KEITH AND BRAD PERFORMED((START A BAND"))
DARIUS RUCKER PERFORMED((DON'T THINK I DON'T THINK ABOUT IT"))
REBA SANG WITH BROOKS AND DUNN
BRAD PAISLEY((WAITIN' ON A WOMAN))
LEE ANNE WOMACK--JOSH TURNER GAVE
NEW ARTIST AWARD TO JASON ALDEAN
ALBUM OF THE YEAR--GEORGE STRAIT
KEITH URBAN PERFORMED "SWEET THING"
A REAL AMERICAN HERO GOT ACKNOWLEDGED
--JAMES PONDER
CARRIE UNDERWOOD SANG "JUST A DREAM"
VINCE GILL WAS THERE FOR THE HALL OF FAME AWARD
WENT TO LIKE LIKE TOM T. HALL AND STATLER BROTHERS AND OTHERS
ALAN JACKSON HAD A "GOOD TIME"
FEMALE VOCALIST--CARRIE UNDERWOOD
SUGARLAND PERFORMED--"LOVE"
AND WON GROUP OF THE YEAR
JAMES OTTO PERFORMED"JUST GOT STARTED--Y'ALL KNOW"
MALE VOCALIST--BRAD PAISLEY
KENNY CHESNEY PERFORMED "EVERYBODY ((Y'ALL KNOW!!)) WITH THE WAILERS AND
GOT ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR AND WHO GAVE IT TO HIM THE BIG TA-DA--SURPRISE GUEST LIKE EVERYBODY THOUGHT--SHANIA TWAIN!!
REESE WITHERSPOON WAS THERE
ALONG WITH NICOLE KIDMAN AND HUGH JACKMAN
THE EAGLES PERFORMED
I THINK I GOT IT ALL IN Y'ALL!!
NO TIM. NO FAITH.
GOOD NIGHT!! SWEETPEA