It would be shocking,” the singer admits. “I’m always very thrilled to be nominated, but man, when you’re in these categories with these other …
Mar 07
All together now: Carrie Underwood is excited to celebrate “a great year in country music” at the ACM Awards
ACMA2020/Getty Images for ACM Reunited, and it feels so good! Ahead of the 2022 ACM Awards, Carrie Underwood says she’s most excited about reconnecting with her peers, as country music takes over Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. “I think what excites me most about being at the ACMs this year is that we’re all together. We’re in …
Mar 07
Maren Morris is taking “Circles” to the “epic” and “crazy” ACMs stage for its TV debut
Bryan Steffy/Getty Images for ACM Maren Morris‘ new single, “Circles Around This Town,” will get the Vegas treatment tonight when she performs its TV debut at the 2022 ACM Awards. The show is taking place at Allegiant Stadium, a venue that, Maren says, was pretty dazzling even during rehearsals. “It’s beautiful, and the stage that …
Mar 07
Chris Stapleton’s ACM Awards performance will honor victims of Route 91 shooting
Theo Wargo/Getty Images for The Recording Academy Chris Stapleton is offering a very special performance at the 2022 ACM Awards with “Watch You Burn.” The singer is using his time in the spotlight to pay tribute to the victims of the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival shooting in Las Vegas in 2017. In the early hours …
Mar 07
Ahead of the 2022 ACMs, Luke Bryan says he’s learned never to take awards show recognition for granted
Kevin Winter/Getty Images for ACM Jordan Davis and Luke Bryan’s “Buy Dirt” is heading into tonight’s ACM Awards ceremony nominated in three categories, and though Luke isn’t the primary artist or a writer on the song, he says its message is enormously important to him. “[Jordan is] so amazing at all this and having so …
Mar 07
Carly Pearce shares why she’ll “always cherish” ACM Awards co-host Dolly Parton
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for ACM There’s many reasons for Carly Pearce to be excited about the ACM Awards, but perhaps the biggest one is that her idol, Dolly Parton, is co-hosting. As a teenager, Carly and her family moved from their native Kentucky to Pigeon Forge, TN, where she became a performer at Dollywood, an experience that trained the …
Mar 07
Can Brothers Osborne knock Dan + Shay out of a three-year ACM Duo of the Year winning streak?
Bryan Steffy/Getty Images for ACM Brothers Osborne reclaimed their status as Vocal Duo of the Year at the CMAs last November, beating out Dan + Shay — a group who’d previously won the award two years in a row. But can the brother duo repeat their success at the 2022 ACM Awards? Dan + Shay …
Mar 07
‘Humble Quest’: Maren Morris books headlining 2022 tour
Columbia Nashville Maren Morris is set to take her new album, Humble Quest, on a headlining tour. The superstar will hit the road for roughly five months, beginning in June. Along the way, she’ll make stops at Red Rocks Amphitheater, the Greek Theatre, and the famous Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. The 41-date tour wraps on December 2 …