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Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Four ACM noms for Sugarland
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Sugarland: Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush. Photo: Marc Baptiste.
The Academy of Country Music Awards will take place in May, but the nominees were announced today — and Georgia got some love.
Kenny Chesney came out on top with 11 nominations, with the rest of the pack trailing a good distance behind. Rodney Atkins was next with six nods, and Atlanta’s Sugarland tied with Brad Paisley and Big & Rich at four.
Sugarland was recognized in the single record, song and video of the year categories (all for the Jennifer Nettles-penned No. 2 country hit “Stay”), along with a nod for top vocal duo. Sugarland aren’t the only Georgians on the list, though.
Luke Bryan, from the South Georgia town of Leesburg, is up for top new male vocalist. Trio Lady Antebellum, which includes Augusta natives Dave Haywood and Charles Kelley, will vie for top new vocal duo or group.
The 43rd annual ACM awards ceremony, hosted by Reba McEntire, will be broadcast live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 18, 2008 at 8 p.m. on CBS.
For a list of all the nominees, check out the ACM site. Then tell us who’s missing — Dierks Bentley, Josh Turner and Trisha Yearwood spring to mind — and who you’ll be rooting for come May.
Buffett and Rod Stewart headed to Atlanta
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Rod Stewart. Photo: Courtesy of J Records.
Why stay indoors when you’re in Margaritaville — or Atlanta in spring? Sure, Jimmy Buffett came through Atlanta last year, but that was at Philips Arena. This year, he’s back where he ought to be, outdoors.
Buffett and his Coral Reefer Band will return to Lakewood Amphitheatre on June 5, exactly two years and three days after his last outdoor Atlanta gig at the same venue (of course, it was being called Hi-Fi Buys Amphitheatre then).
Tickets go on sale Monday, March 10, at 10 a.m. and there is a six-ticket limit per customer. They’ll be available through Live Nation, at all Ticketmaster outlets including Publix grocery stores or charge by phone at 404-249-6400.
In other concert announcement news, Rod Stewart is the latest act booked at the new Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Alpharetta.
After a lucrative detour into classic pre-rock pop standards, Stewart’s latest album revisits classic of the rock era.
Tickets for Stewart’s Aug. 27 performance go on sale Friday, March 7, at 10:00 a.m. For more info, go the the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Web site. Tickets will be available at Ticketmaster outlets, or charge by phone 404- 249-6400.
