WEEKEND OF APRIL 16TTH & 17TH FEATURES ACM NOMINEES LADY ANTEBELLUM & MIRANDA LAMBERT, TOP NEW ARTIST CATEGORY WINNERS AND SPECIAL GUESTS!

The Academy of Country Music is hosting two days of all-star concerts at the Fremont Street Experience in Las Vegas during The Week Vegas Goes Country™! ACM Weekend on Fremont Street Experience will feature top newcomer category winners, Luke Bryan, Joey + Rory and Gloriana, special guests and headliners Lady Antebellum and Miranda Lambert performing on two different stages to crowds downtown. The weekend-long party leading up to the 45th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards is sponsored by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and will feature Emily West, The Band Perry, Danny Gokey, David Nail and Lady Antebellum on April 16, 2010 and Joey + Rory, Gloriana, Randy Rogers Band, Luke Bryan and Miranda Lambert on April 17, 2010.

Thanks to Steve and Cody for sharing their concert pictures to the site. The first set is from a Roadside Bars & Pink Guitars show, the second set is from earlier this month from when Miranda went on the American Saturday Night Tour with Brad Paisley, be sure to check out the photos, Miranda looks amazing as always! As always, if you have concert photos or videos of Miranda that you would like to share, please e-mail them to staff.ranfans@gmail.com you’ll get full credit for your donation.

Roadside Bars & Pink Guitars Tour > 03/20/2010 – Orlando, FL

American Saturday Night Tour with Brad Paisley > 03/06/2010 – Charleston, S.C.

Charles of Lady Antebellum predicts that Miranda will take home the ACM Album of the Year Award, read what he said below:

Charles says no matter what other awards are handed out on the big night, he’s fairly certain which disc will be named ACM Album of the Year. “I will put money that Miranda Lambert takes home Album of the Year for ‘Revolution,’” he insists. “That’s the best record that’s come out in the past five years.”

Source: The Boot

Miranda’s first headlining tour Roadside Bars & Pink Guitars kicks off tonight in Beckley, WV! If you are attending any of the shows from this tour please donate your meet and greet, concert photos,  videos, and reviews to our site and gallery! To send your donations e-mail them to staff.ranfans@gmail.com. You’ll recieve full credit for your donation.

To all the fans & Miranda have fun and be safe!

Just added Scans from the 03/08/10 issue of Country Weekly. Thanks a bunch to Nikie!

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>> Magazines & Scans > 2010 > 03/08/10 – Country Weekly

Tishomingo resident Miranda Lambert, “American Idol” contender Jennifer Hudson, Jason Aldean, Lady Antebellum, Brad Paisley, George Strait, Taylor Swift and Sugarland have been added as performers to “ACM Presents: Brooks & Dunn – The Last Rodeo,” an all-star concert special that will be broadcast at 7 p.m. Sunday, May 23 on CBS.

Previously announced performers include Oklahoma natives Reba McEntire and Carrie Underwood, Rascal Flatts (which includes Joe Don Rooney of Picher), Kenny Chesney and Keith Urban.

Source: BAM’s Blog

Nashville, TN (March 11, 2010) — With her sharp-tongued, no-holds barred attitude, incendiary stage performances, and gun-toting anthems, platinum recording artist Miranda Lambert is a force to be reckoned with — a woman most men would think twice about double-crossing. Her recent number one hit “White Liar” along with hits like “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” “Gunpowder & Lead” and “Kerosene” leave no question that the gal can hold her own. But there’s a new breed of rough & rowdy country artists who think they are man enough to keep up with the 6x ACM nominated star.

Miranda embarks on her “Roadside Bars & Pink Guitars” headlining tour next week and for all but a handful of dates, she’s enlisted some of the hottest male talents in country music – James Otto, David Nail, Randy Houser, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Eric Church, Jake Owen, Wade Bowen, Luke Bryan and Chris Young. Each will join Miranda for select dates through out the tour.

“I like pink guitars and puppies so how scary can I be?” laughs Miranda. “Seriously, it’s going to be a lot of fun. I’ve been on tour with some great male headliners so I thought it’s only natural that I invite some talented guys on my first official headlining tour!”

“We’re excited to join Miranda for a few dates on her upcoming tour,” exlaims Cross Canadian Ragweed’s guitarist Grady Cross. “It’s been about 5 years since we’ve performed with her and we’re proud to be back. Miranda is a great entertainer and its guaranteed to be a good time!”

“Miranda is one of the most talented singer/songwriters out there,” says Chris Young. “I have always loved her music and her live shows, and I’m very excited about being on the road with her.”

“I can’t wait to get out on the road with Miranda,” says an enthusiastic Jake Owen. “She and her band know how to rock and our show is a perfect fit with that. Her fans are always ready to have a good time and we’re ready to show them a party.”

“Miranda has always been one of the most confident women I’ve been around. It seems she always has her head in the game and ready for the next step before she even knows what that might be,” says fellow Texan Wade Bowen. “Her music is original and unique without sticking herself under the radar and with every album release, I find myself anxious to see what she is going to do next. Not many artists have that effect on people anymore!”

“Miranda and I both have a lot of respect for each other musically,” says Eric Church. “I consider her a badass and she considers me one. Put us both together and it should be unsafe at best. Everybody better rest up for this one cause we’re gonna blow it up.”

Miranda’s newest single “The House that Built Me,” a song that showcases her softer, sentimental side, became the #1 most added song this week at over 100 country radio stations. With six 2010 ACM nominations under her belt, a newly celebrated Gold certification of both her first #1 single, “White Liar,” and her critically acclaimed third studio album, Revolution, and her first headlining tour, Miranda Lambert has laid a strong foundation in becoming country music’s next big superstar.

Source: RodeoAttitude.com

When two people have been dating for a lengthy period of time, talk inevitably turns to engagement. Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton say they have not really discussed getting married, but their fans and the press have certainly been more than interested in finding out when they are going to make it “official.”

“People put us on the spot all the time about when we’re getting engaged, but we’re just now becoming a real couple,” Miranda tells The Boot. “We’ve had so many ups and downs and so many things in our careers. And it just seems recently we’ve really got a real relationship going, and it’s great. Whatever that leads to is awesome, but I don’t think it has to have a title.”

“We’ve had our high points and low points, but I do think that we’re stronger together now than we’ve ever, ever been,” Blake tells The Boot. “For the first time, I can see that [engagement] happening, and she can too … So who knows?”

Blake even predicted a couple of years ago Miranda was somebody who would be in his life for a long time. “She’s one of those few people you meet and have a connection with, and you don’t really fully understand it, but you know it’s a pretty big deal.”

The pair, who began dating in 2006, have quite a bit in common besides making music, and that’s probably what’s kept them together for so long. “It’s just fun to be with someone you love who loves the same things you do,” Miranda explains. The two even have ranches located within a few miles of each other in Tishimingo, Okla. — Miranda’s is stocked with chickens, cows, dogs, mini-horses, donkeys, goats and more.

Miranda has a few days off before she launches her Roadside Bars and Pink Guitars tour March 18 in Beckley, W. Va.

Source: The Boot