July 12, 2012
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
+Molson Amphitheatre
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Pre-Sale Ends: March 22 @ 10 PM ET
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May 10, 2012
Peoria, IL
+Peoria Civic Center
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Check out her creative and adorable video about her son Rhett, one of Jason’s biggest (and youngest!) fans.

We enjoyed watching your contest entries and had a very hard time picking a winner. Thanks to everyone who entered the 2012 Entertainer of the Year contest!

The ceremony, which honors country music’s top talent as well as the industry’s hottest emerging artists, is produced for television by dick clark productions and will be broadcast LIVE from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Sunday, April 1, 2012 at 8:00 PM live ET/delayed PT on the CBS Television Network.

Jason is nominated for six awards, including his second consecutive nods for Entertainer of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year. He is nominated for Album of the Year for My Kinda Party, and has nominations for Single Record of the Year and Vocal Event of the Year for “Don’t You Wanna Stay,” featuring Kelly Clarkson. He is nominated for Video of the Year for “Tattoos On This Town.”

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This country collaboration with the legendary Lionel Richie will feature duets from his upcoming album Tuskegee along with solo performances that you will not want to miss. Some of Richie’s greatest hits will be performed by Jason Aldean (“Say You Say Me”), The Band Perry (“Penny Lover”), Luke Bryan (“Running with the Night”), Sara Evans, Lady Antebellum (“Truly”), Martina McBride (“Still”), Jennifer Nettles (“Hello”), and Rascal Flatts (“Dancing on the Ceiling”). Duets with Richie include “My Love” with Kenny Chesney, “Sail On” with Tim McGraw, and “Lady” with Kenny Rogers, with more surprise performances to be announced.

Tickets for the ACM PRESENTS: Lionel Richie and Friends – In Concert taping on Monday, April 2, 2012 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas are on sale NOW at Ticketmaster.com. Tickets are priced at $200, $150 and $100 and will benefit ACM Lifting Lives, which works to improve lives through music. For more information, log onto www.ACMLiftingLives.org or www.ACMcountry.com. Click here to read the full press release on acmcountry.com.

For event updates, ticket on-sale dates and hotel information, please visit www.ACMcountry.com. Country fans may sign up for the ACM A-List for FREE at www.ACMcountry.com. ACM A-Listers will receive the ticket purchase pre-sale code and information on discounted room rates at MGM Grand and Mandalay Bay, based on availability. The Academy will announce its full schedule of The Week Vegas Goes Country® events in the upcoming weeks.

He circled the bases, touched home plate and collapsed next to the batting cage, pulling his cap over his face. “After lunch, let’s come back and do it again,” Atlanta Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez joked.

Sprawled on the ground and struggling to catch his breath, Aldean replied, “No, I’m good.”
“To get to come out here today is a big honor for me,” Aldean said. “It was a lot of fun.”

Aldean has been a fan of the Braves dating back to his childhood in Macon, Ga. Over the past few years, he has developed a friendship with Brian McCann and gone hunting with both Tim Hudson and Jones. He was in camp for the filming of GAC Network’s show Day Jobs that will air on Great American Country April 4th.

“I was a delivery guy for Pepsi,” he said. “That was not cool. I was not going back and doing my old job. I worked too hard to not have to do that anymore. So they said, ‘What about we do kind of a dream job deal with you, where you get to do something with the Braves?’ I was like, ‘Now that I would be into.’”

“He’s the best celebrity I’ve seen,” Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. “We get a lot of celebrities coming through here to do a lot of this stuff. He’s by far, the best I’ve been around at doing that kind of stuff. You can tell he’s got a little background in baseball.”

“Not bad,” Chipper Jones said. “He’s a little more athletic than we’re used to seeing from our normal celebs.”

Wearing uniform No. 9, Aldean started out taking grounders at first base, scooping up a few low throws. Then he got some solid wood on the ball during his turn in the batting cage, his longest drive landing on the warning track and short-hopping off the fence. Finally, he joined the team for baserunning drills, tailing along at the end of the pack.

“I told them I felt a lot like Willie Mays Hays (from the movie Major League),” Aldean said. “I hit a lot of pop ups. I started to drop down and do some pushups.”

“I’ve been a fan of this team for a long time,” Aldean said. “I grew up watching ‘em. To get to come out and do this today is a big honor for me.”

Except for an occasional game of softball, Aldean’s athletic career ended after he played first base at Windsor Academy in Macon. But he’s still got pretty good skills with the mitt.

“Sometimes you just close your eyes and hope it finds your glove,” Aldean quipped. “But I was pretty comfortable over there.”

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+Washington Post
+Taste of Country
+MLB.com

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Aldean stretching with Chipper Jones, Brian McCann and Dan Uggla

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May 12, 2012
Fort Wayne, IN
+War Memorial Auditorium
Pre-Sale Begins: March 6 @ 10 AM EST
Pre-Sale Ends: March 8 @ 10 PM EST
Public On Sale: March 9 @ 10 AM EST
Meet & Greet Contest Begins: March 23 @ 12 PM EST
Meet & Greet Contest Ends: April 17 @ 12 PM EST

May 17, 2012
Birmingham, AL
+Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
Pre-Sale Begins: March 6 @ 10 AM CST
Pre-Sale Ends: March 8 @ 10 PM CST
Public On Sale: March 9 @ 10 AM CST
Meet & Greet Contest Begins: March 28 @ 12 PM CST
Meet & Greet Contest Ends: April 22 @ 12 PM CST

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In the week leading up to the event, talk centered on the fact that Aldean had yet to headline a concert in the city and was in some ways coming back to show how far he has come.

With the help of opening acts Luke Bryan and Lauren Alaina, Aldean sold out the city’s largest indoor venue, the Bridgestone Arena, and got to show off his transformation to the music industry professionals who have watched his rise.

Rising from underneath the stage to the opening chords of “Johnny Cash,” Aldean was greeted by the sound of about 17,000 roaring fans.

Many were decked out just like him: tight plaid shirt, straw hat and a well-worn pair of jeans.

Striding to the microphone, a satisfied smirk crossed his face as his hard rock-styled band hammered away at “Big Green Tractor,” “Amarillo Sky” and “Why” before Aldean stopped to catch his breath.

All the while, the stage was bathed in red lights and hanging video screens that moved up and down, making the set look like the molten inside a volcano.

The concert helped cap off the yearly Country Radio Seminar, an event that brings disc jockeys and programmers from across the U.S. to town, and made it clear that Aldean has forged a solid place for himself in country music in the year and a-half since his My Kinda Party album was released.

He was no slouch before, to be sure, having scored four No. 1 hits and an ACM award for best new artist since 2005. But 2011 saw Aldean tally two more chart toppers, land high-profile TV performances on the CMA, ACM and Grammy Awards, collaborate with artists from the worlds of pop and hip-hop and officially take country rap from sideshow to main event.

So, just for good measure, he showed he can rock a crowd, as well.

He spent some time saying thanks and turning around to face the fans seated behind the stage — it was 360-degree seating — to sing the Ashley Monroe-penned No. 1 hit, “The Truth.”

It was another testament to Aldean’s popularity that people would gladly fill the seats behind the band, since that area was opened up after he had sold out the main arena. The performers did a good job of keeping them included in the fun.

“Crazy Town” inspired more than a little bit of hometown pride, and as a lead-in to his current single, “Fly Over States,” Aldean announced he would have a new album out later this year.

Finishing up “Fly Over States,” the confident Georgian tossed his guitar to the side and jumped off the stage. With a spotlight following, he made his way across the floor, slapping hands along his way to a small stage set up close to the back of the arena.

“I don’t want to hear about your seats sucking!” Aldean joked with the crowd.

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May 11, 2012
Moline, IL
+iWireless Center
Pre-Sale Begins: February 28 @ 10 AM CST
Pre-Sale Ends: March 1 @ 10 PM CST
Public On Sale: March 2 @ 10 AM CST
Meet & Greet Contest Begins: March 22 @ 12 PM CST
Meet & Greet Contest Ends: April 16 @ 12 PM CST

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“That’s just ridiculous…I don’t even know what to say,” said a shocked Jason.

Jason is nominated for six ACM Awards, including his second consecutive nods for Entertainer of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year, as well as Album of the Year for MY KINDA PARTY, Single Record of the Year and Vocal Event of the Year for “Don’t You Wanna Stay” feat. Kelly Clarkson and Video of the Year for “Tattoos on this Town.” The April 1 show will air live from Las Vegas on CBS.

A Macon, GA native, Aldean has sold more than six million copies of his four studio albums and topped the charts with eight No. one songs. His current single, “Fly Over States,” is climbing up the Top 25 at country radio and follows in the footsteps of four consecutive No. one singles off his DOUBLE PLATINUM album MY KINDA PARTY. The reigning CMA Album of the Year, MY KINDA PARTY was the top-selling country album of 2011 and the No. five best-seller in all genres.