No Vince Gill as host? Gretchen Wilson's singing a ballad? Country music's heading to New York next year?
The CMA awards show is changing, but it always provides country music with an oddly intriguing blend of Super Bowl, election night and Mardi Gras.
Today's Life section is a guide to the things that'll be happening on camera and behind the scenes for this, the last year of CMAs in Nashville before the show heads off to New York — for a year, anyway.
It's all here: the industry's favorite post-show party spots, Shania's favorite movies, the whiskey binge that spawned Whiskey Lullaby, show co-host Kix Brooks' thoughts on the ''Country: Admit It, You Love It'' debacle.
Throughout the week, The Tennessean continues its awards coverage, with ''expert'' picks, reports from tomorrow night's black-tie industry dinners and, yes, stories galore on the big show itself.
Admit it. You love it.
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