Who is expected to perform at the CMT Awards show?
CMT Awards: Trace Adkins’ nominated video almost didn’t get made by John Gerome | The Associated Press Tuesday June 16, 2009, 2:17 PM AP PhotoTrace Adkins, left, performs at the CMA Music Festival in Nashville NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Trace Adkins can gloat about his two nominations at the Country Music Television awards. The 6-foot-6 Adkins, a 47-year-old former oil rig worker with a booming voice, is expected to sing it during the show. Also performing: Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley, Toby Keith, Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, Sugarland, Taylor Swift, Keith Urban, Def Leppard, Lady Antebellum, Darius Rucker and Kellie Pickler. Sugarland leads all the nominees for the fan-voted awards with five, followed by Brad Paisley and Taylor Swift with four each. Sugarland is nominated twice for duo video of the year — for “All I Want to Do” and “Already Gone.” They also received two for “Life in a Northern Town” with Little Big Town and Jake Owen: collaborative video and performance of the year. Source
The CMT Awards will air at 8 p.m on the East Coast on CMT. The television network will also stream the show on its website. Sources: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/06/sugarland-taylor-swift-toby-keith-join-the-cmt-awards-live-chat-tuesday-night.
