Miley and dad Billy Ray Cyrus Host CMT Awards
The seventh annual awards show will air live April 14 on CMT
from Belmont University's Curb Event Center. Alan Jackson, Brad
Paisley, Carrie Underwood, Sugarland, Taylor Swift and Toby Keith
will also be among the performers.
"Miley and I are so excited to be hosting the CMT Music
Awards," Cyrus said Tuesday in a statement. "We know it will be a
fun-filled night with a lot of great music performances."
Cyrus, 46, made it big on the country and pop charts in 1992
with his hit "Achy Breaky Heart." These days, he plays Miley's
father on the 15-year-old actress-singer's "Hannah Montana" TV
show.
"Hannah Montana" is filmed in Los Angeles, but the family has
a home near Nashville. The Disney Channel recently announced that
parts of Miley's upcoming movie will be filmed in Tennessee.
The news will make the awards show a tough ticket. Miley's last
concert at Nashville's Sommet Center sold out and commanded high
prices in the secondary ticket market, much like her other stops
nationwide.