The Academy of Country Music announced today that Jason Aldean, Brooks & Dunn, Kenny Chesney, Lady Antebellum, Reba McEntire, Blake Shelton & Trace Adkins, and Carrie Underwood, are scheduled to perform as part of the 45th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, hosted by Reba McEntire. The ceremony, which honors country music’s top talent as well as the industry’s hottest emerging artists, is produced for television by Dick Clark Productions and will be broadcasted LIVE from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 18th, 2010 at 8:00 PM ET/PT on the CBS Television Network.

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Nashville – March 12, 2010 – 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

YOU get to help us plan our set list!

Underwood’s previous tour, 2008’s highly successful “Carnival Ride Tour,” wrapped after 137 shows with over 1.2 million fans in attendance.

Underwood is a six-time 2010 Academy of Country Music Awards (ACM) nominee and the reigning 2009 ACM Entertainer of the Year. She is also a five-time Grammy Award winner, a member of the Grand Ole Opry, and a three-time CMA and ACM Female Vocalist winner. 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 eleven consecutive #1 singles.

Craig Morgan is new on the charts with his latest single, “This Ain’t Nothin’,” from his BNA Records album, That’s Why, which also features his recent hits, “Bonfire” and “Love Remembers.” In 2008, Morgan received one of country music’s highest honors – he was inducted into the membership of the Grand Ole Opry. Morgan has made more than 150 appearances on the Grand Ole Opry, and plays over 200 sold-out concerts a year. He spent ten years on active duty in the U.S. Army before launching his music career, and makes a point to perform as often as possible at U.S. military installations both in the U.S. and abroad.

Sons of Sylvia are currently finishing up their debut album release on 19 Recordings/Interscope Records due this spring. Ashley, Austin, and Adam Clark (formerly known as The Clark Brothers who won FOX’s Next Great American Band) are longtime friends of Underwood, and the band is currently featured on her new album in a powerful collaboration called “What Can I Say.”

A full tour itinerary is listed below. Please go to www.carrieunderwood.fm for up to date tour information.

Date City Venue
* March 11 Reading, PA Sovereign Center
* March 12 Albany, NY Times Union Center
* March 13 Providence, RI Dunkin Donuts Center
* March 15 Portland, ME Cumberland County Civic Center
* March 16 Bridgeport, CT Arena at HarborYard
* March 19 Atlantic City, NJ Boardwalk Hall
* March 20 Mashantucket, CT MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods
* March 21 Worcester, MA DCU Center
* March 23 Hamilton, Ontario Copps Coliseum
* March 24 Kanata, Ontario Scotiabank Place
* March 26 Trenton, NJ Sun National Bank Center
* March 27 Amherst, MA Mullins Center
* March 29 Wilkes Barre, PA Wachovia Arena
* March 31 Rochester, NY BlueCross Arena
* April 1 Pittsburgh, PA Petersen Civic Center
* April 3 Pikeville, KY Eastern Kentucky Expo Center
* April 6 Columbus, OH Schottenstein Center
* April 7 Peoria, IL Peoria Civic Center
* April 9 Indianapolis, IN Conseco Fieldhouse
* April 10 Rockford, IL Rockford MetroCentre
* April 12 Ft Wayne, IN Allen County War Memorial
* April 13 Saginaw, MI Dow Events Center
* April 14 Lansing, MI Breslin Student Events Center
* April 23 Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel Arena
* April 24 Toledo, OH Lucas County Arena
* April 25 Cincinnati, OH US Bank Arena
* April 27 Richmond, VA Richmond Coliseum
* April 28 Charleston, WV Charleston Civic Center
* April 30 Fayetteville, NC Crown Coliseum
* May 1 Columbia, SC Colonial Life Arena
* May 2 Augusta, GA James Brown Arena
* May 4 Tallahassee, FL Tallahassee County Civic Center
* May 5 Pensacola, FL Pensacola Civic Center
* May 7 New Orleans, LA Lakefront Arena
* May 8 Lafayette, LA Cajundome
* May 10 Beaumont, TX Ford Park Events Center
* May 12 Austin, TX Frank Erwin Center
* May 13 Corpus Christi, TX American Bank Center
* May 15 Tucson, AZ Tucson Arena
* May 18 Fresno, CA SaveMart Center
* May 20 Sacramento, CA ARCO Arena
* May 21 Reno, NV Reno Events Center
* May 22 Las Vegas, NV Orleans Arena
* May 29 Everett, WA Comcast Arena at Everett Events Center
* May 30 Spokane, WA Spokane Arena
* June 1 Nampa, ID The Idaho Center
* June 3 Broomfield, CO Odeum Colorado
* June 4 Colorado Springs, CO Colorado Springs World Arena
* June 12 Birmingham, AL BJCC Arena
* June 13 Lexington, KY Rupp Arena
* June 15 Springfield, MO JOH Arena
* June 17 Fargo, ND Fargodome
* June 18 Winnipeg, MB MTS Centre
* June 20 Saskatoon, SK Credit Union Centre

until our very first “Play On” show!

Carrie is one of the first artists announced for this year’s CMA Fest! For being Carrie’s biggest fans we would like to offer you access to a special discount. Four-day CMA Fest tickets normally priced at $110 are available to Carrie’s fans now for only $80.

This offer runs 3/5-3/14. The CMA festival is June 10-13 in Nashville, TN.

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All proceeds from this Habitat for Humanity hardhat autographed by Carrie Underwood will go directly to help families affected by the earthquake in Haiti, providing children and families with much needed shelter, and a safe and decent place to live. With YOUR help, the artists in the RMFHaiti video http://bit.ly/rmfhaiti and who have donated hardhats to this auction are raising awareness and funds in order to REBUILD HOPE. REBUILD HOMES. REBUILD HAITI.