Weekend Warmup for Nov. 6-8, 2009
Rodney Atkins
Here is a list of events happening this weekend (Nov. 6-8) around Oklahoma. For more information, go to www.wimgo.com.
- NORMAN – Catch country star Rodney Atkins at 8 tonight at Riverwind Casino, 1544 W State Highway 9. Information: www.riverwind.com.
- SHAWNEE — Hear “American Idol” David Cook, who has Tulsa ties, at 7 tonight at Firelake Grand Casino, 777 Grand Casino Blvd. Information: 964-7263 or www.firelakegrand.com.
- Take in art, food and music at the sixth annual Girlie Show from 8 to midnight tonight and noon to 5 p.m. Saturday at Farmers Public Market, 311 S Klein. Information: www.thegirlieshow.net.
Classical Mystery Tour
- Watch the Oklahoma City Philharmonic perform with Beatles tribute band Classical Mystery Tour at 8 tonight and Saturday at Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N Walker. Information: 842-5387 or www.okcphilharmonic.org.
- TULSA and THACKERVILLE — Listen to country star Alan Jackson and up-and-coming band Gloriana at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the BOK Center, 200 S Denver. Information: (866) 726-5287 or www.bokcenter.com. Or catch Jackson in concert at 9 tonight at WinStar World Casino in Thackerville. Information: www.winstarworldcasino.com.
- See new art – from small works exhibits to a container show – during the monthly Paseo Gallery Walk in the Paseo Arts District. Hours are 6 to 10 tonight and noon to 5 p.m. Saturday. Information: 525-2688 or www.thepaseo.com.
- Hear Chevelle with Halestorm and After Midnight Project at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Diamond Ballroom, 8001 S Eastern Ave. Information: www.diamondballroom.net.
Billie Letts
- SHAWNEE - Hear Tulsa author Billie Letts (”Where the Heart Is”) give the keynote address at the 2009 Red Dirt Book Festival on today and Saturday. Letts will speak at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Raley Chapel at Oklahoma Baptist University. Multiple writing workshops, special programs and panel discussions with authors and editors will be included in the two-day book festival that’s sponsored by Pioneer Library System. The festival opens at 9 a.m. today. Letts and other featured authors will close out the festival with a book signing at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Geiger Center on OBU’s campus. To register for the free festival (which is required) or get more information, go to www.reddirtbookfestival.org.
- Listen to Billy Joe Winghead, Bloody Ol’ Mule, the Starkweather Boys and more from noon Saturday to 2 a.m. Sunday at “Drumming for Derek,” a benefit for Oklahoma City drummer Derek Dugger, who has brain cancer. The event will be at 66 Bowl, 3810 NW 39 Expressway. Information: 946-3966.
- MIAMI – Catch the Casey Donahew Band in concert at 7 tonight at Buffalo Run Casino. Information: www.buffalorun.com.
“Frankenstein”
- Watch Oklahoma Children’s Theatre and TheatreOCU’s production of “Frankenstein” at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. today, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday in Oklahoma City University’s Burg Theatre, 2501 N Blackwelder. The production is recommended for middle school and high school students. Information: www.oklahomachildrenstheatre.org.
- TULSA – Hear Rob Zombie with Nekromantix and Captain Clegg and the Night Creatures at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at the Brady Theater, 105 W Brady Street. Information: www.bradytheater.com.
- See a Tribute to Woody Guthrie at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Blue Door, 2805 N McKinley. Also, hear Don Conoscenti at 9 tonight and John Fullbright at 9 p.m. Saturday at the Blue Door. Information: www.bluedoorokc.com.
- Watch Red Dirt Improv perform “Music, Mayhem, and Mamet” starting at 7 tonight at IAO Gallery, 706 W Sheridan. Information: www.reddirtimprov.com.
-BAM
What to do in Oklahoma on Nov. 6, 2009
SHAWNEE - Hear 2008 “American Idol” winner David Cook, who has Tulsa ties, play at 7 tonight at Firelake Grand Casino, 777 Grand Casino Blvd.
For more information, go to www.firelakegrand.com.
For more events, go to www.wimgo.com.
-BAM
Tickets go on sale Nov. 13 for Brad Paisley and Miranda Lambert’s Oklahoma City show
Brad Paisley (Associated Press photo)
As you saw here on BAM’s Blog last month, country superstar Brad Paisley, along with Oklahoma star Miranda Lambert and emerging artist Justin Moore, will play Jan. 8 at Oklahoma City’s Ford Center.
Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. Nov. 13, the venue has announced. Friday, Tickets will be available at all area Ticketmaster outlets or by phone at (800) 745-3000.
For more information, go to www.okfordcenter.com.
The reigning Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music Male Vocalist of the Year, Paisley is continuing his highly successful “American Saturday Night” tour into 2010. Special guests for the 19 added dates, including the Oklahoma City show, will be Lambert and Moore.
Paisley is a consummate singer, songwriter, guitarist and entertainer, which has earned him three Grammys, 12 ACM Awards and 11 CMAwards and is currently the most nominated for the upcoming CMA Awards with seven nominations. He will also co-host the show with Oklahoma native Carrie Underwood for the second year on Wednesday.
Paisley has released eight critically acclaimed studio albums that have accumulated sales of more than 10 million units, including twice-platinum 2005 ACM and CMA Album of the Year, “Time Well Wasted.” His most recent album, “American Saturday Night,” released on June 30, debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums sales chart. Paisley has 14 No. 1 singles – the last 10 consecutive – extending a streak already unmatched by any other country artist in the 19-year history of Nielsen BDS- monitored airplay. Paisley’s innovative and entertaining tours have consistently placed in the Top 5 in Pollstar for attendance.
Lambert recently started a “Revolution” with the No. 1 debut of her critically-acclaimed third album. “Revolution” joins her previous two releases that debuted at the top of Billboard’s Country Albums Chart, making her one of three artists in Soundscan history whose first three albums all landed the No. 1 spot out of the box (along with LeAnn Rimes and Gretchen Wilson). The two-time Grammy nominee and platinum-selling artist received rare perfect reviews from countless publications, including four stars from Rolling Stone and USA Today, an ‘A’ from Entertainment Weekly and exuberant praise from SPIN, NY Times, Washington Post and more. Many have claimed “Revolution” as the best album of the year in any genre. She is currently nominated as this year’s CMA Top Female Vocalist and has won ACM’s 2007 Best New Female Award and 2008 ACM Album of the Year.
Born and raised in Poyen, Ark. (population 272), Southern country stylist Moore embodies 
the soul and character of a kid from a small town with his tough-talking, straight-shooting brand of country. His single, “Small Town USA” recently topped both country charts, making Moore the only new artist to have a No. 1 hit in 2009, and the first solo artist to have a song from his/her debut album go No. 1 since Taylor Swift’s “Our Song” in December 2007. Moore has been profiled in The Washington Post, People Country, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Nashville Lifestyles, Chicago Daily Herald, Billboard, and Country Weekly. He’s been featured on NPR, WGN Midday News, Fox News Channel, AP, 2009 CMT Music Awards, Crook & Chase, GAC and Better Nashville. Moore has previously toured with Trace Adkins, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Hank Williams Jr.
-BAM
Oklahoma City Museum of Art presenting American Indian film showcase today-Sunday
Sterlin Harjo
In celebration of American Indian Heritage Month, the Oklahoma City Museum of Art and the American Indian Cultural Center & Museum are presenting the “Native American Cinema Showcase” featuring new voices and new stories from Native America.
“Barking Water”
The weekend film series begins 7:30 tonight with “Barking Water” directed by Tulsa filmmaker Sterlin Harjo. Harjo’s second feature film is a heartwarming road trip across eastern Oklahoma with two people who have loved and lost over 40 years together.
Lead actor Richard Ray Whitman recently was awarded best actor for his role as Frankie at the American Indian Film Festival in San Francisco. The film premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and has screened at New Directors/New Films at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Venice Film Festival.
The film will have additional screenings at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art on at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, November. The Saturday screening includes a special appearance by Harjo and Whitman.
“Pearl”
Another feature film made in Oklahoma, with support from the Chickasaw nation, is “Pearl.” This is the biographical story of Pearl Carter Scott, a Chickasaw girl, who at 12 years old, became America’s youngest-ever pilot. Produced by David Rennke and directed by King Hollis, the film premiered at the 2009 AFI Dallas International Film Festival and was the opening night gala film of the 2009 deadCENTER Film Festival in Oklahoma City.
“Pearl” will be screened twice, at 5:30 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Sunday.
“Emerging Native Stories”
At 5:30 p.m. Saturday, the series will include a special presentation titled “Emerging Native Stories.”
This program consists of short works by native filmmakers with Oklahoma ties: The Potawatomi Tribal Documentary Series, a preview of Julianna Brannum’s documentary “LaDonna Harris: Indian 101,” and OETA’s Stateline documentary “The People” that explores efforts in Oklahoma to preserve native languages and culture.
Film admission is $8 for adults, $6 for seniors and students and $5 for museum members.
For more information, call 278-8237 or go to www.okcmoa.com/film.
-BAM
Concert review: AC/DC shakes Oklahoma City’s Ford Center all Wednesday night long
AC/DC singer Brian Johnson performs at a recent stop of the “Black Ice Tour.” (Associated Press photos)
AC/DC guitarist Angus Young wails away during a recent show.
AC/DC’s “Black Ice Tour” skidded into the Ford Center Wednesday night with the unrelenting force and can’t-take-your-eyes-off-it spectacle of a massive train wreck.
And that’s exactly how the Australian rock gods started the show. The giant screens came to life with a bawdy animated video of a devilish Angus Young, distracted by naughty groupies, driving a runaway engine. The large-scale cartoon culminated in pyrotechnics flaring, a huge locomotive bursting through the back of the stage and the energetic rockers thundering out their latest hit “Rock N Roll Train.”
Though the venerable band surely needed no such gaudy introduction, singer Brian Johnson, guitarist Angus Young, his rhythm guitarist brother Malcolm Young, bassist Cliff Williams and drummer Phil Rudd proved from the outset their unadulterated commitment to rocking the Ford Center.
AC/DC specializes in mammoth, primal hard rock, with plenty of suggestive lyrics, intimations of violence and a wicked sense of fun. Often criticized for steadfastly adhering to its formula of huge riffs and pounding rhythms, the band’s stick-with-what-works approach was nearly impossible to argue with during Wednesday’s wildly entertaining show. Even seeing Johnson wearing his usual slouchy hat and sleeveless shirt and Angus Young in his trademark schoolboy outfit was a thrill.
The estimated 12,000 fans — there were a surprising number of empty seats for a tour that has notched numerous sell-outs — were clearly onboard. The crowd, which ranged from hollering graybeards to air-guitar-playing children, leapt to its feet as the houselights went down and stayed standing throughout the band’s two-hour set.
Like Johnson and Angus, the throng was in perpetual motion, constantly waving arms, pumping fists and banging heads. The gravel-voiced Johnson grinned maniacally as the fans took over chorus after chorus, na-nah-ing through “Thunderstruck” and shouting along to “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap.”
The band drew heavily on its arsenal of colossal hits, invoking screams of delight as it hammered through favorites like “Back in Black,” “TNT” and “You Shook Me All Night Long.”
The rockers maintained their titanic intensity on new songs like “Big Jack,” “War Machine” and “Black Ice,” the title track from their successful 2008 album. Unfortunately, many fans used those less-familiar songs for bathroom breaks or beer runs, but there are no ballads at an AC/DC show, after all.
The band also tapped its 36-year-old catalog for a few deeper cuts such as “Shot Down in Flames” and “Dog Eat Dog.” The bluesy groove of “The Jack” set the mood for Angus to perform his signature strip tease, dispensing with his jacket, tie and shirt and finally flashing AC/DC boxers at the elated audience.
“The boy’s got a devil in his fingers and the blues in his soul,” Johnson quipped as Angus scorched through the song’s fiery solo.
And both have the heart of showmen and the stamina of men half their age. While the rest of the band rocked steadily in the background, Johnson and Angus made frequent trips down the catwalk jutting out from the enormous black stage. The singer strutted and incited the crowd, while the guitar slinger charmed the fans with his duck walk.
Of course, a flair for theatrics never hurt a rock band, either, and the concert was packed with extravagant and engaging set pieces (which undoubtedly played into the $100 ticket price). Johnson took a running leap and swung from the big bell suspended above the stage to open “Hells Bells.” A towering, buxom blowup doll straddled the locomotive and swayed to the beat of “Whole Lotta Rosie.”
AC/DC ended its set with “Let There Be Rock” featuring an outrageous extended solo from Angus, who wailed away like a man possessed as the platform at the end of the catwalk lifted him high above the horde. As he fell to the ground, still playing as he spun in circles, confetti exploded into the air.
As the rockers returned for their encore, the guitarist suddenly emerged from beneath the stage in plumes of red-tinged smoke for “Highway to Hell.” And when they finally closed the concert with “For Those About to Rock (We Salute You),” blasts from six canons punctuated the anthem.
The sheer spectacle and raw might of AC/DC’s show contrasted with the low-tech opening set by Northern Irish rockers The Answer. Unknown to most of the crowd, the band earned a warm but not sizzling welcome with its solid string of blues-rock songs.
— BAM
OKC Philharmonic going on a Classical Mystery Tour, giving away Beatles box set
Classical Mystery Tour
The Oklahoma City Philharmonic will reunite this weekend with the Beatles tribute band Classical Mystery Tour.
The orchestra and the band will perform together at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N Walker.
In 1996, Classical Mystery Tour joined the ranks of the many Fab Four tribute bands out there, but what sets this group apart is that its appearances are backed by a full symphony orchestra.
The group played a successful engagement with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic in January 2007, so Classical Mystery Tour will help the orchestra open its 2009-10 pops season this weekend.
Band members Jim Owen (John Lennon), Tony Kishman (Paul McCartney), Tom Teeley (George Harrison) and Chris Camilleri (Ringo Starr) will return for two performances conducted by Martin Herman.
For more information, click here to read Fine Arts Editor Rick Rogers’ story about the show. For tickets and information, call 842-5387 or go to www.okcphilharmonic.org.
In conjunction with the shows, the OKC Philharmonic is giving away one of the new Beatles’ stereo box sets and a set of four box seats to one of the performances. Participants must be 18 or older to enter, and the deadline is for entries to be submitted online is 2 p.m. Thursday. The winner will be chosen by a random drawing of all eligible entries.
To learn more or enter the contest, go to www.okcphilharmonic.org/contest-rules.
-BAM
Joe Nichols talks “Old Things New,” playing Oklahoma City show tonight
From Wednesday’s Life section of The Oklahoman.
Country singer Joe Nichols glad to make ‘Old Things New’
New album affirms country singer’s return
On his just-released album, country star Joe Nichols croons thoughtfully about taking old things and making them new, from renewing long friendships to dusting off Hank Williams’ records.
The four-time Grammy nominee couldn’t have picked a more appropriate title track for this time in his life. The 12-song collection of heartfelt ballads, drinking tunes and uplifting anthems not only reaffirms the singer’s commitment to traditional country music, it also reflects the big changes he has experienced in the past few years.
“With all the personal struggles, with the personal changes … I think it’s really easy to kind of give up and walk away. But I think we had a decision to make and that was I had to put my head down and go about what I loved to do again and … find out if I’m really meant to do this,” he said in a recent phone interview from the road in Denver.
Nichols, who turns 33 this month, will play a CD release show tonight at the Wormy Dog Saloon.
“We’re gonna do a lot of hardcore country songs,” he said. “Hopefully, they’ll feel like they got their money’s worth at the end of the night; hopefully, they’ll feel like they’ve been rocked in a country kind of way.”
In many ways, “Old Things New” reflects the myriad ways Nichols’ world has been rocked since he released his acclaimed 2007 record “Real Things,” which made the best-of-the-year lists for the New York Times, the Associated Press, CMT.com and more.
He wed longtime sweetheart Heather Singleton, got his life right with God and went through treatment for alcohol addiction. He took those experiences, along with the weight of following up on “Real Things,” into the studio for his new record.
“I think there’s a little bit of pressure. At the same time, the pressure’s off. I think some people have written me off a little bit. I think there’s certainly people, I’m sure, who’ve moved on to better and bigger things,” he said. “But I think for the most part, the pressure is just on myself from myself. That is, can I still do this, do I want to still do this, and do I have a passion for this? And I’ve answered all three of those questions with a resounding yes. So, I’m gonna stick around awhile.”
He and producers Brent Rowan and Mark Wright took an expansive approach to making “Old Things New.”
“We listened to thousands of songs for this project, stuff that I had written, stuff that other people wrote. But we just approached it as, ‘Let’s find the best country songs that satisfy our country soul,” he said.
“When I got in the studio, it was a scary place to be. But I just went in the studio with my head down and took my lumps on occasion but at the same time … I stuck my chin in there and gave it my best.”
Among the songs they discovered was “An Old Friend of Mine,” which has Nichols singing in his rich baritone about giving up drinking.
“That’s my story. It’s a very personal song; you know, I’ve had a problem with alcohol and addiction. … It’s really scary to talk about, scary to sing about. But it’s part of me now and the song is a perfect way to say, here’s kind of what I’ve been dealing with. Here’s the power and here’s the pain of addiction,” he said.
But his newfound sobriety didn’t stop him from including a few drinking songs, including the witty “Cheaper Than a Shrink” and a live version of his previous favorite, “Let’s Get Drunk and Fight.” The neotraditionalist even closes the album with a country-rap remix of his hit “Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off.”
“I’ve lived through all those songs,” he said with a laugh. “When I was 10 years old, I was singing ‘I Think I’ll Just Stay Here and Drink.’ Doesn’t mean I was knocking back a six-pack when I was 10. It’s just what I grew up singing. … I’ve certainly been that guy. I certainly don’t see any problem with singing about who I have been in the past.”
Nichols also is looking to the future, which includes taking the lead role in the Broadway musical version of the 1992 film “Pure Country.” He will play the role originated by country legend George Strait and star opposite Lorrie Morgan in the show, expected to debut next year.
His previous acting experience is limited to music videos; as he told the creative team up front, he didn’t even take drama in high school. But he is working hard to ensure he is ready for his debut, including staying abreast of script and song changes.
“It is a little scary sometimes when you’re doing something you’re not familiar with. Certainly, we’re going up there as a novice as far as Broadway goes. But I think it’ll be a good time. I’m up for a huge challenge I think,” he said.
“I don’t think anybody expects me to go up there and set the Broadway world on fire,” he said. “My hope pretty much is just go up there and have fun. You know, accept the challenge, do something that feels brand new and have fun with it. Make sure I represent Nashville the best way possible and country music.”
In Concert
Joe Nichols
When: 9:30 tonight.
Where: Wormy Dog Saloon, 311 E Sheridan.
Admission: Buy “Old Things New” or bring your copy to the door and get in free.
Information: 601-6276 or www.wormydog.com.
-BAM
Irish rock band The Answer opening for AC/DC tonight in Oklahoma City
The Answer
From Wednesday’s Life section of The Oklahoman.
AC/DC’s opening act has The Answer
Frontman Cormac Neeson hopes eventually he won’t get so many questions when people learn the name of his band is The Answer.
The Irish blues-rockers have spent the last year getting priceless exposure as opening act for AC/DC’s worldwide “Black Ice Tour.” The tour will make a stop tonight at the Ford Center.
“Part of the experience is soaking up a few tricks of the trade from these guys that have been in the business for so long, and you combine that with obviously the exposure that The Answer’s getting by playing in front of these massive crowds, it’s just a perfect tour for us to be on right now,” Neeson said in a phone interview earlier this year from the road.
The tour has taken the hard-rocking quartet all over the United States (including an appropriately icy January date at Tulsa’s BOK Center), throughout Europe, back to the States, into Canada and back to America. Along the way, the band has played “Late Night With David Letterman,” put a song on “Guitar Hero: World Tour” and released a new album, “Everyday Demons.” The Answer is releasing this month “Comfort Zone,” the soulful new single from the album, its first full-length record to get an American release.
“It’s all coming together and all combining to really build up a strong momentum,” he said. “It’s our second album, so thus it’s the first album that we actually had to sit down and write over the space of three months as opposed to a collection of songs over the previous couple of years … so there’s a consistency there, there’s a kind of fluency in statement that we’re trying to make.”
Their globe-trotting trek started with the band’s formation nine years ago in Northern Ireland. Neeson, guitarist Paul Mahon, bassist Michael Waters and drummer James Heatley secured a U.K. record deal in 2005 and released their debut album “Rise” to keen reviews and solid sales.
Among others, the album captured the attention of Australian rock gods AC/DC, who handpicked The Answer for the hotly anticipated “Black Ice Tour.”
“I don’t whether it’s a case of them maybe seeing a bit of themselves in where we’re at at the moment — you know, a band (that’s) a native of Good Brit in the States — but luckily enough, they were willing to give it to us,” Neeson said.
“We were in the running with another 200 bands, and I think if it had come down to industry politics, we wouldn’t have been within a hope in hell of getting it. So, it’s quite refreshing to know that a band like AC/DC still has the humanity to give it to a band that really needs it and, we feel, deserves it.”
Though the influence of AC/DC, along with the likes of Led Zeppelin, Black Crowes and Free, echoes through The Answer’s music, Neeson said the band has deliberately steered clear on any rock-retro blues clichés and worked to establish a distinctively modern sonic identity.
“When kids listen to a band, they want a band that’s gonna sound fresh and something that they can really attach themselves to and be a part of,” he said.
The band’s winding journey with AC/DC is ending later this month, as the Irish lads embark Nov. 25 on their first headlining tour of the U.K. Along the “Black Ice Tour,” the group has played a few solo shows, including Tuesday night and back in January at Ardmore’s Two Frogs Grill.
“They’re the best live act I’ve ever seen at Two Frogs,” said owner Aubry Harris, whose venue recently hosted Bret Michaels and Vince Neil. “They’re a no-name in the States right now, but they’re smoking good. It’s only a matter of time before they hit big.”
In the event they become breakout rock stars, Neeson said The Answer will have some valuable insight into mounting a massive tour.
“It’s a lesson in how to pull off a tour of this magnitude. We (previously) spent 2 ½ years touring all around Europe and Japan and Australia and places like that. You know, we’re no strangers to life on the road, but … the sheer scale of the whole thing … you really have to pace yourself and come to terms with it as soon as you possibly can. You can’t let it kind of overawe you.”
In concert
AC/DC with The Answer
When: 8 tonight.
Where: Ford Center, 100 W Reno.
Information: (800) 745-3000 or www.okfordcenter.com.
-BAM
What to do in Oklahoma on Nov. 4, 2009
Today’s featured event:
NORMAN – Hear New Zealand grunge band Batrider with Norman’s El Paso Hot Button at 9 tonight at The Opolis, 113 N Crawford.
For more information, go to www.starlightmints.com/opolis.html.
For more events, go to www.wimgo.com.
-BAM
Martina McBride to appear on “Oprah” today
Superstar Martina McBride makes her second appearance on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” in barely a week today.
The country singer appeared last Monday, Oct. 26 on Oprah’s State Fair of Texas episode. The show as actually taped two weeks prior to the airdate. But McBride got the call on a Friday and by Monday morning was on the Texas stage singing, according to a news release.
She follows that performance with an Oprah segment that takes the country star back to her home state of Kansas with only a couple days notice.
The theme of today’s show is celebrities’ first jobs. In her teens, McBride served up ice cream and burgers at her hometown DQ. Oprah’s crew took the singer back to revisit the Hutchinson, Kan., Dairy Queen, which is still owned by the same couple who employed Martina after high school.
“Getting the call to be on Oprah’s show twice in such a short time period was exciting,” says McBride in the release. “I’ve done Texas and Kansas … maybe Oklahoma is next.”
She may not star in an Oprah episode here in the Sooner State, but McBride is indeed Oklahoma bound. McBride’s “Shine All Night Tour” presented by SunnyD and co-starring Trace Adkins kicks off Nov. 20 and covers 40 cities across the U.S. through the spring of 2010. The tour will come to Oklahoma City’s Ford Center on Dec. 5. Both McBride and Adkins will perform full-length shows. Go to www.shineallnight.com for tour dates, exclusive content and more.
McBride also recently taped a segment in Nashville for “In The Spotlight With Robin Roberts: Bright Lights. Big Stars. All Access Nashville.” The ABC TV special will give viewers an unprecedented, all-access pass into the homes and private lives of country music’s biggest stars, and will introduce America to the up-and-coming singer-songwriters working to become Nashville’s next hit sensations. The special will air at 9 p.m. Nov. 10 on ABC.
McBride is currently nominated for CMA Female Vocalist of the Year, an award she has won 4 times, tying her with Reba McEntire for the most wins. The 2009 CMA Awards will air at 7 p.m. Nov. 11 on ABC.
Want to know about other celebrities appearing on TV talk shows? Go to Penny Soldan’s TV blog at http://blog.newsok.com/television.
-BAM
