Check out this amazing video about the Nashville Rising show last month. What an incredible night of music and support for Nashville and Middle Tennessee.

THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
With Vince Gill and Amy Grant

NASHVILLE – June 30, 2010 — When the holiday season comes around, music superstars Amy Grant and Vince Gill will embark on their fifth Christmas tour. The Twelve Days of Christmas Tour kicks off December 8 in Sarasota, FL and wraps with 2 shows in Nashville at the Ryman Auditorium. “Christmas audiences are special,” explains Grant. “They tend to involve the whole family, and their emotions are a wonderful mix of anticipation and reverence. It’s a thrilling experience for both of us.” “These holiday tours have become our favorites,” Gill agrees. In their two hour program, the Grammy-winning husband-and-wife team will present cherished standards and newer seasonal fare as well as some of their biggest hits.

Amy Grant’s career spans over 30 years and stretches from her roots in gospel into an iconic pop star, songwriter, television personality, and philanthropist. Grant has sold more than 30 million albums and won six Grammy® Awards in multiple categories, beginning with the platinum selling Age to Age in 1982. She also has six #1 hits, including “Baby, Baby,” and “Every Heartbeat” and is one of only two Christian artists to be awarded a star on the legendary Walk of Fame in Hollywood. Grant released her first live recording in 25 years with Time Again…Amy Grant Live in September 2006, and then announced her first ever label shift to EMI Music Group where her entire music catalog was re-mastered and released via a Greatest Hits CD and made available for the first time digitally. In the fall of 2008 she released her first new Christmas music in 9 years, The Christmas Collection, and this past March released her first new music in 6 years, with Somewhere Down The Road, which debuted at #2 on the Christian Soundscan Chart. The first single, “Better Than A Hallelujah” was a Top 10 hit.
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One of the most popular singers in modern country music, Vince Gill has a love for country music, top-notch songwriting, and world-class guitar playing, all wrapped in a warm tenor and a quick and easy wit. If anyone in country music defines humility, it is Vince Gill. His generosity and kindness are legendary. Gill achieved his big breakthrough with “When I Call Your Name,” which won the Country Music Association’s Single of the Year award. Since then, he has won 17 more CMA honors, including Song of the Year four times. Since 1990, Gill has walked away with 20 Grammy awards and has racked up sales in excess of 26 million. Gill co-hosted the CMA Awards for the first time in 1992. He continued to host “Country Music’s Biggest Night™” for 12 consecutive years, ending his run in 2003. In addition to being a long-time member of the Grand Ole Opry, Gill was inducted into the prestigious Country Music Hall of Fame in 2007. Gill boasts three best-selling Christmas albums of his own: Let There Be Peace On Earth, Breath Of Heaven and Christmas Collection.

2010 Christmas Tour Dates:

Dec. 8 Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall / Sarasota, FL www.vanwezel.org
Dec. 9 King Center For The Performing Arts / Melbourne, FL www.kingcenter.com
Dec.10 Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall / Ft. Myers, FL www.bbmannpah.com
Dec.11 Ruth Eckerd Hall / Clearwater, FL www.rutheckerdhall.com
Dec.13 Peace Center For The Performing Arts /Greenville, SC www.peacecenter.org
Dec.14 Durham Performing Arts Center / Durham, NC www.dpacnc.com/
Dec.17 Crown Theatre / Fayetteville, NC www.crowncoliseum.com
Dec.18 War Memorial Auditorium / Greensboro, NC www.greensborocoliseum.com
Dec.19 Cabarrus Arena / Concord, NC www.cabarrusarena.com
Dec.20 Fox Theatre / Atlanta, GA www.foxtheatre.org
Dec.21 Ryman Auditorium / Nashville, TN www.ryman.com
Dec.22 Ryman Auditorium / Nashville, TN www.ryman.com

Proud to announce that we have a winner in the Facebook contest. Merri Bell – please send an email with your mailing address and your new Amy Grant wrapped FLIP Camera will be sent to your home: Please email a confirmation to us @: management(a)amygrant.com (replacing the (a) with an @ symbol of course) Merri, you …have 1 week to respond othewise a new winner will be chosen. CONGRATULATIONS – and thank you to you all for your help in spreading the word about Amy’s new album.

It’s that time of year again – swimming, cookouts, fun in the sun, and of course pre-sales for Christmas shows! This year, Amy Grant and Vince Gill’s “12 days of Christmas” tour will be making stops all over the southeast, concluding with a two-night run in Nashville! The historic Ryman Auditorium will once again play host to the final shows of the season on Tuesday December 21 and Wednesday December 22. A pre-sale will be offered to FOA members July 2-8. There are a limited number of pre-sale tickets available, so be sure to jump in and get yours early! We’ll look forward to seeing you in Nashville and celebrating the season with you!

Earlier this week, Amy, and many other artists took part in a concert organized by Tim McGraw and Faith Hill at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena that raised nearly $3,000,000 for flood victims here in Nashville.

Click the video below to watch the recap:

Amy recently recorded a brand new video for her song “Better Than A Hallelujah”.  Get a quick sneak peek of the video now here:

BILLBOARD’S “ARTIST OF THE DECADE” TO PLAY HOST TO LARGEST
FREE SINGLE DAY CONCERT IN AMERICA’S 20TH YEAR
Dallas/Fort Worth’s own Bart Millard of MercyMe will act as honorary host

May 14, 2010 (Irving, TX)- As tens of thousands of Texas families prepare to descend on Southfork Ranch on Saturday, June 26th.  94.9 KLTY and Interstate Batteries announces that multi-platinum artist MercyMe front man Bart Millard will serve as host for the 20th anniversary for the much-heralded 94.9 KLTY/Interstate Batteries Celebrate Freedom ® concert-festival event.

The event is an all-day free family event featuring today’s biggest rock and adult contemporary Christian artists, fireworks, children’s entertainment, rides and exhibits. 94.9 KLTY has teamed up with Dallas/Fort Worth based Interstate Batteries for a 14th year to lead the charge in providing this absolutely free to the public event.

Joining Millard will be his band mates from MercyMe as they open the event, complimented by multi-platinum selling and Grammy® award winning artists Amy Grant, Third Day and Gospel Music Association Award winning and Grammy nominated artists, Israel Houghton, Matthew West and Hawk Nelson.  Rounding out the all-star line-up, will be performers, Brandon Heath, Dallas/Fort Worth’s own Kari Jobe, Meredith Andrews, KJ-52, Francesca Battistelli, Britt Nicole,
Tenth Avenue North and The Robert Gotcher Band.

“ Bart Millard and MercyMe are like family to us here at 94.9 KLTY.   Over ten years ago, we had the privilege to broadcast “I Can Only Imagine” on our station.  That song is arguably one of the biggest songs to ever come out of our genre of music.  It transcended formats and drew hundreds of thousands of people to Christian music.  MercyMe, with Amy Grant, Third Day and the rest of

our line-up- I can’t think of a better way to celebrate the 20th anniversary of this event”- John L. Peroyea, Vice President Operations, Salem Communications Corporation

2010’s 94.9 KLTY and Interstate Batteries Celebrate Freedom® Line-Up:

• Amy Grant
• Third Day
• MercyMe
• Israel Houghton
• Brandon Heath
• Tenth Avenue North
• Hawk Nelson
• Meredith Andrews
• Matthew West
• Francesca Battistelli
• Britt Nicole
• KJ-52
• Kari Jobe
• The Robert Gotcher Band

Follow Celebrate Freedom®:
Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/celebratefreedom
Twitter at http://twitter.com/celfreedom
Visit us at www.celebratefreedom.com

In the continued discussion videos that Amy posted about her album Somewhere Down The Road – Amy discusses what a JOURNEY life is.

Better Than A Hallelujah sheet music is now available.  If you’ve been wanting the sheet music for Amy’s new single so that you can learn the song and play it at home, your local church, open mic, coffee house, or really anywhere you can now get it here:  http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdVPE.asp?ppn=MN0083569

It is rare that we post reviews of Amy’s concerts, projects, singles, and albums, but this circumstance is different. Recently we found this review of Somewhere Down The Road and found that this reviewer “got it”.

So we would love for you to read this one, please share with others: http://www.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?i=36548&p=60