Final Performers and Presenters Set for the Sold Out 42nd Annual Academy of Country Music(R) Awards, Country Music's Party of the Year(TM)

Telecast to Air Live From MGM GRAND in Las Vegas

Tuesday, May 15th at 8:00 PM ET/PT on CBS Television Network

Faith Hill, Toby Keith, Martina McBride and Big & Rich With Special Guest

John Legend Set to Perform Along With Jason Aldean, Rodney Atkins, Brooks &

Dunn, Kenny Chesney, Vince Gill, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Tim

McGraw, Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, George Strait, Sugarland, Taylor

Swift, Josh Turner, Carrie Underwood & Reba McEntire With Special Guest

Kelly Clarkson

Special Guest Shania Twain Will Participate, Her First Awards Show

Appearance in Two Years

Gary Dourdan, Sara Evans, Heartland, Brad Mates of Emerson Drive, Justin

McBride, Dr. Phil & Robin McGraw, Craig Morgan, Joe Nichols, Kellie

Pickler, Gabrielle Reece, Emma Roberts, Darius Rucker, Eric Szmanda, Luke

Wilson and Chris Young Set to Present Along With Terri Clark, Montgomery

Gentry, Tracy Lawrence, Blake Shelton, Michelle Stafford, Hannah Storm &

The Wreckers

    ENCINO, Calif., May 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Today the Academy of Country
 Music is announcing that country music superstars Faith Hill, Toby Keith,
 Martina McBride and Big & Rich with special guest John Legend will perform,
 special guest Shania Twain will participate and Gary Dourdan, Sara Evans,
 Heartland, Brad Mates of Emerson Drive, Justin McBride, Dr. Phil & Robin
 McGraw, Craig Morgan, Joe Nichols, Kellie Pickler, Gabrielle Reece, Emma
 Roberts, Darius Rucker, Eric Szmanda, Luke Wilson and Chris Young will
 present as part of the sold out 42nd ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC
 AWARDS. The ceremony, which honors country music's top talent as well as
 the industry's hottest emerging talent, will be broadcast LIVE from MGM
 GRAND in Las Vegas on Tuesday, May 15th, 2007 at 8:00 PM ET/PT on the CBS
 Television Network.
     Faith Hill is nominated for Top Female Vocalist and has previously won
 14 Academy of Country Music Awards.
     Toby Keith is nominated for Top Male Vocalist and has previously won
 nine Academy of Country Music Awards, including two back-to-back
 Entertainer of the Year Awards.
     Martina McBride is nominated for Top Female Vocalist -- her 16th career
 nomination by the Academy -- and has previously won three Academy of
 Country Music Awards. She has also been honored with the Academy of Country
 Music/Home Depot Humanitarian Award.
     Big & Rich is nominated for Top Vocal Duo, Video of the Year for "8th
 of November" and for Vocal Event of the Year for "That's How They Do It In
 Dixie," with Hank Williams Jr., Gretchen Wilson and Van Zant. John Rich has
 an additional nomination for producing Gretchen Wilson's single,
 "Politically Uncorrect" which brings his total to five nominations. They
 have previously been nominated for six Academy of Country Music Awards.
 This will be John Legend's first performance at the Academy of Country
 Music Awards.
     Presenting awards at the 42nd ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS
 are Gary Dourdan, Sara Evans, Heartland, Brad Mates of Emerson Drive,
 Justin McBride, Dr. Phil & Robin McGraw, Craig Morgan, Joe Nichols, Kellie
 Pickler, Gabrielle Reece, Emma Roberts, Darius Rucker, Eric Szmanda, Luke
 Wilson and Chris Young.
     These artists and participants listed above join previously announced
 42nd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards performers Jason Aldean, Rodney
 Atkins, Brooks & Dunn, Kenny Chesney, Vince Gill, Miranda Lambert, Little
 Big Town, Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, George Strait,
 Sugarland, Taylor Swift, Josh Turner, Carrie Underwood, Reba McEntire with
 special guest Kelly Clarkson and previously announced presenters Terri
 Clark, Montgomery Gentry's Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry, Tracy
 Lawrence, Blake Shelton, Michelle Stafford of "The Young and the Restless,"
 Hannah Storm of "The Early Show," and The Wreckers' Michelle Branch and
 Jessica Harp. McEntire will host the event for an unprecedented 9th time.
     The 42nd ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS ceremony honoring
 country music's top talent as well as the industry's hottest emerging
 talent, will be broadcast LIVE from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas
 on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 at 8:00 PM live ET/delayed PT on the CBS
 Television Network.
     The ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC, an artist and industry-driven
 organization, exists to produce a world-class network television awards
 show, and its associated events, to provide the financial resources to
 ensure the on-going philanthropic work of its Charitable Fund. Academy of
 Country Music Charitable Fund promotes and supports music education and
 humanitarian programs that transform the human spirit. Through its
 charitable donations, the ACMCF works towards two main goals: encouraging
 Learning Through Music and Healing Through Music. The Academy, which is
 comprised of more than 4,500 professional members and more than 40,000
 associate members, was established in 1964 and is headquartered in Encino,
 Calif.
     The ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS is produced for television by dick
 clark productions. The show is executive produced by Allen Shapiro and R.A.
 Clark, produced by Barry Adelman and directed by Louis J. Horvitz. The
 executive in charge of production is Bob Bardo, and the executive in charge
 is Francis LaMaina.
     For more information on the ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS and the
 ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC, please visit www.acmcountry.com. For more
 information on the ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC CHARITABLE FUND, please visit
 www.acmcf.org.
 
 

SOURCE Academy of Country Music