ACM and RAM Trucks Partner for 4th Annual ACM Party For A Cause Festival

The Academy of Country Music announced its continued partnership with Ram Trucks for the 4th ACM Party For A Cause® Festival taking place on Friday, April 1st – Sunday, April 3rd at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds. Ram Trucks will hold the sponsor name of the main stage, entitled the Ram Trucks Main Stage, at the three-day festival as part of the evolving partnership. The Ram Trucks Stage will host performances by previously announced headlining artists, Carrie Underwood, Dierks Bentley, Kenny Chesney and more.

In addition to hosting the Ram Trucks Main Stage, Ram will also present the annual fan-favorite activation, Ram Ride & Drive Test Track, where professional drivers guide attendees through a course of various on- and off-road obstacles and capability challenges including a hill climb providing riders the best view of the PFAC landscape. Participants of the ride and drive will have an opportunity to win main stage VIP truck bed seats to see their favorite artists perform live at the festival and have the opportunity to meet country music artists making appearances at the Ram Ride & Drive throughout the weekend. The Raminator Monster Truck Team will entertain attendees with car crushing demos, photo opportunities and autographs.

Below is the schedule and lineup of country artists performing at the Ram Trucks Main Stage:

Friday, April 1st
5:30 PM        Cam
6:10 PM        Maddie & Tae
7:00 PM        Kelsea Ballerini
7:50 PM        Kellie Pickler
8:55 PM        Martina McBride
10:25 PM     Carrie Underwood

Saturday, April 2nd
3:20 PM        Brothers Osborne
4:10 PM        Chris Janson
5:00 PM        Frankie Ballard
5:50 PM        Dustin Lynch
6:40 PM        Chris Stapleton
7:45 PM        Chris Young
8:50 PM        Lee Brice
10:10 PM     Dierks Bentley

Sunday, April 3rd
1:55 PM        Old Dominion
2:45 PM        Chase Rice
3:35 PM        Brett Eldredge
4:40 PM        Kip Moore
5:55 PM        Sam Hunt
7:10 PM        Kenny Chesney

The 4th ACM Party for a Cause® Festival is part of The Week Vegas Goes Country® leading up to the 51st Academy of Country Music Awards broadcast from MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday, April 3, 2016 at 8:00 PM live ET/delayed PT on the CBS Television Network.

Fans can purchase single or three-day passes at www.ticketmaster.com. Ticket proceeds from the ACM Party for a Cause Festival benefit the Academy’s charitable arm, ACM Lifting Lives.  Generous giving from fans, and partnerships with artists, has allowed ACM Lifting Lives to support military programs that use music therapy to aid our veterans and wounded warriors, while providing funding to help them ease back into civilian life.  Over $400,000 has been donated to various military organizations in just three years.  For more information, visit www.ACMpartyforacause.com.

Justin Timberlake and Little Big Town Writing Together

Over the past several months, pop sensation Justin Timberlake has been expressing his interest in country music. The Memphis born singer/songwriter made a powerful impact at the 49th Annual CMA Awards this past November when he teamed up for an incredible collaboration with Chris Stapleton.

Timberlake’s relationship with country artists continue as he posted a picture today on social media that he’s writing with GRAMMY award-winning country group, Little Big Town!!

NBD… Just writing with @littlebigtown This band is the truth!! So good!!!!

A photo posted by Justin Timberlake (@justintimberlake) on

We don’t know what is in store just yet with this writing session, but we have no doubt that it is going to be amazing!!!

Third Annual Buckin Wild Music Fest Returns To Oklahoma’s Lost Creek Ranch

Dubbed by Great American Country (GAC) as one of its Top Tours, Festivals + Rockin’ Road Trips, the Third Annual Buckin Wild Music Fest returns to the Lost Creek Ranch and Arena on historic Route 66 west of Erick, Oklahoma, April 15-17.

Capturing the hearts of fans all over Western Oklahoma, the Texas Panhandle and beyond, with 5,000+ in attendance in its first two years, the highly anticipated festival remains one of the first and only festivals in the area to combine live Country and Red Dirt music, bull riding, camping, and new this year, mud drags and mud bogging, capped off with a high-dollar mud bog bounty hole. Many avid festival-goers have already staked out their campsites from years past, claiming Buckin Wild Music Fest as their own annual tradition.

“What’s happening now continues to validate our vision for the Buckin Wild Music Fest of keeping it real,” said Donny G. Liles, the festival’s founder and producer, and Managing Partner of ALL Entertainment LLC.  “In just three years, we already have a first-rate lineup of great talent to deliver fantastic entertainment. This is part of what makes Buckin Wild unique – the connection among the artists and the fans.  On and off the stage, everyone has a great time.”The All-American, home-grown festival is proud to announce its 2016 line-up with headliner, Jamey Johnson, 11-time Grammy Nominee, whose ACM and CMA award winning songs, “In Color” and George Strait’s “Give it Away,”  earned him a place in the hearts of Country and Texas music fans forever, is set to perform on the main stage Saturday night.

Joining Johnson on Saturday is the CMA, ACM and CMT nominated Country duo Love and Theft, whose latest single, “Whiskey on My Breath,” a life affirming song of overcoming addiction and experiencing grace is gathering steam.  Recently signed to the iconic Curb Records, Love and Theft is in hot pursuit of another #1 spot on the Billboard charts following their 2013 #1 hit “Angel Eyes.” The duo’s current single shot to the #2 spot on iTunes downloads in January and the video is chugging along toward two million views on YouTube.

Friday night also brings a fired-up roster with headliner, JW Lane and County Road X, with the success of their first two singles, “Weeds” and “Up and Gone,” produced by Mike McClure (The Great Divide), and their recent single, “Tease,” this band is a first-rate crowd pleaser with nowhere to go but up. Other hit makers to perform include Ray Scott, Steve Brack, Kaitlin Butts, Elaina Kay, Tyler Wilhelm, Ward Davis, Crossroads and SHEP. Amarillo-based bands Shotgun Rider and Mike Chism and Hollow Point round out the 2016 roster.

The volume will soar higher and the red dirt will fly further than ever at the launch of the festival’s first-ever Buckin Wild Mud Fest, where mud boggers and mud-drag trucks are rolling in to compete in races, vie for the high-dollar Bounty Hole and enjoy the music. Also on Saturday is the Lost Creek Invitational Bull Riding Competition, set to amp up the Lost Creek Ranch Arena with top-notch riders and bulls currently on the PBR (Professional Bull Riders Association www.pbr.com) circuit.

Buckin Wild Music Fest is proud to team up with the Cystic Fibrosis Oklahoma Chapter once again in 2016 for “adding tomorrows.”

The laid back, friendly atmosphere at the beautiful Lost Creek Ranch will again treat both fans and artists to down-home, Western-style hospitality and good eats, supported by a great group of hands – local volunteers and professionals many of whom have been helping since year-one.

Tickets and detailed information about the festival are available online at www.buckinwildmusicfest.com. Buckin Wild Music Fest is a “rain or shine” event.  For updates, follow Buckin Wild Music Fest on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and use #BuckinGoodTime.

Craig Campbell Releases Powerful New Single, “Outskirts of Heaven”

RED BOW Records’ artist Craig Campbell returns with the powerful, soul-stirring country ballad, “Outskirts of Heaven,” available at all digital retailers and streaming partners today (3/21).

On Friday (3/18), Rolling Stone Country gave fans an exclusive “First Listen” of the new single and lyric video here. Immediately fans took to social media, describing the song as “brought me to tears,” “inspiring,” “gives me chills” and “what country music is supposed to sound like.” A preview to the new music he has been making, “Outskirts of Heaven” was written by Campbell and Dave Turnbull (Kenny Chesney, Blake Shelton) and produced by Mickey Jack Cones (Trace Adkins, Dustin Lynch). The single officially impacts country radio on Monday, April 11.

The tried-and-true, spiritual country song captures Campbell’s vision of heaven, beyond the streets of gold, with the chorus:

When I die I wanna live on the outskirts of heaven
Where there’s dirt roads for miles
Hay in the fields and fish in the river
Where there’s Dogwood trees and honeybees
And blue skies and green grass forever
Lord when I die I wanna live on the outskirts of heaven

“This song is so special to me. It’s me, it’s what I believe and it’s a song my momma would be very proud of,” shares Campbell.

Following 2015’s “Tomorrow Tonight,” Campbell has been in the studio working on his RED BOW Records debut album. Previously sharing the stage with Randy Houser, Alan Jackson, The Band Perry, Jerrod Niemann and Justin Moore, he is currently touring across the U.S. with more dates to be announced soon.

Craig Campbell Tour Dates:
3/22 – Nashville, TN – Grand Ole Opry
4/9 – Orange, TX – The Redfish Classic – City of Orange Boat Ramp
4/16 – Macon, GA – The Crazy Bull
4/21 –  Kansas City, MO – PBR Big Sky Bar
4/22 – Rosemont, IL – Joe’s Live
4/23 – Rootstown, OH – Dusty Armadillo
4/30 – Katy, TX – Mo’s Place
5/14 – Auburn, WA – Auburn Performing Arts Center
5/20 – Hamler, OH – Hamler Country Festival
5/29 – Daytona Beach, FL – Country 500 Festival
6/4 – Winfield, KS – Rock-N-Roll Country Festival
7/29 – Guthrie Center, IA – Guthrie’s River Ruckus
7/30 – Dodge City, KS – Dodge City Roundup Rodeo
9/3 – Panama City Beach, FL – Gulf Coast Jam

For more information and tour dates, visit craigcampbell.tv.

Dolly Parton and Katy Perry To Perform Together at the 51st ACM Awards

Country Music’s Party of the Year® just got bigger with music superstars Dolly Parton and Katy Perry added to the epic line-up of performers taking the stage at the 51ST ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS! This can’t-miss duet will mark their first-ever live performance together.

Additionally, 10-time ACM Award winner Parton will be honored with the Tex Ritter Award for her television movie, Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors. This award is given to a movie released and/or receiving major exposure during the preceding calendar year, featuring or utilizing country music.

The 51st Academy Of Country Music Awards, co-hosted by Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley, is produced for television by dick clark productions and will be broadcast live from MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Sunday, April 3 at 8:00PM live ET/delayed PT on the CBS Television Network.

Parton and Perry join previously announced performers, including Jason Aldean, Kelsea Ballerini, Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan, Cam, Kenny Chesney, Eric Church, Brett Eldredge, Sam Hunt, Tim McGraw, Thomas Rhett, Chris Stapleton, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Chris Young with Cassadee Pope and Florida Georgia Line. Additional acts and presenters will be announced in the coming weeks.