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CMT Goes All-Out With Fan Fair Coverage

If you're not in Nashville this week for all the Fan Fair excitement, don't despair. CMT is pulling out all the stops to give viewers an opportunity to get a rare look inside Fan Fair, the "World's Biggest Country Music Festival." CMT will be all over Nashville talking to some of country music's biggest stars as they meet with their fans at unique fan club parties, concert performances, autograph signings and more. CMT special Fan Fair coverage will include:

CMT's Live Fan Fair Reports - "CMT Totally Stokin' Jam-Packed Up-To-The-Minute, Oh-So-Insider Fan Fair Cut-In Wish You Were Here" (Thursday - Sunday)

CMT has been granted access to some very exclusive private events to give viewers more than four dozen live and live-to-tape reports from various locations and events happening around Fan Fair. CMT will take viewers for a peek into the following events:

  • Chely Wright's Fan Club Party at the Wildhorse Saloon (with special guests Brad Paisley, Jessica Andrews, Darryl Worley, Richard Marx and Ty Herndon)
  • Charlie Robison - live concert performance at the Exit/In club
  • Travis Tritt and Marty Stuart - interview at Tootsie's Orchid Lounge
  • Alan Jackson's fan club party at the Ryman Auditorium
  • Tammy Cochran's live performance at Ernest Tubb's Record Shop
  • Superstar Spectacular show at Grand Ole Opry -- Vince Gill, Brad Paisley, Pam Tillis, Sara Evans, Jamie O'Neal, Joe Diffie, Collin Raye, Trick Pony, Keith Urban, Tracy Lawrence and more
  • Rascal Flatts' fan club party at Melrose Bowling Lanes
  • BR549 -- special Opry Plaza concert
  • Wildhorse Saloon party with stars from Days of Our Lives and Passions
  • CMT's Live Television Autograph Booth (Friday - Sunday)
CMT will have its very own live set for on-the-spot interviews as some of country's biggest stars stop by the CMT booth to sign autographs for thousands of fans. Some of the artists scheduled to appear in the CMT booth are Sara Evans, Billy Ray Cyrus, Jamie O'Neal, Rascal Flatts, Gary Allan, Chely Wright, Terri Clark, Jessica Andrews, Billy Gilman, SHeDAISY, Brad Paisley, Sherrie Austin, Trick Pony, Andy Griggs, Steve Holy, The Kinleys, Darryl Worley, Sons of the Desert, Phil Vassar, Tammy Cochran, Mark McGuinn, Clay Davidson, Trent Summar, Carolyn Dawn Johnson, The Wilkinsons, Lila McCann, BR549 and Chad Brock. Sara Evans will be signing only in the CMT booth during Fan Fair, so if you want Sara's autograph, you can only get it at CMT.

CMT Most Wanted Live (weekdays at 6 p.m. ET)

CMT is bringing in the biggest stars for its Fan Fair week guest lineup on its brand new daily interactive live show, CMT Most Wanted Live. The show includes the latest country music news and information, artist appearances and performances, video debuts and world premieres and input from the live audience and viewers via CMT's website, www.country.com and phone lines. The show is broadcast from the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. Be sure to stop by and be a part of our television audience.

On Thursday, June 14 and Friday, June 15, CMT Most Wanted Live will move outdoors to the front steps of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. Montgomery Gentry will perform their brand of rowdy country music on Thursday's show, and Billy Ray Cyrus will delight his fans with a performance on Friday's show. Come down and see these concerts in person.

Special Fan Fair Top Twenty Countdown (Friday, June 15 at 10 p.m. ET)

CMT takes its popular Top Twenty Countdown show to Fan Fair. CMT talks to the artists and fans who are in Nashville for the "World's Biggest Country Music Festival" to help countdown the week's top 20 videos.

City of Hope Celebrity Softball Game (Saturday, June 17 at 3 p.m. ET)

It's not every day you can see Vince Gill hit a fly ball, but you might when CMT telecasts the 11th Annual City of Hope Celebrity Softball Challenge as part of the network's special Fan Fair Week coverage. CMT's telecast will feature play-by-play commentary from CMT Most Wanted Live host Lance Smith. CMT Hit Trip host Jeff Ross and special guest host Heather Joel will bring viewers all the special celebrity happenings from the field. The game, which brings country music's hottest stars together for an afternoon of softball, pranks and fun, will include Gill, Gary Allan, Chely Wright, Sons of the Desert, Brad Paisley, Terri Clark, Andy Griggs, Montgomery Gentry, Sara Evans, Phil Vassar, Jamie O'Neal, Mark Wills, Chris Cagle, Steve Holy, Bryan White, The Wilkinsons, David Kersh, Trini Triggs, Marshall Dyllon, Linda Davis, Trick Pony, Chad Brock, Chalee Tennison, Blake Shelton, Coley McCabe, Shannon Brown, Tammy Cochran, Tim Rushlow, Lila McCann, Meredith Edwards, Eric Heatherly, John Berry, Billy Ray Cyrus, Craig Morgan, Billy Dean, Bobbie Eakes, Three of Hearts and South 65.