Dick Clark News

Broadway's original JERSEY BOYS, currently touring as The Midtown Men, will be appearing live in concert at Queens College's Colden Auditorium, Saturday, April 9th at 8:00 pm. The Midtown Men is made up of Tony-Award winners Christian Hoff, Michael Longoria, Daniel Reichard and Tony-Award nominee J. Robert Spencer.

Pop superstar Rihanna, along with country sensation Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland, will give a special performance of Rihanna's latest single, 'California King Bed,' at the first-ever ACM Fan Jam. The performance will air live from the ACM Fan Jam during the 46th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, which is being broadcast live from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Sunday, April 3 (8:00-11:00 PM, live ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network.

Nominations were announced for the 46th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, a star-studded event produced for television by dick clark productions broadcast LIVE from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 8:00 PM live ET/delayed PT on the CBS Television Network.

Today the Academy of Country Music is announcing the winners of awards that will not be televised during the live telecast of the 46th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS.

Bethany Hamilton, Julianne Hough, AnnaSophia Robb and Chris Young are scheduled to present on the 46th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, to be broadcast live from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Sunday, April 3 (8:00-11:00 PM, live ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network.

Alabama, Dierks Bentley, Ronnie Dunn, Sara Evans, Martina McBride, Reba, Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood and Zac Brown Band with James Taylor are scheduled to perform on the 46th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, to be broadcast live from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Sunday, April 3 (8:00-11:00 PM, live ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network.

RAIN - A Tribute To The Beatles, the internationally-acclaimed Beatles concert, returns by popular demand to Hollywood's historic Pantages Theatre, where they enjoyed astounding success during their special one week engagement in 2009.

The search is on for CMT'S NEXT SUPERSTAR as five men and five women fight for the title in CMT's latest competition series premiering Friday, April 8 at 9:00 p.m., ET/PT.

Remind me someday to tell you my Connie Francis story - although, in retrospect, it probably veers dangerously close to the realm of 'you had to be there,' but then again, who among you has a Connie Francis story to tell? The Italian-American songstress, who was such a presence in American pop culture in the middle of the last century, has been on my mind a lot since seeing Breaking Up is Hard to Do, an appealing, if slight, musical revue featuring the hits of Neil Sedaka, now onstage at The Gaslight Dinner Theatre at The Renaissance Center in Dickson.

Beginning March 11, Country Music Fans Have the Power to Vote For Entertainer of the Year at www.voteACM.com

GIRLS' NIGHT OUT: SUPERSTAR WOMEN OF COUNTRY, originally scheduled for Sunday, May 22, will now be broadcast Friday, April 22 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT).

The Legend Continues as pop music's #1 female vocalist from the late 1950's to the mid-1960's, Connie Francis, comes to The Keswick Theatre on Saturday, February 12th.

Father-son team, Nigel & Simon Lythgoe announced today that they have partnered with CMT to launch a new music competition series designed to find CMT'S NEXT SUPERSTAR. CMT'S NEXT SUPERSTAR is set to premiere in April on CMT.

Auditions Resume Wednesday, February 2, in Salt Lake City; Atlanta to Host Auditions Saturday, February 19; Los Angeles Auditions Move to Saturday, March 12

World-class dancer and choreographer Mary Murphy will return to SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE as one of the series' resident judges.

The Academy of Country Music is announcing nominees in the esteemed radio categories, which due to time constraints, are not televised during the 46th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS but are instead honored at a special pre-Awards reception

Auditions Resume Wednesday, February 2, in Salt Lake City; Atlanta to Host Auditions Saturday, February 19; Los Angeles Auditions Move to Saturday, March 12

Country superstars Miranda Lambert, Martina McBride Jennifer Nettles, Reba and Carrie Underwood are among the artists scheduled to appear and be honored at GIRLS' NIGHT OUT: SUPERSTAR WOMEN OF COUNTRY, a new concert special produced by dick clark productions to be broadcast at a later date on the CBS Television Network.

One of the 'most versatile of contemporary country singers' (The New York Times) and all-around funnyman, Blake Shelton, will join forces with country music superstar Reba McEntire to host the 46TH ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, which will be broadcast live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Sunday, April 3 (8:00-11:00 PM, live ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network.

One of the 'most versatile of contemporary country singers' (The New York Times) and all-around funnyman, Blake Shelton, will join forces with country music superstar Reba McEntire to host the 46TH ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, which will be broadcast live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Sunday, April 3 (8:00-11:00 PM, live ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network.