Rascal Flatts Open CMT Artist of the Year Awards with "Hot In Here"

Check out Rascal Flatts performance of Hot In Here from their latest CD Changed.  Rascal Flatts performed this as the opening for CMT's Artist of The Year Awards. 

CMT Artist Of The Year (Full Episode)

If you missed last nights broadcast of CMT Artist of The Year show you can watch the entire episode here.  I'm not sure how long this will be available but please enjoy while it is.



If the video does not play you may still be able to watch here on CMT website.

Rascal Flatts and Hayden Panettiere Host CMT Artist of the Year Special

Rascal Flatts and "Nashville" actress Hayden Panettiere will honor the top country acts of 2012 as hosts of the third annual 2012 CMT ARTISTS OF THE YEAR Special premiering   December 8th at 10PM ET/PT.

The 90-minute special is the most exclusive gathering of country music superstars of the year and celebrates the class of 2012 with an incredible evening of wall-to-wall performances and special appearances from others in entertainment.

“We are honored to be co-hosting the ‘CMT Artists of The Year’ show with Hayden. Save the cheerleader, host a TV show!,” said Rascal Flatts member Jay DeMarcus. “We’re gonna have a blast!”

“Nashville is my second home now,” says Hayden Panettiere. “I am so happy to be embraced by the country COMMUNITY and to be included in such a big event, especially with Rascal Flatts. I can’t wait to see how the evening unfolds!”

Tune in to CMT on 12/8 at 10:00 PM ET/PT to catch the show!

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Rascal Flatts Have Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Rascal Flatts to Recieve Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

In less than 24 hours Rascal Flatts will be inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame.  I'm so excited and proud of the trio for yet another well deserved honor.  Join other fans watching the event live via internet stream.  For more information check out below, this is directly from http://www.walkoffame.com/ official website.

RASCAL FLATTS TO BE HONORED WITH
STAR ON THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME

WHO:       RASCAL FLATTS

                Emcee: Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, President/CEO Leron Gubler
                Guest speaker: David Foster\

WHAT:     2,480th Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
                in the Category of RECORDING

WHERE:  6664 Hollywood Boulevard
                in front of Sergeant Supply Store

WHEN:    September 17, 2012, 2012 at 11:30 a.m.

               This ceremony will be live video-streamed at www.WalkofFame.com

The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce proudly announces that Hollywood will go country when Rascal Flatts is honored with a star on the famed Walk of Fame on September 17, 2012 at 11:30 a.m. “Fans from all over the country have been anxiously awaiting for their favorite country band to get their star!” stated Walk of Fame producer Ana Martinez.

Rascal Flatts began their musical journey in the year 2000 when they released their first album. It was just a couple of years earlier when Gary LeVox (lead vocals) and Jay DeMarcus (bassist and background vocals), cousins from the Columbus, Ohio, and Joe Don Rooney, from Picher, Oklahoma, teamed up in a club in Nashville's Printers Alley.  It was in that club, the Fiddle & Steel Guitar Bar, where they discovered they had a vocal sound that was something special.

That sound quickly earned the band a record deal and talent, drive, and great song selection did the rest. Their now impressive list of career accolades includes more than 21 million albums sold and 25 million digital downloads.  They have seen 14 singles hit the top of the charts, spending more than eight months collectively at #1. They have won more than 40 major awards, including seven ACM trophies for “Vocal Group of the Year” and six trophies for CMA “Vocal Group of the Year.”

Recently they added a Grand Ole Opry membership and the prestigious Country Radio Seminar 2012 Artist Humanitarian Award to their list of accomplishments for their charitable endeavors with the Monroe Carell Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, where they have donated more than 3 million dollars, the Make A Wish foundation, The Jason Foundation and The American Red Cross.

Their list of hits constitutes one of the great bodies of work in modern country music, with "Bless the Broken Road," "What Hurts The Most," "My Wish," "Take Me There," "Here Comes Goodbye," “Life Is A Highway,” “I Won’t Let Go,” and many more.

Rascal Flatts new album CHANGED, released earlier this spring, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Country Albums chart, giving them the distinction of being one of only four acts to have seven consecutive studio albums debut in the top spot.

Their performances are state-of-the art, house-rocking extravaganzas, sold-out excursions that have resulted in more than six million career concert tickets sold. The tally will continue with this year’sFarmers Insurance Presents “Changed Tour” currently running across the US and Canada this summer and fall.

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For additional information go to www.rascalflatts.com.  

For more information and to view who shares a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, visit www.walkoffame.com

Vote Rascal Flatts Teen Choice Awards

Vote for Rascal Flatts for the 2012 Teen Choice Awards' Choice Country Group Award. This award is completely based on your votes! You can vote here once per category everyday until July 21, so share with all your friends to spread the word. Open to fans ages 13-19.

Rascal Flatts Volunteer Info

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Volunteer For Rascal Flatts Changed Tour

Are you going to see Rascal Flatts this summer? Rascal Flatts Flatt Dog Pound is looking for Street Team Volunteers.  This is your opportunity to participate in Rascal Flatts Street Team activities.

Simply complete the application below for the show or shows you are attending and wish to volunteer at.

Volunteers will be randomly selected and notified via email with further instructions.

Good luck!! Hope to see you there!

Rascal Flatts Changed Tour

Hope to see you there!

06/15/12		Hartford, CT Comcast Theatre
06/16/12		Boston, MA Comcast Center
06/23/12		Bristow, VA  Jiffy Lube Live
06/24/12		Virginia Beach, VA Farm Bureau Live
06/27/12		Milwaukee, WI Marcus Amphitheatre (Summerfest)
06/29/12		Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center
06/30/12		Darien Center, NY Darien Lake PAC
07/06/12		Bangor, ME Bangor Waterfront Pavilion
07/08/12		Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, CA Cavendish Beach Music Festival
07/13/12		Dallas, TX Gexa Energy Pavilion
07/14/12		Houston, TX Woodlands Pavilion
07/18/12		Omaha, NE TBD
07/20/12		Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
07/21/12		St. Clairsville, OH Jamboree in the Hills (festival)
07/22/12		Cincinnati,  Riverbend Music Center
07/27/12		St. Louis, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
07/28/12		Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
08/03/12		Sweet Home, OR Oregon Jamboree (festival)
08/05/12		Camrose, Alberta, CA Big Valley Jamboree
08/09/12		Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Charlotte
08/10/12		Raleigh, NC Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek
08/11/12		Philadelphia, PA Susquehanna Bank Center
08/18/12		Louisville, KY KY State Fair
08/19/12		Des Moines, IA IA State Fair
08/26/12		St Paul, MN MN State Fair
08/31/12		Indianapolis, IN Klipsch Music Center
09/01/12		Pittsburgh, PA First Niagara Pavilion
09/06/12		Phoenix, AZ Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion
09/07/12		Albuquerque, NM Hard Rock Presents the Pavilion
09/08/12		Denver, CO Comfort Dental
09/13/12		Mtn. View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
09/14/12		Irvine, CA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
09/15/12		San Diego, CA Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
10/12/12		Hamilton, ON,  CACopps Arena
10/13/12		London, ON, CAJohn Labatt Centre
10/18/12		Lexington, KY Rupp Arena
10/19/12		Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena
10/20/12		Atlanta, GA TBA - Atlanta
10/26/12		Tampa, FL TBA - Tampa
10/27/12		West Palm Beach, FL TBA - W Palm Beach

Vote Rascal Flatts 2012 CMT Video of The Year

Rascal Flatts have been nominated for THREE 2012 CMT Video Awards!! These are fan voted awards and WE - the fans - are the ones who will determine the winners. You only get one vote so make sure to vote for Rascal Flatts!!  They are nominated for Group Video for their latest video "Banjo"  They have also been nominated for Collaborative Video of the Year AND Video of the Year for "EASY"

Let's do this! Click here and Vote Rascal Flatts today! It's EASY!!!!

Looking Back: Rascal Flatts 2011 Recap

As the new year begins, Rascal Flatts fans eagerly anticipate new music, events and milestones from their favorite group in 2012.  While waiting to see what the future holds, it is the perfect time for us  to reflect on Rascal Flatts previous year's accomplishments.  In 2011 Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don Rooney had what has become the norm for the trio since beginning their journal together in 1999, this has been another fast paced, jam packed year.  Rascal Flatts started the year with the winter leg of their Nothing Like This Tour kicking off in January and ended with Gary, Jay and Joe Don as the host to the America’s Opry Weekend Year-End Special.  In between some of the MANY events included...

A huge milestone for Rascal Flatts and one that I am sure must top their list ... Induction into the Grand Ole Opry. 

I Won't Let Go became their 25th Top 10 Hit and their 13th Number 1 Hit

An amazing 29 city Flatts Fest Tour (many of which were sold out!) along with several other appearances such as several Grand Ole Opry appearances, CMA Festival, Stagecoach Country Music Festival and the Houston Rodeo.

Rascal Flatts teamed up with Best Buy and the Grammy Foundation donating $5,000 to Centennial High School in Franklin, TN and surprising the students with an appearance 

They were also the receipants of the Tony Martell Lifetime Entertainment Achievement Award for their philanthropic efforts to help raise awareness and funds for innovative cancer research.

There were various TV performances including 

• Nothing Like This Special 

• The Today Show
• CMA Awards
• CMA Country Christmas
• The Oprah Winfrey Show's "Farewell"
• CMT Awards Show
• Girls Night Out
• Good Morning America
• GAC Back Story

Also various nominations including...

• People's Choice Award Favorite Country Artist and Favorite Touring Group
• CMTs Top 30 Videos of 2011
• GAC's Top 50 Videos of 2011 (I Won't Let Go & Easy)
• CMA Group of the Year
• Eventful's Fans' Choice Award at The Billboard Touring Awards
• 3 ACA for Artist of the Year: Duo or Group, Single of the Year: Duo or Group, & Touring Headline Package of the Year
• CMTs 20 Greatest Men 20 Year Special
• Teen Choice Award for Favorite Country Group

• 3 CMT Awards for Video of the Year ("Why Wait"), Group Video of the Year ("Why Wait"), and Collaborative Video of the Year ("That Should Be Me" with Justin Bieber)

Various Charitable activites including the annual visit to Vanderbilt Childrens Hospital & Fund Raiser, Suicide Awareness campaign with the Jason Foundation and participating in the UNICEF Month of Giving.

There were various performances included among them singing the National Anthem at The Brickyard 400 and Rascal Flatts also performed at and participated in the Bush Center Warrior Open golf tournament held by former President George W. Bush for soldiers who had been severely wounded during their tours in Iraq and Afghanistan

I Won't Let Go and Easy were both certified as Gold for 500,000 digital downloads in 2011.

Rascal Flatts was featured as cartooned participants in the Facebook game CMT Platinum Life: Country

Some other TV appearances included CMT Insider, GAC Headline Country, E! News, Fox News, Inside the PGA and an episode of West Coast Customs revolving around the design and build of their Rascal Flatts Red Camaro. 

There were tons of radio specials and interviews!!

And there were the individual appearances during their down time such as Jay performing at year end with his dad, Gary taking part in a Christmas event for church and Joe performing at a pro-am golf event.   

Of course Gary, Jay and Joe Don made some well deserved and I am sure precious time for relaxation and fun ... golfing, hunting, traveling and spending time with family and friends.

These three do so much, I am positive there are many things omitted from my list however I am sure you get the idea, they were busy! 

So here's to you guys!  Thank you for all you have given to us, it's been a wonderful year... we love you!  

Happy New Year!!