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Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks will unite live onstage in May to co-host the 58th Academy of Country Music Awards.
The iconic host pairing marks the first time Brooks will take the stage to host an awards show, fresh off the heels of his world tour, which became the biggest North American tour in history after selling more than 6.3 million tickets, and ahead of his upcoming Las Vegas residency. Meanwhile, Parton will return to the ACM Awards stage for the second consecutive year following last year’s ceremony she co-hosted alongside Jimmie Allen and Gabby Barrett.
“I am thrilled to return to host the ACM Awards, this time with my friend Garth,” Parton, 77, said in a statement. “While I’ve had the pleasure of spending time with him throughout the years, I can’t believe we’ve never had the chance to work together.”
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“In addition to getting to see all this great new talent in country music,” she continued, “I am excited to have the chance to premiere the lead single from my upcoming rock album on the show!”
While Parton is set to perform during the awards ceremony in addition to hosting, both her and Brooks, 61, told Billboard that fans shouldn’t expect a musical collaboration from them but, fingers crossed, they’ll surprise us!
Elsewhere while chatting with Billboard at a Nashville production studio where Parton and Brooks were filming promotional video footage for the awards show, they revealed what fans can expect from their pairing.
“All I hope that we do as a pair is represent [country music] well,” Brooks told the outlet.
“I mean, you’ve got your foundation and what you’re looking for here,” he continued, gesturing to Parton who was
Emmy Season is underway and that means The Peabody Awards are right around the corner. Now in its 83rd year, the Peabody Awards will return to an in-person ceremony for the first time since 2019 and finally make its long-awaited move to Los Angeles.
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Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks will host the 2023 Academy of Country Music Awards. The ceremony will celebrate the best of country music, and feature live performances from some of the biggest names.This year's ceremony is returning to Texas, and will take place at the Ford Center at the Star in Frisco. Parton — who is returning for the second time as the show's host — is set to premiere her lead single from her upcoming rock & roll album.
The ACM Awards have just announced their hosts – Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks!
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The Academy of Country Music Awards have named their co-hosts for the show’s annual webcast May 11, bringing in Garth Brooks for his first-ever role hosting any awards show — joining repeat ACMs host Dolly Parton, who did it as part of a trio last year and as a solo host back in 2000. The 58th annual edition of the show will be seen on Amazon Prime Video exclusively for the second consecutive year. The ACM Awards left broadcast television behind last year after having aired on CBS from 1998 through 2021, and on ABC and NBC through the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s. “While I’ve had the pleasure of spending time with (Brooks) throughout the years,” Parton said in a statement, “I can’t believe we’ve never had the chance to work together.” Parton additionally said that she will be premiering the debut single from her upcoming “rock” album on the show, fulfilling a vow she made to produce a genre-specific record when she was elected into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks will host the 58th Academy of Country Music Awards in May, producers announced today.
@waukeshaschools @DollyParton @MileyCyrus @mileyworld @gsafewi @CivilRights #publicschools pic.twitter.com/8Na0nETmDw— Maestra Melissa (@melissatempel) March 21, 2023 She also included a screenshot the lyrics to “Rainbowland” in the post.The lyrics are: “Wouldn’t it be nice to live in paradise / Where we’re free to be exactly who we are / Let’s all dig deep inside / Brush the judgment and fear aside / Make wrong things right / And end the fight.”Tempel noted that administrators at Heyer — ostensibly pressured by the school board — also banned the children’s song “The Rainbow Connection” by Jim Henson, which was sung by Kermit the Frog in The Muppet Movie.However, the next day, in a follow-up tweet, she noted that it was later “unbanned” after parents sent emails to administrators complaining about barring “The Rainbow Connection.”Rainbow Connection was unbanned today after parents sent emails to admin. Alliance for Education in Waukesha knows how to ally.
track featuring —at an upcoming spring concert. Melissa Tempel, a dual language teacher at Heyer Elementary in Waukesha, Wisconsin, vented her frustrations on Twitter after learning the song had been deemed too “controversial” for six- and seven-year-olds to perform. “My first graders were so excited to sing 'Rainbowland' for our spring concert, but it has been vetoed by our administration,” Tempel wrote last week. "When will it end?" Initially, administrators did not elaborate on their reasoning for the ban, leading Tempel to wonder if Dolly Parton's vocal support for the LGBTQ community had something to do with it. “The latest I heard is that the song was banned bc @MileyCyrus is controversial,” she added in a subsequent tweet.
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