Photo gallery: CMA Music Festival TV special airing Sunday
Ada native and Tishomingo resident Blake Shelton performs at the 2011 CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn. (Associated Press file photos)
Tishomingo resident Miranda Lambert plays at the CMA Music Festival.
Reba McEntire, who hails from Chockie, charms the crowd at the CMA Music Fest.
The three-hour, primetime concert special “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” will air at 7 p.m. Sunday on the ABC Television Network.
The concert lineup includes individual performances from Oklahoma-connected acts Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert, Reba McEntire and Rascal Flatts, along with Trace Adkins, The Band Perry, Dierks Bentley, Sara Evans, Lady Antebellum, Little Big Town, Darius Rucker, Sugarland, Taylor Swift, and Keith Urban.
The special also features one-of-a-kind collaborations including Alabama performing with Brad Paisley; Jason Aldean collaborating with Kelly Clarkson; a late-night jam with Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow; Josh Turner singing with “American Idol” winner Scotty McCreery; “Idol” runner up Lauren Alaina joining Martina McBride; Gretchen Wilson partying with Big & Rich; and Alan Jackson performing with Zac Brown Band.
Behind-the-ropes access is part of the special including interviews with The Band Perry, Aldean and Clarkson, Lady Antebellum, Swift, and Shania Twain; a late-night jam at a downtown club with Luke Bryan; and a day in the life of McCreery and Alaina as they experience their first CMA Music Festival. Several artists step up to introduce their peers including Bentley, McBride, Rascal Flatts, John Rich, Rucker, Shelton, and Twain.
The annual event, which originally started as Fan Fair in 1972, runs four days and includes 30 hours of autograph signings, 100 hours of live music, hundreds of artists and celebrities, and a party list of thousands of avid, singing and dancing-’til-dawn fans. This is the seventh time ABC will broadcast this special, which invites the country to America’s biggest country music bash.
As a preview of Sunday’s TV special, check out these Associated Press photos from the 2011 CMA Music Fest.
Trace Adkins
Josh Turner, left, and "American Idol" winner Scotty McCreery
See more photos after the break.
Little Big Town
Taylor Swift
Darius Rucker
Blake Shelton, left, and Trace Adkins
Kimberly Perry of The Band Perry
-BAM
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