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DECEMBER 12, 2019
NASHVILLE’S “MUSIC CITY MIDNIGHT” WILL BE FEATURED ON NATIONAL BROADCASTS AS PART OF NBC AND CNN NEW YEAR’S EVE SHOWS
Reigning CMA New Artist of the Year Ashley McBryde Added to Lineup as Special Guest
NASHVILLE – Nashville’s “Music City Midnight” concert celebration will be featured again on two live national broadcasts this year: “NBC’s New Year’s Eve 2020” and CNN’s “New Year’s Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen.” Additionally, Ashley McBryde, the reigning Academy of Country Music New Female Artist of the Year and CMA New Artist of the Year, has been added to the star-studded lineup as a special guest, the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp announced today.
“We couldn’t be happier to have both CNN and NBC back this year,” said Butch Spyridon, President and CEO, Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp. “The event continues to grow and impress and is a great way to put an explanation mark on another stellar year. We will always work to shine the spotlight on Nashville.”
Reigning ACM Entertainer of the Year and four-time GRAMMY winner Keith Urban will headline for a fourth year in a row. Urban will lead an all-star and diverse lineup that includes special guest McBryde; Americana powerhouse Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit; English rock band The Struts; Americana award winner Amanda Shires, who is also a member of The 400 Unit and critically-acclaimed new band The Highwomen; rising star Bren Joy; country artist Kalie Shorr, who was named to The New York Times Best Albums of 2019 list; and the Fisk Jubilee Singers. The 11th annual event will take place at the Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park and is free and open to the public.
This is the second year for Nashville to be featured on NBC’s 90-minute live show from Times Square with Urban performing hosting duties and singing live from Nashville to a nationwide audience throughout the broadcast. NBC also announced The Struts will be part of their broadcast lineup. The “NBC New Year’s Eve 2020” special hosted by Carson Daly and Julianne Hough will air 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. CT, breaking for local news and returning from 10:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. CT. The show will ring in 2019 at midnight ET in New York City, which will be 11 p.m. in Nashville.
CNN’s New Year’s Eve show starts at 7 p.m. CT. At 11:30 p.m. CT, they will hand over to Brooke Baldwin and Don Lemon who will count down from Music City Midnight to celebrate the Central Time Zone ringing in the New Year.
Nashville’s Music Note Drop at the stroke of midnight will be streamed live at visitmusiccity.com/newyearseve.
In addition to her ACM and CMA accolades this year, McBryde won CMT’s Breakthrough Video of the Year. She has appeared as a special guest this year on George Strait’s Strait to Vegas shows at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and as support to Miranda Lambert on her Roadside Bars & Pink Guitars Tour this fall.
Last year’s Music City Midnight was the most successful New Year’s Eve event for Nashville with an all-time high $23 million in direct visitor spending over 2017’s $22.3 million. Attendance was approximately 175,000 to 200,000, a record attendance over 2015’s 150,000.
Gates at Bicentennial Mall will open at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 31 with DJ Case Bloom providing entertainment before the Music Note is raised. The Fisk Jubilee Singers, an ensemble of students from Fisk University, will kick off the live music with a selection of spiritual music. The show’s highlight will be the traditional Music Note Drop and accompanying fireworks display to usher in the New Year. GRAMMY-winner DJ Dave Audé also will be part of the lineup.
Jack Daniel’s Music City Midnight: New Year’s Eve in Nashville is produced by the NCVC for the city of Nashville and presented by Jack Daniel’s. Partners include Advance Financial, Anderson Benson, Nashville International Airport, Nashville Farmers’ Market, Twice Daily, Monster Energy, Tennessee State Parks, Tennessee Highway Safety Office: Fans Don’t Let Fans Drive Drunk, The Soundtrack of America. Made in Tennessee, Dr Pepper, Kroger, Metro by T-Mobile, Freebird, Yee Haw Brewing Company, The BIG 98, WSIX-FM, NASH FM 103.3 & 95.5 NASH ICON, Ferguson Bath Kitchen & Lighting Gallery, Korbel, Budweiser and Bud Light.
For more information: visitmusiccity.com/newyearseve
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