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Grand
Ole Opry At Carnegie Hall Performance To Be Broadcast On GAC
In '06
The
Grand Ole Opry's November 14 return to Carnegie Hall in
celebration of its 80th Anniversary is sold out, but millions
of country music fans will have the opportunity to witness
that night's performances next year when the show will be
broadcast on Great American Country.
The Opry and the
cable network have signed an agreement to make GAC the
exclusive television broadcaster of Grand Ole Opry at
Carnegie Hall, a special performance in New York City on
the eve of the Country Music Association Awards which will
also be held in New York. The show will air as a two-hour
broadcast on GAC in March 2006. 650 WSM-AM, Sirius Satellite
Radio, and www.opry.com will broadcast the show live Monday
night, the first time an Opry performance has been broadcast
or recorded at Carnegie Hall.
Country artists set to
appear on the Carnegie Hall stage include Trisha Yearwood,
Vince Gill, Alan Jackson, Trace Adkins, Alison Krauss, Brad
Paisley, Bill Anderson, Little Jimmy Dickens, Ricky Skaggs,
Charley Pride and Martina McBride.
"This event will no
doubt write a great new chapter in Grand Ole Opry history,"
said Steve Buchanan, senior vice president of media and
entertainment for Gaylord Entertainment. "We are very excited
that the magical evening created by the combination of this
incredible line-up of artists and these two American icons,
the Opry and Carnegie Hall, can be enjoyed by country music
fans on GAC next spring."
"For GAC, broadcasting a
special edition of the Grand Ole Opry from Carnegie Hall was a
no-brainer," said Ed Hardy, president of the network. "This is
an event that must be broadcast for the fans of the Opry and
artists around the country who can not be there in person."
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