CARRIE TO MAKE 2ND APPEARANCE ON SNL 2/23/08!

     Show’s Debut Airing Since Writer’s  Strike

NASHVILLE  – (February 18, 2008) – Fresh off a recent win at this year’s Grammy awards,  Carrie Underwood has been asked to make her second appearance on “Saturday  Night Live” on February 23, 2008. This will be the first show back in  production since the writer’s strike began last fall. “Saturday Night Live”  alum Tina Fey will host.

Underwood’s performance on “Saturday  Night Live” coincides with the launch of her headline “Carnival Ride Tour,”  which kicks off tonight in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

Underwood  will perform hits from her new double platinum-selling album, CARNIVAL  RIDE.

Underwood’s debut album, SOME HEARTS, was recently  certified 7x-Platinum, becoming the best-selling solo female country debut in  RIAA history.  With the certification, SOME HEARTS now also surpasses all  other releases as the all-time U.S. top-selling album by any American  Idol contestant.