If you’re not one of the more than 84,000 fans who purchased a ticket to watch Garth Brooks’ concert at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana, on Oct. 20, you can still be a part of the experience.
Garth revealed that CBS will premiere a new two-hour television special that captures his performance. Garth: Live at Notre Dame will air on Dec. 2 at 8 p.m. ET.
“After the sellout, I thought it could not get any more exciting than this,” said Garth. “Then, CBS calls, and in an instant, the show becomes bigger. This changes everything.”
In July, Garth was joined by revered members of the University of Notre Dame family and former head football coach Lou Holtz during the concert announcement in Nashville.
From honorees and awards to performers and presenters, here’s everything a country music fan needs to know about CMT’s Artists of the Year television special.
Date: Oct. 17
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Location: Nashville’s Schermerhorn Symphony Center
Television Station: CMT
Honorees: CarrieUnderwood, Miranda Lambert, Kelsea Ballerini, Maren Morris, Little Big Town’s Karen Fairchild and Kimberly Schlapman, and Lady Antebellum’s Hillary Scott
Artist of a Lifetime Award: Loretta Lynn, presented by Sissy Spacek
Performers: Carrie Underwood with Maddie & Tae and Runaway June; The Pistol Annies; Kelsea Ballerini with Alison Krauss; Karen Fairchild and Kimberly Schlapman with Gladys Knight; Hillary Scott with Tori Kelly and Kirk Franklin; Maren Morris with Brandi Carlile; Dierks Bentley and Martina McBride with Sheryl Crow
Presenters: Keith Urban, Smokey Robinson, Elle King, Little Big Town’s Jimi Westbrook and Phillip Sweet, Lady Antebellum’s Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood, Trisha Yearwood and Sheryl Crow
More than 100,000 people are expected to hit the beach in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., on April 12–14 for the seventh annual Rock the Ocean’s Tortuga Music Festival.
The 3-day festival will feature headliners Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean and Thomas Rhett, with additional performers that include Danielle Bradbery, Kane Brown, Sheryl Crow, Delta Rae, Lindsay Ell, Morgan Evans, Flo Rida, Chris Janson, Jillian Jacqueline, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Cody Johnson, Elle King, Dustin Lynch, Maddie & Tae, Midland, Maren Morris, David Lee Murphy, Carly Pearce, Cassadee Pope, RaeLynn, Michael Ray, Trombone Shorty, Mitchell Tenpenny and The Wailers.
The festival will feature three stages this year. In addition to the Main Stage and Sunset Stage, the Next From Nashville Stage will serve as a platform for emerging artists. Tortuga Music Festival also raises funds to support marine conservation and research via proceeds from tickets.
Tickets go on sale on Oct. 26 at 10 a.m. ET, with passes that range from $199 (three-day general attendance alumni) to $1,100 (three-day VIP).
A voting panel of SEC and national media members included Tennessee’s Admiral Schofield and Grant Williams on its listing of preseason honorees, the league announced Wednesday.
Schofield, a senior wing from Zion, Illinois, was a preseason All-SEC second-team selection and was among 10 players who received at least one vote for SEC Player of the Year.
Williams, a junior forward from Charlotte, North Carolina, landed on the preseason All-SEC first team and also was picked to repeat as the SEC Player of the Year.
Williams received the league’s top individual honor from both the coaches and the Associated Press back in March. He could be the first player to repeat since Arkansas’ Corliss Williamson won the award in 1994 and 1995.
After winning the regular-season championship last year, the Volunteers were picked to finish second in this year’s SEC race. Kentucky was projected to claim the 2019 league crown.
Tennessee returns 14 players from last year’s SEC Championship team that finished 26-9 and 13-5 in SEC play. Reigning SEC Coach of the Year Rick Barnes enters his fourth year with the Vols needing only four wins to ascend past the legendary John Wooden into 26th place on the all-time Division I wins list.
Season tickets remain available, and single-game tickets are moving fast. Tennessee’s home games against West Virginia (Jan. 26) and Kentucky (March 2) are already sold out, and fewer than 400 tickets remain available for the home game against Florida on Feb. 9.
Rennia Davis – Lady Vols Guard / Credit: UT Athletics
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Tennessee women’s basketball team has been picked to finish third in the Southeastern Conference this year, and sophomore Rennia Davis has been chosen to the seven-member Preseason All-SEC Team, in voting by a select panel of SEC and national media members.
Mississippi State, the reigning SEC regular-season champion and national runner-up, was projected to finish first. Defending SEC Tournament champion South Carolina was picked to finish second, followed by UT, Georgia and Missouri to round out the top five.
The Lady Vols finished 25-8 overall and tied for fourth in the SEC a year ago with an 11-5 mark. They return a pair of SEC All-Freshman Team members (Davis and classmate Evina Westbrook) as well as senior wing Meme Jackson who started every game of the 2017-18 campaign. Seventh-year head coach Holly Warlick also welcomes her second straight top-5 recruiting class as well as graduate transfer Lou Brown who started 23 games and led Washington State University in rebounding last season.
Davis, a 6-foot-2 guard/forward from Jacksonville, Fla., was one of seven players named to the Preseason All-SEC squad. Other members include Caliya Robinson (Georgia), Anriel Howard (Mississippi State), Teaira McCowan (Mississippi State), Sophie Cunningham (Missouri), Alexis Jennings (South Carolina), and Chennedy Carter (Texas A&M). Mississippi State’s Teaira McCowan was tabbed for SEC Women’s Basketball Player of the Year.
As a freshman Davis averaged 12.0 points and 7.6 rebounds per game, starting in 32 of 33 contests and tallying nine double-doubles. Twice named SEC Freshman of the week, she finished the season ranked No. 11 in rebounding in the SEC.
The Lady Vols play their lone exhibition game on Nov. 5 vs. Carson-Newman (7 p.m. ET) and open the 2018-19 regular season vs. Presbyterian at 2 p.m. on Nov. 11. Both games will be played at Thompson-Boling Arena.
Order of Finish
1. Mississippi State
2. South Carolina
3. Tennessee
4. Georgia
5. Missouri
6. Texas A&M
7. Kentucky
8. Auburn
9. LSU
10. Alabama
11. Arkansas
12. Florida
13. Vanderbilt
14. Ole Miss
Player of the Year
Teaira McCowan, Mississippi State
Preseason All-SEC
Caliya Robinson, Georgia
Anriel Howard, Mississippi State
Teaira McCowan, Mississippi State
Sophie Cunningham, Missouri
Alexis Jennings, South Carolina Rennia Davis, Tennessee
Chennedy Carter, Texas A&M
UT Athletics
Stagecoach Music Festival announced that Luke Bryan, Sam Hunt and Jason Aldean will headline its three-day musical extravaganza in Indio, Calif., in April 2019.
Luke will headline opening night on April 26, while Sam will be featured on April 27 and Jason will close the festival on April 28.
“I always get fired up when I see Stagecoach as one of my stops on tour,” says Luke. “This crowd never lets me down.”
“Stagecoach is hands down one of the best country music festivals around,” adds Sam. “We’ve been looking forward to coming back for three years. Can’t wait!”
“Headlining Stagecoach always feels like a bucket list show for me,” says Jason. “You can’t beat looking out at the sea of fans with that California backdrop.”
The 13th annual Stagecoach Festival will also feature more than 50 additional country acts, including Cole Swindell, Lauren Alaina, Kane Brown, Cam, Luke Combs, Old Dominion, Scotty McCreery, Terri Clark, Ashley Monroe and more.
Abby Anderson
Adam Hambrick
Ashley Monroe
Aubrie Sellers
Becca Mancari
Brandon Lay
Bret Michaels
Cam
Carlton Anderson
Charley Crockett
Cody Johnson
Cole Swindell
Cordovas
Danielle Bradbery
Dan Tyminski
Dawn Landes
Devin Dawson
Filmore
Jason Aldean
Jessie James Decker
Jimmie Allen
Joe Diffie
Jon Langston
Jordan Davis
Kane Brown
King Leg
Lanco
Lauren Alaina
Luke Bryan
Luke Combs
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Mark Chesnutt
Michael Ray
Mitchell Tenpenny
Old Dominion
Parker Millsap
Rachel Wammack
Rita Wilson
Ross Ellis
Ruby Boots
Russell Dickerson
Sam Hunt
Sammy Kershaw
Scotty McCreery
Smithfield
Terri Clark
The Wild Feathers
Tom Jones
Travis Denning
Tyler Rich
Whiskey Myers
Whitey Morgan
William Prince
You know you’re doing something right when Miranda Lambert and Little Big Town handpick you as the opener for their Bandwagon Tour, right? Well, that is exactly what happened to Tenille Townes this summer.
When it comes to Tenille’s talents, I was actually a little slow to the party. Not anymore, thanks in part to everyone who saw her on tour and tweeted us to feature her!
Tenille is talented, intelligent and thoughtful beyond her years. I really think you’re going to love this one. Enjoy!
Podcast Participants:
Tenille Townes
Elaina Smith, host of WWTHW
Videos:
Tenille “Plays It Forward” by Covering Dolly Parton’s “Coat of Many Colors,” which reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in 1971.
Tenille performs her new single, “Somebody’s Daughter.”
Tennessee wide receiver Jauan Jennings spoke with the media in a group setting on Monday of Alabama week. Video courtesy of University of Tennessee Athletics. Microphone for questions was not passed around, so questions are a little more difficult to hear, but are still audible. Apologies for that.
Jauan Jennings – Vols WR / Credit: UT Athletics-VFL Films
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