Mar. 3, 2008 Performers Announced for 2008 CMA Music Festival

The initial lineup of performers for 2008 CMA (Country Music Association) Music Festival is a potent mix of Festival faithful, cross-genre first-timers and returning superstars. The list of new and established Country headliners performing on the main stage during the nightly concerts at LP Field (see image) includes:

• Superstar Faith Hill, who made her first Festival performance in 1998 when the event was known as Fan Fair. • Sixteen time CMA Award winner and multi-Platinum selling Country star, Alan Jackson. • Reigning CMA Female Vocalist of the Year Carrie Underwood, who has performed at the Festival every year since being crowned American Idol in 2005. • Actor and musical innovator Dwight Yoakam, who last performed at the Festival in 1988 alongside Buck Owens at the Nashville Fairgrounds. • Reigning CMA Vocal Duo of the Year Sugarland. • Reigning CMA Horizon Award winner Taylor Swift. • Jewel, making her debut CMA Music Festival performance. • Musical firebrand and four-time CMA Award nominee Miranda Lambert. • New traditionalist and four-time CMA Award nominee Josh Turner. • Festival favorite and CMA Horizon Award Nominee Rodney Atkins. • American Idol alumni and CMA Horizon Award nominee Kellie Pickler. • And, Lady Antebellum, making their first appearance in the Nightly Concerts at LP Field. CMA, in a partnership with the Nashville Alliance for Public Education, has donated more than $1 million to further music education programs for the 75,000 children in the Metro Nashville school system. The philanthropic program, aptly titled “Keep the Music Playing,” was founded in 2005 as a way for the CMA Music Festival and its participating artists to give back to the community. “The generosity of our artist community is what makes it possible for us to support music education in our community,” said CMA Chief Executive Officer Tammy Genovese. Event: CMA Music Festival Date: June 5 (Thursday) – 8 (Sunday), 2008 Location: LP Field One Titans Way Nashville, TN 37213 1-800-262-3378

SOURCE: CMA Music Festival News Release

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