Carrie Underwood is the first artist confirmed for 2012 CMA Music Festival in Nashville
Checotah native Carrie Underwood performs at the 2010. She will return to perform at the festival in 2012. (CMA photo)
The CMA Music Festival will once again take over the Downtown Nashville campus for four days June 7-10, 2012, and Checotah native Carrie Underwood is the first artist confirmed for the next event.
The five-time Country Music Association Award winner today became the first artist announced as performing on the Nightly Concerts at LP Field during CMA Music Festival. Underwood has sold more than 13 million albums, placed 14 No. 1 singles at the top of the charts, won three CMA Female Vocalist of the Year Awards (2006-08) and co-hosted the CMA Awards for the last four consecutive years. After winning “American Idol” in 2005, she made one of her first public appearances at CMA Music Festival, and has been a strong supporter of the event ever since. Underwood last performed at CMA Music Festival in 2010.
Additional artists will be announced in the coming weeks.
“Normally we do not announce talent until February, but we wanted to be sure everyone knew that Carrie has already committed to perform at 2012 CMA Music Festival,” said Steve Moore, CMA Chief Executive Officer, in a news release. “She continues to be one of our most requested artists, and we knew the fans would want to be aware so they could go ahead and make plans to attend our event.”
The event that USA Today calls “the crown jewel of Country Music festivals” started in 1972 as Fan Fair. More than 40 years later, the legendary festival has become Nashville’s signature music event, which annually attracts thousands of fans from all 50 states and around the globe and has raised millions of dollars for music education in Metro Nashville Public Schools. The event will once again be filmed for an ABC Television special airing later in the summer, shining a national spotlight on both the country music format and Music City USA.
Fans can purchase 2012 CMA Music Festival tickets through Ticketmaster at Ticketmaster.com or by phone at (800)-745-3000. Ticket prices are based on the level of seating at LP Field for the Nightly Concerts, and range from $115 to $325 plus handling fees. A limited number of four-day parking passes for LP Field are also available, ranging from $32 to $124 plus handling fees, depending on type of vehicle.
Ticket and parking prices are subject to change without notice. All sales are final and non-refundable. Four-day ticket package categories correspond to a different level of seating at LP Field. Children 3 years and younger are admitted free.
Fans can stay in the loop by visiting CMAfest.com, the official website of CMA Music Festival.
CMA Music Festival celebrates the unique relationship between country music artists and their fans in the heart of Music City USA. The artists participate for free, and on their behalf, CMA donates half the net proceeds of the festival to support music education through the Keep the Music Playing program.
To date, more than $4.7 million has been donated to purchase musical instruments and supplies, providing thousands of Metro Nashville Public Schools students with the resources and opportunities they could not have afforded on their own, and giving many of them a strong reason to remain in school. The total also includes an annual endowment gift for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s Words & Music program, which assists language arts and music teachers with classroom instruction in the basics of songwriting. CMA will announce their donation from the 2011 CMA Music Festival in early 2012.
Featuring concerts, autograph signings, family activities, and more, CMA Music Festival is billed as an unparalleled celebration of America’s music. In 2011, the event drew a record-setting 65,000 fans from all 50 states and 26 nations and, for the second consecutive year, sold out each night at LP Field for the star-packed nightly concerts in advance. According to the Nashville Convention and Visitors Bureau, direct visitor spending generated by the Festival totaled more than $30 million. 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 will once again be filmed for a national television special to air on the ABC Television Network. This is the ninth consecutive year that the event has been filmed for a network television special, a feat no other music festival has achieved. CBS aired the first CMA Music Festival special in 2004, with ABC airing it from 2005 onward.
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This is not for 7 months! Carrie does not do anything so they have to try and talk about something 7 months from now! OMG LOL
I have a video of Carrie this year in Australlia singing only one song! No one was there and very few even clapped for her! It is so sad how fast and how far Carrie has fallen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY9SEmjVX6g
Bill I love you video OMG lol No one there! Carrie looked like a country music superstar till a real country music superstar showed up! Taylor Swift in Australlia! This is what 50,000+ looks like and a real country music superstar! Look at the size of this crowd lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaIXSQK1RvU
Jill,Ben,Bill and Nick….Here you go again. Just a different website. You are obesessed with Carrie and making up these names and bashing a great star. You need to be banned from all websites. So sorry that you are so,.,…obessed with her!!She is really awesome. Glad you love to write about her and waste your time.
No one cares what you think, because we all know who and what Carrie is!!!!! AWESOME!!!!
Ha Ha Ha I saw how few people where at the Carrie Concert! OMG Miranda is a real country singer! Carrie is not! VOTE for the AMA awards http://abc.go.com/shows/american-music-awards
TAYLOR SWIFT IS POP NOT COUNTRY!! ONLY POP ARTISTS SELL OUT 50,000 + EVERY NIGHT !!!! And Carrie is STILL getting number ones!
Taylor is nothing then a spoiled rotten brat and when Miranda won she was pouting like a baby. I cannot stand Taylor or her voice.
I have a video of Carrie FAKE playing the Guitar – listen to the people in the crowd ( her own fans ) laughing at her and saying = what is Carrie doing that is so FAKE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuKt6QkVZ-k
boy, what alot of jealous people you all are. carrie is
a great singer, and she will show you next year with her
to album
Carrie faking to play the guitar is so funny!Everyone laughing on the video… That empty staduim she sang at was hilarious. Why did she even sing there in the first place? Didnt she know people would laugh?
Oh, goodness so much hate on this Blog. I don’t even get the hatred comments. Even if it was a article about Taylor Swift, people would be on here hating on her too. Carrie Underwood just released her first Album in Australia. That was her first performance there. She is not an international star, she is a Country star which means her fan base is predominantly in the U.S and Canada. True, Taylor is a country artist but her big appeal is in the pop market. Pop market is distributed internationally. So, she is already a star in Australia. Country music is American music, so it is hard to get out of country regions to like it. Especially, since Carrie refuses to remix her music. For the ones who are saying Carrie has fallen. She hasn’t released any new music in a year besides Remind me with Brad Paisley which went straight to #1. Her new CD comes out early Spring, that is the reason she will be at the CMAs. Carrie & Taylor both are remarkable role models who have their feet planted in Country music. We should be lucky and supporting both of them. Because without both of them, this new age of Popular Country would have never happened. They both dominate the market, because together they are the full package. Carrie is a power vocalist and Taylor is a power songwriter. Carrie has an older demographic and Taylor has a young one. They both dominate everything. Thank God we have them.
How do I say this nicely? – {{ Carrie’s music career is in the toilet }} When the only news they can make up for you is your husband has a new “Stache” While other singers are winning awards and doing a concert tour or releasing a new album!,,,, Carrie’s music career is in the toilet and in danger of being flushed!,,,,,. Just saying
Bill, you do realize she is in between albums right?? I am a little confused with your thinking process on this one. Most of the awards out right now, she is not even qualified to get nominated because she hasn’t had a new album within the time period. Wow. What is with this blog? I just happened upon it and everyone is so negative. LOL
Carrie has taken pretty much a year and a half off due to her getting married and starting a new life with her husband. During that time, however, she has been writing music and is now set to release an album sometime in early 2012. When that drops, it’s definitely going to be one of the best country albums of all time – especially with all the time she has had to work on the content. Taylor Swift and Miranda Lambert CANNOT SING LIVE! PERIOD. Carrie is the greatest country female vocalist of all time, WITHOUT A DOUBT. And you wonder why she hasn’t won any awards in 2011? That’s because she hasn’t put out any new songs sing “Play On” in 2009-2010. Really stupid argument —> CARRIE > taylor. Let’s hear T-Swift sing this live, and if she could pull it off like Carrie, I’d shut up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLLMzr3PFgk
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