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As earlier reported, Old Dominion postponed several shows due to the death of one of their band member’s family. Also affected are the following dates:

Friday, March 10, 2017

INTRUST Bank Arena,��Wichita, KS

Saturday, March 11, 2017

BOK Center,��Tulsa, OK

Sunday, March 12, 2017

CenturyLink Center,��Bossier City, LA

Miranda sends her prayers and support to her tourmates during this difficult time and is certain that her fans will understand that Old Dominion will need time to mourn. Grammy nominated singer-songwriter Brandy Clark, who penned Miranda’s No.1 hit “Mama’s Broken Heart�� will jointhe Highway Vagabond Tour in their place.

Miranda’s making her third appearance on  on April 19th in support of her sixth album,��The Weight of These Wings. Since the Lindale, Texas native’s , she has earned widespread acclaim, including two Grammy Awards, thirteen Country Music Association Awards, and an astonishing twenty-five Academy of Country Music Awards.

The ticket giveaway for Miranda's taping will be posted on  approximately a week before the taping. Follow ACL on �����Ի��� for notice of the postings.

Reigning Academy of Country Music Female Vocalist of the Year Miranda Lambert recently used a tour warm-up show to make a major difference in the life of an aspiring female songwriter. Thanks to a sold-out club show in Chicago, Lambert will for the second year fund the Miranda Lambert Women Creators Scholarship at Belmont University’s . The purpose of the fund is to provide a scholarship to an outstanding female student who is majoring in music business, songwriting or entertainment industry studies.

“I am so happy to continue supporting this scholarship fund for Women Creators at Belmont University’s Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business,�� said Lambert. “To be able to assist women in a meaningful way means the world to me.��

Lambert raised the funds to continue the scholarship for a second year with her Jan. 24 club show at Joe’s Bar in Chicago, a rehearsal for her current Highway Vagabond Tour, which supports her 2016 album,��The Weight of These Wings. Songwriter Natalie Hemby, a Belmont graduate, joined her for the concert.

Doug Howard, dean of the Curb College, said, "We are grateful and humbled by the continued generous support given by Miranda Lambert to the women songwriters and artists at the Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business. The level of participation and excitement displayed by our students in connection with this scholarship has been overwhelming, and this year's gift is once again evidence of Miranda's firm commitment to inspire and empower the next generation of female creators and entertainment industry leaders."

Applications are now open for the 2017-18 scholarship. Candidates must complete an online application and submit an original song. A Curb College selection committee will review the applications, and a group of finalists will be sent to Lambert review. Award notification is anticipated to occur in late spring.

The inaugural scholarship for the 2016-17 academic year went to junior songwriting major .

(Becky Fluke)

Fifth ACM Album of the Year Nomination of Her Career

Vanner Records/RCA Records Nashville GRAMMY Award-winner Miranda Lambert receives SIX nominations for the 52ndAcademy of Country Music Awards (ACMs) including ALBUM OF THE YEAR for The Weight of These Wings. This nomination marks Lamberts FIFTH consecutive album to be recognized in the ACM Album of the Year Category. Within the Album of the Year category, Lambert holds the record for most ALBUM wins, by an artist, in ACM History.

In addition to ALBUM OF THE YEAR Lambert also received nominations for FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR, which she is currently the seven-time reigning recipient, SINGLE OF THE YEAR (“Vice��), SONG OF THE YEAR (“Vice,�� as the artist and songwriter), and VIDEO OF THE YEAR (“Vice��).

Lambert follows the smash hit of “Vice�� with her newest single from The Weight Of These Wings, “We Should Be Friends.�� Lambert recently released the effervescent music video for “We Should Be Friends�� in which she stars alongside her real-life best friends and co-writers, Natalie Hemby & Waylon Payne. Watch Lambert and friends�� beauty parlor festivities in the music video .

Carrying The Weight of These Wings to fans, Lambert continues on her cross-country HIGHWAY VAGABOND tour with upcoming stops in Reading, Penn., Charlottesville, Wash., Charleston, SC.

Miranda released her new music video today for her song “We Should Be Friends.��

The music video was shot in Watertown, TN and once again, Miranda tapped video-director Trey Fanjoy to oversee the fun that ensues within the confines of a small town beauty parlor. The video that will almost certainly put a smile on your face includes some of Miranda’s personal friends, including songwriters Natalie Hemby and Waylon Payne, whom both have credits on Miranda’s critically acclaimed sixth studio album, .

(Daniela Federici)

“Fill The Little Red Wagon�� animal shelter campaign embraced by Miranda’s fans

As the Highway Vagabond Tour got off to a great start, Miranda is rallying the support of pet lovers by calling on concertgoers to support her passion and to “Fill The Little Red Wagon�� at her tour stops with food and supplies to help animals in need.

The country superstar is offering up the chance for one lucky fan and a guest to meet her before her performance. To enter, all you have to do is drop off pet food, treats or toys into the “Little Red Wagon�� that is set up at the entrance of the venue on the evening of her shows. All donations benefit local shelters.

The 2017 campaign kicked off in these markets and supports the following local shelters:

1/26 �� Evansville, IN

Ford Center

Takes A Village No-Kill Shelter

1/27 – Springfield, MO

JQH Arena

Castaway Animal Rescue Effort

1/28 – Kearney, NE

Viaero Center

Kearney Area Animal Shelter

2/2 – Providence, RI

Dunkin�� Donuts Center

Providence Animal Rescue

2/3 – Amherst, MA

Mullins Center

Dakin Humane Society

2/4 – Uncasville, CT

Mohegan Sun Arena

Dog Star, Kenway’s Cause, Pack Leaders

“The Little Red Wagon was overflowing and then some��, says Lambert, “I want to thank my fans, the volunteers, the communities, the shelters, Petmate, Live Nation and Country Radio for their tireless efforts and for how much they care about what I love, which is the mutts.��

“The food drive from the concert was a huge help to our organization,�� Says Anna Yendes from Castaway Animal Rescue Effort in Springfield, MO. “People donated more than 600 lbs of food to us, plus an assortment of treats, canned food and other supplies. Our shelter, like many others, run on very tight budgets so we are constantly low on everything and worried about running out. Food drives like these are great because it allows us to help more animals that need it. Our cats and dogs were very happy when I got back to the center with all the donations!��

A special thanks to the Pet Food Center chain in Evansville, IN for their tremendous support of shelter pets by carrying the MuttNation Fueled by Miranda LambertPet Collection in their stores. Every purchase helps change the lives of shelter dogs in a big way. Don’t Forget, love a shelter Pet!

MJ&M Event will be held April 20-21 2017 in Austin, Texas to Benefit Children’s Charities

, the joint fundraising effort of ESPN analyst and legendary football coach Mack Brown, ACM award-winning recording artist Jack Ingram and Academy Award®-winning actor Matthew McConaughey, announced today that Grammy award-winning, Vanner Records/Sony Nashville recording artist, Miranda Lambert will headline its gala night on Thursday April 20, 2017 with Jack Ingram opening as part of MJ&M’s two day event in Austin, Texas. Tickets are available to the public on Friday, February 3rd at 10 a.m.

Texas native Miranda Lambert is the reigning ACM Female Vocalist of the Year, having been bestowed the honor for seven consecutive years. Her recognitions include 2 Grammy Awards, 13 Country Music Associations (CMA) Awards, and 25 Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards as well as many other accolades. Miranda released her most recent effort, a double album titled The Weight of These Wings in November 2016, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Country Albums chart.

“I am thrilled to join my dear friends for the 5th annual Mack, Jack & McConaughey event in April. The impact of their effort is off the charts and I am glad to help. We are going to have an incredible night,�� said Lambert.

This spring marks the 5th year of the Mack, Jack & McConaughey event. Every year thousands of guests enjoy two full days of events all benefitting charities working to empower kids through health, wellness and education programming.

“There is nobody better than Miranda to take year five of MJ&M to the next level. Matthew, Mack and I are so proud to have seen MJ&M grow from a fun idea into an impactful effort already investing more than $5 Million into charities working to empower kids,�� said Ingram.

On Friday, April 21st, MJ&M will continue with a golf tournament at Spanish Oaks Golf Club. Simultaneously, MJ&M will host a fashion show and luncheon chaired by Lifestyle expert and co-founder of Yummy Spoonfuls Camila Alves McConaughey. Friday wraps up with the Jack Ingram & Friends concert at ACL.

Funds raised at MJ&M 2017 will support CureDuchenne, Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas, HeartGift, just keep livin Foundation and The Rise School of Austin.

Sponsors of this year’s event include: Allstate, Fashion Forms, H-E-B, Wild Turkey, American Campus Communities, Nike, Target and The Mrs.

Vanner Records/RCA Records Nashville GRAMMY Award-winner Miranda Lambert’s new album, , ends 2016, and kicks off 2017 on a high note.

The new release, , not only debuted at No.1 on the Billboard Country Albums Chart and No. 3 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart, it spawned two GRAMMY Award nominations for BEST COUNTRY SOLO PERFORMANCE and BEST COUNTRY SONG for the album’s lead single “Vice.��

Also, has appeared on numerous music critic’s 2016 Year End Best of Lists including Billboard (#1), Rolling Stone (#2), Us Weekly (#2), Cosmopolitan (#4), Variety (#4), Entertainment Weekly (#5), Vulture (#7) and ���ʸ���(#9) amongst many others.

In addition, the song “Highway Vagabond�� which appears among the 24 tracks that comprise the album, has lent its title for Lambert’s new tour aptly called the Highway Vagabond Tour which kicks off January 26th in Evansville, Indiana.

Lambert’s sixth studio album, , has continued to garner praise from the media:

“It is, though, Lambert’s least exuberant album, and also her best—one of the year’s best, in fact.��

�� The New Yorker

“If ever there was any question, this multifaceted and distinctly modern work ought to lay it to rest: Lambert is the most fascinating and unfettered singer-songwriter of her country generation.��

�� NPR

“On her 24-track double album, the new country generation's leading outlaw balances humor, regret, love and anger in the brutally blunt way that only she can.��

�� Rolling Stone

“…her piercing voice breaks in just the right places when her mood grows downcast, and explodes into colorful curlicues when she's enthused, or peeved.��

�� The New York Times

“…marvelous 24-track masterwork.��

�� Us Weekly

�� ‘The Weight of These Wings�� matches the take-no-prisoners attitude of her lyrics with music that travels unexpected routes but often winds up touching the soul.��

�� The Boston Globe

“Across 24 contemplative songs, Lambert aches without wallowing. She daydreams without self-delusion. And that brilliant twang in her voice sounds more anchored, more experienced.

If sorrow can congeal into wisdom, this is what it sounds like.��

�� The Washington Post

Lambert’s double album, is produced by Frank Liddell, Glenn Worf, and Eric Masse.

Miranda celebrated the gift of home and family on CBS's 18th annual A Home For the Holidays. The special features uplifting stories about adoption and foster care, to raise awareness about this important issue. Watch her perform her GRAMMY winning song, “The House That Built Me��, above.

Miranda's hitting the road in 2017 on her Highway Vagabond tour to perform songs off of her latest album The Weight of These Wings. See if she's coming to and enjoy the new tunes on ,��, or .