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For immediate release: Monday December 19, 2016

7TH ANNUAL CMC MUSIC AWARDS SUPERSTARS AND AUSTRALIAN COUNTRY RISING STAR TRAVIS COLLINS TO PERFORM TICKETS ON SALE NOW

Foxtel’s Country Music Channel (CMC) is thrilled to announce the next round of performers at the 7th Annual CMC Music Awards, Grammy Award winning group LITTLE BIG TOWN, who will make their debut Australian visit and one of Australia’s most exciting country/rock talents TRAVIS COLLINS will perform at the awards next year.

The 7th Annual CMC Music Awards, Country music’s night of nights and the only fan voted country music awards in the southern hemisphere, gives fans the opportunity to vote for their favourite Australian and international country artists. The awards will take place for the first time at The Star Gold Coast (currently Jupiters Gold Coast and transitioning to The Star Gold Coast early 2017) on Thursday March 23, 2017 and will be broadcast LIVE on Foxtel’s CMC.

It’s the hottest ticket for Australia’s country music fans who can watch fan favourites Little Big Town, Travis Collins and previously announced artists Kip Moore and The MyClymonts who all perform live. Fans can purchase tickets to the 7th Annual CMC Music Awards at ticketek.com.au and for further information visit countrymusicchannel.com.au.

Reigning Grammy, CMA and ACM Vocal Group of the Year, Little Big Town, consisting of members Karen Fairchild, Phillip Sweet, Kimberly Schlapman, and Jimi Westbrook, first entered the music scene more than 18 years ago with hits such as "Boondocks," "Bring It On Home," "" and the Grammy-nominated single "". With albums ‘Tornado’ and ‘Pain Killer’, they have seen massive success with #1 singles "Pontoon," "Tornado," "", and most recently the history-making, best-selling country single of 2015, with "”.

Little Big Town has earned almost 40 award show nominations and in the past five years has taken home nearly 20 awards, including multiple Grammy, CMA and ACM awards, and an Emmy award. They are the reigning CMA Vocal Group of the Year and recently won the same award for the fifth consecutive year. At the 2016 Grammy Awards Little Big Town won “Best Country Group/Duo Performance,” and “Girl Crush” received the honour for “Best Country Song.” The group recently received honours from the Academy of Country Music for Vocal Group of the Year and Vocal Event of the Year with , and the group was also recognised with the Crystal Milestone Award. At the recent Billboard Awards Little Big Town and “Girl Crush” were nominated for Top Country Song as well as Chart Achievement Award, and the group were also honoured as the 2016 Music Business Association Artist of the Year.

Little Big Town recently released their brand new single “Better Man” to country radio which is the first single off of the group’s forthcoming seventh studio album entitled ‘The Breaker’ (set for release February 24, 2017).

Travis Collins is rapidly becoming one of Australia’s most exciting country/rock music talents. As a young contemporary performer who first came to be known back in 2004 when he won the Star Maker Quest, Travis released his first album “Start the Car”, featuring two tracks (‘Start The Car’ and ‘I Was Wrong’) which went to #1 on the Country Music Channel’s Top 30 Countdown.

Collins released his album “No Boundaries” in 2007 featuring 12 new recordings including the first single ‘Yeah She Does’. Followed by “Travis Collins” (2011) and the #1 country album “Wired” (2015) his fourth studio album which spawned two #1 country singles, ‘Curves’ and ‘Boots On’.

Travis Collins followed this up with his highly-anticipated fifth album released this year, “Hard Light” which features two #1 singles on the CMC chart ‘Just Another Girl’ and ‘Call Me Crazy’. Collins looks sure to shine brighter as everything moves up a gear, digging deeper than ever before not only in his vocal abilities, but also as a musician and . The album sees a refined sound with a stellar collection of new songs that show the hard side of sharing personal struggles and also the light in embracing them to produce incredible strength and character.

For the third consecutive year, five-time CMC winner and face of the channel MORGAN EVANS will host The 7th Annual CMC Music Awards. Morgan will be returning to the CMC Music Awards stage direct from his home in Nashville, where he has relocated to write and record the follow up to his acclaimed #1 self-titled debut album. He is joined by a stellar line-up of country music’s finest international and local artists with further artists to be announced in the coming weeks.

The 7th Annual CMC Music Awards kick off a star studded week in country music with CMC Rocks QLD 2017, Australia’s premiere Country and Roots Festival to follow. Now in its epic tenth year, CMC Rocks will feature performances by Global superstars Dixie Chicks who headline the Festival and who will be joined by a first class international and local performance line up including Little Big Town, Kip Moore, and many more.

CMC Rocks QLD 2017 will be held over three days and nights from Friday March 24, Saturday March 25 and Sunday March 26, 2017 at Willowbank near Ipswich and will telecast on CMC in April. Tickets for CMC Rocks QLD 2017 are available at: cmcrocks.com

Foxtel and CMC are proud to partner with Tourism and Events Queensland to bring the CMC Music Awards to Queensland for the third year. CMC Music Awards 2017 and CMC Rocks QLD are part of the It’s Live! in Queensland events calendar, showcasing Australia’s best live events in Australia’s best destinations.

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For further information:

Foxtel Publicity- Victoria Richards [email protected] +61 2 9813 7439 +61 (0) 418 630 100

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