Carrie Underwood kicked off the second leg of her 43-city arena tour, THE DENIM & RHINESTONES TOUR, in Florida last week, playing to packed houses in Miami (February 2), Tampa (February 4), and Jacksonville (February 6). The first leg of the tour launched in October with a sold-out show in Greenville, SC, and wrapped November 19.  A critical and commercial smash, the tour makes stops in 25 U.S. cities during the second leg, including New York’s Madison Square Garden, Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, and L.A.’s Crypto.com Arena before concluding in Seattle, WA on March 17. Underwood is joined on THE DENIM & RHINESTONES TOUR by special guest Jimmie Allen on all dates. The tour is promoted by AEG Presents.

Highlights of the show included Underwood’s performance of her hit single “Ghost Story,” and her current single, “Hate My Heart,” from her Denim & Rhinestones album. “Hate My Heart” is currently climbing the charts and the music video, directed by Shaun Silva, is now available on all platforms.

Upcoming dates for THE DENIM & RHINESTONES TOUR follow:
THE DENIM & RHINESTONES TOUR 2023

$1 from each ticket sold for THE DENIM & RHINESTONES TOUR is contributed to the Tunnel to Towers Foundation (t2t.org), which has been helping America’s heroes since 9/11 by providing mortgage-free homes to Gold Star and fallen first responder families with young children and by building custom-designed smart homes for catastrophically injured veterans and first responders.

Following the conclusion of THE DENIM & RHINESTONES TOUR, Underwood resumes her ongoing REFLECTION: The Las Vegas Residency at the Resorts World Theatre in 2023.  The first artist to grace the stage of the new 5,000-seat, world-class theatre, she debuted her residency with a sold-out run in December 2021 and went on to perform additional sold-out runs through Spring 2022.  Tickets are on sale now at https://www.axs.com/carrieinvegas for 2023 dates commencing June 21 and continuing through December, produced by Concerts West/AEG Presents

Carrie Underwood returns to the road on Thursday (February 2nd) in Miami with The Denim & Rhinestones Tour featuring Jimmie Allen, and she can’t wait to get “back into the swing” of performing for fans.

Getting back into the swing of things for the #DenimAndRhinestonesTour! 😉See you out there?#TourRehearsals

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— Carrie Underwood (@carrieunderwood) February 1, 2023

“I’m excited about getting back on the road on the Denim & Rhinestones Tour,” says the “Hate My Heart” singer. “I think the thing that I always look forward with tours is just getting on stage. We just have so much fun. I love this show so much. I feel like it’s definitely bigger and brighter and better than any tour we’ve ever done; a lot of elements in it. You know, I really just wanted to push myself and try new things and try to figure out different ways to entertain in different things I could do. This show is so much fun. The crowds have been so much fun. The band is so much fun, like there’s such a great energy whenever we get to be on stage. So, I look forward to that, just getting out there and doing what we do.”

Carrie’s much-anticipated return to Las Vegas will kick off June 21st, after she wraps The Denim & Rhinestones Tour in March. Tickets for 18 new show dates for REFLECTION, produced by Concerts West/ AEG Presents, are on sale now at axs.com/carrieinvegas. The first artist to grace the Resorts World Theatre stage, Carrie opened the doors of the 5,000-capacity, world-class theatre with a sold-out premiere in December 2021, garnering rave reviews by critics and fans alike and selling out all runs in 2022.

For more information on Carrie’s Denim & Rhinestones Tour, click here.

We may be getting ready to enter February, but we just celebrated the holidays a few weeks ago. Carrie Underwood and her family were surrounded by the magic of Christmas–especially since they could enjoy it through the eyes of both her of her sons — Isaiah and Jacob — now that her youngest is beginning to understand.

“I feel like this year was kind of the first year that Jake understood Christmas and all it’s magic,” says Carrie. “He was three around Christmas; he just turned four in January, and it’s just a lot of fun to have two kids that are kind of in the thick of just believing in Christmas magic. We did a lot of traveling with family and we got to spend some time up in Canada and they got to play in the snow, and it’s a lot of fun. It’s fun right now in our world with our boys.”

Carrie is currently making her way up the country charts with her latest single, “Hate My Heart,” and she’s getting ready to launch the next leg of her Denim & Rhinestones Tour on Thursday (February 2nd) in Miami.

Christmas for Carrie Underwood hasn’t changed that much from when she was a young girl. She usually still gets together with her family, which includes her parents, two sisters and their families…as well as her own husband, Mike Fisher, and sons Isaiah and Jacob.

Carrie says some of her Christmas traditions include a lot of traveling to visit her family and her husband Mike Fisher’s family…but also cooking and celebrating the season. “My perfect Christmas, generally we do a lot of traveling around Christmas. We’ll go see either my family or my husband’s family,” says Carrie. “I’ll spend all day cooking. I’ll make a small turkey, even though I don’t eat turkey. I’ll make myself some tofurkey; cranberry sauce, of course. Of course, sweet potato casserole. You have to have that. That’s one of my favorites because it’s a side dish and dessert, but I’ll just make a ridiculous amount of food. Just celebrate, have a fire, we wait for Santa and open our presents, then we’re off to see the next group of family. It’s all about watching it through my sons’ eyes and just getting to spend time with family.”

The mother of two loves to cook, especially at Christmas, because of the food and most importantly, due to the company gathered around the dining table. “I do love to cook, and I love to go all out for Christmas,” says Carrie. “I don’t do anything super fancy – lots of casseroles and stuff like that, like broccoli rice casserole, and some sort of macaroni dish, and there’s always deviled eggs. I don’t know why we eat deviled eggs every holiday. It’s like the holiday thing to do is make deviled eggs. What else do I do? There’s pecan pie—that’s my husband’s favorite. I love pumpkin pie, so I’ll always make that. My son and I will make Christmas cookies and things like that; green bean casserole. That’s another one. I don’t know, I might be the only one who eats green bean casserole, but it’s the kind of thing that you just have to have it. But I love to cook, and I feel like that’s, you know, I love to feast. I love to get around the table. There’s way too much food to eat and everybody’s bellies are full and everyone’s happy and thankful and enjoying the food and the company.”

She continues: “For me growing up, Christmas was always just comforting. We always had the same stockings and the same tree and the same decorations, and we would always decorate the weekend right after Thanksgiving. You know, flip the Christmas switch, put the tree up. Now that we’re adults and have kids, we can go to the Christmas tree farm and we can walk around, and we can pick out which one and ask Isaiah, ‘Which one do you think?’ Just things like that, making those memories. It’s just a joyful time of year.”

One of the traditions she enjoys with her own family is picking out a Christmas tree with her husband and two sons. “We were an artificial tree family growing up. It was easier, you know, but now in our own home, we do the real tree thing, and we kind of try to make that a little bit of a tradition. We go and we pick it out. The boys have some say in which one we get, and they feel some ownership and we all decorate it together and of course, have Christmas music playing in the house. I make cookies that were my husband’s grandmother that my kids call Gigi. It’s her recipe, her ginger snap cookies, and we make those and it’s super sweet. Isaiah loves makes Gigi’s cookies, because he still remembers her a little bit. So, it’s something special we get to do.”

One of her favorite memories from childhood was singing Christmas carols for folks in nursing homes. “Christmas was always just about family,” she says. “One thing that we always did growing up that was one of my favorite memories, we would on Christmas Eve we would go to my grandparents’ house. Us kids were always responsible for putting oranges and apples and bananas in little paper bags and we would go down to the nursing home and sing Christmas carols.”

Carrie released a special edition of her Christmas album, My Gift, last year, featuring “Favorite Time of Year,” “Let There Be Peace” and “Hallelujah” with John Legend. The global superstar says there’s nothing like Christmas music that gets you in the spirit of the season. “There is no other like part of the year that gets its own music, like exclusively. When you think about it, like entire radio stations switch over to play Christmas music around Christmas time. So, I feel like it just puts you in the mood for Christmas. Christmas is something that everybody looks forward to and to have Christmas music start playing way before Christmas. It usually does because people just can’t wait to get there. It puts you in a mood. It changes your state of mind. It gets you ready for it and it just makes you feel a certain way.”

Carrie Underwood wraps 2022 on a high note, setting the stage for another stellar year in 2023.  She closes out the year as Billboard’s Top Country Female 2022, Country Aircheck’s #1 Top Female of the Year, and Mediabase’s Most Played Female Country Artist this year.

The global superstar continued her career-long winning streak with multiple awards and honors, beginning with her 8^th GRAMMY® Award for Best Roots Gospel Album (My Savior), continuing with her 16^th ACM Award for Single of the Year (“If I Didn’t Love You” with Jason Aldean), 24^th and 25^th CMT Music Awards for Collaborative Video of the Year Award and Video of the Year (“If I Didn’t Love You” with Jason Aldean), holding the record for the most award wins ever for the show. “If I Didn’t Love You” also won an iHeartRadio Music Award for Country Song of the Year, and is the 3^rd Most Played Country Song of the Year on Mediabase’s year-end chart.  Carrie ended the year winning the People’s Choice Award for The Country Artist of 2022, marking her 10^th win for the fan-voted awards.

Other highlights of Underwood’s year include the release of her album, Denim & Rhinestones, in June, marking her 10th consecutive career Top 10 debut on the Billboard Top 200 chart for all genres.  Along with Cry Pretty and GRAMMY® Award-winning My Savior, Underwood also co-produced Denim & Rhinestones, which debuted as the top-selling country album in the U.S, and the #1 country album in Australia, Canada, and the UK. The album has also remained in the top 20 Current Country Albums sales chart since its release.  She celebrated the launch of her much-anticipated album with The Denim & Rhinestones Experience, a one-of-a-kind immersive interactive experience for fans at Nashville’s historic Bell Tower in June.  Denim & Rhinestones has amassed over 290M Global streams and nearly 120k Global album sales to date.

Her first single from the album, “Ghost Story,” is RIAA certified gold.  Underwood showcased the single in a showstopping broadcast premiere performance on the GRAMMY® Awards telecast, followed by a high-flying performance on the CMT Music Awards, and an iconic music video, directed by legendary photographer and director Randee St. Nicholas, who has shot many of Carrie’s album covers and videos over the course of her career (watch here).  Her follow-up single, “Hate My Heart,” was #1 most added at country radio twice (non-consecutive weeks) and continues to rise up the charts with more than 10.5M Global streams to date, following an electrifying performance on the CMA Awards.  Carrie co-wrote “Hate My Heart” with frequent collaborators Hillary Lindsey and David Garcia, as well as hit artist/songwriter Hardy.  The music video for “Hate My Heart” (watch here) was directed by award-winning music video director Shaun Silva, who recently directed Underwood and Jason Aldean’s music video for their multi-week #1 smash hit duet, “If I Didn’t Love You.”

In April, Carrie commanded the legendary Stagecoach Festival stage for the fourth time, and her showstopping surprise performance with Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose made headlines around the world. She thrilled fans again when she joined Guns N’ Roses onstage for two songs during each of their shows at the UK’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in July.  In September, Carrie returned for her 10th season as the voice of primetime television’s #1 program, NBC’s Sunday Night Football.

Carrie kicked off her new 43-city U.S. arena tour, THE DENIM & RHINESTONES TOUR, on October 15 with a sold-out show in Greenville, SC, continuing through Spring 2023, with upcoming stops including New York’s Madison Square Garden, Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, and L.A.’s Crypto.com Arena.  She is joined on THE DENIM & RHINESTONES TOUR by special guest Jimmie Allen on all dates, with $1 from each ticket sold for THE DENIM & RHINESTONES TOUR will be contributed to the Tunnel to Towers Foundation. Tickets and limited VIP packages are available at carrieunderwoodofficial.com/tour/.

On December 1, the one-year anniversary of the debut of her hit production, REFLECTION: The Las Vegas Residency at Resorts World Theatre, Carrie announced that her much-anticipated return to Las Vegas will commence on June 21, 2023, after she wraps THE DENIM & RHINESTONES TOUR in March. Tickets for 18 new show dates for REFLECTION, produced by Concerts West/ AEG Presents, are on sale now at axs.com/carrieinvegas. The first artist to grace the Resorts World Theatre stage, Carrie opened the doors of the 5,000-capacity, world-class theatre with a sold-out premiere in December 2021, garnering rave reviews by critics and fans alike and selling out all runs in 2022.

Carrie Underwood was named The Country Artist of 2022 at Tuesday night’s (December 6th) People’s Choice Awards. In her acceptance speech, she made it all about the fans. “This whole night is all about the fans, and I certainly have just the most incredible fans. You guys have supported me for many years, especially out on the road this year. So, thank you guys so much for all the love. Thank you for this. What a wonderful early Christmas gift! I can’t thank you enough.”

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Shania Twain performed a medley of her hits at Tuesday night’s People’s Choice Awards, including “Any Man Of Mine,” “That Don’t Impress Me” (exchanging Brad Pitt’s name for the present — and delighted — Ryan Reynolds) and “Man! I Feel Like A Woman” before accepting the much-deserved 2022 Music Icon Award.

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I can’t think of a more iconic, smart and beautiful person to not impress all that much. Thank you for an amazing night, @ShaniaTwain ❤️ https://t.co/od2KsUoo2s

— Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) December 7, 2022

Mickey Guyton was named TIME Magazine’s Breakthrough Artist of the Year for 2022. She talked to the iconic outlet about her year of growth, singing the National Anthem at this year’s Super Bowl, why LeAnn Rimes feeds her soul, motherhood and so much more.

Thank you so much @TIME for this incredible honor. I’m so grateful. My cup overflows. Look at God. https://t.co/PlGBB2Gpl6

— Mickey Guyton (@MickeyGuyton) December 6, 2022

Brothers Osborne‘s John Osborne joined AshleyMcBryde on NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday night (December 6th) to perform her song “Gospel Night at the Strip Club,” from Ashley’s album, Lindeville.

Caylee Hammack and newcomer Dalton Dover have been tapped to perform during the CMA’s series as part of next year’s C2C: Country to Country festival in the U.K. Serving as the official kickoff leading into C2C, Dalton will be part of the CMA Songwriters Series show on March 9th, which will also include Lainey Wilson and Nate Smith. Caylee will be joined by Alana Springsteen and Tyler Braden for the series Introducing Nashville as the festivals opening set at The O2 in London March 10th, The Ovo Hydro in Glasgow, March 11th, and 3Arena in Dublin March 12th.

Today, on the one-year anniversary of the debut of Carrie Underwood’s hit production, REFLECTION: The Las Vegas Residency at Resorts World Theatre, the 8-time GRAMMY® Award winning superstar has announced that her much-anticipated return will commence on June 21, 2023. Tickets for 18 new show dates for the exclusive Las Vegas production, produced by Concerts West/ AEG Presents, will go on sale to the public beginning Friday, December 9th, at 10 a.m. PT.

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The first artist to grace the Resorts World Theatre stage, Underwood opened the doors of the 5,000-capacity, world-class theatre with a sold-out premiere on Dec. 1, 2021.  Exclusively designed for the state-of-the-art venue, REFLECTION quickly became a must-see show in Las Vegas garnering rave reviews by critics and fans alike and selling out all runs in 2022 – a total of 18 shows.

In May 2022, Underwood announced a brief hiatus from Las Vegas while she went on her DENIM & RHINESTONES TOUR, promoted by AEG Presents, across 43 U.S. cities.  Underwood kicked off her arena tour in October, which will continue through March 2023.

“I’m thrilled to be returning to Resorts World Las Vegas next summer,” says Underwood.  “REFLECTION is a show I’m so proud of and have so much fun performing.  I love being out on the road with THE DENIM & RHINESTONES TOUR and look forward to returning to Vegas once that wraps, as it has become our home away from home where we get to play to audiences from all over the world.”

The REFLECTION: The Las Vegas Residency show dates going on sale Friday, Dec 9 at 10 a.m. PT are:

• June 2023: 21, 23, 24, 28, 30
• July 2023:   1
• Sept. 2023: 20, 22, 23, 27, 29, 30
• Nov. 2023:  29
• Dec. 2023: 1, 2, 6, 8, 9

American Express® Card Members can purchase tickets to the new shows before the general public beginning Tuesday, Dec. 6 at 10 a.m. PT through Thursday, Dec. 8 at 10 p.m. PT.

Tickets and a limited number of VIP packages will go on sale to the public beginning Friday, Dec 9 at 10 a.m. PT at rwlasvegas.com/entertainment/carrie-underwood and AXS.com/carrieinvegas.

REFLECTION: The Las Vegas Residency was conceived by Underwood to celebrate many of the highlights of her stellar recording and touring career and greatest hits from over 15 years as an award-winning international superstar.  The production brings beloved fan favorites to life in a whole new way, utilizing spectacular special effects, pyrotechnics and state-of-the-art visual and audio technology, with Underwood joined onstage by her band, dancers, aerialists and a special virtual orchestra.  The show is directed by Barry Lather, with Creative Production & Show design by Nick Whitehouse & Fireplay, and Costume Design/Wardrobe Styling by Emma Trask.
“Carrie Underwood is larger than country in Las Vegas:  The country superstar wasted no time
in establishing her new show, REFLECTION, as one of the coolest productions in town,
with all the elements you might expect in a Vegas show.” (Las Vegas Magazine)

“There is a time to stay dry, and a time to get wet.  Carrie Underwood performed a cannonball at the
Theatre at Resorts World on Wednesday night.  She threw open the 5,000 capacity
theatre with a leap into the deep end.”  (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

“Throughout the evening, Underwood sparkled – her wardrobe, from head to foot, and her
powerful and stunning voice.  She literally shook the house when
‘Jesus Take the Wheel’ morphed into ‘How Great Thou Art.’”  (Las Vegas Sun)

As part of her ongoing partnership, $1 from each ticket sold for REFLECTION: The Las Vegas Residency is donated to Make-A-Wish Foundation of America (https://wish.org), which grants life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses. Carrie has been involved with the organization for more than 15 years, granting wishes since the beginning of her recording career.

The 5,000-capacity theatre at Resorts World Las Vegas, exclusively programmed and operated by Concerts West / AEG Presents, is a state-of-the-art, multi-level venue designed by the award-winning international design firm, Scéno Plus. The intimate venue, with the furthest seat only 150 feet from the stage, features unparalleled comfort, unobstructed sightlines and an unmatched spatial audio experience through more than 200 L-Acoustics speakers powered by L-ISA Immersive Hyperreal Sound technology.

Carrie recently released her new single, “Hate My Heart,” from her Denim & Rhinestones album.

Here’s a solo read of “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” from Reba McEntire.

Here’s a solo read of “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” from Little Big Town.

Here’s a solo read of “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” from Carrie Underwood.

Here’s a solo read of “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” from Josh Turner.

Here’s a solo read of “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” from Maddie & Tae.

Here’s a solo read of “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” from Tyler Hubbard.