Final announcement of performers & presenters was released today! FAITH is performing her new single!
Telecast to Air Live From Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas
Tuesday, May 17th at 8:00 PM ET/PT on CBS Television Network
Brooks & Dunn, Faith Hill, Brad Paisley, Keith Urban,
Gretchen Wilson and Lee Ann Womack Set to Perform
Deana Carter, Cowboy Troy, Marty Roe and Dana Williams of Diamond Rio, Josh
Gracin, Alison Krauss, Blaine Larsen, Tracy Lawrence, Keech Rainwater and Dean
Sams of Lonestar, Barbara Mandrell, Sterling Marlin, Martina McBride, Reba
McEntire, Dr. Phil & Robin McGraw, Mark Miller of Sawyer Brown, Craig Morgan,
Joe Nichols, Jamie O'Neal, Julie Roberts, Michelle Stafford, Sugarland, Trick
Pony, Josh Turner, Van Zant and Phil Vassar Set to Present
BURBANK, Calif., May 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Today the Academy of Country Music
is announcing that country music superstars Brooks & Dunn, Faith Hill, Brad
Paisley, Keith Urban, Gretchen Wilson and Lee Ann Womack will perform at the
40TH ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS. Additionally, the Academy is
announcing all remaining presenters for this year's telecast. The ceremony,
which honors country music's top talent as well as the industry's hottest
emerging talent, will be broadcast LIVE from the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino
in Las Vegas on Tuesday, May 17th, 2005 at 8:00 PM ET/PT on the CBS Television
Network.
Brooks & Dunn are nominees for Entertainer of the Year and Top Vocal Duo
this year. The pair won for Top Vocal Duo at last year's awards; it was their
fourth straight victory in the category. Faith Hill will perform her new
single "Mississippi Girl," from her eagerly anticipated new album,
"Fireflies." The performance marks not only her first single release in
nearly two years, but her first appearance on the ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC
AWARDS in five years.
This year Brad Paisley is nominated for five ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC
AWARDS, including nods for Single Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Vocal
Event of the Year and Video of the Year -- all for the song "Whiskey Lullaby,"
featuring Alison Krauss. He is also nominated for the fan-voted Academy of
Country Music / Home Depot Humanitarian Award. Keith Urban, who will appear
on the telecast LIVE from London, has four nominations. He is nominated for
Entertainer of the Year, Top Male Vocalist, Single Record of the Year (for
"Days Go By") and Album of the Year (for "Be Here").
Gretchen Wilson has five ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS nominations this
year. She's nominated for Top Female Vocalist and Top New Artist, as well as
for Album of the Year (for "Here For the Party"). Her smash single "Redneck
Woman" is nominated for Single Record of the Year and Video of the Year. Lee
Ann Womack has three nominations this year: Top Female Vocalist, and Single
Record of the Year and Song of the Year nods for "I May Hate Myself in the
Morning." She recently starred in her own special on CMT, which was named
after her current album, "There's More Where That Came From."
The following will present awards at the 40th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY
MUSIC AWARDS: Deana Carter, Cowboy Troy, Marty Roe and Dana Williams of
Diamond Rio, Josh Gracin, Alison Krauss, Blaine Larsen, Tracy Lawrence, Keech
Rainwater and Dean Sams of Lonestar, Barbara Mandrell, Sterling Marlin,
Martina McBride, Reba McEntire, Dr. Phil & Robin McGraw, Mark Miller of Sawyer
Brown, Craig Morgan, Joe Nichols, Jamie O'Neal, Julie Roberts, Michelle
Stafford, Sugarland, Trick Pony, Josh Turner, Van Zant and Phil Vassar.
The artists and presenters listed above join previously announced 40TH
ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS performers Alan Jackson, Toby Keith,
Rascal Flatts, George Strait, Big & Rich, Sara Evans, Tim McGraw, Kenny
Chesney, Reba McEntire and Montgomery Gentry, and previously announced
presenters Garth Brooks, Terri Clark, Emily Procter, Rob Schneider & Neal
McCoy and The Warren Brothers.
The Academy of Country Music was founded in 1964 with a mission to
support, promote, and enhance the advancement of the country music industry
worldwide. The Academy, which is comprised of 3,800+ professional members and
a newly established Associate Membership, is headquartered in Burbank, CA.
For more information on the ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS and the Academy of
Country Music, please visit
www.acmcountry.com.
ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS is produced for television by dick clark
productions. The show is executive produced by Dick Clark and R.A. Clark, and
produced by Barry Adelman. The executive in charge of production is Bob
Bardo, and the executive in charge is Fran LaMaina.
Southwest Airlines is the official airline of the Academy of Country Music
Awards.
The ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS will be broadcast LIVE from the
Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas on Tuesday, May 17th, 2005 at
8:00 PM ET/PT on CBS Television Network.
SOURCE Academy of Country Music Awards
Web Site:
www.acmcountry.com