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NASHVILLE, Tenn – (August 30, 2016) – Seven-time Grammy winner and Pollstar’s three-time top female country touring artist, Carrie Underwood, will launch the fall leg of “The Storyteller Tour – Stories in the Round,” the biggest tour of her career, tomorrow night in Anchorage, Alaska. Billboard ranked the tour the #1 country tour for the first half of 2016.

The fall tour dates of “The Storyteller Tour – Stories in the Round” begins with Carrie’s inaugural performance in Alaska tomorrow night, and will include stops at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, CA, Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, TN and Madison Square Garden in New York, NY. When the tour wraps at the end of November she will have played 82 arenas on tour.  In December Carrie will join Keith Urban on the Australian and New Zealand leg of his “ripCORD World Tour 2016.”

During the first half of 2016 “The Storyteller Tour” rolled in to 47 cities as well as seven different countries, playing to nearly 600,000 people since the tour launched January 30 in Jacksonville, FL. The dramatic in-the-round stage production has been seen by 360-degree sell-out arena crowds across North America in cities such as Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Boston, Washington DC, St. Louis, Denver, Phoenix, San Antonio, Houston, Chicago, Toronto to name just a few. The tour crossed from one coast to the other coast and cities in between as well as traveling overseas to play in Sweden, Norway, Scotland, England, and Ireland as part of Country to Country (C2C), Europe’s biggest country music festival.

“The Storyteller Tour – Stories in the Round,” one of her most spectacular concert tours to date, has caught the attention of fans and music critics alike because of the stand-out performances and the dynamic production.

The show “is a no-expense-spared spectacle that highlights her approachable beauty, her roar of a voice and a substantive set of songs that have commanded the charts since her ‘American Idol’ victory a long decade ago.”
Atlanta Journal Constitution.

“The most stunning part of the production however, remains Underwood’s voice, strong and nuanced.”
The Boston Globe

“Lasers and swaying spotlights and fireworks and explosions all added to the spectacle. But make no mistake, Underwood was the star of the show.” – Florida Times-Union

The 2016 tour is in support of Carrie’s Gold-certified Storyteller album, which made a historic debut in October 2015 when she became the only artist in the chart’s 51-year history to have each of her first six albums to enter the chart at #1. The album has produced three #1 singles so far with “Smoke Break,” “Heartbeat” and “Church Bells” with it’s fourth single, “Dirty Laundry,” currently climbing the charts.

A donation of $1 from each ticket sold on the U.S. dates of “The Storyteller Tour” will be contributed to the C.A.T.S Foundation to help aid its causes including Checotah, Oklahoma’s education and literacy programs. Established in 2009, the C.A.T.S. (Checotah Animal, Town, and School) Foundation helps with general causes, needs, and services in the area of Checotah, Oklahoma, Carrie’s hometown, to directly impact the community.

The North American tour, with the exception of Anchorage, is promoted by AEG Live and includes special guests Easton Corbin and The Swon Brothers. Tickets are available now for the fall dates of The Storyteller Tour at www.aeglive.com. For information on fan club and VIP packages go to www.carrieunderwood.fm.

The Storyteller Tour fall dates:

ripCORD World Tour 2016 New Zealand & Australia tour dates:

Each of Carrie’s three previous headline arena tours, 2008’s Carnival Ride Tour, the Play On Tour in 2010, and 2012-2013’s Blown Away Tour played for over one million fans. When the Blown Away Tour wrapped in 2013, Carrie had performed 112 shows in 110 cities across three continents and six countries, including sold-out shows at London’s prestigious Royal Albert Hall, and two nights at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia.

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STAMFORD, Conn. – August 29, 2016 – Seven-time Grammy Award-winner and multi-platinum recording artist Carrie Underwood’s new song “Oh, Sunday Night,” the new opening theme for primetime television’s No. 1 program, NBC’s Sunday Night Football, is now available to listen to in its entirety on NBCSports.com.

The open makes its television debut on Sunday, September 11, before the kickoff of New England Patriots at Arizona Cardinals on NBC’s Sunday Night Football. Underwood is joined in the show open by 12 NFL players, who have accounted for 41 Pro Bowl selections, seven Super Bowl rings, and eight first-round draft picks. Following is the complete list of the players:

• New York Giants WR Odell Beckham, Jr.
• Pittsburgh Steelers WR Antonio Brown
• Dallas Cowboys WR Dez Bryant
• Seattle Seahawks S Kam Chancellor
• Oakland Raiders LB Khalil Mack
• New York Giants QB Eli Manning
• Arizona Cardinals S Tyrann Mathieu
• Green Bay Packers LB Clay Matthews
• Denver Broncos LB Von Miller
• Arizona Cardinals CB Patrick Peterson
• Seattle Seahawks S Earl Thomas
• Seattle Seahawks QB Russell Wilson

“Oh, Sunday Night” is set to the music of “Somethin’ Bad,” a chart-topping duet from Underwood and Miranda Lambert which was released in 2014 and earned a Grammy nomination for Best Country Duo/Group Performance. Underwood worked with the songwriters of “Somethin’ Bad”– Chris DeStefano, Brett James, and Priscilla Renea – to rewrite the lyrics for Sunday Night Football. The result, “Oh, Sunday Night,” was produced by Mark Bright and Chris DeStefano.

Two more dates are added to the Australia tour to satisfy demand after Sydney and Melbourne dates sell out! Below is the updated schedule of Keith Urban’s “ripCORD World Tour Australia 2016” which Carrie will join this December.

KEITH URBAN’S “ripCORD World Tour AUSTRALIA 2016”:

Tuesday December 6^th: Adelaide – Entertainment Centre

Thursday December 8^th: Melbourne – Rod Laver Arena SOLD OUT

Friday December 9^th: Melbourne – Rod Laver Arena NEW SHOW DATE

Saturday December 10^th: Canberra – GIO Stadium

Monday December 12^th: Sydney – Qudos Bank Arena SOLD OUT

Wednesday December 14^th: Sydney – ICC Sydney Theatre, ICC Sydney NEW SHOW DATE

Friday December 16^th: Brisbane – Entertainment Centre

Saturday December 17^th: Brisbane – Entertainment Centre

Click here for ticket details.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (August 18, 2016) – Fresh off of last week’s dual #1 party celebrating her 23^rd and 24^th chart-topping singles, seven-time GRAMMY® Award winner Carrie Underwood will release her new single, “Dirty Laundry,” to country radio on August 22. It is the fourth single from her gold-certified, fifth studio album, Storyteller, which has produced three consecutive #1 singles, “Smoke Break,” “Heartbeat” and “Church Bells.” Dubbed “deliciously dark” by the Boston Globe, and “elegantly structured and technically impressive” by The New York Times, “Dirty Laundry” is produced by Jay Joyce and written by Zach Crowell, Ashley Gorley and Hillary Lindsey.

“I love the relaxed groove of the song combined with the vengeful storyline,” says Underwood. “That combination of strong, empowering lyrics set against the cool, laid-back sound, puts a new spin on the subject matter that feels really fresh and cool.”

Already a fan favorite on the road, Carrie’s Storyteller Tour launches its fall leg August 31^st in Anchorage, Alaska, and will run through November. In December, Carrie will play shows in New Zealand and Australia as part of Keith Urban’s “ripCORD World Tour 2016.” For a full list of upcoming tour dates, visit www.carrieunderwood.fm.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (August 13, 2016)  Carrie Underwood and the co-writers of her #1 hits “Heartbeat” and “Church Bells” celebrated the double success with music industry executives, family, and friends this past Thursday in downtown Nashville at the historic Bell Tower. “Heartbeat” was written by Carrie, Zach Crowell and Ashley Gorley, and was produced by Zach Crowell. “Church Bells” was written by Zach Crowell, Brett James and Hillary Lindsey, and produced by Mark Bright.

After the presentations and speeches, the writers treated the audience to a very special performance of the #1 hits as well as Carrie’s new single, “Dirty Laundry,” which happens to be written by Crowell, Lindsey, and Gorley.  This talented group closed with a beautiful rendition of Underwood’s very first country smash hit, “Jesus, Take the Wheel,” which was co-written by James and Lindsey.

Highlights from the event can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/WJ4iEiK9wi4

Underwood heads to Anchorage, Alaska on Aug 31 to kick off the fall leg of her Storyteller Tour, which Billboard reported as the #1 country tour so far this year.

NASHVILLE, Tenn – (August 8, 2016) – Seven-time Grammy Award-winner and multi-platinum recording artist Carrie Underwood has recorded a new opening theme song for NBC’s Sunday Night Football, primetime television’s No. 1 program for five consecutive years. Entitled “Oh, Sunday Night,” the new SNF opening song is a mix of country, rock, and pop.

A sneak preview of the new song debuted this past Friday during the opening of the 2016 Rio Olympics on NBC and will continue to air throughout the Olympics (Aug. 5-21). The full theme song, “Oh, Sunday Night,” will debut on the first SNFtelecast – Patriots at Cardinals on Sept. 11.

View the sneak preview HERE and HERE.

“Oh, Sunday Night” is set to the music of “Somethin’ Bad,” a chart-topping duet from Underwood and Miranda Lambert which was released in 2014 and earned a Grammy nomination for Best Country Duo/Group Performance. Underwood worked with the songwriters of “Somethin’ Bad”– Chris DeStefano, Brett James, and Priscilla Renea – to rewrite the lyrics for Sunday Night Football. The result, “Oh, Sunday Night,” was produced by Mark Bright and Chris DeStefano.

NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL — 2016 Promo Shoot — Pictured: Carrie Underwood — (Photo by: Paul Drinkwater/NBC)

STAMFORD, Conn. – July 26, 2016 – 12 NFL players will join seven-time Grammy Award-winner and multi-platinum recording artist Carrie Underwood for her performance of  “Oh, Sunday Night,” the new opening theme for primetime television’s No. 1 program, NBC’s Sunday Night Football.

A sneak preview of the new show open – which debuts Sept. 11 as the New England Patriots visit the Arizona Cardinals in the season-opening SNF game – will air during NBC’s coverage of the 2016 Rio Olympics (Aug. 5-21).

12 NFL players, who have accounted for 41 Pro Bowl selections, seven Super Bowl rings, and eight first-round draft picks, participated in the open shoot at Universal Studios Hollywood in June. Following is the complete list of the players:

• New York Giants WR Odell Beckham, Jr.
• Pittsburgh Steelers WR Antonio Brown
• Dallas Cowboys WR Dez Bryant
• Seattle Seahawks S Kam Chancellor
• Oakland Raiders LB Khalil Mack
• New York Giants QB Eli Manning
• Arizona Cardinals S Tyrann Mathieu
• Green Bay Packers LB Clay Matthews
• Denver Broncos LB Von Miller
• Arizona Cardinals CB Patrick Peterson
• Seattle Seahawks S Earl Thomas
• Seattle Seahawks QB Russell Wilson

“Oh, Sunday Night” is set to the music of “Somethin’ Bad,” a chart-topping duet from Underwood and Miranda Lambert which was released in 2014 and earned a Grammy nomination for Best Country Duo/Group Performance. Underwood worked with the songwriters of “Somethin’ Bad”– Chris DeStefano, Brett James, and Priscilla Renea – to rewrite the lyrics for Sunday Night Football. The result, “Oh, Sunday Night,” was produced by Mark Bright and Chris DeStefano.

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Nashville, TN, July 18, 2016 – Seven-time GRAMMY® Award winner Carrie Underwood scores her 24^th #1 single of her career with “Church Bells,” the third consecutive chart-topping single from her current album, Storyteller.  Landing the #1 slot on both the Billboard and Mediabase country airplay charts, the song also spent two weeks at #1 on Canada’s Mediabase country airplay chart and three weeks at #1 on Australia’s country airplay chart.

Produced by Mark Bright and written by Zach Crowell, Brett James, and Hillary Lindsey, “Church Bells” was singled out by Entertainment Weekly as a “twangy roof-raiser.” In fact, Underwood virtually brought the house down when she performed the prime-time television debut of “Church Bells” at the 51^st Annual ACM Awards on CBS in April which drew a standing ovation from the audience at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. “Nothing short of spectacular” is how Rolling Stone Country recapped the ACM Awards moment.

The music video for “Church Bells,” directed by Wayne Isham and filmed during a live concert at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska, is currently #1 on GAC’s fan-voted Top 20 Country Countdown. The goal of director Isham, whose director credits include Michael Jackson, Bon Jovi, Metallica and Britney Spears, was to capture the country star’s energetic live performance and fans’ reactions and edit it into a 3:40 snapshot of a Carrie Underwood The Storyteller Tour – Stories In The Round experience. Watch the video here: http://smarturl.it/cuchurchbellsvevo.

Underwood begins the second leg of The Storyteller Tour on August 31^st in Anchorage, Alaska.

Look for Carrie Underwood to kick off the 2016 season of football and a brand new theme song for “Sunday Night Football” on September 11^th on NBC prior to the New England Patriots and Arizona Cardinals game. Titled “Oh, Sunday Night,” the new song is based on Underwood’s 2014 hit collaboration with Miranda Lambert, “Somethin’ Bad.”

And, later this fall, the country star joins Brad Paisley as co-hosts of the 50^th Annual CMA Awards on November 2^nd broadcasting live from Bridgestone Arena on ABC 8-11 pm Eastern/7-10 pm Central.