Brad Paisley News

Brad Paisley and LL Cool J are under fire for their new song, "Accidental Racist." A lot of people say the song "glosses" over the seriousness of racism and the history of slavery in our country. Do Wendy and her Hot Talk panel agree?

Grammy -winning recording artist LL COOL J has released his new song'Live For You,' featuring Academy of Country Music Award winner Brad Paisley, from LL's upcoming 14 th studio Album, AUTHENTIC, out on April 30, 2013.

Last night's 'Dancing with the Stars the Results Show' on ABC featured music by country superstar Brad Paisley who performed his most recent No. 1 hit, 'Southern Comfort Zone.' Check out the performance below!

Winners have been announced for the 48th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, a star-studded ceremony broadcast LIVE tonight on the CBS Television Network from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Fans named Luke Bryan, Entertainer of the Year, the evening's biggest honor and his first win in that category. This year marked a record breaking year with 1.1 million fans casting their vote for Entertainer of the Year and New Artist of the Year categories, combined.

Winners have been announced for the 48th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, a star-studded ceremony broadcast LIVE tonight on the CBS Television Network from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Fans named Luke Bryan, Entertainer of the Year, the evening's biggest honor and his first win in that category

Winners have been announced for the 48 th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, a star-studded ceremony broadcast LIVE tonight on the CBS Television Network from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

The competition continues as the 10 remaining celebrities celebrate "The Best Year of Their Life" through dance, MONDAY, APRIL 8 (8:00-10:01 p.m., ET). Each couple will dance to a song of the celebrities' choosing that represents a memorable time or experience in their life. In addition, each celebrity is challenged to perform a brief solo during their performance.

The Academy of Country Music announced today GRAMMY Award-winning singer-songwriter John Mayer to perform with Brad Paisley at the 48 th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS.

The Academy of Country Music and 'ZinePak are thrilled to announce this year's edition is selling better than ever.

Country superstar Brad Paisley is in high gear as his 8th studio album, Wheelhouse, will hit stores on Tuesday, April 9. He is featured on the cover of the current issue of Country Weekly exploring how he handled the pressure of self-producing for the first time and his thought process on creating Wheelhouse. The story also covers his love of cars and racing, his involvement with the 'Live Beyond' Haiti charity and much more.

The Academy of Country Music and dick clark productions announced today that Awards co-host Blake Shelton will open the telecast with a can't miss exciting performance featuring co-host Luke Bryan, Brad Paisley on guitar, Sheryl Crow, and Pistol Annies, including Miranda Lambert, Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley. This marks the world premiere performance of “Boys 'Round Here,” Shelton's second single off his latest album, Based On A True Story… The ceremony honors country music's top talent, as well as the industry's hottest emerging artists, is produced for television by dick clark productions and will be broadcast LIVE from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Sunday, April 7, 2013 at 8:00 PM live ET/delayed PT on the CBS Television Network.

In advance of the May 28 release of his buzzed-about album WROTE A SONG FOR EVERYONE influential rock legend JOHN FOGERTY will appear on two special televised country music events: the 48th annual Academy of Country Music Awards and Tim McGraw's Superstar Summer Night Special.

Blake Shelton, co-host of the 48TH ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, will open the Awards broadcast with a can't-miss exciting performance featuring co-host Luke Bryan, Sheryl Crow, Brad Paisley and Pistol Annies, including Miranda Lambert, Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley.

The second round of presenters announced for the 48th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS includes 2 BROKE GIRLS star Beth Behrs, VEGAS star Michael Chiklis, Grammy Award-winner Sheryl Crow, and Keith Urban.

Brad Paisley's eighth studio album Wheelhouse is now available to stream exclusively on the iTunes Store (www.iTunes.com/BradPaisley). The album stream will remain available until release day on April 9. In addition to hearing the entire 14-song and 3-interstitial collection, fans can also pre-order the album and Paisley's first interactive book, Building A Wheelhouse.

The Academy of Country Music announced today the country music artists and television stars who will be interacting with fans during the open-to-the-public ACM EXPERIENCE,a family-friendly country music lifestyle event held April 5-7, 2013 at The Orleans Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

In anticipation of Sunday's 48th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC AWARDS on CBS, BWW participated in a conference call with R.A. Clark, executive producer and son of the late Clark; Bob Romeo, CEO of the Academy of Country Music; and Jack Sussman, executive vice president, CBS specials and live programming.

This morning, producers of the 48TH ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS participated in a press conference call to announce several exciting moments on this year's show, to be broadcast live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Sunday, April 7 (8:00-11:00 PM live ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network. Participating in the call were R.A. Clark, Executive Producer and son of the late Dick Clark, Bob Romeo, CEO of the Academy of Country Music and Jack Sussman, Executive Vice President, CBS Specials and Live Programming.

Two-time Grammy -winning recording artist, LL COOL J, will release his 14 th studio Album, AUTHENTIC, on April 30, 2013 on 429 Records/The Savoy Label Group.