NASHVILLE – Luke Bryan and The Band Perry’s
Kimberly Perry will team up to host the summer’s hottest television
music event when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s
Night to Rock” on Monday, Sept. 17 (8:00-11:00 PM/ET). The special will
once again be executive-produced by Robert Deaton.
“We have
so much fun playing at CMA Music Festival,” said Bryan. “The entire town of
Nashville turns into one big party and performing at LP Field becomes one of the
best shows we play all year.”
“CMA Music Fest is special to The Band
Perry because we love spending time with our fans,” said Perry. “We are excited
to be a part of ABC’s coverage of the four-day event, co-hosting the television special.”
Filmed
June 7-10, many of today’s most exciting Country Music stars will hit the stage
during a four-day party and celebration of America’s music. The annual event
is unlike any other with 30 hours of autograph signings, 200 hours of live music,
450 artists and celebrities, and a party list of 65,000 avid, singing, dancing-till-dawn fans.
This is
the eighth time ABC will broadcast this special – which invites the whole country
to America’s biggest Country Music bash. Artists appearing in the television special
have not yet been announced.
Artists performing as part of the Nightly Concerts at
LP Field during 2012 CMA Music Festival include Lauren Alaina, Jason Aldean,
Bill Anderson, The Band Perry, Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan, Glen Campbell, Eric
Church, Brantley Gilbert, Hunter Hayes, Faith Hill, Randy Houser, Alan Jackson,
Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Love and Theft, The Mavericks,
Martina McBride, Scotty McCreery, Ronnie Milsap, Kip Moore, David Nail, Jake Owen,
Brad Paisley, Kellie Pickler, Rascal Flatts, Kenny Rogers, Gwen Sebastian, Blake
Shelton, Steel Magnolia, Carrie Underwood, and Zac Brown Band.
Bryan was
nominated for CMA New Artist of the Year in 2010 and 2011. His most recent album
is the Platinum-certified tailgates & tanlines, which debuted at No.
1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and No. 2 on the Billboard Top 200 chart,
and features Platinum-certified digital singles “Country Girl (Shake It for
Me)” and “I Don’t Want This Night to End”; and current smash “Drunk
on You,” which recently hit 1 million downloads.
Perry is the lead
singer of The Band Perry, a family trio with her brothers Reid and Neil. She won
her first solo CMA Award in 2011 for Song of the Year for writing “If I Die
Young.” The Band Perry won two additional CMA Awards last year including New
Artist of the Year and Single of the Year (“If I Die Young”). The group’s
Platinum-certified, self-titled debut album features the four-times-Platinum-certified
digital single “If I Die Young” and two Gold-certified digital singles “All
Your Life” and “You Lie.”
Originally started as Fan
Fair® in 1972, the legendary event has featured performances by every major star
in the format. What started with 5,000 fans has grown to a daily attendance of
more than 65,000 representing every state and 23 foreign countries.
The primetime
television special, “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock,” debuted
in 2004 on CBS as a two-hour special highlighting the Festival and Music City.
In 2005, the special moved to the ABC Television Network, and expanded to three hours in 2009.
In 2011,
“CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” drew an average audience of
7 million viewers and finished as the most-watched program in its three-hour time
period. The special also ranked No. 1 in its time slot with Women 18-34 (1.6/5).
It gained more than one million viewers over 2010, drawing its second largest
audience in six years (since 2005). The show was up year over year with Men 18-49
(+8%), Men 25-54 (+13%), Adults 25-54 (+10%), Teens 12-17 (+29%), and Kids 2-11
(+50%). It generated ABC’s biggest summertime numbers in the time period with
entertainment programming in nearly five years with Total Viewers (7.0 million)
and in more than three years with Adults 18-49 (1.6/4) – since 8/27/06 and 7/6/08, respectively.
Featuring
concerts, autograph signings, family activities, and more, CMA Music Festival
is the Ultimate Country Music Fan Experience – a four-day celebration of America’s
music. CMA Music Festival is a four-time winner of the International Entertainment
Buyers Association’s LIVE! Award for Festival of the Year (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010).
CMA Music
Festival is organized and produced by the Country Music Association. Fan Fair®
is a registered trademark of CMA. Chevrolet™ is the Official Ride of Country
Music. American Airlines is the Official Airline of the CMA Music Festival.
BIC is an Official Partner of the 2012 CMA Music Festival. Bad Boy Buggies are
the Official UTV of the CMA Music Festival. Connect with CMA online at CMAfest.com,
Facebook.com/CMA and Twitter.com/CountryMusic. |
