The Andrew Jackson Elementary School Eagle Honor Choir Performed Underwood’s “The Champion” on the Nissan Stadium Stage During the Festival, Watch HERE

Don’t Miss “CMA Fest,” the Music Event of Summer, Sunday, Aug. 4 at 8/7c on ABC

Carrie Underwood gave students from Old Hickory, Tennessee’s Andrew Jackson Elementary School the surprise of a lifetime. The Country Music superstar stopped by the school’s Eagle Honor Choir’s rehearsal days before they were set to perform Underwood’s hit “The Champion” in front of 50,000 fans at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium during CMA Fest in June. Watch the surprise visit on Underwood’s Facebook page and on the CMA Foundation’s YouTube.

Under the direction of music specialist Franklin Willis, the students released a music video for “The Champion” in May, which caught Underwood’s attention. Watch the music video HERE. The school, which is part of Metro Nashville Public Schools, is a grantee of the Country Music Association’s nonprofit arm, the CMA Foundation, which works to ensure every child has the opportunity to participate in music education. CMA Fest is a one-of-a-kind festival with artists donating their time to perform so ticket proceeds can directly benefit high-quality music programs across the country through the CMA Foundation. Willis is also a three-time CMA Foundation Music Teacher of Excellence, an honor bestowed to selected music educators around the country for their exemplary work. For more information about the CMA Foundation, visit CMAfoundation.org.

Don’t miss Carrie Underwood perform on “CMA Fest,” the Music Event of Summer, this Sunday, Aug. 4 at 8/7c on the ABC Television Network.

Meet Lauren this week’s Featured Care Bear! Learn more about Lauren and their Care Bear story below.

Where are you from? Clark’s Harbour, NS, Canada

When did you join The Official Carrie Underwood Fan Club? January 2007

What are the top 3 songs you are hoping to hear on The Cry Pretty Tour 360? Kingdom, I Know You Won’t, Ghosts on the Stereo

Tell us your favorite Carrie Underwood memory: During my first Carrie concert, she sang Jesus Take The Wheel and then went into How Great Thou Art. I needed that song in that moment in my life, and over 8 years later, I still remember it like it was yesterday.

What is your go-to Carrie-Okie song? The More Boys I Meet

What is the best part about being a Carrie Underwood fan? The community and the lifelong friends that I have made are priceless.

What is your favorite song from the Cry Pretty album? Kingdom

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Meet Danielle this week’s Featured Care Bear! Learn more about Danielle and their Care Bear story below.

Where are you from? Modesto, CA

When did you join The Official Carrie Underwood Fan Club? April 2016

What are the top 3 songs you are hoping to hear on The Cry Pretty Tour 360? Southbound, End Up With You, Kingdom

Tell us your favorite Carrie Underwood memory: One of my favorite memories was back in 2016 when I got to spend my 17th birthday in San Jose for the Storyteller Tour and getting on the Carrie cam. My second favorite memory was recently seeing Carrie in Sacramento and being featured in her instagram video with my sister, TWICE!

What is your go-to Carrie-Okie song? Jesus Take the Wheel

What is the best part about being a Carrie Underwood fan? One of the best things about being a Carrie Underwood fan is being able to look up to someone who is so inspiring and generous. Carrie has inspired me in so many ways and I am honored to be a CareBear!

What is your favorite song from the Cry Pretty album? Spinning Bottles

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“The multiple Grammy Award-winning country superstar isn’t one for doing things by halves: hers is a show with a big band, big boots, big earrings and her gigantic, arena-filling voice.”- The Arts Desk

“[Underwood] is a slick professional who barely breaks for breath during her epic and enjoyable set…on par with some of the world’s greatest vocalists of all time.” – Yorkshire Times

“Underwood is the real deal” – The Scotsman

HIGHLIGHTS OF UNDERWOOD’S UK ARENA TOUR INCLUDE MAIN STAGE PERFORMANCE AT GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL 2019

“[A] triumphant debut on Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage – itself a true testament to the popularity and quality of [Underwood]” – Manchester Evening News

WATCH UNDERWOOD’S GLASTONBURY PERFORMANCE OF “BEFORE HE CHEATS” HERE

WATCH UNDERWOOD’S FAN RECAP VIDEO OF THE CRY PRETTY TOUR UK HERE

(July 9, 2019) – Even with her debut performance at the legendary Glastonbury Festival as a key highlight, there were no shortage of memorable moments on multi-platinum, seven-time Grammy Award-winning superstar Carrie Underwood’s THE CRY PRETTY TOUR UK, which concluded a successful arena run on July 4 at London’s famed Wembley Arena.

The tour kicked off June 28 in Birmingham, England and brought Underwood’s dynamic production and signature vocal prowess to thousands of fans throughout England, Wales and Scotland with five arena shows. Fans traveled from around the world – England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Germany, France, Spain, Belgium, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Holland, Australia, Singapore, Israel, Slovenia, Iraq, Canada, the U.S. and more – to attend the UK the shows. THE CRY PRETTY TOUR UK also featured the UK’s best-selling country act of all time, The Shires, as Underwood’s special guest.

One of the standout moments of the tour was Underwood’s milestone performance at Glastonbury Festival’s iconic Pyramid Stage – which was seen around the world online – and hailed a “triumphant debut” and “itself a true testament to the popularity and quality of [Underwood]” by the Manchester Evening News – where Underwood joined an all-star line-up on the main stage for this year’s festival that also included Janet Jackson, The Killers, Hozier, The Cure, Bastille, Vampire Weekend and Kylie Minogue, among others.

Glastonbury Festival is regarded as one of the largest performing arts festivals in the world and is known for attracting top acts from every musical genre. In its near 50 year history, the festival has only welcomed a handful of US country artists, and even fewer to perform on the celebrated main stage, including Dolly Parton and Johnny Cash.

Performing on June 29 under sunny skies to a huge crowd, whose enthusiasm was especially shown during Underwood’s performance of her smash hit “Before He Cheats.” Watch the incredible performance HERE. The Scottish Sun hailed the performance as “spectacular” while The Guardian praised Underwood’s commanding stage presence, musicianship, deep catalogue and broader musical impact:

“On ‘Cowboy Casanova,’ she pulls off a battering vocal run that makes its vengeful sentiment (“You better run for your life”) even more brilliantly menacing…she’s often found standing atop a black pyramid, contributing electric and acoustic guitar to her eight-piece band’s brawny chug. It’d be easy to approach Underwood with preconceptions… but there’s an unapologetic libidinousness and femininity to her songs that earns her a place in country’s outlaw lineage, bringing the margins of women’s lives into a genre that has, recently, sought to sideline their experiences despite them being foundational country touchstones.”

Underwood’s THE CRY PRETTY TOUR 360 will resume in North America on September 10 in San Diego, CA and travel through cities such as Los Angeles, CA (STAPLES Center); Nashville, TN (Bridgestone Arena); New York City, NY (Madison Square Garden) and Chicago, IL (United Center) before concluding on October 31 in Detroit, MI. Underwood will once again be joined by special guests Maddie & Tae and Runaway June for an all female bill on all dates of the tour, sponsored by CALIA and promoted by AEG Presents. The first leg of the tour wrapped in June 2019 after more than 25 dates across North America. For more information regarding THE CRY PRETTY TOUR 360, go to http://www.carrieunderwoodofficial.com.

WATCH HER PERFORMANCE OF “BEFORE HE CHEATS” HERE

Carrie Underwood makes her debut performance on the iconic Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury Festival in Somerset, England on June 29, 2019, joining a short and prestigious list of U.S. country superstars to play the main stage of the legendary U.K. performing arts festival.

Underwood joined an all-star line-up on the main stage this year that also included Janet Jackson, The Killers, Hozier, The Cure, Bastille, Vampire Weekend and Kylie Minogue, among others. Previous country acts to play the festival include Dolly Parton and Johnny Cash.

Tomorrow night, Underwood will continue THE CRY PRETTY TOUR UK in Glasgow, Scotland at The SSE Hydro. She kicked off the tour Friday, June 28 in Birmingham, England and performed at the Cardiff Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, Wales last night.

Meet Amos this week’s Featured Care Bear! Learn more about Amos and their Care Bear story below.

Where are you from? Colorado Springs, CO

When did you join The Official Carrie Underwood Fan Club? July 2018

What are the top 3 songs you are hoping to hear on The Cry Pretty Tour 360? Love Wins, So Small, Spinning Bottles

Tell us your favorite Carrie Underwood memory: My favorite memory is when she came to Colorado Springs in 2016 and sang Something in The Water. I really relate to that song. Sometimes you wanna give up on faith, but before you know it God is there to pick you up and make you strong.

What is your go-to Carrie-Okie song? Jesus Take the Wheel

What is the best part about being a Carrie Underwood fan? She truly loves her fans, and her fans love her back. To me this is more than a fan club. This is a family of strong people, who come from many different walks of life.

What is your favorite song from the Cry Pretty album? Do I have to pick one? I really like Love Wins, and Spinning Bottles.

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THE CRY PRETTY TOUR UK KICKS OFF FRIDAY AND INCLUDES A PERFORMANCE ON GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL’S ICONIC PYRAMID STAGE ON JUNE 29

THE CRY PRETTY TOUR 360 RETURNS TO NORTH AMERICA THIS FALL

Carrie Underwood on The Cry Pretty Tour 360 – Ottawa, ON (Photo Credit: Amanda Young)

Carrie Underwood on The Cry Pretty Tour 360 – Little Rock, AR (Photo Credit: Ralph Larmann)

After delivering a spectacular show to packed arenas night after night in over 25 cities across North America since its May 1 launch, seven-time Grammy Award-winning superstar Carrie Underwood wrapped the first leg of THE CRY PRETTY TOUR 360 on June 23 in Lincoln, NE, culminating with a run of seven straight sold-out shows. Of the final show on this leg, theLincoln Journal Star declared: “There can’t be a better arena show on the road than the spectacle Carrie Underwood brought to Pinnacle Bank Arena…[she] is the reigning queen of country.”

Underwood is also the current cover star and #1 reason of PEOPLE Magazine’s annual “100 Reasons to Love America” issue, on stands now (https://bit.ly/2KCrtYl).

THE CRY PRETTY TOUR 360 has consistently garnered both critical and fan acclaim for its innovative production and stage design in the middle of the arena floor to create an intimate view for all attendees, Underwood’s standout vocal performances, and interactivity – such as featuring a winner of the tour’s ongoing contest, wherein fans submit stories about what Underwood’s hit anthem, The Champion, means to them for the chance to join her on stage and perform the rap originated by Ludacris on the platinum track.

The show utilizes 36 projectors and 19 video projection screens, with 15 stage elevators and over 400 moving lights.  Throughout the set, Underwood can be seen playing acoustic and electric guitar, piano and percussion at various times with her talented 8-piece band, who play 22 different types of instruments, 45 in total.

“The 360 production is second to none. Underwood’s 360 stage is a work of art…” – ROLLING STONE

“An artist that both entertains and inspires, Underwood’s Cry Pretty Tour 360 cements her entertainer of the year status.”  – BILLBOARD

“The two-hour show of back-to-back-to-back  hits is as significant for being an all-female bill as it is for Underwood’s always cutting edge production, very physical performance and her full-throttle vocals.” – POLLSTAR

Next up, Underwood will head across the pond for her UK arena tour, THE CRY PRETTY TOUR UK, which will include an appearance on the storied Pyramid Stage at the legendary Glastonbury Festival on June 29, joining an all-star line-up that weekend that also includes Janet Jackson, The Killers, Hozier, The Cure, Bastille, Vampire Weekend, Sheryl Crow, Kylie Minogue and many others. THE CRY PRETTY TOUR UK will also include stops in Birmingham, England; Cardiff, Wales; Glasgow, Scotland; Manchester, England and London’s Wembley Arena, with the UK’s best-selling country act of all time, The Shires, as special guest.

THE CRY PRETTY TOUR 360 will resume in North America on September 10 in San Diego, CA and travel through cities such as Los Angeles, CA (STAPLES Center); Nashville, TN (Bridgestone Arena); New York City, NY (Madison Square Garden) and Chicago, IL (United Center) before concluding on October 31 in Detroit, MI. Underwood will once again be joined by special guests Maddie & Tae and Runaway June for an all female bill on all dates of the tour, sponsored by CALIA and promoted by AEG Presents.

For more information regarding THE CRY PRETTY TOUR 360, go to http://www.carrieunderwoodofficial.com.

Meet Sofia this week’s Featured Care Bear! Learn more about Sofia and her Care Bear story below.

Where are you from? Boston, MA

When did you join The Official Carrie Underwood Fan Club? October 2013

What are the top 3 songs you are hoping to hear on The Cry Pretty Tour 360? Kingdom, That Song That We Used To Make Love To, Backsliding

Tell us your favorite Carrie Underwood memory: My favorite Carrie Underwood memory would have to be the Storyteller tour! I have been a fan of Carrie’s for as long as I can remember but I was never able to go to a tour. So my dad surprised me when I got home from school and I was in tears! It was the best first concert and one that will never be forgotten.

What is your go-to Carrie-Okie song? Mama’s Song

What is the best part about being a Carrie Underwood fan? Everything! She always makes me laugh and smile in the best and the worst situations! Her music always gets me through the worst days and the best! I could go on forever but the best part is that she is always here for me and she doesn’t even know it.

What is your favorite song from the Cry Pretty album? That Song That We Used To Make Love To

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