Scotty McCreery, Keith Urban and MORE Set for CMA Country Christmas

By On 10/16/2012 · 10 Comments · In American Idol, Keith Urban, Scotty McCreery

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Scotty McCreery, Keith Urban and more will be appearing on The CMA Country Christmas set to take place at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on November 3.

The special will air later on ABC.  Read the press release below

Some of the most powerful and moving voices in music come together to celebrate the holidays as part of “CMA Country Christmas,” which tapes in front of a live audienceSaturday, Nov. 3 (7:30 PM/CT) at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn. The special, which features Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland as host for the third year, airs this holiday season on the ABC Television Network.

“I am so excited to be hosting this year, and I love inviting the audience to get into the spirit of the season by bringing a toy for donation! It is such a joy to watch this holiday special grow —in not only its talent roster, but moreover in its charitable celebration of the season,” Nettles said.

Artists scheduled to perform and celebrate the season with songs and stories include Dierks Bentley, Colbie Caillat, Katherine Jenkins, Lady Antebellum, John Legend, Little Big Town, Martina McBride, Scotty McCreery, Nettles, The Band Perry, and Keith Urban.

Tickets for “CMA Country Christmas” are on sale now at Ticketmaster.com and by calling (800) 745-3000. Tickets are $50 for Club Level and $100 for Lower Level reserved seating. Ticket prices include tax, but exclude applicable service fees.

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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ann-Freeman/100000029986611 Ann Freeman

    I am upset that Lauren Alaina’s name is not on the list to perform this year – she did a outstanding job last year.

  • DB987

    According to her site she is performing so I would guess one of two things she isn’t now (I think unlikely) or as the add says those performing include those named so I am guessing there are more who are performing, either way it will become clear in due time.

  • fuzzywuzzy

    A very good promotional appearance for Scotty. I was a little surprised
    that John Legend and Katherine Jenkins are performing – are they trying
    to cross over to country?

  • windmills

    fuzzywuzzy: A very good promotional appearance for Scotty. I was a little surprised that John Legend and Katherine Jenkins are performing – are they trying to cross over to country?

    It’s probably a way to try to get some ratings from people outside the genre. Katherine Jenkins was on DWTS right? I expect they’ll both be doing duets with country acts. Much like Colbie Caillat (proofreading fail in the poster), who has a duet with Brad Paisley on her holiday album. Brad hasn’t been announced as a performer at CMA Christmas yet but I wouldn’t be surprised if he came in a 2nd round announcement. John Legend actually performed with Big & Rich at the ACMs a few years ago and did a good job, so this won’t be his 1st country show. 

    I’m not seeing Blake Shelton’s name there. I wonder if he’s got NBC exclusivity going on for his holiday album promo. He could be added later too though. 

  • http://twitter.com/LexieONeill Lexie O’Neill

    Glad to see Scotty’s name on there–excited to see him perform some of his Christmas music!!

    Glad to hear there might be a 2nd round announcement…

  • ptebwwong

    Katherine Jenkins has a Christmas album coming out. None of the songs she’s doing features a country artist. I think her appearance on the tv special is more due to her relationship with ABC (DWTS contestant & frequent guest singer).

    John Legend has an album coming out soon. But no tracks & guest artists have been confirmed. It’s possible he’s doing something with a country artist. He has worked with country artists in the past (Big & Rich). However, like Katherine it could also be due to his relationship with ABC (Duets judge/mentor)

  • fuzzywuzzy

    Thanks for the 411. Also, thanks windmills. That all makes sense now.

  • Chris

    Lauren was on tour with Jennifer, so I’d be surprised if they didn’t try to squeeze her in somewhere, unless she has a schedule conflict.

    Kimberly from Little Big Town had her on her GAC cooking show (I saw it this past Sunday morning), so I would expect they continue to support her.

    Scotty has the Christmas album so I’m sure their label as usual has an all out press to move CDs.  Tick tock, no one buys Xmas music 9 months out of the year.

  • Chrissie H

    How nice to see Scotty´s performence confirmed now. Last year his sales got a very pretty boost after CMA and I´ll expect this to happen for this year´s  x mas album. Apart from CMA and his White House performing I hope he´ll have many more TV appearence to get his songs exposed. (what a pleasing thought this is)

  • SaSa8

    So glad Scotty and Keith are going to be on CMA Christmas!  Been waiting for an annoucement about this.  It was a really good show last year.  I’m a little confused about some of these artists – don’t understand when it is a Country special, why it can’t just be country. But I guess it broadens the audience.