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Carrie becomes one of an elite group of country music artists in history to qualify for the ACM “Triple Crown.” The triple crown includes wins for Top New Female/Male Vocalist, Top Female/Male Vocalist, and Entertainer of the Year.

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36 Cents Per Ticket Charitable Donation To Be Made In the Spirit of Underwood’s Inspiring Album Track, “Change”

Six-time 2010 Academy of Country Music nominee Carrie Underwood will continue her highly successful “Play On Tour” through the end of this year as a result of fan demand and thriving ticket sales. The “Play On Tour” is hydrated by vitaminwater® and is now slated to run through December 19, 2010. Underwood will perform over 100 shows throughout the U.S. and Canada through the end of the year since launching her “Play On Tour” on March 11. Billy Currington and Sons of Sylvia will appear this fall as special guests. Tickets for the newly announced fall dates will go on sale beginning Saturday, April 24th at 10am – please see local venues for specific information. The “Play On Tour” is Presented by AEG Live.

Ever the charitable soul, Underwood will be donating 36 cents of every ticket sold for the fall tour dates to Save the Children’s United States Programs. This initiative was inspired by the “36 cents” written in the lyrics of her album track “Change” which addresses how even the smallest bit of spare change that one might have can add up to make a difference and help “change” the world. Fans can see Underwood perform this song, “Change,” on Idol Gives Back this Wednesday, April 21 on FOX. Save the Children (www.savethechildren.org) is also a beneficiary of Idol Gives Back, and is the leading independent organization creating real and lasting change for children in need in the United States and around the world.

Fans and critics alike give high praise to Underwood for her incredible vocals as well as the dynamite tour production on her “Play On Tour.” The Albany Times Union said, “When she let loose with a long high note, it just filled the huge arena and raised a million goose-bumps…Underwood understands how to connect with her audience, and her songs of love lost and won resonate with more resolve. And her voice, it’s just a gift from God.” “For nearly two hours, Underwood put on a veritable vocal clinic, nailing every note of her demanding set list,” claimed the Boston Herald. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review shared, “Her energy, charisma and talent are boundless, and hearing her belt out her hits with such passion is captivating….Underwood’s voice alone could make for a great concert, but the backing props, lighting and electronic effects also were spectacular.” The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette explained, “You quickly realize she’s one of those rare singers who sounds even better live. Numerous times throughout the set, her vocals grew gasps and screams from the packed house.” And Reading, PA’s Leigh Valley Music shared, “And when it’s all said and done and the lights go off, the stage stops shifting and the streamers and confetti are swept from the floor, Underwood’s voice is still the most special effect of all.”

The “Play On Tour,” under the direction of Raj Kapoor, brought in renowned set designer Michael Cotten, perhaps best known as Michael Jackson’s production designer for “This Is It,” as well as Emmy Award winning costume designer, Soyon An, who created one of a kind costumes for Underwood.

Underwood is a five-time Grammy Award winner, a member of the Grand Ole Opry, the 2009 Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year, and three-time CMA and ACM Female Vocalist winner. Carrie Underwood has amassed more than 11 million in U.S. album sales since her debut CD in 2005, more than any other American Idol winner. Along the way, she has consistently broken new ground and became the first country artist in history to achieve twelve consecutive #1 singles.

Summer festival dates:

July 3 Provo, UT Stadium of Fire

July 4 Milwaukee, WI Summerfest (with opening act Sons of Sylvia)

July 31 Fairlea, WV Greenbrier Classic (co-headline with Brad Paisley)

August 29 Highland Park, IL Ravinia Festival

New dates:

***Billy Currington and Sons of Sylvia to appear as special guest opening acts

September 25 Portland, OR Rose Garden

September 27 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion at San Jose

September 28 Stockton, CA Stockton Arena

September 29 Bakersfield, CA Rabobank Arena

October 1 San Diego, CA San Diego Sports Arena

October 2 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl (previously announced-support TBC)

October 3 Glendale, AZ jobing.com Arena

October 6 Houston, TX Toyota Center

October 7 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center

October 9 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center

October 10 Tulsa, OK BOK Center

October 12 N. Little Rock, AR Verizon Arena

October 13 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena

October 15 Moline, IL i Wireless Center

October 16 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center

October 17 Omaha, NE Qwest Center

October 19 Wichita, KS INTRUST Bank Arena

October 20 Oklahoma City, OK Ford Center

October 22 Memphis, TN FedExForum

October 23 Mobile, AL Mobile Civic Center

October 25 Tampa, FL St. Pete Times Forum

October 26 Jacksonville, FL Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena

October 27 Duluth, GA Arena at Gwinnett Center

October 29 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum

October 30 Charlotte, NC Time Warner Cable Arena

November 1 Cleveland, OH Wolstein Center

November 3 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre

November 5 Long Island, NY Nassau Coliseum

November 6 Manchester, NH Verizon Wireless Arena

November 12 Roanoke, VA Roanoke Civic Center

November 13 University Park, PA Bryce Jordan Center

November 15 Newark, NJ Prudential Center

November 16 Baltimore, MD 1st Mariner Arena

November 29 Auburn Hills, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills

December 1 St. Louis, MO Chaifetz Arena

December 2 Evansville, IN Roberts Stadium

December 4 Des Moines, IA Wells Fargo Arena

December 5 Sioux Falls, SD Sioux Falls Arena

December 7 Rapid City, SD Rushmore Plaza Civic Center Ice Arena

December 8 Casper, WY Casper Events Center

December 10 Billings, MT Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark

December 12 Bozeman, MT Brick Breedan Fieldhouse

December 14 Yakima, WA Yakima Valley SunDome

December 16 Vancouver, BC General Motors Place

December 18 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place

December 19 Calgary, AB Pengrowth Saddledome

Academy of Country Music announced today the first-ever text-to-vote for the Entertainer of the Year fan-voted category, the highest accolade bestowed on an artist as part of the 45th Annual ACM Awards. 

This text-to-vote will provide fans with the first-time opportunity to utilize texting to vote for the evening’s biggest award, Entertainer of the Year, for which Kenny Chesney, Toby Keith, Brad Paisley, George Strait, Taylor Swift, reigning Entertainer of the Year Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban and Zac Brown Band are all nominated this year.

Voting will begin at the start of the telecast, when codes for each artist are given simultaneously, and will continue until the third hour of the show. Until then, fans may log onto www.VoteACM.com, also powered by Ram Truck, to vote.

Carrie is up for 3 CMT Video Awards this year!

The categories are:
VIDEO OF THE YEAR: Cowboy Casanova
FEMALE VIDEO OF THE YEAR: Cowboy Casanova
CMT PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR: Temporary Home” (From Invitation Only)

First-round fan voting is now open, VOTE NOW!

Emmy Award-winning IDOL GIVES BACK welcomes Alicia Keys, Carrie Underwood, The Black Eyed Peas, Annie Lennox and Jeff Beck as performers on this year’s event, airing Wednesday, April 21 (8:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed) on FOX. Additional artists scheduled to perform and appear to be announced.

The brainchild of Simon Fuller, IDOL GIVES BACK has made history by raising over $140 million for charity to date. This year’s special will help raise awareness and funds to benefit various U.S. and international charities, including Children’s Health Fund, Feeding America, Malaria No More, Save the Children’s U.S. Programs and the United Nations Foundation. As previously announced, News Corporation, Ford Motor Company, Coca-Cola, AT&T and ExxonMobil will return as corporate sponsors of IDOL GIVES BACK and will generously donate to the historic Emmy Award-winning television event. Viewers will once again be able to make donations during and following the show. In addition, the week’s voting results will be revealed, sending one of the finalists home.

This year, the special music event will feature performances and appearances by some of Hollywood’s biggest stars – as well as a few surprises. In previous years, IDOL GIVES BACK has welcomed President Barack Obama, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, former President George W. Bush, Brad Pitt, Bono, Reese Witherspoon, Miley Cyrus, Eli Manning, Peyton Manning, Annie Lennox, Daughtry, Carrie Underwood, Mariah Carey, Gwen Stefani, Josh Groban, P!nk, Céline Dion, Robin Williams, Ben Stiller and others.

Viewers can be a part of something special this year and help those in need by joining the “Help Me Give Back” program, an online initiative that empowers individuals and teams to raise money for IDOL GIVES BACK at www.americanidol.com/idolgivesback.

AMERICAN IDOL is created and executive-produced by Simon Fuller, founder of 19 Entertainment; and executive-produced by Cecile Frot-Coutaz, CEO, FremantleMedia North America; and Ken Warwick, executive producer, FremantleMedia North America. The series features host Ryan Seacrest and judges Simon Cowell, Ellen DeGeneres, Kara DioGuardi and Randy Jackson.

Visit americanidol.com for more information on IDOL GIVES BACK in addition to exclusive videos, photos, special behind-the-scenes information and all of your AMERICAN IDOL news.

The Academy of Country Music announced that starting today, April 1st, anyone can vote for Entertainer of the Year by logging on to VoteACM.com. The winner will be announced on the 45th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, to be broadcast LIVE from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 18th, 2010 at 8:00 PM live ET/delayed PT on the CBS Television Network.

Nominees Carrie Underwood, Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley, George Strait, Taylor Swift, Toby Keith, Keith Urban and Zac Brown Band vie for Entertainer of the Year. Fans can vote for Entertainer of the Year into the third hour of the show.

Previously announced Entertainer of Year nominees Carrie Underwood and Kenny Chesney will perform on the broadcast in addition to Brad Paisley, Toby Keith, Taylor Swift and Keith Urban.

Carrie Underwood is nominated for six awards, including Entertainer of Year. Carrie is the reigning Entertainer of the Year, and, if she wins that category again, she will be the first female in Academy history to capture two Entertainer of the Year trophies. Underwood is also nominated as an artist and composer for Song of the Year for “Cowboy Casanova,” as well as Vocal Event of the Year for “I Told You So” with Randy Travis. In addition, Underwood is nominated for Top Female Vocalist and Album of the Year for Play On. If she wins Top Female Vocalist, it will be the fourth consecutive year she has won the category. Underwood also won the 2006 Album of the Year for Some Hearts.

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Superstar Carrie’s gorgeous “Temporary Home” today becomes the 12th #1 single of her career and the second chart-topper from her Platinum-certified Play On collection. Sprinting to the top of Billboard’s Hot Country Songs in just 18 weeks, the song hit the chart summit faster than any other single this year.

One of seven tracks that Underwood co-wrote for Play On – and her fifth co-written single to top the charts – “Temporary Home” may portray poignant life moments, but the message is one that Carrie has always seen as uplifting, as she says, “It’s hopeful, and each person in each story, in each different place in their life, knows that things are going to be okay.”

On the CMT Top Twenty Countdown episode that premiered this past Friday, the touching music video for “Temporary Home” topped the countdown for the fifth consecutive week.

Fans can also be looking for Carrie as she makes a home on the cover of the April issue of Allure magazine, on sale now.

The only American Idol winner ever to achieve 12 #1 hits, Underwood’s collection of chart-toppers began with the instant success of her post-American Idol single, “Inside Your Heaven,” which debuted atop Billboard’s Hot 100 chart in the summer of 2005. It was the first of five #1s to top the BDS or Mediabase charts from her 7x-Platinum debut, Some Hearts, with the others including the GRAMMY-winning “Jesus, Take the Wheel,” “Before He Cheats,” “Don’t Forget to Remember Me,” and “Wasted.”

The five-time GRAMMY winner, ACM Entertainer of the Year, and three-time CMA and ACM Female Vocalist winner is also the first country artist in history ever to achieve 10 #1 singles on the strength of their first two albums when “I Told You So” became the fifth consecutive chart-topper from Carrie’s second album – the triple-Platinum Carnival Ride – which also included “Just a Dream” and three hits Carrie co-wrote: “So Small,” “All-American Girl,” and “Last Name.”

Have you seen Carrie on her latest ‘PLAY ON’ tour? We want to know what you think, leave a comment below and post your live photos in the Photo Gallery.

The most anticipated concert tour on the road this spring launched last night as Carrie Underwood’s “Play On Tour” played to a sold-out crowd at the Sovereign Center in Reading, PA with special guests Craig Morgan and Sons of Sylvia. The “Play On Tour,” hydrated by vitaminwater® and sponsored by PEDIGREE® Brand, is currently slated to run through June 20 in Saskatoon, SK at the Credit Union Centre.

The “Play On Tour” continues this weekend with shows tonight in Albany, NY and Providence, RI on Saturday.

Photographed: Donna DiBenedetto- AEG, Carrie Underwood and Zane Collings- SMG Regional General Manager.
Photo Credit: Sovereign Center
Date: March 11, 2010