Academy of Country Music Awards

Lady Antebellum enters 'Golden' days

2013-05-07 06:30:00

The edgeless pop-country trio Lady Antebellum is responsible for some of the smoothest, most elegantly rendered singles of the last five years: "I Run to You," "Just a Kiss" and especially "Need You Now," the 2010 smash that reached No. 2 on the Hot 100...

Harry Potter to flatten Gibson Amphitheatre, Curious George playland

2013-04-24 13:42:00

Universal Studios in Hollywood will raze the 41-year-old Gibson Amphitheatre to make way for its coming Harry Potter attraction, the�Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Like the Wizarding World in Orlando, the Hollywood Harry Potter will be a theme park...

Stagecoach 2013: A diverse country with Hank Williams Jr., Becky Stark

2013-04-29 05:00:00

"I don't think I've ever seen so many hats in an audience before," said Norah Jones to a crowd taking in her performance Friday night at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio. The sight of tens of thousands of cowboy hats may have given the...

Stagecoach 2013: Florida Georgia Line, Blue Sky Riders

2013-04-28 17:16:00

Veterans and newbies coexist peacefully, if sometimes noisily, at Stagecoach, where aspiring youths and occasionally oldsters looking for fresh horizons get spotlight time in the early going, before the tried-and-true acts take over in the evening....

George Jones dies at 81; country music icon

2013-04-27 00:00:00

Three decades ago, an east Texas singer named George Jones took on an impossibly melodramatic, shamelessly sentimental song about a man who desperately clutched at lost love until his dying breath. His 1980 recording of "He Stopped Loving Her Today"...

George Jones, hard-living country music star, dies at 81

2013-04-26 08:01:00

George Jones, whose anguished vocals on the 1980 single “He Stopped Loving Her Today” lifted it to the top of polls of the greatest country music songs of all time, died Friday. He was 81. Jones died at Vanderbilt University Medical Center...

The music community reacts to the death of George Jones

2013-04-26 15:14:00

Artists as diverse as Kelly Clarkson, Brad Paisley, Dolly Parton and Alan Jackson are among those speaking out about the death today of celebrated singer George Jones. "It's a sad day for country music," said Loretta Lynn, while Paisley noted that Jones'...

Rubin Singer dresses the Band Perry for ACM Awards performance

2013-04-08 11:44:00

New York-based fashion designer, Rubin Singer, who has created clothes and stage costumes for Shakira, Alicia Keys and Beyonce, who memorably wore a Singer-created-costume during her Super Bowl halftime performance, crossed over into country music...

Margaret Thatcher: The politician British pop music loved to hate

2013-04-08 11:10:00

Margaret Thatcher, the so-called Iron Lady, was one of God's gifts to music. In the history of popular music, there probably never has been a head of state more reviled in song than the former Conservative Party British prime minister, who died today at...

Miranda Lambert is Academy of Country Music Awards' top winner

2013-04-07 21:30:00

Rising country singer Luke Bryan was named entertainer of the year and Miranda Lambert was singled out as a songwriter and a singer on Sunday at the 48th Academy of Country Music Awards. Lambert picked up significant honors from her collaboration with...

Kelly Clarkson's wedding: Blake Shelton to officiate

2013-04-08 12:24:00

Kelly Clarkson says Blake Shelton will officiate at her wedding to Brandon Blackstock, Shelton's manager. "He's not only singing, he's marrying us," Clarkson told�"Entertainment Tonight" at Sunday's 48th Academy of Country Music Awards. "He totally is,...

Blake Shelton to officiate at Kelly Clarkson's wedding

2013-04-08 13:02:00

Kelly Clarkson said Sunday that Blake Shelton would officiate at her wedding to Brandon Blackstock, who also happens to be Shelton’s manager. Clarkson told "Entertainment Tonight" during Sunday’s Academy of Country Music Awards ceremony in...

George Jones, right, with Garth Brooks at the 1993 Academy of Country Music Awards.

2013-04-26 00:00:00

Co-hosts and recording artists Luke Bryan, left, and Blake Shelton speak onstage after Bryan accepted the Entertainer of the Year award during the 48th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday in Las Vegas.

2013-04-08 14:00:59

Kelly Clarkson, performing at the 48th Academy of Country Music Awards on April 7 in Las Vegas, says that Blake Shelton will officiate at her wedding to Brandon Blackstock.

2013-04-08 12:29:39