Reba McEntire to host 2009 ACM Awards

Reba McEntire will host the annual Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards ceremony for the Eleventh Time.

All of the Top Stars in Country Music will be here 8 p.m. on April 5, 2009, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV.

George Strait will also be honored as the “Performer of the Decade”, a top Honour for the Best and Highest Rated Country Artist of the Past Ten Years, at the same location on April 6, 2009. This marks the first time the Artist of the Decade Award will be delivered during its own, unique event.

Besides Strait, Only four other acts have been honored as Artist of the Decade in the Academy’s history, including Marty Robbins (1969), Loretta Lynn (1979), Alabama (1988) and Garth Brooks (1998), This has to be considered One of the Most Sought after awards in Country Music.