CMT News

Jo Dee Messina, Josh Turner and Rodney Atkins will perform Jan. 13 at Nashville's Gaylord Entertainment Center as a highlight of Sound & Speed, a fundraiser benefiting the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum and the Victory Junction Gang Camp for children with serious illnesses. Taking place Jan. 12-13, the event includes autograph and Q&A sessions with country artists and NASCAR drivers. This year's participants include Trace Adkins, Aaron Tippin, John Anderson, Ashley Monroe, Aaron Tippin, Ray Stevens, Brenda Lee and Blue County's Aaron Benward. Other participants include supermodel Niki Taylor and NASCAR drivers Kyle Petty, Michael Waltrip, Jamie McMurray, Ryan Newman, David Stremme, Bobby Hamilton Jr., Aric Almirola, Richard Petty, Richard Childress, Junie Donlavey, Ernie Ervin and Rex White.