Congratulations to “Gonna Wanna Tonight” and “Ready Set Roll” singer Chase Rice on news this week of his first ACM Award nomination, with Chase in the running for New Male Vocalist of the Year! The exciting news comes as the former college football player is looking forward to being one of the millions of people ready for a great game this Super Bowl Sunday. (AUDIO INFO BELOW)

• As much as he loves football, Chase admits that he’s really not the best person to host a Super Bowl party. (AUDIO INFO BELOW)
• In addition to his ACM nomination, Chase has already been announced to play the 4th ACM Party for a Cause Festival leading up to the award show on April 3rd. In a press announcement on word of his nomination, Chase said, “There are a lot of great things happening for us right now, and I can’t wait to party in Las Vegas. I’m excited about our nomination for New Male Vocalist of the Year and even more excited about sharing new music with my fans later this week.” For complete info on the awards and the festival, check out ACMCountry.com!
• Chase and friends have been on social media teasing the release of some new music, and we know this much: #Shhh #Whisper #NewMusic 2/5
• Be sure to follow Chase on Twitter @ChaseRiceMusic!

  Chase Rice feels like he has a win-win Super Bowl this year. (:52)
“Yeah, the Super Bowl’s tough for me this year. I’m a huge Peyton Manning fan. Love who he is as a person, love his character, and love his passion for the game of football, ’cause I’m a huge football guy. Grew up playin’ football, played in college, almost played in the NFL. And seein’ Peyton Manning’s love for the game is awesome. But, it’s hard to pull against the Carolina Panthers. I’m from Asheville — Fairview, North Carolina — right outside of Asheville, I lived in Charlotte for about a year-and-a-half, two years when I worked in NASCAR, so it’s really, really hard…actually, one of my roommates when I was workin’ in NASCAR was Hilee Taylor, who played for the Panthers for a couple years. So, it’s really hard for me to pull against the Panthers, but lucky for me, I get a win-win situation Super Bowl Sunday, ’cause if the Broncos win, I’m very, very happy for Peyton, and if the Panthers win, then we finally brought a Super Bowl home to Carolina.”

  Chase Rice has decided that he’s not the best host for a Super Bowl party. (:32)
“The first Super Bowl party I’ve ever thrown was last year, and I actually hated it, because all these people around, if I could sit there — ’cause I’m a huge football guy; I love watchin’, breakin’ down the game — so havin’ all those people around, everybody cheerin’, everybody screamin’, everybody talkin’ ’bout maybe even things other than the Super Bowl, I wanted to tell ’em to ‘Get outta here! I’m watchin’ the game!’ So it was tough for me to throw on a party. I’d rather go to someone else’s party and not have all the stress of havin’ people over and all that and havin’ food made and all that. I’d rather just kinda sit there and watch the game.”