Carrie Underwood is among the artists enjoying a very busy week during this year’s CMA Music Festival in Nashville. Not only will Carrie be performing on Sunday night’s LP Field main stage at Music Fest, she’ll also be performing on tonight’s CMT Music Awards and celebrating a very special occasion this Friday: her fifth anniversary as a member of an institution that she loves — the Grand Ole Opry. (AUDIO INFO BELOW)
- A second show with Carrie has been added to this Friday’s Grand Ole Opry! Visit Opry.com for complete info!
- As she looks ahead to her Sunday night performance at the CMA Music Festival, Carrie says that playing LP Field at Music Fest is always a terrific experience. (AUDIO INFO BELOW)
- Today marks the official grand opening of Carrie Underwood: The Blown Away Tour Exhibition at Nashville’s Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum! The exhibit continues through November 10th, and Carrie says that she considers it quite an honor that the Hall of Fame chose to create an exhibit about her latest tour. (AUDIO INFO BELOW)
- For more info on Carrie’s exhibit at the Hall of Fame, visit this page of CountryMusicHallofFame.org.
- After getting an exclusive first look on this morning’s Good Morning America, Carrie’s new music video, “See You Again,” is now streaming in its entirety on this page of ABCNews.com! Check it out!
Carrie Underwood is very happy to be celebrating her fifth anniversary this Friday as a member of the Grand Ole Opry. (:33)
“There is so much I love about the Opry, and I can’t believe it’s been five years already. It’s certainly flown by. I love the whole concept of the Opry. I love that it is a part of country music history, country music present, and country music future. It’s the heart and soul, the center, of country music. And while the members…you know, there’s people that have been around for forever, there’s people like me, who are just babies in the family, but it is a family, and that’s a really cool thing to be a part of.”
Carrie Underwood says that playing LP Field during the CMA Music Festival is always a great experience. (:37)
“Music Fest — there’s so much about it that’s awesome. Being on stage in front of 75,000 people, it’s hot, there’s lights…I mean it’s just kind of one of those…and it’s not a full show either, so (laughs) you get to get up there and kind of give the best of the best and rock out and have fun, and people go and see an amazing show. There’s people out there that are there to see someone else, but hopefully will be excited when we take the stage, too, and vice versa — you know, people there to see me that are excited to see other people, and it’s kind of everybody’s fans just gettin’ together and just livin’ it up in the stadium. It’s cool.”
Carrie Underwood talks about her Blown Away Tour exhibit, which opened today at Nashville’s Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum. (:33)
“I’m really thrilled that they wanted to do one over this tour, ’cause this tour…I mean, you always hope you get bigger and better, and you know, do things like you’ve never done them before, but that’s exactly what the Blown Away Tour is for me. I’m so proud of it, and I’m so proud of everything about it: the stage, the costumes. If I could stick my band in a box and put ’em in the exhibit, I would do that ’cause they’re awesome, too. But it’s just really…it’s really amazing that they wanted to do that for this tour, and it’s been fun thinking of ideas to be able to put in there.”