Carrie Underwood To Headline “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2016”

SUPERSTAR CARRIE UNDERWOOD TO
HEADLINE AMERICA’S BIGGEST CELEBRATION OF THE
YEAR LIVE FROM TIMES SQUARE ON “DICK CLARK’S NEW YEAR’S ROCKIN’ EVE WITH RYAN SEACREST 2016”

FERGIE RETURNS TO HOST THE BILLBOARD
HOLLYWOOD PARTY WHILE JENNY MCCARTHY REPORTS
LIVE FROM TIMES SQUARE

“Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2016”
Begins Live at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC from New York’s Times Square

Los Angeles, CA – To ring in the New Year, music superstar Carrie Underwood will headline the evening with a performance of her hit songs for over 1 million fans in Times Square moments before the ball drops, live on ABC’s telecast of “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2016.” The ten-time Billboard Music Award winner and eight-time American Music Award winner has spent 38 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart and recently celebrated the release of her fifth studio album, “Storyteller.” America’s biggest celebration of the year will take place live from Times Square on THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31 beginning at 8 p.m. ET/PT on the ABC Television Network.

“There’s nowhere else I’d rather be than New York’s Times Square, one of the most magical places in the world, to ring in the New Year,” said Underwood. “It’s going to be a memorable night, and I can’t wait to celebrate with the world!”

“The first time I heard Carrie sing, I knew she would be a superstar, and each year she continues to dominate the charts,” said host and executive producer Ryan Seacrest. “I can’t wait to see her rock Times Square and ring in 2016 as our headliner.”

The bi-coastal celebration will include hours of special performances and reports on New Year’s celebrations from around the globe, and Ryan Seacrest will lead the traditional countdown to midnight from Times Square in New York City as he has for the last 10 years.

In addition to Underwood’s performance, actress and comedian Jenny McCarthy will report live from Times Square while popstar Fergie returns to host the Billboard Hollywood Party.

Carrie Underwood Announces 2016 Tour

CARRIE UNDERWOOD ANNOUNCES 2016 TOUR

Nashville, TN – (October 27, 2015) – Seven-time Grammy winner and Pollstar’s three-time top female country touring artist,Carrie Underwood, who just released her fifth studio album, Storyteller, will launch a new arena tour in 2016 to take her new music on the road. The Storyteller Tour – Stories in the Round, in association with award-winning cosmetics brand ALMAY, will kick off on January 30 in Jacksonville, Florida, playing 40 arenas across the U.S. and Canada.

“I can’t wait to play new music from Storyteller for the fans,” shares Underwood. “I am so blessed to have this career and get to do to the things I do, but there is nothing like that moment when I get to step onto the stage to sing and all the fans are singing along with me.”

The Storyteller Tour – Stories in the Round will be Underwood’s first tour “in the round.” With the stage in the middle of the arena floor, the 360-degree setting will allow fans on all sides of the arena to get a very intimate and unique concert experience. Barry Lather (Rihanna, Mariah Carey, Usher, Michael Jackson) is the tour’s Creative Director and Butch Allen (Metallica, The Eagles, Eric Church, No Doubt) is Production Designer.

The North American tour, promoted by AEG Live, will include special guests Easton Corbin and The Swon Brothers. Tickets will be available for The Storyteller Tour beginning Friday, November 6 at 10am local time at www.aeglive.com. Fans who buy Carrie’s new album, Storyteller, through her online store, www.carrieunderwood.fm, will receive a code for early access to tour tickets. Please go to www.carrieunderwood.fm for up-to-date information including on-sale timing and soon-to-be-announced VIP packages.

Underwood has arranged for a donation of $1 from each ticket sold at the U.S. dates of The Storyteller Tour to be contributed to the C.A.T.S Foundation to help aid its causes including Checotah, Oklahoma’s education and literacy programs. Established in 2009, the C.A.T.S. (Checotah Animal, Town, and School) Foundation helps with general causes, needs, and services in the area of Checotah, Oklahoma, Carrie’s hometown, to directly impact the community.

Underwood also has previously-announced festivals scheduled in 2016, including international dates in Ireland, England, and Scotland for the C2C Festival.

The Storyteller Tour:

Jan-30	Jacksonville, FL	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
Feb-1	Duluth, GA	Infinite Energy Arena
Feb-3	Greensboro, NC	Greensboro Coliseum
Feb-5	Louisville, KY	KFC Yum! Center
Feb-17	Pittsburgh, PA	CONSOL Energy Center
Feb-20	Hampton, VA	Hampton Coliseum
Feb-22	Philadelphia, PA	Wells Fargo Center
Feb-23	Boston, MA	TD Garden
Feb-25	Washington, DC	Verizon Center
Mar-11	Glasgow, Scotland	C2C/ Clyde Auditorium*
Mar-12	London, England	C2C/ O2 Arena*
Mar-13	Dublin, Ireland	C2C/ 3 Arena*
Mar-17	Youngstown, OH	Covelli Centre
Mar-19	Allentown, PA	PPL Center
Mar-22	Auburn Hills, MI	The Palace of Auburn Hills
Mar-24	St. Louis, MO	Chaifetz Arena
Mar-26	Lincoln, NE	Pinnacle Bank Arena
Mar-29	Colorado Springs, CO	Broadmoor World Arena
Mar-30	Denver, CO	Pepsi Center
Apr-1	Las Vegas, NV	ACM Party for a Cause Festival*
Apr-5	Fresno, CA	Save Mart Center
Apr-8	Reno, NV	Reno Events Center
Apr-10	Oakland, CA	Oracle Arena
Apr-12	Stockton, CA	Stockton Arena
Apr-14	Phoenix, AZ	Talking Stick Resort Arena
Apr-16	Las Cruces, NM	Pan American Center
Apr-18	San Antonio, TX	AT&T Center
Apr-19	Houston, TX	Toyota Center
Apr-22	Bossier City, LA	CenturyLink Center
Apr-24	Lafayette, LA	Cajundome
Apr-27	Tulsa, OK	BOK Center
Apr-28	N. Little Rock, AR	Verizon Arena
Apr-30	Indio, CA	Stagecoach*
May-3	Madison, WI	Kohl Center
May-5	Green Bay, WI	Resch Center
May-7	Grand Forks, ND	Ralph Engelstad Arena
May-10	Casper, WY	Casper Events Center
May-12	Billings, MT	Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark
May-15	Kansas City, MO	Sprint Center
May-17	Rosemont, IL	Allstate Arena
May-18	Cleveland, OH	Quicken Loans Arena
May-24	Buffalo, NY	First Niagara Center
May-27	Ottawa, ON	Canadian Tire Centre
May-28	Toronto, ON	Air Canada Centre
May-30	London, ON	Budweiser Gardens

*festival date

Each of Carrie’s three previous headline arena tours, 2008’s Carnival Ride Tour, the Play On Tour in 2010, and 2012-2013’s Blown Away Tour played for over one million fans. When the “Blown Away Tour” wrapped in 2013, Carrie had performed 112 shows in 110 cities across three continents and six countries, including sold-out shows at London’s prestigious Royal Albert Hall, and two nights at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia.

Carrie’s new album, Storyteller, has been heralded by Rolling Stone as “the most anticipated country album of the year.” The album was produced by Jay Joyce, Mark Bright, and Zach Crowell with six of its 13 songs co-written by Carrie, including the record-breaking first single, “Smoke Break.”

CMT Airwaves To Be Ruled By Carrie Underwood

CMT AIRWAVES TO BE RULED BY CARRIE UNDERWOOD

CMT is celebrating the release of Carrie Underwood’s new album, Storyteller with a special weekend takeover October 24-25! The take over includes new interviews, most memorable performances, best music videos and more!

Highlights include:

“CMT Hot 20 Countdown” – Saturday, October 24 at 9 a.m., ET/PT
Carrie utilizes her veteran hosting skills when she joins Cody Alan as co-host for a special episode of “CMT Hot 20 Countdown” on Saturday, October 24 at 9 a.m., ET/PT. The duo counts down the hottest videos in country music for the week, while taking a look at CMT’s favorite Carrie videos and finding out what she has planned for her first Halloween with son, Isaiah. An encore episode of “CMT Hot 20 Countdown” airs Sunday, October 25 at 9 a.m., ET/PT.

“CMT Crossroads: Steven Tyler & Carrie Underwood” – Saturday, October 24 at noon, ET/PT
As part of the weekend takeover, CMT encores its highest-rated “CMT Crossroads” in ten years – “CMT Crossroads: Steven Tyler & Carrie Underwood” – on Saturday, October 24 at noon, ET/PT. The unforgettable collaboration between Tyler and Underwood from Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis features an incredible mash-up of Underwood’s “Just A Dream” alongside Aerosmith’s “Dream On,” special performances of “Walk This Way,” “Undo It,” Steppenwolf’s classic “Born To Be Wild” and many more.

“CMT Instant Jam: Carrie Underwood” – Sunday, October 25 at 8 a.m., ET/PT.

The one-hour show captures all the excitement surrounding Underwood’s surprise concert in Atlanta last month at local music venue Variety Playhouse. Performing in front of only a few hundred fans, Underwood rocks out to some of her biggest hits including “Blown Away,” “Undo It,” “Before He Cheats,” current single “Smoke Break” and more.

Carrie Featured on CMT Radio and During CMT/CMT Pure Music Hours
Beginning October 19th and leading into her weekend takeover, Carrie conquers CMT and CMT Pure music hours with double-shot videos of all of her hits to date, featuring custom introductions by Carrie herself. In addition, CMT Radio highlights the superstar across all of its platforms including “CMT After MidNite with Cody Alan,” “CMT Radio Live with Cody Alan” and “CMT All Access,” with exclusive videos posting daily at www.cmtcody.com.

Carrie Underwood Fans Get Early Ticket Access To Her 2016 Tour

Carrie Underwood Fans Get Early Ticket Access to Her 2016 Tour

Pre-Sale Code Available with Storyteller Album

With the October 23 release of superstar Carrie Underwood’s fifth studio album, Storyteller, fans purchasing the album at www.carrieunderwood.fm beginning at midnight ET will receive a code to purchase pre-sale tickets to her 2016 tour.

Carrie was recognized as Pollstar’s top female country touring artist for each of her previous headline tours- 2008’s “Carnival Ride Tour,” “Play On Tour” in 2010 and 2012’s “Blown Away Tour.”

Stay tuned for Carrie’s 2016 tour announcement in the coming days.

Heralded by Rolling Stone Country as “the most anticipated country album of the year,” Storyteller was produced by Jay Joyce, Mark Bright, and Zach Crowell with six of its 13 songs co-written by Carrie, including the record-breaking first single, “Smoke Break.”

Carrie Underwood To Perform At The 2015 American Music Awards®

Carrie Underwood is set to perform at the “2015 American Music Awards,” the world’s biggest fan-voted award show. The “2015 American Music Awards” will broadcast live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, November 22 at 8:00pm ET on ABC.

To help fans express their passion and excitement for the show, the American Music Awards and Twitter are launching custom Twitter emojis! Viewers will be able to activate the Carrie Underwood Twitter emoji by tweeting #CarrieOnAMAs from today through the end of the show on November 22.

Fans can vote for each category once per day, per platform in any (or many) of the below ways:

Via AMAvote.com – Voting available for all categories

Posting a status on Facebook that includes the nominee’s name and the category’s hashtag within the post(s) – Voting available for all categories except New Artist of the Year Presented by Kohl’s and Collaboration of the Year Un-leashed by T-Mobile
Posting a Tweet on Twitter that includes the nominee’s name or Twitter handle, the category name and #AMAs within the post(s) – Voting available for all categories

For more information on how to vote, please visit https://www.theamas.com/vote/voting-faq

Carrie Underwood To Perform At “Sinatra 100 — An All-Star GRAMMY® Concert”

“SINATRA 100 — AN ALL-STAR GRAMMY® CONCERT” TO BE BROADCAST SUNDAY, DEC. 6, 2015, ON CBS

CARRIE UNDERWOOD JOINS FELLOW GRAMMY-WINNING SUPERSTARS TONY BENNETT, GARTH BROOKS, ALICIA KEYS, JOHN LEGEND, ADAM LEVINE,AND USHER SET TO SALUTE THE LEGENDARY NINE-TIME GRAMMY WINNER

Only Televised Sinatra Centennial Celebration Will Take Place At Wynn Las Vegas

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (Oct. 14, 2015) — The Recording Academy®, AEG Ehrlich Ventures, and CBS will honor the remarkable legacy of nine-time GRAMMY® winner Frank Sinatra by presenting “Sinatra 100 — An All-Star GRAMMY Concert,” a primetime entertainment special celebrating the late icon’s 100th birthday. Seven-time GRAMMY winner Carrie Underwood was announced to perform at the tribute along with 17-time GRAMMY winner Tony Bennett, two-time GRAMMY winner Garth Brooks, 15-time GRAMMY winner Alicia Keys, nine-time GRAMMY winner John Legend, three-time GRAMMY winner Adam Levine, and eight-time GRAMMY winner Usher. The live concert taping will be held Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015, at Wynn Las Vegas’ Encore Theatre. The special will be broadcast in HDTV and 5.1 surround sound on the CBS Television Network on Sunday, Dec. 6, from 9 – 11 p.m. ET/PT. Additional performers will be announced shortly.

In close partnership with the Sinatra family, “Sinatra 100 — An All-Star GRAMMY Concert” is the only televised concert special celebrating Sinatra’s centennial. Through the generosity of the family, the concert will feature artists performing instantly recognizable arrangements originally orchestrated for “the Chairman of the Board” by renowned arrangers Don Costa, Gordon Jenkins, Quincy Jones, and Nelson Riddle. The special will keep the honoree center stage throughout the night by integrating tribute performances of Sinatra classics with rare archival footage narrated by Sinatra himself.

“Frank Sinatra is a voice for all generations. His showmanship and artistry have remained unmatched since he began performing professionally in the 1930s to his last recording 21 years ago,” said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy. “Today, he continues to gain popularity for his classic sound and signature style. It’s only fitting that we join the global celebration in honor of his 100th birthday.”

“My personal memories of Frank remind me that he was a class act who also knew how to have fun. That’s what this celebration will be,” said executive producer Ken Ehrlich of AEG Ehrlich Ventures. “By partnering with Steve Wynn and featuring Las Vegas as the backdrop, the evening will be a party the Rat Pack would be proud of.”

“The name Frank Sinatra is synonymous with excellence that is timeless. As a performer, he possessed undeniable charisma and masterful artistry that resonate throughout generations,” said Jack Sussman, executive vice president, specials, music and live Events, CBS Entertainment. “To have the opportunity to celebrate the life and art of The Chairman of the Board on his 100th birthday, and witness the lasting effects his music has had on artists today with a star-studded GRAMMY concert, is a true honor.”

Among Sinatra’s nine GRAMMY wins are three for Album Of The Year for Come Dance With Me (1959), September Of My Years (1965),and A Man And His Music (1966).Additional recognition from The Recording Academy includes a Lifetime Achievement Award, GRAMMY Legend Award™, and 13 recordings inducted into the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame®.

“Sinatra 100 — An All-Star GRAMMY Concert” continues the tradition of previous Emmy Award®-winning TV specials presented by The Recording Academy, AEG Ehrlich Ventures, and CBS: “Stevie Wonder: Songs In The Key Of Life — An All-Star GRAMMY Salute” and “The Beatles: The Night That Changed America — A GRAMMY Salute.”

“Sinatra 100 — An All-Star GRAMMY Concert” is produced by AEG Ehrlich Ventures, LLC. Ken Ehrlich is the executive producer, Lou Horvitz is director, and David Wild and Ehrlich are writers.

For ticket sales information, please email ticketing@grammy.com.

Get Two New Carrie Underwood Songs Now!

Pre-order Carrie Underwood’s new album Storyteller and instantly receive TWO songs! Get the brand new track “Heartbeat” and Carrie’s smash hit “Smoke Break” when you order!

Then be one of the first to get Storyteller automatically when it releases October 23 by pre-ordering now on iTunes and Amazon Music.

Carrie Underwood To Celebrate Release Of Storyteller With Outdoor Performance On NBC’s Today

Carrie Underwood to Celebrate Release of Storyteller
with Outdoor Performance on NBC’s Today

New Fan-Driven Lyric Video Now Online for Smash First Single “Smoke Break”

Superstar Carrie Underwood will celebrate the Friday, October 23, release of her new album, Storyteller, with a Citi Concert Series performance on NBC’s Today.

Fans can look forward to a performance that includes Underwood’s co-written current smash single, “Smoke Break.” On Monday, the song’s lyric video made its debut on RollingStone.com and RollingStoneCountry.com and is now online here.

Making the lyric video all the more fun, Underwood asked her fans to share images of what they like to do when they need a break. In return, selected photos are highlighted throughout the video.

Produced by Jay Joyce, Mark Bright, and Zach Crowell, Underwood’s 13-song Storyteller album will be available at all music sellers on October 23 and also available in a Target-exclusive version with two additional tracks. The album can be pre-ordered now on Target.com.