Carly Pearce Set to Perform and The BIG 98\u2019s Tige and Mari MC<\/p>\n
NASHVILLE, Tenn. \u2013 Coming off an unmatched, week-long grand opening celebration which took place during CMA Fest, Ole Red Nashville has become one of the hottest new places on Nashville\u2019s famed Broadway. Celebrations continue as the Blake Shelton inspired bar, restaurant and music venue operated by Ryman Hospitality Properties partners with CMA to bring fans the official viewing party for ABC\u2019s \u201cCMA Fest.\u201d<\/a> The three-hour broadcast will air Wednesday, August 8 at 7 p.m. CT.<\/p>\n The event, hosted by The BIG 98\u2019s Tige and Mari, will begin at 6 p.m. Big Machine Records recording artist and \u201ccountry’s \u2018it\u2019 girl\u201d (ABC News Radio) Carly Pearce will chat with fans and perform leading into the broadcast, where she makes her CMA Fest main stage debut. Fans at home can livestream the event via Pearce\u2019s Facebook page.<\/a> There also will be surprise guests and giveaways throughout the evening. The kitchen and bar will also be open with full selection of menu items available for purchase. In typical Ole Red Nashville fashion, you never know who may pop in to say hello or take the stage to perform and as always, live music will continue following the conclusion of the broadcast until 2 a.m. Entry to the watch party is free of charge and all fans are invited to attend.<\/p>\n Filmed during Nashville\u2019s annual CMA Fest (June 7-10, 2018) the unique television special features twenty-nine of country music\u2019s biggest stars and their performances during the four-day event. This year marks the special\u2019s 15th consecutive broadcast, an accomplishment no other music festival has achieved.<\/p>\n Ole Red Nashville is located at 300 Broadway, Nashville, TN 37201 and is open 11 a.m. \u2013 2 a.m., seven days a week.<\/p>\n About Ole Red<\/strong> About Blake Shelton<\/strong> A member of the Grand Ole Opry, Shelton has earned a host of honors throughout his career including 20 ACM nominations and the Top Country Artist title at the 2017 Billboard<\/em> Music Awards. As a coach for the Emmy Award-winning television show The Voice,<\/em> Shelton is a six-time champion, most recently with his contestant Chloe Kohanski. Offstage, Shelton has teamed up with Ryman Hospitality to open a string of Ole Red entertainment restaurant venues, a nod to his 2001 hit of the same name. The flagship location in his Oklahoma hometown, Tishomingo, opened its doors in September 2017, with Nashville\u2019s venue on lower Broadway open now.<\/p>\n For more information and upcoming tour dates, please visit www.BlakeShelton.com<\/a> and follow @BlakeShelton.<\/a><\/p>\n About CMA Fest<\/strong> About Carly Pearce<\/strong> For Ole Red Nashville Lisaann Dupont
\nOle Red is a lifestyle and entertainment brand inspired by Blake Shelton\u2019s clever, irreverent third-chart hit, \u201cOl\u2019 Red.\u201d You can find Ole Red entertainment venues and products in two locations in the United States by 2018\u2014the flagship multi-story bar, restaurant and entertainment venue in the heart of downtown Nashville\u2019s famed Lower Broadway, and the very first location in Blake\u2019s hometown of Tishomingo, Oklahoma. Ole Red is owned and operated by Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. as part of its Opry Entertainment division. For additional information about Ole Red, visit us online at olered.com.<\/a><\/p>\n
\nCountry Music Association\u2019s 2012 \u201cEntertainer of the Year,\u201d five-time Male Vocalist of the Year winner and GRAMMY nominee Blake Shelton continues to add to his superstar status. In November he released his album Texoma Shore,<\/em> which became his sixth record to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard<\/em> Top Country Albums chart and marked his 11th all-genre Top 10. The album has yielded the hit songs \u201cI Lived It\u201d as well as the smash hit \u201cI\u2019ll Name The Dogs,\u201d a romantic tune that boasts over 68 million streams and recently became his 25th No. 1 song. \u201cTurnin\u2019 Me On\u201d is newest single from the album. Texoma Shore<\/em> follows 2016\u2019s Gold-certified If I\u2019m Honest,<\/em> the best-selling country album release of the year, which spawned three chart-topping songs and earned him a No. 1 on both the Billboard<\/em> Top Country Albums and the all-genre Top Album Sales charts.<\/p>\n
\nThe Ultimate Country Music Fan Experience\u2122 began in 1972 as Fan Fair\u00ae, which drew 5,000 fans to Nashville\u2019s Municipal Auditorium. Having just wrapped its 47th year, the legendary festival has become the city\u2019s signature Country Music event that hosts fans from all 50 states, Puerto Rico and 36 foreign countries. In 2018, CMA Fest featured 11 stages with over 350 acts \u2013 all to benefit music education. Since 2006, CMA and the CMA Foundation have invested more than $21 million to sustainable music education initiatives across the U.S. thanks to the fans who attend CMA Fest and the artists who donate their time.<\/p>\n
\nBorn into the bluegrass brawn of Kentucky, Carly Pearce has never known a moment that Country music wasn\u2019t her destined path. At the young age of 11 she began touring with a local band, at 16 quit high school for a job performing at Dollywood while being homeschooled and learned humility working odd jobs upon moving to Nashville. Now she\u2019s defying odds with her No. 1 debut \u201cEvery Little Thing,\u201d which steered a chart-topping trifecta on SiriusXM\u2019s The Highway<\/em> that also includes \u201cIf My Name Was Whiskey\u201d and \u201cHide The Wine.\u201d<\/a> With the Gold-certified title track from her highly-acclaimed debut album EVERY LITTLE THING<\/a><\/em> (Big Machine Records), Carly became the highest charting solo female debut since July 2015 and one of only three to accomplish the feat in 12 years. Aligned with sought-after producer\/songwriter busbee (Katy Perry, Keith Urban, Maren Morris, Kelly Clarkson) and regarded as having \u201cthe best country debut of 2017\u201d (Uproxx), Carly\u2019s textured vocals and emotive songwriting prowess are emphasized across 13 tracks. Earning her first ACM Awards nomination for New Female Vocalist of the Year in April, Carly won CMT Music Awards\u2019 Breakthrough Video of the Year for \u201cEvery Little Thing\u201d<\/a> and Radio Disney Music Awards\u2019 The Freshest! \u2013 Radio Disney Country Best New Artist. Among the many supporters, SiriusXM chose her for their all-genre \u201cClass of 2017,\u201d CMT rallied behind her as a Next Women of Country alum, Pandora featured her as a 2018 Artist to Watch, programmers nationwide voted her into the CRS New Faces Class of 2018 and People<\/em> deemed her \u201cthe new voice of Country\u201d<\/a> while praise has poured over from media and industry to fans alike. Carly\u2019s sound has always honored the legendary voices before her, evident with over 50 invitations to play the Grand Ole Opry. This year, she holds a coveted slot on four major tours with Blake Shelton, Thomas Rhett, Rascal Flatts and Luke Bryan (including stadium dates). She has previously joined the bill alongside Eric Church, Kelsea Ballerini, Martina McBride, Kip Moore and Brett Young, among others. For tour dates and more, visit CarlyPearce.com<\/a> and follow along at Facebook,<\/a> Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n
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