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2013 ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARD EVENTS ANNOUNCED!

BLAKE SHELTON AND LUKE BRYAN TO CO-HOST

48^th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC® AWARDS

TO BE BROADCAST LIVE FROM THE MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA IN LAS VEGAS

SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 2013 ON CBS

BRAD PAISLEY TO HOST 3^rd ANNUAL ACM FAN JAM
REMOTE INTO THE 48^th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS

& POST-AWARDS CONCERT

FROM THE ORLEANS ARENA IN LAS VEGAS SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 2013

ACM TV SPECIAL TAPING AT THE MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA IN LAS VEGAS

MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013 TO AIR AT A FUTURE DATE ON CBS

THE WEEK VEGAS GOES COUNTRY™ WILL FEATURE THE RETURN OF THE ACM EXPERIENCE & MORE!

TICKETS FOR ALL PUBLIC EVENTS ON SALE JANUARY 25, 2013!

CHEAT TWEET:   .@BlakeShelton & @LukeBryanOnline to host the 48th @ACMawards April 7th on CBS!                      

               @BradPaisley to host 3rd ACM Fan Jam! #ACMs

ENCINO, CA (January 8, 2013) – Superstars Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan will co-host Country Music’s Party of the Year®, the 48^th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, honoring country music’s best and introducing the industry’s hottest emerging talent, broadcast LIVE from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Sunday, April 7^th, 2013 at 8:00 PM live ET/delayed PT on the CBS Television Network. The show is produced by dick clark productions, inc.  This year’s show will mark reigning ACM Male Vocalist of the Year Shelton’s third consecutive turn hosting the Awards and Bryan’s first time hosting a LIVE televised event.

Brad Paisley will host the 3^rd Annual ACM Fan Jam, taking place at The Orleans Arena Sunday, April 7^th, 2013. This live remote location gives country music lovers the ultimate fan-pass to be a part of the 48^th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards! Throughout the three-hour Awards telecast from MGM Grand, there will be live ACM Fan Jam performances, via remote from The Orleans Arena, by Brad Paisley and other top-tier music acts.  The ACM Fan Jam continues after the Awards telecast ends, with performances by Brad Paisley and friends. Details and other participating talent will be announced soon but fans can tweet to unlock a special message from Brad, delivered to them immediately after they tweet, by visiting the ACM Social Splash page at www.ACMsocialsplash.com.  

As they have done for the past four years, the Academy and dick clark productions will once again tape an all-star concert TV special Monday, April 8, 2013 at 7:00 PM at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, featuring today’s top country acts and more. Talent announcements are forthcoming. The special will air later on CBS and ticket proceeds will benefit ACM Lifting Lives.

Country music fans “unlocked” this press release in the first-ever ACM “Tweet to Unlock” promotion, wherein fans were invited to send a minimum of 25,000 tweets before the date and host information would be released to the public.  Fans were alerted to the opportunity on Friday, and reached the 25,000 threshold in just less than 4 days.

The Academy will announce its full schedule of The Week Vegas Goes Country™ events in the coming weeks, which will include The ACM Experience, to be held April 5-7, 2013 at The Orleans Hotel and Casino.  In its sophomore year, this free, family-friendly open-to-the-public country music lifestyle event will once again feature LIVE country music performances, interactive games and dance competitions, the ACM Expo a shopper’s paradise and country marketplace, and much, much more to be announced.

For event updates, ticket on-sale dates and hotel information, please visit www.ACMcountry.com.  Country fans may sign up for the ACM A-List for FREE at www.ACMcountry.com.  ACM A-Listers will receive the ticket purchase pre-sale code and information on discounted room rates at MGM Grand and The Orleans Hotel and Casino, based on availability.

ACM PROFESSIONAL MEMBER TICKET ON-SALE: Professional Members of the ACM can purchase tickets beginning at 10:00 AM (PT) Wednesday, January 23, 2013 by visiting www.ACMawards.com.  

ACM A-LIST MEMBER TICKET PRE-SALE:  ACM A-List Members can purchase tickets in a special pre-sale beginning at 10:00 AM (PT) Wednesday, January 23, 2013 through Friday, January 25, 2013 by visiting www.ACMawards.com. The pre-sale code will be emailed to all A-List Members prior to the on-sale date. 

GENERAL PUBLIC TICKET ON-SALE: Tickets will go on-sale to the general public at 10:00 AM (PT) Friday, January 25, 2013 at www.ACMawards.com. 

For more information on the ACM Awards and all ACM events, visit www.ACMcountry.com, like us on Facebook, or follow us on Twitter at @ACMawards for more immediate updates! 

Media credential applications to cover the Awards in Las Vegas will become available in early February, details to be posted at www.ACMcountry.com.

About the Academy of Country Music Awards

The 48^th Academy of Country Music Awards is dedicated to honoring and showcasing the biggest names and emerging talent in the country music industry.  The show is produced for television by dick clark productions and will be broadcast LIVE from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Sunday, April 7, 2013 at 8:00 PM live ET/delayed PT on the CBS Television Network.  Allen Shapiro, Orly Adelson and R.A. Clark and are executive producers.  Barry Adelman is producer, and Bob Bardo is the executive in charge of production. Bob Romeo is executive producer for the Academy of Country Music. 

LAS VEGAS, NV (April 1, 2012) – Winners have been announced for the 47th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, a star-studded ceremony broadcast LIVE tonight on the CBS Television Network from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Fans named Taylor Swift, Entertainer of the Year, the evening’s biggest honor. This is the second consecutive year that Taylor Swift has been named Entertainer of the Year. This year marked a record breaking year with nearly one million fans casting their vote for Entertainer of the Year and New Artist of the Year categories, combined.

Swift is the youngest and seventh solo female to take the award in the 40 year history of this category; previous winners include Loretta Lynn in 1975, Dolly Parton in 1977, Barbara Mandrell in 1980, Reba in 1994, Shania Twain in 1999, Dixie Chicks in 2000 and Carrie Underwood in 2008 and 2009.

Miranda Lambert won Female Vocalist of the Year and Blake Shelton won Male Vocalist of the Year.  This is Lambert’s third consecutive win as Female Vocalist of the Year and Shelton’s first win as Male Vocalist of the Year.

Lambert also took the prize for Album of the Year, making her the only female to have three consecutive albums win the category. Lambert previously won Album of the Year in 2007 for Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and in 2009 for REVOLUTION.

For the third consecutive year, Lady Antebellum won Vocal Group of the Year. Thompson Square won Vocal Duo of the Year, their first ACM Award win. Scotty McCreery was honored as New Artist of the Year in tonight’s broadcast, marking his first ACM win in the fan-voted category.

Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson won two awards tonight in the categories of Single Record of the Year and Vocal Event of the Year for their song “Don’t You Wanna Stay.” This marks a first win in both categories for Aldean and Clarkson.

Artists Lee Brice, Kelly Clarkson, Eli Young Band, Scotty McCreery and Thompson Square received their first time Academy of Country Music Awards.

Tonight, the Academy of Country Music sold-out two of the largest arenas in Las Vegas, the MGM Grand Garden Arena for the 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards hosted by Reba and Blake Shelton, and the Mandalay Bay Events Center for the 2nd Annual ACM Fan Jam, hosted by the Zac Brown Band.

Following is the list of winners in the 11 categories voted on by the membership (excluding the Entertainer of the Year and New Artist categories, which were voted on by a combination of professional ACM members and fans):

Entertainer of the Year

Taylor Swift

Male Vocalist of the year

Blake Shelton

Female Vocalist of the year

Miranda Lambert

Vocal Duo of the year *(Off Camera Award)

Thompson Square

Vocal Group OF THE YEAR

Lady Antebellum

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Scotty McCreery

ALBUM OF THE YEAR [Award to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company]

Four The Record – Miranda Lambert (RCA)

Produced by: Chuck Ainlay, Frank Liddell, Glenn Worf

Single Record of the Year [Award to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company]

Don’t You Wanna Stay – Jason Aldean With Kelly Clarkson (Broken Bow Records)

Produced by: Michael Knox

Song of the Year [Award to Composer(s)/Publisher(s)/Artist(s)]

Crazy Girl – Eli Young Band

Composers: Lee Brice, Liz Rose

Publishers: Cake Taker Music (BMI), Mike Curb Music (BMI), Sony/ATV Tree Publishing (BMI), Sweet Hysteria Music (BMI)

Video of the Year [Award to Producer(s)/Director(s)/Artist(s)] *(Off Camera Award)

Red Solo Cup – Toby Keith

Producer: Mark Kalbfeld

Director: Michael Salomon

Vocal Event of the Year [Award to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company] *(Off Camera Award)

Don’t You Wanna Stay – Jason Aldean With Kelly Clarkson (Broken Bow Records)

Produced by: Michael Knox

For a complete list of past and present wins and nominations, please visit www.acmcountry.com and search the ACM Awards Database located on the Homepage.

Getty Images is the official photographer for the ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS and photos can be accessed at www.gettyimages.com.

With Reba and Blake Shelton in the house, there is no doubt the April’s Fools pranks will be flying fast and furiously inside the MGM Grand Garden Arena, you’re invited to join in the fun….if you dare!

Country Music’s Party of the Year®, the 47th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, will be broadcast LIVE from Las Vegas on Sunday, April 1st at 8:00 PM live ET/delayed PT on the CBS . The show is produced by dick clark productions and will be hosted for the second consecutive year by Reba and Blake. Nominees, performers and presenters will be announced soon. Tickets go onsale beginning Jan. 20th for ACM A-List members and Jan. 25th for the general public.

In addition to the show at the MGM, the 2nd Annual ACM Fan Jam, hosted by Zac Brown Band, will take place once again at the Mandalay Bay Events Center Sunday, April 1st. This live remote location gives country music lovers the ultimate fan-pass to be part of the 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards! Throughout the three-hour Awards telecast from the MGM Grand Garden Arena, there will be live ACM Fan Jam performances, via remote, from the Mandalay Bay Events Center by Zac Brown Band and other top-tier music acts, to be announced at a later date. The ACM Fan Jam includes a profusion of entertainment, prizes and special giveaways only for attendees, including autographed guitars, trip packages to country music events and merchandise. The ACM Fan Jam continues after the Awards telecasts ends, with performances by Zac Brown and friends. Details will be announced soon. The inaugural ACM Fan Jam, hosted by Sugarland, took place in 2011.

On Monday, April 2nd, the Academy and dick clark productions will tape an all-star concert special, ACM PRESENTS: Lionel Richie and Friends In Concert, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena to air at a later date on the CBS. This country collaboration with the legendary Lionel Richie, featuring duets from his upcoming album Tuskeegee along with solo performances, will include some of Richie’s greatest hits performed by Jason Aldean, The Band Perry, Kenny Chesney, Lady Antebellum, Martina McBride, Rascal Flatts, Kenny Rogers and many more. Tickets sales from ACM PRESENTS: Lionel Richie and Friends - A Lifetime of Hits will benefit ACM Lifting Lives, which works to improve lives through music. For more information, log onto www.ACMLiftingLives.org or www.ACMcountry.com.

The Academy will announce its full schedule of The Week Vegas Goes Country® events in the upcoming weeks.

Professional Members of the ACM can purchase tickets beginning at 10:00 AM (PT) on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 through Friday, January 20, 2012 by visiting the homepage of www.ACMcountry.com and clicking the “PURCHASE TICKETS” link.

ACM A-List Members can purchase tickets in a special pre-sale beginning at 10:00 AM (PT) on Friday, January 20, 2012 through Tuesday, January 24, 2012 by visiting www.Ticketmaster.com and searching “ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC.” The pre-sale code will be emailed to all A-List Members prior to the on-sale date.

Tickets will go on-sale to the general public at 10:00 AM (PT) on Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at www.Ticketmaster.com.