It was one of the coolest, humbling moments in live television and I had to keep rewatching this! It was the most emotional CMA Awards in recent memory. In the wake of mass tragedies across the United States, including Las Vegas, where 56 people were killed in the biggest mass gun violence attack in American History during a Jason Aldean-headlining festival, the opening number was tribute...
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When we walked into the arena for the CMA Awards, there were plastic candles taped to each chair--but, no directions making everyone assume we would have to use them during a memorable, emotional performance.
With a couple of minutes before Carrie Underwood was to sing 'Soft and Tenderly' the announcer came over to tell everyone in the arena to turn on their candles, "hold them like a reveren
Brad Paisley, co-host of the 2017 CMA Awards, called out the Country Music Association in a tweet on Friday morning (Nov. 3), for what he calls "ridiculous and unfair" guidelines for media members covering the upcoming awards show.