More Performers Announced for the 2012 CMA Music Festival

Faith Hill
Faith Hill - Photo Courtesy of Warner Music Nashville
Country music fans are in for a treat as the Country Music Association has just announced more acts have been added to the all-star line-up for this year’s CMA Music Festival. Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Faith Hill, Lady Antebellum, Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, and Zac Brown Band have joined already announced performers Jason Aldean, The Band Perry, and Carrie Underwood for the June 7-10, 2012 event to be held in downtown Nashville.
 
Tickets are now on sale at Ticketmaster.com or by calling 1-(800)-CMA-FEST (262-3378). Per CMA, prices range from $115 to $325 (plus handling fees). Children 3 years and younger are admitted free.
 
The CMA Music Festival is an annual celebration of artists and fans, with half the net proceeds from the event going to support music education through the Keep the Music Playing program. $4.7 million has already been donated to help thousands of students in the Metro Nashville Public Schools with “resources and opportunities they could not have afforded on their own, and giving many of them a strong reason to remain in school.”
 
More on Luke Bryan [Courtesy of CMA]:
 


Bryan was nominated for CMA New Artist of the Year in 2010 and 2011. His most recent album is the Gold-certified tailgates & tanlines, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and No. 2 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, and features the Platinum-certified digital single “Country Girl (Shake It for Me)” and the Gold-certified digital single “I Don’t Want This Night to End.”

More on Eric Church [Courtesy of CMA]:

Church, who will make his debut performance on the Nightly Concerts at LP Field this year, was nominated for CMA New Artist of the Year in 2011. His most recent album is the Gold-certified Chief, which debuted at No. 1 on both the Billboard Top 200 and Billboard Country Albums charts, and features the Gold-certified digital single “Homeboy.”

More on Faith Hill [Courtesy of CMA]:

Hill returns to CMA Music Festival for the first time since 2008. She debuted her long-awaited new single “Come Home” on “The 45th Annual CMA Awards” in November. She is a three-time CMA Award winner, including Female Vocalist (2000), Vocal Event (1997 for “It’s Your Love” with husband Tim McGraw), and Music Video of the Year (1998 for “This Kiss”). Her seventh new studio recording is set for an early 2012 release.

More on Lady Antebellum [Courtesy of CMA]:

Lady Antebellum has won seven CMA Awards, including Vocal Group (2009-2011), Single (2009 for “I Run to You” and 2010 for “Need You Now,” which also earned them an additional Award for producing), and New Artist of the Year (2008). Their current album is the Platinum-certified Own the Night, which debuted at No. 1 on both the Billboard Top 200 and Billboard Country Albums charts.

More on Brad Paisley [Courtesy of CMA]:

Paisley has won 14 CMA Awards, including Entertainer (2010), Male Vocalist (2007-2009), Album (2006 for Time Well Wasted), Horizon (2000), Musical Event (2004 for “Whiskey Lullaby” with Alison Krauss, 2006 for “When I Get Where I’m Going” with Dolly Parton, and 2009 for “Start a Band” with Keith Urban), and Vocal Event of the Year (2001 for “Too Country” with Bill Anderson, George Jones, and Buck Owens). He has also co-hosted the CMA Awards with Underwood for the last four years (2008-2011). His current album is This is Country Music, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and No. 2 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, and contains the Platinum-certified digital single “Remind Me” (his duet with Underwood).

More on Rascal Flatts [Courtesy of CMA]:

Rascal Flatts has won seven CMA Awards, including Vocal Group of the Year (2003-2008) and the Horizon Award (2002). Their current album is the Platinum-certified Nothing Like This, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and features the Platinum-certified digital single “I Won’t Let Go” and the Gold-certified single “Easy.” Rascal Flatts, who is only one of four acts to have six consecutive albums debut at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart in the last decade, will release a new album later this spring.

More on Zac Brown Band [Courtesy of CMA]:

Zac Brown Band has won one CMA Award in 2010 for New Artist of the Year. Their current album is the Platinum-certified You Get What You Give, which debuted at No. 1 on both the Billboard Top 200 and Billboard Country Albums charts, and features the Platinum-certified digital single “Colder Weather.”

Source: Country Music Association – January 12, 2012