
LeAnn Rimes
A free concert featuring
Julianne Hough,
Kellie
Pickler and
LeAnn Rimes will highlight a series of activities leading up to the 44th
annual Academy of Country Music Awards show in Las Vegas. The three vocalists will be featured in a concert billed as Divas
Downtown taking place April 4 on Fremont Street. Other events announced Thursday (Feb. 19) include the New Artists Show, another
free concert set for April 3 on Fremont Street.
Toby Keith and
Montgomery
Gentry are scheduled to participate in the ACM Chairman's Ride, a charity motorcycle ride, on April 4. The same day,
Rascal Flatts will host the sixth annual ACM Celebrity Golf Classic.
Reba
McEntire hosts the awards show on April 5 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. On April 6,
George
Strait will be honored as the ACM's Artist of the Decade during a musical tribute being taped to air on CBS. A list of
performers will be announced soon.