Big & Rich, Property Brothers‘ Drew Scott Team With Ally Financial

Ally Financial has teamed with artists including Big & Rich and singer/songwriter and Property Brothers‘ star Drew Scott to promote the release of the company’s new app, Splurge Alert. The app is designed to help consumers better identify and manage their spending habits, by asking users to identify stores and areas where they tend to overspend and then select friends and/or family who can help them avoid overspending pitfalls. The app uses geolocation technology to determine when users approach a “splurge zone,” and then sends an alert message to a designated buddy in hopes that they will lure the user away from the problem area.

Scott and Big & Rich have signed on to test Splurge Alert and share how they spend their money through a series of unique videos and social media posts.

John Michael Montgomery Performs During American Veterans Center’s National Memorial Day Parade

John Michael Montgomery performed his 2004 hit “Letters From Home” during the American Veterans Center’s Memorial Day Parade on Monday in Washington, D.C.

More than 1,000 active duty military personnel participated in the event, which was aired nationally on REELZ Channel and Armed Forces Radio Network.

The Shotgun Seat To Host Charity Songwriter Event Featuring Kree Harrison, CJ Solar

The Shotgun Seat will host a charity songwriter event in Nashville on July 6, from 6:30-8:00 p.m. at 3rd and Lindsley. Kree Harrison, CJ Solar, Benjy Davis, Thomas Finchum, and Lockhart are slated to perform.

The event aids Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee, and guests are asked to bring non-perishable food items to donate to the organization. Tickets are $10 and available at 3rdandlindsley.com or at the door on the day of the performance.

The Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum will host autograph signings, performances and special programs, presented by Comcast, during CMA Music Festival, June 9 to 12.

Just added signings include visits with Mark Chesnutt, Dan + Shay, Brenda Lee, Lonestar and Charley Pride. These artists join an already packed week of activity that includes an appearance by Blake Shelton in support of the new exhibition Blake Shelton: Based on a True Story, supported by SunTrust, as well as appearances by Gary Allan, Bill Anderson, Brandy Clark, Mickey Guyton, Oak Ridge Boys, RaeLynn, Aubrie Sellers and more. The museum will also host the only Nashville book signing with Scotty McCreery, who will be signing copies of Go Big or Go Home: The Journey Toward the Dream.

In addition, visitors will get a first look at the newest installation of the museum’s ACM Gallery, including artifacts representing today’s hottest country artists such as Luke Bryan, Miranda Lambert and Little Big Town.

Charlie Daniels, a 2016 inductee of the Country Music Hall of Fame, will share stories of his career on the Close Up Stage at Fan Fair X located in the Music City Center on June 9 at 1:15 p.m.

For a complete schedule of Music Fest at the Hall, presented by Comcast, visit countrymusichalloffame.org/musicfestatthehall.

CMA Music Festival today announced the addition of two new stages for this year’s event, running June 9-12. New in 2016 are the AT&T Skyview Stage and Budweiser Acoustic Stage, both located at Ascend Amphitheater. This brings the total number of stages to 11.

To celebrate the amphitheater, which opened in 2015, CMA is hosting a free Kick-Off Concert and Opening Ceremonies on Wednesday, June 8 (11 a.m.). The Opening Ceremonies will be hosted by Chris Young and feature appearances by the Mayor of Nashville Megan Barry, the Fisk Jubilee Singers, and Metro Nashville Public Schools students who have benefited from funds generated by the Festival.

Immediately following the Opening Ceremonies the party continues with the CMA Music Festival Kick Off Concert featuring SiriusXM Highway Finds artists including Frankie Ballard, Clare Dunn, High Valley, Steve Moakler, William Michael Morgan, Old Dominion, Michael Ray, Aubrie Sellers, and Kalie Shorr.

Scheduled to appear on the AT&T Skyview Stage as part of the festival are Bobby Bones and The Raging Idiots and “The Wonderful Women of Country” (Danielle Bradbery, Lindsay Ell, Jana Kramer, Maddie & Tae, Cassadee Pope, Hillary Scott, Lucie Silvas, Natalie Stovall). Tracy Lawrence and Friends will feature John Berry, T. Graham Brown, John Michael Montgomery, Lorrie Morgan, and T.G. Sheppard. Also on the line up are Marshall Tucker Band and Friends; Sara Evans; Ashley Monroe; Music City Hit-Makers; Shenandoah; Sister Hazel; and The Oak Ridge Boys.

The Budweiser Acoustic Stage, also at Ascend Amphitheater, will offer intimate performances by Seth Alley, Carlton Anderson, Chris Bandi, Rylie Bourne, Jeston Cade, Hannah Dasher, Hannah Ellis, Lacy Green, Emily Hackett, Kree Harrison, Jillian Jacqueline, Like Strangers, Hunter Phelps, Post Monroe, Jameson Rodgers, Brent Rupard, Shelley Skidmore, CJ Solar, and Mitchell Tenpenny.

Also new to the Festival this year, the Budweiser Country Club is a three-story structure located in Fan Alley. The open-air space features two 20-foot bars.

Artists and schedule subject to change.