ABC will air highlights of CMA festival Monday
ABC will air highlights of CMA festival Monday
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Highlights of this summer’s CMA Music Festival will air Monday on ABC, with performances by Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley, Taylor Swift, Sugarland, Reba McEntire, Kid Rock and many more.
“CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” will air 8 to 11 p.m. This is the sixth year the Country Music Association’s four-day festival has been filmed for network TV.
Besides musical performances, the show will feature offstage moments with the stars.
The CMA says attendance at the June festival averaged 56,000 a day, up from 52,000 a year ago.
Known as “Fan Fair” when it started in 1972, the festival is a chance for fans to see performances and even meet their favorite country singers.
Today’s birthdays
Country singer Kitty Wells is 90. Actor Bill Daily (“I Dream of Jeannie,” “The Bob Newhart Show”) is 82. Actress Elizabeth Ashley is 70. Actor-turned-politician Ben Jones (“The Dukes of Hazzard”) is 68. Actress Peggy Lipton (“The Mod Squad”) is 62. Comedian Lewis Black (“The Daily Show”) is 61. Actor Michael Chiklis (“The Fantastic Four,” “The Shield”) is 46. Actress Michael Michele (“ER,” “Homicide: Life On The Street”) is 43. Country singer Sherrie Austin is 38. Guitarist Lars Frederiksen of Rancid is 38. Actress Cameron Diaz is 37. TV personality Lisa Ling (“The View”) is 36. Singer-guitarist Aaron Barrett of Reel Big Fish is 35. Singer Rich Cronin of LF0 is 34. Guitarist Ryan Ross (Panic At The Disco) is 23.