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CMA Hosts 2nd Annual Tweet 'N' Greet for Country’s Night to Rock

Posted by Ava-Lauren Moses on 08/31/2010
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Everyone’s doing it, so it’s only right the Country Music Association joins the world on Twitter. On the night of Wednesday, Sept. 1, the ABC television special, CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock will be airing, but that’s not all. CMA is also giving fans a chance to interact with celebrities just by a click of a button; CMA will host their second annual live Twitter feed on ABC.com during the broadcast of the show.
 
A variety of artists, including Julianne Hough (@JulianneHough), Lady Antebellum (@ladyantebellum), Reba McEntire (@Reba), Tim McGraw (@TimMcGrawArtist), Blake Shelton (@BlakeShelton), Keith Urban (@KeithUrban) and Zac Brown Band (@ZacBrownBand), will join theTwitter/Country extravaganza. Visit ABC.com for behind-the-scenes footage of the special and a sneak peek on artists’ performances and answers to fan questions.
 
“Tweet” has it, performers for that night will be Trace Adkins, Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley, Billy Currington, Alan Jackson, Jamey Johnson, Kid Rock, Lady A, Miranda Lambert, Martina McBride, McEntire, McGraw, Justin Moore, Brad Paisley, Kellie Pickler, Rascal Flatts, Darius Rucker, Shelton, Josh Turner, Uncle Kracker, Underwood, Urban and Zac Brown Band. Swift will co-host the event with McGraw and will perform her new single, "Mine," for the first time on television.
 
Tune into CMA Music Festival: Country's Night to Rock on ABC Wednesday, Sept. 1, from 8 - 11 p.m. ET.