It's a celebrity thing, like Gayle King going to the Country Music awards show. She never mentioned it until...Beyonce does country.
It’s not just celebrities. Friends and friends of friends who schlep half the world to catch a few pics of Northern lights on their phones—and then email them out to everyone they know.
An excuse to send an update to their annual Xmas newsletter out midyear.
My personal opinion! It was a horrible show. While it was appropriate to remember Toby Keith very few of the singers were appropriate to his songs. The inclusion of Hollywood people and TV personalities was totally inappropriate. Why must these people constantly inject themselves into areas where they are unneeded and definately not appreciated? Most of the music wasn’t CW, CW needs to leave Austin and Nashville and find itself! Just a sad spectacle.