Encino, CA (Top40 Charts/ Academy Of Country Music) - The Academy of Country
Music announced today that Jason Aldean, Lady Antebellum, Jennifer Hudson,
Miranda Lambert, Brad Paisley,
George Strait, Taylor Swift, and
Sugarland will perform at the television taping of the all-star concert special, ACM PRESENTS: BROOKS & DUNN - THE LAST RODEO on Monday, April 19, 2010 to air Sunday, May 23, 2010 at 8:00 PM ET/PT on the CBS Television Network from the MGM Grand Garden
Arena in Las Vegas. The show will be produced for television by dick clark productions. Tickets are available now for the live concert event.
These country music superstars will join the previously announced performers Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Reba McEntire, Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban.
Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn of Brooks & Dunn, the best selling duo in the history of country music, will receive the Academy's Milestone Award in recognition of their 20-year record-breaking career during the tribute concert special, ACM PRESENTS: BROOKS & DUNN - THE LAST RODEO. They will be honored for holding the record for the most wins of any artist in the Academy's history with 26 awards in total, including three Entertainer of the Year awards. They will also be honored for holding the record for most Top Vocal Duo wins, with 15 awards, eight of which are consecutive from 2000-2007.
Brooks & Dunn have had 23 No 1 hits, sold more than 30 million records, and won more than 80 major industry awards during their career. In August 2009, they announced they will retire as a duo in 2010 and embark on a final farewell tour this summer, called "The Last Rodeo."
The event, which will air Sunday, May 23, 2010, will tape the day after the 45th ANNUAL Academy of Country Music Awards which are produced for television by dick clark productions and will be broadcast LIVE from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Sunday, April 18, 2010 at 8:00 PM live ET/delayed PT on the CBS Television Network.
Tickets are still available to the public for this event for $150 and $100 through Ticketmaster.com. Proceeds of all sales benefit ACM Lifting Lives, the charitable arm of the Academy of Country Music, which works to improve lives through music. For more information, log onto www.acmliftinglives.org or www.acmcountry.com.
