In Pictures: Carrie Underwood, Michael Ray, LANCO, Craig Campbell, Lewis Brice, Lee Brice

Warner Music Nashville recording artist Michael Ray joined the Nashville Sounds’ Booster and officials from First Tennessee Bank today to officially open the First Tennessee Park Twitter Vending Machine at Opry Mills Mall. The machine, located at Entry 5 outside Madame Tussauds, will vend random prizes to users who “Tweet for a Treat” between now and June 21.

Ray entertained the crowd with an acoustic set including his hits “Kiss You in the Morning” and “Think a Little Less,” took photographs with fans and signed giveaway items from the machine.

LANCO’s “Greatest Love Story” Gets Mural Treatment

Arista Nashville band LANCO celebrated a new interactive mural featuring their current single, “Greatest Love Story.” The mural, located in Nashville’s 12 South neighborhood, includes 3D spray-painted images including a replication of Paris’ Love Lock Bridge. Nashville visitors can chalk-in their own names on the mural’s locks through October.

Craig Campbell Hosts Charity Events To Raise Funds For Colorectal Cancer Research

Pictured (first row, L-R):  Jerrod Niemann, Trent Harmon, Mindy and Craig Campbell, Nascar driver Scott Lagasse, Jr.; (second row): Michael Ray, Keifer and Shawna Thompson (Thompson Square), Parmalee’s Matt Thomas, Scott Thomas, Barry Knox and Josh McSwain; (third row): Winning bidder Glen Templeton, Jackie Lee, Love and Theft’s Stephen Barker Liles and Eric Gunderson and emcee Eddie Garcia (“The Bobby Bones Show”). Photo: Xpressive Images By Jamie

Red Bow Records’ country artist Craig Campbell hosted the 5th Annual Craig Campbell Celebrity Cornhole Challenge and 3rd One Million Strong Benefit in Nashville, TN on Tuesday (June 6). Also a Fight Colorectal Cancer (Fight CRC) national spokesperson, he started this campaign to bring awareness to the disease that killed his father at age 36.  Both events combined raised over $180,000 for colorectal cancer education, research and prevention.