Blake Shelton, Alan Jackson Set to Perform at the 2012 CMA Music Festival

CMA Male Vocalist of the Year Blake Shelton, Alan Jackson, Dierks Bentley, Brantley Gilbert, and Scotty McCreery are set to perform at the 2012 CMA Music Festival. They join a list of performers already announced as part of the Nightly Concerts at LP Field that includes Jason Aldean, The Band Perry, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Faith Hill, Lady Antebellum, Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, Carrie Underwood, and Zac Brown Band.

The CMA Music Festival, which celebrates the relationship between Country artists and fans while raising money for music education, will take place in Nashville Thursday-Sunday, June 7-10, 2012. Fans can purchase tickets at Ticketmaster.com or by calling 1-(800)-CMA-FEST (262-3378).

More on Blake Shelton [Courtesy of CMA]:

Shelton has won three CMA Awards, including two consecutive Male Vocalist of the Year Awards (2010, 2011) and one Musical Event of the Year Award (2010 for “Hillbilly Bone” with Trace Adkins). He currently stars as a mentor on the No. 1 television series The Voice on NBC. Shelton’s current album, the Gold-certified Red River Blue, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart and the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. The album features two No. 1 and Platinum-certified singles, “Honey Bee” and “God Gave Me You,” as well as the current hit “Drink on It.”

More on Alan Jackson:

Jackson has won 16 CMA Awards, including three Entertainer of the Year Awards (1995, 2002, 2003); two Male Vocalist of the Year Awards (2002, 2003); two Album of the Year Awards (1994 for Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles, and 2002 for Drive); two Single of the Year Awards (1993 for “Chattahoochee” and 2002 for “Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)”); two Song of the Year Awards (1994 for “Chattahoochee” and 2002 for “Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)”); two Music Video of the Year Awards (1992 for “Midnight in Montgomery” and 1993 for “Chattahoochee”); and three Vocal Event of the Year Awards (1993 for “I Don’t Need Your Rockin’ Chair” with George Jones, Clint Black, Garth Brooks, T. Graham Brown, Mark Chesnutt, Joe Diffie, Vince Gill, Patty Loveless, Pam Tillis, and Travis Tritt; 2000 for “Murder on Music Row” with George Strait; and 2003 for “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere” with Jimmy Buffett). He has earned 80 CMA Award nominations over the years, second only to George Strait. Jackson is one of only four songwriters who have written and recorded more than two dozen songs that they’ve also taken to the top of the charts – his elite company in that achievement includes Merle Haggard, John Lennon, and Paul McCartney. Jackson is currently climbing the charts with his new single, “So You Don’t Have to Love Me Anymore,” from his forthcoming album on ACR (Alan’s Country Records) and EMI Records Nashville.

More on Dierks Bentley:

Bentley won the CMA Horizon Award in 2005. He recently released the album Home, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. The album contains the No. 1, Gold-certified single “Am I the Only One” and the current, Top Five-and-rising single, “Home.”

More on Brantley Gilbert:

Gilbert, who will make his debut performance on the Nightly Concerts at LP Field this year, was a 2011 CMA Awards nominee in the Song of the Year category for co-writing “Dirt Road Anthem” with Colt Ford. His current album is Halfway to Heaven Deluxe, featuring the No. 1 Gold-certified single “Country Must Be Country Wide.”

More on Scotty McCreery:

McCreery is the reigning American Idol winner. His debut album, Clear as Day, has been certified Platinum, and his singles “I Love You This Big” and “The Trouble With Girls” have both been certified Gold.